September 21/Kerman, Iran/ProHealth.com -- According to research out of Iran, olive leaf extract attenuates early diabetic neuropathic pain through prevention of high glucose-induced apoptosis.
The aim of the study published in the June 14th Journal of Ethnopharmacology noted, “Since the leaves of olive have been recommended in the literature as a remedy for the treatment of diabetes and they also contain antioxidant agents, we decided to investigate the possible effects of olive leaf extract (OLE) on in vitro and in vivo models of diabetic pain neuropathy.