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. 2021 Aug 16;13(8):1261. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13081261

Table 2.

Widely consumed dietary and herbal products that contain CYP3A4 modulating compounds.

Effect on CYP3A4 Activity Diet & Herbal Main Use Modulating Constituent a References
Inhibition Grapefruit Fruit, juice Bergaptol, flavonoids (naringin, naringenin, kaempferol and quercetin), furanocoumarins (bergamottin and DHB), paradisin C [73,74]
Inhibition Seville orange Fruit, juice, marmalade DHB, bergamottin, [75,76]
Inhibition Red wine drinks Polyphenolic (trans-resveratrol), red wine solids (flavonoids and other polyphenols), gallic acid [77,78]
Inhibition Garlic Food, flavoring agent, supplement Flavonoids (tangeretin, nobiletin, rutin, quercetin), garlic sulfur containing compounds (DADS, DAS, AMS) [79,80]
Inhibition Cranberry Fruit, juice, supplement Triterpenes (maslinic acid, corosolic acid, and ursolic acid), anthocyanidins, anthocyanins [81,82]
Inhibition/Induction St. John’s wort Herbal/dietary supplement Hyperforin, hypericin, quercitrin [83,84]
Inhibition/Induction Ginkgo biloba Alternative medicine Bilobalide, ginkgolide A [85,86]
Inhibition Goldenseal Botanical supplement Individual isoquinoline alkaloids (berberine, hydrastine) [87,88]
Inhibition Green tea Drinks, dietary supplement Green tea catechins, EC, EGC, ECG, EGCG [89,90]
Induction Ergot alkaloids Medicine Ergotamine [91,92]

a abbreviation: DHB:6′-7′- dihydroxybergamottin; DADS: garlic’s diallyl disulfide; DAS: diallyl sulfide; AMS: allyl methyl sulfide; EC: (-)-epicatechin; EGC: (-)-epigallocatechin; ECG: (-)-epicatechin-3-O-gallate; EGCG: epigallocatechin-3-gallate.