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The Cochrane Library

#1    MeSH descriptor Diabetes mellitus, type 2 explode all trees #2    MeSH descriptor Insulin resistance explode all trees #3    ( (impaired in All Text and glucose in All Text and toleranc* in All Text) or (glucose in All Text and intoleranc* in All Text) or (insulin* in All Text and resistanc* in All Text)) #4    (obes* in All Text near/6 diabet* in All Text) #5    (MODY in All Text or NIDDM in All Text or TDM2 in All Text) #6    ( (non in All Text and insulin* in All Text and depend* in All Text) or (noninsulin* in All Text and depend* in All Text) or (non in All Text and insulindepend* in All Text)    or noninsulindepend* in All Text) #7    (typ* in All Text and (2 in All Text near/6 diabet* in All Text) ) #8    (typ* in All Text and (II in All Text near/6 diabet* in All Text) ) #9    (non in All Text and (keto* in All Text near/6 diabet* in All Text) ) #10  (nonketo* in All Text near/6 diabet* in All Text) #11  (adult* in All Text near/6 diabet* in All Text) #12  (matur* in All Text near/6 diabet* in All Text) #13  (late in All Text near/6 diabet* in All Text) #14  (slow in All Text near/6 diabet* in All Text) #15  (stabl* in All Text near/6 diabet* in All Text) #16  (insulin* in All Text and (defic* in All Text near/6 diabet* in All Text) ) #17  (plurimetabolic in All Text and syndrom* in All Text) #18  (pluri in All Text and metabolic in All Text and syndrom* in All Text) #19  (#1 or #2 or #3 or #4 or #5 or #6 or #7 or #8 or #9 or #10) #20  (#11 or #12 or #13 or #14 or #15 or #16 or #17 or #18) #21  (#19 or #20) #22  MeSH descriptor Diabetes insipidus explode all trees #23  (diabet* in All Text and insipidus in All Text) #24  (#22 or #23) #25  (#21 and not #24) #26  MeSH descriptor Ipomoea batatas explode all trees #27  MeSH descriptor Convolvulaceae explode all trees #28  Convolvulaceae in All Text #29  ( (sweet in All Text and potato in All Text) #30  (ipomoea in All Text and batatas in All Text) #31  (#26 or #27 or #28 or #29 or #30) #32  (#25 and #31)

MEDLINE

1. ipomoea batatas.mp. 2. sweet potato.mp. 3. Convolvulaceae.mp. 4. or/1‐3 5. exp Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/ 6. exp Insulin Resistance/ 7. exp Glucose Intolerance/ 8. (impaired glucos$ toleranc$ or glucos$ intoleranc$ or insulin resistan$).tw,ot. 9. (obes$ adj3 diabet$).tw,ot. 10. (MODY or NIDDM or T2DM).tw,ot. 11. (non insulin$ depend$ or noninsulin$ depend$ or noninsulin?depend$ or noninsulin?depend$).tw,ot. 12. ((typ? 2 or typ? II or typ?2 or typ?II) adj3 diabet$).tw,ot. 13. ((keto?resist$ or non?keto$) adj6 diabet$).tw,ot. 14. (((late or adult$ or matur$ or slow or stabl$) adj3 onset) and diabet$).tw,ot. 15. or/5‐14 16. exp Diabetes Insipidus/ 17. diabet$ insipidus.tw,ot. 18. 16 or 17 19. 15 not 17 20. 4 and 19 21. randomized controlled trial.pt. 22. controlled clinical trial.pt. 23. randomi?ed.ab. 24. placebo.ab. 25. drug therapy.fs. 26. randomly.ab. 27. trial.ab. 28. groups.ab. 29. or/21‐28 30. Meta‐analysis.pt. 31. exp Technology Assessment, Biomedical/ 32. exp Meta‐analysis/ 33. exp Meta‐analysis as topic/ 34. hta.tw,ot. 35. (health technology adj6 assessment$).tw,ot. 36. (meta analy$ or metaanaly$ or meta?analy$).tw,ot. 37. ((review$ or search$) adj10 (literature$ or medical database$ or medline or pubmed or  embase or cochrane or cinahl or psycinfo or psyclit or healthstar or biosis or current content$ or systemat$)).tw,ot. 38. or/30‐37 39. (comment or editorial or historical‐article).pt. 40. 38 not 39 41. 29 or 40 42. 20 and 41 43. (animals not (animals and humans)).sh. 44. 42 not 43

EMBASE

1. exp Ipomoea batatas extract/ or exp Ipomoea batatas/ 2. sweet potato.tw,ot. 3. Convolvulaceae.tw,ot. 4. or/1‐3 5. exp Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/ 6. exp Insulin Resistance/ 7. (MODY or NIDDM or T2D or T2DM).tw,ot. 8. ((typ? 2 or typ? II or typ?II or typ?2) adj3 diabet*).tw,ot. 9. (obes* adj3 diabet*).tw,ot. 10. (non insulin* depend* or non insulin?depend* or noninsulin* depend* or noninsulin?depend*).tw,ot. 11. ((keto?resist* or non?keto*) adj3 diabet*).tw,ot. 12. ((adult* or matur* or late or slow or stabl*) adj3 diabet*).tw,ot. 13. (insulin* defic* adj3 relativ*).tw,ot. 14. insulin* resistanc*.tw,ot. 15. or/5‐14 16. exp Diabetes Insipidus/ 17. diabet* insipidus.tw,ot. 18. 16 or 17 19. 15 not 18 20. 4 and 19 21. exp Randomized Controlled Trial/ 22. exp Controlled Clinical Trial/ 23. exp Clinical Trial/ 24. exp Comparative Study/ 25. exp Drug comparison/ 26. exp Randomization/ 27. exp Crossover procedure/ 28. exp Double blind procedure/ 29. exp Single blind procedure/ 30. exp Placebo/ 31. exp Prospective Study/ 32. ((clinical or control$ or comparativ$ or placebo$ or prospectiv$ or randomi?ed) adj3 (trial$ or stud$)).ab,ti. 33. (random$ adj6 (allocat$ or assign$ or basis or order$)).ab,ti. 34. ((singl$ or doubl$ or trebl$ or tripl$) adj6 (blind$ or mask$)).ab,ti. 35. (cross over or crossover).ab,ti. 36. or/21‐35 37. exp meta analysis/ 38. (metaanaly$ or meta analy$ or meta?analy$).ab,ti,ot. 39. ((review$ or search$) adj10 (literature$ or medical database$ or medline or pubmed or embase or cochrane or cinahl or psycinfo or psyclit or healthstar or biosis or current content$ or systematic$)).ab,ti,ot. 40. exp Literature/ 41. exp Biomedical Technology Assessment/ 42. hta.tw,ot. 43. (health technology adj6 assessment$).tw,ot. 44. or/37‐43 45. (comment or editorial or historical‐article).pt. 46. 44 not 45 47. 36 or 46 48. 20 and 47 49. limit 48 to human

'My NCBI' alert service

("ipomoea batatas"[MeSH Terms] OR ("ipomoea"[All Fields] AND "batatas"[All Fields]) OR "ipomoea batatas"[All Fields] OR ("sweet"[All Fields] AND "potato"[All Fields]) OR "sweet potato"[All Fields]) AND ("diabetes mellitus"[MeSH Terms] OR ("diabetes"[All Fields] AND "mellitus"[All Fields]) OR "diabetes mellitus"[All Fields] OR "diabetes"[All Fields] OR "diabetes insipidus"[MeSH Terms] OR ("diabetes"[All Fields] AND "insipidus"[All Fields]) OR "diabetes insipidus"[All Fields])

CINAHL

1. MM "sweet potato" 2. MM "ipomoea batatas" 3. MM "Convolvulaceae" 4. #1 or #2 or #3 5. MM "insulin resistance" 6. MM "Diabetes Mellitus, Non‐Insulin‐Dependent" 7. TX Diabetes Complications 8. TX MODY or NIDDM or T2DM 9. TX non insulin* depend* or noninsulin* depend* or noninsulin?depend* or non insulin?depend 10. TX diabet* N3 (typ* 2 or typ* II) 11. TX diabet* N6 (keto*resist* or non*keto* 12. TI (onset N3 (late or adult* or matur* or slow or stabl*)) and TI diabet* 13. AB (onset N3 (late or adult* or matur* or slow or stabl*)) and AB diabet* 14. TI (insulin* defic* or relativ*) 15. AB (insulin* defic* or relativ*) 16. TI (insulin* resistanc*) 17. AB (insulin* resistanc*) 18. #5 or #6 or #7 or #8 or #9  or #10 or #11 or #12 or #13 or #14 or #15 or #16 or #17 19. MM "Diabetes Insipidus" 20. TX diabet* insipidus 21. # 19 or #20 22. #18 NOT #21 23. #4 and #22 24. TX Meta‐analysis 25. TX Technology Assessment, Biomedical 26. #24 or #25 27. TX comment or editorial or historical‐article 28. #26 NOT #27 29. AB randomized controlled trial 30. AB controlled clinical trial 31. AB cross over OR crossover 32. TX random* OR blind* OR placebo* OR group* 33. TX animal* NOT (animal* AND human*) 34. #29 or #30 or #31 or #32 35. #34 NOT #33 36. #28 or #35 37. #23 and #36

LILACS

1. (sweet potato or ipomoea batatas or Convolvulaceae) [Subject descriptor] and 2. (Diabetes mellitus or insulin resistance) [Palavras] and 3. (random$ or placebo$ or trial or group$) [Palavras] Natural medicines comprehensive database 1. sweet potato, diabetes 2. ipomoea batatas, diabetes 3. Convolvulaceae, diabetes

OpenGrey

1. (sweet potato or ipomoea batatas or Convolvulaceae) [Abstract] and 2. (Diabetes mellitus or insulin resistance) [Abstract] and 3. (random or placebo or trial or group) [Abstract]

Natural Medicines Comprehensive Databas

1. sweet potato, diabetes 2. ipomoea batatas, diabetes 3. Convolvulaceae, diabetes

Proquest Dissertations and Theses database

1. ("sweet potato") OR (“sweet potato”) OR ("convolvulaceae") Citation and document text 2. ("typ* 2") OR ("typ* II") OR ("late") OR ("maturity") OR ("n???insulin") AND ("diabet*") Citation and document text 3. (NIDDM*) OR (MODY*) OR (TIIDM) OR (T2DM) Citation and document text 4. ((("typ* 2") OR ("typ* II") OR ("late") OR ("maturity") OR ("n???insulin") AND ("diabet*")) OR ((NIDDM*) OR (MODY*) OR (TIIDM) OR (T2DM))) AND ((("sweet potato") OR (“sweet potato”) OR ("convolvulaceae"))) Citation and document text