Experiment 688637
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 RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND TRIAL COMPARED THE EFFECT OF SAW PALMETTO WITH FINASTERIDE. 1098 PATIENTS WERE INVOLVED IN THE TRIAL. BOTH TREATMENTS REDUCED THE IPSS AND INCREASED PEAK URINE FLOW. PSA LEVELS WERE UNCHANGED IN THE SAW PALMETTO GROUP, BUT ROSE BY 41% IN THE FINASTERIDE GROUP. |
| Dose amount | 320.0 MG |
| Number | 10 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | SEED OIL |
| Gender | MALE |