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. 2022 Apr 20;15(5):503. doi: 10.3390/ph15050503

Table 2.

Natural products tested in animal models of autoimmune diseases.

Compound Structures Class Model Dosage References
In Vitro In Vivo
Celastrol graphic file with name pharmaceuticals-15-00503-i009.jpg Triterpenoid Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) model: adjuvant arthritis (AA) rats 1 mg/kg/d [113]
RA model: antigen-induced arthritis (AIA) mice 3 g/kg/d [114]
2D and 3D model of psoriasis 3, 10, 30 or 90 ng/mL [115]
Glycyrrhizin graphic file with name pharmaceuticals-15-00503-i010.jpg Triterpenoid Saponin RA model: collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) rats [116]
Artemisinin graphic file with name pharmaceuticals-15-00503-i011.jpg Sesquiterpene Lactones RA model: CIA mice 5–20 mg/kg/d [117]
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) model: MRL/lpr mice [118]
human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) 5 or 20 µM [119]
peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from SLE patients 5 or 20 µM [119]
Spleen cells from MRL/lpr mice 0.1–10 µM [120]
SLE model: pristine-induced mouse 100 mg/kg/d [121]
Acute lung injury (ALI) model: lipopolysacchaide-induced ALI mice 75 mg/kg [122]
Asthma model: OVA-induced asthma mice 50 mg/kg [123]
Sophocarpine graphic file with name pharmaceuticals-15-00503-i012.jpg Alkaloid Fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLSs) RA model: CIA mice [124]
SLE model: MRL/lpr mice 100 mg/kg/d [125]
Asthma model: OVA-induced asthma mice [126]
Berberine graphic file with name pharmaceuticals-15-00503-i013.jpg Alkaloid Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) model: Concanavalin-A-induced AIH mice 100 or 200 mg/kg [127]
Guillain-Narré syndrome model: experimental autoimmune neuritis rats 20 or 130 mg/kg/d [128]
Myocarditis model: experimental autoimmune myocarditis (EAM) rats 200 mg/kg/d BBR [129]
Demethylenebeberine graphic file with name pharmaceuticals-15-00503-i014.jpg Multiple sclerosis (MS) model: experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) mice 200 mg/kg/d [130]
AIH model: Concanavalin-A-induced AIH mice [131]
Inflammatory bowel disease model: dextran-sulfate-sodium-induced inflammatory colitis mice 150 or 300 mg/kg [132]
Betulin graphic file with name pharmaceuticals-15-00503-i015.jpg Pentacyclic Triterpen AIH model: Concanavalin-A-induced AIH mice 10 or 20 mg/kg [133]
Ulcerative colitis (UC) model: acetic-acid-induced UC rats 8 mg/kg [134]
Curvularin graphic file with name pharmaceuticals-15-00503-i016.jpg Macrocyclic Lactone Murine macrophages cell line RAW 264.7 [135]
Hepatocarcinoma cell line HepG2 and breast carcinoma cell line MDA-MB-231 17.1–171 µM [136]
human chondrocyte cell line C28/I2 RA model: CIA mice 10 mg/kg [137]
Oxacyclododecindione graphic file with name pharmaceuticals-15-00503-i017.jpg Macrocyclic Lactone Hepatocarcinoma cell line HepG2 and breast carcinoma cell line MDA-MB-231 86–1350 nM [136]
SLE model: MRL/lpr mice 1 mg/kg [138]