Olive leaf extract and heart

What 2 graded rows on olive leaf extract agree on for heart, and where they differ. Counted side by side, never averaged.

What the rows agree on

Each block and row is one graded row from the Olive leaf extract page, with its PubMed record.

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Olive leaf extract and heart

2 rows · 681 people

Split. 1 row found an improvement and 1 had mixed results.

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Each block is one evidence row, sized by how many people it enrolled, with its grade inside. Outlined: mixed results.
  • Grade C× 1
  • Grade D× 1
Rows
2
Trials
2
People
681

What the rows share

From the rows

The best-graded row, grade C, is a randomized trial of 621 people (2025) and reported mixed results.

The rows run from 60 to 621 people, published from 2017 to 2025: 2 single studies.

The rows

1 improved · 1 mixed
  1. Grade DBlood pressure in men with prehypertension · Improved

    Crossover RCT · n 60 · 2017 · Men with prehypertension (systolic 121–140 mmHg)

    136 mg oleuropein + 6 mg hydroxytyrosol a day · 6 weeks per arm

    24-hour systolic pressure was 3.3 mmHg and diastolic 2.4 mmHg lower than with the control drink; total and LDL cholesterol also fell.

    Row on the Olive leaf extract page · PubMed 26951205 (opens PubMed)

  2. Grade C24-hour blood pressure in people on blood pressure medicine · Mixed

    RCT · n 621 · 2025 · Adults on treatment for hypertension

    Not stated in the abstract · 12 weeks

    24-hour systolic pressure fell 6.4 mmHg from baseline; the difference from placebo was 1.5 mmHg (95% CI −3.9 to 0.51), so the between-group effect was small and not clearly different from zero.

    Row on the Olive leaf extract page · PubMed 40990594 (opens PubMed)

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