Reduction of blood lipid by berberine in hyperlipidemic patients with chronic hepatitis or liver cirrhosis

Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 730-731

  Zhao, Wei ^a   Xue, Rong ^a   Zhou, Zhen Xian ^a   Kong, Wei Jia ^b   Jiang, Jian Dong ^b  

^a Nanjing Second Hospital   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Berberine; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Hyperlipidemia; Liver cirrhosis; Liver function tests

Indexed keywords

BERBERINE; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LETTER; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; BERBERINE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; LIPIDS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 56049101177     PISSN: 07533322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2008.01.007     Document Type: Letter

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