Experiment 638832
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Oenothera biennis (ONAGRACEAE) |
| Citation | LARSSON,B: JONASSON,A: FIANU,S:. (1989). EVENING PRIMROSE OIL IN THE TREATMENT OF PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME. A PILOT STUDY.. 46(1) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | THE CLINICAL EFFECTS OF EVENING PRIMROSE OIL WERE STUDIED IN 19 WOMEN WITH PREMENTSTRUAL SYNDROME (PMS). PREMENSTRAUAL SYMPTOMS WERE RECORDED DAILY BY THE PATIENTS DURING ONE CYCLE WITHOUT TREATMENT, AND DURING THE FIRST, SECOND AND FIFTH OF THE FOLLOWING FIVE CONSECUTIVE CYCLES DURING TREATMENT WITH EVENING PRIMROSE OIL. A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN SCORES OF INDIVIDUAL SYMPTOMS (IE, IRRITABILITY, SWOLLEN ABDOMEN, BREAST DISCOMFORT, DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, SWOLLEN FINGERS AND ANKLES, AND TIREDNESS) AND TOTAL PMS SCORE WAS REGISTERED AFTER TREATMENT DURING THE CYCLE AND DECREASED FURTHER OVER THE FOLLOWING FOUR CYCLES. THE LOWEST SCORES WERE OBSERVED IN THE FIFTH CYCLE. NO SIDE EFFECTS WERE REPORTED. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | SEEDS |
| Gender | FEMALE |