# OnCo record berberine (technology). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
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<https://onco.cc/technologies/berberine/>
  a schema:MedicalTherapy ;
  onco:kind "technology" ;
  schema:identifier "berberine" ;
  schema:name "Berberine"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "Berberine HCl"@en, "Berberine alkaloid"@en, "Daruharidra"@en ;
  schema:description "Berberine is a plant compound used in Chinese medicine and sold for blood sugar and cholesterol. In a placebo-controlled trial in China, it lowered the chance of bowel polyps coming back after removal. It has not been tested as a cancer treatment, and it raises levels of some drugs, including tacrolimus and ciclosporin."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/technologies/berberine/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-11-04"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(19)30409-1>, <https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/berberine> ;
  onco:status "phase-2" ;
  onco:tag "complementary", "supportive-care", "evidence:moderate" ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/technologies/ban-xia-xie-xin-tang/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/garlic-supplements/> ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/colorectal/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/supportive-care/>, <https://onco.cc/fronts/prevention/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/integrative-oncology/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/chemoprevention/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/traditional-chinese-herbal-medicine/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/dietary-supplements-treatment-interactions/> ;
  onco:drugs <https://onco.cc/drugs/bosutinib/>, <https://onco.cc/drugs/imatinib/> ;
  onco:bottlenecks <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-toxicity-qol/> .