Experiment 67526
Worktypes
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Vaccinium macrocarpon (ERICACEAE) |
| Citation | TSUKADA,K: TOKUNAGA,K: IWAMA,T: MISHIMA,Y: TAZAWA,K: FUJIMAKI,M:. (1994). CRANBERRY JUICE AND ITS IMPACT ON PERI-STOMAL SKIN CONDITIONS FOR UROSTOMY PATIENTS.. 40(9) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | PH MEASUREMENTS OF THE SKIN AROUND THE STOMA AND OF THE URINE OF 13 UROSTOMY PATIENTS WERE TAKEN BEFORE AND AFTER INSTITUTING A REGIMEN OF DRINKING 160 TO 320 G OF CRANBERRY JUICE EACH DAY FOR AN AVERAGE PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS. RESULTS SHOWED AN IMPROVEMENT IN SKIN CONDITION. THE AVERAGE PH OF THE URINE TAKEN FROM THE PATIENTS' POUCHES DECREASED A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT FROM 8.0 TO 7.3 YET UNEXPECTANTLY, THE AVERAGE PH OF THE FRESH URINE INCREASED A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT FROM 5.8 TO 6.2. |
| Dose amount | VAR |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | JUICE |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |