A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study of Pu’er tea (普洱茶) extract on the regulation of metabolic syndrome

Chu, Song-ling; Fu, Huimin; Yang, Jing; Liu, Gengxin; Dou, Pan; Liang, Zhang; Tu, Peng‐Fei; Wang, Xuemei

doi:10.1007/s11655-011-0781-4

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“…The studies were performed in many different populations. Eleven studies [16–18, 20, 21, 23, 25, 28–30, 33] mentioned complications, including hypertension, impaired glucose tolerance, spleen hypofunction, excessive sweating, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, hyperlipidemia, and metabolic syndrome. Of the 18 studies, 6 were completed by Chinese researchers, and the remaining 12 were from Japan, Australia, Canada, USA, Russia, France, Indonesia, Korea, Indian, Thailand, and Italy.…”

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Herbal Medicine for the Treatment of Obesity: An Overview of Scientific Evidence from 2007 to 2017

Liu

Sun

Yao

et al. 2017

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Obesity is a very common global health problem, and it is known to be linked to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Western medical treatments for obesity have many drawbacks, including effects on monoamine neurotransmitters and the potential for drug abuse and dependency. The safety of these medications requires improvement. Herbal medicine has been used for treatment of disease for more than 2000 years, and it has proven efficacy. Many studies have confirmed that herbal medicine is effective in the treatment of obesity, but the mechanisms are not clear. This article will discuss the possible effects and mechanisms of herbal medicine treatments for obesity that have been reported in the past decade.

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Herbal Medicine for the Treatment of Obesity: An Overview of Scientific Evidence from 2007 to 2017

Liu

Sun

Yao

et al. 2017

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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“…Monoselect Camellia from green tea extract reduced the waistline only in men [19]. Pu’er tea [black Chinese tea] decreased the waist-hip ratio significantly [31]. …”

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A systematic review of anti-obesity medicinal plants - an update

Hasani‐Ranjbar

Jouyandeh

Abdollahi

2013

J Diabetes Metab Disord

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Obesity is the most prevalent health problem affecting all age groups, and leads to many complications in the form of chronic heart disease, diabetes mellitus Type 2 and stroke. A systematic review about safety and efficacy of herbal medicines in the management of obesity in human was carried out by searching bibliographic data bases such as, PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, Web of Science, and IranMedex, for studies reported between 30th December 2008 to 23rd April 2012 on human or animals, investigating the beneficial and harmful effects of herbal medicine to treat obesity. Actually we limited our search to such a narrow window of time in order to update our article published before December of 2008. In this update, the search terms were “obesity” and (“herbal medicine” or “plant”, “plant medicinal” or “medicine traditional”) without narrowing or limiting search items. Publications with available abstracts were reviewed only. Total publications found in the initial search were 651. Total number of publications for review study was 33 by excluding publications related to animals study.Studies with Nigella Sativa, Camellia Sinensis, Crocus Sativus L, Seaweed laminaria Digitata, Xantigen, virgin olive oil, Catechin enriched green tea, Monoselect Camellia, Oolong tea, Yacon syrup, Irvingia Gabonensi, Weighlevel, RCM-104 compound of Camellia Sinensis, Pistachio, Psyllium fibre, black Chinese tea, sea buckthorn and bilberries show significant decreases in body weight. Only, alginate-based brown seaweed and Laminaria Digitata caused an abdominal bloating and upper respiratory tract infection as the side effect in the trial group. No other significant adverse effects were reported in all 33 trials included in this article.In conclusion, Nigella Sativa, Camellia Synensis, Green Tea, and Black Chinese Tea seem to have satisfactory anti-obesity effects. The effect size of these medicinal plants is a critical point that should be considered for interpretation. Although there was no report for side effect in these trials, we believe that safety of these plants still remains to be elucidated by further long-term studies.

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“…As reported in Table , numerous clinical interventions have investigated the effects of polyphenol‐rich intake on anthropometric variables, weight, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference and body fat mass in MetS subjects. Clearly, clinical studies pointed towards significant beneficial effects of green tea on BMI and waist circumference . In a study by Basu et al , 35 MetS subjects were randomly assigned to three groups : control, green tea (beverage) and green tea extract given for 8 weeks.…”

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Effects of dietary polyphenols on metabolic syndrome features in humans: a systematic review

2016

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SummaryDietary polyphenols constitute a large family of bioactive substances potential beneficial effect on metabolic syndrome (MetS). This review summarizes the results of clinical studies on patients with MetS involving the chronic supplementation of a polyphenol-rich diet, foods, extracts or with single phenolics on the features of MetS (obesity, dyslipidemia, blood pressure and glycaemia) and associated complications (oxidative stress and inflammation). Polyphenols were shown to be efficient, especially at higher doses, and there were no specific foods or extracts able to alleviate all the features of MetS. Green tea, however, significantly reduced body mass index and waist circumference and improved lipid metabolism. Cocoa supplementation reduced blood pressure and blood glucose. Soy isoflavones, citrus products, hesperidin and quercetin improved lipid metabolism, whereas cinnamon reduced blood glucose. In numerous clinical studies, antioxidative and anti-inflammatory effects were not significant after polyphenol supplementation in patients with MetS. However, some trials pointed towards an improvement of endothelial function in patients supplemented with cocoa, anthocyanin-rich berries, hesperidin or resveratrol. Therefore, diets rich in polyphenols, such as the Mediterranean diet, which promote the consumption of diverse polyphenol-rich products could be an effective nutritional strategy to improve the health of patients with MetS.

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A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study of Pu’er tea (普洱茶) extract on the regulation of metabolic syndrome

Cited by 37 publications

References 8 publications

Herbal Medicine for the Treatment of Obesity: An Overview of Scientific Evidence from 2007 to 2017

Herbal Medicine for the Treatment of Obesity: An Overview of Scientific Evidence from 2007 to 2017

A systematic review of anti-obesity medicinal plants - an update

Effects of dietary polyphenols on metabolic syndrome features in humans: a systematic review

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