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ArticleJournal of diabetes and metabolic disorders2020

Effects of probiotic, cinnamon, and synbiotic supplementation on glycemic control and antioxidant status in people with type 2 diabetes; a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.

Hossein Mirmiranpour, Hasan Fallah Huseini, Hoda Derakhshanian, Zohreh Khodaii, Bahareh Tavakoli-Far

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Article in Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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24citing papers in PubMed, 9 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hossein MirmiranpourEndocrinology and Metabolism Research Center (EMRC) Vali-Asr Hospital, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hasan Fallah HuseiniMedicinal Plants Research Center, Institute of Medicinal Plants, ACECR, Karaj, Iran.
Hoda DerakhshanianDietary Supplements and Probiotic Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.
Zohreh KhodaiiDietary Supplements and Probiotic Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.
Bahareh Tavakoli-FarDietary Supplements and Probiotic Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.
Jahrom University of Medical Sciences · IRAcademic Center for Education, Culture and Research · IRAlborz University of Medical Sciences

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe aim of this study was to investigate the effect of probiotic bacteria of

methodsA total of 136 patients randomized with type 2 diabetes entered the study and were randomly divided into four groups who were matched for age and gender. Thereafter, alongside their routine pharmacotherapy, each group followed one of the following diets: Group A:

resultsFollowing 3 months of treatment, the mean FBS level was decreased significantly in probiotic, cinnamon, and synbiotic supplementation groups compared with control (

conclusionsAccording to the current results, the use of probiotic supplements (individually or in combination with cinnamon) leads to a reduction in blood glucose and an increase in antioxidant enzymes in people with type 2 diabetes.

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Antioxidant enzymesCinnamonDiabetes mellitusProbioticSynbiotic

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PMID32550156
PMCPMC7270449
OpenAlexW2995579849

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