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Zhang J, Wang C, He Y, Wang Y, Fang X, Shi M, Chen H, Zhang J, Zou H. Peiminine alleviate coliti-like phenotype in mice induced by lead exposure. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH 2024:1-13. [PMID: 38385345 DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2024.2307344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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The deleterious impact of lead (Pb) pollution on human health is evident in both domestic and occupational settings, provoking an inflammatory response across multiple tissue, limited attention has been devoted to its adverse effects on colitis and the underlying mechanisms. Peiminine (PMI) has been recognized for its anti-inflammatory properties, yet its specific anti-inflammatory effects in lead-induced colitis models remain elusive. Through the establishment of both in vivo and in vitro lead exposure models, suggests that lead exposure can induce colitis and that PMI regulates lead exposure-induced colitis by inhibiting the NF-kB signaling pathway, and alleviates the ability of lead to apoptosis and inflammation levels in intestinal epithelial cells. Consequently, these results present a promising avenue for further exploration of the molecular mechanisms underlying lead-induced colitis, evaluation of the associated risks linked to lead exposure, and the development of therapeutic interventions for colitis resulting from lead exposure.
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- Jing Zhang
- Faculty of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, the 940th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of PLA, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- Faculty of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Faculty of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Faculty of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Faculty of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Faculty of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Occupational & Environmental Health and the Ministry of Education Key Lab of Hazard Assessment and Control in Special Operational Environment, School of Public Health, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Faculty of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
- School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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Bhat BA, Rashid Mir W, Alkhanani M, Almilaibary A, Mir MA. Network pharmacology and experimental validation for deciphering the action mechanism of Fritillaria cirrhosa D. Don constituents in suppressing breast carcinoma. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2023:1-21. [PMID: 37948293 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2023.2274966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2023] [Accepted: 10/18/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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Fritillaria cirrhosa D. Don is a well-known medicinal plant of Kashmir Himalaya. Traditionally, it has been used to treat several diseases, including cancer. However, the molecular mechanism behind anticancer activity remains unclear. Therefore, in the present study, we have performed high performance-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (HR-LC/MS), network pharmacology, molecular docking and molecular dynamic (MD) simulation methods were used to explore the underlying molecular mechanism of F. cirrhosa for the treatment of breast cancer (BC). The targets of F. cirrhosa for treating BC were predicted using databases like SwissTargetPrediction, Gene Cards and OMIM. Protein-protein interaction analysis and network construction were performed using the Search Tool for the Retrieval of Interacting Genes/Proteins programme, and analysis of Gene Ontology term enrichment and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway enrichment was done using the Cytoscape programme. In addition, molecular docking was used to investigate intermolecular interactions between the compounds and the proteins using the Autodock tool. MD simulations studies were also used to explore the stability of the representative AKT1 gene peiminine and Imperialine-3-β-glucoside. In addition, experimental treatment of F. cirrhosa was also verified. HR-LC/MS detected the presence of several secondary metabolites. Afterward, molecular docking was used to verify the effective activity of the active ingredients against the prospective targets. Additionally, Peiminine and Imperialine-3-β-glucoside showed the highest binding energy score against AKT-1 (-12.99 kcal/mol and -12.08 kcal/mol). AKT1 with Peiminine and Imperialine-3-β-glucoside was further explored for MD simulations. During the MD simulation study at 100 nanoseconds, a stable complex formation of AKT1 + Peiminine and Imperialine-3-β-glucoside was observed. The binding free energy calculations using MM/GBSA showed significant binding of the ligand with protein (ΔG: -79.83 ± 3.0 kcal/mol) between AKT1 + Peiminine was observed. The principal component analysis exhibited a stable converged structure by achieving global motion. Lastly, F. cirrhosa extracts also exhibited momentous anticancer activity through in vitro studies. Therefore, present study revealed the molecular mechanism of F. cirrhosa constituents for the effective treatment of BC by deactivating various multiple gene targets, multiple pathways particularly the PI3K-Akt signaling pathway. These findings emphasized the momentous anti-BC activity of F. cirrhosa constituents.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Basharat Ahmad Bhat
- Department of Bio-Resources, School of Biological Sciences, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, JK, India
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- Department of Bio-Resources, School of Biological Sciences, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, JK, India
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Hafr Al Batin University of Hafr Al-Batin, KSA
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- Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Al Baha University, Albaha, KSA
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- Department of Bio-Resources, School of Biological Sciences, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, JK, India
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Liu Y, Bei K, Zheng W, Yu G, Sun C. Assessment of health risks associated with pesticide and heavy metal contents in Fritillaria thunbergii Miq. (Zhe Beimu). ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:26807-26818. [PMID: 36369441 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-23995-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Fritillaria thunbergii Miq. (Zhe Beimu, F. thunbergii) is widely cultivated in China's Zhejiang province, and pesticides and heavy metals are two major factors affecting its quality and safety. A total of 106 F. thunbergii samples from six main production areas were analyzed for 76 pesticides and four heavy metal content (As, Cd, Hg, and Pb). The pesticide detection rate of the samples was 66.98%; overall, the pesticide residues were very low, and residue levels ranged from 0.010 to 0.231 mg kg-1. The detection rates of As, Cd, Hg, and Pb were 95.3%, 100%, 76.4%, and 100%, respectively. A risk assessment of human exposure to pesticides and heavy metals via intake of F. thunbergii was performed, and the results revealed that the pesticide residues and heavy metal content detected in F. thunbergii does not pose a potential risk to human health, either in the long or short term. The exposure assessment showed that the levels of pesticides and heavy metals in F. thunbergii were safe for human consumption. These results provide useful information on F. thunbergii consumption.
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- Yuhong Liu
- Institute of Agro-Product Safety and Nutrition, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 198# Shiqiao Road, Hangzhou, 310021, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory for Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Key Lab for Pesticide Residue Detection, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hangzhou, 310021, China
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- College of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
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- Institute of Agro-Product Safety and Nutrition, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 198# Shiqiao Road, Hangzhou, 310021, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory for Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Key Lab for Pesticide Residue Detection, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hangzhou, 310021, China
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- Institute of Agro-Product Safety and Nutrition, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 198# Shiqiao Road, Hangzhou, 310021, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory for Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Key Lab for Pesticide Residue Detection, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hangzhou, 310021, China
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- Institute of Agro-Product Safety and Nutrition, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 198# Shiqiao Road, Hangzhou, 310021, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
- State Key Laboratory for Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Key Lab for Pesticide Residue Detection, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hangzhou, 310021, China.
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Moradi M, Khaleghi A, Khadivi A. Morphological variability of wild-growing crown imperial (Fritillaria imperialis L.) germplasm in central region of Iran-implications for in-situ conservation initiatives. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 23:12. [PMID: 36604620 PMCID: PMC9817337 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-022-04032-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2022] [Accepted: 12/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND Crown imperial (Fritillaria imperialis L.) is a threatened bulbous plant which has great ornamental and medicinal values and importance. In the present study, a total of 100 specimens of wild-growing F. imperialis from 10 natural areas of Markazi province, Iran, representing one of the main centers of genetic diversity of this species, were evaluated using 37 phenotypic attributes during April 2021. RESULTS High level of genetic variation within populations (75%) and low levels of genetic variation among populations (25%) was revealed. The highest coefficient of variation (CV) was found in leaf trichome (82.00%) and then margin of crown leaves (80.44%). In addition, flower color (CV = 50.86%), flower number (CV = 44.61%), peduncle diameter (CV = 33.44%), and plant length (CV = 32.55%)-all important from an ornamental point of view- showed relatively high CV values. The CV was the lowest for flower shape, filament color, bulb shape, bulblet number, and floral scent. Ward cluster analysis identified two main clusters, containing 14 and 86 specimens, respectively. The first group consisted mainly of specimens from the adjacent Shahbaz and Rasvand populations. According to the principal component analysis (PCA), the first six components of data accounted for 88.36% of total variance. The Shahbaz-1, Shahbaz-2, Shahbaz-6, Shahbaz-7, Shahbaz-9, and Bolagh-8 specimens showed the highest variation and were separated from others, which they can be used further in breeding programs, while Sarchal-2, Bolagh-3, and Chepeqli-4 specimens showed the lowest variability. Moreover, the studied populations were clustered into four distinct groups, each including populations that were geographically close to one another. CONCLUSIONS Although the examined specimens revealed high genetic diversity herein, the results indicated that wild-growing populations of F. imperialis are still at risk suffering from overcollection in the most of studied areas, especially in Deh-Sad and Tureh.
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- Mohammad Moradi
- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Arak University, Arak, 38156-8-8349, Iran
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- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Arak University, Arak, 38156-8-8349, Iran.
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- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Arak University, Arak, 38156-8-8349, Iran.
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Cui Z, Li R, Li F, Jin L, Wu H, Cheng C, Ma Y, Wang Z, Wang Y. Structural characteristics and diversity of the rhizosphere bacterial communities of wild Fritillaria przewalskii Maxim. in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1070815. [PMID: 36876117 PMCID: PMC9981654 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1070815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/01/2023] [Indexed: 02/19/2023] Open
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Introduction Fritillaria przewalskii Maxim. is a Chinese endemic species with high medicinal value distributed in the northeastern part of the Tibetan Plateau. F. przewalskii root-associated rhizosphere bacterial communities shaped by soil properties may maintain the stability of soil structure and regulate F. przewalskii growth, but the rhizosphere bacterial community structure of wild F. przewalskii from natural populations is not clear. Methods In the current study, soil samples from 12 sites within the natural range of wild F. przewalskii were collected to investigate the compositions of bacterial communities via high-throughput sequencing of 16S rRNA genes and multivariate statistical analysis combined with soil properties and plant phenotypic characteristics. Results Bacterial communities varied between rhizosphere and bulk soil, and also between sites. Co-occurrence networks were more complex in rhizosphere soil (1,169 edges) than in bulk soil (676 edges). There were differences in bacterial communities between regions, including diversity and composition. Proteobacteria (26.47-37.61%), Bacteroidetes (10.53-25.22%), and Acidobacteria (10.45-23.54%) were the dominant bacteria, and all are associated with nutrient cycling. In multivariate statistical analysis, both soil properties and plant phenotypic characteristics were significantly associated with the bacterial community (p < 0.05). Soil physicochemical properties accounted for most community differences, and pH was a key factor (p < 0.01). Interestingly, when the rhizosphere soil environment remained alkaline, the C and N contents were lowest, as was the biomass of the medicinal part bulb. This might relate to the specific distribution of genera, such as Pseudonocardia, Ohtaekwangia, Flavobacterium (relative abundance >0.01), which all have significantly correlated with the biomass of F. przewalskii (p < 0.05). Discussion F. przewalskii is evidently averse to alkaline soil with high potassium contents, but this requires future verification. The results of the present study may provide theoretical guidance and new insights for the cultivation and domestication of F. przewalskii.
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- Zhijia Cui
- College of Pharmacy, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.,Northwest Collaborative Innovation Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Co-Constructed by Gansu Province & MOE of PRC, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.,Northwest Collaborative Innovation Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Co-Constructed by Gansu Province & MOE of PRC, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.,Northwest Collaborative Innovation Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Co-Constructed by Gansu Province & MOE of PRC, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.,Northwest Collaborative Innovation Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Co-Constructed by Gansu Province & MOE of PRC, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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Wu F, Tian M, Sun Y, Wu C, Liu X. Efficacy, chemical composition, and pharmacological effects of herbal drugs derived from Fritillaria cirrhosa D. Don and Fritillaria thunbergii Miq. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:985935. [PMID: 36532788 PMCID: PMC9748432 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.985935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 09/08/2023] Open
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Fritillaria cirrhosa D. Don and F. thunbergii Miq. belong to the genus Fritillaria within the Liliaceae family. They are used in traditional Chinese medicines that are often administered in clinical settings as they have notable effects on cough, bronchitis, pneumonia, lung injury, cancer, and other diseases. In this review, we focus on the history, origin, similarities, and differences in efficacy, chemical composition, and pharmacological outcomes of the drugs obtained from F. cirrhosa (FRC) and F. thunbergii (FRT). We list various valuable pharmacological effects of FRC and FRT, including antitussive, expectorant, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anticancer effects. Thus, this review offers a basis for the medical application of and further research into the pharmacological impacts of these two drugs. We believe that new drugs derived from the phytoconstituents of F. cirrhosa and F. thunbergii that have specific therapeutic properties can be developed in the future.
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- Fan Wu
- College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
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- Department of Respiration, Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
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- College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
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- College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
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- Department of Respiration, Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
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Yuan S, Tse WM, Gaun Tse KW, Xu F, Xie H, AGA EB, Xiong H, Ye B. Ethanol extracts of bulbus of Fritillaria cirrhosa protects against pulmonary fibrosis in rats induced by bleomycin. J Funct Foods 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2022.105239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022] Open
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Lu Q, Li R, Liao J, Hu Y, Gao Y, Wang M, Li J, Zhao Q. Integrative analysis of the steroidal alkaloids distribution and biosynthesis of bulbs Fritillariae Cirrhosae through metabolome and transcriptome analyses. BMC Genomics 2022; 23:511. [PMID: 35836113 PMCID: PMC9284883 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-022-08724-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2022] [Accepted: 06/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae (BFC) is an endangered high-altitude medicine and food homology plant with anti-tumor, anti-asthmatic, and antitussive activities as it contains a variety of active ingredients, especially steroidal alkaloids. Bulbus Fritillariae Thunbergia (BFT) is another species of Fritillaria that grows at lower altitude areas. Production of plant-derived active ingredients through a synthetic biology strategy is one of the current hot topics in biological research, which requires a complete understanding of the related molecular pathways. Our knowledge of the steroidal alkaloid biosynthesis in Fritillaria species is still very limited. Results To promote our understanding of these pathways, we performed non-target metabolomics and transcriptome analysis of BFC and BFT. Metabolomics analysis identified 1288 metabolites in BFC and BFT in total. Steroidal alkaloids, including the proposed active ingredients of Fritillaria species peimine, peimisine, peiminine, etc., were the most abundant alkaloids detected. Our metabolomics data also showed that the contents of the majority of the steroidal alkaloids in BFC were higher than in BFT. Further, our comparative transcriptome analyses between BFC and BFT identified differentially expressed gene sets among these species, which are potentially involved in the alkaloids biosynthesis of BFC. Conclusion These findings promote our understanding of the mechanism of steroidal alkaloids biosynthesis in Fritillaria species. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12864-022-08724-0.
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- Qiuxia Lu
- College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, 610106, China.,Institute of Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery, Chengdu University, Chengdu, 610106, China.,Engineering Research Center of Sichuan-Tibet Traditional Medicinal Plant, Chengdu, 610106, China
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- College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, 610106, China.,Institute of Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery, Chengdu University, Chengdu, 610106, China.,Engineering Research Center of Sichuan-Tibet Traditional Medicinal Plant, Chengdu, 610106, China
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- Institute of Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery, Chengdu University, Chengdu, 610106, China.,Engineering Research Center of Sichuan-Tibet Traditional Medicinal Plant, Chengdu, 610106, China.,College of Pharmacy, Chengdu University, Chengdu, 610106, China
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- Aba County Shenhe Agricultural Development Co. LTD, Aba County, 624600, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, No. 2025 Chengluo Road, Chengdu, 610106, China
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- Institute of Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery, Chengdu University, Chengdu, 610106, China. .,Engineering Research Center of Sichuan-Tibet Traditional Medicinal Plant, Chengdu, 610106, China. .,State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, Chengdu, 610106, China. .,School of Basic Medical Sciences, Chengdu University, Chengdu, 610106, China.
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- College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, 610106, China. .,Institute of Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery, Chengdu University, Chengdu, 610106, China. .,Engineering Research Center of Sichuan-Tibet Traditional Medicinal Plant, Chengdu, 610106, China.
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Ma N, Wang Y, Chen G, Meng C, Guo C, Lu Y, Dai S, Liu S, Li Y, Li C, Pei Y. Isosteroidal alkaloids from
Fritillaria verticillata
Willd. and their
NMR
spectroscopic characteristics. CHINESE J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.202200220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Nan Ma
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicine Chemistry College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University Harbin 150081 People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicine Chemistry College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University Harbin 150081 People's Republic of China
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- Shenyang Pharmaceutical University Shenyang 110016 People's Republic of China
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- Shenyang Pharmaceutical University Shenyang 110016 People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicine Chemistry College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University Harbin 150081 People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicine Chemistry College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University Harbin 150081 People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicine Chemistry College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University Harbin 150081 People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicine Chemistry College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University Harbin 150081 People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicine Chemistry College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University Harbin 150081 People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicine Chemistry College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University Harbin 150081 People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Medicine Chemistry College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University Harbin 150081 People's Republic of China
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Kartal C. Female Gametophyte Development of <i>Fritillaria stribrnyi</i> Velen. (Liliaceae), the Threatened Species in Southeast Europe. CYTOLOGIA 2022. [DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.87.35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Ciler Kartal
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Trakya University
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Quan Y, Li L, Yin Z, Chen S, Yi J, Lang J, Zhang L, Yue Q, Zhao J. Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae as a Respiratory Medicine: Is There a Potential Drug in the Treatment of COVID-19? Front Pharmacol 2022; 12:784335. [PMID: 35126123 PMCID: PMC8811224 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.784335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2021] [Accepted: 12/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Bulbus fritillariae cirrhosae (BFC) is one of the most used Chinese medicines for lung disease, and exerts antitussive, expectorant, anti-inflammatory, anti-asthmatic, and antioxidant effects, which is an ideal therapeutic drug for respiratory diseases such as ARDS, COPD, asthma, lung cancer, and pulmonary tuberculosis. Through this review, it is found that the therapeutic mechanism of BFC on respiratory diseases exhibits the characteristics of multi-components, multi-targets, and multi-signaling pathways. In particular, the therapeutic potential of BFC in terms of intervention of “cytokine storm”, STAT, NF-κB, and MAPK signaling pathways, as well as the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) that ACE is involved in. In the “cytokine storm” of SARS-CoV-2 infection there is an intense inflammatory response. ACE2 regulates the RAS by degradation of Ang II produced by ACE, which is associated with SARS-CoV-2. For COVID-19, may it be a potential drug? This review summarized the research progress of BFC in the respiratory diseases, discussed the development potentiality of BFC for the treatment of COVID-19, explained the chemical diversity and biological significance of the alkaloids in BFC, and clarified the material basis, molecular targets, and signaling pathways of BFC for the respiratory diseases. We hope this review can provide insights on the drug discovery of anti-COVID-19.
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- Yunyun Quan
- Translational Chinese Medicine Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Academy of Chinese Medicine Sciences, Sichuan Institute for Translational Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
- Department of Pharmacognosy, West China School of Pharmacy Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Translational Chinese Medicine Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Academy of Chinese Medicine Sciences, Sichuan Institute for Translational Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Translational Chinese Medicine Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Academy of Chinese Medicine Sciences, Sichuan Institute for Translational Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Translational Chinese Medicine Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Academy of Chinese Medicine Sciences, Sichuan Institute for Translational Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Translational Chinese Medicine Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Academy of Chinese Medicine Sciences, Sichuan Institute for Translational Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Translational Chinese Medicine Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Academy of Chinese Medicine Sciences, Sichuan Institute for Translational Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Translational Chinese Medicine Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Academy of Chinese Medicine Sciences, Sichuan Institute for Translational Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Translational Chinese Medicine Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Academy of Chinese Medicine Sciences, Sichuan Institute for Translational Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Translational Chinese Medicine Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Academy of Chinese Medicine Sciences, Sichuan Institute for Translational Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
- Department of Pharmacognosy, West China School of Pharmacy Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- *Correspondence: Junning Zhao,
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Si W, Yu D, Zhou H, Guo Z, Lu S, Peng T, Liu Y, Shen A, Liu Y, Liang X. A strategy for efficient enrichment of steroidal alkaloids from Fritillaria based on fluorinated reversed-phase stationary phase. J Sep Sci 2021; 44:3441-3449. [PMID: 34291571 DOI: 10.1002/jssc.202100379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2021] [Revised: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Plant-derived alkaloids are bioactive natural ingredients, but their contents are relatively low in plants. Therefore, the efficient enrichment of alkaloids is a prerequisite for purification and further pharmacological research. In this study, an efficient and simple strategy for enrichment of steroidal alkaloids in Fritillaria was developed for the first time based on the fluorinated reverse-phase stationary phase (FC8HL). Superior selectivity between alkaloids and non-alkaloids was achieved in a non-aqueous system, and a simple solvent system containing low-content additives was applied to elute alkaloids. Key parameters that affected the elution were investigated, including different types of buffer salts and optimized concentrations. The optimized elution system was then applied to selectively enrich alkaloids from five species of Fritillaria. Its practicability was further demonstrated by enrichment of alkaloids from Fritillaria cirrhosa D.Don at a preparative level. This developed method has great potential for other types of hydrophobic alkaloids.
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- Wei Si
- CAS Key Lab of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, P. R. China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Lab of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, P. R. China.,Ganjiang Chinese Medicine Innovation Center, Nanchang, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Lab of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Lab of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, P. R. China
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- Ganjiang Chinese Medicine Innovation Center, Nanchang, P. R. China
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- Ganjiang Chinese Medicine Innovation Center, Nanchang, P. R. China
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- Shandong Institute for Food and Drug Control, Jinan, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Lab of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Lab of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Lab of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, P. R. China
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Wang Y, Hou H, Ren Q, Hu H, Yang T, Li X. Natural drug sources for respiratory diseases from Fritillaria: chemical and biological analyses. Chin Med 2021; 16:40. [PMID: 34059098 PMCID: PMC8165352 DOI: 10.1186/s13020-021-00450-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Fritillaria naturally grows in the temperate region of Northern Hemisphere and mainly distributes in Central Asia, Mediterranean region, and North America. The dried bulbs from a dozen species of this genus have been usually used as herbal medicine, named Beimu in China. Beimu had rich sources of phytochemicals and have extensively applied to respiratory diseases including coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Fritillaria species have alkaloids that act as the main active components that contribute multiple biological activities, including anti-tussive, expectorant, and anti-asthmatic effects, especially against certain respiratory diseases. Other compounds (terpenoids, steroidal saponins, and phenylpropanoids) have also been identified in species of Fritillaria. In this review, readers will discover a brief summary of traditional uses and a comprehensive description of the chemical profiles, biological properties, and analytical techniques used for quality control. In general, the detailed summary reveals 293 specialized metabolites that have been isolated and analyzed in Fritillaria species. This review may provide a scientific basis for the chemical ecology and metabolomics in which compound identification of certain species remains a limiting step.
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- Ye Wang
- Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, No 16, Neinanxiao Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100700, China
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- Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, No 16, Neinanxiao Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100700, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Jining Medical University, Rizhao, 272000, China
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- Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, No 16, Neinanxiao Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100700, China
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- Nin Jiom Medicine Manufactory (Hong Kong) Limited, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, No 16, Neinanxiao Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100700, China.
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Guo K, Chen J, Niu Y, Lin X. Full-Length Transcriptome Sequencing Provides Insights into Flavonoid Biosynthesis in Fritillaria hupehensis. Life (Basel) 2021; 11:287. [PMID: 33800612 PMCID: PMC8066755 DOI: 10.3390/life11040287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Revised: 03/23/2021] [Accepted: 03/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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One of the most commonly utilized medicinal plants in China is Fritillaria hupehensis (Hsiao et K.C. Hsia). However, due to a lack of genomic resources, little is known about the biosynthesis of relevant compounds, particularly the flavonoid biosynthesis pathway. A PacBio RS II sequencing generated a total of 342,044 reads from the bulb, leaf, root, and stem, of which 316,438 were full-length (FL) non-redundant reads with an average length of 1365 bp and a N50 of 1888 bp. There were also 38,607 long non-coding RNAs and 7914 simple sequence repeats detected. To improve our understanding of processes implicated in regulating secondary metabolite biosynthesis in F. hupehensis tissues, we evaluated potential metabolic pathways. Overall, this study provides a repertoire of FL transcripts in F. hupehensis for the first time, and it will be a valuable resource for marker-assisted breeding and research into bioactive compounds for medicinal and pharmacological applications.
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- Kunyuan Guo
- Institute of Chinese Herbal Medicines, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Enshi 445000, China;
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- Wuhan Benagen Tech Solutions Company Limited, Wuhan 430070, China; (J.C.); (Y.N.)
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- Wuhan Benagen Tech Solutions Company Limited, Wuhan 430070, China; (J.C.); (Y.N.)
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- Institute of Chinese Herbal Medicines, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Enshi 445000, China;
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Wu T, Qi P, Wang J, Wang Z, Di S, Xu H, Zhao H, Zhao C, Wang X. Simultaneous determination of 114 pesticides in complex Chinese herbal medicine Fritillaria using ordered mesoporous carbon CMK-3 as a reversed-dispersive solid phase extraction sorbent. RSC Adv 2021; 11:4129-4137. [PMID: 35424355 PMCID: PMC8694350 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra07229j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Fritillaria, a traditional Chinese herbal medicine, is classified into many medicinal species and contains numerous complex components. It is thus difficult to simultaneously detect multiple pesticide residues in different Fritillaria species. An easy, reliable, and widely applicable analytical method based on a modified Quick, Easy, Cheap, Effective, Rugged, and Safe (QuEChERS) method coupled with LC-MS/MS was developed to solve these problems encountered during pesticide residue analysis in complex Fritillaria matrices. Ordered mesoporous carbon CMK-3 and a primary secondary amine (PSA) were used as efficient purification sorbents by optimization of the QuEChERS process. Systematic method validation was performed for four species of Fritillaria. The matrix effect of pesticides varied among different Fritillaria species, and matrix-matched standard solutions were thus employed for quantitative analysis. The mean recoveries of all pesticides ranged from 88.6% to 95.5%, with mean relative standard deviations (RSD) lower than 6% at spiked concentrations of 30, 120, and 240 μg kg−1. The limits of quantification (LOQ) for the developed method were in the range of 30–120 μg kg−1. This method was further used to analyze 47 Fritillaria samples from Zhejiang province, China, and seven pesticides were detected in 22 Fritillaria samples. These results demonstrate that the developed method is suitable for an accurate analysis of multiple pesticide residues in various Fritillaria. Fritillaria, a traditional Chinese herbal medicine, is classified into many medicinal species and contains numerous complex components.![]()
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- Tong Wu
- College of Agriculture, Northeast Agricultural University No. 600 Changjiang Road Harbin 150030 P. R. China +86 451 55191775
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Quality and Standard of Agro-products, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences Hangzhou 310021 P. R. China +86 571 86419051.,Agricultural Ministry Key Laboratory for Pesticide Residue Detection Hangzhou 310021 P. R. China.,Key Laboratory of Detection for Pesticide Residue and Control of Zhejiang Hangzhou 310021 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Quality and Standard of Agro-products, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences Hangzhou 310021 P. R. China +86 571 86419051.,Agricultural Ministry Key Laboratory for Pesticide Residue Detection Hangzhou 310021 P. R. China.,Key Laboratory of Detection for Pesticide Residue and Control of Zhejiang Hangzhou 310021 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Quality and Standard of Agro-products, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences Hangzhou 310021 P. R. China +86 571 86419051.,Agricultural Ministry Key Laboratory for Pesticide Residue Detection Hangzhou 310021 P. R. China.,Key Laboratory of Detection for Pesticide Residue and Control of Zhejiang Hangzhou 310021 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Quality and Standard of Agro-products, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences Hangzhou 310021 P. R. China +86 571 86419051.,Agricultural Ministry Key Laboratory for Pesticide Residue Detection Hangzhou 310021 P. R. China.,Key Laboratory of Detection for Pesticide Residue and Control of Zhejiang Hangzhou 310021 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Quality and Standard of Agro-products, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences Hangzhou 310021 P. R. China +86 571 86419051.,Agricultural Ministry Key Laboratory for Pesticide Residue Detection Hangzhou 310021 P. R. China.,Key Laboratory of Detection for Pesticide Residue and Control of Zhejiang Hangzhou 310021 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Quality and Standard of Agro-products, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences Hangzhou 310021 P. R. China +86 571 86419051.,Agricultural Ministry Key Laboratory for Pesticide Residue Detection Hangzhou 310021 P. R. China.,Key Laboratory of Detection for Pesticide Residue and Control of Zhejiang Hangzhou 310021 P. R. China
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- College of Agriculture, Northeast Agricultural University No. 600 Changjiang Road Harbin 150030 P. R. China +86 451 55191775
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Quality and Standard of Agro-products, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences Hangzhou 310021 P. R. China +86 571 86419051.,Agricultural Ministry Key Laboratory for Pesticide Residue Detection Hangzhou 310021 P. R. China.,Key Laboratory of Detection for Pesticide Residue and Control of Zhejiang Hangzhou 310021 P. R. China
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Hao DC, Xiao PG. Pharmaceutical resource discovery from traditional medicinal plants: Pharmacophylogeny and pharmacophylogenomics. CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINES 2020; 12:104-117. [PMID: 36119793 PMCID: PMC9476761 DOI: 10.1016/j.chmed.2020.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2019] [Revised: 09/11/2019] [Accepted: 09/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The worldwide botanical and medicinal culture diversity are astonishing and constitute a Pierian spring for innovative drug R&D. Here, the latest awareness and the perspectives of pharmacophylogeny and pharmacophylogenomics, as well as their expanding utility in botanical drug R&D, are systematically summarized and highlighted. Chemotaxonomy is based on the fact that closely related plants contain the same or similar chemical profiles. Correspondingly, it is better to combine morphological characters, DNA markers and chemical markers in the inference of medicinal plant phylogeny. Medicinal plants within the same phylogenetic groups may have the same or similar therapeutic effects, thus forming the core of pharmacophylogeny. Here we systematically review and comment on the versatile applications of pharmacophylogeny in (1) looking for domestic resources of imported drugs, (2) expanding medicinal plant resources, (3) quality control, identification and expansion of herbal medicines, (4) predicting the chemical constituents or active ingredients of herbal medicine and assisting in the identification and determination of chemical constituents, (5) the search for new drugs sorting out, and (6) summarizing and improving herbal medicine experiences, etc. Such studies should be enhanced within the context of deeper investigations of molecular biology and genomics of traditional medicinal plants, phytometabolites and metabolomics, and ethnomedicine-based pharmacological activity, thus enabling the sustainable conservation and utilization of traditional medicinal resources.
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- Da-cheng Hao
- Biotechnology Institute, School of Environment and Chemical Engineering, Dalian Jiaotong University, Dalian 116028, China
- Corresponding author.
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- Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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Comparative Chloroplast Genomics of Fritillaria (Liliaceae), Inferences for Phylogenetic Relationships between Fritillaria and Lilium and Plastome Evolution. PLANTS 2020; 9:plants9020133. [PMID: 31973113 PMCID: PMC7076684 DOI: 10.3390/plants9020133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2019] [Revised: 01/08/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Fritillaria is a genus that has important medicinal and horticultural values. The study involved the most comprehensive chloroplast genome samples referring to Old and New World clades of Fritillaria for marker selection and phylogenetic studies. We reported and compared eleven newly sequenced whole-plastome sequences of Fritillaria which proved highly similar in overall size (151,652–152,434 bp), genome structure, gene content, and order. Comparing them with other species of Liliales (6 out of 10 families) indicated the same similarity but showed some structural variations due to the contraction or expansion of the inverted repeat (IR) regions. A/T mononucleotides, palindromic, and forward repeats were the most common types. Six hypervariable regions (rps16-trnQ, rbcL-accD, accD-psaI, psaJ-rpl33, petD-rpoA, and rpl32-trnL) were discovered based on 26 Fritillaria whole-plastomes to be potential molecular markers. Based on the plastome data that were collected from 26 Fritillaria and 21 Lilium species, a phylogenomic study was carried out with three Cardiocrinum species as outgroups. Fritillaria was sister to Lilium with a high support value, and the interspecies relationships within subgenus Fritillaria were resolved very well. The six hypervariable regions can be used as candidate DNA barcodes of Fritillaria and the phylogenomic framework can guide extensive genomic sampling for further phylogenetic analyses.
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Li C, Liu Y, Feng H, Ma S. Effect of superfine grinding on the physicochemical properties of bulbs of Fritillaria unibracteata Hsiao et K.C. Hsia powder. Food Sci Nutr 2019; 7:3527-3537. [PMID: 31763003 PMCID: PMC6848833 DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.1203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2019] [Revised: 07/15/2019] [Accepted: 08/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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This work aimed to determine the influence of superfine grinding on the physicochemical properties of bulbs of Fritillaria unibracteata Hsiao et K.C. Hsia (BFU) powder. For this purpose, fine powder (FP) and two superfine powders (SPs) were obtained via superfine and conventional grinding methods. The properties of different powders were studied and compared. Compared with FP, SPs exhibited higher values in terms of the angle of repose, swelling capacity, ethanol extraction yield, total alkaloid content, and imperialine content, while lower values in terms of particle size and bulk density. Especially, the total alkaloid content of SP-I increased by 66.7%. Proper grinding is more conducive to reduce particle size and improve alkaloid content. FTIR analysis indicates that no new functional groups produced after superfine grinding. XRD analysis suggests that grinding treatment lead to decreases in the crystallinity. Therefore, superfine grinding displays immense potential in the BFU application.
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- Cai‐xia Li
- Northwest Institute of Plateau BiologyChinese Academy of SciencesXiningChina
- Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau Biological ResourcesXiningChina
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- Northwest Institute of Plateau BiologyChinese Academy of SciencesXiningChina
- Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau Biological ResourcesXiningChina
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- Northwest Institute of Plateau BiologyChinese Academy of SciencesXiningChina
- Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau Biological ResourcesXiningChina
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- Northwest Institute of Plateau BiologyChinese Academy of SciencesXiningChina
- Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau Biological ResourcesXiningChina
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Tsai TY, Hung TH, Livneh H, Lin IH, Lu MC, Yeh CC. Chinese herbal medicine therapy and the risk of mortality for chronic hepatitis B patients with concurrent liver cirrhosis: a nationwide population-based cohort study. Oncotarget 2018; 9:18214-18223. [PMID: 29719600 PMCID: PMC5915067 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.24383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2017] [Accepted: 01/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is increasingly recognized as a public health problem in Taiwan. After affected patients are diagnosed with contaminant liver cirrhosis (LC), adverse clinical outcomes, especially death, are common. This study aimed to investigate the effect of Chinese herbal medicine (CHM), an essential branch of Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), on the mortality risk among CHB patients with contaminant LC. This longitudinal cohort study used the Taiwanese National Health Insurance Research Database to identify 1522 patients 20–70 years of age with newly diagnosed CHB with LC during 1998–2007. Among them, 508 (33.37%) had received CHM products after the onset of CHB (CHM users), and the remaining 1014 patients (66.63%) were designated as a control group (non-CHM users). All enrollees were followed until the end of 2012 to determine deaths during the study period. We applied the Cox proportional hazards regression model to compute the hazard ratio for the association of CHM use and the subsequent risk of death. During the follow-up period, 156 CHM users and 493 non-CHM users died. After controlling for potential confounders, CHM users were found to have a significantly reduced risk of death compared with non-CHM users by 56%, and the effect was predominantly observed among those treated with CHM for > 180 days. CHM therapy lowered the risk of death among CHB patients with contaminant LC, which supported CHM might provide further treatment options for those with chronic liver diseases.
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- Tzung-Yi Tsai
- Department of Medical Research, Dalin Tzuchi Hospital, The Buddhist Tzuchi Medical Foundation, Chiayi 62247, Taiwan.,Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70428, Taiwan.,Department of Nursing, Tzu Chi College of Technology, Hualien 97004, Taiwan
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation, Chiayi 62247, Taiwan.,School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien 97004, Taiwan
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- Rehabilitation Counseling Program, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97207-0751, USA
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- School of Post-Baccalaureate Chinese Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien 97004, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien 97004, Taiwan.,Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Dalin Tzuchi Hospital, The Buddhist Tzuchi Medical Foundation, Chiayi 62247, Taiwan
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- School of Post-Baccalaureate Chinese Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien 97004, Taiwan.,Department of Chinese Medicine, Dalin Tzuchi Hospital, The Buddhist Tzuchi Medical Foundation, Chiayi 62247, Taiwan
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Zhao Q, Li R, Zhang Y, Huang K, Wang W, Li J. Transcriptome analysis reveals in vitro-cultured regeneration bulbs as a promising source for targeted Fritillaria cirrhosa steroidal alkaloid biosynthesis. 3 Biotech 2018; 8:191. [PMID: 29564202 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-018-1218-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2017] [Accepted: 03/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The bulbs of Fritillaria cirrhosa is wildly used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat lung-related disease, which has recently been found to have antitussive, anti-inflammatory, antihypertensive and anti-tumor activity. Steroidal alkaloids are the major effective ingredients of F. cirrhosa. In the current study, we demonstrated an efficient strategy for F. cirrhosa bulb regeneration in vitro by cytokinin/auxin induction. Our data showed that the regenerated bulbs accumulated higher alkaloid content that the wild ones. We further performed RNA-seq and bioinformatics analysis to study the gene expression profile, especially those related to alkaloids biosynthesis. KEGG pathway annotation identified genes related to "Metabolic pathways" were the most abundant (2644, 26.0%), followed by those for "Biosynthesis of secondary metabolites" (1319, 13.0%) among the 113,865 unigenes identified. Further analysis suggested MEP pathway, other than MVA pathway, might be the major route for steroidal alkaloid biosynthesis of F. cirrhosa, as all the key genes in this pathway were found to be unregulated in our study. We also showed that accumulation of different phytochemicals was linked to plant hormone addition. Our current study demonstrated that in vitro cultivation is a promising strategy for mass production of F. cirrhosa steroidal alkaloids for pharmacological industry.
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- Qi Zhao
- 1College of Pharmacy and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, 1 Shiling, Chengdu, 610106 China
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- 1College of Pharmacy and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, 1 Shiling, Chengdu, 610106 China
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- 2School of Medicine, Chengdu University, 1 Shiling, Chengdu, 610106 China
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- 2School of Medicine, Chengdu University, 1 Shiling, Chengdu, 610106 China
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- 3Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture, Chengdu, 610041 China
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- 2School of Medicine, Chengdu University, 1 Shiling, Chengdu, 610106 China
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Chloroplast genomic resources for phylogeny and DNA barcoding: a case study on Fritillaria. Sci Rep 2018; 8:1184. [PMID: 29352182 PMCID: PMC5775360 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-19591-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2017] [Accepted: 01/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The genus Fritillaria comprises approximately 130 perennial herbaceous species. In the Pharmacopoeia of the People’s Republic of China, the bulbs of 11 Fritillaria species are used in Chinese herbal medicines. However, the traditional methods of morphological classification cannot accurately identify closely related species of Fritillaria. Previous studies have attempted to identify these species with universal molecular markers, but insufficient phylogenetic signal was available. In this study, the complete chloroplast genomes of eight Fritillaria species were compared. The length of the eight Fritillaria chloroplast genomes ranges from 151,009 bp to 152,224 bp. A total of 136 SSR loci were identified, including 124 polymorphic SSR loci. For large repeat sequences, 108 repeat loci and four types of repeats were observed. Ten highly variable regions were identified as potential molecular markers. These SSRs, large repeat sequences and highly variable regions provide important information for the development of genetic markers and DNA fingerprints. Phylogenetic analyses showed that the topological structures of all data sets (except the IR regions) were in complete agreement and well resolved. Overall, this study provides comprehensive chloroplast genomic resources, which will be valuable for future studies of evolution and species identification in Fritillaria.
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Wang D, Chen X, Atanasov AG, Yi X, Wang S. Plant Resource Availability of Medicinal Fritillaria Species in Traditional Producing Regions in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Front Pharmacol 2017; 8:502. [PMID: 28824427 PMCID: PMC5545572 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2017] [Accepted: 07/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The genus Fritillaria (Liliaceae) comprises of ~140 species of bulbous perennials, which are distributed in the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere. Fritillaria species have attracted much attention because of their commercial value, partly as ornamental plants but principally as a source of material for use in traditional medicine. The use of Fritillaria extracts is well established in some countries in Eastern Europe (e.g., Turkey), and Asia (e.g., China, Japan). In traditional Chinese medicine, the medicinal Fritillaria species is called Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae (BFC), which has been used as a traditional medicine for thousands of years. However, to the best of our knowledge, there are no reports on resource investigation of plants of BFC in the last ten years. In this study, we chose 32 traditional producing regions in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to perform an investigation on resource availability of BFC. In five sites we did not find any plants of BFC. Results show that the average number of the plants of BFC per quadrat in 26 sites was less than 7, and the average resource density was <22 mg/m2. Habitat types and plant morphology of BFC plants were recorded. Our investigation shows that the area for artificial cultivation of BFC is larger than 400 hm2 and productivity was higher than 180 t. In addition, the total alkaloid contents of samples from cultivated bases and plantations are higher than that from wild fields. This study suggests that the wild populations of BFC are still at the risk of depletion. Artificial cultivation of BFC might be an important way to resolve the current contradiction between resource protection and resource utilization. In addition, identifying the closest European relatives of the Fritillaria species used in traditional medicine may resolve this contradiction.
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- Dongdong Wang
- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Genetics and Animal Breeding of the Polish Academy of SciencesJastrzębiec, Poland.,Department of Pharmacognosy, West China College of Pharmacy, Sichuan UniversityChengdu, China.,Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of ViennaVienna, Austria
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, West China College of Pharmacy, Sichuan UniversityChengdu, China.,The Public Health Clinical Center of ChengduChengdu, China
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Genetics and Animal Breeding of the Polish Academy of SciencesJastrzębiec, Poland.,Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of ViennaVienna, Austria.,Department of Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of ViennaVienna, Austria
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- Luzhou Products Quality Supervision & Inspection InstituteLuzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, West China College of Pharmacy, Sichuan UniversityChengdu, China
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Mohammat A, Yili A, Aisa HA. Rapid Quantification and Quantitation of Alkaloids in Xinjiang Fritillaria by Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography-Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry. Molecules 2017; 22:molecules22050719. [PMID: 28468304 PMCID: PMC6154541 DOI: 10.3390/molecules22050719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2017] [Revised: 04/25/2017] [Accepted: 04/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The Fritillaria genus, including different kinds of medicinal and edible plants belonging to the Liliaceae family which have the function of treating and relieving a cough and eliminating phlegm, is widely planted in Xinjiang (China). There are few comprehensive studies reporting on the characterization of the chemical constituents of Fritillaria from Xinjiang, and to date, no work describing the quantitative differences between the components in Fritillaria from Xinjiang and related species. The purpose of this study was to develop qualitative and quantitative analytical methods by Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography-Quadrupole Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry (UPLC-QTOF-MS) for the rapid quantification and quantitation of alkaloids in wild and cultivated Xinjiang Fritillaria, which could be used in the quality control of medicine based on this natural herb. Using the UPLC-QTOF-MS method, the chemical constituents of Xinjiang Fritillaria were identified by fragmentation information and retention behavior, and were compared to reference standards. Furthermore, a quantitative comparision of four major alkaloids in wild and cultivated Xinjiang Fritillaria was conducted by determining the content of Sipeimine-3β-d-glucoside, Sipeimine, Peimisine, and Yibeinoside A, respectively. A total of 89 characteristic peaks, including more than 40 alkaloids, were identified in the chromatographic results of Fritillaria. Four main alkaloids were quantified by using a validated method based on UPLC-QTOF-MS. The relative contents of Sipeimine-3β-d-glucoside, Sipeimine, Peimisine, and Yibeinoside A varied from 0.0013%~0.1357%, 0.0066%~0.1218%, 0.0033%~0.0437%, and 0.0019%~0.1398%, respectively. A rough separation of wild and cultivated Fritillaria could be achieved by the cluster analysis method.
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- Aziz Mohammat
- Key Laboratory of Xinjiang Indigenous Medicinal Plants Resource Utilization, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China.
- Xinjiang Institute of Food and Drug Control, Urumqi 830000, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Xinjiang Indigenous Medicinal Plants Resource Utilization, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China.
- Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Xinjiang Indigenous Medicinal Plants Resource Utilization, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China.
- Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China.
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Optimization of Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Total Alkaloids, Peimisine, Peimine and Peiminine from the Bulb of Fritillaria thunbergii Miq, and Evaluation of Antioxidant Activities of the Extracts. MATERIALS 2016; 9:ma9070524. [PMID: 28773648 PMCID: PMC5456939 DOI: 10.3390/ma9070524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2016] [Revised: 06/23/2016] [Accepted: 06/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) was used to extract total alkaloids, peimisine, peimine and peiminine from the bulb of Fritillaria thunbergii Miq. The antioxidant capacity of the extracts was evaluated by DPPH radical scavenging activity (DPPH-RSA), ABTS radical scavenging activity (ABTS-RSA) and ferric reducing capacity (FRAP) assay. A central composite design (CCD) with four variables and five levels was employed for optimization of process parameters, and response surface plots were constructed in accordance with a second order polynomial model. Under optimal conditions of 3.0 h, 60.4 °C, 26.5 MPa and 89.3% ethanol, the highest yields were predicted to be 3.8 mg/g for total alkaloids, 0.5 mg/g for peimisine, 1.3 mg/g for peimine and 1.3 mg/g for peiminine, and the antioxidant capacity of extracts displayed EC50, DPPH value of 5.5 mg/mL, EC50, ABTS value of 0.3 mg/mL and FRAP value of 118.2 mg ascorbic acid equivalent (AAE)/100 g.
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Hao DC, Xiao PG. Genomics and Evolution in Traditional Medicinal Plants: Road to a Healthier Life. Evol Bioinform Online 2015; 11:197-212. [PMID: 26461812 PMCID: PMC4597484 DOI: 10.4137/ebo.s31326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2015] [Revised: 08/24/2015] [Accepted: 08/31/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Medicinal plants have long been utilized in traditional medicine and ethnomedicine worldwide. This review presents a glimpse of the current status of and future trends in medicinal plant genomics, evolution, and phylogeny. These dynamic fields are at the intersection of phytochemistry and plant biology and are concerned with the evolution mechanisms and systematics of medicinal plant genomes, origin and evolution of the plant genotype and metabolic phenotype, interaction between medicinal plant genomes and their environment, the correlation between genomic diversity and metabolite diversity, and so on. Use of the emerging high-end genomic technologies can be expanded from crop plants to traditional medicinal plants, in order to expedite medicinal plant breeding and transform them into living factories of medicinal compounds. The utility of molecular phylogeny and phylogenomics in predicting chemodiversity and bioprospecting is also highlighted within the context of natural-product-based drug discovery and development. Representative case studies of medicinal plant genome, phylogeny, and evolution are summarized to exemplify the expansion of knowledge pedigree and the paradigm shift to the omics-based approaches, which update our awareness about plant genome evolution and enable the molecular breeding of medicinal plants and the sustainable utilization of plant pharmaceutical resources.
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- Da-Cheng Hao
- Biotechnology Institute, School of Environment and Chemical Engineering, Dalian Jiaotong University, Dalian, P. R. China
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- Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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Xin GZ, Hu B, Shi ZQ, Lam YC, Dong TTX, Li P, Yao ZP, Tsim KW. Rapid identification of plant materials by wooden-tip electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and a strategy to differentiate the bulbs of Fritillaria. Anal Chim Acta 2014; 820:84-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2014.02.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2014] [Revised: 02/16/2014] [Accepted: 02/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Optimization of extraction and enrichment of steroidal alkaloids from bulbs of cultivated Fritillaria cirrhosa. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:258402. [PMID: 24804207 PMCID: PMC3988724 DOI: 10.1155/2014/258402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2013] [Accepted: 03/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The bulbs of cultivated Fritillaria cirrhosa (BCFC) are used in China both for food and folk medicine due to its powerful biological activities. The aim of this study is to optimize the extraction and enrichment conditions of alkaloids from BCFC. Firstly, the orthogonal experimental design was used to optimize and evaluate four variables (ethanol concentration, solid-liquid ratio, extraction time, and temperature). Thereafter, resin adsorption was as a means to enrich alkaloids. Among 16 tested resins, H-103 resin presented higher adsorption capacity and desorption ratio. The equilibrium experimental data of the adsorption of total alkaloids, imperialine, and peimisine were well-fitted to the pseudo-first-order kinetics model, Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms models. Finally, in order to optimize the parameters for purifying alkaloids, dynamic adsorption and desorption tests were carried out. After one run treatment with H-103 resin, the contents of total alkaloids, imperialine, and peimisine in the product were 21.40-, 18.31-, and 22.88-fold increased with recovery yields of 94.43%, 90.57%, and 96.16%, respectively.
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