Experiment 639094
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Oenothera biennis (ONAGRACEAE) |
| Citation | COLLINS,A: CERIN,A: COLEMAN,G: LANDGREN,BM:. (1993). ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS IN THE TREATMENT OF PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME.. 81(1) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED CROSSOVER STUDY ASSESSED THE EFFICACY OF THE SEED OIL IN THE TREATMENT OF 27 WOMEN WITH PMS. 22 SYMPTOMS FREE CONTROLS. THE FIRST MENTTRUAL CYCLE WAS USED AS A DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT. FOR WOMEN WITH PMS, PLACEBO WERE ADMINISTERED DURING THE SECOND CYCLE. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY RANDOMIZATION TO FOUR CYCLES OF TREATMENT WITH THE OIL AND FOUR CYCLES OF PLACEBO, WITH A CROSSOVER AFTER COMPLETION OF THE SIXTH CYCLE. HOWEVER, NO WASH OUT PERIOD WAS USED BETWEEN TREATMENT. EACH SUBJECT RECEIVED 12 CAPSULES OF THE SEED OIL DAILY (500 MG EACH) OR PLACEBO. TREATMENT WITH THE SEED OIL DID NOT REDUCE PMS SYMPTOMS OR SYMPTOM CYCLICITY. |
| Dose amount | 6.0 GM |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | INACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | SEED OIL |
| Gender | FEMALE |