Objective:Pinellia Tuber,the dried tuber of Pinellia ternata,is widely used in Japanese Kampo medicines and traditional Chinese medicines.The unprocessed Pinellia Tuber is known to cause very strong acrid irritation a...Objective:Pinellia Tuber,the dried tuber of Pinellia ternata,is widely used in Japanese Kampo medicines and traditional Chinese medicines.The unprocessed Pinellia Tuber is known to cause very strong acrid irritation at oral and laryngopharynx mucosa.Recent studies have shown that the sharp needle-like crystals called raphides,that are composed of calcium oxalate and proteins,are the main causative substances of the irritation.Ginger,the rhizome of Zingiber officinale,has been used in the processing to reduce the acridity of Pinellia Tuber since before the sixth century,however,the mechanisms of reducing acridity have not been scientifically proved yet.Methods:We developed the raphides denaturation assay(RDA)to quantify the degree of denaturation in the raphides to cause irritation.By their lipophilic characters,the raphides could be extracted in petroleum ether(PE)layer from powdered Pinellia Tuber suspended in water,and the contents of the raphides in PE layer were measured by the absorbance.By this assay,we conducted the activity-guided fractionation from the boiling water extract of ginger to find the ingredients to denature the raphides.We also conducted the gustatory tests to detect the change of the irritation of the denatured raphides.Results:The treatment of powdered Pinellia Tuber suspension with ginger extract reduced the distribution of raphides in PE layer in RDA in a concentration-dependent manner.The activity-guided fractionation using RDA revealed that oxalic acid was the main active ingredient in ginger extract to denature the raphides of Pinellia Tuber.Oxalic acid reduced the lipophilicity of the raphides in the thermo-,time-,and concentration-dependent manners,and its activity was affected by pH.The treatment of powdered Pinellia Tuber suspension with oxalic acid significantly reduced its acrid irritation in gustatory test in human.Conclusions:We found that oxalic acid is the main active ingredient in ginger to reduce the acrid irritation of Pinellia Tuber.展开更多
Based on literature reviews and analysis of research reports on Pinellia ternata found locally and abroad in recent years,this article summarizes and arranges them.The research on Pinellia ternata mainly focuses on it...Based on literature reviews and analysis of research reports on Pinellia ternata found locally and abroad in recent years,this article summarizes and arranges them.The research on Pinellia ternata mainly focuses on its cultivation,tissue culture,and so on.There are only a few research on its active components and its regulation mechanism.The wild resources of Pinellia ternata are gradually decreasing,hence it is urgent to take effective measures to protect these wild resources as well as to establish germplasm resources bank and nursery.In order to meet the needs of the domestic market,it is necessary to investigate the distribution of wild Pinellia ternata resources,explore the best growing environment and conditions,artificially cultivate Pinellia ternata,as well as implement resource industrialization,sustainable development,and utilization.展开更多
Pinellia ternata is an important medicinal plant,and its growth and development are easily threatened by high temperature.In this study,comprehensive research on physiological,cytological and transcriptional responses...Pinellia ternata is an important medicinal plant,and its growth and development are easily threatened by high temperature.In this study,comprehensive research on physiological,cytological and transcriptional responses to different levels of heat stress were conducted on a typical phenotype of P.ternata.First,P.ternata exhibited tolerance to the increased temperature,which was supported by normal growing leaves,as well as decreased and sustained photosynthetic parameters.Severe stress aggravated the damages,and P.ternata displayed an obvious leaf senescence phenotype,with significantly increased SOD and POD activities(46%and 213%).In addition,mesophyll cells were seriously damaged,chloroplast thylakoid was fuzzy,grana lamellae and stroma lamellae were obviously broken,and grana thylakoids were stacked,resulting in a dramatically declined photosynthetic rate(74.6%).Moreover,a total of 16808 genes were significantly differential expressed during this process,most of which were involved in photosynthesis,transmembrane transporter activity and plastid metabolism.The number of differentially expressed transcription factors in MYB and bHLH families was the largest,indicating that these genes might participate in heat stress response in P.ternata.These findings provide insight into the response to high temperature and facilitate the standardized cultivation of P.ternata.展开更多
Banxia Xiexin decoction(BXD)is a representative formula of Zhang Zhongjing(Eastern Han Dynasty)for the treatment of pi syndrome,which is a combination of cold and heat,and its application in the treatment of digestive...Banxia Xiexin decoction(BXD)is a representative formula of Zhang Zhongjing(Eastern Han Dynasty)for the treatment of pi syndrome,which is a combination of cold and heat,and its application in the treatment of digestive system diseases is remarkable.In this paper,we discuss how Chinese medicine recognizes“spleen”and“Pi syndrome”to explain and explore the basis of BXD prescription and analyze both clinical examples and drug toxicity to provide more basis for the clinical application of BXD.展开更多
基金the grant from Oriental Medicine Research Foundation in 2020.
文摘Objective:Pinellia Tuber,the dried tuber of Pinellia ternata,is widely used in Japanese Kampo medicines and traditional Chinese medicines.The unprocessed Pinellia Tuber is known to cause very strong acrid irritation at oral and laryngopharynx mucosa.Recent studies have shown that the sharp needle-like crystals called raphides,that are composed of calcium oxalate and proteins,are the main causative substances of the irritation.Ginger,the rhizome of Zingiber officinale,has been used in the processing to reduce the acridity of Pinellia Tuber since before the sixth century,however,the mechanisms of reducing acridity have not been scientifically proved yet.Methods:We developed the raphides denaturation assay(RDA)to quantify the degree of denaturation in the raphides to cause irritation.By their lipophilic characters,the raphides could be extracted in petroleum ether(PE)layer from powdered Pinellia Tuber suspended in water,and the contents of the raphides in PE layer were measured by the absorbance.By this assay,we conducted the activity-guided fractionation from the boiling water extract of ginger to find the ingredients to denature the raphides.We also conducted the gustatory tests to detect the change of the irritation of the denatured raphides.Results:The treatment of powdered Pinellia Tuber suspension with ginger extract reduced the distribution of raphides in PE layer in RDA in a concentration-dependent manner.The activity-guided fractionation using RDA revealed that oxalic acid was the main active ingredient in ginger extract to denature the raphides of Pinellia Tuber.Oxalic acid reduced the lipophilicity of the raphides in the thermo-,time-,and concentration-dependent manners,and its activity was affected by pH.The treatment of powdered Pinellia Tuber suspension with oxalic acid significantly reduced its acrid irritation in gustatory test in human.Conclusions:We found that oxalic acid is the main active ingredient in ginger to reduce the acrid irritation of Pinellia Tuber.
基金Supported by Ankang Science and Technology Bureau,Shaanxi Province(2018ak03-ll)National Traditional Chinese Medicine Characteristic Technology Inheritor(t20194828003).
文摘Based on literature reviews and analysis of research reports on Pinellia ternata found locally and abroad in recent years,this article summarizes and arranges them.The research on Pinellia ternata mainly focuses on its cultivation,tissue culture,and so on.There are only a few research on its active components and its regulation mechanism.The wild resources of Pinellia ternata are gradually decreasing,hence it is urgent to take effective measures to protect these wild resources as well as to establish germplasm resources bank and nursery.In order to meet the needs of the domestic market,it is necessary to investigate the distribution of wild Pinellia ternata resources,explore the best growing environment and conditions,artificially cultivate Pinellia ternata,as well as implement resource industrialization,sustainable development,and utilization.
基金supported by the Scientific and Technological Innovation Project of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences(No.CI2021A04106)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Public Welfare Research Institutes of China(Nos.ZXKT21026 and ZZ15-YQ-033)the Major Special Project of Scientific and Technological Cooperation of Bijie City(2021-02).
文摘Pinellia ternata is an important medicinal plant,and its growth and development are easily threatened by high temperature.In this study,comprehensive research on physiological,cytological and transcriptional responses to different levels of heat stress were conducted on a typical phenotype of P.ternata.First,P.ternata exhibited tolerance to the increased temperature,which was supported by normal growing leaves,as well as decreased and sustained photosynthetic parameters.Severe stress aggravated the damages,and P.ternata displayed an obvious leaf senescence phenotype,with significantly increased SOD and POD activities(46%and 213%).In addition,mesophyll cells were seriously damaged,chloroplast thylakoid was fuzzy,grana lamellae and stroma lamellae were obviously broken,and grana thylakoids were stacked,resulting in a dramatically declined photosynthetic rate(74.6%).Moreover,a total of 16808 genes were significantly differential expressed during this process,most of which were involved in photosynthesis,transmembrane transporter activity and plastid metabolism.The number of differentially expressed transcription factors in MYB and bHLH families was the largest,indicating that these genes might participate in heat stress response in P.ternata.These findings provide insight into the response to high temperature and facilitate the standardized cultivation of P.ternata.
文摘Banxia Xiexin decoction(BXD)is a representative formula of Zhang Zhongjing(Eastern Han Dynasty)for the treatment of pi syndrome,which is a combination of cold and heat,and its application in the treatment of digestive system diseases is remarkable.In this paper,we discuss how Chinese medicine recognizes“spleen”and“Pi syndrome”to explain and explore the basis of BXD prescription and analyze both clinical examples and drug toxicity to provide more basis for the clinical application of BXD.