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Urtica dioica increases superoxide dismutase activity

raisesModerate evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“The result showed that extract of U. dioica increased SOD in the patients undergoing 8 weeks of post-treatment as compared to patients undergoing pre-treatment with U. dioica extract at the beginning of the study and the placebo group.”
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 12 findings on its endpoint

Urtica dioica

Superoxide dismutase activity

raises

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

Evidence, by strength

  • strong
  • moderatethis finding
  • limited
  • very limited
  • insufficient

03 · The paper

Avicenna journal of phytomedicine
What else it reported2 findings · 0 compounds · 2 endpoints

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M71NT83GBF7K743JKWVBCNB3