Experiment 67669
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Ephedra sinica (EPHEDRACEAE) |
| Citation | BOOZER,CN: NASSER,JA: HEYMSFIELD,SB: VANG,V: CHEN,G: SOLOMON,JL:. (2001). AN HERBAL SUPPLEMENT CONTAINING MA HUANG-GUARANA FOR WEIGHT LOSS: RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND TRIAL.. 25(3) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | TO EXAMINE IN OVERWEIGHT HUMANS THE SHORT-TERM SAFETY AND EFFICACY FOR WEIGHT LOSS OF AN HERBAL SUPPLEMENT CONTAINING MA HUANG, GUARANA AND OTHER INGREDIENTS. AN 8 WEEK KANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND PLACEBO CONTROLLED STUDY OF A HERBAL DIETARY SUPPLEMENT (72 MG/DAY EPHEDRINE ALKALOIDS AND 240 MG/DAY CAFFEINE). THE PRIMARY OUTCOME VARIABLE WAS BODY WEIGHT CHANGE. SIXTY-SEVEN SUBJECTS WERE RANDOMIZED TO EITHER PLACEBO (N=32) OR ACTIVE MA HUANG/GUARANA (N=35). ACTIVE TREATMENT PRODUCED SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER LOSS OF WEIGHT OVER THE 8-WEEK TREATMENT PERIOD THAN DID PLACEBO. |
| Dose amount | VAR |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | TYPE EXT NOT STATED |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |