The Effect of Licorice Root Extract and Pomegranate Juice on Atherosclerotic Parameters in Diabetic Patients

HaEmek Medical Center, Israel

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Diabetes Mellitus; Atherosclerosis

Treatments: Drug: Licorice root extract or Pomegranate juice

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00428532

009-07-EMC

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study will check whether taking 100 mg of licorice root extract or 250 cc of pomegranate juice daily by men with diabetes mellitus who are non-smokers and already treated with statins decreases the risk of developing atherosclerosis. The hypothesis of the study is that natural anti-oxidants (such as licorice root extract and pomegranate juice), by scavenging free radicals, retard and may even reverse atherosclerosis.

Enrollment: 10 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Male
• Diabetes Mellitus

Exclusion criteria

• Younger than 18
• Smoker
• Receiving Fibrates

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)