The effect of acarbose on the gut microbiota: an evidence-based review

Abstract

Acabose is wildly used in various disease treatments and could interact with the gut flora, while the gut flora plays a significant role in human body. This means that acarbose is able to be utilized to improve the efficacy and patient experience by measuring and regulating intestinal flora to achieve precise medicine intake. Moreover, it is also capable to be employed for treating and preventing more other diseases by targeting the gut flora to open up new uses. Based on this hypothesis, we summarized the reasons, methods and results of the interactions between acarbose and intestinal flora, as well as ways for health promotion according to existing experimental results and literature reviews.