Experiment 66835
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Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Prunus africana (ROSACEAE) |
| Citation | MAVER,A:. (1972). MEDICAL THERAPY OF FIBRO-ADENOMATOSA HYPERTROPHY OF THE PROSTATE WITH A NEW VEGETABLE SUBSTANCE.. 1972(63) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | RESULTS OBTAINED IN A DOUBLE-BLIND TEST WITH AN EXTRACT OF PYGEUM AFRICANUM BARK IN 60 CASES OF PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY ARE REPORTED. THE EXTRACT, OBTAINED FROM A NATAL TREE, WAS ALSO ADMINISTERED TO 10 SUBJECTS IN A TEST OF ITS TOLERANCE. A HISTOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF A NEEDLE BIOPSY SPECIMEN WAS ALSO RUN IN THIS CASE. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS CONFIRMED THE SATISFACTORY ACTIVITY OF THE DRUG WITH RESPECT TO SYMPTOMS AND OBJECTIVE EVALUATION. TOLERANCE WAS EXCELLENT IN ALL CASES. HISTOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF SLIGHT EPITHELIAL HYPERPLASIA WAS OBTAINED. IT IS SUGGESTED THAT PYGEUM AFRICANUM MAY BE USUFULLY EMPLOYED IN THE MANAGEMENT OF MICTION DISTURBANCES DUE TO PROSTATE ENGLARGEMENT. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | CHCL3 EXT |
| Gender | MALE |