Experiment 68758

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PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeORAL
OrganismPanax ginseng (ARALIACEAE)
CitationGARDINAL,BJ: ENGELS,HJ:. (2001). GINSENG DOES NOT ENHANCE PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING IN HEALTHY, YOUNG ADULTS: RESULTS OF A DOUBLE-BLIND PLACEBO-CONTROLLED, RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRAIL.. 101(6)
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseasePROSPECTIVE, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRAIL. EIGHT-THREE ADULTS (40 WOMEN, 43 MEN) PARTICIPATED IN THIS STUDY (MAEN AGE=25 7 YEAR). PARTICIPANTS WERE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO ONE OF THREE EXPERITMENTAL CONDITIONS: PLACBO (LACTOSE), 200 MG GINSENG OR 400 MG GINSENGG. THE GINSENG PREPARATION USED IN THIS STUDY CONSISTED OF THE PANAX GINSENG C A MYER CONCENTRATE G115 IN CAPSULAR FORMAT. EACH PARTICIPANT WAS GIGVEN A 60-DAY ALLOTMENT OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SUPPLEMENT ALONG WITH WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT THE PROPER INTAKE AND STORAGE OF THE CAPSULES DURING THE 8-WEEK STUDY PERIOD. POSITIVE AFFECT, NEGATIVE AFFECT AND TOTAL MOOD DISTURBANCE. MEASURES WERE OBTAINED PRE-AND POST-INTERVENTION. GINSENG SUPPLEMENTATION HAD NO EFFECT ON POSTIVE AFFECT NEGATIVE AFFECT OR TOAL MOOD DISTURBANCE (ALL P<016). THE PRESENT FINDINGS DO NOT SUPPORT, CLAIMS THAT CHRONIC GINSENG SUPPLEMENTATION-AT EITHER ITS CLINICALLY RECOMMENDED LEVEL OR AT TWICE THAT LEVEL-ENHANCES EFFECT OR MOOD IN HEALTHY YOUNG ADULTS.
Dose amount400.0 MG
Number1
Qualitative resultINACTIVE
AnimalHUMAN ADULT
Per unitDAY
Dose expressionDOSE
ExtractHYDRO-ALCOHOLIC EXT
GenderGIVEN TO BOTH SEXES