Experiment 67038
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Allium sativum (LILIACEAE) |
| Citation | STIENBERG,L: BERGLUND,J:. (2000). GARLIC AS AN INSECT REPELLENT.. 284(7) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND CROSSOVER CLINICAL TRIAL WAS CARRIED OUT TO ASSESS THE EFFICACY OF GARLIC AS AN INSECT REPELLENT. OF 100 INDIVIDUALS, 50 CONSUMED 1200 MG/D ALLIUM SATIVUM IN CAPSULE FORM AND 50 CONSUMED PLACEBO FOR 8 WEEKS, FOLLOWED BY A WASHOUT PERIOD OF 2 WEEKS, AND THEN A CROSSOVER TO PLACEBO OR ALLIUM SATIVUM CONSUMPTION FOR ANOTHER 10 WEEKS. TICK BITES WERE RECORDED IN A DIARY AFTER DAILY SELF-INSPECTION OF THE SKIN. THERE WAS SIGNIFICANTL REDUCTION IN TICK BITES WHEN CONSUMING GARLIC COMPARED WITH PLACEBO. A GREATER NUMBER OF THE PARTICIPANTS WERE BITTEN BY TICKS DURING PLACEBO CONSUMPTION. |
| Dose amount | 1.2 GM |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | BULB |