Review Article

Influence of Dietary Components and Traditional Chinese Medicine on Hypertension: A Potential Role for Gut Microbiota

Table 1

Changes in microbiota composition related to HTN and Chinese herbal products.

CategoryChinese herbal productsMethodImplicated microbiotaReference

MonomersBerberine16s rDNALactobacillusWu et al., 2020 [89]
Baicalin16s rDNARoseburia ↑ and AkkermansiaWu et al., 2019 [90]
Allobaculum ↑ and Bifidobacterium
Ruminococcaceae ↑ and Ruminococcus 2↑
FormulaeHD16s rDNAFirmicutes/Bacteroidetes (F/B) ↓Han et al., 2019 [91]
Akkermansia ↑ and Akkermansia muciniphila
Lactobacillus intestinalis
ZGXFD16s rDNAFirmicutes/Bacteroidetes (F/B) ↓Yu et al., 2019 [92]
SHXXTM16s rDNACoccus/Bacillus (C/B) ↓Wu et al., 2020 [89]
Lactobacillus ↑ and Turicibacter
Corynebacterium