Low Dose Monacolin K Combined with Coenzyme Q10, Grape Seed, and Olive Leaf Extracts Lowers LDL Cholesterol in Patients with Mild Dyslipidemia: A Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial
Nutrients. 2023 Jun 9;15(12):2682. doi: 10.3390/nu15122682. ABSTRACT Certain nutraceuticals, mainly containing red yeast rice, might be considered as an alternative therapy to statins in patients...
Red Yeast Rice for the Improvement of Lipid Profiles in Mild-to-Moderate Hypercholesterolemia: A Narrative Review
Nutrients. 2023 May 12;15(10):2288. doi: 10.3390/nu15102288. ABSTRACT Reducing low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels is a key target for lowering cardiovascular risk and preventing atherosclerotic cardiovascular...
Lipid-Lowering Nutraceuticals for an Integrative Approach to Dyslipidemia
J Clin Med. 2023 May 11;12(10):3414. doi: 10.3390/jcm12103414. ABSTRACT Dyslipidemia is a treatable risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease that can be addressed through lifestyle...
Short-Term Effect of Nutraceutical Fruit Juices on Lipid Metabolism in Patients with Acquired Hypercholesterolemia
Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Apr 16;24(8):7358. doi: 10.3390/ijms24087358. ABSTRACT The crucial role of dyslipidaemia, especially hypercholesterolemia, in the development of atherosclerosis-related cardiovascular diseases has...
A single dose of microencapsulated cocoa supplementation attenuated eccentric exercise-induced endothelial dysfunction
Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2023 May;74(3):373-381. doi: 10.1080/09637486.2023.2207783. Epub 2023 May 9. ABSTRACT In the present study, it was evaluated whether microencapsulated cocoa supplementation...
Cocoa flavanol supplementation preserves early and late radial artery function after transradial catheterization
Food Funct. 2023 May 22;14(10):4824-4835. doi: 10.1039/d3fo01116j. ABSTRACT Background: The transradial approach for coronary angiography is associated with fewer complications and preferred over the femoral...
Suppression of tomato wilt by cell-free supernatants of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from wild cacao from the Colombian Amazon
World J Microbiol Biotechnol. 2023 Sep 2;39(11):297. doi: 10.1007/s11274-023-03719-9. ABSTRACT Tomato vascular wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (Fol) is one of the...
Cocoa flavanols improve peakVO2 and exercise capacity in a randomized double blinded clinical trial in healthy elderly people
Food Funct. 2023 Aug 14;14(16):7562-7573. doi: 10.1039/d3fo01737k. ABSTRACT Background: Loss of functional capacity is one of the hallmarks in cardiovascular aging. Cocoa flavanols (CF) exert...
Effects of xuezhikang versus pravastatin on triglyceride level in patients with T2DM and dyslipidemia: study protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial
Curr Vasc Pharmacol. 2023 Mar 28. doi: 10.2174/1570161121666230328110215. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Hypertriglyceridemia, is commonly found in patients with diabetes. Xuezhikang, an extract...
Rhabdomyolysis Related to Red Yeast Rice Ingestion
Cureus. 2023 Jan 9;15(1):e33532. doi: 10.7759/cureus.33532. eCollection 2023 Jan. ABSTRACT Red yeast rice is made by fermenting white rice with the fungus Monascus purpureus. It...
Flavan-3-ol-methylxanthine interactions: Modulation of flavan-3-ol bioavailability in volunteers with a functional colon and an ileostomy
Free Radic Biol Med. 2023 Jan 5:S0891-5849(23)00004-7. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2023.01.003. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Flavan-3-ols, including the flavan-3-ol monomer (-)-epicatechin, are dietary bioactives known to...
The effect of Xuezhikang capsule on gene expression profile in brown adipose tissue of obese spontaneously hypertensive rats
J Ethnopharmacol. 2023 Feb 10;302(Pt A):115700. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2022.115700. Epub 2022 Sep 17. ABSTRACT ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Obesity is a critical threat to global health, and brown...
The action of phytochemicals present in cocoa in the prevention of vascular dysfunction and atherosclerosis
J Clin Transl Res. 2022 Nov 10;8(6):509-551. eCollection 2022 Dec 29. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Chronic non-communicable diseases, including cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), have caused many deaths worldwide....
Evaluation the effects of red yeast rice in combination with statin on lipid profile and inflammatory indices; a randomized clinical trial
BMC Nutr. 2022 Nov 25;8(1):138. doi: 10.1186/s40795-022-00639-z. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Dyslipidemia is a prominent cause of cardiovascular disease as it leads to inflammation and plaque deposition...
Nutraceutical Approaches to Dyslipidaemia: The Main Formulative Issues Preventing Efficacy
Nutrients. 2022 Nov 11;14(22):4769. doi: 10.3390/nu14224769. ABSTRACT Currently, the nutraceutical approach to treat dyslipidaemia is increasing in use, and in many cases is used by...