Description
AsperosaponinVIisatriterpenesaponinfoundintheDipsacusasperplant.AsperosaponinVIdisplayscardioprotectiveandantioxidativeactivities.Inanimalmodels,thiscompoundprotectstheheartfromischemicinjurybydecreasinglevelsoflactatedehydrogenase,creatinekinase,glutamicoxalacetictransaminase,andcardiactroponinT,andincreasinglevelsofrADIcalscavengingenzymessuchasglutathioneperoxidaseandsuperoxidedismutase.AsperosaponinVIalsoinhibitsapoptosisinhypoxiccardiacmyocytes,increasingtheBcl-2/Baxratioanddecreasingcaspase-3expression.Inananimalmodelofcardiacfibrosis,thiscompoundimprovesleftventriclesystolicpressureandleftventricleend-diastolicpressurebydecreasingexpressionofpro-inflammatorycytokinesIL-6andTNF-α.