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Quercetin and Warfarin: what the published research says

PubMed indexes 8 records that name Quercetin and Warfarin together, either in the title or in an interaction, co-administration, or pharmacokinetic context. Each one is listed below with its study design and, where the abstract states one, the authors’ own conclusion, quoted and linked. This page reports that literature. It does not tell you whether to combine them.

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This page lists published research relevant to Quercetin and Warfarin. It deliberately does not state whether the combination is safe, whether it interacts, in which direction, at what dose, or how far apart to take them.

The research

8 studies naming Quercetin and Warfarin.

Strongest relevance first: papers naming both substances in the title, then human trials and systematic reviews.

Effects of Sulfate Metabolites of Chrysin, Quercetin, Luteolin, and Myricetin on the Albumin Binding of Warfarin (Site I) and Biliverdin (Heme Site): from Theoretical to Practical Considerations.

ACS omega · 2026 · PMID 41970813

“Our results demonstrate the complex modulation of warfarin-albumin and biliverdin-albumin interactions by flavonoids. It likely does not influence the albumin binding of Site I and heme site ligands in the human circulation, but flavonoids can strongly affect ligand-BSA interactions in cell culture media.”

Poór et al. · From the abstract

Names both Quercetin and Warfarin in its title.

Influence of Quercetin Pretreatment on Pharmacokinetics of Warfarin in Rats.

Current drug safety · 2023 · PMID 36239716

Animal study

“QUE alters the pharmacokinetics of WAR, warranting possibly WAR dose adjustment after confirmatory clinical investigations, specifically in patients with thrombotic disorders and a pre-treatment history of QUE or its product.”

Ahmad et al. · Authors' conclusion

Names both Quercetin and Warfarin in its title.

Curcumin and quercetin modify warfarin-induced regulation of porcine CYP1A2 and CYP3A expression and activity in vitro.

Xenobiotica; the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems · 2022 · PMID 35695287

Animal study

“In hepatic microsomes, curcumin inhibited the activity of both CYP1A2 and CYP3A, while warfarin had no effect. Both quercetin and curcumin decreased the CYP1A2 and CYP3A activity when co-administrated with warfarin.The results clearly demonstrated that quercetin and curcumin can cause food-drug interactions with warfarin, and that the cocktail effect of exposure to more compounds than one can further enhance these interactions.”

Burkina et al. · From the abstract

Names both Quercetin and Warfarin in its title.

Interaction of quercetin and its metabolites with warfarin: Displacement of warfarin from serum albumin and inhibition of CYP2C9 enzyme.

Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2017 · PMID 28135601

Human subjects

“Quercetin metabolites are able to strongly displace warfarin from HSA suggesting that high quercetin doses can strongly interfere with warfarin therapy. On the other hand, tested flavonoids showed no or weaker inhibition of CYP2C9 compared to warfarin, making it very unlikely that quercetin or its metabolites can significantly inhibit the CYP2C9-mediated inactivation of warfarin.”

Poór et al. · From the abstract

Names both Quercetin and Warfarin in its title.

Quercetin attenuates warfarin-induced vascular calcification in vitro independently from matrix Gla protein.

The Journal of biological chemistry · 2013 · PMID 23223575

Research Support, N.I.H., ExtramuralAnimal study

“Further, down-regulation of MGP by shRNA does not alter the effect of quercetin. These results suggest a new β-catenin-targeting strategy to prevent vascular calcification induced by warfarin and identify quercetin as a potential therapeutic in this pathology.”

Beazley et al. · From the abstract

Names both Quercetin and Warfarin in its title.

Spectrometric and voltammetric studies of the interaction between quercetin and bovine serum albumin using warfarin as site marker with the aid of chemometrics.

Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy · 2009 · PMID 18715823

“Interestingly, the ratio between quercetin-BSA and warfarin was found to be 1:2, suggesting a quercetin-BSA-(warfarin)(2) complex, and the estimated equilibrium constant was 1.4x10(11)M(-2). The results suggest that at low concentrations, warfarin binds at the high-affinity sites (HAS), while low-affinity binding sites (LAS) are occupied at higher concentrations.”

Ni et al. · From the abstract

Names both Quercetin and Warfarin in its title.

Limitations

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