Experiment 639670
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Cynara scolymus (ASTERACEAE) |
| Citation | PITTLER,MH: ERNST,E:. (1998). ARTICHOKE LEAF EXTRACT FOR SERUM CHOLESTEROL REDUCTION.. 11(8) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A RANDOMISED, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED, DOUBLE-BLIND PILOT STUDY ON 44 HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS. SUBJECTS, AGED 20-49 YEARS, WERE RANDOMLY ALLOCATED TO RECEIVE EITHER 640 MG ARTICHOKE EXTRACT THREE TIMES DAILY OR INDISTINGUISHABLE PLACEBO OVER A 12-WEEK STUDY PERIOD. NO SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS ON SERUM CHOLESTEROL LEVELS WERE FOUND IN THE TOTAL SAMPLE. SUB-GROUP ANALYSES, HOWEVER, INDICATED CHOLESTEROL LOWERING EFFECTS OF ARTICHOKE EXTRACT IN SUBJECTS WITH BASELINE TOTAL CHOLESTEROL VALUES HIGHER THAN 210 MG/DL. NO MAJOR ADVERSE EFFECTS WERE OBSERVED IN EITHER GROUP. THE TRIAL SCORED THE MAXIMUM ON THE JADAD SCALE (UNPUBLISHED DATA.) |
| Dose amount | 640.0 MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | WEAK ACTIVITY |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | LEAVES |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |