Experiment 960688
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Tripterygium wilfordii (CELASTRACEAE) |
| Citation | QIAN,JQ: HE,YX: HU,PY: ZHANG,QY:. (1989). TREATMENT OF IDIOPATHIC IGA NEPHROPATHY WITH TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII GLYCOSIDE.. 5(1) |
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| Disease | 17 CASES OF UNTREATED BIOPSY-PROVEN IDIOPATHIC IGA NEPHROPATHY WERE TREATED WITH TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII "GLYCOSIDE FRACTION" AT 20-60 MG DAILY FOR 1.5-8.5 MONTHS. THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECT WAS COMPARED WITH THAT OF THE CONTROL GROUP OF 13 CASES. SERIAL FOLLOW-UP FOR A MEAN OF 6 MONTHS REVEALED A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OF PROTEINURIA, HEMATURIA AND SERUM IGA TITRE IN THE TREATMENT GROUP BUT NOT IN THE CONTROL GROUP. THE PREPARATION PRODUCED MULTIPLE SIDE EFFECTS INCLUDING: HAIR LOSS(1 CASE), RASHES(1CASE), 2 CASES EACH OF NAIL PALENESS, MENSTRUAL DISORDERS AND REDUCED APPETITE AND 3 CASES EACH OF LEUKOPENIA AND SKIN PIGMENTATION. THESE REACTIONS DISAPPEARED SPONTANEOUSLY WITH DOSE REDUCTION. THE DRUG WAS CONSIDERED BENEFICIAL FOR PATIENTS WITH IDIOPATHIC IGA NEPHROPATHY. |
| Dose amount | 20-60 MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | CHROMATOGRAPHIC FRACTION |