Experiment 66929
Worktypes
Compounds isolated
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | EXTERNAL |
| Organism | Empty organism |
| Citation | AMER,M: METWALLI,M:. (2000). TOPICAL LIQUIRITIN IMPROVES MELASMA.. 39(4) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | TWENTY WOMEN WITH A CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS OF MELASMA WERE TREATED WITH LIQUIRITIN CREAM ON ONE SIDE OF THE FACE AND WITH A VEHICLE CREAM ON THE OTHER SIDE TWICE DAILY FOR 4 WEEK. A RANGE FROM 18 TO 40 YEARS AND BILATERAL AND SYMMETRICAL IDIOPATHIC EPIDERMAL MELASMA. MELASMA PIGMENTARY INTENSITY WAS RATED ON A FIVE-POINT SCALE IN RELATION TO THE PATIENT'S NORMAL FACIAL SKIN (1, NO DIFFERENCE; 2, SLIGHTLY MORE PIGMENTED; 3, MODERATELY MORE PIGMENTED; 4, MARKEDLY MORE PIGMENTED; AND 5, INTENSELY MORE PIGMENTED). THE SIZE OF THE LESIONS WAS MEASURED DIRECTLY USING A MILLIMETER GRID SCALE. THIS STUDY HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT TOPICAL LIQUIRITIN CREAM APPLIED AT I G/DAY FOR 4 WEEKS IS THERAPEUTICALLY EFFECTIVE IN MELASMA. |
| Dose amount | 1.7 GM |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | PERSON |
| Dose expression | CONC USED |
| Gender | FEMALE |