Experiment 69662
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 | ORATION 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 TWO ARMS. BOTH FLAXSEED 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 DENSITY (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. 191 MENOPAUSAL WOMEN WERE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO COSUME 40 GM FLAXSEED/D (N=101) OR WHEAT GERM PLACEBO (N=98) FOR 12 MONTHS. |
| Dose amount | 40.0 GM |
| Number | 2 |
| Qualitative result | INACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | SEEDS |
| Gender | FEMALE |