Flos lonicerae is the dry flower bud of Lonicera japonica Thunb,and it is a very important Chinese herbal medicine in China.In ancient times,it was widely used to treat the exopathogenic wind-heat,epidemic febrile dis...Flos lonicerae is the dry flower bud of Lonicera japonica Thunb,and it is a very important Chinese herbal medicine in China.In ancient times,it was widely used to treat the exopathogenic wind-heat,epidemic febrile diseases,sores,carbuncles and some infectious diseases.Modern pharmacological research has indicated that it has anti-inflammatory,anti-bacterial,anti-viral and anti-oxidation activities.This paper reviews the chemical compositions and biological activities of Flos lonicerae in order to provide reference for its application in clinical practice in the future.展开更多
Lonicerae japonicae Flos(LF)is a kind of healthcare food with hepatoprotective function.This study was designed to explore the spectrum-effect relationships between UPLC fingerprints and the hepatoprotective effects o...Lonicerae japonicae Flos(LF)is a kind of healthcare food with hepatoprotective function.This study was designed to explore the spectrum-effect relationships between UPLC fingerprints and the hepatoprotective effects of LF.Fingerprints of ten batches of LF were established by UPLC-PDA.The inhibitory levels of AST and ALT were used as pharmacological indexes,and secoxyloganin,isochlorogenic acid A and isochlorogenic acid C were screened as hepatoprotective active compounds by grey relational analysis(GRA)and partial least squares regression analysis(PLSR).Caspase-3 was obtained by network pharmacology as a key target of hepatoprotective active compounds.Molecular docking is used to explore the interaction between small molecules and proteins.This work provided a general model of the combination of UPLC-PDA and hepatoprotective effect to study the spectrum-effect relationship of LF,which can be used to considerable methods and insight for the fundamental research of the material basis of similar healthcare food.展开更多
Lonicerae Flos(LF)derived from the dried flower buds or opening flowers of four Lonicera plants(Lonicera macranthoides,L.hypoglauca,L.confusa,and L.fulvotnetosa),is a popular traditional Chinese medicine.Because the f...Lonicerae Flos(LF)derived from the dried flower buds or opening flowers of four Lonicera plants(Lonicera macranthoides,L.hypoglauca,L.confusa,and L.fulvotnetosa),is a popular traditional Chinese medicine.Because the four origin plants are very similar in morphology,it is difficult to control the quality of LF in actual production.Over the past decade,many reports have pointed out the differences among them,including the botanical characteristics and active ingredients.However,there is still a lack of rapid methods that can be applied to the identification of the four origins.In this study,comparative analysis of the four chloroplast genomes was performed,and they showed low diversity(Pi=0.00267),three variation hotspots regions(rbcL-accD,rps12-ndhF and rps12-trnN-trnG)were identified as potentially molecular marker of highly informative.Meanwhile,the most obvious difference in SSR comparative analysis is reverse and complement repeats were only identified in L.confusa and L.hypoglauca,respectively.Lastly,the phylogenetic tree showed that L.confusa is more closely related to L.fulvotnetosa,while L.macranthoides is closer to L.hypoglauca.This study systematically revealed the differences among the four chloroplast genomes,and it provides valuable genetic information for identifying the origin of LF.展开更多
Objective:In Chinese herbal medicine(CHM)history,Lonicerae Japonicae Flos and Lonicerae Flos were used clinically as one drug,but now they are admitted as two herbal medicines in Chinese Pharmacopoeia(2010 edition).Th...Objective:In Chinese herbal medicine(CHM)history,Lonicerae Japonicae Flos and Lonicerae Flos were used clinically as one drug,but now they are admitted as two herbal medicines in Chinese Pharmacopoeia(2010 edition).This study used network pharmacology to investigate whether the two can be used interchangeably for the treatment of inflammatory diseases in TCM clinical practice.Methods:Lonicerae Japonicae Flos and Lonicerae Flos were compared in the inflammation mechanism including core targets,Gene Ontology(GO),pathway and principle chemical components by the method of network pharmacology.Results:Lonicerae Japonicae Flos and Lonicerae Flos shared in six targets accounting for 66.7%of the entire core targets and more than half of the GO terms and pathways are similar.Organic acids are dominent compounds responsible for anti-inflammatory effects.Three of the compounds that bind to core targets including luteolin,quercetin and kaempferol,are shared in both herbs.Conclusion:Due to high similarity between Lonicerae Japonicae Flos and Lonicerae Flos,we believe that they can be used interchangeably for the inflammation in clinical treatment.展开更多
Pesticides'overuse and misuse have been reported to induce ingredient variations in herbal medicine,which is now gaining attention in the medicinal field as a form of alternative medicine.To date,available studies...Pesticides'overuse and misuse have been reported to induce ingredient variations in herbal medicine,which is now gaining attention in the medicinal field as a form of alternative medicine.To date,available studies on pesticide-induced ingredient variations of herbal medicine are limited only on a few compounds and remain most others unexamined.In this study,a plant metabolomics-based strategy was performed to systematically explore the effects of two frequently used insecticides on the comprehensive constituents of Lonicerae Japonicae Flos(LJF),the flower buds of Lonicera japonica Thunb..Field trials were designed on a cultivating plot of L.japonica with controls and treatments of imidacloprid(IMI)and compound flonicamid and acetamiprid(CFA).Unbiased metabolite profiling was conducted by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography/quadrupole-Orbitrap mass spectrometer.After data pretreatment by automatic extraction and screening,a data matrix of metabolite features was submitted for statistical analyses.Consequently,29 metabolic markers,including chlorogenic acids,iridoids and organic acid-glucosides were obtained and characterized.The relative quantitative assay was subsequently performed to monitor their variations across flowering developments.This is the first study that systematically explored the insecticide-induced metabolite variations of LJF while taking into account the inherent variability of flowering development.The results were beneficial for holistic quality assessment of LJF and significant for guiding scientific use of pesticides in the large-scale cultivation.展开更多
基金This work was financially supported by National Nature Science Foundation of China(81973284)Scientific Research Foundation of the Education Department of Liaoning Province(LJKZ0944)College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Project of Shenyang Pharmaceutical University(202210163151).
文摘Flos lonicerae is the dry flower bud of Lonicera japonica Thunb,and it is a very important Chinese herbal medicine in China.In ancient times,it was widely used to treat the exopathogenic wind-heat,epidemic febrile diseases,sores,carbuncles and some infectious diseases.Modern pharmacological research has indicated that it has anti-inflammatory,anti-bacterial,anti-viral and anti-oxidation activities.This paper reviews the chemical compositions and biological activities of Flos lonicerae in order to provide reference for its application in clinical practice in the future.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81973604, 81803690 and 81703684)Special Funds from the Central Finance to Support the Development of Local Universities+12 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation Matching Project (2018PT02)the Innovative Talents Funding of Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine (2018RCD25)the Postdoctoral Initial Fund of Heilongjiang Province (UNPYSCT 2017219)the University Nursing Program for Young Scholars with Creative Talents in Heilongjiang Province (UNPYSCT-2017215)the National Natural Science Foundation Matching Project (2017PT01)the Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province (H2015037)the Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine Doctoral Innovation Foundation (2014bs05)the Application Technology Research and Development Projects of Harbin Technology Bureau (2014RFQXJ149)the Heilongjiang Postdoctoral Scientific Research Developmental Fund (LBH-Q16210 and LBH-Q17161)the Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine Doctoral Innovation Foundation (2013bs04)the scientific research project of Heilongjiang Provincial Health Commission (20211313050171)Heilongjiang Touyan Innovation Team ProgramNational Famous Old Traditional Chinese Medecine Experts Inheritance Studio Construction Program of National Administration of TCM ([2022]No.75)
文摘Lonicerae japonicae Flos(LF)is a kind of healthcare food with hepatoprotective function.This study was designed to explore the spectrum-effect relationships between UPLC fingerprints and the hepatoprotective effects of LF.Fingerprints of ten batches of LF were established by UPLC-PDA.The inhibitory levels of AST and ALT were used as pharmacological indexes,and secoxyloganin,isochlorogenic acid A and isochlorogenic acid C were screened as hepatoprotective active compounds by grey relational analysis(GRA)and partial least squares regression analysis(PLSR).Caspase-3 was obtained by network pharmacology as a key target of hepatoprotective active compounds.Molecular docking is used to explore the interaction between small molecules and proteins.This work provided a general model of the combination of UPLC-PDA and hepatoprotective effect to study the spectrum-effect relationship of LF,which can be used to considerable methods and insight for the fundamental research of the material basis of similar healthcare food.
基金the Science and Technology Project of Changsha City(No.kq2004038)Program for Innovative Leading Talents for Science and Technology of Xianyang City。
文摘Lonicerae Flos(LF)derived from the dried flower buds or opening flowers of four Lonicera plants(Lonicera macranthoides,L.hypoglauca,L.confusa,and L.fulvotnetosa),is a popular traditional Chinese medicine.Because the four origin plants are very similar in morphology,it is difficult to control the quality of LF in actual production.Over the past decade,many reports have pointed out the differences among them,including the botanical characteristics and active ingredients.However,there is still a lack of rapid methods that can be applied to the identification of the four origins.In this study,comparative analysis of the four chloroplast genomes was performed,and they showed low diversity(Pi=0.00267),three variation hotspots regions(rbcL-accD,rps12-ndhF and rps12-trnN-trnG)were identified as potentially molecular marker of highly informative.Meanwhile,the most obvious difference in SSR comparative analysis is reverse and complement repeats were only identified in L.confusa and L.hypoglauca,respectively.Lastly,the phylogenetic tree showed that L.confusa is more closely related to L.fulvotnetosa,while L.macranthoides is closer to L.hypoglauca.This study systematically revealed the differences among the four chloroplast genomes,and it provides valuable genetic information for identifying the origin of LF.
基金supported by grants from the National MegaProject for Innovative Drugs[2019ZX09735002]the Science and Technology Innovation Project of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences[2016-I2M-3-015]。
文摘Objective:In Chinese herbal medicine(CHM)history,Lonicerae Japonicae Flos and Lonicerae Flos were used clinically as one drug,but now they are admitted as two herbal medicines in Chinese Pharmacopoeia(2010 edition).This study used network pharmacology to investigate whether the two can be used interchangeably for the treatment of inflammatory diseases in TCM clinical practice.Methods:Lonicerae Japonicae Flos and Lonicerae Flos were compared in the inflammation mechanism including core targets,Gene Ontology(GO),pathway and principle chemical components by the method of network pharmacology.Results:Lonicerae Japonicae Flos and Lonicerae Flos shared in six targets accounting for 66.7%of the entire core targets and more than half of the GO terms and pathways are similar.Organic acids are dominent compounds responsible for anti-inflammatory effects.Three of the compounds that bind to core targets including luteolin,quercetin and kaempferol,are shared in both herbs.Conclusion:Due to high similarity between Lonicerae Japonicae Flos and Lonicerae Flos,we believe that they can be used interchangeably for the inflammation in clinical treatment.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2017YFC1700800)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2019M651551)Shanghai Science and Technology Commission(Nos.18DZ2292200 and 18DZ2200-900)。
文摘Pesticides'overuse and misuse have been reported to induce ingredient variations in herbal medicine,which is now gaining attention in the medicinal field as a form of alternative medicine.To date,available studies on pesticide-induced ingredient variations of herbal medicine are limited only on a few compounds and remain most others unexamined.In this study,a plant metabolomics-based strategy was performed to systematically explore the effects of two frequently used insecticides on the comprehensive constituents of Lonicerae Japonicae Flos(LJF),the flower buds of Lonicera japonica Thunb..Field trials were designed on a cultivating plot of L.japonica with controls and treatments of imidacloprid(IMI)and compound flonicamid and acetamiprid(CFA).Unbiased metabolite profiling was conducted by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography/quadrupole-Orbitrap mass spectrometer.After data pretreatment by automatic extraction and screening,a data matrix of metabolite features was submitted for statistical analyses.Consequently,29 metabolic markers,including chlorogenic acids,iridoids and organic acid-glucosides were obtained and characterized.The relative quantitative assay was subsequently performed to monitor their variations across flowering developments.This is the first study that systematically explored the insecticide-induced metabolite variations of LJF while taking into account the inherent variability of flowering development.The results were beneficial for holistic quality assessment of LJF and significant for guiding scientific use of pesticides in the large-scale cultivation.