Berberine and Improved Cardiac Function

• Natural metabolites used in traditional Chinese medicine for cardiovascular diseases: pharmacological mechanisms, evidence, and future directions.

  • 2025-11-10
  • Review
  • Frontiers in pharmacology 16
  • • Xinyu Liu
    • Wenfeng Zhang
    • Xiao Miao
    • Yinghua Hu

  • PubMed: 41293245
  • DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2025.1656751

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  • Improved Cardiac Function

  • Low evidence

  the multi-herb formula Qili Qiangxin and the alkaloid berberine have improved heart failure symptoms and cardiac function

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes