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. 2019 Oct 21;20(20):5208. doi: 10.3390/ijms20205208

Table 1.

Lead compounds from natural products having neuroprotective effect in experimental PD model.

Class Compounds MitoQC ProteoQC Refs. Class Compounds MitoQC ProteoQC Refs.
polyphenol/flavonoid Epigallocatechin gallate [61,62] terpene/diterpene 11-Dehydrosinulariolide [47]
Apigenin [63,64] Tanshinone I [48,65]
Baicalein [40,66] Tanshinone IIA [49,65]
Luteolin [41,67] Triptolide [68]
Naringenin [42,59] terpene/triterpene Celastrol [69,70]
Puerarin [43,71] Ursolic acid [72]
Quercetin [73,74] Asiaticoside A [75]
Rutin [60,76] terpene/sesquiterpene Nerolidol [77]
Isoquercitrin [60] saponin Astragaloside IV [78,79]
Kaempferol [80,81] Gypenosides [82]
Isoliquiritigenin [83] Notoginsenoside Rg1 [51]
Genistein [44] Panaxatriol saponin [84]
Biochanin A [85] Onjisaponin B [86]
Hesperidin [87] Ginsenoside Rb1 [88]
Morin [89] Ginsenoside Rd [52]
Myricetin [90,91] Ginsenoside Re [52]
Dihydromyricetin [92,93] Ginsenoside Rg1 [94,95]
Troxerutin [96] alkaloid Ligustrazine [53]
Liquiritigenin [97] Isorhynchophylline [98,99]
polyphenol/coumarin Auraptene [45] Conophylline [100]
Fraxetin [101] Amurensin G [102]
Esculin [103] 6-Hydroxy-N-acetyl-β-oxotryptamine [104]
Esculetin [105] diketo-piperazine Mactanamide [104]
polyphenol/cinnamate Chlorogenic acid [106,107] polyketide 8-Methoxy-3,5-dimethylisochroman-6-ol [104]
Curcumin [90,108] 3-O-Methylorsellinic acid [104]
Rosmarinic acid [109,110] dibenzofuran Candidusin A [104]
polyphenol/stilbene Resveratrol [46,111,112,113] 4″-Dehydroxycandidusin A [104]
Piceatannol [105] mannose Mannosylglycerate [114]
2,3,5,4′-tetrahydr-oxystilbene-2-O-β-D-glucoside [115,116] deoxy-adenosine Cordycepin [117]
Salvianolic acid A [118,119] polysaccharide Sulfated hetero-polysaccharides [120]
Salvianolic acid B [93,121] Sulfated galactofucan polysaccharides [120]
Polydatin [122] Fucoidan [54,123,124]
polyphenol/xanthone Mangiferin [125] quinone Thymoquinone [126,127]
polyphenol/lignan Sesamol [59,128] 2-methoxy-6-acetyl-7-methyljuglone [129]
Sesamin [128] anisole β-asarone [130]
Magnolol [131,132] benzofurans 3-n-butylphthalide [133]
terpene/carotenoid Crocetin [134,135] glucoside Gastrodin [55]
Crocin [135,136] bibenzyl Chrysotoxine [137]
Astaxanthin [50,138] indolizine Corynoxine B [139]
terpene/monoterpene Paeoniflorin [140,141] iridoid Oleuropein [76]
Catalpol [142] lactate 3,4-dihydroxyphenyl-lactic acid [56]
Isoborneol [143] phenol-glycoside Salidroside [57,144,145]

We list the lead compounds in natural products having a neuroprotective effect in PD, and summarize their effects according to mitochondrial quality control (MitoQC) and protein quality control (ProteoQC), with references. Open circles or triangles indicate the existence of direct or indirect evidence in the literature, respectively.