Status:
UNKNOWN
Effect of Moringa Oleifera Infusion on Health
Lead Sponsor:
University of Mauritius
Conditions:
Metabolic Syndrome
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The study aims at investigating the effects of the consumption of Moringa oleifera Lam leaves on biomedical markers of health among healthy individuals who are hyperglycaemic with a fasting blood gluc...
Detailed Description
Study population 120 participants to include 60 healthy individuals and 60 individuals who are hyperglycaemic with a fasting blood glucose equal or greater than 5.5mmol/L will be recruited by means o...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Healthy subjects with normal fasting plasma glucose levels
- Individuals with pre-diabetes condition newly diagnosed
- Individuals with dyslipidemia
- Type 2 Diabetes patients taking oral allopathic hypoglycemic agents
Exclusion
- Pregnant women
- Smokers
- People with alcohol intake \>2 standard drinks per day (in line with Bahorun et al. 2012)
- Patients with any complications of diabetes mellitus
- Patients on insulin therapy (in line with Leone et al. 2018)
- Patients with gastro-intestinal, hepatic, cardiovascular, renal or endocrine disorder (other than diabetes mellitus) which can interfere with the absorption, metabolism and excretion of Moringa leaves (in line with Bahorun et al. 2012)
- Patients on medication for diseases other than diabetes
- Persons taking botanical extracts
- People currently on a diet (in line with Ahmad et al. 2018)
- People having food allergies.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 10 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
August 31 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
103 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04314258
Start Date
February 10 2020
End Date
August 31 2020
Last Update
March 19 2020
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University of Mauritius
Moka, Please Select, Mauritius, 80811