Experiment 639687
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | INTRAGASTRIC |
| Organism | Ginkgo biloba (GINKGOACEAE) |
| Citation | DROY-LEFAIX,MT:. (1997). EFFECT OF THE ANTIOXIDANT ACTION OF GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT (EGB 761) ON AGING AND OXIDATIVE STRESS.. 20() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | TO APPRECIATE THE AGE INFLUENCE, ERG SIGNALS IN 10-AND 20-MONTH-OLD ALBINO RATS, INDUCED BY WHITE LIGHT FLASHES (300 LUX, 1 MS) EVERY 5 MIN, WERE COMPARED WITH THOSE OF 4-TO 6-MONTH-OLD RATS. WHEN THE RATS WERE PRETREATED 3 MONTHS BEFORE THE B-WAVE REGISTRATION WITH EGB 761 (100 MG/KG/PO), THE DECREASE IN THE B-WAVE AMPLITUDE AND THE HISTOLGICAL DAMAGE WAS NOT SO MARKED AS IN THE UNTREATED RATS, INDICATING THAT THE USE OF ANTIOXIDANTS CAN PREVENT THE RETINA DEGENERATIVE PROCESSES BY SCAVINGING FREE RADICALS. A COMMERCIAL PRODUCT, EGB-761, WAS USED. |
| Dose amount | 100.0 MG |
| Number | 13 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | RAT |
| Per unit | KG |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | ACETONE EXT |