Multicenter randomized double-blind drug vs. placebo study of the treatment of tinnitus with Ginkgo biloba extract
Author Meyer B Date 25/9/1986 Journal Presse Med Abstract This important multicenter study of 103 tinnitus out-patients during a 13-month treatment period was carried out by ten E.N.T. specialists, using the double blind, drug versus placebo method. The results were conclusive as regards the effectiveness of Ginkgo biloba extract and made it possible to determine […]
Pyridoxine supplementation during isoniazid therapy.
Author Snider DE Jr Date 12/1980 Journal Tubercle Abstract Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) supplementation during isoniazid (INH) therapy is necessary in some patients to prevent the development of peripheral neuropathy. In vivo pyridoxine is converted into coenzymes which play an essential role in the metabolism of protein, carbohydrates, fatty acids, and several other substances, including brain […]
Plant metabolites. Structure and in vitro antiviral activity of quinovic acid glycosides from Uncaria tomentosa and Guettarda platypoda.
Author Aquino R, De Simone F, Pizza C Date 7/1989 Journal J Nat Prod Abstract A reinvestigation of the bark of Uncaria tomentosa afforded, in addition to the major quinovic acid glycosides 1-3, three further glycosides 4-6. The structures were elucidated by spectral and chemical studies. Furthermore, a series of antiviral tests were performed on […]
Immune restoration of local xenogeneic graft-versus-host reaction in cancer patients in vitro and reversal of cyclophosphamide-induced immune suppression in the rat in vivo by fractionated Astragalus membranaceus
Author Chu DT, Sun Y, Lin JR Date 6/1989 Journal Chung Hsi I Chieh Ho Tsa Chih Abstract Through the process of fractionation, purification by gel filtration chromatography and thereafter the screening with an in vitro local xenogeneic graft-versus-host reaction (XGVHR) model, a fraction was identified as a potent immunorestorative agent and was designated “Fraction […]
General pharmacology of Vitex leucoxylon Linn leaves.
Author Makwana HG, Ravishankar B, Shukla VJ Date 4/1994 Journal Indian J Physiol Pharmacol Abstract Ethanol extract (ETE) and cold aqueous infusion (CAI) of Vitex leucoxylon leaf were evaluated in a battery of tests to define the activity profile of the plant. CAI depressed SMA, antagonised d- amphetamine stereotypy and oxotremorine tremors, shortened the duration […]
Invasive Gastric Candidiasis
Author Pugh TF, Fitch SJ Date 1986 Journal Pediatr Radiol Abstract A case of invasive gastric candidiasis is reported. The frequency and importance of Candida sp. as a gastric pathogen is reviewed
Effect of zinc supplementation on copper status in adult man.
Author Fischer PW, Giroux A, L’Abbe MR. Date 10/1984 Journal Am J Clin Nutr Abstract The effects of zinc supplementation on the copper status of healthy adult men, as assessed by the activities of the copper-metalloenzymes, plasma ferroxidase (ceruloplasmin), and erythrocyte Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase, were determined. The subjects were given either two daily doses of 25 […]
Radical scavenger and antihepatotoxic activity of Ganoderma formosanum, Ganoderma lucidum and Ganoderma neo-japonicum.
Author Lin JM, Lin CC, Chen MF, Ujiie T Date 23/6/1995 Journal J Ethnopharmacol Abstract The free radical scavenging and antihepatotoxic activity from Ganoderma lucidum, Ganoderma formosanum and Ganoderma neo-japonicum were studied. Treatment with the water extract of Ganoderma lucidum, Ganoderma formosanum and Ganoderma neo-japonicum caused a marked decrease in the CCl4-induced toxicity in rat […]
Clinical experience of drug treatments for mastalgia.
Author Pye JK, Mansel RE, Hughes LE Date 17/8/1985 Journal Lancet Abstract Results of randomised trials and open studies in 291 patients with severe persistent breast pain in whom breast cancer had been excluded showed that drug therapy produced a good or useful result in 77% of those with cyclical mastalgia and 44% of those […]
Successful treatment of multiple sclerosis with magnetic fields.
Author Sandyk R Date 10/1992 Journal Int J Neurosci Abstract The present communication concerns a 50 year-old woman with a 15 year history of chronic-progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) in whom extracranial application of picoTesla magnetic fields (MF) produced a dramatic and sustained improvement in disability. In contrast, administration of melatonin (3 mg, P.O.) produced in […]
