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| Title |
Therapeutic Potential of Moringa oleifera Leaves in Chronic Hyperglycemia and Dyslipidemia: A Review
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Pharmacology, January 2012
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| DOI | 10.3389/fphar.2012.00024 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Majambu Mbikay |
| Abstract |
Moringa oleifera (M. oleifera) is an angiosperm plant, native of the Indian subcontinent, where its various parts have been utilized throughout history as food and medicine. It is now cultivated in all tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. The nutritional, prophylactic, and therapeutic virtues of this plant are being extolled on the Internet. Dietary consumption of its part is therein promoted as a strategy of personal health preservation and self-medication in various diseases. The enthusiasm for the health benefits of M. oleifera is in dire contrast with the scarcity of strong experimental and clinical evidence supporting them. Fortunately, the chasm is slowly being filled. In this article, I review current scientific data on the corrective potential of M. oleifera leaves in chronic hyperglycemia and dyslipidemia, as symptoms of diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Reported studies in experimental animals and humans, although limited in number and variable in design, seem concordant in their support for this potential. However, before M. oleifera leaf formulations can be recommended as medication in the prevention or treatment of diabetes and CVD, it is necessary that the scientific basis of their efficacy, the therapeutic modalities of their administration and their possible side effects be more rigorously determined. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 21% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 7% |
| Ecuador | 1 | 7% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 8 | 57% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 13 | 93% |
| Scientists | 1 | 7% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 776 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 2 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Nigeria | 1 | <1% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 769 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 107 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 107 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 80 | 10% |
| Researcher | 42 | 5% |
| Lecturer | 41 | 5% |
| Other | 154 | 20% |
| Unknown | 245 | 32% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 146 | 19% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 89 | 11% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 66 | 9% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 48 | 6% |
| Chemistry | 39 | 5% |
| Other | 117 | 15% |
| Unknown | 271 | 35% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 223. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 May 2024.
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