Experiment 68784
Worktypes
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Banisteriopsis caapi (MALPIGHIACEAE) |
| Citation | SERRANO-DUENAS,M: CARDOZO-PELAEZ,F: SANCHEZ-RAMOS,JR:. (2001). EFFECTS OF BANISTERIOPSIS CAAPI EXTRACT ON PARKINSON'S DISEASE.. 5(3) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A DOUBLE-BLIND, RANDOMIZED PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL OF A BANISTERIOPSIS CAAPI (BC) EXTRACT FOR TREATMENT OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE (PD). PLACEBO GROUP=15, TREATMENT GROUP=15 PATIENTS. A SINGLE DOSE OF BC ADMINISTERED TO DE NOVO PD PATIENTS RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN MOTOR FUNCTIION EVIDENCED BY DECLINE IN UNIFIED PARKINSON'S DISEASE RATING SCALE (UPDRS) SCORE. THE BENEFICIAL EFFECTS WERE MAXIMAL BY THE SECOND HOUR AND PERSISTED UNTIL THE LAST EVALUATION OF THE PATIENTS AT 4 HOURS. HOWEVER, TREMOR WAS NOT IMPROVED AND IN SOME PATIENTS TREMOR WAS EXACERBATED. ALL PATIENTS ALSO EXPERIENCED A DEGREE OF TRANSIENT NAUSEA OR VOMITING. |
| Dose amount | 200.0 ML |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | H2O EXT |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |