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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2022

Effect of Nigella Sativa Oil on Oxidative Stress, Inflammatory, and Glycemic Control Indices in Diabetic Hemodialysis Patients: A Randomized Double-Blind, Controlled Trial.

Alireza Rahmani, Bahram Niknafs, Mohsen Naseri, Maryam Nouri, Ali Tarighat-Esfanjani

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alireza RahmaniStudent Research Committee, Student Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IR, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3177-6381
Bahram NiknafsDepartment of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Imam Reza Medical Research and Training Hospital, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IR, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8476-0482
Mohsen NaseriTraditional Medicine Clinical Trial Research Center, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9239-768X
Maryam NouriStudent Research Committee, Student Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IR, Iran.
Ali Tarighat-EsfanjaniNutrition Research Center, Clinical Nutrition Department, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0481-3685
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences · IRShahed University · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background and Aims: Diabetes is a leading cause of renal failure. High levels of oxidative stress and inflammation in patients with renal diabetes lead to various disorders and mortality. This study was performed to determine the effect of Nigella sativa (NS) supplementation on superoxide dismutase (SOD), malondialdehyde (MDA), total antioxidant capacity (TAC), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), fasting blood sugar (FBS), and insulin (INS) in patients with diabetes mellitus undergoing hemodialysis (HD). Methods: In this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial, a total of 46 diabetic HD patients were randomly divided into NS ( Results: Compared to baseline values, SOD, TAC, and INS levels increased, whereas MDA, hs-CRP, HbA1c, and FBS significantly decreased. After adjusting for covariates using the ANCOVA test, changes in the concentrations of SOD ( Conclusions: This study found that NS supplementation significantly enhanced the levels of SOD, MDA, TAC, hs-CRP, HbA1c, and FBS in diabetic HD patients.

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