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Berberine for Adjunct/Alternative Treatment of Dyslipidemia: A Literature Review

Berberine (BBR) is an ancient plant popular in China and is used to treat dyslipidemia, among other cardiovascular and metabolic-related diseases. BBR has historically been regarded as having multiple benefits, with a few clinical trials indicating this fact. We searched PubMed, Embase, and Google S...

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Autores principales: Evbayekha, Endurance O, Nwachukwu, Elochukwu U, Nikravesh, Elham, Rosas, Valene, Onuegbu, Chinwendu A, Egwuonwu, Obinna F, Eguagie, Osazee, Chioma, Ogochukwu E, Agho, Awanwosa V, Samuels, Kemar A, Willie, Anthony, Nwafor, Jane N, Esene-Akhideno, Laura N, Adigun, Aisha O
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10279928/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37346213
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39261
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author Evbayekha, Endurance O
Nwachukwu, Elochukwu U
Nikravesh, Elham
Rosas, Valene
Onuegbu, Chinwendu A
Egwuonwu, Obinna F
Eguagie, Osazee
Chioma, Ogochukwu E
Agho, Awanwosa V
Samuels, Kemar A
Willie, Anthony
Nwafor, Jane N
Esene-Akhideno, Laura N
Adigun, Aisha O
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Nwachukwu, Elochukwu U
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Rosas, Valene
Onuegbu, Chinwendu A
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Eguagie, Osazee
Chioma, Ogochukwu E
Agho, Awanwosa V
Samuels, Kemar A
Willie, Anthony
Nwafor, Jane N
Esene-Akhideno, Laura N
Adigun, Aisha O
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description Berberine (BBR) is an ancient plant popular in China and is used to treat dyslipidemia, among other cardiovascular and metabolic-related diseases. BBR has historically been regarded as having multiple benefits, with a few clinical trials indicating this fact. We searched PubMed, Embase, and Google Scholar with the following keywords: Berberidaceae, berberine, Berberis spp., dyslipidemia, atherosclerosis, and inflammation. We synthesized the information within the literature to provide an updated review of BBR, its potential, and its applicability in real-world medicine in the future. This review sought to evaluate the literature and advancement in BBR’s efficacy regarding dyslipidemia, inflammation, and atherosclerosis.
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spelling pubmed-102799282023-06-21 Berberine for Adjunct/Alternative Treatment of Dyslipidemia: A Literature Review Evbayekha, Endurance O Nwachukwu, Elochukwu U Nikravesh, Elham Rosas, Valene Onuegbu, Chinwendu A Egwuonwu, Obinna F Eguagie, Osazee Chioma, Ogochukwu E Agho, Awanwosa V Samuels, Kemar A Willie, Anthony Nwafor, Jane N Esene-Akhideno, Laura N Adigun, Aisha O Cureus Cardiology Berberine (BBR) is an ancient plant popular in China and is used to treat dyslipidemia, among other cardiovascular and metabolic-related diseases. BBR has historically been regarded as having multiple benefits, with a few clinical trials indicating this fact. We searched PubMed, Embase, and Google Scholar with the following keywords: Berberidaceae, berberine, Berberis spp., dyslipidemia, atherosclerosis, and inflammation. We synthesized the information within the literature to provide an updated review of BBR, its potential, and its applicability in real-world medicine in the future. This review sought to evaluate the literature and advancement in BBR’s efficacy regarding dyslipidemia, inflammation, and atherosclerosis. Cureus 2023-05-20 /pmc/articles/PMC10279928/ /pubmed/37346213 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39261 Text en Copyright © 2023, Evbayekha et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Evbayekha, Endurance O
Nwachukwu, Elochukwu U
Nikravesh, Elham
Rosas, Valene
Onuegbu, Chinwendu A
Egwuonwu, Obinna F
Eguagie, Osazee
Chioma, Ogochukwu E
Agho, Awanwosa V
Samuels, Kemar A
Willie, Anthony
Nwafor, Jane N
Esene-Akhideno, Laura N
Adigun, Aisha O
Berberine for Adjunct/Alternative Treatment of Dyslipidemia: A Literature Review
title Berberine for Adjunct/Alternative Treatment of Dyslipidemia: A Literature Review
title_full Berberine for Adjunct/Alternative Treatment of Dyslipidemia: A Literature Review
title_fullStr Berberine for Adjunct/Alternative Treatment of Dyslipidemia: A Literature Review
title_full_unstemmed Berberine for Adjunct/Alternative Treatment of Dyslipidemia: A Literature Review
title_short Berberine for Adjunct/Alternative Treatment of Dyslipidemia: A Literature Review
title_sort berberine for adjunct/alternative treatment of dyslipidemia: a literature review
topic Cardiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10279928/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37346213
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39261
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