Experiment 66704
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Zingiber officinale (ZINGIBERACEAE) |
| Citation | ERNST,E: PITTLER,MH:. (2000). EFFICACY OF GINGER FOR NAUSEA AND VOMITING: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS.. 84(3) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL STUDIED 60 WOMEN BEFORE MAJOR GYNAECOLOGICAL OPERATIONS. PATIENTS WERE ALLOCATED RANDOMLY TO RECEIVE GINGER 1 G. METOCLOPRAMIDE 10 MG OR PLACEBO AS A SINGLE DOSE GIVEN WITH PREOPERATIVE MEDICATION. THE SEVERITY OF POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA WAS ASSESSED ON A 4-POINT SCALE. THE INCIDENCE OF NAUSEA DURING THE FIRST 24 H AFTER SURGERY WAS 28%, 30% AND 51% IN THE GINGER, METOCALOPRAMIDE AND PLACEBO GROUPS, RESPECTIVELY. A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT (P<0.05) DIFFERENCE IN FAVOUR OF GINGER COMPARED WITH PLACEBO WAS REPORTED FOR THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INCIDENTS OF NAUSEA. |
| Dose amount | 1.0 GM |
| Number | 5 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | RHIZOME |
| Gender | FEMALE |