Thirty-one patients with radiolucent common bile duct stones received medical treatment. Nineteen had Rowachol, a terpene preparation, eight (42%) achieving complete stone disappearance within 3 to 48 months. Fifteen (including 3 of the above) took Rowachol with bile acid (chenodeoxycholic in 11, ursodeoxycholic in 4) for 3 to 60 months: 11 (73%) achieved complete dissolution within 18 months. ...

The effect of Rowachol (200 mg tid), an essential oil preparation, on biliary lipid secretion and serum lipids was measured in six healthy male volunteers before and after four weeks of treatment. Biliary cholesterol and phospholipid secretion increased significantly from 113 +/- 36 (SD) mumol/h to 155 +/- 52 mumol/h (p less than 0.05) and from 409 +/- 145 mumol/h to 587 +/- 185 mumol/h (p less...

Thirty patients with radiolucent stones in a radiologically functioning gall bladder were treated for up to two years with a combination of Rowachol (one capsule twice daily), a mixture of cyclic monoterpenes, and chenodeoxycholic acid (7.0-10.5 mg/kg/day). The patients were not selected for body weight or size of stones. All complete dissolutions diagnosed by oral cholecystography were confirm...

Terpenes are active constituents of many pharmaceutical dosage forms with naturalproducts origin. One of the challenges in developing dosage forms with herbal originis their standardization as pharmaceutical products. GC-Mass is the most decisive andreliable technique to fulfill the requirements in this regard. In the present study, a reliable,rapid, and accurate method was developed for determ...

Terpenes are active constituents of many pharmaceutical dosage forms with naturalproducts origin. One of the challenges in developing dosage forms with herbal originis their standardization as pharmaceutical products. GC-Mass is the most decisive andreliable technique to fulfill the requirements in this regard. In the present study, a reliable,rapid, and accurate method was developed for determ...

Cholesterol gallstones are among the most common gastrointestinal disorders in Western societies. Individuals with gallstones may experience various gastrointestinal symptoms and are also at risk of developing acute or chronic cholecystitis. Cholecystectomy is the most frequently recommended conventional treatment for symptomatic gallstones. Bile acids (ursodeoxycholic acid or chenodeoxycholic ...