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. 2020 Oct 22;6(10):e05291. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05291

Table 1.

Studies on the effects of plant extracts and their compounds on mycotoxin-induced toxicity.

Plant source Protective agent Model Mechanism of action References
Native phytochemicals
Curcuma longa L. (Turmeric) Curcumin In vitro Ames assay, rodent & chicken Hepatoprotective effects against AFB1 toxicity in vitro and in vivo Soni et al. (1997); Smerak et al. (2006a); Nayak and Sashidhar (2010); Limaye et al. (2018)
Turmeric Chicken broiler Protected against AFB1 oxidative damage Gowda et al. (2008); Nayak and Sashidhar (2010)
Curcuma amada (Ginger) Ginger HepG2 cells & rats Inhibited AFB1, STE and PAT toxicity Yang et al. (2011); Vipin et al. (2017)
6-Gingerol HepG2 cells In vitro Reduced PAT induced DNA damage in HepG2 El-Shayeb (1980); Yang et al. (2011)
Thymus vulgaris (Thyme) Thyme oil Rats Ameliorated oxidative stress and genotoxicity effects of AFB1 Abdel-Fattah et al. (2010)
Syzygium aromaticum (Clove) Clove In vitro Inhibited AF, STE, & CIT toxicity Hitokoto et al. (1980); Azzouz (1981); Hussain et al. (2012)
Quercetin In vitro Prevented AFB1 carcinogenesis Bhattacharya & Firozi (1988)
Camellia sinensis L. (green tea) and a variety of plants Epigallocatechin-3- gallate (EGCG) Mice Protected against DON & HT-2 toxin toxicity Smerak et al. (2006b); Yang et al. (2011); Do et al. (2015)
Solanum lycopersicum (tomatoes) Lycopene Chicken broiler, Mice & rats Protected against oxidative, inflammatory, hormonal & reproductive damage induced by AFB1, OTA & ZEN in mice, also inhibited T-2 toxin induced oxidative stress Leal et al. (1999); Aydin et al. (2013); Palabiyik et al. (2013); Wu et al. (2017a); Hedayati et al. (2018)
Cyanidin In vitro HepG2 & Caco-2 cells Protected against AFB1 & OTA-induced oxidative stress Sorrenti et al. (2012); Do et al. (2015)

Rutin
Rats
Reversed T-2 toxin-induced lipid peroxidation in liver homogenate
El-sawi and Al-Seeni. (2009); Wu et al. (2017a)
Crude extracts
Premna integrifolia Mice Inhibited AFB1 toxicity Singh et al. (2019)
Silybum marianu Broiler chicken Inhibited OTA toxicity Stoev et al. (2019)
Withania somnifera Broiler chicken Inhibited OTA toxicity in vivo Stoev et al. (2019)
Annona senegalensis In vitro Inhibited AFB1 genotoxicity in Ames, Vitotox and comet assays Makhuvele et al. (2018a)
Monanthotaxis caffra In vitro Inhibited AFB1 genotoxicity in vitro Makhuvele et al. (2018b)