Saffron improves life and sleep quality, glycaemic status, lipid profile and liver function in diabetic patients: A double‐blind, placebo‐controlled, randomised clinical trial

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a metabolic disorder that is related to hyperglycaemia, hyperlipidaemia and liver dysfunction and has detrimental effects on a patient's mental health. Hence, the current study investigated the effects of saffron supplementation on dietary intake, anthropometric measures, mood, sleep quality and metabolic biomarkers in overweight/obese patients with T2D.

• Publication year

  2021

• Venue

  International journal of clinical practice

• Publication date

  2021-05-07

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/ijcp.14334PMID 33960081
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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