From: Age-related hearing loss and its potential drug candidates: a systematic review
Meridian | Herbal medicines | Main active compound | Monomer structure | Main pharmacological action | Target cell or target protein or target organ | Refs. |
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Drugs related to kidney meridian in herbal medicines | Polygonum multiflorum Thunb | 2,3,4’,5-Tetrahydroxystilbene -2-O-β-D-glucoside | (1) Anti-oxidant; (2) Anti-apoptotic; (3) Anti-autophagy | (1) Nrf2, HO-1, NQO1; (2) Sesn2 / AMPK / mTOR | ||
Drynaria fortunei (Kunze) J.Sm | Flavanoid component | HCs protection | IHCs and OHCs | [170] | ||
Cornus officinalis Sieb.et Zucc | Ursolic acid | Anti-oxidant | CAT and GPx | [173] | ||
Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch | Ethanolic extract of the steamed root of Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch | / | Anti-oxidant | anti-oxidant enzymes | ||
Sesamum indicum L | Sesamum indicum L. oil | / | HCs protection | (1) Tecta gene; (2) HCs | [177] | |
Sesamin | ||||||
Tripterygium wilfordii Hook. f | Celastrol | (1) HCs protection; (2) Anti-oxidant | (1) Nrf-2, JNK, HSP32 / HO-1 (2) IHCs and OHCs; (3) Inner ear stem cells; (4) Atoh 1 gene | |||
Poria cocos (Schw.) Wolf | / | / | / | / | [181] | |
Drugs related to lung meridian in herbal medicines | Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi | Puerarin | Neuroprotection | (1) PKCγ; (2) GABABR1 and GABABR2 | [185] | |
Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bge | Astragaloside IV | (1) SV protection; (2) Anti-oxidant; (3) Anti-apoptotic | (1) Cx26 and KCNQ1; (2) ROS and cas-3 | |||
Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi | Baicalein | (1) HCs protection; (2) Anti-oxidant; (3) Anti-apoptotic | (1) Auditory center; (2) HCs; (3) PARP and cas-3; (4) ROS | [190] | ||
Panax ginseng C.A. Mey | Ginsenoside Rb1 | (1) Anti-oxidant; (2) Anti-apoptotic | (1) ROS; (2) JNK, Bcl-xL, Bax, Cyt-c, cas-3, PARP | [195] | ||
 | Ginsenoside compound K | |||||
Stephania tetrandra S. Moore | Tetrandrine | (1) Blocks Ca2+ channels; (2) Neuroprotection; (3) HCs protection | (1) Ca2+ channels; (2) Auditory nerve; (3) OHCs | [200] | ||
Allium sativum L | Allicin | (1) Anti-oxidant; (2) Neuroprotection; (3) Anti-apoptotic; (4) Mitochondrial protection | (1) SGN mitochondria; (2) Bax, cas-9,3, p53, Cyt-c; (3) MDA, SOD | [202] | ||
 | SAMC | |||||
 | DD | |||||
 | SAC | |||||
Leaf of Ginkgo biloba L | EGb 761 | / | (1) Anti-oxidant; (2) Neuroprotection; (3) Anti-apoptotic; (4) Anti-inflammatory; (5) Mitochondrial protection | (1) Peripheral and central auditory systems; (2) amyloid-beta, cas-3; (3) ROS, NO; (4) Neural stem cells; (5) IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α and COX-2; (6) HSP-70, HSF-1; (7) SIRT1 | ||
 | Ginkgolide B | |||||
Peel of Punica granatum L | / | / | (1) Anti-oxidant; (2) Anti-apoptotic | (1) ROS; (2) 4-HNE, PNUTS, p53 and cas-3; (3) PP1 and MDM2 | ||
Glycine max (L.) Merr | β-Conglycinin | / | (1) Increase cochlear blood flow; (2) Anti-oxidant; (3) mitochondrial protection | (1) Cochlear vessels; (2) mtDNA | ||
Lecithin | ||||||
Drugs related to liver meridian in herbal medicines | Salvia mitiorrhiza Bge | Tanshinone | (1) Anti-oxidant; (2) Anti-apoptotic | (1) HCs; (2) ROS | ||
Curcuma longa L | Curcumin | (1) HCs protection; (2) Anti-oxidant | (1) OHCs; (2) 4-HNE; (3) HO-1 | [227] | ||
Uncaria rhynchophylla (Miq.) Miq.ex Havil | Hydrophilic chemotype carboxy alkyl esters | / | (1) Anti-oxidant; (2) Anti-inflammatory | (1) OHCs; (2) Auditory nerve; | [230] | |
Peel of Erythrina variegata L | Erythrivarine N | / | Neuroprotection | / | ||
Erythrivarine T | / |