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. 2022 Aug 16;13:959902. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.959902

Table 1.

The agonists of PXR ligand.

Agonist Cell line/Species
Bile acids Bile acids (Cross-species) 12-Ketolithocholic acid; 7-Ketolithocholic acid; 7-Ketodeoxycholic acid; 7,12-Dietolithocholic acid; Cholic acid; Hyodeoxycholic acid; Lithocholicacid; Glycocholic acid; Lithocholic acid-3-sulfate; Glycolithocholic acid; Taurochenodeoxycholic acid; Taurohyodeoxycholicacid; Lithocholic acid acetate; Lithocholicacid acetatemethylester (6) Cross-species
Hormones Steroids/Steroid hormones Pregnenolone, Progesterone, Estradiol, Mifepristone, Cyproteroneacetate, Spironolactone, 5β-pregnane-3,20-dione, IncisteroloA5 and A6 (79) HepG2 cell line
Glucocorticoid Corticosterone (7); Dexamethasone (10) HepG2 cell line
Clinical Drugs Antifungal agents Clotrimazole (11) Zebrafish
Antibiotic Sulfadimidine (8); Triacetyloleandomycin (8); Rifampin; Rifaximin (12) HepG2 cell line
Drugs for primary biliary cirrhosis Budesonide (13) Human
Lipid-lowering drug SR12813; Atorvastatin; Mevastatin (14) Human
HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors Rosuvastatin (15) HepG2 cell line
Drugs for coronary heart disease Tan IIA (16) HepG2 cell line
Antitumor drugs Paclitaxel/Taxol (17) LS174T cell line
Antidepressants Hyperforin (18) HepG2 cell line
Anticonvulsants Phenobarbital; Pheytoin; Carbemazepine (18) HepG2 cell line
Antiarthritics Sulfinpyrazone (8) HepG2 cell line
Antihistamines for motion sickness Meclizine (19) Human
Metabolites of the antimalarial drug mefloquine Carboxymethyl fluoroquine (20) LS174T and HepG2 cell line
Thiazolidinediones Troglitazone (7) HepG2 cell line
Anti-HIV drugs Ritonavir; Efavirenz (21) hPXR mice
Others Environmental Factors Nonylphenol (22); Tributyl citrate (23); Bisphenol A (24) hPXR mice; LS174T cell line
Synthetic (pesticides, chemical products) Chlordane (7); Patchouli alcohol (25); Prochloraz (26); Aroclor 1260 (27) HepG2 cell line; hPXR mice; Human
Fragrances Piperine (28, 29); Anisomycin (30) hPXR mice; HepG2 cell line
PXR and CAR dual agonists CITCO (31) hPXR mice; HepG2 cell line
Cyclohexene-type amides Nigramide C (32) hPXR mice
Lead compounds Tangshenoside II (16, 33) HepG2 cell line
PXR weak agonists Resveratrol (34) mPXR Mice