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Table 2 The role of Chinese herbs and its active ingredients on proliferation and differentiation of neural stem cells in vitro

From: Chinese herbs and their active ingredients for activating xue (blood) promote the proliferation and differentiation of neural stem cells and mesenchymal stem cells

Chinese herbs and active ingradients

Types of neural stem cells

The role of proliferation

The role of differentiation

Mechanism

Astragalus[41, 42]

14d cortical NSCs of embryonic rats

 

NF and GFAP positive cells↑

 

Musk[43]

14d striatal NSCs of embryonic rats

 

Electrotransfer rate of pEGFP-C1↑Glial-like cell directed differentiation

 

Baicalin[44]

Cortical NSCs of embryonic rats

 

β-tubulin and MAP-2 positive cells↑ ↑

 

Geniposide[19]

Cortical NSCs of embryonic rats

 

β-tubulin positive cells↑

 

Baicalin + astragaloside,[45] Baicalin + P. notoginseng saponins[38]

Cortical NSCs of embryonic rats

 

Expression of Tau↑ (adults neurons)

 

Ginkgolide B[34, 46, 47]

Hippocampal NSCs of Neonatal rat, E14 SVZ NSCs of embryonic rats

 

NF cells (Has nothing to do with the concentration) ↑, GFAP cells (Positively correlated with the concentration) ↑

 

SVZ NSCs of adult rats

 

MAP-2 cells↑

 

SVZ NSCs of neonatal mice

 

β-tubulin and GFAP cells↑

 

Cili polysaccharide[48]

14d embryonic rat striatal NSCs (glutamic acid damage)

  

Protection. Cell death rate↓; lactate dehydrogenase leakage rate↓

Salidroside[34]

Hippocampal NSCs of neonatal rats

 

NSE cells↑

 

Quercetin-3-O-celery glucoside (CTN-986)[49]

Hippocampal NSCs of neonatal rats

MTT↑

  

3H-TdR intake↑

 

14d cortical NSCs of embryonic rats

NSCs↑

 

The expression of Hes5 and Cyclin D1↑

Antler polypeptides[50]

14d cortical NSCs of embryonic rats

 

NSE cells↑

 

Ginsenoside Rg1[21, 40, 51, 52]

14d cortical NSCs of embryonic rats

BrdU cells↑

 

The expression of Hes1 and Mash1↑

TSPG[53]

Human embryonic NSCs

MTT↑

Directed differentiation of DA neuron

 

P. notoginseng saponins[39, 54]

E17 cortical and hippocampal NSCs of neonatal rats

Nestin and PCNA cells↑

Tuj1, NF, vimentin and GFAP cells↑

The expression of BDNF and bFGF↑