An Exploratory Study of the Safety and Efficacy of a Trigonella foenum-graecum Seed Extract in Early Glucose Dysregulation: A Double-Blind Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial

• Published in: Pharmaceutics Vol. 14; no. 11; p. 2453
• Main Authors: Pickering, Emily, Steels, Elizabeth, Rao, Amanda, Steadman, Kathryn J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 14.11.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Cardiovascular disease; Clinical trials; Diabetes; Double-blind studies; fasting blood glucose; fenugreek; Glucose; Herbal medicine; Insulin resistance; Metabolism; post-prandial glucose; prediabetes; Seeds; Trigonella foenum-graecum; type 2 diabetes; Hong Kong China; Australia; Lantau Island; post-prandial glucose; Trigonella foenum-graecum; fasting blood glucose; type 2 diabetes; insulin; prediabetes; fenugreek

Background: This was an exploratory study to assess the safety and efficacy of a specialized Trigonella foenum-graceum L. seed extract for supporting healthy blood glucose metabolism in a pre-diabetic cohort. Methods: Fifty-four participants were randomised to receive 500 mg/day of T. foenum-graecum...