Experiment 958409
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Tripterygium wilfordii (CELASTRACEAE) |
| Citation | ZHANG,JZ: NI,RZ:. (1985). FOUR CASES OF NEPHROTOXICITY BY TRIPTERYGIUJM WILFORDII.. 18(4) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | 4/44 CASES OF PSORIASIS TREATED WITH EXTRACT SHOWED TOXIC EFFECTS LIKE DIZZINESS AND VOMITING FROM DAY 3-5 AFTER MEDICATION. 2/44 DEVELOPED ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE, LEUKOPENIA + THROMBOCYTOPENIA WHEN MEDICATION WAS NOT DISCONTINUED PROMPTLY. THE EXTRACT WAS PREPARED AS A DECOCTION EQUIVALENT TO 12-15 GM OF THE ROOT TAKEN ONCE DAILY. CONDITIONS OF THE SUBJECTS IMPROVED AFTER RECEIVING PREDNISLONE (40 MG/DAY), HYDROCORTISONE (100 MG,IV) AND VITAMIN C. |
| Dose amount | 12-15 GM |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | PERSON |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | DECOCTION |