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. 2018 Apr 22;17:274–283. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2018.04.019

Table 2.

Antioxidant effects of bioactive natural components in APAP-induced hepatotoxicity.

Bioactive components Effective dose Animals models/APAP dose Mechanisms Refs.
Magnolol 0.01–1 μg/kg i.p. Sprague-Dawley rat, 500 mg/kg i.p. ↓TBARS; ↑GSH [19]
Gallic acid 100 mg/kg i.p. Swiss albino mice, 900 mg/kg i.p. ↑SOD, CAT, GPx, GR, GST and GSH [97]
6-Gingerol 30 mg/kg i.p. Swiss albino mice, 900 mg/kg i.p. ↑SOD, CAT, GPx, GR, GST and GSH [101]
Curcumin 10–20 mg/kg i.p. BALB/c mice, 300 mg/kg i.p. ↑SOD; ↓MDA, apoptosis [72]
Thearubigins 60 mg/kg i.p. Swiss mice, 300 mg/kg i.p. ↓MDA, [81]
Baicalin 30 mg/kg i.p. C57BL/6 mice, 300 mg/kg i.p. ↓MDA, TNF-α, IL-17, IL-6 [71]
Paeonol 100 mg/kg i.g. C57BL/6 mice, 400 mg/kg i.p. ↑SOD, GPx and GSH; ↓MDA, inflammation [28]
Methanol extract of Fagonia olivieri DC. 200–400 mg/kg i.g. for 7 days Sprague-Dawley rats, 700 mg/kg i.g. ↑SOD, CAT,GPx, GR and GSH [96]
Lophirones B and C 20 mg/kg p.o. for 7 days Swiss mice, 300 mg/kg ↑SOD, CAT, GPx;↓inflammation [3]
Hydroglycol extract of red rice 128–512 mg/kg p.o. for 30 days ICR mice, 60 mg/kg p.o. for 30 days ↑GSH; ↓GSSH [109]
Methanol extract of Adansonia digitata L. (Malvaceae) 200 mg/kg p.o. for 7 days Wistar rats,2 g/kg p.o. for 3 days ↑SOD, CAT and GSH; ↓MDA [40]
Quercitrin from Toona sinensis (Juss.) M.Roem. 10–50 mg/kg i.g. Balb/c mice, 300 mg/kg i.p. ↑SOD, CAT and GPx; ↓inflammation [112]
Methanol extract of pomegranate peels 50 mg/kg p.o. for 14 days Wistar rats, 750 mg/kg i.p. ↓Oxidative stress [2]
Withanolide 50–200 mg/kg p.o. for 14 days Wistar rats, 750 mg/kg p.o. ↑SOD and GSH; ↓MDA, NO [27]
Acetone extract of Passiflora subpeltata leaves 200–400 mg/kg for 14 days Wistar rats, 2 g/kg p.o. for 14 days ↑SOD, CAT, GPx, GST and GSH [108]
Opuntia robusta 800 mg/kg p.o. for 5 days Wistar rats, 500 mg/kg i.p. ↑GSH [36]
Aqueous extract of Zea mays L. (Poaceae) Stigma maydis 200–400 mg/kg p.o. for 14 days Wistar rats, 400 mg/kg p.o. for 14 days ↑SOD, CAT, GPx, GR and GSH; ↓MDA [102]
Silymarin 25 mg/kg p.o. for 14 days Wistar rats, 800 mg/kg i.p. for 3 days ↑SOD, GPx; ↓NO [88]
n-Hexane extract of Acrocarpus fraxinifolius leaves 250–500 mg/kg p.o. for 14 days Wistar rats, 400 mg/kg p.o. for 7 days ↓MDA [1]
Tormentic acid 1.25–5 mg/kg i.p. for 6 days ICR mice, 400 mg/kg i.p. ↑SOD, CAT and GPx;↓NO, TNF-α, IL-1β [52]
Methanol extract of Dicranopteris linearis L. leaves 50–500 mg/kg p.o. for 7 days Sprague-Dawley rats, 3 g/kg ↑SOD, CAT [132]
Methanol extract of black ginseng 300–600 mg/kg i.g. for 7 days ICR mice, 250 mg/kg i.p. ↑GSH; ↓3-nitrotyrosine and MDA [44]
Ginsenosides 150–300 mg/kg i.g. for 7 days ICR mice, 250 mg/kg i.p. ↑GSH, SOD; ↓3-nitrotyrosine, MDA, COX-2 [127]
Tannic acid 25–50 mg/kg p.o. for 3 days Kunming mice, 400 mg/kg i.p. ↑SOD, CAT, GPx; ↓MDA, NO, TNF-α, IL-1β [134]
Rice peptides 100–500 mg/kg p.o. for 7 days ICR mice, 700 mg/kg i.p. ↑GSH [57]
Cymbopogon citratus Essential Oil 125–500 mg/kg for 7 days Swiss mice, 250 mg/kg p.o. ↓MPO, NO [113]
Iridoid glycosides fraction of Veronica ciliata Fisch. 150–450 mg/kg p.o. for 14 days Kunming mice, 180 mg/kg i.p. ↑SOD, GSH; ↓MDA, TNF-α [111]
Rutin 20 mg/kg p.o. for 11 days Wistar rats, 500 mg/kg p.o. for 3 days ↑SOD, CAT, GPx and GSH;↓MDA [98]
Astaxanthin 30–60 mg/kg i.g. for 14 days C57BL/6, 300 mg/kg i.p. ↑SOD and GSH;↓MDA [135]

TBARS, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances; SOD, superoxide dismutase; CAT, catalase; GPx, glutathione peroxidase; GR, glutathione reductase; glutathione S-transferase; MDA, malonaldehyde; NO, nitric oxide; GSH, glutathione; GSSH, oxidized glutathione; IL-17, interleukin-17; IL-6, interleukin-6; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor alpha; IL-1β, interleukin-1β; COX-2, cyclooxygenase 2.