Study progress of berberine for treating cardiovascular disease

Berberine (BBR) is a natural alkaloid isolated from the Coptis chinensis. While this plant has been used in Chinese medicine for more than 2500 years, interest in its effects in treating cardiovascular disease has been growing in the last decade. Recent researches showed that BBR had the effect of a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Xia, Le-Min, Luo, Mei-Hong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: KeAi Publishing 2016
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5643735/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29063012
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cdtm.2015.11.006
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Sumario:Berberine (BBR) is a natural alkaloid isolated from the Coptis chinensis. While this plant has been used in Chinese medicine for more than 2500 years, interest in its effects in treating cardiovascular disease has been growing in the last decade. Recent researches showed that BBR had the effect of anti-heart failure, anti-hypertension, anti-hyperlipidemia, anti-insulin resistance, anti-arrhythmias, and anti-platelet aggregation.

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