“…NRG is recognized by more and more people due to its comprehensive physiological and pharmacological effects, including antioxidant (Jung et al 2003, Jeon et al 2004, Rajadurai & Prince 2007, Bodas et al 2011, Jain & Parmar 2011, Mahmoud et al 2012, antihypercholesterolemic (Jung et al 2003, Kim et al 2004, Jung et al 2006, anti-inflammatory (Jung et al 2003, Bodas et al 2011, Mahmoud et al 2012, cardioprotection (Huang et al 2013, Chen et al 2014a and anti-apoptotic effects (Jagetia et al 2003, Kanno et al 2003. Furthermore, Huang et al (2013) and Chen et al (2014a,b) demonstrated that NRG inhibited the MAPK pathway (p38 MAPK, ERK1/2 and JNK) in HG-induced injuries in H9c2 cardiac cells.…”