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Table 2 Herbs or herbal compounds that suppress the production of inflammatory mediators and transcription factors activated by cerebral ischemia

From: Anti-inflammatory effects of Chinese medicinal herbs on cerebral ischemia

Targeted molecules

Herb or compound

Inflammatory meciators

 

   Cytokines

 

IL-1β

andrographolide [30], paeonol [11],Sophora japonica [13],Panax Notoginseng saponins [28], apocynin [20], Scutellaria baicalensis flavonoid [54]

TNF-α

andrographolide [30], puerarin [32], wogonin [34]

   NO

 

iNOS

ferulic acid [38], puerarin [32], tetramethylpyrazine [40], wogonin [34], Panax Notoginseng [15]

   ROS

Salviae Miltiorrhiza[41], 4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol [48], Angelica sinensis [51], tanshinone IIA [45]

MPO

ferulic acid [26], tetramethylpyrazine [52], Anemarrhena asphodeloides [53], Panax Notoginseng saponins [22]

SOD

shikonin [57], paeonol [29], emodin-8-O-β-D-glucoside [58], Zizyphus jujube [16], Scutellaria baicalensis flavonoid [54]

CAT

Scutellaria baicalensis isoflavoid [54], shikonin [57]

GSH

shikonin [57]

OH·

tetramethylpyrazine [40]

NADPH

Apocinin [20]

   MMP

quercetin [62], Panax Notoginseng saponins [64]

Transcription factors

 

   NF-κB

andrographolide [30], oxymatrine [81], feulic acid [26], paeoniflorin [82], wogonin [80],Panax Notoginseng [15], apocynin [20]

   P38

Oxymatrine [73], ferulic acid [38]