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Zhang X, Liao W, Ding X, Zhang Y, Long C, Zhou Q, Wang Y, Wu H, Tan G. Multiple-matrices metabolomics combined with serum pharmacochemistry for discovering the potential targets and active constituents of Qifu decoction against heart failure. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2024; 244:116114. [PMID: 38522367 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2024.116114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2024] [Revised: 03/09/2024] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/26/2024]
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Qifu decoction (QFD) is an ancient traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) prescription for the treatment of heart failure. However, the mechanisms and active constituents of QFD are poorly understood. In this study, multi-matrices metabolomics (serum, urine, and myocardial mitochondria) based on ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UHPLC-Q-TOFMS), were employed for exploring the mechanisms of QFD against heart failure in rat model. Twenty-one, seventeen, and fifteen endogenous metabolite biomarkers associated with heart failure were identified from serum, urine, and myocardial mitochondria datasets, respectively. Fourteen, twelve, and ten of the identified serum, urine, and mitochondria biomarkers were significantly reversed by QFD, respectively. QFD-targeted pathways were involved in TCA cycle, branched chain amino acids metabolism, fatty acid β-oxidation, sphingolipid metabolism, glycerophospholipid metabolism, arachidonic acid metabolism, tryptophan metabolism, purine metabolism. In addition, QFD-derived constituents in serum were fully analyzed by UHPLC-Q-TOFMS and SUS-plot, and 24 QFD-derived components were identified in serum. Then, the correlation analysis between the QFD-reversed serum biomarkers and QFD-derived constituents in serum was employed to dissect the active constituents of QFD. It was found that eight prototypical components and three metabolites were highly correlated with efficacy and could serve as the active constituents of QFD against heart failure. Finally, neoline and calycosin, which highly correlated with branched-chain amino acid metabolism and fatty acid β-oxidation, were selected to validate in Na2S2O4-induced cell model. It was found that neoline and calycosin provided a significant protective effect against Na2S2O4-induced cell death in a low dose-dependent manner and increased the expressions of the pathway-related protein CPT1B and BCAT2 in the cell model. In conclusions, these findings provided light on the mechanisms and active constituents of QFD against heart failure. Neoline and calycosin could be selected as potential quality-markers of QFD against heart failure.
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- Xingxing Zhang
- School of Pharmacy, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xi'an 712046, China; School of Pharmacy, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xi'an 712046, China; School of Pharmacy, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xi'an 712046, China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
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Zhou Y, Qu C, Yan H, Chu T, Wu J, Kang Q, Peng C, Wang Y, Tan Y. Unlocking the hidden potential: Enhancing the utilization of stems and leaves through metabolite analysis and toxicity assessment of various parts of Aconitum carmichaelii. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2024; 323:117693. [PMID: 38176669 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2023.117693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2023] [Revised: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Aconitum carmichaelii is widely used in traditional Chinese medicine clinics as a bulk medicinal material. It has been used in China for more than two thousand years. Nevertheless, the stems and leaves of this plant are usually discarded as non-medicinal parts, even though they have a large biomass and exhibit therapeutic properties. Thus, it is crucial to investigate metabolites of different parts of Aconitum carmichaelii and explore the relationship between metabolites and toxicity to unleash the utilization potential of the stems and leaves. AIM OF THE STUDY Using plant metabolomics, we aim to correlate different metabolites in various parts of Aconitum carmichaelii with toxicity, thereby screening for toxicity markers. This endeavor seeks to offer valuable insights for the development of Aconitum carmichaelii stem and leaf-based applications. MATERIALS AND METHODS UHPLC-Q-Orbitrap MS/MS-based plant metabolomics was employed to analyze metabolites of the different parts of Aconitum carmichaelii. The cardiotoxicity and hepatotoxicity of the extracts from different parts of Aconitum carmichaelii were also investigated using zebrafish as animal model. Toxicity markers were subsequently identified by correlating toxicity with metabolites. RESULTS A total of 113 alkaloids were identified from the extracts of various parts of Aconitum carmichaelii, with 64 different metabolites in stems and leaves compared to daughter root (Fuzi), and 21 different metabolites in stems and leaves compared to mother root (Wutou). The content of aporphine alkaloids in the stems and leaves of Aconitum carmichaelii is higher than that in the medicinal parts, while the content of the diester-diterpenoid alkaloids is lower. Additionally, the medicinal parts of Aconitum carmichaelii exhibited cardiotoxicity and hepatotoxicity, while the stems and leaves have no obvious toxicity. Finally, through correlation analysis and animal experimental verification, mesaconitine, deoxyaconitine, and hypaconitine were used as toxicity markers. CONCLUSION Given the low toxicity of the stems and leaves and the potential efficacy of aporphine alkaloids, the stems and leaves of Aconitum carmichaelii hold promise as a valuable medicinal resource warranting further development.
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- Yinlin Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, Pharmacy College, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, Pharmacy College, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, Pharmacy College, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, Pharmacy College, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, Pharmacy College, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, Pharmacy College, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, Pharmacy College, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
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- Singapore Phenome Center, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore.
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- State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, Pharmacy College, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
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Xue Z, Zhuo L, Zhang B, Zhu L, Xiang X, Zhang C, Liu W, Tan G, Liao W. Untargeted metabolomics reveals the combination effects and mechanisms of Huangqi-fuzi herb-pair against doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2023; 305:116109. [PMID: 36587877 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2022.116109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2022] [Revised: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 12/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Qifu decoction (QFD) is a famous traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) composed of Astragali Radix (HuangQi) and Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparaia (Fuzi), which can alleviate doxorubicin (DOX)-induced cardiotoxicity (DIC). However, its protective mechanism remains obscured. AIM OF THE STUDY The present study aimed to uncover the cardioprotective mechanism and the synergistic effect of QFD against DIC in mice. MATERIALS AND METHODS The cardioprotective activity of QFD against DIC was assessed by electrocardiogram, serum biochemical assays and histopathology. Mass spectrometry-based metabolomic approach was conducted to elucidate the preventive mechanisms of QFD, HuangQi decoction (HQD), and Fuzi decoction (FZD) against DIC. QFD, HQD, FZD-targeted metabolic pathways were identified and compared to investigate the synergistic mechanism of QFD by computational systems analysis. Quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) was further employed to validate the key metabolic pathways at the level of the gene. RESULTS The electrocardiogram combined with the biochemical analysis and histopathology showed that the protection effects were sorted as QFD > HQD ≈ FZD. A total of 41 metabolites contributing to DIC were identified in the mice serum, among which 32, 12 and 10 metabolites were significantly reverted by QFD, HQD and FZD, respectively. Metabolic pathway analysis revealed that DOX perturbed 12 metabolic pathways, and QFD, HQD, and FZD-treated groups could significantly reverse 12, 7 and 6 metabolic pathways of these 12 metabolic pathways. Metabolic pathway and qRT-PCR revealed that QFD could protect DIC mainly by regulating energy metabolism, amino acids metabolism, arachidonic acid metabolism and glycerophospholipid metabolism, and HQD and FZD mutually reinforced each other. CONCLUSION These evidences revealed that QFD was a promising drug candidate for DIC by maintaining metabolic homeostasis. Meanwhile, this work provided a useful approach for evaluating the efficacy and the synergistic effects of TCMs against cardiomyopathy.
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- Zhen Xue
- Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance, China Pharmaceutical University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, 210009, China; Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance, China Pharmaceutical University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, 210009, China; Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance, China Pharmaceutical University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, 210009, China; Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance, China Pharmaceutical University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, 210009, China; Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance, China Pharmaceutical University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, 210009, China; Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance, China Pharmaceutical University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, 210009, China; Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance, China Pharmaceutical University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, 210009, China; Hangzhou Institute of Pharmaceutical Innovation, China Pharmaceutical University, 291 Fucheng Lu, Hangzhou, 310018, China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance, China Pharmaceutical University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, 210009, China; Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
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Astragaloside IV: A promising natural neuroprotective agent for neurological disorders. Biomed Pharmacother 2023; 159:114229. [PMID: 36652731 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2023.114229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Revised: 01/05/2023] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Neurological disorders are characterized by high morbidity, disability, and mortality rates, which seriously threaten human health. However, clinically satisfactory agents for treatment are still currently lacking. Therefore, finding neuroprotective agents with minimum side effects and better efficacy is a challenge. Chinese herbal medicine, particularly natural preparations extracted from herbs or plants, has become an unparalleled resource for discovering new agent candidates. Astragali Radix is an important Qi tonic drug in traditional Chinese medicine and has a long medicinal history. As a natural medicine, it has a good prevention and treatment effect on neurological disorders. Here, the role and mechanism of astragaloside IV in the treatment of neurological disorders were evaluated and discussed through previous research results. Related information from major scientific databases, such as PubMed, MEDLINE, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, Embase, BIOSIS Previews, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and Cochrane Library, covering between 2001 and 2021 was compiled, using "Astragaloside IV" and "Neurological disorders," "Astragaloside IV," and "Neurodegenerative diseases" as reference terms. By summarizing previous research results, we found that astragaloside IV may play a neuroprotective role through various mechanisms: anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative, anti-apoptotic protection of nerve cells and regulation of nerve growth factor, as well as by inhibiting neurodegeneration and promoting nerve regeneration. Astragaloside IV is a promising natural neuroprotective agent. By determining its pharmacological mechanism, astragaloside IV may be a new candidate drug for the treatment of neurological disorders.
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Chemical comparison of Astragali Radix by UHPLC/Q-TOF-MS with different growing patterns. Eur Food Res Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s00217-022-04056-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Yang L, Liu RH, He JW. Rapid Analysis of the Chemical Compositions in Semiliquidambar cathayensis Roots by Ultra High-Performance Liquid Chromatography and Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Tandem Mass Spectrometry. Molecules 2019; 24:E4098. [PMID: 31766221 PMCID: PMC6891699 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24224098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2019] [Revised: 11/03/2019] [Accepted: 11/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Semiliquidambar cathayensis Chang was a traditional medicinal plant and used to treat rheumatism arthritis and rheumatic arthritis for centuries in China with no scientific validation, while only 15 components were reported. Thus, a rapid, efficient, and precise method based on ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS) was applied in both positive- and negative-ion modes to rapidly analysis the main chemical compositions in S. cathayensis for the first time. Finally, a total of 85 chemical compositions, including 35 alkaloids, 12 flavonoids, 7 terpenoids, 5 phenylpropanoids, 9 fatty acids, 7 cyclic peptides, and 10 others were identified or tentatively characterized in the roots of S. cathayensis based on the accurate mass within 5 ppm error. Moreover, alkaloid, flavonoid, phenylpropanoid, and cyclic peptide were reported from S. cathayensis for the first time. This rapid and sensitive method was highly useful to comprehend the chemical compositions and will provide scientific basis for further study on the material basis, mechanism and clinical application of S. cathayensis roots.
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- Li Yang
- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of TCM, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ministry of Education, Nanchang 330004, China;
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- College of Pharmacy, 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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Hu K, Deng Z, Li S, Wu M, Liu W, Zhang S. SPE-UHPLC-DAD Method for the Simultaneous Determination of Three Flavonoids in Grape Juice by Using Bis(tetraoxacalix[2]arene[2]triazine)-Modified Silica as Sorbent. FOOD ANAL METHOD 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s12161-017-0904-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Abu-Reidah IM, Arráez-Román D, Warad I, Fernández-Gutiérrez A, Segura-Carretero A. UHPLC/MS 2 -based approach for the comprehensive metabolite profiling of bean ( Vicia faba L.) by-products: A promising source of bioactive constituents. Food Res Int 2017; 93:87-96. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2017.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2016] [Revised: 01/18/2017] [Accepted: 01/18/2017] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Zhang H, Ma S, Feng Z, Wang D, Li C, Cao Y, Chen X, Liu A, Zhu Z, Zhang J, Zhang G, Chai Y, Wang L, Xie XQ. Cardiovascular Disease Chemogenomics Knowledgebase-guided Target Identification and Drug Synergy Mechanism Study of an Herbal Formula. Sci Rep 2016; 6:33963. [PMID: 27678063 PMCID: PMC5039409 DOI: 10.1038/srep33963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2016] [Accepted: 08/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Combination therapy is a popular treatment for various diseases in the clinic. Among the successful cases, Traditional Chinese Medicinal (TCM) formulae can achieve synergistic effects in therapeutics and antagonistic effects in toxicity. However, characterizing the underlying molecular synergisms for the combination of drugs remains a challenging task due to high experimental expenses and complication of multicomponent herbal medicines. To understand the rationale of combination therapy, we investigated Sini Decoction, a well-known TCM consisting of three herbs, as a model. We applied our established diseases-specific chemogenomics databases and our systems pharmacology approach TargetHunter to explore synergistic mechanisms of Sini Decoction in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. (1) We constructed a cardiovascular diseases-specific chemogenomics database, including drugs, target proteins, chemicals, and associated pathways. (2) Using our implemented chemoinformatics tools, we mapped out the interaction networks between active ingredients of Sini Decoction and their targets. (3) We also in silico predicted and experimentally confirmed that the side effects can be alleviated by the combination of the components. Overall, our results demonstrated that our cardiovascular disease-specific database was successfully applied for systems pharmacology analysis of a complicated herbal formula in predicting molecular synergetic mechanisms, and led to better understanding of a combinational therapy.
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- Hai Zhang
- College of pharmacy, Second Military Medical University; Department of Pharmacy, Third Affiliated Hospital of Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Computational Chemical Genomics Screening Center, School of Pharmacy; National Center of Excellence for Computational Drug Abuse Research; Drug Discovery Institute; Departments of Computational Biology and Structural Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Computational Chemical Genomics Screening Center, School of Pharmacy; National Center of Excellence for Computational Drug Abuse Research; Drug Discovery Institute; Departments of Computational Biology and Structural Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- College of pharmacy, Second Military Medical University; Department of Pharmacy, Third Affiliated Hospital of Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- College of pharmacy, Second Military Medical University; Department of Pharmacy, Third Affiliated Hospital of Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- College of pharmacy, Second Military Medical University; Department of Pharmacy, Third Affiliated Hospital of Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- College of pharmacy, Second Military Medical University; Department of Pharmacy, Third Affiliated Hospital of Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- College of pharmacy, Second Military Medical University; Department of Pharmacy, Third Affiliated Hospital of Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- College of pharmacy, Second Military Medical University; Department of Pharmacy, Third Affiliated Hospital of Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- College of pharmacy, Second Military Medical University; Department of Pharmacy, Third Affiliated Hospital of Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- College of pharmacy, Second Military Medical University; Department of Pharmacy, Third Affiliated Hospital of Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- College of pharmacy, Second Military Medical University; Department of Pharmacy, Third Affiliated Hospital of Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Computational Chemical Genomics Screening Center, School of Pharmacy; National Center of Excellence for Computational Drug Abuse Research; Drug Discovery Institute; Departments of Computational Biology and Structural Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Computational Chemical Genomics Screening Center, School of Pharmacy; National Center of Excellence for Computational Drug Abuse Research; Drug Discovery Institute; Departments of Computational Biology and Structural Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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Ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole/time of flight mass spectrometry based chemical profiling approach for the holistic quality control of complex Kang-Jing formula preparations. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2016; 124:319-336. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2016.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2015] [Revised: 02/26/2016] [Accepted: 03/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Yang H, Gao W, Liu L, Liu K, Liu EH, Qi LW, Li P. Discovery of characteristic chemical markers for classification of aconite herbs by chromatographic profile and probabilistic neural network. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2015; 115:10-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2015.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2015] [Revised: 06/10/2015] [Accepted: 06/17/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Chemical and Metabolic Profiling of Si-Ni Decoction Analogous Formulae by High performance Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. Sci Rep 2015; 5:11638. [PMID: 26118924 PMCID: PMC4484491 DOI: 10.1038/srep11638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2014] [Accepted: 05/26/2015] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Along with an indispensable role in healthcare system of China for centuries, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) shows increasing usages as complementary therapy in western countries. To improve our understanding on their therapeutic effects, it’s critical to unveil chemical compositions of TCM formula, the predominant form of therapy in TCM. However, intrinsic chemical complexity makes it a challenging task to perform analysis on each individual TCM formula even with most current state-of-art analytic techniques available. In this work we approached this question by focusing on analogous formulae, a unique category of TCM formulae grouped together based on shared herbs and/or similar TCM syndromes. Systematic chemical profiling on five Si-Ni decoctions (SNs) for cardiovascular diseases was performed by multistage MS and high-resolution MS (HR-MS) experiments. A total of 83 compounds, including alkaloids, flavonoids, ginsenosides, bile acids and triterpenoids, were described. Analysis on SNs-treated rats detected 55 prototype compounds and 39 metabolites in the systemic circulation in vivo, which may contribute directly to their observed clinical efficacies. This approach offers great advantage to speed up identification of chemical compositions of formula and reveal the difference among these analogous formulae that may be related to diverse clinical effects.
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Lv L, Zhao L, Wang X, Zhang H, Zhu Z, Chai Y, Zhang G. Identification and differentiation of major flavonoids in two kinds ofEpimediumextracts and rat plasma by rapid-resolution liquid chromatography combined with time-of-flight mass spectrometry. ACTA CHROMATOGR 2015. [DOI: 10.1556/achrom.27.2015.2.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Yang Y, Yin XJ, Guo HM, Wang RL, Song R, Tian Y, Zhang ZJ. Identification and comparative analysis of the major chemical constituents in the extracts of single fuzi herb and fuzi-gancao herb-pair by UFLC-IT-TOF/MS. Chin J Nat Med 2015; 12:542-53. [PMID: 25053554 DOI: 10.1016/s1875-5364(14)60084-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2014] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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AIM The aim of this work was to establish a specific and sensitive method to comprehensively investigate and compare chemical constituents of Fuzi-Gancao herb pair (FG), consisting of Aconitum carmichaelii Debeaux (Fuzi, Chinese) and Roast Radix Glycyrrhizae (Glycyrrhiza glabra L., Gancao, in Chinese) and Fuzi alone to explore the underlying interaction mechanism of FG. METHOD An ultra-fast liquid chromatography-ion trap/time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UFLC/MS-IT-TOF) method using diazepam as internal standard was developed for the identification and semi-quantitative analysis of the phytochemical constituents of Fuzi and FG. Chromatographic separation was achieved on a UFLC column using a gradient program with 40 mmol·L(-1) ammonium acetate and acetonitrile as the mobile phase. RESULTS Fifty-one of the sixty compounds, including forty-five C19-diterpenoid alkaloids and six C20-diterpenoid alkaloids were tentatively identified in the extracts of Fuzi and FG through accurate mass measurements and fragmentation patterns. Comparing the contents of these alkaloids in these two extracts, it was found that the diester-diterpenoid alkaloids (DDAs) and the alkylolamine-diterpenoid alkaloids (ADAs) were increased, while the monoester-diterpenoid alkaloids (MDAs) were decreased in the extracts of FG. CONCLUSION This work provided comprehensive information for the quality control of Fuzi preparations, and the further investigation on the compatibility mechanisms of FG.
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- Yan Yang
- Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance, China Pharmaceutical University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance, China Pharmaceutical University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance, China Pharmaceutical University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance, China Pharmaceutical University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance, China Pharmaceutical University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance, China Pharmaceutical University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210009, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance, China Pharmaceutical University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210009, China; State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China.
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Yang H, Liu L, Gao W, Liu K, Qi LW, Li P. Direct and comprehensive analysis of ginsenosides and diterpene alkaloids in Shenfu injection by combinatory liquid chromatography–mass spectrometric techniques. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2014; 92:13-21. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2013.12.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2013] [Revised: 12/18/2013] [Accepted: 12/30/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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