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Planta Med 1993; 59(5): 394-397
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-959716
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Report of the Results of a Double-Blind, Randomized, Single-Dose Trial of a Topical 2% Escin Gel versus Placebo in the Acute Treatment of Experimentally-Induced Hematoma in Volunteers*

Carlo Calabrese, Paris Preston
  • Bastyr College, 144 N.E. 54th Street, Seattle, Washington 98105, U.S.A.
* Bastyr College Research Department Report: Escin Trial, 19/16/91.
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1992

1993

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04 January 2007 (online)

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Abstract

The efficiency of topically applied 2% escin gel in reducing tenderness to pressure on experimentally induced hematoma is demonstrated. A double-blind, randomized signal dose trial versus placebo in healthy volunters was used.

Key words

Aesculus hippocastinum - Hippocastaneaceae - 2% escin gel - experimentally-induced hematoma - tenderness to pressure - anti-inflammatory activity

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