Experiment 959877

Details

PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeORAL
OrganismTripterygium wilfordii (CELASTRACEAE)
CitationSHI,YM: YAO,HX: LI,KY: GU,WH: GUO,YQ:. (1985). TREATMENT OF INFANTILE NEPHRITIS WITH THE ROOT OF TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII.. 26(12)
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
Disease30 CASES OF INFANTILE KIDNEY DISEASE TREATED WITH FLUIDEXTRACT OF THE TITLE PLANT AS AN INFUSION OR TABLETS. 13 CASES OF PURPURIC NEPHRITIS, 9 CASES OF NEPHROTIC SYNDROME, 5 CASES OF HEPATITIS B NEPHRITIS + 3 CASES OF PERSISTING NEPHRITIS. PATIENTS, 2.5-13 YEARS OLD, WERE TREATED FOR 13 DAYS TO 5 MOS(AVG 3 MOS). OF THE 13 CASES OF PURPURIC NEPHRITIS TREATED, 11 CASES WERE REMITTED AND 1 CASE SIGNIFICNATLY IMPROVED. ALL 6 CASES OF SIMPLE NEPHRITIS WERE REMITTED. OF THE 5 CASES OF HEPATITIS B NEPHRITIS TREATED, 3 WERE REMITTED AND 2 WERE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED. OF THE 3 CASES OF PERSISTING NEPHRITIS TREATED, 1 CASE WAS REMITTED AND ANOTHER CASE WAS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED. SOME PATIENTS DEVELOPED SKIN RASH, ELEVATION OF SGPT, DECREASE OF SGPT, DECREASE OF LEUKOCYTE COUNT, GASTROINTESTINAL UPSET AND DELUSION: ALL OF THESE DISAPPEARED UPON WITHDRAWAL OF MEDICATION.
Number1
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalHUMAN ADULT
Dose expressionDOSE
ExtractINFUSION