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Cardiovascular and metabolic effects of Berberine

Author(s) -

Flora Affuso

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

world journal of cardiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1949-8462

DOI - 10.4330/wjc.v2.i4.71

Subject(s) - berberine , medicine , coptis chinensis , lipid metabolism , traditional medicine , alkaloid , disease , carbohydrate metabolism , pharmacology , traditional chinese medicine , alternative medicine , biology , botany , pathology

Berberine (BBR) is a natural alkaloid isolated from the Coptis Chinensis. While this plant has been used in Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine for more than 2500 years, interest in its effects in metabolic and cardiovascular disease has been growing in the Western world in the last decade. Many papers have been published in these years reporting beneficial effects in carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, endothelial function and the cardiovascular system. In this review, we report a detailed analysis of the scientific literature regarding this topic, describing the effects and the underlying mechanisms of BBR on carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, endothelial function and the cardiovascular system.

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