Experiment 963176
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Phyllanthus amarus (EUPHORBIACEAE) |
| Citation | THAMLIKITKUL,V: WASUWAT,S: KANCHANAPEE,P:. (1991). EFFICACY OF PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS FOR ERADICATION OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS IN CHRONIC CARRIERS.. 74(9) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | SIXTY-FIVE ADULT ASYMPTOMATIC CHRONIC CARRIERS OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS WERE ENROLLED IN A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED EFFFICACY TRIAL. THIRTY-FOUR RECEIVED 600 MG PER DAY FOR 30 DAYS AND 31 RECEIVED PLACEBO IN IDENTICAL CAPSULES. THE CONVERSION RATE OF HBSAG WAS 6 PER CENT IN THE STUDY GROUP AT DAY 30. WHEN 20 SUBJECTS IN THE PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS GROUP WERE GIVEN A FURTHER 30 DAY TREATMENT AND 22 PLACEBO RECIPINENTS WERE GIVEN PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS AT A DOSE OF 1.5 GM PER DAY FOR 30 DAYS, THE CONVERSION WAS OBSERVED (5%) IN THE HIGHER DOSE GROUP. ADVERSE EFFECTS WERE NTO OBSERVED IN ALL PATIENTS RECEIVING THE PLANT. THE DATA INDICATE THAT THERE WAS A MINIMAL EFFECT ON ERADICATION OF HBSAG FROM THAI ASYMPTOMATIC CHRONIC CARRIERS. |
| Dose amount | 600.0 MG |
| Number | 2 |
| Qualitative result | WEAK ACTIVITY |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | PERSON |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | PLANT |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |