Mechanism of Ferroptosis and Traditional Chinese Medicine Intervention on Neuronal Cell Ferroptosis After Stroke：A Review

Stroke is a common cerebrovascular disease，characterized by high incidence，mortality and disability rate. Neuronal cells，the basic unit of the central nervous system，can be injured to varying degrees when stroke occurs. Neuronal cell injury after stroke is also the key cause leading to neurological dysfunction， affecting the prognosis and quality of life of patients. Therefore，reducing the neuronal cell injury and delaying the process of cell death are effective to decrease the nerve function injury in stroke patients and improve their prognosis，thus lowering the death and disability rate of stroke. Ferroptosis is a new form of cell death that has been widely concerned in recent years. Several studies have confirmed that there is ferroptosis in neuronal cells after stroke. Since ferroptosis is an adjustable form，its intervention can help regulate the injury and death of neuronal cells. Studies have shown that inhibiting ferroptosis plays a role in protecting neuronal cells. Traditional Chinese medicine（TCM），with the multi-channel and multi-target treatment advantages，has been widely used in the whole stroke and has achieved good clinical efficacy. It might be a new direction taking TCM regulation of ferroptosis as the entry point for stroke treatment in the future. This review revealed the mechanism of ferroptosis，discussed the research status of TCM in intervening in neuronal cell ferroptosis，and provided reference for further improving the efficacy of TCM in stroke.