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Ji X, Liu N, Huang S, Zhang C. A Comprehensive Review of Licorice: The Preparation, Chemical Composition, Bioactivities and Its Applications. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE 2024; 52:667-716. [PMID: 38716617 DOI: 10.1142/s0192415x24500289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2024]
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Licorice (Glycyrrhiza) is a medicinal and food homologue of perennial plants derived from the dried roots and rhizomes of the genus Glycyrrhiza in the legume family. In recent years, the comprehensive utilization of licorice resources has attracted people's attention. It is widely utilized to treat diseases, health food products, food production, and other industrial applications. Furthermore, numerous bioactive components of licorice are found using advanced extraction processes, which mainly include polyphenols (flavonoids, dihydrostilbenes, benzofurans, and coumarin), triterpenoids, polysaccharides, alkaloids, and volatile oils, all of which have been reported to possess a variety of pharmacological characteristics, including anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antiviral, anticancer, neuroprotective, antidepressive, antidiabetic, antiparasitic, antisex hormone, skin effects, anticariogenic, antitussive, and expectorant activities. Thereby, all of these compounds promote the development of novel and more effective licorice-derived products. This paper reviews the progress of research on extraction techniques, chemical composition, bioactivities, and applications of licorice to provide a reference for further development and application of licorice in different areas.
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- Xiaoyu Ji
- Henan International Joint Laboratory of Animal Welfare and Health Breeding, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, P. R. China
- Henan Engineering Research Center of Livestock and Poultry, Emerging Disease Detection and Control, Luoyang 471023, P. R. China
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- Henan International Joint Laboratory of Animal Welfare and Health Breeding, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, P. R. China
- Henan Engineering Research Center of Livestock and Poultry, Emerging Disease Detection and Control, Luoyang 471023, P. R. China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, P. R. China
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- Henan International Joint Laboratory of Animal Welfare and Health Breeding, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, P. R. China
- Henan Engineering Research Center of Livestock and Poultry, Emerging Disease Detection and Control, Luoyang 471023, P. R. China
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Lu D, Yang Y, Du Y, Zhang L, Yang Y, Tibenda JJ, Nan Y, Yuan L. The Potential of Glycyrrhiza from "Medicine Food Homology" in the Fight against Digestive System Tumors. Molecules 2023; 28:7719. [PMID: 38067451 PMCID: PMC10708138 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28237719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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Glycyrrhiza has a long history of applications and a wide range of pharmacological effects. It is known as the "king of all herbs". Glycyrrhiza is effective in clearing heat, detoxifying, relieving cough, and tonifying qi and has good bioactivity in multiple inflammatory, immune, and tumor diseases. This review aims to summarize the origin, distribution, and anti-digestive system tumor mechanism of glycyrrhiza and its homologous applications in medicine and food. The active compounds include triterpenoids, flavonoids, and coumarins, which are widely used in clinical treatments, disease prevention, and daily foods because of their "enhancement of efficacy" and "reduction of toxicity" against digestive system tumors. This paper reviews the use of glycyrrhiza in digestive system tumors and provides an outlook on future research and clinical applications.
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- Doudou Lu
- School of Clinical Medicine, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, China;
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- Traditional Chinese Medicine College, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, China;
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- College of Pharmacy, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, China; (Y.D.); (J.J.T.)
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- Key Laboratory of Hui Ethnic Medicine Modernization of Ministry of Education, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, China;
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, China;
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- College of Pharmacy, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, China; (Y.D.); (J.J.T.)
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- Key Laboratory of Hui Ethnic Medicine Modernization of Ministry of Education, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, China;
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- College of Pharmacy, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, China; (Y.D.); (J.J.T.)
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Maillard and Hydrolytic Reactions in Subcritical Water Extraction of Bioactive Compounds from Licorice. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27206851. [PMID: 36296445 PMCID: PMC9607042 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27206851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Revised: 09/06/2022] [Accepted: 10/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Nowadays, subcritical water extraction (SWE) techniques are extensively investigated worldwide, while the thermal reactions that inevitably occur under subcritical water conditions are rarely studied. In order to investigate the behaviors of the different reactions during SWE of bioactive compounds from licorice, the Maillard reaction process was accessed via their products and the hydrolytic reaction was analyzed according to the kinetic parameters. In addition, the contents of total phenolics and flavonoids in the extracts obtained at the different temperatures were determined and total antioxidant capacities were evaluated by HPLC-ABTS+. The results showed that flavonoids and phenolics from licorice as well as new compounds generated via the Maillard reaction contributed to the antioxidant activity of the extracts. The fluorescence, color and absorbance of the extracts showed that the degree of the Maillard reaction increased with the rise of the extraction temperature. The kinetics of extraction for glycyrrhizic acid showed that it was firstly extracted by diffusion, and then was hydrolyzed into glycyrrhetinic acid 3-O-mono-β-D-glucuronide and glycyrrhetinic acid following a first-order mechanism. These findings could provide deep insights into the SWE process and a new method for producing glycyrrhetinic acid 3-O-mono-β-D-glucuronide and glycyrrhetinic acid.
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Feng DN, Fang AS, Zhang TY, Ma MZ, Xu ZH, Sun YX, Zhang MT, Shi F. Green synthesis and characterization of gold nanoparticles and their application for the rapid detection of glycyrrhizin with immunochromatographic strips. RSC Adv 2021; 11:23851-23859. [PMID: 35479024 PMCID: PMC9036547 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra02678j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Glycyrrhizin-reduced and stabilized gold nanoparticles were used for a rapid method of detecting glycyrrhizin content.
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- Dan-Ni Feng
- College of Life Science
- Shihezi University
- Shihezi
- P. R. China
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- College of Life Science
- Shihezi University
- Shihezi
- P. R. China
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- College of Life Science
- Shihezi University
- Shihezi
- P. R. China
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- College of Life Science
- Shihezi University
- Shihezi
- P. R. China
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- College of Life Science
- Shihezi University
- Shihezi
- P. R. China
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- College of Life Science
- Shihezi University
- Shihezi
- P. R. China
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- College of Life Science
- Shihezi University
- Shihezi
- P. R. China
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Separation of Glycyrrhizic Acid and Its Derivants from Hydrolyzation in Subcritical Water by Macroporous Resin. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25184305. [PMID: 32961815 PMCID: PMC7570570 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25184305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2020] [Revised: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 09/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Glycyrrhizic acid (GL) and its derivants, glycyrrhetinic acid 3-O-mono-β-d-glucuronide (GAMG) and glycyrrhetinic acid (GA) hydrolyzed in subcritical water, are bioactive substances and edulcorators. In this work, a separation strategy for these three substances was established. The effects of adsorbent and eluent were investigated by static/dynamic adsorption and multi-stage desorption with the mechanism analysis. The adsorption of them onto EXA50 resin was well fitted by the pseudo second-order kinetic model. The optimal dynamic adsorption flow rate was 6 bed volume (BV)/h, and water of pH = 12 was used to elute GL at 4 BV/h, then n-buthanol was used subsequently to elute GA at 1 BV/h, and finally 90% ethanol was applied to elute GAMG at 2 BV/h. As a result, purities of these compounds increased, which demonstrated that this adsorption-desorption technology was simple and efficient, and indicated the potential for large-scale purification and preparation of GL and its derivants in the future.
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Subcritical water extraction of phenolic antioxidants with improved α-amylase and α-glucosidase inhibitory activities from exocarps of Castanea mollissima Blume. J Supercrit Fluids 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2019.104747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Sui W, Zhou M, Xu Y, Wang G, Zhao H, Lv X. Hydrothermal deglycosylation and deconstruction effect of steam explosion: Application to high-valued glycyrrhizic acid derivatives from liquorice. Food Chem 2019; 307:125558. [PMID: 31644977 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.125558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2019] [Revised: 09/14/2019] [Accepted: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In this work, steam explosion (SE) was exploited as a green and facile process to deconstruct liquorice's structure and deglycosylate glycyrrhizic acid (GL) to improve conversion and diffusion efficacy of GL and its hydrolyzed products. Results showed SE induced auto-hydrolysis of GL into glycyrrhetic acid 3-O-mono-β-D-glucuronide (GAMG) and glycyrrhetinic acid (GA), by which 30.71% of GL conversion, 5.24% and 21.47% of GAMG and GA formation were obtained. GL hydrolytic pathways were revealed by reaction kinetics and thermodynamics, which possessed complex consecutive and parallel reactions with endothermic, non-spontaneous and entropy-decreasing features. SE referred to cause cleavage of the β-1,3 glycosidic bond in GL which was hydrolyzed to GA as a main product and GAMG and glucuronic acids as minor products. Diffusion of hydrolyzed products was accelerated by raising the diffusion coefficient and shortening the equilibrium time by over 90%. This work provides a sustainable and efficient route for product conversion and function enhancement of bioactive components.
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- Wenjie Sui
- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China; Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU), Beijing 100048, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China; Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China; Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper, College of Paper Making Science and Technology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China; Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China; Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China.
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Zhang W, Wang HY, Wang HX, Zhu ZY. Synthesis and inhibition of α-glucosidase of methyl glycyrrhetinate glycosides. Nat Prod Res 2019; 35:1874-1880. [PMID: 31305136 DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2019.1639181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The synthesis of the methyl glycyrrhetinate glycosides and inhibition of α-glucosidase were studied. The carboxyl group of glycyrrhetinic acid was methylated, and glucose and galactose were introduced into the hydroxyl group to obtain compounds 7 and 12. Compound 1, 2, 7, 12 and glycyrrhizic acid (GL) were evaluated for their inhibitory activities against α-glucosidase. As a result, Compound 1, 2, 7, 12 and GL all showed significant α-glucosidase inhibitory activity and IC50 values were 0.465, 1.352, 0.759, 0.687 and 2.085 mM, respectively, and acted as non-competitive inhibitors. The activity of the compound 2, 7, 12 was lower than compound 1, but significantly higher than GL. Therefore, it was concluded that the change of structure in glycyrrhetinic acid by chemical modification had certain effect on bioactivity, and the change of carboxyl group, hydroxyl group and the type of monosaccharide introduced were the influencing factors.
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- Wei Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin, P.R. China.,Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, P.R. China.,College of Food Science and Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin, P.R. China.,Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, P.R. China.,College of Food Science and Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin, P.R. China.,Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, P.R. China.,College of Food Science and Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin, P.R. China.,Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, P.R. China.,College of Food Science and Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, P.R. China
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Liu JJ, Cheng Y, Shao YY, Chang ZP, Guo YT, Feng XJ, Xu D, Zhang JP, Song Y, Hou RG. Comparative pharmacokinetics and metabolites study of seven major bioactive components of Shaoyao-Gancao decoction in normal and polycystic ovary syndrome rats by ultra high pressure liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry. J Sep Sci 2019; 42:2534-2549. [PMID: 31144455 DOI: 10.1002/jssc.201900002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2019] [Revised: 04/29/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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A simple and sensitive liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry method was developed for simultaneous quantification of paeoniflorin, albiflorin, oxypaeoniflorin, liquiritin, liquiritigenin, glycyrrhetinic acid, and glycyrrhizin in rat plasma after oral administration of Shaoyao-Gancao decoction, which is traditionally used in the treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome. The plasma samples were pretreated with methanol as precipitant. The method exhibited good linearity (correlation coefficient (R2 ) > 0.99) with lower quantification limits of 0.595-4.69 ng/mL for all analytes. Intra- and interbatch precision, accuracy, recovery, and stability of the method were all within accepted criteria. The results showed that the pharmacokinetic behaviors of the seven compounds were altered in the pathological status of polycystic ovary syndrome. Furthermore, a total of 36 metabolites were structurally identified based on their accurate masses and fragment ions. The major metabolic pathway involves phase I metabolic reactions (such as hydroxylation), phase II metabolic reactions (such as sulfation and glucuronidation conjugation) as well as the combined multiple-step metabolism. This study is the first report on the pharmacokinetic and metabolic information of Shaoyao-Gancao decoction in both normal and model rats, which would provide scientific evidences for the bioactive chemical basis of herbal medicines and also promote the clinical application of Shaoyao-Gancao decoction for treating polycystic ovary syndrome.
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- Jun-Jin Liu
- School of Pharmaceutical, Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi, P. R. China.,Department of Pharmacy, Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical, Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi, P. R. China.,Department of Pharmacy, Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical, Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi, P. R. China.,Department of Pharmacy, Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical, Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi, P. R. China.,Department of Pharmacy, Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical, Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi, P. R. China.,Department of Pharmacy, Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical, Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi, P. R. China.,Department of Pharmacy, Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical, Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi, P. R. China.,Department of Pharmacy, Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical, Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi, P. R. China.,Department of Pharmacy, Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical, Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi, P. R. China.,Department of Pharmacy, Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical, Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi, P. R. China.,Department of Pharmacy, Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi, P. R. China
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Wang LQ, He Y, Wan HF, Zhou HF, Yang JH, Wan HT. Protective mechanisms of hypaconitine and glycyrrhetinic acid compatibility in oxygen and glucose deprivation injury. J Zhejiang Univ Sci B 2018; 18:586-596. [PMID: 28681583 DOI: 10.1631/jzus.b1600270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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This study investigated the protective effect of the compatibility of hypaconitine (HA) and glycyrrhetinic acid (GA) on H9c2 cells under oxygen and glucose deprivation (OGD)-induced injury, and the possible mechanisms. We found that HA+GA significantly improved pathology and morphology of the nucleus and ultrastructure of H9c2 cells under OGD as determined by Hoechst 33342 staining and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) tests. It also reduced the releases of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), creatine kinase-myocardial band isoenzyme (CK-MB), and aspartate transaminase (AST) from the cultured supernatant of H9c2 cells, which were tested by enzyme-linked immune sorbent assay (ELISA) kits. In addition, it lessened the apoptotic rate as determined by a fluorescein isothiocyanate-annexin V/propidium iodide (FITC-AV/PI) double staining assay. It was also found that HA+GA might regulate the protein expression associated with the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt signaling pathway. Overall, the study demonstrated that HA+GA protected H9c2 cells against OGD-induced injury, and the signaling mechanism might be related to the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway.
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- Li-Qin Wang
- Cardio-Cerebro Vascular Research Institute, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China
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- Cardio-Cerebro Vascular Research Institute, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China
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- Cardio-Cerebro Vascular Research Institute, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China
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- Cardio-Cerebro Vascular Research Institute, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China
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- Cardio-Cerebro Vascular Research Institute, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China
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- Cardio-Cerebro Vascular Research Institute, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China
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Wagatsuma M, Watanabe M, Smith Jr. RL. Kinetic Analysis and Reaction Mechanism of Hydrothermal Hydrolysis of Rapeseed Hulls to Produce Polyphenols. KAGAKU KOGAKU RONBUN 2018. [DOI: 10.1252/kakoronbunshu.44.189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Graduate School of Environment, Tohoku Univesity
- Research Center of Supercritical Fluid Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tohoku University
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- Graduate School of Environment, Tohoku Univesity
- Research Center of Supercritical Fluid Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tohoku University
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CO2-intensified Hydrolysis of Rutin to Quercetin – A Comparison of Experimental Data and modelled Reaction Kinetics. J CO2 UTIL 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2017.05.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Matsuoka K, Miyajima R, Karasawa S. Aggregate Formation of Glycyrrhetic Acid 3-O-Glucuronide. J SURFACTANTS DETERG 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s11743-017-2001-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Effects of Active Components of Fuzi and Gancao Compatibility on Bax, Bcl-2, and Caspase-3 in Chronic Heart Failure Rats. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2016; 2016:7686045. [PMID: 28053643 PMCID: PMC5178377 DOI: 10.1155/2016/7686045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2016] [Revised: 10/02/2016] [Accepted: 10/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Hypaconitine (HA) and glycyrrhetinic acid (GA) are active components of Fuzi (Aconitum carmichaelii) and Gancao (Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch); they have been used in compatibility for chronic heart failure (CHF) from ancient times. The purpose of the present research was to explore whether apoptosis pathways were related with the protective effects of HA + GA against CHF rats or not. The rats were progressed with transverse-aortic constriction (TAC) operation for 4 weeks to build the CHF state, and then the Digoxin (1 mg/kg), HA (2.07 mg/kg), GA (25 mg/kg), and HA (2.07 mg/kg) + GA (25 mg/kg) were orally administrated to rats for 1 week. The levels of BNP and cTnI in the plasma were decreased in the HA + GA group, and the heart/body weight ratio (H/B) and left ventricular (LV) parameters of transthoracic echocardiography were also declined; moreover, the expressions of Bax, Bcl-2, and caspase-3 were all improved in the HA + GA group than other groups in the immunohistochemistry and western blot methods. In general, the data suggested that Fuzi and Gancao compatibility could protect the CHF rats from apoptosis, which provided a strong evidence for further searching for mechanisms of them.
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Wang L, Zhang Y, Wan H, Jin W, Yu L, Zhou H, Yang J. Glycyrrhetinic acid protects H9c2 cells from oxygen glucose deprivation-induced injury through the PI3K/AKt signaling pathway. J Nat Med 2016; 71:27-35. [PMID: 27406329 DOI: 10.1007/s11418-016-1023-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2016] [Accepted: 06/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Glycyrrhetinic acid (GA) is an ingredient of triterpene saponins found in Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae). Here, we investigated the protective effects of GA in H9c2 cells, and explored its possible mechanism of action. Different concentrations of GA were used to treat H9c2 cells under oxygen glucose deprivation. We analyzed cell necrosis and apoptosis using optical microscopy, Hoechst 33342 staining, FITC-annexin V/PI double-staining and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB) and interleukin (IL)-1β assays. Changes in related pro-apoptosis and anti-apoptosis proteins were detected by Western blot. Optical microscopy showed that GA improved cell morphology, including cell shrinkage, cauliflower-like membrane blebbing, and even some cell debris. Meanwhile, GA also ameliorated cell nuclei characteristics such as nucleus size, chromatin condensation and bright staining from Hoechst 33342 staining. GA also lowered the apoptotic rate and the levels of LDH, CK-MB and IL-1β in a dose-dependent manner. Furthermore, GA treatment increased Bcl-2 protein expression and decreased caspase-8 and Bax protein expression, while elevating the Bcl-2/Bax ratio. GA preconditioning increased p-AKt protein expression; however, after adding LY 294002, the p-AKt expression decreased obviously. Our results demonstrated that GA could protect H9c2 cells from apoptosis in a dose-dependent manner, and the potential mechanism might be related to the PI3K/AKt signaling pathway.
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- Liqin Wang
- Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, 548 Binwen Road, Hangzhou, 310053, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, 548 Binwen Road, Hangzhou, 310053, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, 548 Binwen Road, Hangzhou, 310053, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, 548 Binwen Road, Hangzhou, 310053, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, 548 Binwen Road, Hangzhou, 310053, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, 548 Binwen Road, Hangzhou, 310053, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, 548 Binwen Road, Hangzhou, 310053, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
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