Experiment 67065
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Commiphora mukul (BURSERACEAE) |
| Citation | KUPPURAJAN,K: RAJAGOPALAN,SS: KOTESWARA RAO,T: VIJAYALAKSHMI,AN: DWARAKANATH,C:. (1973). EFFECTS OF GUGGULU (COMMIPHORA MUKUL-ENGL.) ON SERUM LIPIDS IN OBESE SUBJECTS.. 8(4) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | THE EFFECT OF THE CRUDE DRUG AND A PETROLEUM ETHER EXTRACT IN 120 OBESE PATIENTS WITH HYPERLIPIDEMIA WAS ASSESSED IN A PLACEBO CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL. THE PATIENTS RECEIVED 2 GRAMS OF CRUDE DRUG TWICE DAILY OR A PETROLEUM ETHER FRACTION 0.5 GRAMS THREE TIMES DAILY, A PLACEBO OR CLOBIRATE AS A COMPARISON DRUG FOR 21 DAYS. BOTH THE CRUDE DRUG AND CLOFIBRATE CAUSED A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN THE MEAN SERUM CHOLESTEROL LEVELS AFTER 10 DAYS(P<0.01 AND <0.1, RESPECTIVELY). THE PETRO ETHER FRACTION ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED SERUM CHOLESTEROL CONCENTRATIONS BY DAY TEN(P<0.05),AS COMPARED WITH PLACEBO. |
| Dose amount | 6.0 GM |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | RESIN |