A novel diarylheptanoid bearing flavonol moiety,named officinin A(1),along with two known compounds galangin and kaempferide were isolated from the rhizomes of Alpina officinarum Hance.The structure elucidation was ac...A novel diarylheptanoid bearing flavonol moiety,named officinin A(1),along with two known compounds galangin and kaempferide were isolated from the rhizomes of Alpina officinarum Hance.The structure elucidation was accomplished by HRESI -MS,1D and 2D NMR methods.展开更多
The purpose of this study was to investigate the possible prophylactic effects of Alpinia officinarum hance on experimentally induced acute and chronic colitis models,in-vivo and in-vitro.Acute and chronic colitis wer...The purpose of this study was to investigate the possible prophylactic effects of Alpinia officinarum hance on experimentally induced acute and chronic colitis models,in-vivo and in-vitro.Acute and chronic colitis were induced in Male Wistar rats by administration of Dextran Sulfate Sodium(DSS)in drinking water.DSS induction exhibited colon shrinkage,increased the Disease Activity Index(DAI)score,increased the levels of inflammatory markers and caused severe anemia.DSS induced animals,co-treated with the hexane extract of Alpinia officinarum(HEAO)(200 mg/kg body wt),effectively suppressed colonic injury that was evidenced by the reduced DAI score,colon weight/length ratio,histological damage,proinflammatory markers and MPO activity.Further,it restored the colonic antioxidants near to normal levels by regulating the oxidative stress via attenuation of lipid peroxidation.Our results revealed that the degree of colitis caused by the administration of DSS was significantly attenuated by HEAO.In addition,the in-vitro study showed that HEAO treatment inhibited the proliferation of HT-29 cells and down regulated the mRNA expression of NF-B and COX-2.Taken together,these results suggest that HEAO is a promising anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory agent that support its possible therapeutic role in the treatment of colitis.展开更多
Alpinia officinarum Hance of the Chinese traditional herb for the treatment of emesis, abdominal pain and diarrhea has been used to counteract gastric disease induced by indomethacin in rats without obvious side effec...Alpinia officinarum Hance of the Chinese traditional herb for the treatment of emesis, abdominal pain and diarrhea has been used to counteract gastric disease induced by indomethacin in rats without obvious side effects. However, the role of herb-drug interaction between indomethacin and A. officinarum based on pharmacokinetic, tissue distribution and excretion still remains unknown. In this study, an ultra-fast liquid-tandem mass spectrometry(UFLC-MS/MS) method was developed for simultaneous determination of indomethacin and its three metabolites, O-desmethylindomethacin(ODI), deschlorobenzoylindomethacin(NDI) and indomethacin acyl-b-D-glucuronide(IDAbG) by oral administration of indomethacin solution with and without the ethanolic extract of A. officinarum and applied to comparative pharmacokinetic, tissue distribution and excretion studies. Our results clarified that oral administration of A. officinarum produced significant alterations in the pharmacokinetic parameters of indomethacin. And the pharmacokinetic interaction between indomethacin and A. officinarum reduced the systemic exposure of indomethacin and increased its elimination. Tissue distribution results demonstrated that co-administration of A. Officinarum could not reduce the accumulation of indomethacin in the target tissue of the stomach, but could accelerate the excretions of indomethacin and its three metabolites including ODI, NDI and IDAb G in the bile and feces of rats in the excretion study.Therefore, A. Officinarum might have a gastrointestinal protective effect through the interaction role with indomethacin based on the pharmacokinetics and excretion in rats.展开更多
Objective:To study the effects of characteristic Li-medicine Alpinia officinarum Hance on improving insulin resistance(IR),and provide scientific evidence for the adjuvant treatment T2DM.Methods:CCK8 kit was used to d...Objective:To study the effects of characteristic Li-medicine Alpinia officinarum Hance on improving insulin resistance(IR),and provide scientific evidence for the adjuvant treatment T2DM.Methods:CCK8 kit was used to detect the viability of HepG2 cells with 0-200μg/mL Alpinia officinarum Hance extract(AOE)and 0-100μmol/L galangin,and determine the administration concentration.The IR model was established by inducing HepG2 cells with high glucose for 48 hours,and rosiglitazone(ROSI)was used as the positive control drug.Furthermore,we detected intracellular and extracellular glucose contents in IR-HepG2 cells after dosing AOE and galangin by flow cytometry and glucose detection kit,and evaluated the effect of regulating glucose metabolism and IR.Western blot was used to detect the effects of AOE and galangin on the expression of glucose transporter-4(GLUT4)in IR-HepG2 cells.Results:CCK8 kit test result showed that 0-200μg/mL AOE and 0-50μmol/L galangin had no significant effect on HepG2 cell viability.The results of flow cytometry and glucose detection kit showed that the glucose uptake and consumption of the IR model group induced by high glucose was significantly lower than that of the blank group,and thus the IR model was successfully established.Both 50μg/mL AOE and 10,20μmol/L galangin significantly increased the glucose uptake and consumption of IR-HepG2 cells(P<0.05);Western blot experiment showed that AOE and galangin significantly increased GLUT4 level of IR-HepG2 cells(P<0.01).Conclusion:Alpinia officinarum Hance could promote the uptake and consumption of glucose in IR-HepG2 cells by up-regulating the expression of GLUT4 protein,thereby improving IR and enhancing insulin sensitivity.展开更多
Objective:To study the effect of Alpinia officinarum Hance(A.officinarum) 80% alcohol extract on the primary dysmenorrhea.Methods:A.officinarum 80% alcohol extract were enriched by macroporous adsorption resins.Female...Objective:To study the effect of Alpinia officinarum Hance(A.officinarum) 80% alcohol extract on the primary dysmenorrhea.Methods:A.officinarum 80% alcohol extract were enriched by macroporous adsorption resins.Female mice of primary dysmenorrhea model were established by oxytocin induction; the effects of A.officinarum 80% alcohol extract on primary dysmenorrhea were observed by body twist method; and the homogenate level of prostaglandin F_(2α)(PGF_(2α)),prostaglandin E_2(PGE_2) and Ca^(2+) in the uterus were observed in oxytocin-induced female mice.Results:The writhing frequency of primary dysmenorrhea mice was significantly decreased after treatment of A.officinarum 80% alcohol extract and the level of PGF_(2α),PGE_2 and Ca^(2+) in mice uterus was significantly decreased(P<0.05,P<0.01) in groups of mice treated with middle and high dosage of A.officinarum 80% alcohol extract compared with that of model group.Conclusions:These findings suggest that A.Officinarum 80% alcohol extract can significantly relieve primary dysmenorrhea.展开更多
Objective: To evaluate the effect of Alpinia officinarum Hance(A. officinarum) extract on lung injury caused by particulate matter(PM). Methods: The Kunming mice were intranasally instilled with PM and treated with A....Objective: To evaluate the effect of Alpinia officinarum Hance(A. officinarum) extract on lung injury caused by particulate matter(PM). Methods: The Kunming mice were intranasally instilled with PM and treated with A. officinarum extract for 3 weeks. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, blood and lung samples were collected for biochemical, serological and histopathological studies. Results: Serological analysis showed that albumin levels, lactate dehydrogenase and alkaline phosphatase activities in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid were significantly reduced after administrations of 50, 100 and 200 mg/kg of A. officinarum extracts to the PM injured mice. Markers of oxidative stress, nitric oxide, malondialdehyde levels and nitric oxide synthase activities, were significantly decreased. Correspondingly, total superoxide dismutase activity was improved dramatically. The expressions of interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor alpha were also down-regulated obviously. In addition, pathological sections of lung tissue showed that A. officinarum could reduce the infiltration of inflammatory cells, pulmonary edema and pulmonary fibrosis. These results showed that A. officinarum extract could alleviate PMinduced lung injury via reducing the permeability of cell membranes in lung tissue, eliminating oxidative stress and relieving inflammatory response.Conclusions: A. officinarum extract was an efficient treatment for PM-induced lung injury in mice, and it may be a promising therapeutic agent in future.展开更多
Background: Alpinia officinarum Hance is valued as an edible medicinal plant. The rhizome is widely reported to have anticancer activity whereas little information is available on the aerial part. This study investiga...Background: Alpinia officinarum Hance is valued as an edible medicinal plant. The rhizome is widely reported to have anticancer activity whereas little information is available on the aerial part. This study investigates chemical composition, proapoptotic and anti-osteoporosis activities of essential oil from aerial parts of A. officinarum (APEO). Methods: In this study, APEO was extracted by hydrodistillation and analyzed using GC-MS. The inhibitive activity of 0 - 2.5 μL/mL. APEO was investigated using MTT assay, while in vivo effect was evaluated in nude mice. The cell cycle, apoptosis, Δψm and expression of proteins analyses influenced by 0 - 0.313 μL/mL APEO were detected by PI, Annexin V/PI, JC-1, and Western blot, respectively. Alkaline phosphatase activity and mineralized nodules formation of rat osteoblasts with 0 - 0.156 μL/mL APEO were assayed using colorimetric method and alizarin red staining, respectively. Results: Total 45 constituents were identified accounting for 91.1% of APEO (sesquiterpene hydrocarbons for 44.4%). APEO significantly inhibited cancer cells growth in a dose-dependent manner. APEO also inhibited cancer growth in vivo. The percentage of S phase cells is up to 64.846% with 0.313 μL/mL APEO. The proportion of total apoptotic cells significantly increased to 79.6% at 0.313 μL/mL concentration. APEO treated cells accompanied with Bcl-2 and Δψm decrease, and caspase-3 and p53 upregulation. Furthermore, addition of APEO in rat osteoblasts led to a dose-dependent increase in ALP activity and formation of mineralized bone nodules. Conclusions: Our data suggest that APEO could be developed as an agent against human lung cancer and osteoporosis, especially cancer-induced bone loss.展开更多
AIM: To study the chemical constituents of the rhizomes of Alpinia officinarum Hance. METHOD: Compounds were isolated by repeated column chromatography, and their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectral an...AIM: To study the chemical constituents of the rhizomes of Alpinia officinarum Hance. METHOD: Compounds were isolated by repeated column chromatography, and their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectral analysis. The cytotoxic activities of these compounds were evaluated with the T98G and B16F10 cell lines by the MTT assay. RESULTS: A dimeric diarylheptanoid, named alpinin B(1), along with three known diarylheptanoids were obtained, and their structures were identified as alpinin B(1), 1, 7-diphenyl-3,5-heptanedione(2),(4E)-1, 7-diphenylhept-4-en-3-one(3) and(4E)-7-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-phenylhept-4-en-3-one(4). CONCLUSION: Compound 1 is a new dimeric diarylheptanoid. The biosynthetic pathway of 1 was speculated to originate from a Michael reaction between compounds 2 and 3. Compound 3 showed cytotoxicity against the human glioblastoma T98G cell line with IC50 of 27 μmol L 1.展开更多
The rhizome of Alpinia officinarum Hance is a well-known traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)and has been widely used for the remedy of gastrointestinal diseases.In the present study,a simple and rapid HPLC-DAD was devel...The rhizome of Alpinia officinarum Hance is a well-known traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)and has been widely used for the remedy of gastrointestinal diseases.In the present study,a simple and rapid HPLC-DAD was developed for the quality control of the rhizomes of A.officinarum.Its chemical fingerprint was established using raw material of 15 different origins in China.Similarity analysis(SA)and hierarchical clusting analysis(HCA)were applied to select the qualitative markers.Principal components analysis(PCA)was conducted to select the quantitative markers of the rhizomes of A.officinarum samples from different origins.The constituents were confirmed by(+)electrospray ionization LC-MS.12 constituents were selected as common peaks and 10 of them were confirmed by(+)electrospray ionization LC-MS.Six bioactive constituents including DPHA,galangin flavanone,galangin,galangin 3-methylether,DPHB and DPHC were simultaneous determination by using the HPLC-DAD analysis.The developed method was able to determine the bioactive components with excellent resolution,precision and recovery.The results indicated that chromatographic fingerprint combination with multi-components determination method is suitable for quality assessment of the rhizomes of A.officinarum.展开更多
A novel dimeric diarylheptanoid,named alpinin A(1),along with two known compounds,1,7-diphenyl-5-ol-3-heptanone and 7- (4'-hydroxy-3'-methoxyphenyl)-l-phenyl-4-heptene-3-one,were isolated from the rhizomes of Al...A novel dimeric diarylheptanoid,named alpinin A(1),along with two known compounds,1,7-diphenyl-5-ol-3-heptanone and 7- (4'-hydroxy-3'-methoxyphenyl)-l-phenyl-4-heptene-3-one,were isolated from the rhizomes of Alpinia officinarum Hance.The structure of compound 1 was elucidated on the basis of spectral analysis,including HR-IT-TOF-MS,1D and 2D NMR.And a possible biogenetic pathway had been proposed for 1.展开更多
Objective:To explore the potential active components,therapeutic targets and critical path of Alpinia officinarum and Pogostemonis Herba in the treatment of diabetic gastroparesis(DGP)by using network pharmacology.Met...Objective:To explore the potential active components,therapeutic targets and critical path of Alpinia officinarum and Pogostemonis Herba in the treatment of diabetic gastroparesis(DGP)by using network pharmacology.Methods:The main chemical components and corresponding targets genes of A.officinarum-Pogostemonis Herba were screened through TCMSP database retrieval[oral bioavailability(OB)≥30%and drug like(DL)≥0.18].Tgenes of diabetic gastroparesis were screened by the Human Gene Database(GeneCards),and Venny 2.1 software was used to obtained common targets for the active ingredients of A.officinarum-Pogostemonis Herba and DGP.Then,the protein-protein interaction(PPI)network of the common targets was constructed by STRING database and analyzed to performed the core targets.GO function and KEGG pathway enrichment analysis of the common target genes were obtained by using ClusterProfiler R package.Finally,the network diagram of"active ingredient-pathway-target"was used to establish by Cytoscape 3.8 software.Results:Totally 23 ingredients of A.officinarum-Pogostemonis Herba,97 active ingredients targets and 533 DGP related targets,including 46 common targets were selected.The common targets were mainly enriched in the cell constituents such as the nuclear chromatin and mitochondria outer membrane,involved in the biological processes as oxidative stress,apoptosis signal regulation,and molecular functions as enzyme binding,protein phosphatase binding,and cytokine activity.They were also concentrated in the signal pathways such as PI3K/Akt,HIF-1 and MAPK.The network of“active ingredients-targets-pathways”indicated the active components such as quercetin,kaempferol and galangin in A.officinarum-Pogostemonis Herba played an anti-delayed gastric emptying in diabetic gastroparesis by acting on PTGS2,NOS2,BCL2,IL6,VEGFA and other targets to jointly regulate PI3K-Akt,HIF-1 and MAPK pathways.Conclusion:This study initially reveals that the combined treatment of A.officinarum-Pogostemonis Herba for delayed gastric emptying in diabetic gastroparesis is a complex process with multi-components,multi-targets and multi-pathways,and provides a new idea for followup researches.展开更多
Alpinia officinarum is a medicinal plant and food. Its dried rhizome has been widely used for the relief of symptoms such as stomach aches, colds, ulcer and diarrhea for hundreds of years. Recent pharmacological studi...Alpinia officinarum is a medicinal plant and food. Its dried rhizome has been widely used for the relief of symptoms such as stomach aches, colds, ulcer and diarrhea for hundreds of years. Recent pharmacological studies showed it has anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative, antidiabetic, anti-ulcer, anti-diarrhea, antiemetic,analgesia, anticoagulation, antitumor and antivitiligo effects. In this study, we summarized the current knowledge about its botanical resources, ethanopharmacological function, chemical constituents, pharmacologies and pharmacokinetics, safety and toxicity, and clinical application.展开更多
The study was designed to examine the apoptosis inducing activity of the AO-95 from the aerial part ofAlpiniae officinarum. The AO-95 treatment to three human lung cancer cell lines (A549, NCI-H460 and NCI-H23) resu...The study was designed to examine the apoptosis inducing activity of the AO-95 from the aerial part ofAlpiniae officinarum. The AO-95 treatment to three human lung cancer cell lines (A549, NCI-H460 and NCI-H23) resulted in a dose-dependent inhibition of cell growth. The authors selected A549 cell line as a test model system. The AO-95 induced apoptosis ofA549 obviously, as shown by the results of cell cycle distribution analysis and cell apoptosis assay. Treatment of A549 with AO-95 markedly decreased the mitochondrial transmembrane potential (△ψm) suggesting AO-95-induced apoptosis may involve a mitochondrial-related pathway. Two compounds were isolated from AO-95 and their structures were identified as 3-phenylpropanal and 4-phenylbutan-2-one. Meanwhile, ten different components accounting for 98.38% of the total A0-95 composition were identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The major components were 3-phenylpropanal (33.09%) and 4-phenylbutan-2-one (51.16%). And these two compounds showed notable cytotoxic activity with IC50 values of 14.90-78.46 μg/mL. In summary, the AO-95, dominated by phenylpropanoid constituents, shows effective apoptosis inducing activity by mitochondrial-related pathway and may be developed as an agent against human lung cancer.展开更多
文摘A novel diarylheptanoid bearing flavonol moiety,named officinin A(1),along with two known compounds galangin and kaempferide were isolated from the rhizomes of Alpina officinarum Hance.The structure elucidation was accomplished by HRESI -MS,1D and 2D NMR methods.
文摘The purpose of this study was to investigate the possible prophylactic effects of Alpinia officinarum hance on experimentally induced acute and chronic colitis models,in-vivo and in-vitro.Acute and chronic colitis were induced in Male Wistar rats by administration of Dextran Sulfate Sodium(DSS)in drinking water.DSS induction exhibited colon shrinkage,increased the Disease Activity Index(DAI)score,increased the levels of inflammatory markers and caused severe anemia.DSS induced animals,co-treated with the hexane extract of Alpinia officinarum(HEAO)(200 mg/kg body wt),effectively suppressed colonic injury that was evidenced by the reduced DAI score,colon weight/length ratio,histological damage,proinflammatory markers and MPO activity.Further,it restored the colonic antioxidants near to normal levels by regulating the oxidative stress via attenuation of lipid peroxidation.Our results revealed that the degree of colitis caused by the administration of DSS was significantly attenuated by HEAO.In addition,the in-vitro study showed that HEAO treatment inhibited the proliferation of HT-29 cells and down regulated the mRNA expression of NF-B and COX-2.Taken together,these results suggest that HEAO is a promising anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory agent that support its possible therapeutic role in the treatment of colitis.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81560721)。
文摘Alpinia officinarum Hance of the Chinese traditional herb for the treatment of emesis, abdominal pain and diarrhea has been used to counteract gastric disease induced by indomethacin in rats without obvious side effects. However, the role of herb-drug interaction between indomethacin and A. officinarum based on pharmacokinetic, tissue distribution and excretion still remains unknown. In this study, an ultra-fast liquid-tandem mass spectrometry(UFLC-MS/MS) method was developed for simultaneous determination of indomethacin and its three metabolites, O-desmethylindomethacin(ODI), deschlorobenzoylindomethacin(NDI) and indomethacin acyl-b-D-glucuronide(IDAbG) by oral administration of indomethacin solution with and without the ethanolic extract of A. officinarum and applied to comparative pharmacokinetic, tissue distribution and excretion studies. Our results clarified that oral administration of A. officinarum produced significant alterations in the pharmacokinetic parameters of indomethacin. And the pharmacokinetic interaction between indomethacin and A. officinarum reduced the systemic exposure of indomethacin and increased its elimination. Tissue distribution results demonstrated that co-administration of A. Officinarum could not reduce the accumulation of indomethacin in the target tissue of the stomach, but could accelerate the excretions of indomethacin and its three metabolites including ODI, NDI and IDAb G in the bile and feces of rats in the excretion study.Therefore, A. Officinarum might have a gastrointestinal protective effect through the interaction role with indomethacin based on the pharmacokinetics and excretion in rats.
基金This study was supported by Natural Science Foundation of Hainan Province(No.820QN273)National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81860749)。
文摘Objective:To study the effects of characteristic Li-medicine Alpinia officinarum Hance on improving insulin resistance(IR),and provide scientific evidence for the adjuvant treatment T2DM.Methods:CCK8 kit was used to detect the viability of HepG2 cells with 0-200μg/mL Alpinia officinarum Hance extract(AOE)and 0-100μmol/L galangin,and determine the administration concentration.The IR model was established by inducing HepG2 cells with high glucose for 48 hours,and rosiglitazone(ROSI)was used as the positive control drug.Furthermore,we detected intracellular and extracellular glucose contents in IR-HepG2 cells after dosing AOE and galangin by flow cytometry and glucose detection kit,and evaluated the effect of regulating glucose metabolism and IR.Western blot was used to detect the effects of AOE and galangin on the expression of glucose transporter-4(GLUT4)in IR-HepG2 cells.Results:CCK8 kit test result showed that 0-200μg/mL AOE and 0-50μmol/L galangin had no significant effect on HepG2 cell viability.The results of flow cytometry and glucose detection kit showed that the glucose uptake and consumption of the IR model group induced by high glucose was significantly lower than that of the blank group,and thus the IR model was successfully established.Both 50μg/mL AOE and 10,20μmol/L galangin significantly increased the glucose uptake and consumption of IR-HepG2 cells(P<0.05);Western blot experiment showed that AOE and galangin significantly increased GLUT4 level of IR-HepG2 cells(P<0.01).Conclusion:Alpinia officinarum Hance could promote the uptake and consumption of glucose in IR-HepG2 cells by up-regulating the expression of GLUT4 protein,thereby improving IR and enhancing insulin sensitivity.
基金supported by the key project supported of Hainan Province(Grant No.ZDZX2013008)Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.2014 81403006)
文摘Objective:To study the effect of Alpinia officinarum Hance(A.officinarum) 80% alcohol extract on the primary dysmenorrhea.Methods:A.officinarum 80% alcohol extract were enriched by macroporous adsorption resins.Female mice of primary dysmenorrhea model were established by oxytocin induction; the effects of A.officinarum 80% alcohol extract on primary dysmenorrhea were observed by body twist method; and the homogenate level of prostaglandin F_(2α)(PGF_(2α)),prostaglandin E_2(PGE_2) and Ca^(2+) in the uterus were observed in oxytocin-induced female mice.Results:The writhing frequency of primary dysmenorrhea mice was significantly decreased after treatment of A.officinarum 80% alcohol extract and the level of PGF_(2α),PGE_2 and Ca^(2+) in mice uterus was significantly decreased(P<0.05,P<0.01) in groups of mice treated with middle and high dosage of A.officinarum 80% alcohol extract compared with that of model group.Conclusions:These findings suggest that A.Officinarum 80% alcohol extract can significantly relieve primary dysmenorrhea.
文摘Objective: To evaluate the effect of Alpinia officinarum Hance(A. officinarum) extract on lung injury caused by particulate matter(PM). Methods: The Kunming mice were intranasally instilled with PM and treated with A. officinarum extract for 3 weeks. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, blood and lung samples were collected for biochemical, serological and histopathological studies. Results: Serological analysis showed that albumin levels, lactate dehydrogenase and alkaline phosphatase activities in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid were significantly reduced after administrations of 50, 100 and 200 mg/kg of A. officinarum extracts to the PM injured mice. Markers of oxidative stress, nitric oxide, malondialdehyde levels and nitric oxide synthase activities, were significantly decreased. Correspondingly, total superoxide dismutase activity was improved dramatically. The expressions of interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor alpha were also down-regulated obviously. In addition, pathological sections of lung tissue showed that A. officinarum could reduce the infiltration of inflammatory cells, pulmonary edema and pulmonary fibrosis. These results showed that A. officinarum extract could alleviate PMinduced lung injury via reducing the permeability of cell membranes in lung tissue, eliminating oxidative stress and relieving inflammatory response.Conclusions: A. officinarum extract was an efficient treatment for PM-induced lung injury in mice, and it may be a promising therapeutic agent in future.
文摘Background: Alpinia officinarum Hance is valued as an edible medicinal plant. The rhizome is widely reported to have anticancer activity whereas little information is available on the aerial part. This study investigates chemical composition, proapoptotic and anti-osteoporosis activities of essential oil from aerial parts of A. officinarum (APEO). Methods: In this study, APEO was extracted by hydrodistillation and analyzed using GC-MS. The inhibitive activity of 0 - 2.5 μL/mL. APEO was investigated using MTT assay, while in vivo effect was evaluated in nude mice. The cell cycle, apoptosis, Δψm and expression of proteins analyses influenced by 0 - 0.313 μL/mL APEO were detected by PI, Annexin V/PI, JC-1, and Western blot, respectively. Alkaline phosphatase activity and mineralized nodules formation of rat osteoblasts with 0 - 0.156 μL/mL APEO were assayed using colorimetric method and alizarin red staining, respectively. Results: Total 45 constituents were identified accounting for 91.1% of APEO (sesquiterpene hydrocarbons for 44.4%). APEO significantly inhibited cancer cells growth in a dose-dependent manner. APEO also inhibited cancer growth in vivo. The percentage of S phase cells is up to 64.846% with 0.313 μL/mL APEO. The proportion of total apoptotic cells significantly increased to 79.6% at 0.313 μL/mL concentration. APEO treated cells accompanied with Bcl-2 and Δψm decrease, and caspase-3 and p53 upregulation. Furthermore, addition of APEO in rat osteoblasts led to a dose-dependent increase in ALP activity and formation of mineralized bone nodules. Conclusions: Our data suggest that APEO could be developed as an agent against human lung cancer and osteoporosis, especially cancer-induced bone loss.
基金supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China(No.JKY2011015)
文摘AIM: To study the chemical constituents of the rhizomes of Alpinia officinarum Hance. METHOD: Compounds were isolated by repeated column chromatography, and their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectral analysis. The cytotoxic activities of these compounds were evaluated with the T98G and B16F10 cell lines by the MTT assay. RESULTS: A dimeric diarylheptanoid, named alpinin B(1), along with three known diarylheptanoids were obtained, and their structures were identified as alpinin B(1), 1, 7-diphenyl-3,5-heptanedione(2),(4E)-1, 7-diphenylhept-4-en-3-one(3) and(4E)-7-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-phenylhept-4-en-3-one(4). CONCLUSION: Compound 1 is a new dimeric diarylheptanoid. The biosynthetic pathway of 1 was speculated to originate from a Michael reaction between compounds 2 and 3. Compound 3 showed cytotoxicity against the human glioblastoma T98G cell line with IC50 of 27 μmol L 1.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.81503210)the Medical Scientific Research Foundation of Guangdong Province(Grant No.B2017049)the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Food and Drug Vocational College(Grant No.2016YZ003)
文摘The rhizome of Alpinia officinarum Hance is a well-known traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)and has been widely used for the remedy of gastrointestinal diseases.In the present study,a simple and rapid HPLC-DAD was developed for the quality control of the rhizomes of A.officinarum.Its chemical fingerprint was established using raw material of 15 different origins in China.Similarity analysis(SA)and hierarchical clusting analysis(HCA)were applied to select the qualitative markers.Principal components analysis(PCA)was conducted to select the quantitative markers of the rhizomes of A.officinarum samples from different origins.The constituents were confirmed by(+)electrospray ionization LC-MS.12 constituents were selected as common peaks and 10 of them were confirmed by(+)electrospray ionization LC-MS.Six bioactive constituents including DPHA,galangin flavanone,galangin,galangin 3-methylether,DPHB and DPHC were simultaneous determination by using the HPLC-DAD analysis.The developed method was able to determine the bioactive components with excellent resolution,precision and recovery.The results indicated that chromatographic fingerprint combination with multi-components determination method is suitable for quality assessment of the rhizomes of A.officinarum.
文摘A novel dimeric diarylheptanoid,named alpinin A(1),along with two known compounds,1,7-diphenyl-5-ol-3-heptanone and 7- (4'-hydroxy-3'-methoxyphenyl)-l-phenyl-4-heptene-3-one,were isolated from the rhizomes of Alpinia officinarum Hance.The structure of compound 1 was elucidated on the basis of spectral analysis,including HR-IT-TOF-MS,1D and 2D NMR.And a possible biogenetic pathway had been proposed for 1.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(81860749)。
文摘Objective:To explore the potential active components,therapeutic targets and critical path of Alpinia officinarum and Pogostemonis Herba in the treatment of diabetic gastroparesis(DGP)by using network pharmacology.Methods:The main chemical components and corresponding targets genes of A.officinarum-Pogostemonis Herba were screened through TCMSP database retrieval[oral bioavailability(OB)≥30%and drug like(DL)≥0.18].Tgenes of diabetic gastroparesis were screened by the Human Gene Database(GeneCards),and Venny 2.1 software was used to obtained common targets for the active ingredients of A.officinarum-Pogostemonis Herba and DGP.Then,the protein-protein interaction(PPI)network of the common targets was constructed by STRING database and analyzed to performed the core targets.GO function and KEGG pathway enrichment analysis of the common target genes were obtained by using ClusterProfiler R package.Finally,the network diagram of"active ingredient-pathway-target"was used to establish by Cytoscape 3.8 software.Results:Totally 23 ingredients of A.officinarum-Pogostemonis Herba,97 active ingredients targets and 533 DGP related targets,including 46 common targets were selected.The common targets were mainly enriched in the cell constituents such as the nuclear chromatin and mitochondria outer membrane,involved in the biological processes as oxidative stress,apoptosis signal regulation,and molecular functions as enzyme binding,protein phosphatase binding,and cytokine activity.They were also concentrated in the signal pathways such as PI3K/Akt,HIF-1 and MAPK.The network of“active ingredients-targets-pathways”indicated the active components such as quercetin,kaempferol and galangin in A.officinarum-Pogostemonis Herba played an anti-delayed gastric emptying in diabetic gastroparesis by acting on PTGS2,NOS2,BCL2,IL6,VEGFA and other targets to jointly regulate PI3K-Akt,HIF-1 and MAPK pathways.Conclusion:This study initially reveals that the combined treatment of A.officinarum-Pogostemonis Herba for delayed gastric emptying in diabetic gastroparesis is a complex process with multi-components,multi-targets and multi-pathways,and provides a new idea for followup researches.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2017YFC1701104)Guangdong Province Applied Science and Technology R&D Special Fund Project (No. 2015B020234002)
文摘Alpinia officinarum is a medicinal plant and food. Its dried rhizome has been widely used for the relief of symptoms such as stomach aches, colds, ulcer and diarrhea for hundreds of years. Recent pharmacological studies showed it has anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative, antidiabetic, anti-ulcer, anti-diarrhea, antiemetic,analgesia, anticoagulation, antitumor and antivitiligo effects. In this study, we summarized the current knowledge about its botanical resources, ethanopharmacological function, chemical constituents, pharmacologies and pharmacokinetics, safety and toxicity, and clinical application.
基金Acknowledgements This research was partly supported by the Start Fund of Guangdong Medical College (XB1302), National Natural Science Foundation of China (31301585), Science & Technology Innovation Fund of Guangdong Medical College (STIF 201104), and Shenzhen basic research project (JCYJ20120616142424467).
文摘The study was designed to examine the apoptosis inducing activity of the AO-95 from the aerial part ofAlpiniae officinarum. The AO-95 treatment to three human lung cancer cell lines (A549, NCI-H460 and NCI-H23) resulted in a dose-dependent inhibition of cell growth. The authors selected A549 cell line as a test model system. The AO-95 induced apoptosis ofA549 obviously, as shown by the results of cell cycle distribution analysis and cell apoptosis assay. Treatment of A549 with AO-95 markedly decreased the mitochondrial transmembrane potential (△ψm) suggesting AO-95-induced apoptosis may involve a mitochondrial-related pathway. Two compounds were isolated from AO-95 and their structures were identified as 3-phenylpropanal and 4-phenylbutan-2-one. Meanwhile, ten different components accounting for 98.38% of the total A0-95 composition were identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The major components were 3-phenylpropanal (33.09%) and 4-phenylbutan-2-one (51.16%). And these two compounds showed notable cytotoxic activity with IC50 values of 14.90-78.46 μg/mL. In summary, the AO-95, dominated by phenylpropanoid constituents, shows effective apoptosis inducing activity by mitochondrial-related pathway and may be developed as an agent against human lung cancer.