Natural Products to Counteract the Epidemic of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders.

ABSTRACT: Natural products have always been exploited to promote health and served as a valuable source for the discovery of new drugs. In this review, the great potential of natural compounds and medicinal plants for the treatment or prevention of cardiovascular and metabolic disorders, global health problems with rising prevalence, is addressed. Special emphasis is laid on natural products for which efficacy and safety have already been proven and which are in clinical trials, as well as on plants used in traditional medicine. Potential benefits from certain dietary habits and dietary constituents, as well as common molecular targets of natural products, are also briefly discussed. A glimpse at the history of statins and biguanides, two prominent representatives of natural products (or their deriv

SUBMITTER: Waltenberger B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4928700 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature