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. 2019 Nov 26;7:e8121. doi: 10.7717/peerj.8121

Table 2. Role of antioxidative exogenous compounds.

Name Functions and Mechanisms References
Resveratrol Increases mitochondrial mass and mitochondrial DNA. Activates SIRT1 and upregulates NO and eNOS. Activates Nrf2 pathways. Avotri, Eatman & Russell-Randall (2019), Coralia et al. (2011)
Lycium barbarum polysaccharides (LBP) Activates the PI3K/AKT and ERK signaling pathways by upregulating miR-4295. Liu & Zhang (2019)
Curcumin Inhibits proinflammatory factors, including IL-6, ELAM-1, IL-1α, and IL-8, decreases the activities of the senescence marker SA-β-gal, and lowers the levels of carbonylated proteins and the number of apoptotic cells. Lin, Ciolino & Pasquale (2017)
Baicalin Increases cell survival and decreases iROS production. Inhibits the production of IL-1α and ELAM-1, decreases the activity of senescence-associated SA-β-gal, and lowers the level of carbonylated proteins. Gong & Zhu (2018)
Sulforaphane Attenuates H2O2-induced oxidative stress via PI3K/AKT-mediated NRF2 signaling activation. Liu & Zhang (2019)
Quercetin Upregulates antioxidant peroxiredoxins through the activation of the NRF2/NRF1 transcription pathway and protects against oxidative stress-induced ocular disease. Naoya et al. (2011)
Procyanidins Decreases the apoptotic rate of TMCs under oxidative stress and reduces the release of cytochrome C. Shi & Wang (2017)
Salidroside Protects TMCs against H2O2-induced oxidative damage by activating the PI3K/AKT and Wnt/β-catenin pathways by increasing miR-27a. Zhao et al. (2019a), Zhao et al. (2019b)
Polyphenols (derived from red wine, tea and dark chocolate) Targets eNOS and induces the accumulation of NRF2. Mann et al. (2007), Upadhyay & Dixit (2015)
Rapamycin Protects TM-1 cells from COS by inhibiting mTOR and inducing autophagy. In addition, removes damaged mitochondria. He et al. (2019)
Ethyl pyruvate Able to nonenzymatically reduce hydrogen peroxide and scavenge hydroxyl radicals. Dobsak et al. (1999), Famili, Ammar & Kahook (2013)
1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 Attenuates OS-induced damage in TMCs by inhibiting TGFβ-SMAD3-VDR pathway Lv et al. (2019)