| Literature DB >> 29935947 |
Ying Zhang1, Hiroko Kishi1, Sei Kobayashi2.
Abstract
Add-on therapy with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been extensively researched in the intractable diseases, such as asthma, cancer, and Alzheimer's disease. As an entirely new concept, add-on therapy of TCM has been also used to prevent and treat hyperlipidemia via lowering cholesterol level. However, the efficacy of add-on therapy with TCM for mediating lipid metabolism disorders remains controversial. In this review, we summarize and provide strong evidence that add-on therapy of TCM as a novel approach is efficacious and safe for hyperlipidemia associated diseases based on the mediation of lipid metabolism disorders.Entities:
Keywords: Berberine; Combination therapy; Curcumin; Hyperlipidemia; Lowering-cholesterol
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Year: 2018 PMID: 29935947 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2018.06.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pharmacol Res ISSN: 1043-6618 Impact factor: 7.658