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This review systematically evaluates bioactive natural products, predominantly derived from Chinese herbal medicines, using a mechanism-first framework, while considering their chemical scaffolds and botanical sources as complementary descriptors. Current evidence indicates that these compounds exert ovarian-protective effects through coordinated regulation of oxidative stress, inflammatory responses, DNA-damage repair and cellular senescence, apoptosis-related signaling, ferroptosis, and autophagy-mitophagy homeostasis. Across granulosa-cell systems and animal models of chemotherapy-induced ovarian injury, irradiation, accelerated aging, and reproductive aging, representative compounds have demonstrated beneficial effects on endocrine function, follicular preservation, mitochondrial homeostasis, oocyte quality, and fertility-related outcomes. Their capacity to modulate multiple interacting pathways may be particularly valuable for DOR, given its multifactorial pathogenesis. 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