Experiment 638836
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Oenothera biennis (ONAGRACEAE) |
| Citation | HORROBIN,DF:. (1983). THE ROLE OF ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS AND PROSTAGLANDINS IN THE PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME.. 28(7) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | THREE DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED STUDIES, ONE LARGE OPEN STUDY ON WOMEN WHO HAD FAILED OTHER KINDS OF THERAPY FOR THE PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME AND ONE LARGE OPEN STUDY ON NEW PATIENTS ALL DMEONSTRATED THAT EVENING PRIMROSE OIL IS A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR THE DEPRESSION AND IRRITABILITY, THE BREAST PAIN AND TENDERNESS, AND THE FLUID RETENTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE PREMENSTRUAL SYNDORME. NUTRIENTS KNOWN TO INCREASE THE CONVERSION OF ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS TO PROTAGLANDIN E1 INCLUDE MAGNESIUM, PYRIDOXINE, ZINC, NIACIN AND ASCORBIC ACID. THE CLINICAL SUCCESS OBTAINED WITH SOME OF THESE NUTRIENTS MAY IN PART RELATE TO THEIR EFFECTS ON ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID METABOLISM. A COMMERCIAL PRODUCT, EFAMOL, WAS USED. |
| Dose amount | VAR |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | SEED OIL |
| Gender | FEMALE |