Experiment 651060
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | SC |
| Organism | Oenothera biennis (ONAGRACEAE) |
| Citation | CUNNANE,SC:. (1982). THE EFFECTS OF EVENING PRIMROSE OIL (EFAMOL) IN ZINC DEFICIENT RATS.. () |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | EFFECTS OF EFAMOL WERE STUDIED ON RATS MAINTAINED ON A ZINC DEFICIENT DIET FOR 5 WEEKS. IT WAS COMPARED WITH SIMILAR AMOUNTS OF SAFFLOWER OIL OR OLIEVE OIL. OLIVE OIL DID NOT ALLEVIATE THE EFFECTS OF ZINC DEFICIENCY. SAFFLOWER OIL NON SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED BODY WEIGHT. EFAMIL SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVED GROWTH, SKIN CONDITION AND RELATIVE NORMALITY OF ORGAN WEIGHTS IN ZINC DEFICIENT RATS. A COMMERCIAL PRODUCT, EFAMOL, WAS USED. |
| Dose amount | 250.0 MICROLITERS |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | RAT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | CONC USED |
| Extract | SEED OIL |
| Gender | MALE |