Research Article

Remedying the Mitochondria to Cure Human Diseases by Natural Products

Table 5

Antidiabetic complications activity of natural products.

Types of nature productNatural productsMitochondrial regulationCured complicationsExperimental models

MixtureQiDiTangShen granules [77]Improves mitochondrial quality and increases the expression of Sirt1 and the proportion of p-AMPK (thr172)/AMPKNephropathydb/db mice
Shengmai San [78]Increases protein levels of complexes I, III, and V and regulates the activity of oxidative phosphorylation complexes I and IVCardiomyopathyLeptin receptor-deficient db/db mouse and palmitate acid-treated H9C2 cells
Water extracts of Liuwei Dihuang [79]Improves ΔΨm and inhibits NADPH oxidase activation, and ROS productionMuscle atrophyMethylglyox-treated C2C12 myotubes and streptozocin-treated C57BL/6 mice

MonomerAnthocyanins [80]Inhibits the generation of ROS, cellular apoptosis, expression of cleaved caspase-3 and the Bax/Bcl-2 ratio and enhances the expression of cytochrome c released from mitochondriaNephropathyBKS db/db c57BL6 mice and high-glucose-stimulated HK-2 cells
Orientin [81]Regulates ΔΨm and the activation of mitophagyNephropathyHigh-glucose-treated MPC-5 cells
Salidroside [82]Increases mitochondrial DNA copy and electron transport chain proteins and improves the reduction of Sirt1 and PGC-1α expressionNephropathyStreptozotocin-induced diabetic nephropathy in obese mice
Astragalus polysaccharides [83]Inhibits the expression of proapoptotic proteins of both the extrinsic and intrinsic pathways and modulates the ratio of Bcl-2 to Bax in the mitochondriaCardiomyopathyHigh-glucose-stimulated H9C2 cells
Ginsenoside Rb1 [84]Reduces mitochondrial damage and activates oxygen production, enhances the Bcl-2/Bax ratio, and inhibits the expression of cleaved caspase-3 and cleaved caspase-9EncephalopathyMethylglyoxal-induced damage in SH-SY5Y cells
Hydroxytyrosol [85]Increases mitochondrial complex IV and HO-1 expression through activating the AMPK pathway, followed by preventing the high-glucose-induced production of ROS and reduces cell viabilityNeuropathyMale db/db C57BL/6J mice and SH-SY-5Y neuroblastoma cells