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).