Experiment 66948
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Harpagophytum procumbens (PEDALIACEAE) |
| Citation | CHANTRE,P: CAPPELAERE,A: LEBLAN,D: GUEDON,D: VANDERMANDER,J: FOURNIE,B:. (2000). EFFICACY AND TOLERANCE OF HARPAGOPHYTUM PROCUMBENS VERSUS DIACERHEIN IN TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS.. 7(3) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | IN A DOUBLE-BLIND, RANDOMIZED, MULTICENTRE CLINICAL STUDY, THE EFFICACY AND TOLERANCE OF A HERBAL MEDICINE PRODUCT, HARPADOL (6 CAPSULES/DAY, EACH CONTAINING 435 MG OF POWDERED CRYOGROUND POWDER HARPAGOPHYTUM PROCUMBENS), WAS COMPARED WITH DIACERHEIN 100 MG/DAY IN THE TREATMENT, FOR 4 MONTHS, OF 122 PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM OSTEOARTHRITIS OF THE KNEE AND HIP. ASSESSMENTS OF PAIN AND FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY WERE MADE ON A 10 CM HORIZONTAL VISUAL ANALOGUE SCALE; SEVERITY OF OSTEOARTHRITIS WAS EVALUATED BY LEQUESNE'S INDEX. SPONTANEOUS PAIN SHOWED A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT DURING THE COURSE OF THE STUDY AND THERE WAS NO DIFFERENCE IN THE EFFICACY OF THE TWO TREATMENTS. |
| Dose amount | 2.61 GM |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | TUBER |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |