Cynara scolymus L. in Treatment of Hypercholesterolemic Type 2 Diabetic Patients: a Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial
نویسندگان
1 Department of Pharmacology and Applied Medicine, Institute of Medicinal Plants, ACECR
2 Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
3 Department of Pharmacology and Applied Medicine, Institute of Medicinal Plants, ACECR
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چکیده
Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus with hyperlipidemia is a common disease. Conventional anti-hyperglycemic and anti-hyperlipidemic drugs have limited efficacies and important side effects, so that alternative agents are needed. Previous studies suggest that fiber-free artichoke (Cynara scolymus L.) leaf extract may have anti-hyperglycemic and anti-hypercholesterolemic effects in hypercholesterolemic type 2 diabetic patients. Moreover, ...
