Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00937599
Brazil Nut Consumed on the Metabolic Profile, Oxidative Stress and Nutritive Microcirculatory Patterns
The Effect of Brazil Nut Consumed on the Metabolic Profile, Oxidative Stress and Skin Microcirculatory Patterns in Obese Female Adolescents
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 18 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Rio de Janeiro State University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 12 Years – 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose this research is to check if Brazil Nuts consumed improvement the metabolic profile, state redox and endothelial function in obese adolescents.
Detailed description
The purpose this research is to check if Brazil Nuts consumed improvement the metabolic profile (lipid profile, glucose, insulin), state redox (about glutathione peroxidase, isoprostane and LDL-ox) and endothelial function (by videocapillaroscopy) in obese adolescents (12-18 years).
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | Brazil Nut | During 16 weeks the adolescents consumed 3-5 nuts/day |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2008-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2009-01-01
- Completion
- 2009-01-01
- First posted
- 2009-07-13
- Last updated
- 2009-07-14
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Brazil
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00937599. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.