Component
CYP3A4 activity measured by probe-drug phenotyping
CYP3A4 activity measured by probe-drug phenotyping. Species, exposure and limitations are retained in each linked claim.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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Other things that act on it
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How nutrients reach it in more than one step
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What it does
Every recorded relationship this component is part of, grouped by its role. Plain wording comes first; the technical statement follows.
What acts on it
Repeated berberine inhibited CYP3A4 phenotypic activity, with midazolam oral clearance reduced by 27%.
Experimental context and source evidence
- evidence_span
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- experimental_model
- Two-phase randomized crossover enzyme-phenotyping study
- exposure
- Berberine 300 mg three times daily for 14 days versus placebo
- limitations
- Small short-term study. Probe metabolic ratios are not percentage inhibition of every substrate. No universal dose-adjustment rule; no statistically significant effect is not equivalence.
- nutrient_topic
- Berberine research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Berberine
- organism
- Healthy human male volunteers; 17 completed
- plain_language
- Drug clearance was measured, rather than inferred from gene expression.
- primary_references
- [berberine-p21870106] Repeated administration of berberine inhibits cytochromes P450 in humans. (2012). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21870106/ DOI: 10.1007/s00228-011-1108-2
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Oral probe pharmacokinetics and urinary metabolite ratios
Berberine: metabolism, nutrient connections and drug interactions (2026-09-17) · lines 662–673
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Two-phase randomized crossover enzyme-phenotyping study · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### berberine-human-cyp-3a4 Repeated berberine inhibited CYP3A4 phenotypic activity, with midazolam oral clearance reduced by 27%. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Berberine research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: Drug clearance was measured, rather than inferred from gene expression. organism: Healthy human male volunteers; 17 completed tissue_or_cell_type: Oral probe pharmacokinetics and urinary metabolite ratios experimental_model: Two-phase randomized crossover enzyme-phenotyping study limitations: Small short-term study. Probe metabolic ratios are not percentage inhibition of every substrate. No universal dose-adjustment rule; no statistically significant effect is not equivalence. exposure: Berberine 300 mg three times daily for 14 days versus placebo evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/berberine-research/21870106.abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "12e465c3c0a8ce995697a6fb9bf77c079e38b413e82c8b4f2a82e45a3dbf8ae5", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1817, "text_sha256": "12e465c3c0a8ce995697a6fb9bf77c079e38b413e82c8b4f2a82e45a3dbf8ae5"} [berberine-p21870106] Repeated administration of berberine inhibits cytochromes P450 in humans. (2012). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21870106/ DOI: 10.1007/s00228-011-1108-2
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The events it takes part in
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Situations it appears in
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In the sources
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