The Effect of Dates on Plasma Lipids, Oxidative Stress and the Atherogenicity of Serum in Healthy Adults

HaEmek Medical Center, Israel

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 4

Conditions: Atherosclerosis

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: dates

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00750789

0061-08-EMC

Details and patient eligibility

About

It has been proven in in-vitro studies that dates decrease the oxidative stress in serum. There have been no in-vivo studies to this date. The current study aims to test whether dates consumption by healthy adults decreases serum oxidative stress and improves serum PON1 activity and serum lipid profile.

Enrollment: 10 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy volunteers

Exclusion Criteria:

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)