Objective The objective of this study was to screen the therapeutic target of olibanum and myrrha on acute soft tissue injury(ASTI)by network pharmacology and to clarify their mechanisms.Methods The main chemical cons...Objective The objective of this study was to screen the therapeutic target of olibanum and myrrha on acute soft tissue injury(ASTI)by network pharmacology and to clarify their mechanisms.Methods The main chemical constituents and the targets of olibanum and myrrha were obtained by using traditional Chinese medicine systems pharmacology database and analysis platform database.The disease targets of ASTI were searched by GeneCards.The intersection targets of herbs and diseases were selected for protein interaction analysis,protein–protein interaction network was constructed,and potential protein functional modules in the network were explored.A compound–target–disease network was constructed using Cytoscape3.8.2 software.The targets were analyzed by gene ontology analysis and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes enrichment analysis based on the Metascape database.Results The core active components of olibanum and myrrha were quercetin,β-sitosterol,and stigmasterol.The core targets were PGR,NCOA2,PTGS2,PRKCA,and NR3C2.Pathways in cancer,AGE-RAGE signaling pathway in diabetic complications might play a potential role in olibanum and myrrha in the treatment of ASTI.Conclusion Olibanum and myrrha have the characteristics of multiple components,multiple targets,and overall regulation in the treatment of ASTI.展开更多
The authors examined the thermal change in the aroma profile of myrrh. The fresh odor of raw myrrh and its hexane extract depended on the amount of (E)-13-ocimene. Myrrh was extracted with hexane to avoid inducing c...The authors examined the thermal change in the aroma profile of myrrh. The fresh odor of raw myrrh and its hexane extract depended on the amount of (E)-13-ocimene. Myrrh was extracted with hexane to avoid inducing changes in the constituents and odor. The main constituent, (E)-L3-ocimene (group A; low boiling point), and the other constituents (group B; high boiling point) of the hexane extract were separated by bulb-to-bulb distillation. The constituents of groups A and B were analyzed over time by nuclear magnetic resonance analysis and the odors were evaluated. Myrrh's odor depended on both the amount of thermally unstable (E)-[3-ocimene, which contributed to the fresh odor, and the constituents of group B (thermally stable), which contributed to the myrrh-like odor. Six compounds (c^-santalene, (Z)-a-bisabolene, c^-bergamotene, (E)-ct-santalal, c^-photosantalol and campherenol) were isolated from group B. No individual group B component had a myrrh-like odor, although the combined odor of group B was myrrh like. The authors demonstrated that the aroma profile of myrrh depends on the thermal instability of (E)-^-ocimene and a combination of six thermally stable terpenes with similar molecular structures.展开更多
基金supported by the Science and Technology Project of Xi 'an Science and Technology Bureau [201805093YX1SF27(16)]Scientific Research Project of Shaanxi Provincial Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (15-JC014).
文摘Objective The objective of this study was to screen the therapeutic target of olibanum and myrrha on acute soft tissue injury(ASTI)by network pharmacology and to clarify their mechanisms.Methods The main chemical constituents and the targets of olibanum and myrrha were obtained by using traditional Chinese medicine systems pharmacology database and analysis platform database.The disease targets of ASTI were searched by GeneCards.The intersection targets of herbs and diseases were selected for protein interaction analysis,protein–protein interaction network was constructed,and potential protein functional modules in the network were explored.A compound–target–disease network was constructed using Cytoscape3.8.2 software.The targets were analyzed by gene ontology analysis and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes enrichment analysis based on the Metascape database.Results The core active components of olibanum and myrrha were quercetin,β-sitosterol,and stigmasterol.The core targets were PGR,NCOA2,PTGS2,PRKCA,and NR3C2.Pathways in cancer,AGE-RAGE signaling pathway in diabetic complications might play a potential role in olibanum and myrrha in the treatment of ASTI.Conclusion Olibanum and myrrha have the characteristics of multiple components,multiple targets,and overall regulation in the treatment of ASTI.
文摘The authors examined the thermal change in the aroma profile of myrrh. The fresh odor of raw myrrh and its hexane extract depended on the amount of (E)-13-ocimene. Myrrh was extracted with hexane to avoid inducing changes in the constituents and odor. The main constituent, (E)-L3-ocimene (group A; low boiling point), and the other constituents (group B; high boiling point) of the hexane extract were separated by bulb-to-bulb distillation. The constituents of groups A and B were analyzed over time by nuclear magnetic resonance analysis and the odors were evaluated. Myrrh's odor depended on both the amount of thermally unstable (E)-[3-ocimene, which contributed to the fresh odor, and the constituents of group B (thermally stable), which contributed to the myrrh-like odor. Six compounds (c^-santalene, (Z)-a-bisabolene, c^-bergamotene, (E)-ct-santalal, c^-photosantalol and campherenol) were isolated from group B. No individual group B component had a myrrh-like odor, although the combined odor of group B was myrrh like. The authors demonstrated that the aroma profile of myrrh depends on the thermal instability of (E)-^-ocimene and a combination of six thermally stable terpenes with similar molecular structures.