Chinese Herbal Compounds for the Prevention and Treatment of Atherosclerosis: Experimental Evidence and Mechanisms

Table 6

Chinese herbal compounds that suppress foam cell formation.

Compound	Herb	Target or indicator	Type of study	Reference
Panax notoginseng saponins	Panax notoginseng	integrin, FAK, NF-B	In vivo	[99]
Astragalus polysaccharide	Astragalus membranaceus	ABCA1, NF-B	In vitro	[100]
Scoparone (6,7-dimethoxycoumarin)	Artemisia scoparia	monocyte adhesion, lipid laden foam cells	In vivo	[87]
Hibiscus sabdariffa Extract	Hibiscus sabdariffa L.	TC, LDL-C; foam cell formation, VSMC migration	In vivo	[98]