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Study aim
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Effects of Ganoderma lucidum on laboratory change in Non alcoholic fatty liver disease patient
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Design
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Iَn a randomised, double-blind, controled clinical trials 80 patients will randomly assigne in the control and intervention groups.
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Settings and conduct
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Among patients admitted in medical ward of Kowsar hospital, Semnan who fullfil in clusion criteria,Intervention group receive 3 capsules daily containing whole powder of Ganoderma lucidum, 220 mg; pure aqueous extract of Ganoderma lucidum, 30 mg standardized based on 17 micrograms per 1 mg total polysaccharide and control group receive only reutine treatment. It is mentioned to patients that follow exercise programs and a low-fat diet. The laboratory test including CBC diff, BUN, Cr, ALT, AST, FBS will be done at the beginning of the study by the end of the twelfth week
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Age 20 to 60 year
Fatty liver in sonography
ALT over40
Satisfied patient
Cardiac disease
Familial hyper lipidemia
Over weight with bmi over 30
Acute systemic disease(renal or galblader stone)
Cardiac surgery
Abdomina surgery
CVA
Hepatitis
Pancrititis
Hemochromatosis
Wilson’s disease
Autoimmune hepatitis
Chronic liver disease
Surgery in past 6 month
Liver or galblader surgery
Weith loss in 3 past month
Alcohol user
Sensivity to mushroom
Drug related fatty liver
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Intervention groups
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Intervention group receive 3 capsules daily containing whole powder of Ganoderma lucidum, 220 mg; pure aqueous extract of Ganoderma lucidum, 30 mg standardized based on 17 micrograms per 1 mg total polysaccharide. Patients in control group receive only reutine treatment.
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Main outcome variables
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Serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), , total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), low density lipoprotein (LDL) and high-densitylipoprotein (HDL) levels