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Li X, Wang Q, Liu L, Shi Y, Hong Y, Xu W, Xu H, Feng J, Xie M, Li Y, Yang B, Zhang Y. The Therapeutic Potential of Four Main Compounds of Zanthoxylum nitidum (Roxb.) DC: A Comprehensive Study on Biological Processes, Anti-Inflammatory Effects, and Myocardial Toxicity. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2024; 17:524. [PMID: 38675484 PMCID: PMC11054278 DOI: 10.3390/ph17040524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2024] [Revised: 04/05/2024] [Accepted: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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Zanthoxylum nitidum (Roxb.) DC. (Z. nitidum) is a traditional Chinese medicinal plant that is indigenous to the southern regions of China. Previous research has provided evidence of the significant anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and anticancer properties exhibited by Z. nitidum. The potential therapeutic effects and cardiac toxicity of Z. nitidum remain uncertain. The aim of this research was to investigate the potential therapeutic properties of the four main compounds of Z. nitidum in cardiovascular diseases, their impact on the electrical activity of cardiomyocytes, and the underlying mechanism of their anti-inflammatory effects. We selected the four compounds from Z. nitidum with a high concentration and specific biological activity: nitidine chloride (NC), chelerythrine chloride (CHE), magnoflorine chloride (MAG), and hesperidin (HE). A proteomic analysis was conducted on the myocardial tissues of beagle dogs following the administration of NC to investigate the role of NC in vivo and the associated biological processes. A bioinformatic analysis was used to predict the in vivo biological processes that MAG, CHE, and HE were involved in. Molecular docking was used to simulate the binding between compounds and their targets. The effect of the compounds on ion channels in cardiomyocytes was evaluated through a patch clamp experiment. Organ-on-a-chip (OOC) technology was developed to mimic the physiological conditions of the heart in vivo. Proteomic and bioinformatic analyses demonstrated that the four compounds of Z. nitidum are extensively involved in various cardiovascular-related biological pathways. The findings from the patch clamp experiments indicate that NC, CHE, MAG, and HE elicit a distinct activation or inhibition of the IK1 and ICa-L in cardiomyocytes. Finally, the anti-inflammatory effects of the compounds on cardiomyocytes were verified using OOC technology. NC, CHE, MAG, and HE demonstrate anti-inflammatory effects through their specific interactions with prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2 (PTGS2) and significantly influence ion channels in cardiomyocytes. Our study provides a foundation for utilizing NC, CHE, MAG, and HE in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.
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- Xiaohan Li
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China; (X.L.); (L.L.); (Y.S.); (Y.H.); (W.X.); (H.X.); (J.F.)
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China; (Q.W.); (M.X.)
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China; (X.L.); (L.L.); (Y.S.); (Y.H.); (W.X.); (H.X.); (J.F.)
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China; (X.L.); (L.L.); (Y.S.); (Y.H.); (W.X.); (H.X.); (J.F.)
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China; (X.L.); (L.L.); (Y.S.); (Y.H.); (W.X.); (H.X.); (J.F.)
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China; (X.L.); (L.L.); (Y.S.); (Y.H.); (W.X.); (H.X.); (J.F.)
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China; (X.L.); (L.L.); (Y.S.); (Y.H.); (W.X.); (H.X.); (J.F.)
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China; (X.L.); (L.L.); (Y.S.); (Y.H.); (W.X.); (H.X.); (J.F.)
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China; (Q.W.); (M.X.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China;
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China; (X.L.); (L.L.); (Y.S.); (Y.H.); (W.X.); (H.X.); (J.F.)
- Research Unit of Noninfectious Chronic Diseases in Frigid Zone, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 2019 Research Unit 070, Harbin 150081, China
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Melbourne School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences University of Melbourne, Melbourne 3010, Australia
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China; (X.L.); (L.L.); (Y.S.); (Y.H.); (W.X.); (H.X.); (J.F.)
- Research Unit of Noninfectious Chronic Diseases in Frigid Zone, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 2019 Research Unit 070, Harbin 150081, China
- Institute of Metabolic Disease, Heilongjiang Academy of Medical Science, Harbin 150086, China
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Xie M, Lu W, Gu S, Lu J, Wu H, Yao L, Du M, Zhang J, Liu Y, Wang Q. A rapid localization and analysis method for isoquinoline alkaloids with fluorescence in Coptis chinensis Franch. By fabricating the nano-silver sol as a substrate for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Anal Chim Acta 2024; 1287:342067. [PMID: 38182374 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2023.342067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Revised: 10/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/07/2024]
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BACKGROUND The quality of traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs) directly impacts their clinical efficacy and drug safety, making standardization a critical component of modern TCMs. Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is an effective physical detection method with speed, sensitivity, and suitability for large sample analyses. In this study, a SERS analysis method was developed using a nano-silver sol as the matrix to address the interference of fluorescence components in TCMs and overcome the limitations of traditional detection methods. RESULTS The higher sensitivity and efficiency of SERS was used, enabling detection of a single sample within 30 s. Coptis chinensis Franch. (CCF) was chosen as the model medicine, the nano-silver sol was used as the matrix, and CCF's fourteen main fluorescent alkaloids were tested as index components. Typical signal peaks of the main components in CCF corresponded to the bending deformation of the nitrogen-containing ring plane outer ring system, methoxy stretching vibration, and isoquinoline ring deformation vibration. Through SERS detection of different parts, the distribution content of the main active components in the cortex of CCF was found to be lower than that in the xylem and phloem. Additionally, rapid quality control analyses indicated that among the nine batches of original medicinal materials purchased from Emei and Guangxi, the main active ingredient showed a higher content. SIGNIFICANCE A SERS-based method for the rapid localization and analysis of multiple components of TCMs was established. The findings highlight the potential of SERS as a valuable tool for the analysis and quality control of TCMs, especially for fluorescent components.
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- Minzhen Xie
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, No. 157, Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, 150081, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, No. 157, Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, 150081, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, No. 157, Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, 150081, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, No. 157, Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, 150081, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, No. 157, Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, 150081, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, No. 157, Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, 150081, China
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- Department of Pharmacology (the State-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine Pharmaceutics of China, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Research, Ministry of Education), College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, No. 157, Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, 150081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chinese Materia Medica, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, No. 24, Heping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, 150040, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chinese Materia Medica, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, No. 24, Heping Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, 150040, China.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, No. 157, Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, 150081, China.
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Xie M, Gu S, Hong Y, Liu Y, Rong X, Lu W, Liu H, Algradi AM, Naseem A, Shu Z, Wang Q. Study on the mechanism of Coptis chinensis Franch. And its main active components in treating Alzheimer's disease based on SCFAs using Orbitrap Fusion Lumos Tribrid MS. J Ethnopharmacol 2023; 311:116392. [PMID: 37028611 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2023.116392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Revised: 03/10/2023] [Accepted: 03/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Coptis chinensis Franch. (CCF), as an extensively used traditional Chinese medicine, has therapeutic effects on Alzheimer's disease (AD), but its mechanism of action has not yet been elucidated. AIM OF THE STUDY This study aims to reveal the mechanism of action of CCF via the gut-brain axis, and provide a new strategy for the clinical treatment of AD. MATERIALS AND METHODS APPswe/PS1ΔE9 mice were used as AD models, and were given CCF extract by intragastric administration. Barnes maze was used to test the therapeutic effect of CCF on the treatment of AD. To reveal the mechanism of action of CCF in the treatment of AD, Vanquish Flex UHPLC-orbitrap fusion lumos mass was chosen to detect endogenous differential metabolite; MetaboAnalyst 5.0 was applied to derive relevant metabolic pathways; similarly, to explore the effects of CCF on the gut-brain axis, Vanquish Flex UPLC-Orbitrap fusion lumos mass was utilized to detect the changes in the content of SCFAs in AD mice after CCF administration; the prototype components and metabolites in CCF were identified by UPLC/ESI/qTOF-MS, then their effects on Bifidobacterium breve were explored. RESULTS CCF shortened the latency time of AD mice, improved the target quadrant ratio of AD mice, and made the maze roadmap simpler of AD mice; CCF regulated fifteen potential metabolites of AD mice, interestingly, ILA (indole-3-lactic acid) in SCFAs (short-chain fatty acids) was also included; CCF acted on histidine and phenylalanine metabolic pathways of AD mice; CCF increased the contents of acetic acid and ILA in AD mice; magnoflorine, jatrorrhizine, coptisine, groenlandicine, thalifendine, palmatine, berberine, epiberberine, hydroxylated jatrorrhizine, and 3-methoxydemethyleneberberine in CCF were detected in fecal samples of AD mice; magnoflorine, palmatrubine, 13-methylberberine, berberine, coptisine, and palmatine promoted the growth of Bifidobacterium breve. CONCLUSIONS we have demonstrated that CCF acts on the gut-brain axis by regulating SCFAs to treat AD.
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- Minzhen Xie
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150081, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150081, China
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- Department of Pharmacology (the State-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine Pharmaceutics of China, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Research, Ministry of Education), College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chinese Materia Medica, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, 150040, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chinese Materia Medica, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, 150040, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150081, China
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- Department of Pharmacology (the State-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine Pharmaceutics of China, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Research, Ministry of Education), College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chinese Materia Medica, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, 150040, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chinese Materia Medica, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, 150040, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Drug Delivery, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150081, China.
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Hong Y, Xu WQ, Feng J, Lou H, Liu H, Wang L, Cui H, Jiang LT, Xu RC, Xu HH, Xie MZ, Li Y, Kopylov P, Wang Q, Zhang Y. Nitidine chloride induces cardiac hypertrophy in mice by targeting autophagy-related 4B cysteine peptidase. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2023; 44:561-572. [PMID: 35986213 PMCID: PMC9388977 DOI: 10.1038/s41401-022-00968-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Nitidine chloride (NC) is a standard active component from the traditional Chinese medicine Zanthoxylum nitidum (Roxb.) DC. (ZN). NC has shown a variety of pharmacological activities including anti-tumor activity. As a number of anti-tumor drugs cause cardiotoxicity, herein we investigated whether NC exerted a cardiotoxic effect and the underlying mechanism. Aqueous extract of ZN (ZNE) was intraperitoneally injected into rats, while NC was injected into beagles and mice once daily for 4 weeks. Cardiac function was assessed using echocardiography. We showed that both ZNE administered in rats and NC administered in mice induced dose-dependent cardiac hypertrophy and dysfunction, whereas administration of NC at the middle and high dose caused death in Beagles. Consistently, we observed a reduction of cardiac autophagy levels in NC-treated mice and neonatal mouse cardiomyocytes. Furthermore, we demonstrated that autophagy-related 4B cysteine peptidase (ATG4B) may be a potential target of NC, since overexpression of ATG4B reversed the cardiac hypertrophy and reduced autophagy levels observed in NC-treated mice. We conclude that NC induces cardiac hypertrophy via ATG4B-mediated downregulation of autophagy in mice. Thus, this study provides guidance for the safe clinical application of ZN and the use of NC as an anti-tumor drug.
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- Yang Hong
- grid.410736.70000 0001 2204 9268Department of Pharmacology (the State-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine Pharmaceutics of China, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Research, Ministry of Education), College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150081 China
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- grid.410736.70000 0001 2204 9268Department of Pharmacology (the State-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine Pharmaceutics of China, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Research, Ministry of Education), College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150081 China
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- grid.410736.70000 0001 2204 9268Department of Pharmacology (the State-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine Pharmaceutics of China, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Research, Ministry of Education), College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150081 China
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- grid.410736.70000 0001 2204 9268Department of Pharmacology (the State-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine Pharmaceutics of China, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Research, Ministry of Education), College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150081 China
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- grid.410736.70000 0001 2204 9268Department of Pharmacology (the State-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine Pharmaceutics of China, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Research, Ministry of Education), College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150081 China
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- grid.410736.70000 0001 2204 9268Department of Pharmacology (the State-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine Pharmaceutics of China, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Research, Ministry of Education), College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150081 China
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- grid.410736.70000 0001 2204 9268Department of Pharmacology (the State-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine Pharmaceutics of China, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Research, Ministry of Education), College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150081 China
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- grid.410736.70000 0001 2204 9268Department of Pharmacology (the State-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine Pharmaceutics of China, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Research, Ministry of Education), College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150081 China
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- grid.410736.70000 0001 2204 9268Department of Pharmacology (the State-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine Pharmaceutics of China, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Research, Ministry of Education), College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150081 China
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- grid.410736.70000 0001 2204 9268Department of Pharmacology (the State-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine Pharmaceutics of China, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Research, Ministry of Education), College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150081 China
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- grid.410736.70000 0001 2204 9268Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150081 China
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- grid.410736.70000 0001 2204 9268Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150081 China
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- grid.448878.f0000 0001 2288 8774Department of Preventive and Emergency Cardiology, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, 101-135 Russian Federation
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150081, China.
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- Department of Pharmacology (the State-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine Pharmaceutics of China, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Research, Ministry of Education), College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150081, China. .,Research Unit of Noninfectious Chronic Diseases in Frigid Zone, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Harbin, 150081, China. .,Institute of Metabolic Disease, Heilongjiang Academy of Medical Science, Harbin, 150086, China.
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Du J, Zhang ZS, Lian XY, Wang XZ, Xie MZ, Zhao TS, Lu QB, Wu J. [The progress on post-exposure prophylaxis of tetanus immunological preparation in adults]. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2022; 56:1004-1010. [PMID: 35899356 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112150-20210922-00914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The tetanus has been eliminated in the pregnancy women and newborns in China. However, there is a gap for adult tetanus immunization, and the risk of tetanus infection cannot be ignored. In order to clearly understand the effect of the tetanus to human beings and the current use of tetanus immunological preparation for adult post-exposure prophylaxis, the incidence of the tetanus, the use status of tetanus immunological preparation and recommendations for post-exposure prophylaxis at home and abroad were reviewed and summarized, which may provide academic evidence for post-exposure prophylaxis procedures and use of tetanus immunological preparation.
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- J Du
- Department of Laboratorial Science and Technology & Vaccine Research Center, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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- Department of Laboratorial Science and Technology & Vaccine Research Center, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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- Department of Laboratorial Science and Technology & Vaccine Research Center, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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- Department of Laboratorial Science and Technology & Vaccine Research Center, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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- Department of Laboratorial Science and Technology & Vaccine Research Center, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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- Department of Laboratorial Science and Technology & Vaccine Research Center, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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- Department of Laboratorial Science and Technology & Vaccine Research Center, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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- Institute for Immunizations and Vaccines, Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China Beijing Research Center for Preventive Medicine, Beijing 100050, China
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Kong S, Ou S, Liu Y, Xie M, Mei T, Zhang Y, Zhang J, Wang Q, Yang B. Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Analysis of Astragalus Saponins and Identification of Metabolites After Oral Administration in Rats by Ultrahigh-Performance Liquid Chromatography/Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry Analysis. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:828449. [PMID: 35370646 PMCID: PMC8965511 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.828449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Astragalus mongholicus Bunge (Fabaceae) is an ancient Chinese herbal medicine, and Astragalus saponins are the main active components, which have a wide range of biological activities, such as immunomodulation, antioxidation, and neuroprotection. In this study, silver nanoparticles obtained by sodium borohydride reduction were used as the enhanced substrate to detect astragaloside I (1), astragaloside II (2), astragaloside III (3), astragaloside IV (4), isoastragaloside I (5), and isoastragaloside II (6) in the phloem, xylem, and cork by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). In the SERS spectrum of Astragalus slices, the characteristic peaks were observed at 562, 671, 732, 801, 836, 950, 1,026, 1,391, and 1,584 cm−1, among which 950 cm−1 and 1,391 cm−1 were strong SERS signals. Subsequently, the metabolites of the six kinds of Astragalus saponins were identified by UPLC/ESI/Q-TOF-MS. Totally, 80, 89, and 90 metabolites were identified in rat plasma, urine, and feces, respectively. The metabolism of saponins mainly involves dehydration, deacetylation, dihydroxylation, dexylose reaction, deglycosylation, methylation, deacetylation, and glycol dehydration. Ten metabolites (1-M2, 1-M11, 2-M3, 2-M12, 3-M14, 4-M9, 5-M2, 5-M17, 6-M3, and 6-M12) were identified by comparison with reference standards. Interestingly, Astragalus saponins 1, 2, 5, and 6 were deacetylated to form astragaloside IV (4), which has been reported to have good pharmacological neuroprotective, liver protective, anticancer, and antidiabetic effects. Six kinds of active Astragalus saponins from different parts of Astragalus mongholicus were identified by SERS spectroscopy. Six kinds of active Astragalus saponins from different parts of Astragalus mongholicus were identified by SERS spectrum, and the metabolites were characterized by UPLC/ESI/Q-TOF-MS, which not only provided a new method for the identification of traditional Chinese medicine but also provided a theoretical basis for the study of the pharmacodynamic substance basis of Astragalus mongholicus saponins.
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- Shengnan Kong
- Key Laboratory of Basic and Application Research of Beiyao (Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine), Ministry of Education, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Ministry of Education, Harbin, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicine Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Basic and Application Research of Beiyao (Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine), Ministry of Education, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Ministry of Education, Harbin, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicine Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicine Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicine Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicine Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicine Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Basic and Application Research of Beiyao (Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine), Ministry of Education, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Ministry of Education, Harbin, China
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Song Y, Mei T, Liu Y, Kong S, Zhang J, Xie M, Ou S, Liang M, Wang Q. Metabolites Identification of Chemical Constituents From the Eggplant ( Solanum melongena L.) Calyx in Rats by UPLC/ESI/qTOF-MS Analysis and Their Cytotoxic Activities. Front Pharmacol 2021; 12:655008. [PMID: 34335243 PMCID: PMC8320773 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.655008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 04/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) Calyx is a medicinal and edible traditional Chinese medicine with anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, and anti-cancer properties. However, the pharmacodynamic components and metabolic characteristics remain unclear. Amide and phenylpropanoid were the two main constituents, and four amides, including n-trans-p-coumaroyltyramine (1), n-trans-p-coumaroyloctopamine (2), n-trans-p-coumaroylnoradrenline (3), n-trans-feruloyloctopamine (4), and a phenylpropanoid neochlorogenic acid (5) were selected. In this study, these five representative compounds showed cytotoxic activities on A549, HCT116, and MCF7 cells. In addition, the metabolites of 1–5 from the eggplant calyx in rats were identified. In total, 23, 37, 29, and 17 metabolites were separately characterized in rat plasma, urine, feces, and livers, by UPLC/ESI/qTOF-MS analysis. The metabolism of amides and phenylpropanoid was mainly involved in hydroxylation, methylation, glucuronidation, or sulfation reactions. Two hydroxylated metabolites (1-M2 and 2-M3) were clearly identified by comparison with reference standards. Rat liver microsome incubation experiments indicated that P450 enzymes could hydroxylate 1–5, and the methylation reaction of the 7-hydroxyl was also observed. This is the first study on the in vivo metabolism of these compounds, which lays a foundation for follow-up studies on pharmacodynamic evaluations and mechanisms.
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- Yuanyuan Song
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicine Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicine Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chinese Materia Medica, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chinese Materia Medica, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicine Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicine Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicine Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicine Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicine Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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Xie M, Liu H, Houwing-Duistermaat J. Nonparametric clustering for longitudinal functional data with the application to H-NMR spectra of kidney transplant patients. Longitudinal functional data clustering. Theor Biol Forum 2021; 114:15-28. [PMID: 35502728 DOI: 10.19272/202111401003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Longitudinal functional data are increasingly common in the health domain. The motivated dataset for this paper comprises H-NMR spectra of kidney transplant patients [8]. Our aim is to cluster patients into different clinical outcome subgoups to reveal the success of the transplantation. The NMR spectra of each patient at each time point are functional data and the data are longitudinally collected at up to nine different time points. Existing methods are available for functional data collected at one time point, but not for longitudinal functional data collected at a grid of time points subject to missingness. We therefore first apply a method to extract the same number of functional feactures for each subject. Next we propose a novel nonparametric clustering method for mulitivariate functional data. We applied our proposed clustering method to the kidney transplant dataset both to a subset of the raw data with only two time points and the extacted functional features. It appeared that the proposed method achieves better clustering performance on the extracted functional features than on the subset of raw data. A data simulation study was performed to further evaluate the method. The design mimiced the kidney transplant dataset but with a larger sample size. Scenarios which have different levels of noise were considered. The simulation study showed the accuarcy of our proposed method.
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- Minzhen Xie
- Department of Statistics, University of Leeds, UK.
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- Department of Statistics, University of Leeds, UK.
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Cheng D, Xie MZ. A review of a potential and promising probiotic candidate-Akkermansia muciniphila. J Appl Microbiol 2020; 130:1813-1822. [PMID: 33113228 DOI: 10.1111/jam.14911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Revised: 10/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Akkermansia muciniphila, a common colonizer in the intestinal mucus layer of humans, has gradually been considered as promising candidate for the next-generation probiotic, given its physiological benefits from animal and human studies. This article comprehensively reviewed A. muciniphila from the published peer-reviewed articles in the aspects of its role in the host physiology and commonly consumed food that can boost its abundance, which should provide useful and fundamental information for scientists and engineers and even ordinary consumers. Akkermansia muciniphila is not only a crucial biomarker that indicates the physiology of human beings but also has huge potential to become a probiotic given its physiological benefits in various clinical scenarios. Current barriers in terms of regulations, necessity for large-scale clinical experiments and production feasibility need to be resolved before A. muciniphila can be widely applied as the next-generation probiotic.
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- D Cheng
- Research and Development Center, Shanghai Lithy One-Health Group Technology Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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Xie MZ. [Pharmacological action of Chinese herbal medicine for antagonizing diabetes mellitus]. Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi 2001; 21:318-20. [PMID: 12577364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2023]
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Liang XC, Xie MZ, Guo SS. [Clinical and experimental study on effect of jin-qi-jiang-tang-pian on qi-yin deficiency and hyperactivity of diabetes mellitus]. Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi 1993; 13:587-90, 579. [PMID: 8312692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to verify the effect of Jin-Qi-Jiang-Tang-Pian (JQJTP) on fasting blood glucose (FBG), postcibal blood glucose (PBG), total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), acetylcholine esterase (AchE), insulin, RBC-superoxide dismutase (RBC-SOD) and malondialdehyde (MDA). Efficacy was observed in 40 cases of diabetes mellitus, 20 cases administered with Yu-Quan Pian (YQP) were taken as control. Each group took drugs for two months. After treatment with Jin-Pi-Jiang-Tang-Pian, FBG, PBG, AchE were apparently dropped and RBC-SOD increased, as compared with patients of the YQP group (P < 0.05-0.01), and major symptoms of diabetes were improved. In experimental study, model rats suffering from diabetes induced by alloxan were observed, the rats' blood sugar level above 11.1 mmol/L were chosen for observation. These rats were divided into JQJTP group, YQP group and control group. It was found that JQJTP was able to lower blood sugar, TG and MDA (P < 0.05-0.001) significantly, with a increase of the SOD/MDA, as compared with those of patients of the control groups.
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- X C Liang
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing
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Peng HB, Zhao DY, Xie MZ, Shen ZW, Jacobson K. The role of lateral migration in the formation of acetylcholine receptor clusters induced by basic polypeptide-coated latex beads. Dev Biol 1989; 131:197-206. [PMID: 2909404 DOI: 10.1016/s0012-1606(89)80051-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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During the formation of the neuromuscular junction, the nerve induces the clustering of acetylcholine receptors (AChR) in the postsynaptic membrane. This process can be mimicked by treating cultured Xenopus myotomal muscle cells with basic polypeptide-coated latex beads. Using this bead-muscle coculture system, we examined the role of lateral migration of AChRs in the formation of the clusters. First, we studied the contributions of the preexisting and newly inserted AChRs. After the cluster formation was triggered by the addition of the beads, preexisting receptors were immediately recruited to the bead-muscle contacts and they remained to be the dominant contributor during the first 24 hr. New AChRs, which were inserted after the addition of the beads, appeared at the clusters after a 4-hr delay and, thereafter, there was a steady increase in their contribution. After 24-48 hr, newly inserted AChRs could be detected at the bead-induced clusters to the same extent as the preexisting AChRs. During this period, new receptors were continuously inserted into the plasma membrane, but there was no evidence of a local insertion at sites of new cluster formation. Concanavalin A (Con A) at a concentration of 100 micrograms/ml caused a fivefold decrease in the fraction of mobile AChRs and a large decrease in their diffusion coefficient. Pretreatment of cells with Con A suppressed clustering of preexisting AChRs, but left intact the contribution of the mobile newly inserted AChRs. Succinyl Con A, the divalent derivative of Con A which affected the mobility to a much less extent than Con A, had little effect on the clustering process. These results show that the formation of AChR clusters in Xenopus is mediated by lateral migration of AChRs within the plasma membrane and are consistent with the diffusion-trap hypothesis, which depicts freely diffusing AChR aggregating at the bead-muscle contacts where they bind to other localized molecular specializations induced by the beads.
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- H B Peng
- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599
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The formation of acetylcholine receptor (AChR) clusters can be induced by basic polypeptide-coated latex beads in cultured Xenopus muscle cells. Here we investigated the development of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) at the bead-induced AChR clusters. AChE activity began to appear at the clusters after 1 day of bead-muscle coculture and was present at all of the bead-induced clusters within 4-7 days. Electron microscopy revealed that AChE reaction products were discretely localized within the cleft and the membrane invaginations at the bead-muscle contacts. Thus, the beads can mimic the nerve in inducing a local accumulation of both the AChRs and AChE, suggesting that the development of both specializations can be effected by a common stimulus.
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- H B Peng
- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599
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Chen QM, Xie MZ. [Effects of berberine on blood glucose regulation of normal mice]. Yao Xue Xue Bao 1987; 22:161-5. [PMID: 3310517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Xie MZ, Shen ZF. [Inhibition of aldose reductase from the rat lens by flavonoids]. Yao Xue Xue Bao 1986; 21:721-4. [PMID: 3107341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Chen QM, Xie MZ. [Studies on the hypoglycemic effect of Coptis chinensis and berberine]. Yao Xue Xue Bao 1986; 21:401-6. [PMID: 3811923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Xie MZ, Liu HF, Zhang LY, Shen ZF, Chen QM. [An experimental rat model of obesity and diabetes]. Yao Xue Xue Bao 1985; 20:801-6. [PMID: 3835788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Shen ZF, Xie MZ. [Hypoglycemic effect of the combined use of puerarin and aspirin in mice]. Yao Xue Xue Bao 1985; 20:863-5. [PMID: 3835796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Xie MZ, Zhou WZ, Zhang Y. Oxymatrine metabolic fate. Chin Med J (Engl) 1983; 96:145-50. [PMID: 6406172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Xie MZ, Shen ZF. [Absorption, distribution, excretion and metabolism of cryptotanshinone]. Yao Xue Xue Bao 1983; 18:90-6. [PMID: 6613598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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