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 |
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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.