title: Role of glyco-persica(®) in targeting diabetes type 2: an integrative approach.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to examine how an integrated approach to type 2 diabetes mellitus treatment could improve glycemic control and immune-potentiating activities adherent to oral hypoglycemic agents along with a botanical compound, among primary care patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this study, we used the self-control and the group-control methods. Candidates meeting the trial conditions were selected from among volunteers who had taken the test substance for 45 days. During the trial, all groups were on a controlled diet; neither were the original medications nor their dosages changed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results showed that the botanical compound (Glyco-Persica(®)) significantly reduced the main clinical symptoms in diabetes type 2. In the treatment group, 36 of 52 patients (69.23%) and in the control group 10 of 52 patients (19.23%) showed reduced symptoms, and this difference was statistically significant (P< 0.05). The fasting blood sugar in the treatment group after treatment compared with that before treatment and with that in the control group after treatment was statistically different (P< 0.05). The post-prandial glucose in the treatment group after treatment was significantly different from that before treatment and from that in the control group after treatment (P< 0.05); the post-prandial blood sugar in the treatment group was reduced by 8.98%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results revealed that the botanical compound (Glyco-Persica(®)) has significant hypoglycemic properties which affect main clinical symptoms in diabetes type 2. Body weight, blood pressure, heart rate, routine blood, stool and urine tests showed no meaningful negative changes after the course of treatment. There was no significant adverse reaction during the trial.
authors.affiliation: Department of Integrative Medicine, Dubai Pharmacy College, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: Mehrab
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dashtdar
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, International Modern Hospital, Intensive Care Unit, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: Mohammad Reza
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Dashtdar
authors.affiliation: Department of General Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Babak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dashtdar
authors.affiliation: Dubai Pharmacy College, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: Saeed Ahmad
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Khan
keywords: Diabetes; TCAM; alternative therapy; herbal medicine; integrative medicine