Berberine: A Review of its Pharmacokinetics Properties and Therapeutic Potentials in Diverse Vascular Diseases
Ai X, Yu P, Peng L, Luo L, Liu J, Li S, Lai X, Luan F, Meng X · Frontiers in Pharmacology · 2021 November 03
DOI 10.3389/fphar.2021.762654
Objective
To comprehensively and systematically describe the evidence for berberine as a therapeutic agent in vascular diseases, including its pharmacological effects, molecular mechanisms, and pharmacokinetics.
Conclusions
This study comprehensively reviewed and summarized the pharmacokinetics properties and therapeutic potentials of berberine in diverse vascular diseases, thus providing experimental evidence for future research to discover novel drugs from Chinese medicine monomers.
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