title: Efficacy of an Extract of Ocimum tenuiflorum (OciBest) in the Management of General Stress: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study.
abstract: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of OciBest, an extract of Ocimum tenuiflorum Linn. in symptomatic control of general stress. The participants received either placebo (n = 79) or OciBest (n = 71; 1200 mg of actives per day) for six weeks. The severity of stress-related symptoms was self-evaluated by patients at weeks 0, 2, 4 and 6 of the trial period using a symptom rating scale. After six weeks of intervention, scores of symptoms such as forgetfulness, sexual problems of recent origin, frequent feeling of exhaustion, and frequent sleep problems of recent origin decreased significantly (P ≤ 0.05) in OciBest group as compared with placebo group. Also, the total symptom scores of OciBest group revealed significant reduction (P ≤ 0.05) as compared to placebo group. The overall improvement in OciBest group was found to be 1.6 times or 39% more in the control of general stress symptoms with respect to placebo. No adverse events were reported during the study. The findings revealed that OciBest was found to be effective and well tolerated by all the patients over the six weeks of study period.
authors: Clinical Pharmacology, OP Chaudhry Hospital and Research Centre, Lucknow 226 015, India.
authors: Ram Chandra
authors: RC
authors: Saxena
authors: Rakesh
authors: R
authors: Singh
authors: Parveen
authors: P
authors: Kumar
authors: Mahendra P Singh
authors: MP
authors: Negi
authors: Vinod S
authors: VS
authors: Saxena
authors: Periasamy
authors: P
authors: Geetharani
authors: Joseph Joshua
authors: JJ
authors: Allan
authors: Kudiganti
authors: K
authors: Venkateshwarlu