In a controlled, double blind, randomized multicentre study, the efficacy and safety of the topical comfrey product Traumaplant (10% active ingredient of a 2.5:1 aqueous ethanolic pressed juice of freshly harvested, cultivated comfrey herb (Symphytum x uplandicum NYMAN), corresponding to 25 g of fresh herb per 100 g of cream; n = 104) was tested against a 1% product (corresponding to 2.5 g of fresh comfrey herb in 100 g of cream; n = 99) in 203 patients with acute ankle distortion. With the high concentration, decrease of the scores for pain on active motion, pain at rest and functional impairment was highly significant and clinically relevant on days T3-4 as well as T7 (p < 0.001). Amelioration of swellings as compared to reference was also significant on day 3-4 (p < 0.01). Efficacy was judged good to excellent in 85.6% of cases with verum and in 65.7% of cases with reference on day 3-4. Overall tolerability was excellent.
The effectiveness and tolerability of the topical Symphytum product Traumaplant (Harras Pharma Curarina, München, Germany) (10% active ingredient of a 2.5:1 aqueous-ethanolic pressed concentrate of freshly harvested, cultivated comfrey herb [Symphytum uplandicum Nyman], corresponding to 25 g of fresh herb per 100 g of cream) in the treatment of patients with myalgia (n=104) were tested against a 1% reference product (corresponding to 2.5 g of fresh comfrey herb in 100 g of cream; n=111). The primary efficacy parameter in this double-blind, reference- controlled, randomized, multicenter study of 215 patients with pain in the lower and upper back was pain in motion, assessed with the aid of a visual analogue scale. Secondary efficacy parameters included pain at rest, pain on palpation, and functional impairment. With high concentrations of the treatment product, amelioration of pain on active motion (P<5 x 10 -9 ), pain at rest (P<.001), and pain on palpation (P=5 x 10 -5 ) was significantly more pronounced than that attained with the reference product and was clinically highly relevant. A number needed to treat of 3.2 was calculated from the study results. Global efficacy was significantly better (P=1 x 10 -8 ) and onset of effects was faster (P=4 x 10 -7 ) with the high-concentration product. Tolerability of the highly concentrated study product was good to excellent in all patients. Study results confirm the known anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects of topical (Symphytum cream. As a new finding, applicability in certain forms of back pain can be concluded.
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continuous expansion of research in the field of stable carboranes
and their wide potential in the drug design require carrying out fundamental
studies regarding their chiral separations. Although supercritical
fluid chromatography (SFC) is a viable technique for fast enantioseparations,
no investigation concerning boron cluster compounds has been done
yet. We aimed at the development of a straightforward method enabling
chiral separations of racemic mixtures of anionic cluster carboranes
and metallacarboranes that represent an analytical challenge. The
fast gradient screening testing nine polysaccharide-based columns
was used. The key parameters affecting the selectivity were the type
of chiral selector, the type of alcohol, and the base in cosolvent.
Moreover, the addition of acetonitrile or water to the cosolvent was
identified as an effective tool for decreasing the analysis time while
preserving the resolution. After the optimization, the chiral separations
of 19 out of 20 selected compounds were achieved in less than 10 min.
These results demonstrate the clear advantage of SFC over chiral separations
using HPLC in terms of both analysis time and structural variety of
successfully separated compounds.
We report the difunctional modification of anionic cobalta bis(dicarbollide)(1-) cluster with a B(8,8)-oxygen bridging unit that provides structural rigidity and an organic alkylazide substituent(s) on the carbon atoms of the...
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