Experiment 66660
Worktypes
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| 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 | THIS STUDY INVESTIGATES IF THE LOW NA PUMP ACTIVITY IS RELATED TO DEGREE OF OBESITY AND TO SEE IF EFAMOL PRODUCES WEIGHT LOSS BY INCREASING NA PUMP ACTIVITY. 28 OBESE SUBJECTS AND 21 LEAN SUBJECTS WERE STUDIED. PATIENTS STUDIED BEFORE AND AFTER 6 WEEKS OF EFAMOL OR CALORIE RESTRICTION. RESULTS SHOWED THAT SUBJECTS TAKING EFAMOL, LOSE WEIGHT WITHOUT A DRASTIC REDUCTION IN THEIR ENERGY INTAKE. THE WEIGHT LOSS IN EFAMOL GROUP WAS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASE IN THE ACTIVE SODIUM EFFLUX RATE CONSTANT AND A FALL IN THE ERYTHROCYTE SODIUM CONCENTRATION. A COMMERCIAL PRODUCT, EFAMOL, WAS USED. |
| Dose amount | 4.8 ML |
| Number | 3 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | CONC USED |
| Extract | SEED OIL |