Experiment 69487
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Piper methysticum (PIPERACEAE) |
| Citation | PITTLER,MH: ERNST,E:. (2000). EFFICACY OF KAVA EXTRACT FOR TREATING ANXIETY: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS.. 20(1) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | AS A SYMPTOMATIC TREATMENT FOR ANXIETY. DIFFERENCE IN THE REDUCTION OF THE TOTAL SCORE ON THE HAMILTON RATING SCALE FOR ANXIETY IN FAVOR OF KAVA EXTRACT (WEIGHTED MEAN DIFFERENCE, 9.69;95% CONFIDENCE INTERVAL, 3.54-15.83). THESE DATA IMPLY THAT KAVE EXTRACT IS SUPERIOR TO PLACEBO FASHION INDEPENDENTLY BY THE TWO REVIEWS. THE METHODOLOGIC QUALITY OF ALL TRAILS WERE ASSESSED. SUPERIORITY OF KAVA EXTRACT OVER PLACEBO WAS SUGGESTED BY ALL SEVEN REVIEWED TRIALS. THE META-ANALYSIS OF THREE TRIALS SUGGESTED A SIGNIFICANT RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE BLIND CONTROLLED TRIALS OF ORAL KAVA EXTRACT FOR THE TREATMENT OF ANXIETY WERE INCLUDED. ALL PUBLICATIONS WERE BLINDED BEFORE ASSESSMENT BY A PERSON NOT INVOLVED IN THE STUDY. DATA WERE EXTRACTED INA STANDARDIZED, PREDEFINED |
| Dose amount | VAR |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | ACETONE EXT |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |