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Penn study: Herb product used to lower cholesterol works no better than placebo

he effects of guggulipid on triglycerides, also called "blood fats," and inflammation, both of which appeared to be more responsive than cholesterol to the effects of the herb in the clinical study.

Guggulipid, a substance derived from one of the fabled myrrh plants of the Middle East, has a 2,600-year tradition in traditional medicine. Indian practitioners of ayuvedic medicine have used the herb in holistic regimens combining meditation, yoga and diet to treat obesity, atherosclerosis, high cholesterol and arthritis. In the Christian tradition, the bitter-tasting, fragrant myrrh, which is used in incense and perfume, was presented as a gift from the three wise men to the infant Jesus.

Szapary was assisted in the study by Megan L. Wolf, BS; LeAnne T. Bloedon, MS, RD; Andrew J. Cucchiara, PhD; Ara H. DerMarderosian, PhD; Michael D. Cirigliano, MD; and Daniel Rader, MD, all of Penn.


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Contact: Ellen O'Brien
ellen.obrien@uphs.upenn.edu
215-349-5659
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
12-Aug-2003


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