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# Iranian spice good for the heart
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/iranian_spice_good_for_the_heart_0904140352/
- Published: 2014-09-04T16:52:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T16:16:11.000Z
- Description: In a six-month Iranian trial, patients with less than 50 percent coronary narrowing took 15.3 grams a day of Heracleum persicum fruit extract or placebo. The extract left cholesterol unchanged but significantly lowered triglycerides, which the authors call a possible adjunct treatment.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Herbs, Nutrition, #vivvo-import

Thursday Sep 4, 2014 (foodconsumer.org) -- A study led by scientists at Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences in Tehran, Iran suggests that H. persicum hydroalcoholic fruit extract helps patients with minimal coronary artery disease to lower risk of heart disease. Heracleum persicum Desf. Ex Fischer (Apiaceae) is a native spice and also a medicinal plant has been used in the Iranian traditional medicine.

In the [study](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25138736?ref=foodconsumer.org), patients with less than 50% luminal narrowing in any of the major coronary arteries in coronary angiography were randomly assigned to receive the H. persicum fruit extract in a dose of 15.3 grams per day or placebo for six months.

At the end of the intervention, the H. persicum fruit extract did not seem to affect cholesterol or any type while significantly reducing serum triglycerides.

The study concluded "Short-term supplementation with H. persicum fruit extract might be used as an adjunctive treatment for patients with hypertriglyceridemia."

There are many dietary supplements and foods food consumers can use effectively to prevent and treat coronary heart disease including coffee, fiber, fruits and vegetables, flavonoids, legumes, magnesium, nuts, Omega-3 fatty acids, phytosterols, resveratrol, vitamin C, and whole grains. These dietary components are commonly found in a Mediterranien diet, which is known to reduce the heart risk compared to the Western diet.

These dietary components also suggests that a vegan diet can effectively prevent or treat coronary heart disease. In fact, 99% of coronary heart disease cases can be reversed by following a plant-based diet, according to Dr. [T. Colin Campbell](http://nutritionstudies.org/?ref=foodconsumer.org), a Cornell University nutrition professor. (David Liu, Ph.D.)

Dadjo Y, Panahi Y, Pishgoo B, Sahebkar A, Taghipour H, Akbari A, Parvin S. Effects of Supplementation with Heracleum persicum Fruit Extract on Serum Lipids in Patients Undergoing Coronary Angiography: A Pilot Trial. Phytother Res. 2014 Aug 19\.