Barberry and Increased High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol

• The effect of barberry supplementation on components of metabolic syndrome: a grade assessment systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

  • 2025-08-30
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 718
  • Journal of health, population, and nutrition 44(1)
  • • Xiu Zhang
    • Qion Lou
    • Sho Liou
    • Xiaoshan Wang

  • PubMed: 40886028
  • DOI: 10.1186/s41043-025-01067-y

  6 Insights on

  • Increased High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol

  • High evidence

  increased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels (WMD = 2.46 mg/dL; 95% CI: 0.61 to 4.31)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes