Why is berberine a major new drug product? Magic medicine, there are many more!

Source: Xinkangjie on January 15, 2015, recently, the website of the national health and Family Planning Commission released the announcement on the priority evaluation of drug varieties to be recommended for major special projects of new drug creation technology It was found that the berberine compound (chemical name: berberine hydrochloride) which had been studied for many years was also listed Berberine is an important alkaloid, which has been used for a long time in China It can be extracted from Coptis chinensis, Phellodendron amurense and three needles, and has significant antibacterial effect Clinically, it is mainly used for intestinal infection, such as gastroenteritis However, with the in-depth scientific research, it has been found that its functional effects are far more than these According to the article published in nature last year by Chinese scholars, berberine can become a new cholesterol lowering drug with unique mechanism In addition, berberine also has a clear effect on cardiovascular system, increasing immunity, anti-cancer and antipyretic If developed, the market potential of berberine may be greater In fact, in recent years, it has become more and more difficult to develop new drugs, and many researchers have begun to develop new indications from the old drugs that have been on the market For example, aspirin has been used for hundreds of years since it was found, and new indications have been developed continuously after it was put on the market, while the new health industry has previously reported the discovery of diabetes drugs in new treatment fields I believe that with the in-depth study of science, we will see more and more old drugs and new ones The following Xinkangjie reviewed some "Shenyao" and other potential pharmacological effects of the product: Berberine: clinically, it has been used as an over-the-counter drug for the treatment of diarrhea, but modern pharmacological research has confirmed that berberine has significant anti heart failure, anti arrhythmia, reducing cholesterol, anti vascular smooth muscle proliferation, improving insulin, anti platelet and anti-inflammatory effects In addition, the antitumor effect of berberine has also been published Metformin: metformin has been on the market for 85 years, and has become a classic old medicine in chemical medicine According to the latest discovery of science, an authoritative American Journal of natural sciences, metformin can be used as an adjuvant treatment for tuberculosis, and it will be more widely used in the future Clinically, metformin is mainly used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes and conventional treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome Previously, cell research found that metformin can delay aging, and its mechanism has been confirmed Aspirin: the discoverer used it to treat rheumatoid arthritis, and researchers have found that aspirin also has the effect of anti platelet aggregation At present, aspirin is still the most widely used antipyretic, analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs in the world, and it is also used to prevent the attack of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases In addition, aspirin can inhibit platelet aggregation Penicillin, together with aspirin and diazepam, is one of the three classic drugs in the history of medicine It is suitable for various infections caused by group A and group B hemolytic streptococcus, Streptococcus pneumoniae and penicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus It is also used to treat the endocarditis of Streptococcus viridis and Enterococcus, and has antibacterial effect on Gram-positive cocci, Gram-positive bacilli, spirochetes, Clostridium, actinomycetes and some Bacteroides It is the first choice drug for more than 10 kinds of infections, such as hemolytic hammer infection It is mainly used to treat more than 10 kinds of diseases Radix Isatidis: as a classic Chinese medicine, Radix Isatidis has become a necessary medicine for families when the flu comes From the perspective of medicinal value, isatis root can inhibit a variety of bacteria In the aspect of cardiovascular, some studies have shown that isatis root can reduce animal blood pressure, reduce capillary permeability and inhibit platelet aggregation In addition, isatis root also has the effect of detoxification