Experiment 66689
Worktypes
Compounds isolated
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Empty organism |
| Citation | SHOSKES,DA:. (1999). USE OF THE BIOFLAVONOID QUERCETIN IN PATIENTS WITH LONGSTANDING CHRONIC PROSTATITIS.. 2(2) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | QUERCETIN WAS OFFERED AS A TREATMENT OF 39 MEN PROVIDED THAT THEIR MOST RECENT PROSTATE FLUID CULTURE WAS STERILE. PATIENTS RECEIVED 1 GRAM OF QUERCETIN PER DAY IN 2 DIVIDED DOSES FOR A MINIMUM OF 2 WEEKS. 11 PATIENTS HAD PROSTATODYNIA, 9 HAD NON-BACTERIAL PROSTATITIS (BP0 AND 19 HAD CHRONIC BACTERIAL PROSTATITIS (CBP), ALTHOUGH MOST POSITIVE CULTURES WERE FOR GRAM POSITIVE ORGANISMS. IN THE PROSTATODYNIA GROUP, 9 HAD COMPLETE RESOLUTION OF SYMPTOMS AND 2 WERE IMPROVED. IN THE 9 NBP PATIENTS, 6 HAD COMPLETE RESOLUTION, ONE HAD IMPROVEMENT AND 2 HAD NO RESPONSE. IN THE 19 CBP PATIENTS, 8 HAD COMPLETE RESOLUTION, 1 HAD A PARTIAL RESPONSE AND 11 HAD NO RESPONSE. OVERALL, 59% OF THE PATIENTS HAD SIGNIFICANT SYMPTOMATIC IMPROVEMENT. IN PATIENTS WITH STERILE CULTURES, 75% WERE IMPROVED. |
| Dose amount | 1.0 GM |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Gender | MALE |