Insights into drug discovery from natural products through structural modification

J Chen, W Li, H Yao, J Xu - Fitoterapia, 2015 - Elsevier
Natural products (NPs) have played a key role in drug discovery and are still a prolific
source of novel lead compounds or pharmacophores for medicinal chemistry …

Berberine in the treatment of metabolism-related chronic diseases: A drug cloud (dCloud) effect to target multifactorial disorders

WJ Kong, C Vernieri, M Foiani, JD Jiang - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2020 - Elsevier
Berberine (BBR) is a multi-target drug (MTD) that has proven effective in the treatment of
metabolism-related chronic diseases (CDs). However, the mode of action (MOA) of BBR …

Tetrahydroberberrubine retards heart aging in mice by promoting PHB2-mediated mitophagy

L Wang, X Tang, Y Shi, H Li, Z Meng, H Chen… - Acta Pharmacologica …, 2023 - nature.com
Heart aging is characterized by left ventricular hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction, which
in turn induces a variety of cardiovascular diseases. There is still no therapeutic drug to …

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 …

Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of berberine-benzimidazole hybrids as new type of potentially DNA-targeting antimicrobial agents

P Jeyakkumar, L Zhang, SR Avula, CH Zhou - European journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
A series of novel berberine-benzimidazole derivatives were conveniently and efficiently
synthesized and characterized by NMR, IR, MS and HRMS spectra. Most of the prepared …

Berberrubine attenuates mucosal lesions and inflammation in dextran sodium sulfate-induced colitis in mice

XT Yu, YF Xu, YF Huang, C Qu, LQ Xu, ZR Su… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic relapsing disease without satisfactory treatments, in which
intestinal inflammation and disrupted intestinal epithelial barrier are two main pathogeneses …

A patent review of berberine and its derivatives with various pharmacological activities (2016–2020)

Y Kong, L Li, LG Zhao, P Yu, DD Li - Expert Opinion on …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Berberine (BBR), as one of the outstanding representatives of isoquinoline
alkaloids, has been used as an antibacterial drug for a long time in China since ancient …

Bioactivities of berberine metabolites after transformation through CYP450 isoenzymes

Y Li, G Ren, YX Wang, WJ Kong, P Yang… - Journal of translational …, 2011 - Springer
Background Berberine (BBR) is a drug with multiple effects on cellular energy metabolism.
The present study explored answers to the question of which CYP450 (Cytochrome P450) …

Berberine and its main metabolite berberrubine inhibit platelet activation through suppressing the class I PI3Kβ/Rasa3/Rap1 pathway

C Wang, Y Cheng, Y Zhang, H Jin, Z Zuo… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Berberine (BBR), a natural product, was reported to inhibit platelet
aggregation; however, the molecular mechanisms remain unclear. This study aims to …

Berberine: a promising natural isoquinoline alkaloid for the development of hypolipidemic drugs

DD Li, P Yu, W Xiao, ZZ Wang… - Current Topics in …, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
Berberine, as a representative isoquinoline alkaloid, exhibits significant hypolipidemic
activity in both animal models and clinical trials. Recently, a large number of studies on the …