Gut Microbiota and Metabolomics Insights into the Gualou-Xiebai Herb Pair for Dyslipidemia and Atherosclerosis
Ni Wang, Yanan Xu, Jiahui Li, Chunsheng Li, Zijian Liu, Zhenglong Li, Yarong Liu, Yexiang Zhang, An Zhou, Hongfei Wu · 2025
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Description
Ni Wang and co-authors test a traditional Chinese herb pair against high blood fats and artery disease in mice. Their 2025 study uses mice bred to develop the disease on a high-fat diet. The herb pair, Gualou-Xiebai, was already known to lower blood lipids in these mice, but whether it works through gut microbes was unclear.
The team read the gut microbe mix and chemical by-products in the mice's cecum contents. Treated mice showed clear shifts in both, tied to better lipid control. The work checks two possible routes: blocking cholesterol uptake and reshaping the gut community. The findings tie a classic remedy to modern gut science.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ni Wang, Yanan Xu, Jiahui Li, Chunsheng Li, Zijian Liu, Zhenglong Li, Yarong Liu, Yexiang Zhang, An Zhou, Hongfei Wu |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |