Controlling type 2 diabetes mellitus with herbal medicines: A triple-blind randomized clinical trial of efficacy and safety

Journal of Diabetes

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 647-656

  Mirfeizi, Mani ^a   Mehdizadeh Tourzani, Zahra ^b   Mirfeizi, Seyedeh Zahra ^c   Asghari Jafarabadi, Mohammad ^d   Rezvani, Hamid Reza ^a   Afzali, Monireh ^e  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ALBORZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

cinnamon; diabetes mellitus; herbal medicine; whortleberry

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CINNAMON EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINIUM ARCTOSTAPHYLOS EXTRACT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOSTASIS; HOMEOSTASIS MODEL ASSESSMENT OF INSULIN RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84983048249     PISSN: 17530393     EISSN: 17530407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-0407.12342     Document Type: Article

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