Experiment 67827
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Ginkgo biloba (GINKGOACEAE) |
| Citation | LYON,MR: CLINE,JC: DEZEPETNEK,JT: SHAN,JJ: PANG,P: BENISHIN,C:. (2001). EFFECT OF THE HERBAL EXTRACT COMBINATION PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUM AND GINKGO BILOBA ON ATTENTION-DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER: A PILOT STUDY.. 26(3) |
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| Disease | A COMBINATION HERBAL PRODUCT CONTAINING AMERICAN GINSENG EXTRACT, PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUM, (200 MG) AND GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT (50 MG) WAS TESTED FOR ITS ABILITY TO IMPROVE THE SYMPTOMS OF ATTENTION-DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD). DESIGN: OPEN STUDY. PATIENTS: 36 CHILDREN WHO FIT THE DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR ADHD. AD-FX CAPSULES WERE TAKEN TWICE A DAY ON AN EMPTY STOMACH FOR 4 WEEKS. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STUDY, AFTER 2 WEEKS, AND THEN AT THE END OF THE 4-WEEK TRIAL, PARENTS COMPLETE A QUESTIONNAIRE THAT ASSESSES A BROAD RANGE OF PROBLEM BEHAVIOURS. AFTER 2 WEEKS OF TREATMENT, THE PROPORTION OF THE SUBJECTS EXHIBITING IMPROVEMENT RANGED FROM 31% FOR THE ANXIOUS-SHY ATTRIBUTE TO 67% FOR THE PSYCHOSOMATIC ATTRIBUTE. AFTER 4 WE OF TREATMENT, THE PROPORTION OF SUBJECTS EXHIBITING IMPROVEMENT RANGED FROM 44% FOR THE SOCIAL PROBLEMS ATTRIBUTE TO 74%. |
| Dose amount | 100.0 MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN CHILD |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | TYPE EXT NOT STATED |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |