TABLE 3.
Active ingredients | Source | Experimental model | Dose/concentration | Efficiency | Molecular targets | Signaling pathway | References |
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Polydatin | Reynoutria japonica Houtt. | HFD fed 8-week-old male ApoE−/− mice | 50 mg/kg | Induce autophagy | LC3-Ⅰ/II↑ p62↓ | PI3K/AKT/mTOR | Xiong et al. (2021) |
Ginsenoside Rg1 | Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. | Murine Raw264.7 macrophages | 20,50,100,200 μM | Induce autophagy | Bcl-2↑ | AMPK/mTOR | Yang et al. (2018) |
Bax↓ | |||||||
LC3↑ p62/SQSMT1↑ | |||||||
Geniposide combined with Notoginse-noside | Gardenia jasminoides J.Ellis and Panax notoginseng (Burkill) F.H.Chen | vivo: HFD fed 8 weeks-old male ApoE−/− mice vitro: H2O2 induced HUVECs | vivo: Geniposide 50 mg kg−1 + Notoginsenosid50 mg kg−1 vitro: Geniposide100 μM + Notoginseno-sid 100 μM | Alleviate cells damage; Induce autophagy; Reduce inflammation | NLRP3↑ | AMPK/mTOR/Nrf2 | Liu et al. (2021) |
caspase-1↑ | |||||||
VCAM-1↑ | |||||||
Ophiopogonin D | Ophiopogon japonicus (Thunb.) Ker Gawl. | vivo: HFD fed 8-week-old male ApoE−/− mice vitro: LO2 cells | vivo: 0.5 mg/kg/d vitro: 20,40,80 mM | Regulate blood lipid | p-mTOR↓ | mTOR/SREBP1/SCD1 | Zhang et al. (2021b) |
SREBP1↓ | |||||||
SCD1↓ | |||||||
Naringin | Citrus × aurantium L.; | TNF-α-induced VSMCs | 10,15,25 mM | Inhibit cell invasion and migra-tion | MMP-9↓ | PI3K/AKT/mTOR/p70S6K | Lee et al. (2009) |
Plantago lanceolata L. | NF-κB↓ | ||||||
Verbascoside | Plantago lanceolata L.; | HFD fed male wistar rats | 2 mg/kg | Regulate blood lipid; Reduce inflammation | MMP-9↓ | AMPK/mTOR | Fan and Zhang, (2021) |
Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl |
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