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Zha Y, Yang Y, Zhou Y, Ye B, Li H, Liang J. Dietary Evodiamine Inhibits Atherosclerosis-Associated Changes in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24076653. [PMID: 37047626 PMCID: PMC10094780 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24076653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 03/21/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
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Evodia rutaecarpa (Juss.) Benth is a traditional Chinese medicine. The active ingredient, evodiamine, is a quinolone alkaloid and is found in Evodiae fructus. We investigated the effect of evodiamine on atherosclerosis using LDLR−/− mice fed on a high-fat diet and ox-LDL-induced MOVAS cell lines to construct mouse models and cell-line models. We report a significant reduction in atherosclerotic plaque formation in mice exposed to evodiamine. Our mechanistic studies have revealled that evodiamine can regulate the proliferation, migration, and inflammatory response of and oxidative stress in vascular smooth muscle cells by inhibiting the activation of the PI3K/Akt axis, thus inhibiting the occurrence and development of atherosclerosis. In conclusion, our findings reveal a role for evodiamine in the regulation of vascular smooth muscle cells in atherosclerosis, highlighting a potential future role for the compound as an anti-atherosclerotic agent.
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- Yiwen Zha
- Department of Human Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225001, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225001, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225001, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225001, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225001, China
- Institute of Translational Medicine, Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225001, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225001, China
- Institute of Translational Medicine, Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225001, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine for Prevention and Treatment of Senile Diseases, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225001, China
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Zhang Z, Wang J, Guo S, Fan J, Fan X. t-BuOK-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereoselective Intramolecular Hydroamination Reaction Leading to Phthalazinoquinazolinone Derivatives. J Org Chem 2023; 88:1282-1291. [PMID: 36594406 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c02638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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We report herein an efficient and practical strategy for the preparation of 5H-phthalazino[1,2-b]quinazolin-8(6H)-one derivatives through a t-BuOK-catalyzed intramolecular hydroamination reaction of functionalized quinazolinones under extremely mild reaction conditions. A variety of quinazolinone substrates are well tolerated to furnish the corresponding products in good to high yields via an exclusive 6-exo-dig cyclization process. The present protocol has the advantages of readily obtainable starting materials, broad substrate scope, and high regio- and stereoselectivity.
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- Ziyi Zhang
- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Innovative Drug, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, Henan, China
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- School of Environment, Key Laboratory for Yellow River and Huai River Water Environment and Pollution Control, Ministry of Education, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, Henan, China
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- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Innovative Drug, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, Henan, China
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- School of Environment, Key Laboratory for Yellow River and Huai River Water Environment and Pollution Control, Ministry of Education, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, Henan, China
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- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Innovative Drug, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, Henan, China
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Fu S, Liao L, Yang Y, Bai Y, Zeng Y, Wang H, Wen J. The pharmacokinetics profiles, pharmacological properties, and toxicological risks of dehydroevodiamine: A review. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:1040154. [PMID: 36467053 PMCID: PMC9715618 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.1040154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Accepted: 11/03/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2024] Open
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Dehydroevodiamine (DHE) is a quinazoline alkaloid isolated from Evodiae Fructus (EF, Wuzhuyu in Chinese, Rutaceae family), a well-known traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) which is clinically applied to treat headache, abdominal pain, menstrual pain, abdominal distension, vomiting, acid regurgitation, etc. Modern research demonstrates that DHE is one of the main components of EF. In recent years, DHE has received extensive attention due to its various pharmacological activities. This review is the first to comprehensively summarize the current studies on pharmacokinetics profiles, pharmacological properties, and toxicological risks of DHE in diverse diseases. Pharmacokinetic studies have shown that DHE has a relatively good oral absorption effect in the mean concentration curves in rat plasma and high absorption in the gastrointestinal tract. In addition, distribution re-absorption and enterohepatic circulation may lead to multiple blood concentration peaks of DHE in rat plasma. DHE possesses a wide spectrum of pharmacological properties in the central nervous system, cardiovascular system, and digestive system. Moreover, DHE has anti-inflammatory effects via downregulating pro-inflammatory cytokines and inflammatory mediators. Given the favorable pharmacological activity, DHE is expected to be a potential drug candidate for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, chronic stress, amnesia, chronic atrophic gastritis, gastric ulcers, and rheumatoid arthritis. In addition, toxicity studies have suggested that DHE has proarrhythmic effects and can impair bile acid homeostasis without causing hepatotoxicity. However, further rigorous and well-designed studies are needed to elucidate the pharmacokinetics, pharmacological effects, potential biological mechanisms, and toxicity of DHE.
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- Shubin Fu
- Jiujiang Inspection and Testing Certification Center, Jiujiang, China
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- Jiujiang Inspection and Testing Certification Center, Jiujiang, China
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- School of Food and Bioengineering, Xihua University, Chengdu, China
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- School of Food and Bioengineering, Xihua University, Chengdu, China
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- School of Food and Bioengineering, Xihua University, Chengdu, China
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- School of Food and Bioengineering, Xihua University, Chengdu, China
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- School of Food and Bioengineering, Xihua University, Chengdu, China
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Yahyaei H, Sheikhi M, Azarakhshi F, Ahmadianarog M, Kaviani S, Shahab S. Predicting adsorption behavior of Triacanthine anticancer drug with pure B12N12 nano-cage: A theoretical study. J INDIAN CHEM SOC 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jics.2022.100812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Untargeted LC-MS/MS-Based Multi-Informative Molecular Networking for Targeting the Antiproliferative Ingredients in Tetradium ruticarpum Fruit. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27144462. [PMID: 35889335 PMCID: PMC9316527 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27144462] [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: 06/21/2022] [Revised: 07/08/2022] [Accepted: 07/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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The fruit of Tetradium ruticarpum (TR) is commonly used in Chinese herbal medicine and it has known antiproliferative and antitumor activities, which can serve as a good source of functional ingredients. Although some antiproliferative compounds are reported to be present in TR fruit, most studies only focused on a limited range of metabolites. Therefore, in this study, the antiproliferative activity of different extracts of TR fruit was examined, and the potentially antiproliferative compounds were highlighted by applying an untargeted liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)-based multi-informative molecular networking strategy. The results showed that among different extracts of TR fruit, the EtOAc fraction F2-3 possessed the most potent antiproliferative activity against HL-60, T24, and LX-2 human cell lines. Through computational tool-aided structure prediction and integrating various data (sample taxonomy, antiproliferative activity, and compound identity) into a molecular network, a total of 11 indole alkaloids and 47 types of quinolone alkaloids were successfully annotated and visualized into three targeted bioactive molecular families. Within these families, up to 25 types of quinolone alkaloids were found that were previously unreported in TR fruit. Four indole alkaloids and five types of quinolone alkaloids were targeted as potentially antiproliferative compounds in the EtOAc fraction F2-3, and three (evodiamine, dehydroevodiamine, and schinifoline) of these targeted alkaloids can serve as marker compounds of F2-3. Evodiamine was verified to be one of the major antiproliferative compounds, and its structural analogues discovered in the molecular network were found to be promising antitumor agents. These results exemplify the application of an LC-MS/MS-based multi-informative molecular networking strategy in the discovery and annotation of bioactive compounds from complex mixtures of potential functional food ingredients.
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WANG W, Zou PS, PANG L, LEI R, HUANG ZY, Chen NY, Mo DL, Pan C, SU GF. Synthesis of Spiroindolenine-3,3'-pyrrolo[2,1-b]quinazolinones through Gold(I)-Catalyzed Dearomative Cyclization of N-Alkynyl Quinazolinone-Tethered Indoles. Org Biomol Chem 2022; 20:2069-2074. [DOI: 10.1039/d1ob02492b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A variety of functionalized spiroindolenine-3,3'-pyrrolo[2,1-b]quinazolinones were prepared in good to excellent yields through a gold(I)-catalyzed dearomative cyclization of N-alkynyl quinazolinone-tethered C2-substituted indoles. The reaction features broad substrate scope, good functional...
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Jayakumar T, Lin KC, Chang CC, Hsia CW, Manubolu M, Huang WC, Sheu JR, Hsia CH. Targeting MAPK/NF-κB Pathways in Anti-Inflammatory Potential of Rutaecarpine: Impact on Src/FAK-Mediated Macrophage Migration. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 23:ijms23010092. [PMID: 35008520 PMCID: PMC8745017 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23010092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2021] [Revised: 12/17/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Studies have discovered that different extracts of Evodia rutaecarpa and its phytochemicals show a variety of biological activities associated with inflammation. Although rutaecarpine, an alkaloid isolated from the unripe fruit of E. rutaecarpa, has been exposed to have anti-inflammatory properties, the mechanism of action has not been well studied. Thus, this study investigated the molecular mechanisms of rutaecarpine (RUT) in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced RAW 264.7 macrophages. RUT reserved the production of nitric oxide (NO) and the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α), and interleukin (IL)-1β in the LPS-induced macrophages. RUT showed an inhibitory effect on the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), and it also inhibited nuclear transcription factor kappa-B (NF-κB) by hindering IκBα and NF-κB p65 phosphorylation and p65 nuclear translocation. The phospho-PI3K and Akt was concentration-dependently suppressed by RUT. However, RUT not only suggestively reduced the migratory ability of macrophages and their numbers induced by LPS but also inhibited the phospho-Src, and FAK. Taken together, these results indicate that RUT participates a vital role in the inhibition of LPS-induced inflammatory processes in RAW 264.7 macrophages and that the mechanisms involve PI3K/Akt and MAPK-mediated downregulation of NF-κB signaling pathways. Notably, reducing the migration and number of cells induced by LPS via inhibiting of Src/FAK pathway was also included to the anti-inflammatory mechanism of RUT. Therefore, RUT may have potential benefits as a therapeutic agent against chronic inflammatory diseases.
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- Thanasekaran Jayakumar
- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan; (T.J.); (K.-C.L.); (C.-W.H.); (W.-C.H.)
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan; (T.J.); (K.-C.L.); (C.-W.H.); (W.-C.H.)
- Chi Mei Medical Center, Department of Neurology, Tainan 710, Taiwan
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan;
- Department of Cardiovascular Center, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei 106, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City 242, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan; (T.J.); (K.-C.L.); (C.-W.H.); (W.-C.H.)
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43212, USA;
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan; (T.J.); (K.-C.L.); (C.-W.H.); (W.-C.H.)
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan; (T.J.); (K.-C.L.); (C.-W.H.); (W.-C.H.)
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan;
- Correspondence: (J.-R.S.); (C.-H.H.); Tel.: +886-2-27361661-3199 (J.-R.S.); Fax: +886-2-27390450 (J.-R.S.)
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan; (T.J.); (K.-C.L.); (C.-W.H.); (W.-C.H.)
- Translational Medicine Center, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei 111, Taiwan
- Correspondence: (J.-R.S.); (C.-H.H.); Tel.: +886-2-27361661-3199 (J.-R.S.); Fax: +886-2-27390450 (J.-R.S.)
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Wen JX, Tong YL, Ma X, Wang RL, Li RS, Song HT, Zhao YL. Therapeutic effects and potential mechanism of dehydroevodiamine on N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine-induced chronic atrophic gastritis. PHYTOMEDICINE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOTHERAPY AND PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY 2021; 91:153619. [PMID: 34320422 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2021.153619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2021] [Revised: 04/27/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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BACKGROUNDS Dehydroevodiamine (DHE) is a quinazoline alkaloid isolated from a Chinese herbal medicine, named Euodiae Fructus (Wu-Zhu-Yu in Chinese). This study aimed to investigate the therapeutic effects and potential mechanism of DHE on N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG)-induced chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG) based on integrated approaches. METHODS Therapeutic effects of DHE on serum biochemical indices and histopathology of gastric tissue in MNNG-induced CAG rats were analyzed. MNNG-induced GES-1 human gastric epithelial cell injury model was established. Cell viability and proliferation was quantified by a cell counting kit-8 assay. Cell morphology and mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) were detected by a high content screening (HCS) assay. Cell migration and invasion were detected by a Transwell chamber. Moreover, UHPLC-Q-TOF/MS was performed to investigate the potential metabolites and signaling pathway affecting the protective effects of DHE on MNNG-induced cell migration and invasion of GES-1. Furthermore, in view of the key role of angiogenesis in the transformation of inflammation and cancer, this study explored relative mRNA and protein expression levels of HIF-1α-mediated VEGF pathway in vivo and in vitro by RT-PCR and Western Blotting, respectively. RESULTS The results showed that the therapeutic effects of DHE on CAG rats were presented in down-regulation serum biochemical indices and alleviating histological damage of gastric tissue. Besides, DHE has an effect on increasing cell proliferation of GES-1 cells, ameliorating MNNG-induced gastric epithelial cell damage and mitochondrial dysfunction. In addition, DHE could inhibit MNNG induced migration and invasion of GES-1 cells. Cell metabolomics analyses showed that the protective effect of DHE on GES-1 cells is mainly associated with the regulation of inflammation metabolites and energy metabolism related pathways. It was found that DHE has a regulating effect on tumor angiogenesis and can inhibit the relative gene and protein expression of HIF-1α-mediated VEGF signaling pathway. CONCLUSIONS The present work highlighted the role of DHE ameliorated gastric injury in MNNG-induced CAG rats in vivo and GES-1 cell migration in vitro by inhibiting HIF-1α/VEGF angiogenesis pathway. These results suggest that DHE may be the effective components of Euodiae Fructus, which provides a new agent for the treatment of CAG.
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- Jian-Xia Wen
- Department of Pharmacy, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Integrative Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Research Center for Clinical and Translational Medicine, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, 900 Hospital of the Joint Logistics Team, Fuzhou, China.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
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Sharifi S, Azarakhshi F, Shahab S, Sheikhi M. Adsorption of Noroxyhydrastinine on the Surface of the B12N12 Fullerene: A DFT/TD-DFT and Spectroscopic Study. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A 2021. [DOI: 10.1134/s003602442114020x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Li M, Wang C. Traditional uses, phytochemistry, pharmacology, pharmacokinetics and toxicology of the fruit of Tetradium ruticarpum: A review. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2020; 263:113231. [PMID: 32758577 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2020.113231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 07/25/2020] [Accepted: 07/29/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE The fruit of Tetradium ruticarpum (FTR) known as Tetradii fructus or Evodiae fructus (Wu-Zhu-Yu in Chinese) is a versatile herbal medicine which has been prescribed in Chinese herbal formulas and recognized in Japanese Kampo. FTR has been clinically used to treat various diseases such as headache, vomit, diarrhea, abdominal pain, dysmenorrhea and pelvic inflammation for thousands of years. AIM OF THE REVIEW The present paper aimed to provide comprehensive information on the ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, drug interaction and toxicology of FTR in order to build up a foundation on the mechanism of ethnopharmacological uses as well as to explore the trends and perspectives for further studies. MATERIALS AND METHODS This review collected the literatures published prior to July 2020 on the phytochemistry, pharmacology, pharmacokinetics and toxicity of FTR. All relevant information on FTR was gathered from worldwide accepted scientific search engines and databases, including Web of Science, PubMed, Elsevier, ACS, ResearchGate, Google Scholar, and Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI). Information was also obtained from local books, PhD. and MSc. Dissertations as well as from Pharmacopeias. RESULTS FTR has been used as an herbal medicine for centuries in East Asia. A total of 165 chemical compounds have been isolated so far and the main chemical compounds of FTR include alkaloids, terpenoids, flavonoids, phenolic acids, steroids, and phenylpropanoids. Crude extracts, processed products (medicinal slices) and pure components of FTR exhibit a wide range of pharmacological activities such as antitumor, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, anti-obesity, antioxidant, insecticide, regulating central nervous system (CNS) homeostasis, cardiovascular protection. Furthermore, bioactive components isolated from FTR can induce drug interaction and hepatic injury. CONCLUSIONS Therapeutic potential of FTR has been demonstrated with the pharmacological effects on cancer, inflammation, cardiovascular diseases, CNS, bacterial infection and obesity. Pharmacological and pharmacokinetic studies of FTR mostly focus on its main active alkaloids. Further in-depth studies on combined medication and processing approaches mechanisms, pharmacological and toxic effects not limited to the alkaloids, and toxic components of FTR should be designed.
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- Manlin Li
- Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The MOE Key Laboratory for Standardization of Chinese Medicines, Shanghai R&D Centre for Standardization of Chinese Medicines, 1200 Cailun Road, Shanghai, 201203, China
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- Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The MOE Key Laboratory for Standardization of Chinese Medicines, Shanghai R&D Centre for Standardization of Chinese Medicines, 1200 Cailun Road, Shanghai, 201203, China.
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Simultaneous Qualitative and Quantitative Evaluation of the Coptidis Rhizoma and Euodiae Fructus Herbal Pair by Using UHPLC-ESI-QTOF-MS and UHPLC-DAD. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25204782. [PMID: 33081031 PMCID: PMC7587604 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25204782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2020] [Revised: 10/13/2020] [Accepted: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The herbal pair of Coptidis Rhizoma (CR) and Euodiae Fructus (EF) is a classical traditional Chinese medicine formula used for treating gastro-intestinal disorders. In this study, we established a systematic method for chemical profiling and quantification analysis of the major constituents in the CR-EF herbal pair. A method of ultra high performance liquid chromatography/quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UHPLC-QTOF-MS) for qualitative analysis was developed. Sixty-five compounds, including alkaloids, phenolics, and limonoids, were identified or tentatively assigned by comparison with reference standards or literature data. The UHPLC fingerprints of 19 batches of the CR-EF herbal pair samples were obtained and the reference fingerprint chromatograms were established. Furthermore, nine compounds among 24 common peaks of fingerprints were considered as marker components, which either had high contents or significant bioactivities, were applied to quality control of the CR-EF herbal pair by quantitative analysis. This UHPLC-DAD analysis method was validated by precision, linearity, repeatability, stability, recovery, and so on. The method was simple and sensitive, and thus reliable for quantitative and chemical fingerprint analysis for the quality evaluation and control of the CR-EF herbal pair and related traditional Chinese medicines.
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de Souza P, da Silva LM, de Andrade SF, Gasparotto Junior A. Recent Advances in the Knowledge of Naturally-derived Bioactive Compounds as Modulating Agents of the Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone System: Therapeutic Benefits in Cardiovascular Diseases. Curr Pharm Des 2020; 25:670-684. [PMID: 30931846 DOI: 10.2174/1381612825666190329122443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2019] [Accepted: 03/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND One of the biggest challenges to public health worldwide is to reduce the number of events and deaths related to the cardiovascular diseases. Numerous approaches have been applied to reach this goal, and drug treatment intervention has been indispensable along with an effective strategy for reducing both cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) blockade is currently one of the most important targets of cardiovascular drug therapy. Many studies have proven the valuable properties of naturally-derived bioactive compounds to treat cardiovascular diseases. METHODS The goal of this review, therefore, is to discuss the recent developments related to medicinal properties about natural compounds as modulating agents of the RAAS, which have made them an attractive alternative to be available to supplement the current therapy options. RESULTS Data has shown that bioactive compounds isolated from several natural products act either by inhibiting the angiotensin-converting enzyme or directly by modulating the AT1 receptors of angiotensin II, which consequently changes the entire classical axis of this system. CONCLUSION While there are a few evidence about the positive actions of different classes of secondary metabolites for the treatment of cardiovascular and renal diseases, data is scarce about the clinical assays established to demonstrate their value in humans.
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- Priscila de Souza
- Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Farmaceuticas, Nucleo de Investigacoes Quimico-Farmaceuticas (NIQFAR), Universidade do Vale do Itajai (UNIVALI), Rua Uruguai, 458, 88302-901 Itajai, SC, Brazil
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- Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Farmaceuticas, Nucleo de Investigacoes Quimico-Farmaceuticas (NIQFAR), Universidade do Vale do Itajai (UNIVALI), Rua Uruguai, 458, 88302-901 Itajai, SC, Brazil
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- Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Farmaceuticas, Nucleo de Investigacoes Quimico-Farmaceuticas (NIQFAR), Universidade do Vale do Itajai (UNIVALI), Rua Uruguai, 458, 88302-901 Itajai, SC, Brazil
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- Laboratorio de Eletrofisiologia e Farmacologia Cardiovascular, Faculdade de Ciencias da Saude, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, Dourados, MS, Brazil
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Kong XF, Guo XY, Gu ZY, Wei LS, Liu LL, Mo DL, Pan CX, Su GF. Silver(i)-catalyzed selective hydroalkoxylation of C2-alkynyl quinazolinones to synthesize quinazolinone-fused eight-membered N,O-heterocycles. Org Chem Front 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0qo00437e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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A silver-catalyzed selective 8-endo-dig cyclization of C2-alkynyl quinazolinones was developed to prepare a series of novel quinazolinone-fused eight-membered N,O-heterocycles in good-to-excellent yields under mild reaction conditions.
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- Xiang-Fei Kong
- State key laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources
- Ministry of Science and Technology of China; School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Guangxi Normal University
- Guilin
- China
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- State key laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources
- Ministry of Science and Technology of China; School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Guangxi Normal University
- Guilin
- China
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- State key laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources
- Ministry of Science and Technology of China; School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Guangxi Normal University
- Guilin
- China
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- State key laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources
- Ministry of Science and Technology of China; School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Guangxi Normal University
- Guilin
- China
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- State key laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources
- Ministry of Science and Technology of China; School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Guangxi Normal University
- Guilin
- China
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- State key laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources
- Ministry of Science and Technology of China; School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Guangxi Normal University
- Guilin
- China
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- State key laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources
- Ministry of Science and Technology of China; School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Guangxi Normal University
- Guilin
- China
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- State key laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources
- Ministry of Science and Technology of China; School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Guangxi Normal University
- Guilin
- China
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Su Y, Huang G, Ye F, Qiao P, Ye J, Gao Y, Chen H. Facile access to evodiakine enabled by aerobic copper-catalyzed oxidative rearrangement. Org Biomol Chem 2019; 17:8811-8815. [PMID: 31573009 DOI: 10.1039/c9ob01832h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Oxidation as a fundamentally important method for the synthesis of complex structures is difficult to achieve in a selective manner. Evodiakine, a complex natural product possessing an unprecedented ring system (6/5/5/7/6), has a high oxidation state without a practical solution. Herein, we report the first synthesis of evodiakine via aerobic copper-catalyzed late-stage functionalization of evodiamine.
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- Yiting Su
- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery (Fuzhou University), Fujian Province University, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350116, China.
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Li J, Wang ZB, Xu Y, Lu XC, Zhu SR, Liu L. Catalyst-free cyclization of anthranils and cyclic amines: one-step synthesis of rutaecarpine. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:12072-12075. [PMID: 31536093 DOI: 10.1039/c9cc06160f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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An efficient synthesis of a variety of quinazolinone derivatives via a direct cyclization reaction between commercially available anthranils and cyclic amines is described. The developed transformation proceeds with the merits of high step- and atom-efficiency, a broad substrate scope, and good to excellent yields, without additional catalysts, and offers a practical way for the preparation of rutaecarpine and its derivatives with structural diversity.
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- Jian Li
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, School of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Life Sciences, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164, China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, School of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Life Sciences, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164, China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, School of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Life Sciences, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164, China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, School of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Life Sciences, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164, China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, School of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Life Sciences, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164, China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, School of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Life Sciences, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164, China.
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Liu Y, Zhou W, Mao Z, Chen Z. Analysis of Evodiae Fructus by capillary electrochromatography-mass spectrometry with methyl-vinylimidazole functionalized organic polymer monolilth as stationary phases. J Chromatogr A 2019; 1602:474-480. [PMID: 31202495 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2019.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Revised: 05/24/2019] [Accepted: 06/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Evodiae Fructus is used as a traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of several kinds of diseases with its bioactive constituents. In this study, a capillary electrochromatography-mass spectrometry (CEC-MS) method was developed to determine three bioactive compounds including evodiamine, rutaecarpine and limonin in Evodiae Fructus fruit. Home-developed monolithic columns with methyl-vinylimidazole functionalized organic polymer monolilth as stationary phases were used in CEC-MS with excellent separation selectivity and high efficiency. The CEC-MS methods provided 4-16 folds improvement of LODs when compared with CEC-UV method. The conditions, which could affect separation efficiency and detection sensitivity, were optimized. Under optimum conditions, baseline separation with high detection sensitivity was obtained. The method showed good linearity (R2 >0.99) of 0.8-160 μg mL-1 with low limits of detection of 0.15-0.31 μg mL-1. Relative standard deviations of migration time and relative peak areas were <13.89%. Recoveries of evodiamine, rutaecarpine and limonin in Evodiae Fructus fruit were tested and calculated, which ranged from 102% to 113%. Finally, the three bioactive compounds in Evodiae Fructus herb samples from different regions were analyzed and studied. It has been demonstrated that the developed method has great potential for quality control of Evodiae Fructus herb.
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- Yikun Liu
- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Ministry of Education, and Wuhan University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China; State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 10080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Ministry of Education, and Wuhan University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Ministry of Education, and Wuhan University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Ministry of Education, and Wuhan University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China; State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 10080, China.
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Zhao Z, He X, Han W, Chen X, Liu P, Zhao X, Wang X, Zhang L, Wu S, Zheng X. Genus Tetradium L.: A comprehensive review on traditional uses, phytochemistry, and pharmacological activities. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2019; 231:337-354. [PMID: 30472402 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2018.11.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2018] [Revised: 11/20/2018] [Accepted: 11/21/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE The dried fruit of Tetradium ruticarpum is frequently utilized as a common traditional medicine in China, Japan and Korea. It has been widely used for the treatment of various diseases such as headache, menorrhalgia, dermatophytosis, celialgia, emesis and aphtha and so on. AIM OF THIS REVIEW Despite the wide biological activities of Tetradium plants, there is no current review summarizing medicinal properties of the genus of plants; thus, this review aims to systematically summarize studies on botanical characteristics, traditional uses, phytochemical ingredients, quality control, pharmacokinetics, pharmacological activities and toxicity of Tetradium species to demonstrate their therapeutic capacity. MATERIALS AND METHODS Information and materials related to Tetradium species were obtained from scientific databases such as Google Scholar, Wikipedia, Web of Science, PubMed, ScienceDirect, ACS Publications, SciFinder. Information was also gathered from International Plant Names Index, Global Biodiversity Information Facility, Chinese Pharmacopoeia and Traditional Chinese Medicine classics, etc. All studies of this genus were included in this review until July 2018. RESULTS Tetradium is widely assessed regarding its phytochemistry and biological activities. Approximately 131 chemical compounds, including alkaloids, saponins, phenols and other compounds, have been isolated from Tetradium plants. Among these components, alkaloid evodiamine is the most representative active ingredients of Tetradium plants. These compounds isolated from Tetradium plants exhibit a wide range of biological activities in vitro and in vivo including antitumor, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, insecticide, cardioprotective and lipid-lowering, treating CNS disorders, digestive system regulation and endocrine system improving activities. Furthermore, alkaloids could be used as markers for quality identification and evaluation of medicinal materials and their preparations. Information on evaluating the safety and pharmacokinetics of Tetradium often focuses on the alkaloids, thus further study and clinical data are required to enable the drug safety of the utilization of Tetradium plants. CONCLUSIONS Phytochemical and pharmacological studies of Tetradium plants have proved Tetradium plants are important medicinal herb resource. However, well-designed randomized clinical trials are necessary to confirm the therapeutic benefits of this genus in clinical settings.
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- Zefeng Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, Northwest University, 229 Taibai Road, Xi'an 710069, China
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- Honghui Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 76 Nanguo Road, Xi'an 710054, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, Northwest University, 229 Taibai Road, Xi'an 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, Northwest University, 229 Taibai Road, Xi'an 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, Northwest University, 229 Taibai Road, Xi'an 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, Northwest University, 229 Taibai Road, Xi'an 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, Northwest University, 229 Taibai Road, Xi'an 710069, China
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- Honghui Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 76 Nanguo Road, Xi'an 710054, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, Northwest University, 229 Taibai Road, Xi'an 710069, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, Northwest University, 229 Taibai Road, Xi'an 710069, China.
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Rutaecarpine: A promising cardiovascular protective alkaloid from Evodia rutaecarpa (Wu Zhu Yu). Pharmacol Res 2019; 141:541-550. [DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2018.12.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2018] [Revised: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 12/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Recognition and Optimization of Ingredients Treating Nitroglycerin-Induced Migraine Rats from Wuzhuyu Decoction. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2019; 2019:6156754. [PMID: 30915149 PMCID: PMC6409069 DOI: 10.1155/2019/6156754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2018] [Revised: 01/15/2019] [Accepted: 01/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Wuzhuyu decoction (WZYD) has been clinically used to treat migraine effectively since Eastern Han Dynasty of ancient China. However, its antimigrainic ingredients remain unclear. In present study, the antimigrainic ingredients of WZYD were explored and optimized in nitroglycerin-induced migraine rats through correlation analysis of decoction spectra-pharmacological effects and absorption spectra-pharmacological using entropy-weighted partial least squares regression method. The decoction spectra and absorption spectra were obtained through the determination of nine main ingredients in ten kinds of WZYDs and WZYDs' single-pass intestinal perfusion samples using high performance liquid chromatography-diode array detector. The pharmacodynamics indexes related to migraine model rats were detected using high performance liquid chromatography method and kits after oral administration of WZYDs. Then, the key ingredients influencing indexes were achieved through the correlation analysis. And the optimization of key ingredients was acquired through uniform design experiment. The pharmacodynamic verification test was used to clarify the advantages of the optimized sample. The results showed that the final optimized sample, in which the concentrations of rutaecarpine, evodiamine, ginsendside Rb1, 6-gingerol, ginsendside Rg1, rutaevine, and limonin were 0.081, 0.565, 1.455, 0.159, 0.871, 0.178, and 0.009 mg·mL−1, respectively, provided the best comprehensive effect than another optimized sample and the best uniform design sample. Therefore, a new reliable method for rapidly recognizing and optimizing the effective constituents of WZYD treating migraine was established.
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Deng JD, Lei S, Jiang Y, Zhang HH, Hu XL, Wen HX, Tan W, Wang Z. A concise synthesis and biological study of evodiamine and its analogues. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:3089-3092. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cc00434c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Efficient access to evodiamine and its analogues is presented via Lewis acid catalysis. In this reaction, three chemical bonds and two heterocyclic-fused rings are constructed in one step.
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- Jie-Dan Deng
- School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University
- Lanzhou 730000
- China
- Institution State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University
- Lanzhou 730000
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- School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University
- Lanzhou 730000
- China
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- School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University
- Lanzhou 730000
- China
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- School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University
- Lanzhou 730000
- China
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- School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University
- Lanzhou 730000
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Tibetan Medicine Research, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Xining
- P. R. China
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- School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University
- Lanzhou 730000
- China
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- School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University
- Lanzhou 730000
- China
- Institution State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University
- Lanzhou 730000
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Wang L, Eftekhari P, Schachner D, Ignatova ID, Palme V, Schilcher N, Ladurner A, Heiss EH, Stangl H, Dirsch VM, Atanasov AG. Novel interactomics approach identifies ABCA1 as direct target of evodiamine, which increases macrophage cholesterol efflux. Sci Rep 2018; 8:11061. [PMID: 30038271 PMCID: PMC6056500 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-29281-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2017] [Accepted: 06/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Evodiamine, a bioactive alkaloid from the fruits of the traditional Chinese medicine Evodia rutaecarpa (Juss.) Benth. (Fructus Evodiae, Wuzhuyu), recently gained attention as a dietary supplement for weight loss and optimization of lipid metabolism. In light of its use by patients and consumers, there is an urgent need to elucidate the molecular targets affected by this natural product. Using a novel interactomics approach, the Nematic Protein Organisation Technique (NPOT), we report the identification of ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1), a key membrane transporter contributing to cholesterol efflux (ChE), as a direct binding target of evodiamine. The binding of evodiamine to ABCA1 is confirmed by surface plasmon resonance (SPR) experiments. Examining the functional consequences of ABCA1 binding reveals that evodiamine treatment results in increased ABCA1 stability, elevated cellular ABCA1 protein levels, and ultimately increased ChE from THP-1-derived human macrophages. The protein levels of other relevant cholesterol transporters, ABCG1 and SR-B1, remain unaffected in the presence of evodiamine, and the ABCA1 mRNA level is also not altered.
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- Limei Wang
- Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.,Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266021, Shandong Province, China
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Medical Chemistry, Center for Pathobiochemistry and Genetics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. .,Institute of Genetics and Animal Breeding of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 05-552, Jastrzebiec, Poland.
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Wei LS, He GX, Kong XF, Pan CX, Mo DL, Su GF. Gold(III)-Catalyzed Selective Cyclization of Alkynyl Quinazolinone-Tethered Pyrroles: Synthesis of Fused Quinazolinone Scaffolds. J Org Chem 2018; 83:6719-6727. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.8b00168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Lin-Su Wei
- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, Ministry of Science and Technology of China, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, 15 Yu Cai Road, Guilin 541004, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, Ministry of Science and Technology of China, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, 15 Yu Cai Road, Guilin 541004, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, Ministry of Science and Technology of China, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, 15 Yu Cai Road, Guilin 541004, China
- College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Guilin University of Technology, 12 Jian Gan Road, Guilin 541004, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, Ministry of Science and Technology of China, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, 15 Yu Cai Road, Guilin 541004, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, Ministry of Science and Technology of China, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, 15 Yu Cai Road, Guilin 541004, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, Ministry of Science and Technology of China, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, 15 Yu Cai Road, Guilin 541004, China
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Arasteh Fard Z, Dilmaghani KA, Soheilizad M, Larijani B, Mahdavi M. Copper-catalyzed efficient synthesis of 5-arylindazolo[3,2-b]quinazolin-7(5H)-ones from 2-nitrobenzaldehydes. Tetrahedron 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2018.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Shang XF, Morris-Natschke SL, Liu YQ, Guo X, Xu XS, Goto M, Li JC, Yang GZ, Lee KH. Biologically active quinoline and quinazoline alkaloids part I. Med Res Rev 2018; 38:775-828. [PMID: 28902434 PMCID: PMC6421866 DOI: 10.1002/med.21466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 205] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2017] [Revised: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 08/02/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Quinoline and quinazoline alkaloids, two important classes of N-based heterocyclic compounds, have attracted tremendous attention from researchers worldwide since the 19th century. Over the past 200 years, many compounds from these two classes were isolated from natural sources, and most of them and their modified analogs possess significant bioactivities. Quinine and camptothecin are two of the most famous and important quinoline alkaloids, and their discoveries opened new areas in antimalarial and anticancer drug development, respectively. In this review, we survey the literature on bioactive alkaloids from these two classes and highlight research achievements prior to the year 2008 (Part I). Over 200 molecules with a broad range of bioactivities, including antitumor, antimalarial, antibacterial and antifungal, antiparasitic and insecticidal, antiviral, antiplatelet, anti-inflammatory, herbicidal, antioxidant and other activities, were reviewed. This survey should provide new clues or possibilities for the discovery of new and better drugs from the original naturally occurring quinoline and quinazoline alkaloids.
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- Xiao-Fei Shang
- School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, P.R. China
- Key Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmaceutical Development of Ministry of Agriculture, Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, P.R. China
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- Natural Products Research Laboratories, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmaceutical Development of Ministry of Agriculture, Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, P.R. China
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- School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, P.R. China
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- Natural Products Research Laboratories, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, P.R. China
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- School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, P.R. China
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- Natural Products Research Laboratories, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Chinese Medicine Research and Development Center, China Medical University and Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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Wang C, Yue F, Ai G, Yang J. Simultaneous determination of evodiamine and its four metabolites in rat plasma by LC-MS/MS and its application to a pharmacokinetic study. Biomed Chromatogr 2018; 32:e4219. [PMID: 29470848 DOI: 10.1002/bmc.4219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2017] [Revised: 02/09/2018] [Accepted: 02/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Cuiyun Wang
- Department of Pharmacy; Jining No. 1 People's Hospital; Jining China
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- Department of Pharmacy; Jining No. 1 People's Hospital; Jining China
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- Department of Pharmacy; Jining No. 1 People's Hospital; Jining China
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- Department of Pharmacy; Jining No. 1 People's Hospital; Jining China
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Zhang Z, Fang T, Zhou H, Yuan J, Liu Q. Characterization of the in Vitro Metabolic Profile of Evodiamine in Human Liver Microsomes and Hepatocytes by UHPLC-Q Exactive Mass Spectrometer. Front Pharmacol 2018. [PMID: 29520234 PMCID: PMC5827300 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2018.00130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Evodiamine is an indoloquinazoline alkaloid isolated from the fruit of Evodia rutaecarpa, which has a wide range of pharmacological effects like anti-tumor and anti-inflammatory effects. This study was intended to investigate the metabolic characteristics of evodiamine in human liver microsomes and hepatocytes by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled with a Q Exactive mass spectrometer. A total of 12 phase I metabolites were detected in human liver microsomes; whereas in human hepatocytes 19 metabolites, including seven phase II metabolites were detected. The structures of the metabolites were characterized based on their accurate masses, fragment ions, and chromatographic retention times. Four metabolites (M1, M2, M5, and M7) were further unambiguously confirmed by matching their retention times, accurate masses, and fragment ions with those of their reference standards. Among these metabolites, 12 metabolites are first identified (M2, M5–M8, M10–M13, and M17–M19). The current study revealed that oxygenation, N-demethylation, dehydrogenation, glucuronidation, and GSH conjugation were the major metabolic pathways for evodiamine. This study elucidated the detailed metabolite profiles of evodiamine, which is helpful in predicting in vivo metabolism of evodiamine in human and in understanding the elimination mechanism of evodiamine and in turn, the effectiveness and toxicity.
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- Zhaowei Zhang
- Department of Pharmacy, Jinhua Municipal Central Hospital, Jinhua, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Jinhua Municipal Central Hospital, Jinhua, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Jinhua Municipal Central Hospital, Jinhua, China
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- Anhui Provincial Institute for Food and Drug Control, Hefei, China
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- Institute of Technology Innovation, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, China
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Kong XF, Zhan F, He GX, Pan CX, Gu CX, Lu K, Mo DL, Su GF. Gold-Catalyzed Selective 6-exo-dig and 7-endo-dig Cyclizations of Alkyn-Tethered Indoles To Prepare Rutaecarpine Derivatives. J Org Chem 2018; 83:2006-2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b02956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Xiang-Fei Kong
- State
Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal
Resources, Ministry of Science and Technology of China, School of
Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, 15 Yu Cai Road, Guilin 541004, China
- College
of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Guilin University of Technology, 12 Jian Gan Road, Guilin 541004, China
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- State
Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal
Resources, Ministry of Science and Technology of China, School of
Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, 15 Yu Cai Road, Guilin 541004, China
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- State
Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal
Resources, Ministry of Science and Technology of China, School of
Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, 15 Yu Cai Road, Guilin 541004, China
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- State
Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal
Resources, Ministry of Science and Technology of China, School of
Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, 15 Yu Cai Road, Guilin 541004, China
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- State
Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal
Resources, Ministry of Science and Technology of China, School of
Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, 15 Yu Cai Road, Guilin 541004, China
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- State
Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal
Resources, Ministry of Science and Technology of China, School of
Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, 15 Yu Cai Road, Guilin 541004, China
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- State
Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal
Resources, Ministry of Science and Technology of China, School of
Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, 15 Yu Cai Road, Guilin 541004, China
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- State
Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal
Resources, Ministry of Science and Technology of China, School of
Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, 15 Yu Cai Road, Guilin 541004, China
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Subhashini NJP, Swetha G, Shivaraj. Synthesis and characterization of novel bis-triazolyl quinazolinones. RUSS J GEN CHEM+ 2017. [DOI: 10.1134/s107036321708028x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Pharmacokinetics Studies of 12 Alkaloids in Rat Plasma after Oral Administration of Zuojin and Fan-Zuojin Formulas. Molecules 2017; 22:molecules22020214. [PMID: 28146096 PMCID: PMC6155683 DOI: 10.3390/molecules22020214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2016] [Accepted: 01/24/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Zuojin formula (ZJ) is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) prescription consisted of Coptidis Rhizoma (CR) and Euodiae Fructus (EF), and has been used to treat gastrointestinal (GI) disease for more than 700 years. Fan-Zuojin formula (FZJ) is a related TCM prescription also consisted of CR and EF with the opposite proportion. In recent years, ZJ was getting more attention for its antitumor potential, but the indeterminate pharmacokinetic (PK) behavior restricted its clinical applications, and the PK differences between ZJ and FZJ were also largely unknown. Consequently it is necessary to carry out a full-scale PK study to demonstrate the physiological disposition of ZJ, as well as the comparative PK study between ZJ and FZJ to illustrate the compatibility dose effects. Therefore a liquid chromatographic–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) method was established and validated for the determinations of coptisine, epiberberine, palmatine, berberine, 8-oxocoptisine, 8-oxoepiberberine, noroxyhydrastinine, corydaldine, dehydroevodiamine, evodiamine, wuchuyuamide-I, and evocarpine in rat plasma. PK characteristics of 12 alkaloids after oral administration of ZJ and FZJ were compared, and the result was analyzed and discussed with the help of an in silico study. Then an integrated PK study was carried out with the AUC-based weighting method and the total drug concentration method. The established method has been successfully applied to reveal the PK profiles of the 12 alkaloids in rat plasma after oral administration of ZJ and FZJ. The results showed that: (1) double peaks were observed in the plasma concentration-time (C–T) curves of the alkaloids after ZJ administration; but the C–T curves approximately matched the two-compartment model after FZJ administration; (2) There were wide variations in the absorption levels of these alkaloids; and even for a certain alkaloid, the dose modified systemic exposure levels and elimination rate also varied significantly after administration of ZJ and FZJ extracts. The results could be interpreted as follows: firstly, inhibition effect on GI motility caused by the high content CR alkaloids (especially berberine) in ZJ could delay the Tmax, and increase the absorption and systemic exposure levels of the other alkaloids, and also lead to the double peak phenomenon of these alkaloids. However, for quaternary protoberberine alkaloids (QPA), double peaks were primarily caused by the different Ka value in two intestinal absorption sites; Secondly, absorption was the major obstacle to the systemic exposure level of the alkaloids from CR and EF. In silico and PK studies suggested that the absorption of these alkaloids, except QPAs, mainly depended on their solubility rather than permeability; Thirdly, EF could promote the absorption and accelerate the elimination of QPAs, and had a greater influence on the former than the latter. At last the integrated PK analysis suggested that berberine and dehydroevodiamine could be regarded as the representative components to reflect the PK behaviors of CR and EF alkaloids after administration of ZJ and FZJ. In conclusion, the absorption, elimination and systemic exposure level of these alkaloids were mainly influenced by the proportion of EF and CR, the pharmacological effect on GI motility, and the physicochemical property of these alkaloids. These findings would be helpful for a better understanding of the activities and clinical applications of ZJ, FZJ and other related TCM prescriptions.
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Qiao R, Ye L, Hu K, Yu S, Yang W, Liu M, Chen J, Ding J, Wu H. Copper-catalyzed C–O bond cleavage and cyclization: synthesis of indazolo[3,2-b]quinazolinones. Org Biomol Chem 2017; 15:2168-2173. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ob02352e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Cu-catalyzed sequential inert C–O bond cleavage followed by intramolecular C–N bond formation for the synthesis of indazolo[3,2-b]quinazolinones.
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- Rui Qiao
- College of Chemistry & Materials Engineering
- Wenzhou University
- Wenzhou 325035
- P. R. China
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
- Wenzhou 325000
- P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry & Materials Engineering
- Wenzhou University
- Wenzhou 325035
- P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry & Materials Engineering
- Wenzhou University
- Wenzhou 325035
- P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry & Materials Engineering
- Wenzhou University
- Wenzhou 325035
- P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry & Materials Engineering
- Wenzhou University
- Wenzhou 325035
- P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry & Materials Engineering
- Wenzhou University
- Wenzhou 325035
- P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry & Materials Engineering
- Wenzhou University
- Wenzhou 325035
- P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry & Materials Engineering
- Wenzhou University
- Wenzhou 325035
- P. R. China
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Turan-Zitouni G, Yurttaş L, Saka G, Cantürk Z, Gencer HK, Baysal M, Kaplancιklι ZA. Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Evaluation of New Quinazoline Derivatives. Nat Prod Commun 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1601101105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The synthesis of nine new quinazoline derivatives (2a-2i) and evaluation of their antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities were aims of the present work. For the synthesis of the compounds, 2-chloro-6,7-dimethoxyquinazolin-4-amine was used as the initial starting material. The intermediate product, 2-hydrazinyl-6,7-dimethoxyquinazolin-4-amine, was reacted with appropriate aromatic aldehydes to obtain 2-(2-benzylidenehydrazinyl)-6,7-dimethoxyquinazolin-4-amine derivatives as final compounds. The structures of the compounds were elucidated by 1H- and 13C-NMR, IR, and MS analyses. The new pure compounds were evaluated for their potential antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities using in vitro microdilution and cell culture techniques, respectively. The compounds 2e and 2f may be promising candidates for the treatment of fungal infections with their activity and cytotoxicity.
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- Gülhan Turan-Zitouni
- Anadolu University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, 26470 Eskisehir, Turkey
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- Anadolu University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, 26470 Eskisehir, Turkey
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- Hitit University, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry, 19000-Çorum, Turkey
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- Anadolu University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Microbiology, 26470 Eskisehir, Turkey
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- Anadolu University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Microbiology, 26470 Eskisehir, Turkey
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- Anadolu University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Toxicology, 26470 Eskisehir, Turkey
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- Anadolu University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, 26470 Eskisehir, Turkey
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Ching LC, Chen CY, Su KH, Hou HH, Shyue SK, Kou YR, Lee TS. Implication of AMP-activated protein kinase in transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1-mediated activation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase. Mol Med 2016; 18:805-15. [PMID: 22451268 PMCID: PMC7751829 DOI: 10.2119/molmed.2011.00461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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We investigated whether AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), a multifunctional regulator of energy homeostasis, is involved in transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1)-mediated activation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) in endothelial cells (ECs) and mice. In ECs, treatment with evodiamine, the activator of TRPV1, increased the phosphorylation of AMPK, acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) and eNOS, as revealed by Western blot analysis. Inhibition of AMPK activation by compound C or dominant-negative AMPK mutant abrogated the evodiamine-induced increase in phosphorylation of AMPK and eNOS and NO bioavailability, as well as tube formation in ECs. Immunoprecipitation and two-hybrid analysis demonstrated that AMPK mediated the evodiamine-induced increase in the formation of a TRPVl-eNOS complex. Additionally, TRPV1 activation by evodiamine increased the phosphorylation of AMPK and eNOS in aortas of wild-type mice but did not activate eNOS in aortas of TRPV1-deficient mice. In mice, inhibition of AMPK activation by compound C markedly decreased evodiamine-evoked angiogenesis in matrigel plugs and in a hind-limb ischemia model. Moreover, evodiamine-induced phosphorylation of AMPK and eNOS in aortas of apolipoprotein E-deficient (ApoE−/−) mice was abrogated in TRPVl-deficient ApoE−/− mice. In conclusion, TRPV1 activation may trigger AMPK-dependent signaling, which leads to enhanced activation of AMPK and eNOS and retarded development of atherosclerosis.
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- Li-Chieh Ching
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan
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Progress in Studies on Rutaecarpine. II.--Synthesis and Structure-Biological Activity Relationships. Molecules 2015; 20:10800-21. [PMID: 26111170 PMCID: PMC6272352 DOI: 10.3390/molecules200610800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2015] [Revised: 05/27/2015] [Accepted: 06/01/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Rutaecarpine is a pentacyclic indolopyridoquinazolinone alkaloid found in Evodia rutaecarpa and other related herbs. It has a variety of intriguing biological properties, which continue to attract the academic and industrial interest. Studies on rutaecarpine have included isolation from new natural sources, development of new synthetic methods for its total synthesis, the discovery of new biological activities, metabolism, toxicology, and establishment of analytical methods for determining rutaecarpine content. The present review focuses on the synthesis, biological activities, and structure-activity relationships of rutaecarpine derivatives, with respect to their antiplatelet, vasodilatory, cytotoxic, and anticholinesterase activities.
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Chauhan SS, Pandey S, Shivahare R, Ramalingam K, Krishna S, Vishwakarma P, Siddiqi MI, Gupta S, Goyal N, Chauhan PMS. Novel β-carboline–quinazolinone hybrid as an inhibitor of Leishmania donovani trypanothione reductase: Synthesis, molecular docking and bioevaluation. MEDCHEMCOMM 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4md00298a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Novel β-carboline–quinazolinone hybrids are able to inhibit Leishmania donovani TR (LdTR). Molecular docking studies to investigate possible binding sites were performed.
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- Shikha S. Chauhan
- Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division
- CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute
- Lucknow-226031
- India
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- Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division
- CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute
- Lucknow-226031
- India
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- Division of Parasitology
- CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute
- Lucknow-226031
- India
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- Division of Biochemistry
- CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute
- Lucknow-226031
- India
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- Molecular and Structural Biology Division
- CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute
- Lucknow-226031
- India
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- Division of Parasitology
- CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute
- Lucknow-226031
- India
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- Molecular and Structural Biology Division
- CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute
- Lucknow-226031
- India
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- Division of Parasitology
- CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute
- Lucknow-226031
- India
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- Division of Biochemistry
- CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute
- Lucknow-226031
- India
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- Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division
- CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute
- Lucknow-226031
- India
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Yang W, Qiao R, Chen J, Huang X, Liu M, Gao W, Ding J, Wu H. Palladium-Catalyzed Cascade Reaction of 2-Amino-N'-arylbenzohydrazides with Triethyl Orthobenzoates To Construct Indazolo[3,2-b]quinazolinones. J Org Chem 2014; 80:482-9. [PMID: 25437529 DOI: 10.1021/jo5024848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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A palladium-catalyzed sequential cyclization/C-H activation cascade reaction of 2-amino-N'-arylbenzohydrazides with triethyl orthobenzoates has been developed, providing indazolo[3,2-b]quinazolinones in good to high yields. Two key intermediates of the reaction, 2-phenyl-3-(phenylamino)quinazolinone and C-H insertion palladacycle, were isolated, and their structures were unambiguously confirmed by X-ray crystallography. This method represents an unprecedented example of a halogen-free protocol to access indazolo[3,2-b]quinazolinones. Moreover, this chemistry also provides a useful tool for the discovery of fluorescent materials.
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- Weiguang Yang
- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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Zhao Y, Zhao Y, Zhou X, Gong X. Development and validation of an UPLC-ESI-MS/MS method for determination of dehydroevodiamine, limonin, evodiamine, and rutaecarpine in Evodiae Fructus. Pharmacogn Mag 2014; 10:374-83. [PMID: 25210328 PMCID: PMC4159934 DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.137381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2013] [Revised: 08/29/2013] [Accepted: 07/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Objective: Evodiae Fructus (EF), one of the most widely used traditional Chinese medicines, mainly consists of alkaloids, is widely used for the treatments of headache and gastrointestinal disorders. In this study, a sensitive and reliable UPLC-ESI-MS/MS method was developed for qualitative determination of dehydroevodiamine, limonin, evodiamine, and rutaecarpine. Materials and Methods: Chromatographic separations were accomplished on a Phenomenex Kinetex XB-C18 column (2.1 × 150 mm, 1.7 μm) by using a gradient elution profile with a mobile phase consisting of 0.5% formic acid in water (A) and acetonitrile (B). Detection was performed using multiple reactions monitoring mode under ESI in the positive ion mode. Results: The results showed good linearity over the investigated concentration ranges (R2>0.9900) for the analytes. The limit of quantitations (LOQs) were 6.88 ng/mL for dehydroevodiamine, 18.6 ng/mL for limonin, 6.24 ng/mL for evodiamine, and 2.56 ng/mL for rutaecarpine, respectively. Intraday and interday precisions (relative standard deviations, %) were <5% and accuracies ranged from 92% to 106%. Conclusion: The validated method was successfully applied to assay the contents of the four compounds in EF samples from different regions, with which just 10 min was needed to analyze each sample.
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- Yang Zhao
- The Research Center for Quality Control of Nature Medicine, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550001, Guizhou, China ; Key Laboratory for Information System of Mountainous Area and Protection of Ecological Environment of Guizhou Province, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550001, Guizhou, China
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- The Research Center for Quality Control of Nature Medicine, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550001, Guizhou, China ; Key Laboratory for Information System of Mountainous Area and Protection of Ecological Environment of Guizhou Province, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550001, Guizhou, China
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- The Research Center for Quality Control of Nature Medicine, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550001, Guizhou, China ; Key Laboratory for Information System of Mountainous Area and Protection of Ecological Environment of Guizhou Province, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550001, Guizhou, China
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- The Research Center for Quality Control of Nature Medicine, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550001, Guizhou, China ; Key Laboratory for Information System of Mountainous Area and Protection of Ecological Environment of Guizhou Province, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550001, Guizhou, China
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Lei M, Tian W, Li W, Lu P, Wang Y. One-pot, three-component synthesis of highly functionalized pyrimidone derivatives and access to indole fused pyrimidones via palladium-catalyzed intramolecular Heck reaction. Tetrahedron 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2014.04.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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De Petrocellis L, Schiano Moriello A, Fontana G, Sacchetti A, Passarella D, Appendino G, Di Marzo V. Effect of chirality and lipophilicity in the functional activity of evodiamine and its analogues at TRPV1 channels. Br J Pharmacol 2014; 171:2608-20. [PMID: 23902373 PMCID: PMC4009003 DOI: 10.1111/bph.12320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2013] [Revised: 07/18/2013] [Accepted: 07/26/2013] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Evodiamine, a racemic quinazolinocarboline alkaloid isolated from the traditional Chinese medicine Evodiae fructus, has been reported to act as an agonist of the transient receptor potential vanilloid type-1 (TRPV1) cation channel both in vitro and in vivo. Evodiamine is structurally different from all known TRPV1 activators, and has significant clinical potential as a thermogenic agent. Nevertheless, the molecular bases for its actions are still poorly understood. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH To investigate the structure-activity relationships of evodiamine, the natural racemate was resolved, and a series of 23 synthetic analogues was prepared, using as the end point the intracellular Ca(2+) elevation in HEK-293 cells stably overexpressing either the human or the rat recombinant TRPV1. KEY RESULTS S-(+) evodiamine was more efficacious and potent than R-(-) evodiamine, and a new potent lead (Evo30) was identified, more potent than the reference TRPV1 agonist, capsaicin. In general, potency and efficacy correlated with the lipophilicity of the analogues. Like other TRPV1 agonists, several synthetic analogues could efficiently desensitize TRPV1 to activation by capsaicin. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Evodiamine qualifies as structurally unique lead structure to develop new potent TRPV1 agonists/desensitizers.
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- Luciano De Petrocellis
- Istituto di Cibernetica, Endocannabinoid Research Group, Consiglio Nazionale delle RicerchePozzuoli, Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare, Endocannabinoid Research Group, Consiglio Nazionale delle RicerchePozzuoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica ‘G. Natta’, Politecnico di MilanoMilano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Alimentari, Farmaceutiche e Farmacologiche, Università del Piemonte OrientaleNovara, Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare, Endocannabinoid Research Group, Consiglio Nazionale delle RicerchePozzuoli, Italy
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Schramm A, Hamburger M. Gram-scale purification of dehydroevodiamine from Evodia rutaecarpa fruits, and a procedure for selective removal of quaternary indoloquinazoline alkaloids from Evodia extracts. Fitoterapia 2014; 94:127-33. [PMID: 24561006 DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2014.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2013] [Revised: 02/12/2014] [Accepted: 02/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Dehydroevodiamine (DHE) is a major bioactive constituent in the traditional Chinese herbal drug Evodiae fructus (Wu zhu yu). The compound has been shown to possess pronounced cardiovascular and neuropharmacological activities in vitro and in vivo. For quality control purposes and follow-up studies assessing potential safety risks of DHE, we developed a simple and efficient two-step protocol for gram-scale purification of DHE. An alkaloidal fraction was obtained by cation-exchange solid phase extraction, and DHE and the minor alkaloid hortiamine were purified by isocratic preparative RP-HPLC. The DHE content in different commercial batches of Evodiae fructus, and in a series of commercially available Evodia-containing TCM products was assessed. A daily intake of up to mg amounts of DHE was calculated from recommended doses of these products. A method for the selective removal of quaternary indoloquinazoline alkaloids from Evodia extracts was developed.
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- Anja Schramm
- Division of Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
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Guo S, Li Y, Tao L, Zhang W, Fan X. Rapid assembly of quinazolinone scaffold via copper-catalyzed tandem reaction of 2-bromobenzamides with aldehydes and aqueous ammonia: application to the synthesis of the alkaloid tryptanthrin. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra10799c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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An efficient synthesis of quinazolinones via copper-catalyzed tandem reaction of 2-bromobenzamides with aldehydes and aqueous ammonia has been developed.
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- Shenghai Guo
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals
- Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions
- Ministry of Education
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Henan Normal University
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- School of Science
- Jiaozuo Teachers' College
- Jiaozuo, P. R. China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals
- Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions
- Ministry of Education
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Henan Normal University
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals
- Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions
- Ministry of Education
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Henan Normal University
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals
- Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions
- Ministry of Education
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Henan Normal University
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Evodiamine Induces Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid-1-Mediated Protective Autophagy in U87-MG Astrocytes. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2013; 2013:354840. [PMID: 24454492 PMCID: PMC3884692 DOI: 10.1155/2013/354840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2013] [Accepted: 11/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Cerebral ischemia is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide, which results in cognitive and motor dysfunction, neurodegenerative diseases, and death. Evodiamine (Evo) is extracted from Evodia rutaecarpa Bentham, a plant widely used in Chinese herbal medicine, which possesses variable biological abilities, such as anticancer, anti-inflammation, antiobesity, anti-Alzheimer's disease, antimetastatic, antianoxic, and antinociceptive functions. But the effect of Evo on ischemic stroke is unclear. Increasing data suggest that activation of autophagy, an adaptive response to environmental stresses, could protect neurons from ischemia-induced cell death. In this study, we found that Evo induced autophagy in U87-MG astrocytes. A scavenger of extracellular calcium and an antagonist of transient receptor potential vanilloid-1 (TRPV-1) decreased the percentage of autophagy accompanied by an increase in apoptosis, suggesting that Evo may induce calcium-mediated protective autophagy resulting from an influx of extracellular calcium. The same phenomena were also confirmed by a small interfering RNA technique to knock down the expression of TRPV1. Finally, Evo-induced c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNK) activation was reduced by a TRPV1 antagonist, indicating that Evo-induced autophagy may occur through a calcium/c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) pathway. Collectively, Evo induced an influx of extracellular calcium, which led to JNK-mediated protective autophagy, and this provides a new option for ischemic stroke treatment.
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Yang W, Ye L, Huang D, Liu M, Ding J, Chen J, Wu H. Copper-catalyzed intramolecular C–N bond formation reaction of 3-amino-2-(2-bromophenyl)dihydroquinazolinones: synthesis of indazolo[3,2-b]quinazolinones. Tetrahedron 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2013.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Sharma M, Mahar R, Shukla SK, Kant R, Chauhan PM. Potassium carbonate mediated unusual transformation of 2,3-dihydroquinazolinone via cascade reaction. Tetrahedron Lett 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2013.08.095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Ching LC, Zhao JF, Su KH, Shyue SK, Hsu CP, Lu TM, Lin SJ, Lee TS. Activation of transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 decreases endothelial nitric oxide synthase phosphorylation at Thr497 by protein phosphatase 2B-dependent dephosphorylation of protein kinase C. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2013; 209:124-35. [PMID: 24028645 DOI: 10.1111/apha.12157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2013] [Accepted: 08/12/2013] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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AIMS We investigated the effects and underlying molecular mechanism of transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1), a calcium (Ca(2+) )-permeable non-selective cation channel, on phosphorylation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) at threonine 497 (Thr497) in bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAECs) and in mice. METHODS Western blotting and immunoprecipitation were used for the evaluation of protein phosphorylation; protein phosphatase 2B (PP2B) activity was assessed by convention kit; Griess assay was for NO production; tube formation and Matrigel plug assay were used for angiogenesis. RESULTS In BAECs, treatment with the TRPV1 ligand evodiamine decreased the phosphorylation of eNOS at Thr497, protein kinase Cα (PKCα) at Serine 657 (Ser657) and PKCβ2 at Ser660. Evodiamine increased protein phosphatase 2B (PP2B) activity and promoted the formation of a PP2B-PKC complex. Inhibition of TRPV1 activation by the pharmacological antagonists, removal of extracellular Ca(2+) or pharmacological inhibition of PI3K/Akt/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II/AMP-activated protein kinase signalling pathway abolished the evodiamine-induced alterations in phosphorylation of eNOS at Thr497, PKCα at Ser657, PKCβ2 at Ser660 and PP2B activity, as well as the formation of a PP2B-PKC complex. Inhibition of PP2B activation partially reduced the evodiamine-induced NO bioavailability and tube formation in endothelial cells (ECs) and angiogenesis in mice. Moreover, evodiamine decreased the phosphorylation of eNOS at Thr497, PKCα at Ser657 and PKCβ2 at Ser660 in apolipoprotein E (ApoE)-deficient mouse aortas but not TRPV1-deficient or ApoE/TRPV1 double-knockout mice. CONCLUSION TRPV1 activation in ECs may elicit a Ca(2+) -dependent effect on PP2B-PKC signalling, which leads to dephosphorylation of eNOS at Thr497 in ECs and in mice.
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- Department of Physiology; National Yang-Ming University; Taipei; Taiwan
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- Department of Physiology; National Yang-Ming University; Taipei; Taiwan
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- Department of Physiology; National Yang-Ming University; Taipei; Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences; Academia Sinica; Taipei; Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery; Department of Surgery; Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Taipei; Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology; Department of Internal Medicine; Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Taipei; Taiwan
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- Department of Physiology; National Yang-Ming University; Taipei; Taiwan
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Zhang HM, Wang CH, Wang ZT. Simultaneous analysis of protoberberine and indolequinoline alkaloids in Zuojin pill extract by high-performance liquid chromatography. ACTA CHROMATOGR 2013. [DOI: 10.1556/achrom.25.2013.3.14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Separation and Determination of Active Components in Evodiae fructus and its Pharmaceutical Preparations by Non-Aqueous Micellar Electrokinetic Chromatography. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.781-784.104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In this paper, an easy, economical and effective nonaqueous micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography (NAMECC) method for the simultaneous determination of two bioactive components (evodiamine and rutaecarpine) in Evodiae Fructus and its pharmaceutical preparations was developed for the first time. After optimization of the separation conditions and concentration conditions, the two alkaloids can be separated by using a fused-silica capillary column (57 × 75 μm I.D.) with a running buffer of 140 mM sodium cholate (SC) in methanol and detected with a diode-array detector (228nm). The second-order derivative electropherograms were applied for resolving overlapping peaks in complicated preparations. Regression equations revealed good linear relationships (correlation coefficients 0.9969-0.9999) between peak heights in second-order derivative electropherograms and concentrations of the two analytes. The relative standard deviations (RSD) of the migration times and the peak height of the two constituents were less than 0.49% and 1.6%. The recoveries of two constituents ranged from 93.5 to 105.6%. The results indicated that baseline separation of the analytes was hard to be achieved in real samples sometimes and second-order derivative electropherograms was applicable for the resolving and analysis of overlapping peaks.
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Rutaecarpine inhibits angiotensin II-induced proliferation in rat vascular smooth muscle cells. Chin J Integr Med 2013; 20:682-7. [PMID: 23775171 DOI: 10.1007/s11655-013-1198-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2011] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects and possible mechanisms of rutaecarpine on angiotensin II (Ang II)-induced proliferation in cultured rat vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). METHODS VSMCs were isolated from Male Sprague-Dawley rat aorta, and cultured by enzymic dispersion method. Experiments were performed with cells from passages 3-8. The cultured VSMCs were randomly divided into control, model (Ang II 0.1 μmol/L), and rutaecarpine (0.3-3.0 μmol/L) groups. VMSC proliferation was induced by Ang II, and was evaluated by the 3-(4, 5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2, 5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay and cell counting. To examine the mechanisms involved in anti-proliferative effects of rutaecarpine, nitric oxide (NO) levels and NO synthetase (NOS) activity were determined. Expressions of VSMC proliferation-related genes including endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), and c-myc hypertension related gene-1 (HRG-1) were determined by real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). RESULTS Rutaecarpine (0.3-3.0 μmol/L) inhibited Ang II-induced VSMC proliferation and the best effects were achieved at 3.0 μmol/L. The Ang II-induced decreases in cellular NO contents and NOS activities were antagonized by rutaecarpine (P <0.05). Ang II administration suppressed the expressions of eNOS and HRG-1, while increased c-myc expression (P <0.05). All these effects were attenuated by 3.0 μmol/L rutaecarpine (P <0.05). CONCLUSION Rutaecarpine is effective against Ang II-induced rat VSMC proliferation, and this effect is due, at least in part, to NO production and the modulation of VMSC proliferation-related gene expressions.
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Vasodilator compounds derived from plants and their mechanisms of action. Molecules 2013; 18:5814-57. [PMID: 23685938 PMCID: PMC6270466 DOI: 10.3390/molecules18055814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2013] [Revised: 04/24/2013] [Accepted: 05/07/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The present paper reviews vasodilator compounds isolated from plants that were reported in the past 22 years (1990 to 2012) and the different mechanisms of action involved in their vasodilator effects. The search for reports was conducted in a comprehensive manner, intending to encompass those metabolites with a vasodilator effect whose mechanism of action involved both vascular endothelium and arterial smooth muscle. The results obtained from our bibliographic search showed that over half of the isolated compounds have a mechanism of action involving the endothelium. Most of these bioactive metabolites cause vasodilation either by activating the nitric oxide/cGMP pathway or by blocking voltage-dependent calcium channels. Moreover, it was found that many compounds induced vasodilation by more than one mechanism. This review confirms that secondary metabolites, which include a significant group of compounds with extensive chemical diversity, are a valuable source of new pharmaceuticals useful for the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular diseases.
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Sharma M, Chauhan K, Shivahare R, Vishwakarma P, Suthar MK, Sharma A, Gupta S, Saxena JK, Lal J, Chandra P, Kumar B, Chauhan PMS. Discovery of a new class of natural product-inspired quinazolinone hybrid as potent antileishmanial agents. J Med Chem 2013; 56:4374-92. [PMID: 23611626 DOI: 10.1021/jm400053v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The high potential of quinazolinone containing natural products and their derivatives in medicinal chemistry led us to discover four novel series of 53 compounds of quinazolinone based on the concept of molecular hybridization. Most of the synthesized analogues exhibited potent leishmanicidal activity against intracellular amastigotes (IC50 from 0.65 ± 0.2 to 7.76 ± 2.1 μM) as compared to miltefosine (IC50 = 8.4 ± 2.1 μM) and nontoxic toward the J-774A.1 cell line and Vero cells. Moreover, activation of Th1 type and suppression of Th2 type immune responses and induction in nitric oxide generation proved that 8a and 8g induce murine macrophages to prevent survival of parasites. Compounds 8a and 8g exhibited significant in vivo inhibition of parasite 73.15 ± 12.69% and 80.93 ± 10.50% against Leishmania donovani /hamster model. Our results indicate that compounds 8a, 8g, and 9f represent a new structural lead for this serious and neglected disease.
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- Moni Sharma
- Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow-226 001, U.P., India
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Pharmacological actions of multi-target-directed evodiamine. Molecules 2013; 18:1826-43. [PMID: 23434865 PMCID: PMC6270287 DOI: 10.3390/molecules18021826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2012] [Revised: 01/28/2013] [Accepted: 01/29/2013] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Evodiamine, a naturally occurring indole alkaloid, is one of the main bioactive ingredients of Evodiae fructus. With respect to the pharmacological actions of evodiamine, more attention has been paid to beneficial effects in insults involving cancer, obesity, nociception, inflammation, cardiovascular diseases, Alzheimer's disease, infectious diseases and themoregulative effects. evodiamine has evolved a superior ability to bind various proteins, so we also argue that it is good starting point for multi-target drugs. This review is primarily addressed to the description of the recent advances in the biological activity studies of evodiamine, with a focus on pharmacological mechanism. The present review also includes the pharmacokinetics and the detailed exploration of target-binding properties of evodiamine in an attempt to provide a direction for further multi-target drug design.
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