Mildronate

Mildronate has been studied in 3 papers since 2019: 1 trial in people, 1 in animals, 1 review. The newest paper, Jun 25, 2025: “Meldonium: current and emerging therapeutic applications”.

Intervention

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At a glance

The findings reach mice, none yet in people. 1 lab in 1 country.

Mice: a single group. Cells, worms or flies and humans: nothing yet.
  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Funders: Russian Foundation for Basic Research and 1 more
  • Human trial1
  • Animals1

What did studies of mildronate find?

5

Studies of mildronate measured 5 outcomes, among them learning and memory, neuronal apoptosis and cardiac, hepatic, and pulmonary tissue damage.

Learning and memory

upin reviews1

1 study
  1. Mildronate improves learning and memory.

    “Moreover, it inhibits neuronal apoptosis and facilitates cognitive functions, particularly learning and memory processes.”

    Review

    Meldonium: current and emerging therapeutic applications

    Postepy biochemii

neuronal apoptosis

downin reviews1

1 study
  1. Mildronate inhibits neuronal apoptosis.

    “Moreover, it inhibits neuronal apoptosis and facilitates cognitive functions, particularly learning and memory processes.”

    Reviewneuron

    Meldonium: current and emerging therapeutic applications

    Postepy biochemii

Cardiac, hepatic, and pulmonary tissue damage

downin reviews1

1 study
  1. Mildronate protects against cardiac, hepatic, and pulmonary tissue damage (hypoxic conditions).

    “By inhibiting mitochondrial β-oxidation of fatty acids under hypoxic conditions, meldonium exerts cytoprotective effects on cardiac, hepatic, and pulmonary tissues.”

    Reviewhypoxic conditionscardiac, hepatic, and pulmonary tissues

    Meldonium: current and emerging therapeutic applications

    Postepy biochemii

Bifidobacterium

upin mice1

1 study
  1. Mildronate increases Bifidobacterium in mice.

    “mildronate increased the level of Bifidobacterium, Rikinella, Christensenellaceae.”

    Animals

    Effect of l-carnitine and mildronate on the mitochondrial metabolism of heart and bacterial composition of the gut microbiome in ageing mice

    Life sciences

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BBOX1

downin reviews1

1 study
  1. Mildronate inhibits BBOX1.

    “meldonium (ME) - a competitive inhibitor of gamma-butyrobetaine hydroxylase”

    Review

    Normalization of heart rate variability with taurine and meldonium complex in post-infarction patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

    Journal of medicine and life

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