China Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Medicine ›› 2025, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (9): 4484-4496.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2025.09.043

• Basic Veterinary Medicine • Previous Articles    

Research Progress on the Mechanism of Traditional Chinese Medicine Flavonoids in Improving Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

LI Xiaoxiao1,2, KE Jincheng1,2, LI Li1   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of TCM Neuro-metabolism and Immunopharmacology of Guangxi Education Department, College of Pharmacy, Guangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530200, China;
    2. Jing Brand Institute, Huangshi 435000, China
  • Received:2024-12-22 Published:2025-08-29

Abstract: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is relatively common in clinical practice.It is a syndrome caused by nonalcoholic factors leading to secondary metabolic dysfunction of liver.Its main characteristics are steatosis of liver cells and excessive accumulation of fatin the liver.With the continuous improvement of people’s living standards,NAFLD caused by excessive fat intake has become widely prevalent among humans and pets,and has become one of the most common chronic liver diseases globally.NAFLD is a key factor leading to the increasing incidence and mortality of liver and metabolic diseases.At present,the treatment for NAFLD mainly focuses on alleviating symptomos,and it is urgent to explore more effective treatment strategies.Flavonoids from traditional Chinese medicine,with multi-component combinations,multi-target effects and diverse mechanisms,have shown great potential in the intervention of NAFLD.The author reviewed the pathways by which flavonoids improve NAFLD,such as improving insulin resistance,relieving oxidative stress,inhibiting inflammatory responses,anti-ferroptosis,anti-apoptosis,regulating autophagy levels and regulating intestinal flora,etc.Meanwhile,the molecular targets/signaling pathways of flavonoids in improving NAFLD were summarized,so as to provide references for the basic research,drug development and clinical application of flavonoids in the intervention of NAFLD.

Key words: traditional Chinese medicine; flavonoids; nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD); mechanism

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