Experiment 66657
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Oenothera biennis (ONAGRACEAE) |
| Citation | CAMPBELL,AC:. (1982). TREATMENT OF BRITTLE NAILS WITH EVENING PRIMROSE OIL (EFAMOL).. 1982() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | EFFECT OF EFAMOL ON 4 PATIENTS WITH BRITTLE NAILS WAS STUDIED. VITAMIN ASCORBIC ACID 25-50 MG/DAY WHICH ENHANCES CONVERSION OF ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS TO PROSTAGLANDIN EL (2-3 G/DAY) WAS ALSO GIVEN, IT WAS NOTED THAT PATIENTS HAD IMPROVEMENT IN THE CONDITION OF THEIR NAILS, AND ALSO WITH SECRETIONS OF MOUTH AND EYES. |
| Dose amount | VAR |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | SEED OIL |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |