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Volume 4, Issue 2 American Journal of Ethnomedicine
ISSN 2348-9502
Natural Products Congress & World Pharma Congress 2017
October 16-18, 2017
3rd World Congress on
NATURAL PRODUCTS CHEMISTRY AND RESEARCH
&
12th WORLD PHARMA CONGRESS
October 16-18, 2017 Budapest, Hungary
Randomised, double blind, cross-over, placebo and active controlled human pharmacodynamic study
on the influence of silver fir wood extract (Belinal) on post-prandial glycemic response
Mateja Sirše1, J Debeljak1,2, P Ferk1, M Čokolič1, A Zavratnik1, E Tavčar Benković2, S Kreft2 and B Štrukelj2,3
1University Medical Centre Maribor, Slovenia
2University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
3Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
The aimof this study was to test the extract from silver fir wood (Belinal) on the reduction of the blood glucose concentrations
after consumption of a standard meal. 31 healthy participants consumed 100 g of white bread 4 times (with 1 week washout
period, consequently) concomitantly with a capsule of Belinal, capsule of chestnut wood extract, placebo or acarbose (active
control). Glucose and insulin in the blood were measured before and after the meal. The area under the curve of glucose
concentration in blood after the meal was 35% lower when Belinal was added compared with the placebo group (p=0.019).
Acarbose lowered the area for 43% (p=0.002). By this, we proved that the effect of Belinal might be beneficial for prevention
of diabetes. This is the first study that provides a scientific rationale for use of silver fir wood extract as food supplement for
reduction of health risks connected to type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Biography
Mateja Sirše is a Doctor of Gynecology at University Medical Centre Maribor, Slovenia. Her research focus in blood collection, followed by a morning visit, which
included reviews Patient after surgery and prescribing therapies.
Mateja Sirše et al., American Journal of Ethnomedicine, 4:2
DOI: 10.21767/2348-9502-C1-003