Current knowledge and pharmacological profile of berberine: an update

A Kumar, K Chopra, M Mukherjee… - European journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Berberine, a benzylisoquinoline alkaloid, occurs as an active constituent in numerous
medicinal plants and has an array of pharmacological properties. It has been used in …

Berberine: a plant alkaloid with therapeutic potential for central nervous system disorders

SK Kulkarni, A Dhir - Phytotherapy Research: An International …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Berberine, an isoquinoline alkaloid of the protoberberine type found in an array of plants,
has been used in Indian and Chinese medicines as an antimicrobial, stomachic, bitter tonic …

In vitro antioxidant studies on the benzyl tetra isoquinoline alkaloid berberine

A Shirwaikar, A Shirwaikar, K Rajendran… - Biological and …, 2006 - jstage.jst.go.jp
MATERIALS AND METHODS Chemicals and Instruments All chemicals and solvents used
in the study were of analytical grade. Berberine hydrochloride, DPPH and ABTS were …

Berberine and its metabolites: relationship between physicochemical properties and plasma levels after administration to human subjects

S Spinozzi, C Colliva, C Camborata… - Journal of Natural …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Berberine (1) is an alkaloid used widely in the treatment of several diseases. However, its
physicochemical properties, pharmacokinetics, and metabolism remain unclear, and …

The medicinal uses of the genus Mahonia in traditional Chinese medicine: An ethnopharmacological, phytochemical and pharmacological review

JM He, Q Mu - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2015 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Plants of the genus Mahonia Nuttall (Berberidaceae) have
a long history of medical use in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for the treatment of a …

[图书][B] Fighting multidrug resistance with herbal extracts, essential oils and their components

M Rai, K Kon - 2013 - books.google.com
Fighting Multidrug Resistance with Herbal Extracts, Essential Oils and their Components
offers scientists a single source aimed at fighting specific multidrug-resistant (MDR) …

Anti-herpes simplex virus effects of berberine from Coptidis rhizoma, a major component of a Chinese herbal medicine, Ching-Wei-San

LW Chin, YW Cheng, SS Lin, YY Lai, LY Lin… - Archives of …, 2010 - Springer
Berberine is an alkaloid extracted from Coptidis rhizome. Among the individual herbal
components of a Chinese herb medicine, Ching-Wei-San, Coptidis Rhizoma has the most …

Oxidative demethylenation and subsequent glucuronidation are the major metabolic pathways of berberine in rats

Y Liu, H Hao, H Xie, HUA Lv, C Liu, G Wang - Journal of pharmaceutical …, 2009 - Elsevier
Present study was designed to explore roles of metabolic clearance in the disposition of
berberine (BBR) in rats, with a focus on oxidative metabolism and subsequent …

Differential inhibitory effects of protoberberines on sterol and chitin biosyntheses in Candida albicans

KS Park, KC Kang, JH Kim, DJ Adams… - Journal of …, 1999 - academic.oup.com
The anti-Candida potentials of 12 Korean medicinal plants were explored: methanol extracts
from Coptis rhizoma and Phellodendron amurense caused significant inhibition of growth of …

[PDF][PDF] Antibacterial mechanisms of berberine and reasons for little resistance of bacteria

JL Jin, GQ Hua, Z Meng, PJ Gao - Chin. Herb. Med, 2010 - timings.rs
Objective To study the antibacterial mechanisms of berberine and try to understand the
reasons why bacteria cells difficultly resisted to it. Methods Detecting the minimal inhibitory …