Tier 3 — preclinical
Berberine: Botanical Occurrence, Traditional Uses, Extraction Methods, and Relevance in Cardiovascular, Metabolic, Hepatic, and Renal Disorders
Frontiers in pharmacology
2018
9:557
Bibliography
- PubMed
- PMID 30186157
- PubMed Central
- PMC6111450
- Funding
- Not stated as a separate funding declaration in the accessible full text.
- Competing interests
- Authors declare no commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
Study snapshot
| Design | Narrative botanical and pharmacology review |
|---|---|
| Model | Published literature |
| Sample | No new human trial; literature review |
| Intervention | Berberine-containing plants, extraction methods and experimental pharmacology |
| Duration | Not applicable |
| Endpoints | Botanical occurrence and plant tissues; Extraction and quantification methods; Experimental pharmacology and clinical translation |
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