Research Article

Remedying the Mitochondria to Cure Human Diseases by Natural Products

Table 7

Antimyocardial injury of natural products.

Types of natural productsNatural productsMitochondrial regulationTypes of diseasesExperimental models

MixturePropolis [96]Reduces the rate of H2O2 produced by mitochondrial respirationMyocardial ischemiaHypothermia-induced ischemia model in C57BL6J mice

MonomerCapsaicin [97]Inhibits the production of ROS, inhibits opening of the mPTP and activation of caspase-3, downregulates Bax, and upregulates Bcl-2I/R injuryAcute myocardial hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) injury model in H9C2 cells
Quercetin [98]Increases cell viability, SOD, catalase, and GPx activity, GSH levels, ΔΨm, and GSH/GSSG ratios and reduces LDH and caspase-3 activity, MDA and ROS levels, mPTP openness and the percentage of apoptotic cellsDoxorubicin-caused cardiotoxicityDoxorubicin-treated cardiomyocytes
Luteoloside [99]Decreases levels of lactate dehydrogenase, ROS species, mPTP openness, caspase-3 activity, and apoptotic rateI/R injuryH/R-induced I/R model in H9C2 cardiomyocytes
Astragaloside IV [100]Upregulates mitochondrial Bcl-2 expression, enhances antioxidant capacity, inhibits ROS, increases oxygen consumption, maintains ΔΨm, and inhibits mPTP opening and apoptosisI/R injuryH/R-treated H9C2 cells and anoxia/reoxygenation model in isolated rat heart
Eriodictyol [101]Suppresses the overload of intracellular Ca2+, prevents the overproduction of ROS, blocks mPTP opening, increases the ΔΨm level, and decreases ATP depletion and upregulates Bcl-2 expression and downregulates Bax and caspase-3 expressionMyocardial infarctionH/R-induced I/R model in H9C2 cardiomyocytes
Dihydromyricetin [102]Increases ATP content, mitochondrial DNA content, and citrate synthase activity and decreases ROS level, mitochondrial MnSOD activity, and caspase-3 activityI/R injuryI/R model in mice and H/R-treated cardiomyocytes from mice
Vitexin [103]Reduces ROS levels; improves mitochondrial activity, ΔΨm, and ATP content; increases mfn2 expression, and reduces the recruitment of Drp1 in the mitochondriaI/R injuryI/R model in isolated rat heart and H/R-induced I/R model in H9C2
Honokiol [104]Inhibits ROS production and regulates ΔΨm.I/R injuryI/R model in C57BL/6 mice and H/R-treated cardiomyocytes from neonatal rats
Apigenin [105]Reduces the activity of lactate dehydrogenase and intracellular ROS, alleviates the loss of ΔΨm, prevents mPTP opening, and decreases caspase-3 activity, cytochrome c release, and apoptosisI/R injuryI/R model in isolated rat heart and ischemic/reperfusion medium-induced injury model in cardiomyocytes