Experiment 639031
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Ephedra sinica (EPHEDRACEAE) |
| Citation | ZAACKS,SM: KLEIN,L: TAN,CD: RODRIGUEZ,ER: LEIKIN,JB:. (1999). HYPERSENSITIVITY MYOCARDITIS ASSOCIATED WITH EPHEDRA USE.. 37(4) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A 39-YEAR-OLD AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE WITH HYPERTENSION PRESENTED TO RUSH PRESBYTERIAN ST.LUKE'S MEDICAL CENTER WITH A 1-MONTH HISTORY OF PROGRESSIVE DYSPNEA ON EXERTION, ORTHOPNEA, AND DEPENDENT EDEMA. HE WAS TAKING MA HUANG (HERBALIFE) 1-3 TABLETS TWICE DAILY FOR 3 MONTHS ALONG WITH OTHER VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS, PRAVASTATIN, AND FUROSEMIDE. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION REVEALED A MALE IN MILD RESPIRATORY DISTRESS. THE LUNG FIELDS HAD RALES AT BOTH BASES WITHOUT AUDIBLE WHEEZES. INTERNAL JUGULAR VENOUS PULSATIONS WERE 5 CM ABOVE THE STERNAL NOTCH. THE PATIENT HAD RIGHT VENTRICULAR BIOPSY PERFORMED DEMONSTRATING MILD MYOCYTE HYPERTROPHY AND AN INFILTRATE CONSISTING PREDOMINANTLY OF LYMPHOCYTES WITH EOSINOPHILS PRESENT IN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED NUMBERS. A COMMERCIAL PRODUCT, HERBALIFE, WAS USED. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | PLANT |
| Gender | MALE |