Experiment 66640
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Oenothera biennis (ONAGRACEAE) |
| Citation | MANKU,MS: HORROBIN,DF:. (1982). ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID LEVELS IN THE PLASMA OF PATIENTS WITH ATOPIC ECZEMA.. 1982() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | IN A DOUBLE BLIND AND PLACEBO-CONTROLLED STUDY, THE EFFECT OF EFAMOL ON ECZEMA WAS INVESTIGATED. 3 DOSE LEVELS OF EFAMOL OR PLACEBO WERE USED: 2, 4 OR 6 X 0.5 GM CAPSULES TWICE PER DAY. PLASMA SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED AND PROSTAGLANDIN(PG) E1 WAS MEASURED. RESULTS INDICATED A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS ON A NUMBER OF MEASURES OF ECZEMA SEVERITY. HOWEVER NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LINOLEIC ACID LEVELS WERE PRODUCED. |
| Dose amount | VAR |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | SEED OIL |