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The current study was conducted on the\n Pistacia lentiscus<\/jats:italic>\n stem extract to add to the armamentarium of DG treatment and to find the efficacy of\n P. lentiscus<\/jats:italic>\n plant extract (mastic gum) in comparison to levosulpiride in DG for improvement in gastroparesis symptoms and gastric emptying scintigraphy (GES) in a single centric double-blind non-inferiority randomised control trial.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods:<\/jats:title>\n \n Thirty-eight individuals were recruited and equally randomised into two study groups based on Gastroparesis Cardinal Symptom Index (GCSI) score and TC\n 99<\/jats:sub>\n Radionuclide GES, mastic gum group and levosulpiride group. Both pre and post-intervention (8 weeks) GCSI scores were calculated, GES was performed to quantify the improvement in gastric emptying. Power analysis was performed using G*POWER software version 3.1.9.7 and data analysis using SPSS 23.0, variables measured in mean \u00b1 standard deviation (SD). Various statistical tests were used such as independent t-test, Chi-square test or Fisher\u2019s exact test, Wilcox Mann\u2013Whitney test, analysis of variance (ANOVA) test, and posthoc pairwise tests.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n \n The mastic gum is found effective in the improvement of 4 h gastric emptying percentage from the mean (SD) 76.60 (\u00b1 9.96) to mean (SD) 97.20 (2.17)% (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < 0.001). Mastic gum has the property of HbA1c reduction, which is more significant than that of levosulpiride (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.044). Mastic gum also had significant Low density lipoprotein (LDL) (mg\/dL) levels reduction, (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < 0.001), compared to levosupiride. An absolute increase was observed in haemoglobin (HB) level in mastic gum at a 2-month mean (SD) of 1.03 (0.77) (g\/dL) (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n -value <0.001).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n To our knowledge, this is the first study to compare the effect of levosulpiride with mastic gum concerning improvement in diabetic gastroparesis (DG) using GES. 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