Experiment 688635
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Serenoa repens (ARECACEAE) |
| Citation | LOWE,FC: FAGELMAN,E:. (1999). PHYTOTHERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA: AN UPDATE.. 53(4) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A PROSPECTIVE, RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND TRIAL ASSESSED THE EFFECT OF SAW PALMETTO ON EPITHELIAL AND STROMAL ENZYMES IN BPH TISSUES. PATIENTS WERE TREATED FOR 3 MONTHS AFTER WHICH THEY UNDERWENT SUPRAPUBIC TRANSVESICAL PROSTATECTOMY. NO DIFFERENCE WAS OBSERVED IN 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE ACTIVITY BUT CREATINE KINASE WAS ELEVATED IN THE SAW PALMETTO GROUP. |
| Dose amount | 320.0 MG |
| Number | 8 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | SEED OIL |
| Gender | MALE |