Journal of Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine (May 2018)

The Effects of Gum Resin on the Blood Glucose and Lipid Profile of Diabetic Patients: A Double-Blind Randomized Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial

  • Saeed Mehrzadi PhD,
  • Bahreh Tavakolifar PhD,
  • Hasan Fallah Huseini PhD,
  • Seyed Hamdollah Mosavat PhD,
  • Mojtaba Heydari PhD

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/2515690X18772728
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23

Abstract

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Regarding preclinical evidence for antidiabetic effects of Boswellia serrata , we evaluated antihyperglycemic and lipid-lowering effects of Boswellia serrata gum resin in type 2 diabetic patients. Fifty-six diabetic patients were randomly allocated to 2 groups to receive 250 mg of the Boswellia serrata gum resin or placebo twice daily for 8 weeks in addition to their routine antidiabetic treatments. Although there was a considerable reduction after the intervention in the field of fasting blood sugar, glycosylated hemoglobin, and triglyceride in the Boswellia serrata gum resin group, no significant difference was observed in all outcome measures between the 2 groups at the end of the study. The current study showed that 8 weeks of complementary use of Boswellia serrata gum resin with a daily dose of 500 mg had no better glucose and lipid-lowering effect than placebo in diabetic patients.