Ziaei, Rahele Foshati, Sahar Hadi, Amir Kermani, Mohamad Ail Hojati Ghavami, Abed Clark, Cain C T Tarrahi, Mohammad Javad
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a major health problem, worldwide, that is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Several randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs) have investigated the effect of nettle (Urtica dioica) supplementation on markers of glycemic status in patients with T2DM, with conflicting results. Therefore, the pre...
Salehi, Bahare Butnariu, Monica Corneanu, Mihaela Sarac, Ioan Vlaisavljevic, Sanja Kitic, Dusanka Rahavian, Amirhossein Abedi, Amirreza Karkan, Morteza F Bhatt, Indra D
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Chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS) can be triggered by a various types of gynecological, gastrointestinal, urological, and musculoskeletal disorders. Recently, the role of the central nervous system has proven to be an integral part on the development of any chronic pain syndrome, including CPPS. However, owing to the complex and heterogeneous eti...
Islam, Muhammad Torequl Mubarak, Mohammad S
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Dengue, a mosquito-borne viral disease, causes about 100 million cases of infection annually. It is a major public concern, and if left untreated or improperly diagnosed, may cause serious health problems or even death. Historically, dengue has not considered priorities for pharmaceutical companies made the available treatment options. Therefore, m...
Sadeghi, Narges Mansoori, Anahita Shayesteh, Aliakbar Hashemi, Seyed Jalal
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Curcumin has anti-inflammatory properties. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of curcumin on improvement of the disease activity in ulcerative colitis (UC). In this randomized double-blind clinical trial, 70 patients with mild-to-moderate UC were randomly assigned to curcumin (1,500 mg/day) or placebo intake for 8 weeks. Disease clini...
Kang, Bean-Bu Chiang, Been-Huang
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Dysregulation of vesicle trafficking in muscle is one of the factors responsible for the pathogenesis of insulin resistance (IR). Ferulic acid (FER) and resveratrol (RSV) are known to have hypoglycemic property. In this study, differentiated L6 myotubes were induced with palmitate as a model of IR. Chemical ablation of muscle vesicles was used to i...
Baziar, Nima Parohan, Mohammad
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a major cause of liver-related morbidity; its prevalence is elevating due to the rising epidemic of obesity. Several clinical trials have examined the effects of curcumin supplementation on anthropometric variables in NAFLD patients with inconclusive results. This dose-response meta-analysis aimed to eval...
Yazdanpanah, Zeinab Azadi-Yazdi, Maryam Hooshmandi, Hadis Ramezani-Jolfaie, Nahid Salehi-Abargouei, Amin
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This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to investigate the effect of cinnamon on body weight, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-hip ratio (WHR), and body fat mass including the maximum number of studies. Medline, ISI Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar, and Cochrane library were searched with no limitation from incept...
Kianbakht, Saeed Hajiaghaee, Reza Akhondzadeh, Shahin
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The seeds of Sophora alopecuroides L. var. alopecuroides (S. alopecuroides) have alleviated morphine withdrawal in mice. Therefore, in this study, the alkaloid composition of S. alopecuroides extract was determined by gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis. Moreover, 50 abstinent opium addicts consumed thr...
Petry, Fernanda Dos Santos Coelho, Bárbara Paranhos Gaelzer, Mariana Maier Kreutz, Fernando Guma, Fátima Theresinha Costa Rodrigues Salbego, Christianne Gazzana Trindade, Vera Maria Treis
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Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by extracellular deposition of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide and hyperphosphorylation of Tau protein, which ultimately leads to the formation of intracellular neurofibrillary tangles and cell death. Increasing evidence indicates that genistein, a soy isoflavone, has neuroprotective effects ...
Abedimanesh, Nasim Motlagh, Behrooz Abedimanesh, Saeed Bathaie, S Zahra Separham, Ahmad Ostadrahimi, Alireza
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This trial evaluated the potential impacts of saffron aqueous extract (SAE) and its main carotenoid on some of the atherosclerosis-related gene expression and serum levels of oxidized low-density cholesterol (ox-LDL) and Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1) in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Participants of this randomized contro...
