Table 2.

Chinese herbal compounds that lower lipids.

Compound	Herb	Target or indicator	Type of study	Reference
Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb.	Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb.	TC, non-HDL, TG, apoB100, apoE, HDL; LDL receptor, SR-B1, CYP7A1, HMGCR, CRP, MDA	In vivo	[54]
Salvianolic acid B	Salvia Miltiorrhiza Bunge	mLDL, CD36	In vitro	[55]
Cynanchum wilfordii	Cynanchum wilfordii	LDL, HDL, NO; Akt,	In vivo	[56]
Ethanolic fraction of T. arjuna	Terminalia arjuna	LDL, TG, VLDL, HDL	In vivo	[57]
Artemisia aucheri	Artemisia aucheri	Total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL cholesterol	In vivo	[58]
Tribulus terrestris extract	Tribulus terrestris	TC, HDL, LDL, TG	In vivo	[44]
Ginsenosides	Panax spp.	PPARs, total cholesterol, triglyceride	In vivo	[59]
Ocimum basilicum	Ocimum basilicum	Total cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol	In vivo	[60]