Chinese herbal medicines: The modulator of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease targeting oxidative stress

作者：Pin Gong, Hui Long, Yuxi Guo, Zhineng Wang, Wenbo Yao, Jing Wang, Wenjuan Yang, Nan Li, Jian‐Wu Xie, Fuxin Chen · 发表于：Journal of Ethnopharmacology · 年份：2023 · DOI：10.1016/j.jep.2023.116927 · 被引用次数：57 · 研究领域：Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment、Ginseng Biological Effects and Applications、Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Plants are a natural treasure trove; their secondary metabolites participate in several pharmacological processes, making them a crucial component in the synthesis of novel pharmaceuticals and serving as a reserve resource foundation in this process. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is associated with the risk of progression to hepatitis and liver cancer. The "Treatise on Febrile Diseases," "Compendium of Materia Medica," and "Thousand Golden Prescriptions" have listed herbal remedies to treat liver diseases. AIM OF THE REVIEW: Chinese herbal medicines have been widely used for the prevention and treatment of NAFLD owing to their efficacy and low side effects. The production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) during NAFLD, and the impact and potential mechanism of ROS on the pathogenesis of NAFLD are discussed in this review. Furthermore, common foods and herbs that can be used to prevent NAFLD, as well as the structure-activity relationships and potential mechanisms, are discussed. METHODS: Web of Science, PubMed, CNKI database, Google Scholar, and WanFang database were searched for natural products that have been used to treat or prevent NAFLD in the past five years. The primary search was performed using the following keywords in different combinations in full articles: NAFLD, herb, natural products, medicine, and ROS. More than 400 research papers and review articles were found and analyzed in this review. RESULTS: By classifying and ...