Experiment 929456
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Oenothera biennis (ONAGRACEAE) |
| Citation | KHOO,SK: MUNRO,C: BATTISTUTTA,D:. (1990). EVENING PRIMROSE OIL AND TREATMENT OF PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME.. 153() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | 38 WOMEN WITH AT LEAST 3 SYMPTOMS OF PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME (FLUID RETENTION, BREAST PAIN, MOOD CHANGES) PARTICIPATED IN A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED CROSSOVER TRIAL OF THE OIL, WITH A TRIAL LENGTH OF 6 CYCLES. CROSSOVER WAS AT THE THIRD CYCLE. SYMPTOMS IMPROVED FOR ALL SUBJECTS DURING THE FIRST CYCLE, BUT INCREASED SLIGHTLY AFTER CROSSOVER, AGAIN FOR ALL SUBJECTS. NO DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PLACEBO AND ACTIVE MEDICATION WERE OBSERVED. 8 CAPSULES PER DAY WERE TAKEN. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | INACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | SEED OIL |
| Gender | FEMALE |