Table 2.
Traditional Chinese medicines with anti-oxidant and renoprotective actions.
| Medicine/Compound | Source |
|---|---|
| Berberine | Herbal compound of Coptis chinensis, Hydrastis Canadensis, Berberis aristata, Berberis aquifolium, and Arcangelisia flava |
| Curcumin | Curcuma Longa L. |
| Danshen | Salvia miltiorrhiza (aka red sage) |
| Fructus crataegi (FC) | Fruit from Crataegus pinnatifida Bunge Rosaceae or Crataegus pinnatifida var. major N.E.Br. |
| Fufang Xue Shuan Tong (FXST): SanQi, DanShen, XuanShen and HuangQi | Radix notoginseng, Salvia miltiorrhiza, XuanShen, and radix astragali |
| Hu-Lu-Ba-Wan (HLBW) | Trigonella foenum-graecum L. (TFG) and Psoralea corylifolia L. (PC) |
| Magnesium lithospermate B (MLB/LAB)/tetramer of caffeic acid | Salviae miltiorrhizae radix |
| Radix puerariae (Gegen) | Root of Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi or Pueraria thomsonii Benth |
| RLM/Total flavonoids (TFs) | Rosa laevigata Michx. |
| Rokumi-jio-gan | Hachimi-jio-gan: Rokumi-jio-gan, Cinnamomi Cortex, and Aconiti Tuber; Bakumi-jio-gan: Rokumi-jio-gan contained in Hachimi-jio-gan |
| Sequoyitol | Found in Aristolochia arcuata, Amentotaxus yunnan-ensis, Crossostephium chinensis, etc. |
| Sodium ferulate (SF) | Extracted from Angelica sinensis, Cimicifuga heracleifolia, Lignsticum chuangxiong, etc. |
| Tienchi ginseng or sanchi | Panax notoginseng |
| Total glucosides of peony (TGP) | Paeonia lactiflora Pall. |
| Triptolide/GTW/TwHF | Tripterygium wilfordii Hook. F. |