Experiment 69534
Worktypes
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Ginkgo biloba (GINKGOACEAE) |
| Citation | PETTY,HR: FERNANDO,M: KINDZELSKII,AL: ZAREWYCH,BN: KSEBATI,MB: HDYHORCZUK,LM: MOBASHERY,S:. (2001). IDENTIFICATION OF COLCHICINE IN PLACENTAL BLOOD FROM PATIENTS USING HERBAL MEDICINES.. 14(9) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | WE CONFIRMED THE PRESENCE OF COLCHICINE IN COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE GINKGO BILOBA. DUE TO ITS POTENTIAL HARMFUL EFFECTS, IT WOULD APPEAR THAT SUCH SUPPLEMENTS SHOULD BE AVOIDED BY WOMEN WHO ARE PREGNANT OR ARE TRYING TO CONCEIVE. KNOWN ALKALOID, COLCHICINE. WHEN SAMPLES FROM INDIVIUAL PATIENTS WERE ANALYSED, SIGNIFICANT LEVELS (49-763 UG/L) OF COLCHICINE COULD BE FOUND IN PLACENTAL BLOOD OF PATIENTS USING NONPRESCRIPTION HERBAL DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS DURING PREGNANCY. WHILE CHARACTERIZING NATURAL ANTIINFLAMMATORY SUBSTANCES IN HUMAN PLACENTAL BLOOD, WE DISCOVERED A FACTOR THAT AFFECTED HUMAN NEUTROPHILS AND THEIR ADHERENCE. RIGOROUS CHEMICAL AND STEROCHEMICAL ANALYSES REVEALED THIS FACTOR TO BE THE WELL |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | . |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | TYPE EXT NOT STATED |
| Gender | FEMALE |