Urtica dioica decreases alanine aminotransferase

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01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“Patients undergoing post-treatment with U. dioica extract showed significant decrease (p<0.001) in SGPT after 8 weeks as compared to patients undergoing pre-treatment with U. dioica extract and patients using placebo.”

Quoted verbatim from Effects of Urtica dioica supplementation on blood lipids, hepatic enzymes and nitric oxide levels in type 2 diabetic patients: A double blind, randomized clinical trial.

This finding among the 65 findings on its endpoint

Urtica dioica

Alanine aminotransferase

lowers

Who: Women over 50 with type 2 diabetes taking metformin and glibenclamide in both arms; 48 completed the trial (24 nettle, 24 placebo)
Dose studied: 5 mL three times a day, after each main meal, for 8 weeks

Moderate evidencePMID 28078249 · 2016

02 · The study

Study: RCT
Duration: 8 weeks

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03 · The paper

Avicenna journal of phytomedicine

Effects of Urtica dioica supplementation on blood lipids, hepatic enzymes and nitric oxide levels in type 2 diabetic patients: A double blind, randomized clinical trial.

2016PMID 28078249Industry funded

What else it reported2 findings · 0 compounds · 2 endpoints

04 · To cite this finding

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