Study progress of berberine for treating cardiovascular disease

Le-Min Xia; Mei-Hong Luo

Chronic Diseases and Translational Medicine (Dec 2015)

Study progress of berberine for treating cardiovascular disease

Le-Min Xia,
Mei-Hong Luo

Affiliations

Le-Min Xia: Corresponding author. Baoshan Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine, Shanhai 201900, China. Tel.: +86 21 56601100 319; fax: +86 21 56601100.; Department of Hematology, Baoshan Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine, Shanghai 201900, China
Mei-Hong Luo: Department of Hematology, Baoshan Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine, Shanghai 201900, China

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 4
pp. 231 – 235

Abstract

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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. Keywords: Berberine, Cardiovascular disease, Mechanism, Progress

Published in Chronic Diseases and Translational Medicine

ISSN: 2095-882X (Print); 2589-0514 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/25890514

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