Experiment 69661
Worktypes
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Linum usitatissimum (LINACEAE) |
| Citation | DIDIN,S: LEMAY,A: JACQUES,H: LEGARE,F: FOREST,JC: MASSE,B:. (2005). THE EFFECTS OF FLAXSEED DIETARY SUPPLEMENT ON LIPID PROFILE, BONE MINERAL DENSITY, AND SYMPTOMS IN MENOPAUSAL WOMEN: A RAMDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, WHEAT GERM PLACEBO-CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL.. 90(3) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | RATION OF FLAXSEED INTO THE DIET PRODUCED A FAVORABLE, BUT NOT CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT, EFFECT ON BLOOD CHOLESTEROL AND CAUSED NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN BMD OR SYMPTOMS IN HEALTHY MENOPAUSAL WOMEN. DID NOT DIFFER SIGNIFICANTLY BETWEEN THE ARMS. BOTH FLEXSEED AND WHEAT GERM REDUCED (P<0.0001) THE SEVERITY SCORES OF MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOMS, BUT NO STATISTICAL DIFFERENCE WAS FOUND BETWEEN THE TWO ARMS. OUR FINDINGS SUGGEST THAT 1-YR INCORP- AT BASELINE AND AT MONTH 12, SERUM LEVELS OF LIPIDS, BONE MINERAL SENSITY (BMD), AND MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOMS WERE EVALUATED. FLAXSEED REDUCED SERUM TOTAL AND HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL CONCENTRATIONS COMPARED WITH WHEAT GERM PLACEBO.BMD THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO ASSESS THE EFFECTS OF FLAXSEED INCORPORATION INTO THE DIET OF HEALTHY MENOPAUSAL WOMEN. 199 MENOPAUSAL WOMEN WERE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO CONSUME 40 GM FLAXSEED/D (N=101) OR WHEAT GERM PLACEBO (N=98) FOR 12 MONTHS. |
| Dose amount | 40.0 GM |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | INACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | SEEDS |
| Gender | FEMALE |