PoreWise One finding · Human trial · 2015
Study title
The safety and efficacy of 3% Cannabis seeds extract cream for reduction of human cheek skin sebum and erythema content
- Kind of evidence
- Human trial 2015 · Healthy men · PMID 26142529
- Measured outcome
- Skin effect
- Year
- 2015
- Who was studied
- Healthy men.
- Sample size
- Measured outcome
- In a 12-week single-blind, base-controlled study in healthy men, a cream containing 3% Cannabis seed extract significantly reduced cheek sebum and erythema compared with the extract-free base (p<0.05).
- Certainty
- Low
- Who was measured
- Cheek sebum (Sebumeter) and erythema (Mexameter) over 12 weeks.
- Study limits
- The study is single-blind comparative.
Where it comes from
- The safety and efficacy of 3% Cannabis seeds extract cream for reduction of human cheek skin sebum and erythema content
Published by Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Ali A, 2015) · Last checked 2026-11-10
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