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Ma QG, Wang L, Liu RH, Yuan JB, Xiao H, Shen ZY, Li JX, Guo JZ, Cao L, Huang HL, Wei RR. Phyllanthus emblica Linn: A comprehensive review of botany, traditional uses, phytonutrients, health benefits, quality markers, and applications. Food Chem 2024; 446:138891. [PMID: 38432135 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.138891] [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: 12/10/2023] [Revised: 02/22/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
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Phyllanthus emblica Linn is not only an edible fruit with high nutritional value, but also a medicinal plant with multiple bioactivities. It is widely used in clinical practice with functions of clearing heat, cooling blood, digesting food, strengthening stomach, promoting fluid production, and relieving cough. This review summarized a wide variety of phytonutrients, including nutritional components (mineral elements, amino acids, vitamins, polysaccharides, unsaturated free fatty acids) and functional components (phenolic acids (1-34), tannins (35-98), flavonoids (99-141), sterols (142-159), triterpenoids (160-175), lignans (176-183), alkaloids (184-197), alkanes (198-212), aromatic micromolecules (213-222), other compounds (223-239)). The isolated compounds and the various extracts of P. emblica Linn presented a diverse spectrum of biological activities such as anti-oxidant, anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, hepatoprotective, hypoglycemic, anti-atherosclerosis, neuroprotective, enhancing immunity, anti-fatigue, anti-myocardial fibrosis. The quality markers of P. emblica Linn were predicted and analyzed based on traditional medicinal properties, traditional efficacy, plant genealogy and chemical component characteristics, biogenic pathway of chemical components, measurability of chemical components, transformation characteristics of polyphenolic components, homologous characteristics of medicine and food, compound compatibility environment, and clinical applications. This review also summarized and prospected applications of P. emblica Linn in beverages, preserved fruits, fermented foods, etc. However, the contents of mechanism, structure-activity relationship, quality control, toxicity, extraction, processing of P. emblica Linn are not clear, and are worth further studies in the future.
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- Qin-Ge Ma
- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Laboratory Service Center, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Laboratory Service Center, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Laboratory Service Center, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Laboratory Service Center, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Laboratory Service Center, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Laboratory Service Center, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Laboratory Service Center, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- College of Jewelry and Jade Carvin, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Laboratory Service Center, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Laboratory Service Center, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Laboratory Service Center, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China.
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Dram D, Guo JZ, Wei RR, Ma QG. A Review of Traditional Use, Constituent Analysis, Bioactivity, and Application of Volatile Oils from Elsholtzia. Comb Chem High Throughput Screen 2024; 27:CCHTS-EPUB-139737. [PMID: 38623976 DOI: 10.2174/0113862073301745240403051205] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2024] [Revised: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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BACKGROUND Elsholtzia belongs to the Labiatae family, which consists of herbaceous subshrubs and shrubs. Among them, volatile oils are an important chemical component in Elsholtzia, which have various bioactive medicinal and developmental values. METHODS The references about volatile oils of Elsholtzia in this review were obtained from Web of Science, SciFinder, PubMed, Willy, Elsevier, SpringLink, ACS publications, Google Scholar, Baidu Scholar, Scopus, and CNKI. The other information about Elsholtzia was obtained from classical works or ancient books. RESULTS Traditionally, the volatile oils from Elsholtzia were used in Chinese medicine to treat cholera, abdominal pain, vomiting, and scattered edema. Relevant research revealed that Elsholtzia contains many different types of volatile oils, and most of them display bioactivities, including anti-oxidant, anti-bacterial, anti-viral, hypolipidemic, insecticidal, and antiinflammatory activities, treating spleen and stomach. Furthermore, the applications of volatile oils were summarized and analyzed in this paper. CONCLUSION The contents of traditional use, constituent analysis, bioactivity, and application of volatile oils from Elsholtzia were reviewed in this paper. This will provide important research value and a scientific basis for the in-depth study of the plants of Elsholtzia in the future.
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- Dul Dram
- Tibetan Medicine Department, University of Tibetan Medicine, Lasa 850000, China
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- College of Jewelry and Jade Carvin, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine & Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine & Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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Wei RR, Lin QY, Adu M, Huang HL, Yan ZH, Shao F, Zhong GY, Zhang ZL, Sang ZP, Cao L, Ma QG. The sources, properties, extraction, biosynthesis, pharmacology, and application of lycopene. Food Funct 2023; 14:9974-9998. [PMID: 37916682 DOI: 10.1039/d3fo03327a] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
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Lycopene is an important pigment with an alkene skeleton from Lycopersicon esculentum, which is also obtained from some red fruits and vegetables. Lycopene is used in the food field with rich functions and serves in the medical field with multiple clinical values because it has dual functions of both medicine and food. It was found that lycopene was mainly isolated by solvent extraction, ultrasonic-assisted extraction, supercritical fluid extraction, high-intensity pulsed electric field-assisted extraction, enzymatic-assisted extraction, and microwave-assisted extraction. Meanwhile, it was also obtained via 2 synthetic pathways: chemical synthesis and biosynthesis. Pharmacological studies revealed that lycopene has anti-oxidant, hypolipidemic, anti-cancer, immunity-enhancing, hepatoprotective, hypoglycemic, cardiovascular-protective, anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective, and osteoporosis-inhibiting effects. The application of lycopene mainly includes food processing, animal breeding, and medical cosmetology fields. It is hoped that this review will provide some useful information and guidance for future study and exploitation of lycopene.
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- Rong-Rui Wei
- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, College of Pharmacy, Laboratory Service Center, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China.
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, College of Pharmacy, Laboratory Service Center, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China.
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, College of Pharmacy, Laboratory Service Center, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China.
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, College of Pharmacy, Laboratory Service Center, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China.
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, College of Pharmacy, Laboratory Service Center, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China.
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, College of Pharmacy, Laboratory Service Center, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China.
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, College of Pharmacy, Laboratory Service Center, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China.
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, College of Pharmacy, Laboratory Service Center, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China.
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Biological Resources of Ministry of Education and One Health Institute, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, College of Pharmacy, Laboratory Service Center, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China.
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, College of Pharmacy, Laboratory Service Center, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China.
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Wang QY, He NX, Qiu YW, Jiang W, Zhong GY, Sang ZP, Ma QG, Wei RR. Vicatia thibetica de Boiss: Botany, Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry, Quantitative Analysis, and Pharmacology. Comb Chem High Throughput Screen 2023:CCHTS-EPUB-132180. [PMID: 37259928 DOI: 10.2174/1386207326666230531144220] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Revised: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 02/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Vicatia thibetica de Boiss is a common Tibetan medicine used for both medicine and food, belonging to the family Apiaceae. This plant has the functions of dispelling wind, removing dampness, dispersing cold, and relieving pain. It has great development potential and application prospects in food development and medicinal value. METHODS The related references on botany, traditional uses, phytochemistry, quantitative analysis, and pharmacology of V. thibetica de Boiss had been retrieved from both online and offline databases, including PubMed, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, Elsevier, Willy, SpringLink, SciFinder, Google Scholar, Baidu Scholar, ACS publications, SciHub, Scopus, and CNKI. RESULTS V. thibetica de Boiss exerts nourishing, appetizing, and digestive effects according to the theory of Tibetan medicine. Phytochemical reports have revealed that V. thibetica de Boiss contains flavonoids, coumarins, sterols, and organic acids. Meanwhile, the quantitative analysis of the chemical constituents of V. thibetica de Boiss has been done by means of UPLC-Q-TOF-MS. It has also been found that V. thibetica de Boiss possesses multiple pharmacological activities, including anti-fatigue, anti-oxidant, anti-aging, and non-toxic activities. CONCLUSION This paper has comprehensively summarized botany, traditional uses, phytochemistry, quantitative analysis, and pharmacology of V. thibetica de Boiss. It will not only provide an important clue for further studying V. thibetica de Boiss, but also offer an important theoretical basis and valuable reference for in-depth research and exploitation of this plant in the future.
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- Qin-Yuan Wang
- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine & Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education & Personnel Division, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, P. R. China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine & Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education & Personnel Division, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, P. R. China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine & Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education & Personnel Division, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, P. R. China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine & Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education & Personnel Division, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, P. R. China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine & Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education & Personnel Division, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine & Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education & Personnel Division, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, P. R. China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine & Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education & Personnel Division, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, P. R. China
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Ma QG, He NX, Huang HL, Fu XM, Zhang ZL, Shu JC, Wang QY, Chen J, Wu G, Zhu MN, Sang ZP, Cao L, Wei RR. Hippophae rhamnoides L.: A Comprehensive Review on the Botany, Traditional Uses, Phytonutrients, Health Benefits, Quality Markers, and Applications. J Agric Food Chem 2023; 71:4769-4788. [PMID: 36930583 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c06916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Hippophae rhamnoides L. (sea buckthorn), consumed as a food and health supplement worldwide, has rich nutritional and medicinal properties. Different parts of H. rhamnoides L. were used in traditional Chinese medicines for relieving cough, aiding digestion, invigorating blood circulation, and alleviating pain since ancient times. Phytochemical studies revealed a wide variety of phytonutrients, including nutritional components (proteins, minerals, vitamins, etc.) and functional components like flavonoids (1-99), lignans (100-143), volatile oils (144-207), tannins (208-230), terpenoids (231-260), steroids (261-270), organic acids (271-297), and alkaloids (298-305). The pharmacological studies revealed that some crude extracts or compounds of H. rhamnoides L. demonstrated various health benefits, such as anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, hepatoprotective, anticardiovascular disease, anticancer, hypoglycemic, hypolipidemic, neuroprotective, antibacterial activities, and their effective doses and experimental models were summarized and analyzed in this paper. The quality markers (Q-markers) of H. rhamnoides L. were predicted and analyzed based on protobotanical phylogeny, traditional medicinal properties, expanded efficacy, pharmacokinetics and metabolism, and component testability. The applications of H. rhamnoides L. in juice, wine, oil, ferment, and yogurt were also summarized and future prospects were examined in this review. However, the mechanism and structure-activity relationship of some active compounds are not clear, and quality control and potential toxicity are worth further study in the future.
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- Qin-Ge Ma
- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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Zhu MN, Wu G, Chen J, Qiu YW, Zhu CQ, Wu YZ, Ma QG, Zhong GY, Wei RR. Ethnopharmacology, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacology of Highland Barley Monascus purpureus Went: A Comprehensive Review. Comb Chem High Throughput Screen 2023; 26:1083-1092. [PMID: 35984024 DOI: 10.2174/1386207325666220818153054] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2022] [Revised: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Highland barley Monascus purpureus Went, a traditional Tibetan medicine with food functions, which is fermented by Monascus purpureus with highland barley as substrate. It possesses various medical functions of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, invigorating spleen and promoting digestion in folk of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China. This review provides a comprehensive overview of ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, and pharmacology of highland barley Monascus purpureus Went. METHODS The references of highland barley Monascus purpureus Went were retrieved from the online database, such as Web of Science, Google Scholar, SciFinder, PubMed, SpringLink, Elsevier, Willy, CNKI, and so on. RESULTS Phytochemical research revealed that highland barley Monascus purpureus Went contained multiple chemical components, including Monascus pigments, monacolins, lactones, and other compounds. The reported pharmacological activities of highland barley Monascus purpureus Went included hypolipidemic, anti-nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and hepatoprotective activities. CONCLUSION In a word, botany, ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry and pharmacology of highland barley Monascus purpureus Went were reviewed comprehensively in this paper. In the future, highland barley Monascus purpureus Went needs further study, such as paying more attention to quality control and utilization of medicine. Therefore, this review may provide a theoretical basis and valuable data for future studies and exploitations on highland barley Monascus purpureus Went.
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- Mei-Ning Zhu
- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004 China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004 China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004 China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004 China
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- Laboratory of Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Jiangxi Medical Device Testing Center, Nanchang, 330029 China
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- Jiangxi Puzheng Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Jinggangshan, 331400 China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004 China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004 China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004 China
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Zhong GY, Ma QG, Wei RR, Wu G, Guan Y, Chen J, Zhu MN, Qiu YW, Zhu CQ, Wu YZ. Ethnopharmacology, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacology of Pyrethrum tatsienense (Bureau & Franch.) Ling ex C. Shih: A comprehensive review. Comb Chem High Throughput Screen 2022; 26:1822-1835. [DOI: 10.2174/1386207326666221108105221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2022] [Revised: 09/14/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Background:
Pyrethrum tatsienense (Bureau & Franch.) Ling ex C. Shih (PTLCS) belongs to the family Compositae, which is a perennial medicinal plant mainly distributed in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China. This review provides a comprehensive summary of the ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, and pharmacology of PTLCS. This review offers valuable references and guidance for researching PTLCS in depth.
Methods:
The related references of PTLCS were retrieved from an online database, such as Web of Science, Google Scholar, SciFinder, PubMed, SpringLink, Elsevier, Willy, CNKI, and so on.
Results:
PTLCS is widely reported for treating headaches, head injuries, traumatic injuries, anabrosis, impetigo, hepatitis, and other diseases in the medical field. Phytochemical research revealed that this plant contained flavonoid aglycones, flavonoid glycosides, xanthones, triterpenoids, coumarins, polyacetylenes, volatile oils, and other compounds. Meanwhile, PTLCS exhibited extensive pharmacological activities including anti-cardiac ischemia, anti-hypoxia, hepatoprotective, anti-inflammatory and analgesic, and antioxidant activities.
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PTLCS is widely used as a Tibetan medicine, which has a variety of chemicals with diverse bioactivities. Therefore, further studies are necessary to perform on the PTLCS to assay biological activities, discover their bioactive constituents, and reveal pharmacological mechanisms. This review may supply an important theoretical basis and valuable reference for in-depth research and exploitations of PTLCS.
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- Guo-Yue Zhong
- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine & Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education & Laboratory Service Center, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, P. R. China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine & Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education & Laboratory Service Center, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, P. R. China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine & Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education & Laboratory Service Center, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, P. R. China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine & Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education & Laboratory Service Center, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, P. R. China
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- Science and Technology College, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, P. R. China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine & Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education & Laboratory Service Center, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, P. R. China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine & Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education & Laboratory Service Center, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, P. R. China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine & Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education & Laboratory Service Center, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Jiangxi Medical Device Testing Center, Nanchang, 330029, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Jiangxi Puzheng Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Ji’an, 331400, P. R. China
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Ma QG, Tang Y, He MH, Wei RR. Antidepressant alkaloids from the rhizomes of Corydalis decumbens. Z NATURFORSCH C 2022; 77:501-507. [PMID: 35749126 DOI: 10.1515/znc-2021-0108] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 06/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Two new alkaloids (1 and 2), named 1,7-dimethoxy-2'-prenyl-1',9-dihydropyrrolo-carbazole (1) and 1,7-dimethoxy-4',5'-dimethylcyclopenta-carbazole-1',3'-dione (2), along with thirteen known alkaloids (3-15) were isolated by means of silica gel, sephadex LH-20, and semi-preparative HPLC from the CHCl3 extraction of Corydalis decumbens for the first time. Their structures were determined by NMR, MS, IR, UV, and related references. Compounds (1-15) were evaluated for their antidepressant activities by measuring inhibition of monoamine neurotransmitter reuptake in vitro. Among them, compounds 1, 2, 4, and 6 showed certain antidepressant activities.
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- Qin-Ge Ma
- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education & Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education & Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education & Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education & Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, P. R. China
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Zhao CZ, Jiang W, Zhu YY, Wang CZ, Zhong WH, Wu G, Chen J, Zhu MN, Wu QL, Du XL, Luo YY, Li M, Wang HL, Zhao H, Ma QG, Zhong GY, Wei RR. Highland barley Monascus purpureus Went extract ameliorates high-fat, high-fructose, high-cholesterol diet induced nonalcoholic fatty liver disease by regulating lipid metabolism in golden hamsters. J Ethnopharmacol 2022; 286:114922. [PMID: 34923087 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2021.114922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 09/24/2021] [Revised: 12/09/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Hepatocyte lipid accumulation is the main feature in the early stage of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Highland barley Monascus purpureus Went (HBMPW), a fermentation product of Hordeum vulgare Linn. var. nudum Hook. f. has traditionally been used as fermented foods in Tibet with the effect of reducing blood lipid in folk medicine. AIM OF THE STUDY This study investigated the protective effects and molecular mechanism of highland barley Monascus purpureus Went extract (HBMPWE) on NAFLD in syrian golden hamster fed with high-fat, high-fructose, high-cholesterol diet (HFFCD). MATERIALS AND METHODS HFFCD-induced NAFLD golden hamster model was established and treated with HBMPWE. Liver index, biochemical index, and hematoxylin and eosin (HE) staining were observed. Liver metabolomics and western blot analysis were employed. RESULTS Our study found that HBMPWE ameliorated HFFCD induced dyslipidemia, weight gain and elevated the liver index. In addition, HBMPWE treatment significantly attenuated lipid accumulation in the liver and modulated lipid metabolism (sphingolipid, glycerophospholipid). Our data demonstrated that HBMPWE not only regulated the expression of proteins related to fatty acid synthesis and decomposition (SREBP-1/ACC/FAS/AceS1, PPARα/ACSL/CPT1/ACOX1), but also regulated the expression of proteins related to cholesterol synthesis and clearance (HMGCR, LDLR, CYP7A1). CONCLUSIONS HBMPWE improved NAFLD through multiple pathways and multiple targets in body metabolism and could be used as a functional food to treat NAFLD and other lipid metabolic disorders.
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- Cui-Zhu Zhao
- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine & Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, PR China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine & Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, PR China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine & Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, PR China
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- Tang Center for Herbal Medicine Research, The University of Chicago, Chicago, 60637, United States; Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care, The University of Chicago, Chicago, 60637, United States
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine & Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, PR China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine & Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, PR China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine & Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, PR China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine & Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, PR China
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- Tibet Yuewang Medicine Diagnosis Ecological Tibetan Medicine Technology Co., Ltd., Lhasa, 850000, PR China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine & Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Innovative Drugs and High Efficiency Energy Saving and Consumption Reduction Pharmaceutical Equipment & National Engineering Center for Manufacturing Technology of Solid Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, PR China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine & Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, PR China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine & Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, PR China
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- Tibet Yuewang Medicine Diagnosis Ecological Tibetan Medicine Technology Co., Ltd., Lhasa, 850000, PR China; National United Engineering Research Center for Tibetan Plateau Microbiology, Lhasa, 850000, PR China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine & Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, PR China; Tang Center for Herbal Medicine Research, The University of Chicago, Chicago, 60637, United States; Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care, The University of Chicago, Chicago, 60637, United States.
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine & Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, PR China.
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine & Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, PR China.
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Zhao CZ, Jiang L, Li WY, Wu G, Chen J, Dong LH, Li M, Jiang W, Zhu JX, Gao YP, Ma QG, Zhong GY, Wei RR. Establishment and metabonomics analysis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease model in golden hamster. Z NATURFORSCH C 2022; 77:197-206. [PMID: 35286786 DOI: 10.1515/znc-2021-0201] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 02/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The aim is to establish a model of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) caused by feeding with high-fat, high-fructose, and high-cholesterol diet (HFFCD) in golden hamsters, and to investigate the characteristics of the NAFLD model and metabolite changes of liver tissue. Golden hamsters were fed HFFCD or control diets for six weeks. Body weight, abdominal fat index, and liver index was assessed, serum parameters, hepatic histology, and liver metabolites were examined. The results showed that body weight, abdominal fat, and liver index of hamsters were significantly increased in the model group, the level of serum total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), and low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) were significantly increased in model group as well, and high density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) was significantly decreased. In addition, lipid deposition in liver tissue formed fat vacuoles of different sizes. Metabonomics analysis of the liver showed that the metabolic pathways of sphingolipid, glycerophospholipids, and arginine biosynthesis were disordered in the NAFLD model. The modeling method is simple, short time, and uniform. It can simulate the early fatty liver caused by common dietary factors, and provides an ideal model for the study of the initial pathogenesis and therapeutic drugs for NAFLD.
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- Cui-Zhu Zhao
- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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Zhu MN, Zhao CZ, Wang CZ, Rao JB, Qiu YW, Gao YP, Wang XY, Zhang YM, Wu G, Chen J, Ma QG, Zhong GY, Wei RR. Dataset for liver metabolomic profile of highland barley Monascus purpureus went extract-treated golden hamsters with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Data Brief 2022; 40:107773. [PMID: 35028346 PMCID: PMC8741472 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.107773] [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: 12/19/2021] [Revised: 12/26/2021] [Accepted: 12/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is a serious problem endangering human health in the world. The pathogenesis of this disease is often accompanied by lipid metabolism disorder and can cause liver lipid accumulation. Highland barley Monascus purpureus Went extract (HBMPWE) can inhibit the liver lipid accumulation caused by a high-fat, high-fructose, high-cholesterol diet. However, it is not clear what changes have taken place in the process of liver lipid metabolism after HBMPWE administration. To fill this knowledge gap and to support the findings published in the companion research article entitled “Highland Barley Monascus purpureus Went Extract Ameliorates High-Fat, High-Fructose, High-Cholesterol Diet Induced Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Regulating Lipid Metabolism in Golden Hamsters” [1], we provided important information related to the liver differential metabolites and identified twenty-one differential metabolites of liver metabolism. In the model group, the levels of lactate, linoleic acid, and malic acid increased significantly. After HBMPWE treatment, the expressions of these metabolites reduced significantly. Therefore, these liver differential metabolites could be used as biological signatures reflecting the severity of NAFLD and HBMPWE treatment outcomes.
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- Mei-Ning Zhu
- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine and Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine and Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Tang Center for Herbal Medicine Research, The University of Chicago, Chicago 60637, United States.,Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, The University of Chicago, Chicago 60637, United States
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine and Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine and Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine and Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine and Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine and Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine and Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine and Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine and Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China.,Tang Center for Herbal Medicine Research, The University of Chicago, Chicago 60637, United States.,Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, The University of Chicago, Chicago 60637, United States
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine and Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine and Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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Wei RR, He MH, Sang ZP, Dong JH, Ma QG. Structurally diverse Monascus pigments with hypolipidemic and hepatoprotective activities from highland barley Monascus. Fitoterapia 2021; 156:105090. [PMID: 34838621 DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2021.105090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 09/27/2021] [Revised: 11/13/2021] [Accepted: 11/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Highland barley Monascus has historically been used in solid state fermentation and traditional fermented foods in Tibet. It is possessed of the characteristics of medicine and food. Three new 8,13-unsaturated benzocyclodiketone-conjugated Monascus pigments (1-3), three new benzofuran Monascus pigments (4-6), three new butylated malonyl Monascus pigments (7-9), and eleven known Monascus pigment derivatives (10-20) were isolated from highland barley Monascus for the first time. Their structures were determined by analyzing NMR, MS, UV, and IR spectral data and compared with relevant references. Among them, compounds 2, 4, 6 showed important inhibition of pancreatic lipase activity, and decreased significantly FFA-induced lipid accumulation in HepG2 liver cells. Additionally, compounds 1, 10, 14, 16, 18 exhibited certain hepatoprotective activities against the damage in acetaminophen-induced HepG2 cells. The plausible biogenetic pathway and preliminary structure activity relationship of the selected compounds were scientifically summarized and discussed in this work.
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- Rong-Rui Wei
- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, PR China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Huanghuai University, Zhumadian 463000, PR China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, PR China.
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Ma QG, Tang Y, Sang ZP, Dong JH, Wei RR. Structurally diverse biflavonoids from the fruits of Citrus medica L. var. sarcodactylis Swingle and their hypolipidemic and immunosuppressive activities. Bioorg Chem 2021; 117:105450. [PMID: 34710667 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2021.105450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 08/17/2021] [Revised: 10/18/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The fruit of Citrus medica L. var. sarcodactylis Swingle is not only used as a traditional medicinal plant, but also served as a delicious food. Six new (3'→7″)-biflavonoids (1-6), and twelve known biflavonoid derivatives (7-18) were isolated and characterized from the fruits of C. medica L. var. sarcodactylis Swingle for the first time. Their structures were determined by extensive and comprehensive analyzing NMR, HR-ESI-MS, UV, and IR spectral data coupled with the data described in the literature. Compounds (1-18) were evaluated for their hypolipidemic activities with Orlistat as the positive control, and assayed for their immunosuppressive activities with Dexamethasone as the positive control, respectively. Among them, compounds (1-3) exhibited moderate inhibition of pancreatic lipase activity by inhibiting 68.56 ± 1.40%, 56.18 ± 1.57%, 53.51 ± 1.59% of pancreatic lipase activities at the concentration of 100 μM, respectively. Compounds (4-6) and 8 showed potent immunosuppressive activities with the IC50 values from 16.83 ± 1.32 to 50.90 ± 1.79 μM. The plausible biogenetic pathway and preliminary structure activity relationship of the selected compounds were scientifically summarized and discussed in this study.
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- Qin-Ge Ma
- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education & Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education & Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Huanghuai University, Zhumadian 463000, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education & Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, PR China.
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Wei RR, Ma QG. Flavonolignan 2, 3-dehydroderivatives from Oenanthe javanica and their anti inflammatory activities. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2021; 76:459-465. [PMID: 34002579 DOI: 10.1515/znc-2021-0001] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2021] [Accepted: 05/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Flavonolignans, for example, silymarin and silybin, have interesting biological activities. For the first time, three new flavonolignans named oenanthenoid A-C (1-3) and nine known flavonolignan derivatives (4-12) were isolated from Oenanthe javanica. Comprehensive spectroscopic data analysis and references were used to identify all of the compounds. The anti inflammatory activities of these isolates (1-12) on RAW264.7 macrophage cells were investigated. Three new compounds (1-3) demonstrated anti inflammatory activity with IC50 values ranging from 6.5 ± 0.6 to 14.7 ± 1.6 µM. Furthermore, two compounds (11 and 12) demonstrated moderate anti inflammatory activity, with IC50 values ranging from 24.1 ± 1.2 to 62.5 ± 1.9 µM.
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- Rong-Rui Wei
- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine & Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang330004, P. R. China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine & Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang330004, P. R. China
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Pan LP, Gao MQ, Jia HY, Huang ML, Wei RR, Sun Q, Xing AY, Du BP, Zhang ZD. [Diagnostic performance of a novel Mycobacterium Tuberculosis specific T-Cell based assay for tuberculosis]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2021; 44:443-449. [PMID: 34865364 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112147-20200821-00916] [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: 06/13/2023]
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Objective: To evaluate the diagnosic performance of a novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) specific T-cell based assay for tuberculosis, which targets the mRNA detection of interferon gamma-induced protein 10 (IP-10). Methods: Suspected tuberculosis patients were prospectively and consecutively recruited in Beijing Chest Hospital between March 2018 and November 2019, and individuals with lower risk of MTB infection were also recruited. IP-10.TB and T-SPOT.TB assays were simulataneously performed on peripheral blood samples. The diagnostic performance of IP-10.TB and T-SPOT.TB were analyzed using the receiver operating characteristic curve. Accordance of IP-10.TB and T-SPOT.TB was analyzed by Cohen's kappa test, while the correlation between the expression level of IP-10 mRNA in IP-10.TB test and the number of SFCs in T-SPOT.TB test were analyzed by Pearson correlation test. Results: A total of 235 patients with tuberculosis, 110 patients with other diseases and 153 individuals with lower risk of MTB infection were included in the final analysis. No significant difference was detected in the rate of indeterminate results between IP-10.TB assay (3/498, 0.60%) and T-SPOT.TB assay (6/498, 1.21%). The total sensitivity and specificity of IP-10.TB assay were 91.3% (95%CI 86.8%-94.6%) and 81.1% (95%CI 75.8%-85.7%). The specificity of IP-10.TB in individuals with lower risk of MTB infection was 98.0% (95%CI 94.4%-99.6%). The total sensitivity and specificity of T-SPOT.TB assay were 93.0% (95%CI 88.9%-96.0%) and 83.8% (95%CI 78.7%-88.1%). The specificity of T-SPOT.TB in individuals with lower risk of MTB infection was 100% (95%CI 97.6%-100.0%). No significant differences were detected in sensitivity and specificity between IP-10.TB and T-SPOT.TB assays (P>0.05). The positive coincidence rate of these 2 methods was 91.0% (95%CI 87.5%-94.5%), and the negative coincidence rate was 88.9% (95%CI 84.9%-92.9%) and the total coincidence rate was 90.0% (95%CI 87.3%-92.6%). The Cohen's kappa value was 0.80 (95%CI 0.75-0.85, P<0.001) between IP-10.TB and T-SPOT.TB assays. Conclusion: These results showed that the diagnostic performance of IP-10.TB was consistent with that in T-SPOT.TB, and this test could be a novel adjunctive tool for the diagnosis of tuberculosis.
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- Department of Tuberculosis, Beijing Chest Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing 110149, China
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- Department of Tuberculosis, Beijing Chest Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing 110149, China
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- Department of Tuberculosis, Beijing Chest Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing 110149, China
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- Department of Tuberculosis, Beijing Chest Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing 110149, China
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- Department of Tuberculosis, Beijing Chest Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing 110149, China
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- Department of Tuberculosis, Beijing Chest Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing 110149, China
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- Department of Tuberculosis, Beijing Chest Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing 110149, China
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- Department of Tuberculosis, Beijing Chest Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing 110149, China
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- Department of Tuberculosis, Beijing Chest Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing 110149, China
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Wei RR, Ma QG, Sang ZP, Dong JH. [Studies on phenylpropanoids from Eleocharis dulcis and their hepatoprotective activities]. Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi 2021; 46:1430-1437. [PMID: 33787141 DOI: 10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20200821.201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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To study phenylpropanoids from Eleocharis dulcis and their hepatoprotective activities. The compounds were separated and purified from ethyl acetate part by conventional column chromatography and preparative liquid chromatography, and their structures were identified by various spectral techniques. The HL-7702 cells damage model of hepatocytes induced by APAP was used to screen and evaluate the hepatoprotective activities of these compounds. Sixteen compounds were isolated from ethyl acetate part of E. dulcis, and their structures were identified as 6'-(4″-hydroxy-3″-methoxy-phenylpropenyl)-1-(10-methoxy-phenylacetone)-1'-O-β-D-glucopy-ranoside(1), susaroyside A(2), clausenaglycoside B(3), clausenaglycoside C(4), clausenaglycoside D(5), emarginone A(6), emarginone B(7), thoreliin B(8), 4-O-(1',3'-dihydroxypropan-2'-yl)-dihydroconiferyl alcohol 9-O-β-D-glucopyranoside(9), 2-[4-(3-methoxy-1-propenyl)-2-methoxy-phenoxy]-propane-1,3-diol(10), 6'-O-(E-cinnamoyl)-coniferin(11), methyl 3-(2-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-3,4,5,6-tetramethoxyphenyl) propanoate(12), clausenaglycoside A(13), 9-O-(E-cinnamoyl)-coniferin(14), 6'-O-(E-cinnamoyl)-syringin(15), 2'-O-(E-cinnamoyl)-syringin(16). Among them, compound 1 was a new compound. Compounds 2-16 were isolated from this plant for the first time. Among them, compounds 2 and 8 showed certain hepatoprotective activities.
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- Rong-Rui Wei
- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education & Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine,Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Nanchang 330004,China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education & Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine,Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Nanchang 330004,China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering,Nanyang Normal University Nanyang 473061,China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering,Huanghuai University Zhumadian 463000,China
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Ma QG, Wei RR, Yang M, Huang XY, Wang F, Dong JH, Sang ZP. Isolation and characterization of neolignan derivatives with hepatoprotective and neuroprotective activities from the fruits of Citrus medica L. var. Sarcodactylis Swingle. Bioorg Chem 2021; 107:104622. [PMID: 33454508 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2020.104622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2020] [Revised: 12/29/2020] [Accepted: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The fruit of Citrus medica L. var. sarcodactylis Swingle is a functional food with rich nutrients and medicinal values because of its content of bioactive compounds. A bioactivity-guided chemical investigation from the fruits of C. medica L. var. sarcodactylis Swingle afforded three new benzodioxane neolignans (1-3), three new phenanthrofuran neolignan glycosides (4-6), two new biphenyl-ketone neolignans (7-8), two new 1',7'-bilignan neolignans (9-10), as well as fourteen known neolignan derivatives (11-24), which were isolated and characterized from the fruits of C. medica L. var. sarcodactylis Swingle for the first time. These neolignan derivatives were determined by extensive and comprehensive analyzing NMR, HR-ESI-MS, UV, IR spectral data and compared with the data described in the literature. Among them, compounds 1-3 and 12-13 exhibited moderate hepatoprotective activities to improve the survival rates of HepG2 cells from 46.26 ± 1.90% (APAP, 10 mM) to 67.23 ± 4.25%, 62.87 ± 4.43%, 60.06 ± 6.34%, 56.75 ± 2.30%, 58.35 ± 6.14%, respectively. Additionally, compounds 7-8 and 21-22 displayed moderate neuroprotective activities to raise the survival rates of PC12 cells from 55.30 ± 2.25% to 66.94 ± 3.37%, 70.98 ± 5.05%, 64.64 ± 1.93%, and 62.81 ± 4.11% at 10 μM, respectively. The plausible biogenetic pathway and preliminary structure-activity relationship of the selected compounds were scientifically summarized and discussed in this paper.
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- Qin-Ge Ma
- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education& Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education& Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education& Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education& Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education& Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Huanghuai University, Zhumadian 463000, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, PR China
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Ma QG, Wei RR, Sang ZP, Dong JH. Structurally diverse coumarin-homoisoflavonoid derivatives with hepatoprotective activities from the fruits of Cucumis bisexualis. Fitoterapia 2020; 149:104812. [PMID: 33359423 DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2020.104812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 11/05/2020] [Revised: 12/08/2020] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Cucumis bisexualis is a favorite wild fruit with high nutritional and medicinal values because of its bioactive constituents. Four previously undescribed coumarin-homoisoflavonoid derivatives (1-4), together with seven known coumarin and homoisoflavonoid derivatives (5-11) were isolated from the fruits of C. bisexualis for the first time. All the compounds were elucidated by their extensive and comprehensive spectroscopic data and references. Compounds (1-11) were evaluated for their hepatoprotective activities in HepG2 cells by the acetaminophen (APAP)-induced damage model at 10.0 μM with bicyclol as the positive control. Among them, compounds 1, 3, 5, and 6 showed moderately hepatoprotective activities to improve the HepG2 cell survival rates from 51.68 ± 2.49% (APAP, 10 mM) to 71.55 ± 4.08%, 65.95 ± 4.39%, 60.77 ± 3.44%, 62.94 ± 2.30%, respectively.
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- Qin-Ge Ma
- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education & Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Ministry of Education & Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Huanghuai University, Zhumadian 463000, China
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Ma QG, Wei RR, Zhang XD, Sang ZP, Dong JH, Lu QX, Huang HF, Guo DM, Jiang L. Tropolone derivatives with hepatoprotective and antiproliferative activities from the aerial parts of Chenopodium album Linn. Fitoterapia 2020; 146:104733. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2020.104733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2020] [Revised: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Ma QG, Wei RR, Sang ZP. Bioactivity-guided isolation of aurone derivatives with hepatoprotective activities from the fruits of Cucumis bisexualis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 75:327-332. [DOI: 10.1515/znc-2019-0202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2019] [Accepted: 04/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Bioactivity-guided phytochemical investigation of Cucumis bisexualis has led to the isolation of three new coumarin-aurone heterodimers (1-3), along with six aurone derivatives (4-9) were isolated from C. bisexualis for the first time. Their structures were determined by their extensive spectroscopic data and comparison with the values reported in the references. All isolated compounds (1-9) were evaluated for their hepatoprotective activities on human L-O2 cells, which compared with positive control of Bifendatatum. Among them, compounds 1, 2, and 7 exhibited moderate hepatoprotective activities to promote effects on the proliferation of L-O2 cells.
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- Qin-Ge Ma
- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of TCM of Ministry of Education , Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Nanchang , 330004 , PR China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine , Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Nanchang , 330004 , PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering , Nanyang Normal University , Nanyang , 473061 , PR China
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Ma QG, Wei RR, Shang DL, Sang ZP, Dong JH. Structurally Diverse Flavonolignans with Immunosuppressive and Neuroprotective Activities from the Fruits of Hippophae rhamnoides L. J Agric Food Chem 2020; 68:6564-6575. [PMID: 32437606 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c01432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The fruit of Hippophae rhamnoides L. has been used for centuries in Europe and Asia as a food with high nutritional and medicinal values. In this study, a bioactivity-guided phytochemical investigation of H. rhamnoides L. has resulted in four new dimethylallylated flavonolignans (1-4), four new isopropylpentenone-flavonolignan heterodimers (5-8), two new geranylated flavonolignans (9 and 10), and 14 known flavonolignan derivatives (11-24); they were elucidated by their spectrometric and spectroscopic methods, including HR-ESI-MS, NMR, IR, and UV from the fruit of H. rhamnoides L. for the first time. Among them, compounds 2, 5, 6, 20, and 21 showed potent immunosuppressive activities with IC50 values from 19.42 ± 3.91 to 48.05 ± 12.56 μM. Meanwhile, compounds 1, 4, 11, 12, and 13 showed moderate neuroprotective activities, which increased the cell survival rate from 50.30 ± 4.24% for the model group to 71.63 ± 3.04%, 70.02 ± 4.13%, 61.53 ± 5.93%, 61.08 ± 3.58%, and 65.68 ± 4.88% at 10 μM, respectively. The hypothetical biogenetic pathway and preliminary structure-activity relationship were found and discussed scientifically.
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- Qin-Ge Ma
- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of TCM of Ministry of Education, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of TCM of Ministry of Education, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Nanyang the First People's Hospital, Nanyang 473002, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Huanghuai University, Zhumadian 463000, People's Republic of China
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Dram D, Zhao CZ, Ma QG, He JW, Duo JJ, Dan Z, Wei RR. Acute toxicity of Potentilla anserina L. extract in mice. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 75:129-134. [DOI: 10.1515/znc-2020-0019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Potentilla anserina L. is not only a medicinal plant, but also a traditional cuisine. Hence, an acute toxicity study was performed to confirm its safety profile. Forty Kunming mice were randomly divided into two groups: control group and P. anserina L. extract group. Using the maximum dosage method, the P. anserina L. extract group was given the maximum dose within 12 h, equivalent to 345.6 g/kg crude drug. The control group was given distilled water. After administration, toxicity symptoms of mice were observed, body weight and food intake were recorded. After 14 days, blood was collected to measure biochemical parameters, autopsy was carried out to observe the changes of organs, and the vital organs were separated, weighed, and preserved for histopathological examination. The results showed that P. anserina L. extract group had no toxic symptoms. The activity, weight, and diet of mice were normal, and no abnormality was found in organ index, renal function, liver function, anatomical observation, and histopathological examination. Therefore, the maximum oral dosage (345.6 g/kg) of P. anserina L. was good safety. This study indicated that P. anserina L. had a large safety range and the clinical application was safe.
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- Dul Dram
- Tibetan Medicine Department , University of Tibetan Medicine , Lasa 850000 , PR China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine , Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Nanchang 330004 , PR China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine , Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Nanchang 330004 , PR China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine , Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Nanchang 330004 , PR China
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- Tibetan Medicine Department , University of Tibetan Medicine , Lasa 850000 , PR China
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- Tibetan Medicine Department , University of Tibetan Medicine , Lasa 850000 , PR China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine , Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Nanchang 330004 , PR China
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Cheng H, Zhu J, Shan J, Ouyang X, Yang H, Wei R, Zeng J. Involvement of toll-like receptor 2/myeloid differentiation factor 88/nuclear factor kappa B/NLR family pyrin domain-containing 3 signaling pathways in the hepatoprotective effect of Lagotis brachystachys in rats with alcoholic liver disease. Pharmacogn Mag 2020. [DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_557_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Su RN, Wei RR, Luo WZ, Zhu JX, Wang L, Zhong GY. [Study on effect of extract from Tibetan medicine Urtica hyperborean on anti-prostatic hyperplasia]. Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi 2019; 44:1953-1959. [PMID: 31342726 DOI: 10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20190304.004] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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In this study,mouse models of benign prostatic hyperplasia induced by subcutaneous injection of testosterone propionate was used to investigate the therapeutic effect and mechanism of Urtica hyperborean( UW) extracts on prostate hyperplasia in mice. The effects of UW extracts on prostate index,serum epidermal growth factor( EGF) and dihydrotestosterone( DHT) in model mice were observed,and the EGF and anti-apoptotic factor( Bcl-2) mRNA expression levels were detected as well as pathological changes in prostate tissue. The results showed that the ethyl acetate extraction and alcohol soluble fraction of the UW could significantly reduce the prostate index,reduce the serum DHT and EGF levels( P<0. 01),and significantly decrease the EGF and Bcl-2 mRNA expression( P<0. 01),significantly improved the morphological structure of prostate tissue. The above results confirmed that ethyl acetate extract and alcohol-soluble parts of UW have a good preventive effect on mice prostatic hyperplasia model,and its mechanism may be to reduce androgen levels by regulating polypeptide growth factors and/or inhibiting cell hyperproliferation and promoting apoptosis. This study laid the foundation for the further research on UW.
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- Ri-Na Su
- Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Research and Ethnic Minority Medicine,Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Nanchang 330004,China
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- Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Research and Ethnic Minority Medicine,Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Nanchang 330004,China
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- Chongqing Academy of Chinese Materia Medica Chongqing 400065,China
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- Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Research and Ethnic Minority Medicine,Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Nanchang 330004,China
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- Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Research and Ethnic Minority Medicine,Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Nanchang 330004,China
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- Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Research and Ethnic Minority Medicine,Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Nanchang 330004,China
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Wei RR, Ma QG, Zhong GY, Yang M, Sang ZP. Identification of benzisoquinolinone derivatives with cytotoxicities from the leaves of Portulaca oleracea. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 74:139-144. [PMID: 30645193 DOI: 10.1515/znc-2018-0151] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2018] [Accepted: 12/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Three new benzisoquinolinones (1-3), together with seven known benzisoquinolinone derivatives (4-10), were isolated from Portulaca oleracea for the first time. The structures of the isolated compounds (1-10) had been elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic methods including ultraviolet, infrared, mass spectrometry, and nuclear magnetic resonance techniques and by comparison with data reported in the references. All isolated compounds were assayed for cytotoxicities against selected human lines in vitro by 3-(4,5-dimethyl-2-thiazolyl)-2,5-diphenyl-2-H-tetrazolium bromide assay. Compounds 1, 2, 4, and 7 showed important cytotoxicities against HCT116, MCF-7, U87, and A549 cell lines with IC50 values in the range of 11.62-84.45 μM, which compared with positive control doxorubicin.
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- Rong-Rui Wei
- State Key Laboratory of Innovative Drugs and High Efficiency Energy Saving and Consumption Reduction Pharmaceutical Equipment, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Innovative Drugs and High Efficiency Energy Saving and Consumption Reduction Pharmaceutical Equipment, Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of TCM of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Innovative Drugs and High Efficiency Energy Saving and Consumption Reduction Pharmaceutical Equipment, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Innovative Drugs and High Efficiency Energy Saving and Consumption Reduction Pharmaceutical Equipment, Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of TCM of Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China
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Su RN, Luo WZ, Wei RR, Ao WLJ, Zhong GY. [Rapid identification of constituents of Urtica hyperborea using UPLC-ESI-Q-TOF-MS/MS method]. Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi 2019; 44:1607-1614. [PMID: 31090325 DOI: 10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20190118.005] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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This paper deals with the application of ultra-performance liquid chromatography tandem quadrupole time of flight mass spectrometry(UPLC-ESI-Q-TOF-MS/MS) method to rapidly determine and analyze the chemical constituents of methanol extract of Urtica hyperborea. We employed UPLC YMC-Triart C18(2. 1 mm×100 mm,1. 9 μm) column to UPLC analysis with acetonitrile-water(containing 0. 4% formic acid) in gradient as mobile phase. The flow rate was 0. 3 m L·min-1 gradient elution and column temperature was 30℃; the injection volume was 4 μL. ESI ion source was used to ensure the data collected in anegative ion mode. The chemical components of U. hyperborea were identified through retention time,exact relative molecular mass,cleavage fragments of MS/MS and reported data.The results indicated that a total of 31 compounds were identified,including 8 flavonoids,14 phenolic compounds,8 phenylpropanoids(4 coumarins and 4 lignans),and 1 steroidal compound,13 of which were confirmed by comparison. The UPLC-ESI-Q-TOF-MS/MS method could rapid identify the chemical components of U. hyperborea. The above compounds were discovered in U. hyperborea for the first time,which could provide theoretical foundation for further research on the basis of the pharmacodynamics of U. hyperborea.
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- Ri-Na Su
- Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Research and Ethnic Minority Medicine,Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Nanchang 330004,China
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- Chongqing Academy of Chinese Meteria Medica Chongqing 400065,China
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- Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Research and Ethnic Minority Medicine,Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Nanchang 330004,China
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- School of Mongol Medicine,Inner Mongolia University for Nationalities Tongliao 028000,China
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- Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Research and Ethnic Minority Medicine,Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Nanchang 330004,China
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Fu XH, Zhang X, Yang H, Xu XW, Hu ZL, Yan J, Zheng XL, Wei RR, Zhang ZQ, Tang SR, Geng MY, Huang X. CUDC-907 displays potent antitumor activity against human pancreatic adenocarcinoma in vitro and in vivo through inhibition of HDAC6 to downregulate c-Myc expression. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2019; 40:677-688. [PMID: 30224636 PMCID: PMC6786396 DOI: 10.1038/s41401-018-0108-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2018] [Accepted: 06/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is a highly malignant cancer that often involves a deregulation of c-Myc. It has been shown that c-Myc plays a pivotal role in the regulation of a variety of physiological processes and is involved in early neoplastic development, resulting in poor progression. Hence, suppression of c-Myc overexpression is a potential strategy for pancreatic cancer therapy. CUDC-907 is a novel dual-acting inhibitor of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) and histone deacetylase (HDAC). It has shown potential efficiency in patients with lymphoma, multiple myeloma, or thyroid cancer, as well as in solid tumors with c-Myc alterations, but the evidence is lacking for how CUDC-907 regulates c-Myc. In this study, we investigated the effect of CUDC-907 on human pancreatic cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. Our results showed that CUDC-907 potently inhibited the proliferation of 9 pancreatic cancer cell lines in vitro with IC50 values ranging from 6.7 to 54.5 nM. Furthermore, we revealed the antitumor mechanism of CUDC-907 in Aspc-1, PANC-1, and Capan-1 pancreatic cancer cells: it suppressed the HDAC6 subunit, thus downregulating c-Myc protein levels, which was a mode of action distinct from the existing mechanisms. Consistently, the extraordinary antitumor activity of CUDC-907 accompanied by downregulation of c-Myc and Ki67 expression in tumor tissue was observed in a human pancreatic cancer Aspc-1 xenograft nude mouse model in vivo. Our results suggest that CUDC-907 can be a valuable therapeutic option for treating pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
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- Xu-Hong Fu
- College of Pharmacy, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330006, China
- Division of Anti-Tumor Pharmacology, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201203, China
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- Division of Anti-Tumor Pharmacology, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201203, China
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- Division of Anti-Tumor Pharmacology, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201203, China
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- Division of Anti-Tumor Pharmacology, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201203, China
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- Division of Anti-Tumor Pharmacology, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201203, China
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- Division of Anti-Tumor Pharmacology, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201203, China
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- Division of Anti-Tumor Pharmacology, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201203, China
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- Division of Anti-Tumor Pharmacology, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201203, China
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- Division of Anti-Tumor Pharmacology, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201203, China
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- Division of Anti-Tumor Pharmacology, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201203, China.
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- Division of Anti-Tumor Pharmacology, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201203, China.
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Zhou YF, Zhong GY, Zhu JX, Wei RR, Wen L, Jiang W, Cao L, Ren G. [Protective effects and action mechanism of extract from Tibetan medicine Yajima(Chrysosplenium nudicaule) on mice with intrahepatic cholestasis induced by ANIT]. Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi 2019; 44:1058-1063. [PMID: 30989870 DOI: 10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20181101.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Chrysosplenium nudicaule,Tibetan name " Yajima",is recorded as an effective medicine for the treatment of liver and gallbladder diseases by Tibetan Pharmacopoeia published in the past dynasties,but its traditional efficacy has not yet been investigated by means of modern pharmacological research methods. In this paper,the protective effect of extract of C. nudicaule(ECN) on liver injury in mice was observed by using the mice model of intrahepatic cholestasis(IC) induced by α-naphthyl isothiocyanate(ANIT) and the possible mechanism by which ECN work as the therapeutic agent was discussed. The results showed that the serum levels of AST,ALT,ALP,DBIL,TBIL and TBA of the model mice were notably reduced in dose-dependent manner(P<0. 01,P<0. 05). The activity of SOD and GSH-Px in the liver homogenate of mice was increased,while the content of MDA was decreased(P<0. 01,P<0. 05).Pathological examination of liver in mice showed that ECN could improve the pathological changes of liver tissue in mice. The mRNA expression level of genes related to bile acid metabolism were detected by RT-PCR and the results suggested that ECN could significantly increase the expression of genes such as BSEP,FXR and MRP2(P<0. 01,P<0. 05),meanwhile significantly reduce the expression of CYP7 A1(P<0. 01,P<0. 05). These results confirmed the protective effect of ECN on intrahepatic cholestasis-induced liver injury in mice,and indicated that the mechanism may be related to activating FXR and its target genes,reducing bile acid synthesis and increasing bile acid excretion. This study provides a modern pharmacological basis for the clinical application of Yajima in Tibetan medicine.
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- Yan-Fei Zhou
- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine,Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Nanchang 330004,China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine,Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Nanchang 330004,China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine,Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Nanchang 330004,China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine,Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Nanchang 330004,China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine,Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Nanchang 330004,China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine,Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Nanchang 330004,China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine,Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Nanchang 330004,China
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine,Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Nanchang 330004,China
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Ma QG, Wei RR, Sang ZP. Biphenyl Derivatives from the Aerial Parts of Oenanthe javanica and Their COX-2 Inhibitory Activities. Chem Biodivers 2018; 16:e1800480. [PMID: 30378266 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.201800480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 09/20/2018] [Accepted: 10/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Four new biphenyl derivatives (1-4), along with six known biphenyl derivatives (5-10) were isolated and elucidated by their detailed analyses of spectroscopic data and references from the aerial parts of Oenanthe javanica for the first time. Compounds (1-10) were assayed for their activities about the inhibition of COX-2 enzyme in vitro for the first time. Compounds 1, 2, 4, and 6 showed inhibitory activities against COX-2 with IC50 values ranging from 22.18±0.29 to 108.54±0.42 μm.
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- Qin-Ge Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Innovative Drugs, High Efficiency Energy Saving, Consumption Reduction Pharmaceutical Equipment, Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of TCM of Ministry of Education, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Innovative Drugs, High Efficiency Energy Saving, Consumption Reduction Pharmaceutical Equipment, Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of TCM of Ministry of Education, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang, 473061, P. R. China
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Ma QG, Wei RR, Yang M, Huang XY, Wang F, Sang ZP, Liu WM, Yu Q. Molecular Characterization and Bioactivity of Coumarin Derivatives from the Fruits of Cucumis bisexualis. J Agric Food Chem 2018; 66:5540-5548. [PMID: 29775541 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.8b00976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Cucumis bisexualis (Cucurbitaceae) is known as "mapao egg" or "muskmelon egg", which has been widely used as a wild melon in Chinese folk. Nine new coumarin derivatives (1-9), named 7-hydroxy-3-(4',6'-dihydroxy-5'-isopropyl-3″,3″-dimethyl-2 H-chromen)-6-prenyl-2 H-chro-men-2-one (1), 7-hydroxy-3-(5'-prenyl-3″,3″-dimethyl-2 H-chromen)-6-prenyl-2 H-chromen-2-one (2), 3-(6'-hydroxy-5'-prenyl-3″,3″-dimethyl-2 H-chromen)-6-prenyl-2 H-chromen-2-one (3), 3-(5'-ethyl-3″,3″-dimethyl-2 H-chromen)-6-prenyl-2 H-chromen-2-one (4), 3-(4',6'-dihydroxy-5'-dimeth-ylallyl-3″,3″-dimethyl-2 H-chromen)-6-prenyl-2 H-chromen-2-one (5), 3-[4',6'-dihydroxy-5'-(2-pro-penyl)-3″,3″-dimethyl-2 H-chromen]-14,15-dimethyl-pyrano-chromen-2-one (6), 3-(6'-dihydroxy-5'-isopropanol-3″,3″-dimethyl-2 H-chromen)-14,15-dimethyl-pyrano-chromen-2-one (7), 3-(5'-iso-pentenol-3″,3″-dimethyl-2 H-chromen)-14,15-dimethyl-pyrano-chromen-2-one (8), 3-(4',6'-dihydr-oxy-5'-prenyl-3″,3″-dimethyl-2 H-chromen)-14,15-dimethyl-pyrano-chromen-2-one (9), together with 12 known compounds (10-21), were isolated and identified by spectroscopic analysis and references from the active site (EtOAc soluble fraction) of the fruits of C. bisexualis for the first time. Compounds (1-21) were evaluated for antiacetylcholinesterase (AChE) and hepatoprotective activities for the first time. Compounds 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 9 showed anti-AChE activities with IC50 values ranging from 11.23 to 89.69 μM, and compounds 2, 4, 12, 15, 17, 18, and 19 (10 μM) exhibited moderate hepatoprotective activities. These findings shed much light on a better understanding of the anti-AChE and hepatoprotective effects of these coumarin derivatives and provided new insights into developing better anti-AChE and hepatoprotective drugs in the future.
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- Qin-Ge Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Innovative Drugs and High Efficiency Energy Saving and Consumption Reduction Pharmaceutical Equipment, Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of TCM of Ministry of Education, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine , Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Nanchang 330004 China
- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering , Nanyang Normal University , Nanyang 473061 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Innovative Drugs and High Efficiency Energy Saving and Consumption Reduction Pharmaceutical Equipment, Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of TCM of Ministry of Education, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine , Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Nanchang 330004 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Innovative Drugs and High Efficiency Energy Saving and Consumption Reduction Pharmaceutical Equipment, Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of TCM of Ministry of Education, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine , Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Nanchang 330004 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Innovative Drugs and High Efficiency Energy Saving and Consumption Reduction Pharmaceutical Equipment, Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of TCM of Ministry of Education, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine , Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Nanchang 330004 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Innovative Drugs and High Efficiency Energy Saving and Consumption Reduction Pharmaceutical Equipment, Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of TCM of Ministry of Education, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine , Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Nanchang 330004 China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering , Nanyang Normal University , Nanyang 473061 China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering , Nanyang Normal University , Nanyang 473061 China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering , Nanyang Normal University , Nanyang 473061 China
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Shang DL, Ma QG, Wei RR. Cytotoxic phenylpropanoid glycosides from Cirsium japonicum. J Asian Nat Prod Res 2016; 18:1122-1130. [PMID: 27308841 DOI: 10.1080/10286020.2016.1194831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 12/12/2015] [Accepted: 05/24/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Three new phenylpropanoid glycosides 1-3, along with nine known phenylpropanoid glycosides 4-12, were isolated from the aerial parts of Cirsium japonicum. The structures of isolated compounds were elucidated by chemical and spectroscopic methods. Compounds 1, 3, 6, 8, and 11 showed moderate cytotoxicities against MCF-7, U87, HCT116, and A549 cell lines with IC50 values in the range of 1.35-11.32 μM. The known compounds 4-12 were obtained from this plant for the first time.
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- Dong-Li Shang
- a Department of Cardiology , Nanyang the First People's Hospital , Nanyang 473002 , China
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- b College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering , Nanyang Normal University , Nanyang 473061 , China
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- c College of Pharmacy , China Pharmaceutical University , Nanjing 210009 , China
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Ma QG, Li T, Wei RR, Liu WM, Sang ZP, Song ZW. Characterization of Chalcones from Medicago sativa L. and Their Hypolipidemic and Antiangiogenic Activities. J Agric Food Chem 2016; 64:8138-8145. [PMID: 27741571 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b03883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Medicago sativa L. is the most important cultivated herbage, known as "the king of forage" and "feed queen", in the world. A total of 8 new chalcones (1-8), and 12 known chalcones (9-20) were isolated from the aerial parts of M. sativa for the first time. Their structures were identified by extensive spectral data and references. The hypolipidemic and antiangiogenic activities of compounds (1-20) were evaluated for the first time. Compounds 3, 4, 11, 12, and 20 (10 μM) exhibited significant hypolipidemic activities by measuring the triglyceride content in HepG2 cells, with simvastatin as the positive control. Moreover, compounds 6, 8, 18, and 19 exhibited moderate antiangiogenic activities, which inhibited vascular-endothelial-growth-factor-induced human umbilical vein endothelial cell proliferation in vitro, with IC50 values of 13.86 ± 0.43, 15.53 ± 0.19, 39.52 ± 0.24, and 45.04 ± 0.51 μM, respectively. These research results may guide the search for new natural products with hypolipidemic and antiangiogenic attributes.
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanyang Normal University , Nanyang, Henan 473061, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanyang Normal University , Nanyang, Henan 473061, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University , Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanyang Normal University , Nanyang, Henan 473061, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanyang Normal University , Nanyang, Henan 473061, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanyang Normal University , Nanyang, Henan 473061, People's Republic of China
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Ma QG, Xu K, Sang ZP, Wei RR, Liu WM, Su YL, Yang JB, Wang AG, Ji TF, Li LJ. Alkenes with antioxidative activities from Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2015; 26:799-803. [PMID: 26777629 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2015.12.091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [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: 09/11/2015] [Revised: 12/11/2015] [Accepted: 12/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Four new alkenes (1-4), and six known alkenes (5-12) were isolated from Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic analyses and references. Compounds (1-12) were evaluated for antioxidative activities. Among them, compounds 1, 2, 4, and 7 exhibited significant antioxidative activities using 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay with IC50=21.4-49.5 μM. The known compounds (5-12) were isolated from this plant for the first time.
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- Qin-Ge Ma
- Department of Graduate Students, College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China.
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- Department of Graduate Students, College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China
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- Department of Graduate Students, College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Graduate Students, College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- Department of Graduate Students, College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China
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Ma QG, Wang YG, Liu WM, Wei RR, Yang JB, Wang AG, Ji TF, Tian J, Su YL. Hepatoprotective sesquiterpenes and rutinosides from Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng. J Agric Food Chem 2014; 62:4145-4151. [PMID: 24749720 DOI: 10.1021/jf5005034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Three new sesquiterpenes (1-3) and two new rutinosides (4 and 5) along with 17 known compounds (6-22) were isolated from the leaves of Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng. The new compounds were elucidated as (3R,5S,6R)-3,5,6-trihydroxy-1,1,5-trimethylcyclohexyl-8-butyn-9-one (1), (8E,9R)-ethyl-7-(3S,5R,6S)-3,6-dihydroxy-1,1,5-trimethylcyclohexyl-9-hydroxybut-8-enoate (2), (3R)-3-O-β-D-glucoside-6'-D-apiose-β-ionone (3), 4-O-β-D-rutinosyl-3-methoxyphenyl-1-propanone (4), and 1-O-β-D-rutinosyl-2(R)-ethyl-1-pentanol (5) based on their spectroscopic data. Compounds 1, 4, 5, 18, and 21 (10 μM) exhibited moderate hepatoprotective activities.
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- Qin-Ge Ma
- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanyang Normal University , Nanyan 473061, People's Republic of China
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Cho US, Corbett KD, Al-Bassam J, Bellizzi JJ, De Wulf P, Espelin CW, Miranda JJ, Simons K, Wei RR, Sorger PK, Harrison SC. Molecular structures and interactions in the yeast kinetochore. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol 2011; 75:395-401. [PMID: 21467141 DOI: 10.1101/sqb.2010.75.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Kinetochores are the elaborate protein assemblies that attach chromosomes to spindle microtubules in mitosis and meiosis. The kinetochores of point-centromere yeast appear to represent an elementary module, which repeats a number of times in kinetochores assembled on regional centromeres. Structural analyses of the discrete protein subcomplexes that make up the budding-yeast kinetochore have begun to reveal principles of kinetochore architecture and to uncover molecular mechanisms underlying functions such as transmission of tension and establishment and maintenance of bipolar attachment. The centromeric DNA is probably wrapped into a compact organization, not only by a conserved, centromeric nucleosome, but also by interactions among various other DNA-bound kinetochore components. The rod-like, heterotetrameric Ndc80 complex, roughly 600 Å long, appears to extend from the DNA-proximal assembly to the plus end of a microtubule, to which one end of the complex is known to bind. Ongoing structural studies will clarify the roles of a number of other well-defined complexes.
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- Jack and Eileen Connors Structural Biology Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Wei RR, Richardson JP. Mutational changes of conserved residues in the Q-loop region of transcription factor Rho greatly reduce secondary site RNA-binding. J Mol Biol 2001; 314:1007-15. [PMID: 11743718 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.5207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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: 11/22/2022]
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Transcription factor Rho of Eschericia coli is a ring-shaped homohexameric protein that terminates transcripts by its action on nascent RNAs. To test the functional importance of the phylogenetically highly conserved residues of the Q-loop region, four mutant Rho proteins, S281A, K283A, T286A and D290A, were isolated and analyzed for their biochemical properties. All four proteins were very defective in terminating transcripts in vitro at the bacteriophage lambda tR1 terminator and had corresponding defects in ATP hydrolysis activated by lambda cro RNA. Although the four proteins were normal or near normal in their sensitivity to cleavage with H(2)O(2) in the presence of Fe-EDTA and in their ability to bind to lambda cro RNA and ATP, they were defective in RNA-specific, secondary site interactions. This was indicated by the lack of protection from cleavage at their Q-loops by oligo(C) in the presence of poly(dC), and their defects in ATP hydrolysis activated by oligo(C) in the presence of poly(dC). This evidence, together with the observations that cleavage of the Q-loop residues is protected specifically by RNA, suggests that the Q-loop makes interactions with RNA that are essential for activation of ATP hydrolysis and the termination of transcription.
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- R R Wei
- Departments of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, 47405, USA
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Wei RR, Richardson JP. Identification of an RNA-binding Site in the ATP binding domain of Escherichia coli Rho by H2O2/Fe-EDTA cleavage protection studies. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:28380-7. [PMID: 11369775 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m102444200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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: 11/06/2022] Open
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Transcription factor Rho is a ring-shaped, homohexameric protein that causes transcript termination through actions on nascent RNAs that are coupled to ATP hydrolysis. The Rho polypeptide has a distinct RNA binding domain of known structure as well as an ATP binding domain for which a structure has been proposed based on homology modeling. Treatment of Rho with H2O2 in the presence of Fe-EDTA caused single-cut cleavage at a number of points that coincide with solvent-exposed loops in both the known and predicted structures, thereby providing support for the validity of the tertiary and quaternary structural models of Rho. The binding of ATP caused one distinct change in the cleavage pattern, a strong protection at a cleavage point in the P-loop of the ATP binding domain. Binding of RNA and single-stranded DNA (poly(dC)) caused strong protection at several accessible parts of the oligosaccharide/oligonucleotide binding (OB) fold in the RNA binding domain. RNA molecules but not DNA molecules also caused a strong, ATP-dependent protection at a cleavage site in the predicted Q-loop of the ATP binding domain. These results suggest that Rho has two distinct binding sites for RNA. Besides the site composed of multiples of the RNA binding domain, to which single-stranded DNA as well as RNA can bind, it has a separate, RNA-specific site on the Q-loop in the ATP binding domain. In the proposed quaternary structure of Rho, the Q-loops from the six subunits form the upper entrance to the hole in the ring-shaped hexamer through which the nascent transcript is translocated by actions coupled to ATP hydrolyses.
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- R R Wei
- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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The purpose of the present study was to determine beta-carotene uptake and resultant effects on intracellular levels of retinol in cell lines of varied origin. Human skin fibroblasts, mouse embryonic fibroblasts, rabbit corneal epithelial cells, and rat liver cells were studied. Cells were cultured in medium supplemented with beta-carotene in a water-dispersible beadlet formulation. At selected intervals, cells and media were sampled and analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography for beta-carotene and retinol content. beta-Carotene was taken up by all four cell lines. An increase in the intracellular levels of retinol was concomitant with beta-carotene uptake in all cell lines. The uptake of beta-carotene and the increase in intracellular retinol were highest in the two fibroblast cell lines. Incubation with media supplemented with crystalline beta-carotene, dissolved in tetrahydrofuran, resulted in significantly lower beta-carotene uptake and intracellular retinol levels. We view these results as a demonstration that a wide variety of cells, cultured in vitro, are able to convert beta-carotene to retinol. Therefore, beta-carotene's provitamin A activity should be carefully considered when the protective effects of beta-carotene in vitro are interpreted.
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- R R Wei
- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, US Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC 20204, USA
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Turujman SA, Wamer WG, Wei RR, Albert RH. Rapid liquid chromatographic method to distinguish wild salmon from aquacultured salmon fed synthetic astaxanthin. J AOAC Int 1997; 80:622-32. [PMID: 9170658] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Analytical methods are needed to determine the presence of color additives in fish. We report a liquid chromatographic (LC) method developed to identify the synthetic form of the color additive astaxanthin in salmon, based on differences in the relative ratios of the configurational isomers of astaxanthin. The distributions of configurational isomers of astaxanthin in the flesh of wild Atlantic and wild Pacific salmon are similar, but significantly different from that in aquacultured salmon. Astaxanthin is extracted from the flesh of salmon, passed through a silica gel Sep-Pak cartridge, and analyzed directly by LC on a Pirkle covalent L-leucine column. No derivatization of the astaxanthin is required-an important advantage of our approach, which is a modification of our previously described method. This method can be used to distinguish between aquacultured and wild salmon. The method has general applicability and can also be used to identify astaxanthins derived from other sources such as Phaffia yeast and Haematococcus pluvialis algae.
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- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Office of Cosmetics and Colors, Washington, DC 20204, USA
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Although ultraviolet A radiation (UVA, 315-400 nm) has been shown to induce oxidative stress in mammalian cells and skin, the critical chromophore(s) and molecular target(s) involved have not been identified. We examined the role of oxidative damage to nucleic acids induced by UVA. To assess photooxidation of cellular DNA and RNA by UVA, we irradiated human skin fibroblasts with up to 765 kJ/m2 UVA. Cellular DNA and RNA were isolated immediately and enzymatically hydrolyzed to nucleosides. 8-Oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodG), a primary oxidation product in DNA, and 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanosine (8-oxoG), resulting from hydroxylation of guanine in RNA, were measured by HPLC with electrochemical detection. We determined that irradiation of skin fibroblasts with levels of UVA that produced moderate toxicity also resulted in significant levels of guanine hydroxylation in RNA. Lower levels of photooxidation were observed in DNA. These results suggest that measurement of guanine hydroxylation in nucleic acids, particularly in cellular RNA, may be a powerful tool for investigating the photobiological activity of UVA.
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- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC, USA
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The semiconductor TiO2 is known to have photobiological activity in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Applications of this photobiological activity have been suggested including sterilization of waste water and phototherapy of malignant cells. Here, several model and cellular systems were used to study the mechanism of photocatalysis by TiO2. Treatment of TiO2 (anatase, 0.45 microns), suspended in water containing a spin trap 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline-N-oxide (DMPO), with UV radiation (320 nm) resulted in an electron spin resonance (ESR) signal characteristic of the hydroxyl radical. Irradiation of solutions containing calf thymus DNA and TiO2 with UVA (320-400 nm) radiation resulted in hydroxylation of guanine bases. The degree of hydroxylation was dependent on both UVA fluence and amount of TiO2 in suspension. Human skin fibroblasts, preincubated 18 h with 10 micrograms/cm2 TiO2 and then UVA-irradiated (0-58 KJ/m2), showed dose dependent photocytoxicity. RNA, isolated from similarly treated fibroblasts, contained significant levels of photooxidation, measured as hydroxylation of guanine bases. However, no oxidative damage was detectable in cellular DNA. These results suggest that nucleic acids are a potential target for photooxidative damage sensitized by TiO2, and support the view that TiO2 photocatalyzes free radical formation.
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- W G Wamer
- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC 20204, USA.
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Guanosine hydroxylation was used as a marker for assessing photooxidation of DNA and RNA sensitized by monofunctional and bifunctional furocoumarins. DNA or RNA, treated with sensitizer and UVA light, was enzymatically hydrolyzed, dephosphorylated and then analyzed by reversed-phase HPLC with electrochemical detection. Hydroxylated guanosine, i.e. 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) or 8-hydroxyguanosine (8-OHG), was quantitated. 3-Carbethoxypsoralen (3-CP) was found to be an efficient photosensitizer for oxidation of guanosine in DNA, resulting in conversion of up to 0.4% of guanosine residues to 8-OHdG. In contrast, dramatically lower levels of guanosine hydroxylation were observed in 3-CP-photosensitized RNA. Psoralen was found to be a more efficient photosensitizer than angelicin in both DNA and RNA. Additional studies of oxidation of 3-CP-photosensitized DNA indicated that double-stranded DNA is 10 times more susceptible to photooxidation than single-stranded DNA, implicating 3-CP binding to DNA as an important mechanistic step in photooxidation of guanosine. The effects of D2O and degassing with argon on photooxidation of guanosine in DNA sensitized by 3-CP were inconsistent with a mechanism involving 1O2. In addition, chelation of adventitious metal ions present in preparations of DNA photosensitized by 3-CP had no effect on hydroxylation of guanosine.
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- W G Wamer
- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC 20204, USA
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In the past several years there has been a great deal of interest in the antioxidant beta-carotene and other micronutrients for their protective potential against various toxic insults. Two studies concerning the protective effects of beta-carotene, which were conducted in our laboratory, are reported here. The first involved the role of beta-carotene in modifying two-stage skin tumorigenesis initiated by 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA) and promoted by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA, TPA). In this study, the protective effects of two types of dietary beta-carotene, a beadlet formulation and crystalline beta-carotene, were compared in two strains of mice (Skh:HR-1 and CR:ORL Sencar). Mice were maintained on food fortified with 3% beta-carotene or on control diets. Mice receiving the beta-carotene-supplemented diets had fewer tumours than mice in the control groups. However, only in the Skh strain of mice was this difference statistically significant. In the second study, an in vitro experiment, BALBc 3T3 mouse fibroblasts were used to determine beta-carotene's accumulation in cells and the ability of these cells to metabolize beta-carotene to vitamin A. This in vitro model was also used to show a beta-carotene protective effect towards 8-MOP phototoxicity. These studies contributed to the increasing evidence of in vivo and in vitro protection by beta-carotene against chemically induced toxicity.
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- A Kornhauser
- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC 20204
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Lambert LA, Wamer WG, Wei RR, Lavu S, Chirtel SJ, Kornhauser A. The protective but nonsynergistic effect of dietary beta-carotene and vitamin E on skin tumorigenesis in Skh mice. Nutr Cancer 1994; 21:1-12. [PMID: 8183718 DOI: 10.1080/01635589409514299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Various epidemiological and experimental studies have indicated that beta-carotene and vitamin E protect against a variety of cancers. This investigation determined whether a synergistic protective effect could be observed against chemically induced skin tumorigenesis in Skh mice by combining these two antioxidants in the diet. Forty-five mice were used in each of four diet groups. Control animals were fed standard mouse chow. Three other groups received the chow supplemented with one of the following: 0.5% beta-carotene, 0.12% vitamin E (added as d-alpha-tocopheryl succinate), or 0.5% beta-carotene + 0.12% vitamin E. Mice were topically treated with a single application of the initiator 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene and promoted with multiple applications of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate. Mice were observed for tumors each week for 27 weeks after initiation. The protective effect of each diet was determined by the decrease in the number of skin tumors in supplemented diet groups compared with that of the control diet group. Decreases in the number of cumulative tumors at Week 27 were 32% for beta-carotene-, 25% for vitamin E-, and 21% for beta-carotene+vitamin E-supplemented diet groups. However, differences in the number of tumors among the three groups supplemented with beta-carotene and/or vitamin E were not statistically significant. Thus, although protection was provided by the individual supplements, there was no synergistic effect for a decrease in the number of chemically induced skin tumors by the simultaneous dietary administration of beta-carotene and vitamin E.
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- L A Lambert
- Cosmetics Toxicology Branch, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC 20204
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- W G Wamer
- Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Washington, DC 20204
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Lambert LA, Wamer WG, Wei RR, Lavu S, Kornhauser A. The absence of a synergistic protective effect of beta-carotene and vitamin E on skin tumorigenesis in mice. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1993; 691:259-61. [PMID: 8129306 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1993.tb26188.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- L A Lambert
- US Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Washington, DC 20204
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Although a growing number of epidemiological studies indicate that dietary beta-carotene has anticarcinogenic activity, the mechanism(s) of beta-carotene protection remains to be definitively established. In this context, in vitro studies of beta-carotene have been, and continue to be, valuable. We examined the following critical features in designing an in vitro system for studying the protection action of beta-carotene: 1) form of beta-carotene used for cellular uptake, 2) cellular metabolism of beta-carotene, and 3) subcellular distribution of beta-carotene. It was determined that beta-carotene added to medium in a water-dispersible formulation is readily taken up by BALB/c 3T3 cells and is located predominantly in cellular membranes. Cellular uptake of beta-carotene added to medium in an organic solvent is greatly reduced. It was also found that intracellular retinol increased significantly after a three-day exposure of BALB/c 3T3 cells to media containing beta-carotene. This result suggests that the ability to metabolize beta-carotene to retinoids is not limited to cells of intestinal origin. The results and methodology described here will be useful in the rational design of in vitro assays for elucidating the mechanism(s) of beta-carotene protective effects at the cellular level.
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- W G Wamer
- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC 20204
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