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Trial reportJournal of evidence-based complementary & alternative medicine2017

Effects of an Herbal Combination on Glycemic Control and Lipid Profile in Diabetic Women: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial.

Reyhaneh Shokoohi, Saeed Kianbakht, Mohammad Faramarzi, Masoud Rahmanian, Farzaneh Nabati, Saeed Mehrzadi, Hasan Fallah Huseini

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Trial report in Journal of evidence-based complementary & alternative medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Reyhaneh Shokoohi1 Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran.
Saeed Kianbakht2 Medicinal Plants Research Center, Institute of Medicinal Plants, ACECR, Karaj, Iran.
Mohammad Faramarzi1 Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran.
Masoud Rahmanian3 Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Farzaneh Nabati4 Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
Saeed Mehrzadi5 Razi Drug Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hasan Fallah Huseini2 Medicinal Plants Research Center, Institute of Medicinal Plants, ACECR, Karaj, Iran.
Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research · IRShahrekord University · IRIran University of Medical Sciences · IRShahid Beheshti University · IRShahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services · IR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study was conducted to explore the efficacy and safety of a herbal combination in the treatment of women with hyperlipidemic type 2 diabetes. The herbal combination capsule (600 mg) contained Terminalia chebula fruit extract (200 mg), Commiphora mukul (200 mg), and Commiphora myrrha oleo-gum-resin (200 mg), and the placebo capsule contained 600 mg toast powder. The patients in one group took the herbal combination and those in the other group took placebo capsules 3 times a day for 3 months. In the herbal combination-treated patients, the fasting blood glucose, total cholesterol, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels were decreased and hidh-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels was increased significantly at the endpoint compared with the placebo and baseline. Other blood parameters such as glycosylated hemoglobin, triglyceride, blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, SGOT, and SGPT levels were not significantly changed after 3 months in both groups. In conclusion, the herbal combination improves glycemic control and lipid profile in women with hyperlipidemic type 2 diabetes without any adverse events.

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CommiphoraDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2TerminaliaCapsulesCholesterolDouble-Blind MethodFemaleGlycated HemoglobinHumansHypoglycemic AgentsLipid MetabolismLipoproteinsMiddle AgedPlant ExtractsTreatment OutcomeCapsulesCholesterolGlycated HemoglobinHypoglycemic Agentslipoprotein cholesterolLipoproteinsPlant ExtractsCommiphora mukulCommiphora myrrhadiabetes mellitushyperlipidemiaTerminalia chebula

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PMID29228822
PMCPMC5871317
OpenAlexW2769028234

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