Experiment 67343

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PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeORAL
OrganismEmpty organism
CitationBELL,DG: JACOBS,I:. (1999). COMBINED CAFFEINE AND EPHEDRINE INGESTION IMPROVES RUN TIMES OF CANADIAN FORCES WARRIOR TEST.. 70(4)
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseTWO HOURS AFTER INGESTING EITHER A COMBINATION OF 375 MG OF C (CAFFEINE) AND 75 MG E (EPHEDRINE) (C+E), OR A PLACEBO (P), 9 HEALTHY MALE RECREATIONAL RUNNERS COMPLETED SIX BALANCED AND DOUBLE-BLIND TRIALS OF A 3.2 KM RUN. THE TRIALS WERE PERFORMED IN SETS OF TWO RUNS, I.E., TWO RUNS WERE DONE 24 H APART, AND THESE SETS WERE SEPD. BY A MIN. OF 7 D. THE SETS WERE: C+E TRIAL ON DAY 1 (D1), PLACEBO ON DAY 2 (P2); PLACEBO FIRST (P1), C+E SECOND (D2); AND PLACEBO FIRST (P3), PLACEBO SECOND (P4). THE TWO C+E TRIAL RUN TIMES WERE SIMILAR AND BOTH WERE SIGNIFICANTLY FASTER (P<0.05) THAN CONTROL AND ALL PLACEBO TRIALS.
Dose amount75.0 MG
Number1
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalHUMAN ADULT
Per unitDAY
Dose expressionDOSE
GenderMALE