Curcumin Supplementation and Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

National Nutrition and Food Technology Institute

Status

Completed

Conditions

Non Insulin Dependent Diabetes

Treatments

Dietary Supplement: Placebo

Dietary Supplement: Curcumin

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02529982

1370

Details and patient eligibility

About

Diabetes mellitus is the most common endocrine disorder, causes many complications such as micro- and macro-vascular diseases. Various kinds of antidiabetic drugs have been developed, but most of them have side effects. Recently, the use of natural plant products has gained more attention among scientists in order to prevent diabetic vascular complications. Curcumin is a natural yellow product derived from the turmeric rhizome which has shown to be non-toxic and exhibits various bio¬logical activities such as anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-carcinogenic, and anti-diabetic effects. Curcumin is effective in reducing glycemic index and hyperlipidemia in rodent models and is relatively inexpensive and safe. Most of the studies conducted on animal model, and just a few of them are on human model. The present study was planned to evaluate the effects of curcumin supplementation The effect of curcumin supplementation on anthropometric indices, insulin resistance and oxidative stress in patients with type 2 diabetes

Enrollment

44 patients

Sex

All

Ages

40 to 65 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

insulin Inclusion Criteria:

a) Tendency to participate b) Age range of 40-65 c) Suffering from diabetes type 2 ( between 1 to 10 yeares) d) BMI 18/5-30 e) Patients with diabetes who administer oral hypoglycemic agents and do not use

Exclusion Criteria:

a) patients with liver diseases b) patients with kidney diseases c) patients with inflammatory diseases d) patients with liver diseases e) Administering herbal agents f) Administering multivitamins and minerals in past 3 months