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    Meta-analysis: Effects of Opuntia Species

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    2000-05-01
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    Garcia, Anna R.
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    Garcia, Anna R., Meta-analysis: Effects of Opuntia species. Master of Public Health (Epidemiology), May, 2000, 73 pp., 10 tables, 10 figures, references, 62 titles. The Mexican American population is more susceptible to diabetes mellitus due to a number of risk factors. The earliest recorded treatments for diabetes mellitus involved the use of natural plants. Opuntia species are any member of the genus Opuntia of Cactus family and who are native to the Western Hemisphere. In order to determine the efficacy of Opuntia species as a hypoglycemic agent in non-insulin dependent diabetics, a meta-analysis was conducted to analyze the identified studies. In addition, insulin and the presence of a dose-response relationship upon ingestion of Opuntia were investigated. A statistically significant reduction in serum glucose was found after the ingestion of 500 grams of Opuntia species. Additional studies are needed to determine the mechanism of hypoglycemic action and to further investigate the properties of Opuntia species.
    Subject
    Clinical Epidemiology
    Epidemiology
    Food Science
    Health Services Research
    International and Community Nutrition
    International Public Health
    Life Sciences
    Medicine and Health Sciences
    Nutrition
    Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
    Nutritional Epidemiology
    Other Public Health
    Plant Sciences
    Public Health
    Meta-analysis
    opuntia species
    epidemiology
    Mexican American
    diabetes mellitus
    natural plants
    Cactus
    hypoglycemic agent
    non-insulin dependent diabetics
    serum glucose
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12503/26870
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