Effects of Avocado (Persea americana) on Metabolic Syndrome: A Comprehensive Systematic Review

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 819-837

  Tabeshpour, Jamshid ^a   Razavi, Bibi Marjan ^b   Hosseinzadeh, Hossein ^c  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

avocado; cardiovascular diseases; diabetes; metabolic syndrome; obesity; Persea americana

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTIOBESITY AGENT; AVOCADO EXTRACT; AVOCADO OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIOXIDANT; LIPID;

ALLOXAN-INDUCED DIABETES MELLITUS; ANTICOAGULATION; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AVOCADO; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FRUIT (STRUCTURE); FRUIT FLESH; FRUIT PEEL; FRUIT SEED; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER PROTECTION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PLANT LEAF; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RENAL PROTECTION; REVIEW; STREPTOZOTOCIN-INDUCED DIABETES MELLITUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FRUIT; PERSEA; PLANT SEED;

ANIMALS; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FRUIT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; LIPIDS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PERSEA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEEDS;

EID: 85017473366     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.5805     Document Type: Review

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