ReviewDiabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy2018
Barberry in the treatment of obesity and metabolic syndrome: possible mechanisms of action.
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- Adjunctive berberine for schizophrenia with metabolic syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- The effect of barberry supplementation on components of metabolic syndrome: a grade assessment systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- A novel berberine derivative B12 exhibits superior anti-obesity effects via targeting brown and white adipocyte dynamics.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2026Article
- Ocular Toxicity and Mechanistic Investigation for Berberine and Its Metabolite Berberrubine on Zebrafish.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Effect of Berberis (Vulgaris and Integerrima) on Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and GRADE Assessment.Current therapeutic research, clinical and experimental · 2025Review
- Clinically Effective Molecules of Natural Origin for Obesity Prevention or Treatment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Natural products for managing metabolic syndrome: a scoping review.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Article
- Evaluation of the Effect of Barberry Root (Berberis Vulgaris) on the Prevention of Metabolic Syndrome Caused by Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs in Patients with Schizophrenia: A Three-Blind Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial.Iranian journal of psychiatry · 2023Article
- Expatiating the Pharmacological and Nanotechnological Aspects of the Alkaloidal Drug Berberine: Current and Future Trends.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Regulation of Cell-Signaling Pathways by Berbamine in Different Cancers.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
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- Effect of hydroalcoholic extract ofInternational journal of reproductive biomedicine · 2020Article
- Nanophytomedicines for the Prevention of Metabolic Syndrome: A Pharmacological and Biopharmaceutical Review.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2020Review
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Obesity is a consequence of an imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure. It affects people of both genders and all age groups, ethnicity and socioeconomic groups, and in developed and developing countries. Obesity is often accompanied by the metabolic syndrome (MetS). MetS is characterized by a clustering of cardiovascular risk factors, including high blood pressure, adiposity, dyslipidemia and glucose intolerance, which together increase the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus and other causes of mortality. Nowadays, there is a growing interest in the use of plant-based agents instead of synthetic drugs to manage chronic diseases such as MetS; one such example is
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