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Liu XY, Zheng HW, Wang FZ, Atia TW, Fan B, Wang Q. Developments in the study of Chinese herbal medicine's assessment index and action mechanism for diabetes mellitus. Animal Model Exp Med 2024. [PMID: 38973219 DOI: 10.1002/ame2.12455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2024] [Accepted: 05/26/2024] [Indexed: 07/09/2024] Open
Abstract
In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), based on various pathogenic symptoms and the 'golden chamber' medical text, Huangdi Neijing, diabetes mellitus falls under the category 'collateral disease'. TCM, with its wealth of experience, has been treating diabetes for over two millennia. Different antidiabetic Chinese herbal medicines reduce blood sugar, with their effective ingredients exerting unique advantages. As well as a glucose lowering effect, TCM also regulates bodily functions to prevent diabetes associated complications, with reduced side effects compared to western synthetic drugs. Chinese herbal medicine is usually composed of polysaccharides, saponins, alkaloids, flavonoids, and terpenoids. These active ingredients reduce blood sugar via various mechanism of actions that include boosting endogenous insulin secretion, enhancing insulin sensitivity and adjusting key enzyme activity and scavenging free radicals. These actions regulate glycolipid metabolism in the body, eventually achieving the goal of normalizing blood glucose. Using different animal models, a number of molecular markers are available for the detection of diabetes induction and the molecular pathology of the disease is becoming clearer. Nonetheless, there is a dearth of scientific data about the pharmacology, dose-effect relationship, and structure-activity relationship of TCM and its constituents. Further research into the efficacy, toxicity and mode of action of TCM, using different metabolic and molecular markers, is key to developing novel TCM antidiabetic formulations.
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- Xin-Yue Liu
- Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- Sino-Portugal TCM International Cooperation Center, the Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China
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- Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- Sino-Portugal TCM International Cooperation Center, the Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China
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Yu Y, Liu G, Piao M, Lang M, Wang Y, Jin M, Li G, Zheng M. Chemical constituents of Polygonum aviculare L. and their chemotaxonomic significance. BIOCHEM SYST ECOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2022.104529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Kochiae Fructus: Evaluation on the antioxidant properties and oral safety of its water decoction. Toxicon 2022; 219:106934. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2022.106934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Revised: 09/18/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Li H, Guo L, Ding X, An Q, Wang L, Hao S, Li W, Wang T, Gao Z, Zheng Y, Zhang D. Molecular Networking, Network Pharmacology, and Molecular Docking Approaches Employed to Investigate the Changes in Ephedrae Herba before and after Honey-Processing. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27134057. [PMID: 35807303 PMCID: PMC9268138 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27134057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2022] [Revised: 06/20/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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Raw Ephedrae herba (REH) and honey-processed Ephedrae herba (HEH) were the different decoction pieces of Ephedrae herba (EH). Honey-processing that changes REH into HEH has been shown to relieve cough and asthma to a synergistic extent. However, the chemical markers and the synergistic mechanism of HEH need to be further studied. In this study, the ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled with hybrid quadrupole time of flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-Q-TOF-MS) and molecular networking (MN) were used to investigate the chemical composition of REH and HEH, which led to the identification of 92 compounds. A total of 38 differential chemical markers for REH and HEH were identified using principal component analysis (PCA) and orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA). Network pharmacology suggests that the synergistic effect of HEH in relieving cough and asthma may be due to 31 differential chemical markers acting through 111 biological targets. Among them, four compounds and two targets probably played an important role based on the results of molecular docking. This study enriched our knowledge about the chemical composition of REH and HEH, as well as the synergistic mechanism of HEH.
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- Hengyang Li
- Traditional Chinese Medicine Processing Technology Innovation Center of Hebei Province, College of Pharmacy, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang 050200, China; (H.L.); (L.G.); (X.D.); (Q.A.); (L.W.); (S.H.); (W.L.); (T.W.); (Z.G.)
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- Traditional Chinese Medicine Processing Technology Innovation Center of Hebei Province, College of Pharmacy, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang 050200, China; (H.L.); (L.G.); (X.D.); (Q.A.); (L.W.); (S.H.); (W.L.); (T.W.); (Z.G.)
- International Joint Research Center on Resource Utilization and Quality Evaluation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang 050200, China
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- Traditional Chinese Medicine Processing Technology Innovation Center of Hebei Province, College of Pharmacy, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang 050200, China; (H.L.); (L.G.); (X.D.); (Q.A.); (L.W.); (S.H.); (W.L.); (T.W.); (Z.G.)
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- Traditional Chinese Medicine Processing Technology Innovation Center of Hebei Province, College of Pharmacy, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang 050200, China; (H.L.); (L.G.); (X.D.); (Q.A.); (L.W.); (S.H.); (W.L.); (T.W.); (Z.G.)
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- Traditional Chinese Medicine Processing Technology Innovation Center of Hebei Province, College of Pharmacy, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang 050200, China; (H.L.); (L.G.); (X.D.); (Q.A.); (L.W.); (S.H.); (W.L.); (T.W.); (Z.G.)
- International Joint Research Center on Resource Utilization and Quality Evaluation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang 050200, China
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- Traditional Chinese Medicine Processing Technology Innovation Center of Hebei Province, College of Pharmacy, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang 050200, China; (H.L.); (L.G.); (X.D.); (Q.A.); (L.W.); (S.H.); (W.L.); (T.W.); (Z.G.)
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- Traditional Chinese Medicine Processing Technology Innovation Center of Hebei Province, College of Pharmacy, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang 050200, China; (H.L.); (L.G.); (X.D.); (Q.A.); (L.W.); (S.H.); (W.L.); (T.W.); (Z.G.)
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- Traditional Chinese Medicine Processing Technology Innovation Center of Hebei Province, College of Pharmacy, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang 050200, China; (H.L.); (L.G.); (X.D.); (Q.A.); (L.W.); (S.H.); (W.L.); (T.W.); (Z.G.)
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- Traditional Chinese Medicine Processing Technology Innovation Center of Hebei Province, College of Pharmacy, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang 050200, China; (H.L.); (L.G.); (X.D.); (Q.A.); (L.W.); (S.H.); (W.L.); (T.W.); (Z.G.)
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- Traditional Chinese Medicine Processing Technology Innovation Center of Hebei Province, College of Pharmacy, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang 050200, China; (H.L.); (L.G.); (X.D.); (Q.A.); (L.W.); (S.H.); (W.L.); (T.W.); (Z.G.)
- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hebei Chemical and Pharmaceutical College, Shijiazhuang 050026, China
- Correspondence: (Y.Z.); (D.Z.); Tel.: +86-311-8511-0166 (Y.Z.); +86-311-8992-6466 (D.Z.)
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- Traditional Chinese Medicine Processing Technology Innovation Center of Hebei Province, College of Pharmacy, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang 050200, China; (H.L.); (L.G.); (X.D.); (Q.A.); (L.W.); (S.H.); (W.L.); (T.W.); (Z.G.)
- International Joint Research Center on Resource Utilization and Quality Evaluation of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang 050200, China
- Correspondence: (Y.Z.); (D.Z.); Tel.: +86-311-8511-0166 (Y.Z.); +86-311-8992-6466 (D.Z.)
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