Experiment 639033
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Hypericum perforatum (CLUSIACEAE) |
| Citation | VITIELLO,B:. (1999). HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACTS AS POTENTIAL ANTIDEPRESSANTS.. 51(5) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A META-ANALYSIS OF 23 CLINICAL TRIALS. 13 STUDIES WERE PLACEBO-CONTROLLED AND 3 USED STANDARD ANTIDEPRESSANT DRUGS. ST.JOHN'S WORT WAS SUPERIOR TO PLACEBO IN 10 STUDIES. 55% OF RESPONDERS WERE IN THE ST.JOHN'S WORT GROUP AND 22% IN THE PLACEBO GROUP. SIMILAR RESPONSE RATES WERE OBSERVED IN THE ST.JOHN'S WORT GROUP (RANGE 53-80%) AS COMPARED WITH STANDARD ANTIDEPRESSANTS (RANGE 54-70%). |
| Dose amount | VAR |
| Number | 2 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | HYDRO-ALCOHOLIC EXT |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |