Experiment 932753
Worktypes
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Oenothera biennis (ONAGRACEAE) |
| Citation | HORROBIN,DF:. (1990). EVENING PRIMROSE OIL AND PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME.. 153(10) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | TRIALS IN WHICH EVENING PRIMROSE OIL IS COMPARED TO PLACEBO IN PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME MUST BE RUN FOR AT LEAST 6 MONTHS FOR INTERGROUP DIFFERENCES TO EMERGE, SINCE ALL STUDIES OF PMS DEMONSTRATE LARGE PLACEBO RESPONSES. NEVERTHELESS, 4 DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIALS HAVE DEMONSTRATED EFFECTIVENESS FOR EVENING PRIMROSE OIL. IN ONE THERE WAS NO GROUP DIFFERENCE AFTER 3 MONTHS TREATMENT. BUT DIFFERENCES WERE SIGNIFICANT AFTER 6 MONTHS. PREMENSTRUAL SYMPTOMS OF IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME AND BREAST PAIN HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED TO BE DIMINISHED BY THE OIL IN PLACEBO CONTROLLED STUDIES. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | SEED OIL |
| Gender | FEMALE |