Experiment 996497
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Lagenaria siceraria (CUCURBITACEAE) |
| Citation | ANON:. (1977). PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECT OF LAGENARIA SICERARIA (MOLINA) STANDL. VAR. GOURDA (SER) IN DIABETES MELLITUS.. 2(3) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | TWENTY-SIX CASES OF DIABETES MELLITUS WERE TREATED WITH LAGENARIA SICERARIA VAR.GOURDA IN TABLET,INJECTION AND DECOCTION FORM,DURING A PERIOD OF 3-6 MONTHS TWENTY-FOUR OF THE 26 PATIENTS HAD VARYING DEGREES OF IMPROVEMENT IN POLYPHAGIA,POLYDIPSIA AND POLYURIA,ESPECIALLY THE LATTER.INCREASED SALIVATION WAS NOTED IN SOME CASES.NO UNTOWARD SID STATISTICAL ANALYSIS SHOWED THAT THE DRUG WAS EFFECTIVE IN 5 CASES,FAIR IN 16,AND NO EFFECT IN 5.THE TOTAL EFFECTIVE RATE WAS ABOUT 80.2% |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | HOT H2O EXT |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |