Experiment 67693
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Hypericum perforatum (CLUSIACEAE) |
| Citation | KNIEBEL,R: BURCHARD,JM:. (1988). ZUR THERAPIE DEPRESSIVER VERSTIMMUNGEN IN DER PRAXIS.. 64() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | IN A MULTICENTER, DOUBLE-BLIND STUDY, INVOLVING 162 PATIENTS, THE EFFICACY OF A ST.JOHN'S WORT/VALERIAN COMBINATION SEDATIVE WAS ASSESSED, AND COMPARED WITH AMITRIPTYLINE. PATIENTS WERE DIAGNOSED ACCORDING TO THE DSM-III. AFTER 6 WKS OF TREATMENT THERE WAS A 50% REDUCTION IN DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN 80% OF PATIENTS TREATED WITH THE EXTRACT AND WAS AS EFFECTIVE AS LOW DOSES OF AMITRIPTYLINE. |
| Dose amount | VAR |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | HYDRO-ALCOHOLIC EXT |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |