Biological properties and clinical applications of berberine

D Song, J Hao, D Fan - Frontiers of Medicine, 2020 - Springer
Berberine, an isoquinoline alkaloid isolated from the Chinese herb Coptis chinensis and
other Berberis plants, has a wide range of pharmacological properties. Berberine can be …

Impact of gut microbiota and microbiota-related metabolites on hyperlipidemia

X Jia, W Xu, L Zhang, X Li, R Wang… - Frontiers in Cellular and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Hyperlipidemia, defined as the presence of excess fat or lipids in the blood, has been
considered as a high-risk factor and key indicator of many metabolic diseases. The gut …

Gut microbiota promotes cholesterol gallstone formation by modulating bile acid composition and biliary cholesterol secretion

H Hu, W Shao, Q Liu, N Liu, Q Wang, J Xu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Cholesterol gallstone disease is a worldwide common disease. Cholesterol supersaturation
in gallbladder bile is the prerequisite for its pathogenesis, while the mechanism is not …

Gut microbiome-related effects of berberine and probiotics on type 2 diabetes (the PREMOTE study)

Y Zhang, Y Gu, H Ren, S Wang, H Zhong… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Human gut microbiome is a promising target for managing type 2 diabetes (T2D). Measures
altering gut microbiota like oral intake of probiotics or berberine (BBR), a bacteriostatic …

Berberine in cardiovascular and metabolic diseases: from mechanisms to therapeutics

X Feng, A Sureda, S Jafari, Z Memariani… - …, 2019 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cardiovascular and metabolic diseases (CVMD) are the leading causes of death worldwide,
underscoring the urgent necessity to develop new pharmacotherapies. Berberine (BBR) is …

Berberine pharmacology and the gut microbiota: A hidden therapeutic link

S Habtemariam - Pharmacological research, 2020 - Elsevier
Berberine is a natural pentacyclic isoquinoline alkaloid that has been isolated as the
principal component of many popular medicinal plants such as the genus Berberis, Coptis …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic effect of berberine on metabolic diseases: Both pharmacological data and clinical evidence

X Xu, H Yi, J Wu, T Kuang, J Zhang, Q Li, H Du… - Biomedicine & …, 2021 - Elsevier
The increased incidence of metabolic diseases (eg, diabetes and obesity) has seriously
affected human health and life safety worldwide. It is of great significance to find effective …

Berberine attenuates nonalcoholic hepatic steatosis through the AMPK-SREBP-1c-SCD1 pathway

X Zhu, H Bian, L Wang, X Sun, X Xu, H Yan… - Free Radical Biology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Berberine (BBR), a natural compound extracted from Chinese herb, has been
shown to effectively attenuate nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in clinic. However …

[HTML][HTML] Interactions between gut microbiota and berberine, a necessary procedure to understand the mechanisms of berberine

H Cheng, J Liu, Y Tan, W Feng, C Peng - Journal of pharmaceutical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Berberine (BBR), an isoquinoline alkaloid, has been found in many plants, such as Coptis
chinensis Franch and Phellodendron chinense Schneid. Although BBR has a wide spectrum …

[HTML][HTML] Herbal drug discovery for the treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

T Yan, N Yan, P Wang, Y **a, H Hao, G Wang… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2020 - Elsevier
Few medications are available for meeting the increasing disease burden of nonalcoholic
fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and its progressive stage, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) …