Experiment 67013
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Hypericum perforatum (CLUSIACEAE) |
| Citation | STEVINSON,C: ERNST,E:. (1999). HYPERICUM FOR DEPRESSION AN UPDATE OF THE CLINICAL EVIDENCE.. 9(6) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | ST.JOHN'S WORT DEPRESSION-AN OVERVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMISED CLINICAL TRIALS. PUBLISHED SINCE 1996. THE RESULTS OF THESE STUDIES PROVIDE FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT HYPERICUM IS SUPERIOR TO PLACEBO IN TREATING MILD OR MODEATE DEPRESSION. HOWEVER, THERE IS STILL INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO ASSES THE EFFICACY OF HYPERICUM IN COMPARISON WITH CONVENTIONAL, PARTICULARLY MODERN, ANTIDPRESSANTS. |
| Dose amount | VAR |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | HYDRO-ALCOHOLIC EXT |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |