TABLE 4.

Quinones with anti-hepatic fibrosis effect.

No.	Compounds	Source	Molecular formula	Mechanisms	Refs
37	Emodin	Rheum palmatum L.	C15H10O5	Inhibiting HSC activation by mediating TGF-β/Smads signaling pathway	Dong et al. (2009), Feng Liu et al. (2018)
38	Rhein	Rheum palmatum L.	C15H8O6	Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory responses.	Guo et al. (2002)
39	Sparstolonin B	Sparganium stoloniferum (Graebn.), Buch-Ham. ex Juz.	C15H8O5	Inhibiting TLR4 signaling transduction pathway	Dattaroy et al. (2018)
40	Tanshinone IIA	Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge.	C19H18O3	Inhibiting HSC activation and proliferation	Liu and Huang, (2014), Stanković et al. (2017)