The Effect of Coriander Seed Powder Consumption on Atherosclerotic and Cardioprotective Indices of type 2 Diabetic Patients

Objective: the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of coriander seed powder (csp) on the atherosclerotic and cardioprotective indices in type 2 diabetic patients. materials and methods: in this study, fifty type 2 diabetic patients consumed 2 capsules of the csp /day for a period of 6weeks. blood samples were collected from the patients before and after the course of csp consumption after 12 h of fasting .the plasma glucose, total cholesterol, triglyceride, ldl-c , hdl-c ,urea and creatinine were measured before and after the csp consumption for 6 weeks. atherosclerotic and cardioprotective indices were calculated. results: the csp consumption for 6 weeks in type 2 diabetic patients significantly reduced plasma glucose, total cholesterol, triglyceride, and ldl-c (p < 0.001), but hdl-c was not significantly changed (p? 0.05).but there was no significant effect on urea and creatinine concentrations. atherosclerotic index decreased while cardioprotective indices increased. conclusion: since the csp consumption reduced several components of metabolic syndrome and decreased atherosclerotic and increased cardioprotective indices, the csp may have cardiovascular protective effect in type 2 diabetic patients.