Chinese Herbal Medicines for Coronary Heart Disease : Clinical Evidence, Pharmacological Mechanisms, and the Interaction with Gut Microbiota

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Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a common type of cardiovascular disease (CVD) that has been on the rise in terms of both incidence and mortality worldwide, presenting a significant threat to human health. An increasing body of studies has shown that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), particularly Chinese herbal medicines (CHMs), can serve as an effective adjunctive therapy to enhance the efficacy of Western drugs in treating CHD due to their multiple targets and multiple pathways. In this article, we critically review data available on the potential therapeutic strategies of CHMs in the intervention of CHD from three perspectives: clinical evidence, pharmacological mechanisms, and the interaction with gut microbiota. We identified 20 CHMs used in clinical practice and it has been found that the total clinical effective rate of CHD patients improved on average by 17.78% with the intervention of these CHMs. Subsequently, six signaling pathways commonly used in treating CHD have been identified through an overview of potential pharmacological mechanisms of these 20 CHMs and the eight representative individual herbs selected from them. CHMs could also act on gut microbiota to intervene in CHD by modulating the composition of gut microbiota, reducing trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) levels, increasing short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), and maintaining appropriate bile acids (BAs). Thus, the therapeutic potential of CHMs for CHD is worthy of further study in view of the outcomes found in existing studies.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:84

Enthalten in:

Drugs - 84(2024), 2 vom: 01. Feb., Seite 179-202

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cao, Linhai [VerfasserIn]
Ni, Hongxia [VerfasserIn]
Gong, Xiaoxiao [VerfasserIn]
Zang, Ziyan [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Hui [VerfasserIn]

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Drugs, Chinese Herbal
Journal Article
Review

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Date Completed 01.04.2024

Date Revised 01.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s40265-024-01994-w

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NLM367559773