Effects of Baobab fruit powder on gut and cardiometabolic health in obesity—Protocol for a randomised placebo-controlled trial

• Sylvia Riedel ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sylvia.riedel@mrc.ac.za

  Affiliations Biomedical Research and Innovation Platform, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa, Centre for Cardio-metabolic Research in Africa, Division of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3439-9238

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• Keren de Buys,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biomedical Research and Innovation Platform, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa

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• Abegail M. Tshivhase,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biomedical Research and Innovation Platform, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa

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• Amy E. Mendham,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Riverland Academy of Clinical Excellence, Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, South Australia Health, Australia, Health through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Sport Research Centre, Division of Physiological Sciences, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Pieter Venter,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biomedical Research and Innovation Platform, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa

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• Fatima Hoosen,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Health through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Sport Research Centre, Division of Physiological Sciences, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Lara R. Dugas,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Public Health Sciences, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0692-8585

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• Caroline D’Alton,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Physiological Sciences/Division of Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology/Department of Family, Community and Emergency Care, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Jody A. Rusch,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Chemical Pathology, Department of Pathology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, C17 Laboratory, National Health Laboratory Service, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0874-3082

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• Bianca Southon,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Chemical Pathology, Department of Pathology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, C17 Laboratory, National Health Laboratory Service, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Carmen P. Pheiffer,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Biomedical Research and Innovation Platform, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Rabia Johnson,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Biomedical Research and Innovation Platform, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa, Centre for Cardio-metabolic Research in Africa, Division of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Tarylee Reddy,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biostatistics Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Durban, South Africa

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• Nonhlanhla Yende-Zuma,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biostatistics Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Durban, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3708-8611

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• Christo J. F. Muller,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Biomedical Research and Innovation Platform, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa, Centre for Cardio-metabolic Research in Africa, Division of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa, South Africa

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• Joel A. Dave,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Julia H. Goedecke

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Biomedical Research and Innovation Platform, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa, Health through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Sport Research Centre, Division of Physiological Sciences, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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