Experiment 69480

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PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeORAL
OrganismPistacia lentiscus (ANACARDIACEAE)
CitationBEBB,JR: BAILEY-FLITTER,N: ALA'ALDEEN,D: ATHERTON,JC:. (2003). MASTIC GUM HAS NO EFFECT ON HELICOBACTER PYLORI LOAD IN VIVO.. 52(3)
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Compound isolated
DiseaseMASTIC HAS NO EFFECT ON H.PYLOR IN HUMANS. REMAINED H. PYLORI POSITIVE BY UBT WITH NO CHANGE IN DELTA SCORES [PRE-TREATMENT MEAN+/S.E.M 19.1 +/-3.7, DAY 15 (POST-TREAMENT) 18.7 +/=3.8, P=0.8, PAIRED T-TEST]. DESPITE REPORTED ANTI-H. PYLORI ACTION IN VITRO, THIS PRELIMINARY STUDY SHOWS MASTIC 1 G FOUR TIMES DAILY FOR 14 DAYS. [13C] UREA BREATH TESTS (UBTS) WERE CARRIED OUT IMMEDIATELY BEFORE, ON DAY 15 and 5 WEEKS AFTER TREATMENT WITH MASTIC. MASTIC HAD NO EFFECT ON H. PYLORI STATUS IN AN6Y OF THE EIGHT COMPLETED PATIENTS; TO DETERMINE WHETHER MASTIC GUM SUPPRESSES OR ERADICATES HELICOBACTER PYLORI INFECTION IN HUMANS. NINE PATIENTS WITH H. PYLORI INFECTION, AND WITHOUT GASTRODUODENAL ULCERATION, WERE RECRUITED FROM DAY-CASE ENDOSCOPY LISTS AND TREATED WITH
Number1
Qualitative resultINACTIVE
AnimalHUMAN ADULT
Dose expressionDOSE
ExtractTYPE EXT NOT STATED
GenderGIVEN TO BOTH SEXES