Experiment 67032
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Achillea wilhelmsii (ASTERACEAE) |
| Citation | ASGARY,S: NADERI,GH: SARRAFZADEGAN,N: MOHAMMADIFARD,N: MOSTAFAVI,S: VAKILI,R:. (2000). ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AND ANTIHYPERLIPIDEMIC EFFECTS OF ACHILLEA WILHELMSII.. 26(3) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A DOUBLE-BLIND PLACEBO CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL INVESTIGATED THE ANTIHYPERLIPIDEMIC AND ANTIHYPERTENSIVE EFFECTS OF ACHILLEA DROPS. WE RANDOMLY SELECTED 120 MEN AND WOMEN, AGED 40-60 YEARS, AND DIVIDED THEM IN TWO DISTINCT GROUPS OF MODERATED HYPERLIPIDEMIC AND PRIMARY HYPERTENSIVE SUBJECTS. THEY WERE TREATED EITHER WITH HYDROALCOHOLIC EXTRACT OR WITH PLACEBO IN THE FORM OF 15-20 DROPS TWICE DAILY FOR MORE THAN 6 MONTHS. BLOOD PRESSURE AND SERUM LIPIDS (TOTAL CHOLESTEROL, TRIGLYCERIDE, LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN (LDL) CHOLESTEROL AND HIGH-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN (HDL) CHOLESTEROL) WERE MEASURED IN THE GROUPS FOR 3 PERIODS OF 2 MONTHS EACH. THE RESULTS SHOWED A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN TRIGLYCERIDES AFTER OF 2 MONTHS WHILE DECREASES IN TRIGLYCERIDES, TOTAL CHOLESTEROL AND LDL-CHOLESTEROL WERE SIGNIFICANT AFTER 4 MONTHS. LEVELS OF HDL-CHOLESTEROL WERE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED AFTER 6 MONTHS' TREATMENT. A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE WAS OBSERVED IN DIASTOLIC AND SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE AFTER 2 AND 6 MONTHS, RESPECTIVELY. |
| Dose amount | VAR |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | ETOH(70%)EXT |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |