Antioxidant,Anti-inflammatory,and Antibacterial Activities of Different Extracts from Polygonum capitatum

[Objectives]To investigate the antioxidant,anti-inflammatory and antibacterial activities of different extracts(aqueous,ethanol,ethyl acetate and n-butanol extracts)of Miao medicine Polygonum capitatum.[Methods]Eleven batches of P.capitatum in Guizhou province were collected,and water,ethanol,ethyl acetate and n-butanol extracts were prepared by reflux extraction.Antioxidant activity was determined by radical scavenging capacity of 1,1 diphenyl-2-picyl hydrazine(DPPH),anti-inflammatory activity was screened by lipopolysaccharide(LPS)induced RAW264.7 cells to produce NO,and the minimum inhibitory concentration(MIC)was screened by broth microdilution method.[Results]When the concentration of ethyl acetate extract was 10 mg/L,the scavenging rate of DPPH ranged from 90%to 99%.The(MIC of the ethyl acetate extract against Staphylococcus aureus(SA),Pseudomonas aeruginosa(PA)and Escherichia coli(EC)was 0.18-0.65,0.13-0.82,and 0.15-0.78 g/L,respectively.In the anti-inflammatory activity,ethyl acetate extract inhibited NO production with inhibition rate of 70%.[Conclusions]The ethyl acetate extract and ethanol extract of Miao medicine P.capitatum have strong antioxidant,anti-inflammatory and antibacterial activities.

Investigation on the Material Basis of Sijicao Granules in Treating Eczema Based on Network Pharmacology

[Objectives]To explore the pharmacodynamic material basis of Sijicao granules for the treatment of eczema through chemical composition-network pharmacology.[Methods]First of all,the chemical constituents of Polygonum capitatum and Plantago asiatica from Sijicao granules were collected,and the relevant target information of the constituents was collected by TCMSP,PubChem,DisGeNET,GeneCards and STRING databases.Furthermore,Cytoscape 3.8.2 software was used to construct the chemical compounds-target network map of Sijicao granules.Finally,STRING database was used for PPI protein network analysis,GO functional enrichment analysis and KEGG pathway enrichment analysis of core targets,and molecular docking between core constituents and protein targets was also performed.[Results]30 constituents,including quercetin,kaempferol,luteolin,ellagic acid and gallic acid,were discovered to be the key effective compounds of Sijicao granules in the treatment of eczema.And its core action protein targets were PTGS2,NOS2,AKT1,TP53,IL6,HMOX1.What s more,through GO functional enrichment analysis of biological process(BP),cell component(CC),molecular function(MF)analysis and KEGG pathway enrichment analysis,the main pathways of action of Sijicao granules for the treatment of eczema including IL-17 signaling pathway,T cell receptor signaling pathway,cancer signaling pathway,TNF signaling pathway and Relaxin signaling pathway.In addition,molecular docking results displayed that the primary active constituents quercetin,kaempferol and luteolin were well combined with the core protein targets AKT1 and IL6.[Conclusions]Sijicao granules could play an important role for the treatment of eczema through multi-component,multi-target,multi-pathway and their interaction.