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Effects of Dill Juice on Serum Low Density Lipoprotein , Triglyceride and High Density Lipoprotein in Patients With Hyperlipidemia

INTRODUCTION: Hyperlipdemia is one of the main known risk factors for coronary artery disease. Regarding the undesirable consequences of hyperlipidemia and itʹs long-time treatment, it make important using drugs with lesser complications during the long period of treatment . This study was aimed to evaluate effectiveness of dill juice in treatment of hyperlipidemia. MATERIALS & METHODS: The statistical population included all patients with hyperlipidemia had referred to internal medicine clinics in 1999. They include 45 cases with serum triglyceride of >250 mg/dl or serum low density lipoprotein (LDL) of > 160 mg/di . The study was a double- blind randomized clinical trial. The patients were divided into two groups of cases and controls. Serum lipids of both groups were measured before and one month after interferencing. Data was analyzed by t.test. RESULTS: Dill juice significantly decreased serum triglycerid in case group (p=0.01) while decreaseing in serum LDL was not statistically significant. There was also no significant association between serum high density lipoprotein (HDL) before and after interferencing despite some increasing in serum HDL. CONCLUSION: Regarding the results of the study, dill juice can be a useful drug for treatment of hyperlipidemia. However more and extended multicenteric studies should be performed to confirm this results.