Experiment 66658
Worktypes
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Oenothera biennis (ONAGRACEAE) |
| Citation | HASLETT,C: DOUGLAS,JG: CHALMERS,S: WEIGHILL,VE: MUNRO,JF:. (1982). A PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL OF EFAMOL (ENENING PRIMROSE OIL) IN THE TREATMENT OF HUMAN OBESITY.. 1982() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | IN A PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL EFAMOL WAS USED TO TREAT HUMAN OBESITY. 100 OBESE SUBJECTS WERE STUDIED 79 COMPLETED THE STUDY 39 RECEIVED EFAMOL AND 35 PLACEBO. SOME MINOR SIDE-EFFECTS WERE REPORTED SUCH AS SORE GUMS, HAIR CHANGE, SKIN CHANGE CHANGES IN MENSES. RESULTS SHOWED THAT THERE WAS A GREATER WEIGHT LOSS IN THE PLACEBO GROUP LOSING 4.1 KG, AS COMPARED TO EFAMOL GROUP, LOSING 3.2KG. THERE IS NO STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN THE WEIGHT LOSS ACHIEVED BETWEEN THOSE TREATED WITH EFAMOL AND PLACEBO. A COMMERCIAL PRODUCT, EFAMOL, WAS USED. |
| Dose amount | 0.24 ML |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | INACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | SEED OIL |
| Gender | FEMALE |