Posted by S.D. on September 10, 2006, at 17:55:00 [reposted on September 10, 2006, at 18:43:12 | original URL]
Does anyone know what "LI 150" signifies? How much kava kava is this in terms of "standardized to 30% kavalactones" (kava pyrones) kind of capsules sold OTC in the USA?
The study (see article ref. below) I'm referring to is a "8-week randomized, reference-controlled, double-blind, multi-centre clinical trial" of "kava-kava". I only have the abstract.
Here's a link to it:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12807341&dopt=Abstract"For either this trial or other significant trials of kava, I'm trying to find out what is an equivalent kava dose I can buy. I've gotten a mild benefit from 1000mg/day of the common "30%" stuff (Natrol and "Now" brands).
-- S.D. (anxiousInSanDiego)
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Phytomedicine. 2003;10 Suppl 4:38-49.Article title
Kava-Kava extract LI 150 is as effective as Opipramol and Buspirone in Generalised Anxiety Disorder--an 8-week randomized, double-blind multi-centre clinical trial in 129 out-patients.Authors
Boerner RJ, Sommer H, Berger W, Kuhn U, Schmidt U, Mannel M.Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany. reinhard.boerner@psy.med.uni-muenchen.de
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