The Effect of Selected Herbal Medicines on Bone Turnover Markers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

To evaluate systematically the therapeutic effects of five herbal medicines ( and ) on bone turnover markers as a primary outcome. A comprehensive systematic search of the literature was conducted in the electronic databases consisting of the Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, Web of Science, Scopus, Embase, ProQuest, and Google scholar, as well as SID, Magiran, and Irandoc for Persian literature up to December 2020. All Randomized controlled trials and quasi-experiments evaluated the impact of studied herbal medicines on bone turnovers of Bone Specific Alkaline Phosphatase (BSAP), osteocalcin, C-terminal Telopeptide type 1 Collagen (CTX-I), Deoxypyridinoline (DPD) were analyzed.

Probiotics Supplementation Improves Quality of Life, Clinical Symptoms, and Inflammatory Status in Patients With Psoriasis.

Background: Studies have proposed a link between psoriasis and imbalanced gut microbiome. Therefore, the modulation of the gut microbiota with probiotics may improve clinical outcomes, chronic inflammation, and cardiovascular risk factors in patients with psoriasis.

Methods: In a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial, forty-six patients with psoriasis randomly assigned into probiotic capsules contains multi-strain at least 1.

Relationship between the levels of serum fibroblast growth factor 19 and metabolic factors in obese and normal weight subjects with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus: a case-control study.

Objectives: Fibroblast growth factor 19 (FGF-19) is a metabolic regulating factor with an anti-diabetic effect. This study aimed to evaluate FGF-19 in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and its relationship with some metabolic risk factors.

Methods: In this case-control study, 80 diabetic patients and 80 non-diabetic individuals were divided into two subgroups based on body mass index (BMI): obese people (BMI≥30) and participants with normal weight (25>BMI≥18.

A comprehensive insight into the effect of glutamine supplementation on metabolic variables in diabetes mellitus: a systematic review.

Diabetes mellitus is one of the most important threats to human health in the twenty-first century. The use of complementary and alternative medicine to prevent, control, and reduce the complications of diabetes mellitus is increasing at present. Glutamine amino acid is known as a functional food.