Review Article

The Potential and Action Mechanism of Polyphenols in the Treatment of Liver Diseases

Table 1

The representative species with relatively high quantities of polyphenols in foods and plants.

NamesContent of polyphenols (mg GAE/g)References

Vegetables
Chinese toon bud23.27[11]
Perilla leaf14.37
Loosestrife13.13
Soybean (green)12.39
Pepper leaf12.14
Fruits
Chinese date5.86[12]
Sweetsop4.05
Guava1.94
Pomegranate1.47
Chinese wampee1.16
Cereals
Black rice9.47[13]
Organic black rice6.95
Purple rice4.85
Buckwheat4.48
Red rice4.43
Spices
Clove143.8[14]
Cinnamon stick119.0
Oregano101.7
Cinnamon63.4
Sage53.2
Mushrooms
Thelephora ganbajun zang44.84[15]
Boletus edulis Bull14.15
Volvariella volvacea Sing13.91
Boletus regius Krombh10.17
Suillus bovinus Kuntze9.19
Tea
Fu’andabai223.7[16]
Shuyong number 1221.6
Sichuanxiaoye215.0
Shuyong number 2215.0
Menghaidayi215.0
Microalgae
Nostoc ellipsosporum CCAP 1453/1760.35[17]
Chlorella protothecoides number 719.03
Chlorella pyrenoidosa number 317.24
Schizochytrium sp. number 515.94
Chlorella pyrenoidosa number 215.11
Medical plants
Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge101.33[18]
Sargentodoxa cuneata Rehd et Wils65.28
Prunus persica (Linn) Batsch55.23
Fraxinus rhynchophylla Hance52.31
Rhodiola sacra Fu51.06
Picrorhiza scrophulariflora Pennell47.28
Scutellaria baicalensis Ceorgi46.31
Polygonum multiflorum Thunb (stem)45.24
Tussilago farfara L.34.50
Polygonum multiflorum Thunb (root)31.87
Wild fruits
Eucalyptus robusta54.8[19]
Eurya nitida35.0
Melaleuca leucadendron25.6
Gordonia axillaris24.6
Melastoma sanguineum23.3
Edible and wild flowers
Rosa hybrida35.84[20]
Limonium sinuatum34.17
Pelargonium hortorum25.68
Jatropha integerrima17.22
Osmanthus fragrans16.00
Fruit wastes
Grape seed22.95[21]
Mango peel22.95
Sweetsop peel17.77
Longan seed13.58
Chinese olive peel13.16