The supplement even shows promise for treating diabetes.
is a devastating disease that is responsible for around 1.8 million deaths every year. It causes chronic inflammation and other conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma.
Now, researchers may have found a new treatment in the form of a herbal supplement called berberine, a natural compound found in plants such as barberry and goldenseal,University of Technology Sydney published on Monday. The substance, they found in lab research, suppresses the proliferation of lung cancer cells and reduces airway inflammation and damage to healthy lung cells exposed to chemicals from cigarette smoke, a leading cause of lung cancer.“Berberine has shown therapeutic benefits for diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
The use of berberine for therapeutic purposes is not entirely new. It has long been a practice in traditional Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine. However, it does come with some drawbacks such as aDua managed to overcome these issues through the development of liquid crystalline nanoparticles, a revolutionary drug delivery system that encapsulates berberine in tiny soluble and biodegradable polymer balls to improve both safety and effectiveness.
This is because berberine, according to the research,"suppresses the generation of inflammatory chemicals, called reactive oxygen species, which cause damaging effects to cells. It also modulates genes involved in inflammation, oxidative stress, and reduced premature cell senescence."The researchers came to this conclusion by measuring the mRNA levels of tumor-associated genes and protein expression levels.
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