Experiment 66731
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Vaccinium macrocarpon (ERICACEAE) |
| Citation | HARKINS,KJ:. (2000). WHAT'S THE USE OF CRANBERRY JUICE?. 29(1) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A REDUCTION IN URINARY ODOUR HAS BEEN REPORTED AFTER THE ADMINISTATION OF CRANBERRY JUCIE. ALL THREE STUDIES OF THIS WERE UNCONTROLLED, AND TWO INVOLVED FEW PATIENTS. IN THE LARGER STUDY, WHICH WAS OF 220 MAINLY INCONTIENT INSTITUTIONALIZED ELDERLY PEOPLE, THE STAFF NOTICED A MARKED REDUCTION IN ODOUR, DESPITE THE ATMOSPHERIC AMMONIA CONCENTRATION BEING NO DIFFERENT AFTER THE PATIENTS HAD BEEN DRINKING CRANBERRY JUICE. THEY ALSO DESCRIBED FEWER URINARY SYMPTOMS, SUCH AS BURNING ON MICTURITION. ON THE THE SMALL TRIALS WAS 16 PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN WITH URINARY CATHETERS. AS WELL AS A REDUCTION IN URINARY ODOUR, IT REPORTED A 'DRAMATIC' IMPROVEMENT IN THE INCIDENCE OF BLOCKED CATHETERS, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO STATISTICAL ANALYSIS TO CONFIRM THIS. |
| Number | 5 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | FRUIT JUICE |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |