Phytotherapeutics: The Emerging Role of Intestinal and Hepatocellular Transporters in Drug Interactions with Botanical Supplements

• Main Authors: Ghulam Murtaza, Naveed Ullah, Farah Mukhtar, Shamyla Nawazish, Saiqa Muneer, Mariam
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2017-10-01
• Series: Molecules
• Subjects: botanical supplements; metabolism; drug transporters; P-glycoproteins; organic anion transporting polypeptides
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/22/10/1699

In herbalism, botanical supplements are commonly believed to be safe remedies, however, botanical supplements and dietary ingredients interact with transport and metabolic processes, affecting drug disposition. Although a large number of studies have described that botanical supplements interfere with drug metabolism, the mode of their interaction with drug transport processes is not well described. Such interactions may result in serious undesired effects and changed drug efficacy, therefore, some studies on interaction between botanical supplement ingredients and drug transporters such as P-gp and OATPs are described here, suggesting that the interaction between botanical supplements and the drug transporters is clinically significant.