Selected Extracts of Chinese Herbal Medicines: Their Effect on NF-κB, PPARα and PPARγ and the Respective Bioactive Compounds
Table 1
The plant species and the respective Chinese herbal medicines tested for potential activation of human PPARα and PPARγ and inhibition of TNF-α-induced NF-κB activity.
Plant species
Family
Plant part
Pin Yin
CHM no.
Albizia julibrissin Durazz.
Fabaceae
Cortex
hé huān pí
1a
Flos
hé huān huā
1b
Arisaema sp.
Araceae
Rhizoma*
zhì tiān nán xīng
2a
Rhizoma**
zhì tiān nán xīng
2b
Arnebia/Lithospermum sp.
Boraginaceae
Radix
zǐ cǎo
3
Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz.
Asteraceae
Rhizoma
bái zhú
4
Cnidium monnieri (L.) Cuss.
Apiaceae
Fructus
shé chuáng zǐ
5
Dimocarpus (Euphoria) longan Lour.
Sapindaceae
Arillus
long yǎn ròu
6
Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl.
Oleaceae
Fructus
lián qiào
7
Juncus effusus L.
Juncaceae
Medulla
dēng xīn cǎo
8
Lilium sp.
Liliaceae
Bulbus
bǎi hé
9
Lophatherum gracile Brongn.
Poaceae
Herba
dàn zhú yè
10
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.
Nelumbonaceae
Plumula
lián zǐ xīn
11
Pinellia ternata (Thunb.) Breit.
Araceae
Rhizoma
bàn xià
12a
Rhizoma**
zhì bàn xià
12b
Polygonum multiflorum Thunb.
Polygonaceae
Caulis
shŏu wū téng
13
Tribulus terrestris L.
Zygophyllaceae
Fructus
cì jí lí
14
Processed by cooking * or soaking ** in water with alum (KAl(SO4)2·12H2O).