Anticancer Effects and Mechanisms of Berberine from Medicinal Herbs: An Update Review

• Published in: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 27; no. 14; p. 4523
• Main Authors: Xiong, Ruo-Gu, Huang, Si-Yu, Wu, Si-Xia, Zhou, Dan-Dan, Yang, Zhi-Jun, Saimaiti, Adila, Zhao, Cai-Ning, Shang, Ao, Zhang, Yun-Jian, Gan, Ren-You, Li, Hua-Bin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 15.07.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: anticancer; Antidiabetics; Apoptosis; berberine; bioavailability; Brain cancer; Breast cancer; Cancer therapies; Cell adhesion & migration; Cell cycle; Cell growth; Chemokines; Cyclin-dependent kinases; Drugs; Gastric cancer; Gene amplification; Inflammation; Kinases; Lung cancer; mechanism; Metastasis; Microbiota; Prevention; Proteins; Review; safety; Tumor necrosis factor-TNF; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Cancer has been a serious public health problem. Berberine is a famous natural compound from medicinal herbs and shows many bioactivities, such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, anti-obesity, and antimicrobial activities. In addition, berberine shows anticancer effects on a variety of...