Experiment 639671
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 | TWO RIGOROUS TRIALS REPORT THE ABSENCE OF SERIOUS ADVERSE EFFECTS AND NO CHANGES IN SAFETY PARAMETERS IN PATIENTS TREATED WITH 1.9 G PER DAY OF ARTICHOKE LEAF EXTRACT COMPARED TO PLACEBO. A POST-MARKETING SURVEILLANCE STUDY CONDUCTED ON 417 PATIENTS REPORTED GOOD TO EXCELLENT TOLERABILITY OF ARTICHOKE EXTRACT IN 95% OF PATIENTS. 553 OUTPATIENTS WERE ASSESSED IN A MORE RECENT POST-MARKETING SURVEILLANCE STUDY. MILD ADVERSE EFFECTS WITH ARTICHOKE LEAF EXTRACT WERE REPORTED BY 1.3% OF THE ASSESSED PATIENTS (FLATULENCE N = 5, HUNGER N = 1, WEAKNESS N = 1). ANOTHER POST-MARKETING STUDY ON 203 PATIENTS, OVER A SIX-MONTH PERIOD CORROBORATES THIS AND REPORTS THE ABSENCE OF ADVERSE REACTIONS. |
| Dose amount | 1.90 MG |
| Number | 2 |
| Qualitative result | INACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | LEAVES |