Experiment 66908
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | EXTERNAL |
| Organism | Hypericum perforatum (CLUSIACEAE) |
| Citation | SCHEMPP,CM: LUDTKE,R: WINGHOFER,B: SIMON,J:. (2000). EFFECT OF TOPICAL APPLICATION OF HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT (ST.JOHM'S WORT) ON SKIN SENSITIVITY TO SOLAR SIMULATED RADIATION.. 16(3) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | SIXTEEN VOLUNTEERS OF THE SKIN TYPES II AND III WERE TESTED ON THEIR VOLAR FOREARMS WITH SOLAR SIMULATED RADIATION FOR PHOTOSENSITIZING EFFECTS OF HYPERICUM OIL AND HYPERICUM OINTMENT. THE MINIMAL ERYTHEMA DOSE(MED) WAS DETERMINED BY VISUAL ASSESSMENT, AND SKIN ERYTHEMA WAS EVALUATED PHOTOMETRICALLY. WITH THE VISUAL ERYTHEMA SCORE, NO CHANGE OF THE MED COULD BE DETECTED AFTER APPLICATION OF EITHER HYPERICUM OIL OR HYPERICUM OINTMENT. WITH THE MORE SENSITIVE PHOTOMETRIC MEASUREMENT AN INCREASE OF THE ERYTHEMA-INDEX AFTER TREATMENT WITH THE HYPERICUM OIL COULD BE DETECTED. THE RESULTS DO NOT PROVIDE EVIDENCE FOR A SEVERE PHOTOTOXIC POTENTIAL OF HYPERICUM OIL AND HYPERICUM OINTMENT. |
| Dose amount | 100.0 MICROLITERS |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | INACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | PERSON |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | TYPE EXT NOT STATED |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |