Clinical trial of deglycyrrhizinised liquorice in gastric ulcer.

Double-blind trial of deglycyrrhizinated liquorice in gastric ulcer.

In order to investigate further the reported beneficial effect of deglycyrrhizinated liquorice in gastric ulcer, a trial with a double-blind, cross-over design was performed. The patients were treated during two consecutive periods of four weeks each with either liquorice extract during the first period and placebo during the second or placebo during the first period and liquorice during the se...

Clinical trial of deglycyrrhizinized liquorice in gastric ulcer.

In the past twenty years evidence has accumulated that liquorice and related compounds accelerate the rate of healing of gastric ulcers. Powdered succus liquiritiae (Revers, 1948) and glycyrrhiza extract (Schulze, Franke, and Keller, 1954; Ferenbach, 1954; Ohrt, 1955) were shown to be beneficial in patients with gastric ulcer but adequately controlled clinical trials of liquorice extracts were ...

Liquorice 7% versus selenium sulfide 1% shampoos in the treatment of dandruff: a clinical trial

Endoscopic Finding of Gastric Ulcer in Rural Horse and Relation with Gasterophilus spp

BACKGROUND: Gastric ulcer is one of the most common diseases in racehorses. Colic, weight loss and poor performance are some of the clinical signs. The second and third larval stages of the bot fly Gasterophilus spp live in the stomach of the horse. This parasite is often found in large numbers of horses in all of the countries. OBJECTIVES: The a...

Some experience with deglycyrrhizinated liquorice in the treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcers with special reference to its spasmolytic effect.

Liquorice has been used in medicine for many years, originally as a sweetening agent, but its efficacy was not fully realized until Revers (1946, 1958) found that peptic ulcers healed rapidly with its extract. However, oedema, heartburn, congestive cardiac failure, and headaches were commonly encountered as side effects of the crude extract. Molhuysen, Gerbrandy, de Vries, de Jong, Renstia, Tur...