Experiment 69601
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Crocus sativus (IRIDACEAE) |
| Citation | NOORBALA,AA: AKHONDZADEH,S: TAHMACEBI-POUR,N: JAMSHIDI,AH:. (2005). HYDRO-ALCOHOLIC EXTRACT OF CROCUS SATIVUS L. VERSUS FLUOXETINE IN THE TREATMENT OF MILD TO MODERATE DEPRESSION: A DOUBLE-BLIND, RANDOMIZED PILOT TRIAL.. 97(2) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | SATIVUS IN THE TREATMENT OF MILD TO MODERATE DEPRESSION. SIMILAR TO FLUOXETINE IN THE TREATMENT OF MILD TO MODERATE DEPRESSION (F=0.13, D.F.=1, P=0.71). THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN THE TWO GROUPS IN TERMS OF OBSERVED SIDE EFFECTS. THE RESULTS OF THIS STUDY INDICATE THE EFFICACY OF CROCUS -CENTER TRIAL AND RANDOMIZED TRIAL, PATIENTS WERE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO RECEIVE CAPSULES OF SAFFRON 30 MG/DAY (BD) (GROUP 1) AND CAPSULE OF FLUOXETINE 20 MG/DAY (BD) (GROUP 2) FOR A 6 WK STUDY. SAFFRON AT THIS DOSE WAS FOUND TO BE EFFECTIVE THE DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS, FOURTH EDITION FOR MAJOR DEPRESSION BASED ON THE STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM-IV AND WITH MILD TO MODERATE DEPRESSION PARTICIPATED IN THE TRIAL. IN THIS DOUBLE-BLIND,SINGLE THE OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY WAS TO COMPARE THE EFFICACY OF HYDRO-ALCOHOLIC EXTRACT OF CROCUS SATIVUS (STIGMA) WITH FLUOXETINE IN THE TREATMENT OF MILD TO MODERATE DEPRESSION IN A 6 WK DOUBLE-BLIND, RANDOMIZED TRIAL. 40 ADULT OUTPATIENTS WHO MET |
| Dose amount | 30.0 MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | HYDRO-ALCOHOLIC EXT |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |