Berberine

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Berberine and coptis chinesis (goldenthread) extract prevents neurodegeneration induced by aluminum overload in rats.

Study Type : Animal Study
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Substances : Goldenthread

Berberine improves neointima formation in a rat model.

Study Type : Animal Study
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Berberine prevents the progression of type 1 diabetes in mice through decreased Th17 and Th1 cytokine secretion.

Study Type : Animal Study
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Barberry, Goldenseal, Oregan grape and Goldenthread contains berberine, a powerful antimicrobial.

Study Type : In Vitro Study
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Berberine causes a dose-dependent reduction in breast cancer cell proliferation.

Study Type : In Vitro Study
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Diseases : Breast Cancer

Berberine inhibits the growth of anoikis-resistant breast cancer cell lines.

Study Type : In Vitro Study
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Diseases : Breast Cancer

Berberine is a key component in Coptis chinensis with anti-plague activity.

Study Type : Animal Study
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Substances : Coptis chinensis
Diseases : Bubonic Plague
Pharmacological Actions : Anti-Bacterial Agents

The natural compounds berberine, curcumin and picroliv are able to suppress the progression of virally induced leukemia.

Study Type : In Vitro Study
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Berberine inhibits cell migration at low dosese and induces cell cycle arrest and programmed cell death at high dosease in nasopharyngeal cancer cells.

Study Type : In Vitro Study
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Additional Keywords : Plant Extracts

Berberine has a number of anticancer properties.

Study Type : Review
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Diseases : Cancers

Berberine has cardiovascular effects which may benefit arrhythmias and/or heart failure.

Study Type : Commentary
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Coptidis rhizoma and Berberine inhibit the behavioral effects of cocaine.

Study Type : Animal Study
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Substances : Coptidis rhizoma

Panax ginseng combined with berberine has a positive effect in experimental rats with chronic congestive heart failure.

Study Type : Animal Study
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Substances : Panax Ginseng

Polyphenols may have therapeutic value in a variety of diseases through modulating AMP-activated protein kinase which reduce fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis and gluconeogenesis.

Study Type : Commentary
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Berberine has protective effect for diabetes through increasing insulin expression, beta cell regeneration, antioxidant enzyme activity and decreasing lipid peroxidation.

Study Type : Animal Study
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Additional Keywords : beta cell regeneration

Cinnamaldehyde and berberine have greater anti-diabetic efficacy than metformin.

Study Type : Animal Study
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Substances : Cinnamaldehyde, Cinnamon

Berberine is a potent oral hypoglycemic agent with benefical effects on lipid metabolism, comparable in efficacy to metformin.

Study Type : Human Study
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Berberine lowers blood glucose in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients through increasing insulin receptor expression.

Study Type : Human Study
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Pharmacological Actions : Hypoglycemic Agents

Berberine reduces insulin resistance through upregulation of insulin receptor expression.

Study Type : Animal Study
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Pharmacological Actions : Hypoglycemic Agents
Additional Keywords : insulin receptor upregulation

Berberine could reduce epithelial gut permeability, and might help explain the possible mechanisms of anti-diarrhea activity of berberine.

Study Type : In Vitro Study
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A combination of berberine, red yeast rice and policosanol lowers lipid levels and improves endothelial function and insulin sensitivity in hypercholesterolemic patients.

Study Type : Human Study
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Berberine can prevent fructose-induced insulin resistance in rats

Study Type : Animal Study
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Berberine induces cell cycle arrest and programmed cell death in human glioblastoma cells.

Study Type : In Vitro Study
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Diseases : Glioblastoma
Pharmacological Actions : Apoptotic, Cell cycle arrest

A berberine derivative attenuates cardiac failure.

Study Type : Animal Study
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Pharmacological Actions : Antioxidants

Berberine prevents HIV protease inhibitor-induced inflammation.

Study Type : In Vitro Study
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Berberine (a major constituent of goldenseal) has significant cholesterol-lowering action

Study Type : Animal Study
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Berberine reduces the expression of adipogenic enzymes and inflammatory molecules of adipocyte.

Study Type : In Vitro Study
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Pharmacological Actions : Anti-Adipogenic

Berberine and puerarin lower the degree of insulin resistance and the androgen synthesis in procine ovarian thecal cells, indicating their potential value in the treatment of polycystic syndrome.

Study Type : In Vitro Study
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Substances : Puerarin

Berberine improves free-fatty-acid-induced insulin resistance.

Study Type : Animal Study
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Pharmacological Actions : Hypoglycemic Agents

Berberine may overcome insulin resistance via modulating key molecules in insulin signaling pathway, leading to increased glucose uptake in insulin-resistant cells.

Study Type : In Vitro Study
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Berberine can ameliorate pro-inflammatory cytokines induced intestinal permeability in vitro,

Study Type : Animal Study
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Berberine chloride causes programmed cell death in Leishmania donovani promastigotes.

Study Type : In Vitro Study
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Diseases : Leishmaniasis
Pharmacological Actions : Apoptotic

Goldenthread (C. chinensis) inhibits liver cancer cell growth.

Study Type : In Vitro Study
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Substances : Goldenthread
Diseases : Liver Cancer

Berbamine induces programmed cell death in human liver cancer cells and inhibits tumor growth in mice.

Study Type : Animal Study
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Diseases : Liver Cancer

Berberine inhibits hepatic stellate cell proliferation and prevents experimental liver fibrosis.

Study Type : In Vitro Study
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Diseases : Liver Fibrosis
Pharmacological Actions : Antiproliferative , Cell cycle arrest

Berberine, a compound found within plants such as goldenseal, inhibit the growth of melanoma cell lines.

Study Type : In Vitro Study
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Substances : Goldenseal
Pharmacological Actions : Anti-Proliferative

Berberine and coptis chinesis have inhibitory effect against Microcystis aeruginosa.

Study Type : In Vitro Study
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Substances : Coptis chinensis

Berberine inhibits human neuroblastoma cell growth through induction of programmed cell death.

Study Type : In Vitro Study
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Diseases : Neuroblastoma

Berberine inhibits adipogenesis in high-fat diet-induced obesity mice.

Study Type : Animal Study
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Diseases : Obesity
Pharmacological Actions : Anti-Adipogenic

Berberine and evodiamine inhibit human white preadipocyte differentiation, indicating their potential use as anti-obesity agents.

Study Type : In Vitro Study
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Substances : Evodiamine
Diseases : Obesity
Pharmacological Actions : Anti-Adipogenic

Hop rho iso-alpha acids, berberine, vitamin D(3) and vitamin K (1) favorably impact biomarkers of bone turnover in postmenopausal women.

Study Type : Human Study
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Substances : Hops, Vitamin D, Vitamin K
Diseases : Osteoporosis

The anti-proliferative activity of the her Coptidis rhizoma against eight human pancreatic cancer cell lines is largely due to the presence of the phytochemical berberine.

Study Type : In Vitro Study
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Substances : Coptidis rhizoma

Berberine exhibits preferential selectivity toward pancreatic cancer cells compared to normal ones.

Study Type : In Vitro Study
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Additional Keywords : selective cytotoxicity

Berberine and a Barberry (Berberis lycium) extract inhibit human promyelocytic leukemia proliferation.

Study Type : In Vitro Study
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Substances : Barberry
Pharmacological Actions : Antiproliferative , Apoptotic

Berberine induces cell cycle arrest and programmed cell death in human prostate cancer cells.

Study Type : In Vitro Study
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Diseases : Prostate Cancer
Pharmacological Actions : Antiproliferative , Apoptotic, Cell cycle arrest
Additional Keywords : selective cytotoxicity

Berberine inhibits neointima formation in a rat model of arteriosclerosis.

Study Type : Animal Study
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Diseases : Restenosis

Berberine inhibits growth, induces G1 arrest and apoptosis in human epidermoid carcinoma.

Study Type : In Vitro Study
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Pharmacological Actions : Apoptotic, Cell cycle arrest

Coptidis Rhizoma attenuates repeated nicotine-induced behavioural sensitization in the rat.

Study Type : Animal Study
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Substances : Coptidis rhizoma

Berberine increases platelet count in patients with primary and secondary thrombocytopenia.

Study Type : Review
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Diseases : Thrombocytopenia

Berberine inhibits human tongue cancer growth in an animal xenograft model.

Study Type : Transgenic Animal Study
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Diseases : Tongue Cancer
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Berberine inhibits the expression and secretion of tumor necrosis factor alpha.

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