Experiment 873209
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Symphytum officinale (BORAGINACEAE) |
| Citation | WESTON,CFM: COOPER,BT: DAVIES,JD: LEVINE,DF:. (1987). VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE OF THE LIVER SECONDARY TO INGESTION OF COMFREY.. 295(6591) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A 13 YEAR OLD BOY WHO HAD TAKEN COMFREY LEAF TEA FOR INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING HEPATIC VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE. SYMPTOMS WERE FATIGUE, ABDOMINAL PAIN, ASCITES, TENDER HEPATOMEGALY, MILD IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA RAISED SERUM. BILIRUBIN CONCENTRATION,RAISED ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE ACTIVITY,AND LOW SERUM ALBUM IN COMFREY HAD BEEN INGESTED FOR 2 TO 3 YEARS. TREATMENT WITH SPIRONOLACTONE, SALT RESTRICTION AND BED REST HAD GOOD RESULTS. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | INFUSION |