Experiment 66733
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 | IN A STUDY OF 13 PATIENTS WITH UROSTOMIES WHO DRANK 160-329 ML OF CRANBERRY JUICE A DAY THERE WAS IMPROVEMENT IN DAMAGE TO THE SKIN SURROUNDING THEIR STOMAS. THIS WAS IN SPITE OF THERE BEING NO CHANGE IN URINARY PH. THIS APPARENT PROTECTIVE EFFECT FOR THE SKIN AGAINST URINE MAY BE RELEVANT FOR PATIENTS WHO ARE IMMOBILE AND INCONTINEN, A SUFFER SKIN DAMAGE AS A RESULT. AGAIN, FURTHER WORK IS NEEDED BEFORE CRANBERRY JUICE COULD BE RECOMMENDED FOR THIS USE. |
| Dose amount | VAR |
| Number | 7 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | FRUIT JUICE |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |