Experiment 647130
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Vitis vinifera (VITACEAE) |
| Citation | NUTTALL,SL: KENDALL,MJ: BOMBARDELLI,E: MORAZZONI,P:. (1998). AN EVALUATION OF THE ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF A STANDARDIZED GRAPE SEED EXTRACT, LEUCOSELECT.. 23(5) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A SINGLE-BLINDED RANDOMISED, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED CROSS-OVER STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN IN 20 YOUNG VOLUNTEERS. SUBJECTS WERE GIVEN 2 CAPSULES CONTAINING 300 MG OF GRAPE PROCYANIDIN EXTRACTS (LEUCOSELET-PHYTOSOME) OR PLACEBO DAILY FOR 5 DAYS. BLOOD SAMPLES WERE TAKEN AT THE START OF THE STUDY AND END OF THE STUDY AND ASSAYED FOR ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY AND VITAMINS C AND E LEVELS. AFTER A WASHOUT PERIOD OF AT LEAST 2 WEEKS, THE STUDY WAS REPEATED WITH THE SECOND TREATMENT. THE EXTRACT HAD NO EFFECT ON SERUM VITAMINS C AND E LEVELS BUT INCREASED SERUM TOTAL ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY (TAC). ON DAY 5, TAC INCREASED FROM 408-1 +/- 22.9 TO 453-3+/- 453.3 MICRO/MOL/L TROLOX EQUIVALENTS 1 HOUR POSTDOSE. A COMMERCIAL PRODUCT, LEUCOSELECT-PHYTOSOME, WAS USED. |
| Dose amount | 600.0 MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | SEEDS |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |