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...
Dietary nitrate supplementation for preventing and reducing the severity of winter infections, including COVID-19, in care homes (BEET-Winter): a randomised placebo-controlled feasibility trial
Eur Geriatr Med. 2022 Nov 16. doi: 10.1007/s41999-022-00714-5. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT PURPOSE: Infections cause considerable care home morbidity and mortality. Nitric oxide (NO)...
Establishment of a lipid metabolism disorder model in ApoEb mutant zebrafish
Atherosclerosis. 2022 Nov;361:18-29. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2022.10.008. Epub 2022 Oct 19. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND AIMS: ApoEb is a zebrafish homologous to mammalian ApoE, whose deficiency would lead...
Effect of an (-)-Epicatechin Intake on Cardiometabolic Parameters-A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials
Nutrients. 2022 Oct 26;14(21):4500. doi: 10.3390/nu14214500. ABSTRACT Growing evidence exists that consumption of cocoa-rich food improves the parameters of cardiometabolic health. These effects are ascribed...
Postprandial Glucose and Gastrointestinal Hormone Responses of Healthy Subjects to Wheat Biscuits Enriched with L-Arginine or Branched-Chain Amino Acids of Plant Origin
Nutrients. 2022 Oct 19;14(20):4381. doi: 10.3390/nu14204381. ABSTRACT The study investigates the effects of wheat biscuits supplemented with plant flours originating from legumes/seeds enriched either in...
Impact of red yeast rice supplementation on lipid profile: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized-controlled trials
Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol. 2022 Oct 19. doi: 10.1080/17512433.2023.2138342. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Dyslipidemia/hyperlipidemia are among the risk factors for chronic diseases, especially...
A network meta-analysis on the comparative effect of nutraceuticals on lipid profile in adults
Pharmacol Res. 2022 Sep;183:106402. doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2022.106402. Epub 2022 Aug 18. ABSTRACT It is estimated that 2.6 million deaths worldwide can be attributed to hypercholesterolemia. The...
Gynostemma pentaphyllum for dyslipidemia: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials
Front Pharmacol. 2022 Aug 26;13:917521. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2022.917521. eCollection 2022. ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the lipid-lowering effect and safety of Gynostemma pentaphyllum (GP) used alone or...
L-arginine in Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-like Episodes: A Systematic Review
Neurology. 2022 Apr 15:10.1212/WNL.0000000000200299. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000200299. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: Stroke management in the context of primary mitochondrial disease is clinically challenging and...
Protective Effect of L-Arginine in an Animal Model of Alzheimer’s Disease Induced by Intra-Hippocampal Injection of AlCl3
Neurol India. 2022 Mar-Apr;70(2):548-553. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.344672. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Aluminum chloride (AlCl3) can impair spatial memory recovery. We investigated the protective effect of L-arginine,...