“…It is used in Asia as an herbal medicine due to its anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antitumoral, and antioxidant properties [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ]. Regarding its antioxidant activity, it has been reported that IsoLQ scavenges reactive oxygen species (ROS), such as the superoxide anion (O 2 ●− ), hydroxyl radical, hydrogen peroxide, and singlet oxygen [ 4 , 7 ], and induces phase II cytoprotective enzymes’ expression [ 9 , 10 ]. In addition, IsoLQ has been used as an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress inducer in cancer cell lines to induce apoptosis [ 8 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 ] and also has cytoprotective effects in non-cancer cells, such as liver and kidney cells [ 1 , 4 , 9 , 16 , 17 , 18 ].…”