Editing Sesame (section)

=== Health effects ===

A [[meta-analysis]] showed that sesame consumption produced small reductions in both [[Systole |systolic]] and [[Diastole |diastolic]] [[blood pressure]];<ref name="pmid28387047">{{cite journal  | last1=Khosravi-Boroujeni | first1=Hossein | last2=Nikbakht | first2=Elham | last3=Natanelov | first3=Ernesta | last4=Khalesi | first4=Saman |title=Can sesame consumption improve blood pressure? A systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled trials |journal= [[Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture]] |volume=97 |issue=10 |pages=3087–94 |year=2017 |doi=10.1002/jsfa.8361 |pmid = 28387047 |bibcode=2017JSFA...97.3087K }}</ref> another demonstrated improvement in [[fasting blood glucose]] and [[hemoglobin A1c]].<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Sohouli | first1=Mohammad Hassan | last2=Haghshenas | first2=Niloufar | last3=Hernández-Ruiz | first3=Ángela | last4=Shidfar | first4=Farzad |title=Consumption of sesame seeds and sesame products has favorable effects on blood glucose levels but not on insulin resistance: A systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials |journal=Phytother Res |volume=36 |issue=3 |pages=1126–1134 |date=January 2022 |pmid=35043479 |doi=10.1002/ptr.7379 |s2cid=246034854}}</ref> Sesame oil studies reported a reduction of [[oxidative stress]] markers and [[lipid peroxidation]].<ref name="pmid27074618">{{cite journal |last1=Vittori Gouveia |first1=Luciana de Almeida |last2=Cardoso |first2=Carolina Alves |last3=de Oliveira |first3=Glaucia Maria Moraes |last4=Rosa |first4=Glorimar |last5=Moreira |first5=Annie Seixas Bello |title=Effects of the Intake of Sesame Seeds (''Sesamum indicum'' L.) and Derivatives on Oxidative Stress: A Systematic Review |journal=Journal of Medicinal Food |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=337–345 |year=2016 |doi=10.1089/jmf.2015.0075 |pmid=27074618 }}</ref>