Cinnamon for diabetes mellitus

. 2012 Sep 12;2012(9):CD007170. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007170.pub2

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Abbreviations:
'$': stands for any character; '?': substitutes one or no character; adj: adjacent (i.e. number of words within range of search term); exp: exploded MeSH; MeSH: medical subject heading (MEDLINE medical index term); pt: publication type; sh: MeSH; tw: text word.

The Cochrane Library

MEDLINE

1. exp Cinnamomum/  2. exp Cinnamomum zeylanicum/  3. exp lauraceae/  4. (cinnamomum or cinnamon).tw  5. or/1‐4  6. exp prospective studies/  7. exp clinical trial/  8. randomized controlled trial.pt  9. controlled clinical trial.pt.  10. clinical trial, Phase III.pt  11. clinical trial, Phase III.pt  12. randomized controlled trial.sh  13. random allocation.sh.  14. double‐blind method.sh  15. single‐blind method.sh  16. ((singl$ or doubl$ or tripl$ or trebl$) adj6 (mask$ or blind$)).tw  17. (random$ adj25 (trial$ or stud$ or investigat$ or cross over or crossover)).tw  18. or/6‐17  19. exp meta‐analysis/  20. exp Review Literature/  21. meta‐analysis.pt.  22. systematic review$.tw  23. search$.tw  24. medline.tw  25. cochrane database of systematic reviews.jn  26. or/19‐25  27. letter.pt  28. comment.pt  29. editorial.pt  30. historical‐article.pt.  31. or/27‐30  32. 26 not 31  33. exp Technology Assessment, Biomedical/  34. HTA.tw  35. (health technology adj6 assessment$).tw  36. (biomedical adj6 technology assessment$).tw  37. or/33‐36  38. exp diabetes mellitus/  39. diabet$.tw  40. IDDM.tw  41. NIDDM.tw  42. MODY.tw  43. exp glucose intolerance/  44. (late onset adj diabet$).tw  45. (maturity onset adj diabet$).tw  46. (non insulin$ depend$ or noninsulin$ depend$ or non insulin?depend$ or noninsulin?depend$).tw  47. ((typ$ 1 or typ$ 2) adj6 diabet$).tw  48. ((typ$ I or typ$ II) adj6 diabet$).tw  49. (insulin$ depend$ or insulin?depend$).tw  50. exp insulin resistance/  51. (T1DM or T2DM).tw  52. or/38‐51  53. 5 and 18 and 52  54. 5 and 32 and 52  55. 5 and 37 and 52  56. 53 or 54 or 55

EMBASE

1. exp Cinnamomum/  2. exp Cinnamomum cassia/  3. exp Cinnamomum cassia extract/  4. exp Cinnamomum zeylanicum/  5. exp cinnamon/  6. exp cinnamon extract/  7. lauraceae.tw  8. (cinnamomum or cinnamon).tw.  9. or/1‐8  10. exp prospective study/  11. exp clinical study/  12. exp controlled clinical trial/  13. exp.phase 3 clinical trial/  14. exp placebo/  15. ((singl$ or doubl$ or tripl$ or trebl$) and (mask$ or blind$)).tw  16. random$ and (trial$ or stud$ or investigat$ or cross over or crossover).tw  18. or/10‐16  19. animal studies / animals.  20. 18 not 19  21. exp diabetes mellitus/  22. exp insulin dependent diabetes mellitus/  23. exp non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus/  24. exp maturity onset diabetes mellitus/  25. diabet$.tw  26. IDDM.tw  27. NIDDM.tw  28. MODY.tw  29. exp glucose intolerance/  30. exp insulin resistance/  31. (T1DM or T2DM).tw  32. (late onset adj diabet$).tw  33. or/21‐32  34. 9 and 20 and 33

CINAHL

1. cinnamon.tw  2. cinnamomum.tw  3. Lauraceae.tw  4. or/1‐3  5. diabetes.tw  6. diabetes mellitus.tw  7. insulin dependent diabetes mellitus.tw  8. non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus.tw  9. maturity onset diabetes mellitus.tw  10. glucose intolerance.tw  11. insulin resistance.tw  12. IDDM.tw  13. NIDDM.tw  14. MODY.tw  15. T1DM.tw  16. T2DM.tw  17. or/5‐16  18. prospective study.tw  19. clinical trial.tw  20. randomized controlled trial.tw  21. randomized clinical trial.tw  22. controlled clinical trial.tw  23. double‐blind.tw  24. single‐blind.tw  25. or/18‐24  26. 4 and 17 and 25

AMED

1. exp Cinnamomum/  2. lauraceae.tw  3. (cinnamomum or cinnamon).tw  4. or/1‐3  5. exp clinical trial/  6. exp randomized controlled trials/  7. randomized controlled trial.pt  9. controlled clinical trial.pt.  10. clinical trial, phase III.pt  11. clinical trial.pt  12. ((singl$ or doubl$ or tripl$ or trebl$) and (mask$ or blind$)).tw  13. random$ and (trial$ or stud$ or investigat$ or cross over or crossover).tw  14. double‐blind method.sh  15. single‐blind method.sh  16. or/5‐15  17. exp diabetes mellitus/  18. diabet$.tw  19. IDDM.tw  20. NIDDM.tw  21. MODY.tw  22. glucose intolerance.tw  23. insulin resistance.tw  24. (late onset adj diabet$).tw  25. (maturity onset adj diabet$).tw  26. (non insulin$ depend$ or noninsulin$ depend$ or non insulin?depend$ or noninsulin?depend$).tw  27. ((typ$ 1 or typ$ 2) adj6 diabet$).tw  28. ((typ$ I or typ$ II) adj6 diabet$).tw  29. (insulin$ depend$ or insulin?depend$).tw  30. (T1DM or T2DM).tw  31. or/17‐30  32. 4 and 16 and 31

BIOMED CENTRAL GATEWAY

CAM ON PUBMED

1. cinnamon.tw  2. cinnamomum.tw  3. Lauraceae.tw  4. 1 or 2 or 3  5. diabetes.tw  6. diabetes mellitus.tw  7. insulin dependent diabetes mellitus.tw  8. non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus.tw  9. maturity onset diabetes mellitus.tw  10. glucose intolerance.tw  11. insulin resistance.tw  12. IDDM.tw  13. NIDDM.tw  14. MODY.tw  15. T1DM.tw  16. T2DM.tw  17. 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16  18. prospective study.tw  19. clinical trial.tw  20. randomized controlled trial.tw  21. randomized clinical trial.tw  22. controlled clinical trial.tw  23. double‐blind.tw  24. single‐blind.tw  25. 18 or 19 or 20 or 21 or 22 or 23 or 24

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1. Cinnamon (subject heading)

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