Experiment 68306
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Selaginella doederleinii (SELAGINELLACEAE) |
| Citation | PAN,KY: LIN,JL: CHEN,JS:. (2001). SEVERE REVERSIBLE BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION INDUCED BY SELAGINELLA DOEDERLEINII.. 39(6) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | WE REPORT A 52-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PATIENT WITH CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA WHO DEVELOPED SEVERE BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION AFTER TAKING SELAGINELLA DOEDERLEINII AS AN ALTERNATIVE ANTICANCER TREATMENT. SHE DEVELOPED SEVERE PANCYTOPENIA WITH INITIAL PRESENTATIONS OF SKIN ECCHYMOSIS, ITCHING, AND GUM BLEEDING 2 WEEKS AFTER TAKING SELAGINELLA DOEDERLEINII DAILY. BONE MARROW SMEAR AND BIOPSY SHSOED SEVERE HYPOCELLULARITY WITH NO MALIGNANT CELL INFILTRAITON. APPROXIMATELY 1 WEEK AFTER STOPPING SELAGINELLA DOEDERLEINII, HER HEMOGRAM RETURSN TO PREVIOUS LEVELS. SELAGINELLA DOEDERLEINII, A POPULAR ANTICANCER HERB, MAY CONTAIN AN AS YET UNIDENTIFIED SUBSTANCE THAT CONTRIBUTES TO REVERSIBLE BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION. |
| Dose amount | 600.0 GM |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | DECOCTION |
| Gender | FEMALE |