Table 3.

Cell models and interventions of MEPs in the treatment of dyslipidemia

No	MEPs	Intervention	Cell model	Concentration	Duration	References
1	Chrysanthemi flos	Extract	HUVECs	50, 100 and 200 μg/mL	24 h	[51]
2	Citri sarcodactylis fructus	Extract	3T3-L1 cells	0.85 and 0.56 mg/ml	5 days	[60]
		Extract and main components	HepG2 and Caco-2 Cells	50 and 100 µg/mL	24 h	[61]
3	Crataegi fructus	Extract	3T3-L1 cells	50, 100, and 200 ug/mL	24 h	[72]
		Vitexin	3T3-L1 cells	10 and 50 µM	8 days	[79]
4	Gardeniae fructus	Geniposide	HepG2	0, 65, 130, 260, 390 and 520 μmol/L	24 h	[88]
		Geniposide	HepG2 cells and Caco2 cells	100 μM	12 and 24 h	[89]
		Geniposide	RAW264.7 macrophage cells	2.5, 5, 10, 20, 40 and 80 μM	24 h	[90]
		Geniposide	RAW264.7 macrophage cells	50, 100, and 200 μg/ml	24 h	[91]
		Genipin	Primary hepatocytes	20 μM	24 h	[94]
5	Hippophae fructus	Flavonoids	HL7702 cells	5, 10, 20, 40 and 80 μg/mL	24 h	[102]
		Kaempferol and kaempferide	HepG2 Cells	5, 10 and 20 μM	48 h	[103]
6	Mori fructus	Extract	3T3-L1 cells	10, 50, 100, and 500 ng/mL	7 days	[111]
7	Mori folium	Flavonoids	L6 skeletal muscle cells	5, 10, 20, 40 and 80 µg/ml	24 h	[124]
		Flavonoids	HepG2 cells	1, 5, 10, 30, 60, 90, 150, and 180 μmol /L	24 h	[125]
		Extract	HepG2 cells	2 mg/mL	24 h	[127]
		Polysaccharides	HepG2 cells	25, 50, 100, 150 and 200 μg/mL	24 h	[128]
8	Nelumbinis folium	Nuciferine	Caco-2 and HT-29 cells	0, 25, 50, 100 and 200 μM	24 h	[136]
		Nuciferine	3T3-L1 preadipocytes	0, 2.5, 5, 10 and 20 μM	24, 48, 72, 96 and 120 h	[138]
		Nuciferine	THP-1 cells	5, 10 and 20 μmol/L	24 h	[139]
		Nuciferine	THP-1 cells	2.5, 5, 10, and 20 μmol/L	24 h	[140]
9	Dioscoreae rhizoma	Diosgenin	C2C12 cells	0, 20, 40 and 80 μM	3 h	[162]
10	Astragali radix	Total flavones	HepG2 cells	0, 2.5, 5, 10, 20 and 40 μg/ml	24 h	[182]
		Total flavones	HUVECs, RAW264.7, THP-1 cells and peritoneal macrophages	6, 12 and 24 μg/ml	12 h	[183]
		Astragaloside iv	HepG2 cells	50, 100, and 200 μg/mL	24 h	[185]
11	Puerariae radix	Extract	C2C12 cells	0.2 and 0.5 mg/mL	24 h	[193]
		Puerarin	HepG2 cells	75 and 150 μM	24 h	[194]
12	Canavaliae semen	Extract	3T3-L1 cells	100, 200, 400, and 1000 μg/mL	48 h	[212]
13	Persicae semen	Amygdalin	bone marrow-derived macrophages	25, 50, 100, 200, 400, and 800 μg/ml	24 h	[226]
		Peach kernel oil	HUVECs and RAW264.7 macrophage cells	0.01, 0.05, 0.1, 0.15, and 0.2 μg/mL; 50, 100 and 200 µg/mL	24 h	[228]