Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) oil could improve abdominal obesity, blood pressure, and insulin resistance in patients with metabolic syndrome: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial.
- 2021-09-04
- RCT · n = 67
- Journal of ethnopharmacology 282
- Maede Ruyvaran
- Ali Zamani
- Alireza Mohamadian
- Mohammad M Zarshenas
- Mohammad Hassan Eftekhari
- Saeedeh Pourahmad
- Ebrahim Fallahzadeh Abarghooei
- Abolfazl Akbari
- Majid Nimrouzi
- PubMed: 34487844
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2021.114590
- High evidence
- Clinical
Safflower oil resulted in a significant reduction in ... diastolic blood pressure (-3.53 ± 7.52 vs. -0.70 ± 6.21, p = 0.041)
- Effect
- Beneficial
- Effect size
- Small
- Significant
- Yes
- Dose
- 8 g/day