Experiment 66714
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Piper methysticum (PIPERACEAE) |
| Citation | HABS,M: HONOLD,E:. (1994). THE PSYCHOACTIVE SPECIAL EXTRACT WS 1490 FROM TEH RHIZOME OF PIPER METHYSTICUM (KAVA-KAVA) - REVIEW.. 1() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A NUMBER OF PLACEBO INVESTIGATIONS AND A REFERENCE-CONTROLLED STUDY (INVOLVING TRANQUILIZERS) CONFIRM THE CLINICAL EFFICACY OF THIS KAVA-KAVA EXTRACT AS AN ANXIOLYTIC (ON THE LEVEL OF SYMPTOMS AND PSYCHOMETRICALLY). BOTH THE 'PSYCHOLOGICAL' AND THE 'SOMATIC' FORMS OF ANXIETY IMPROVE IN A SIGNIFICANT AND CLINICALLY RELEVANT MANNER. AT THE PRESENTLY VALID DOSAGE OF 100 MG EXTRACT 3 TIMES PER DAY (CORRESPONDING TO 3 TIMES 70 MG KAVA LACTONES), IT IS FREQUENTLY ONLY A MATTER OF A FEW DAYS BEFORE PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM ANXIOUS EMOTIONAL INSTABILITY ALREADY FEEL AN EFFECTIVE LEVEL OF IMPROVEMENT. |
| Dose amount | 300.0 MG |
| Number | 4 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | HYDRO-ALCOHOLIC EXT |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |