Publications by authors named "Bo-hou Xia"

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  • * Four inorganic elements—manganese (Mn), bismuth (Bi), cadmium (Cd), and rubidium (Rb)—were identified as key markers that distinguish the two species, with specific content differences observed.
  • * The research provides insights into how these elemental differences could affect the medicinal properties of the plants and suggests a direction for future studies on their quality control and pharmacological effects.
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Prunella vulgaris, aptly named for its withering at the summer solstice, displays significant variation in quality arising from differing harvest time. However, research on the chemical composition changes of its spikes at various stages is limited, and the specific metabolites remain unclear. In order to elucidate the metabolites and metabolic pathways of the spikes of P.

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  • - The study investigates the use of supramolecular solvents (SUPRAS) as an eco-friendly and efficient technique for extracting phenolic compounds, which are known for their antioxidant properties, from plants, addressing the scarcity of research in this area.
  • - A green ultrasound-assisted SUPRAS method was developed and optimized for the simultaneous extraction of three phenolic acids, showing significantly higher efficiency and antioxidant capacity compared to traditional organic solvents.
  • - Microscopy and molecular dynamics simulations confirmed that the phenolic compounds were encapsulated within SUPRAS droplets, leading to superior extraction due to increased surface area and stronger interactions, thereby supporting the promising application of SUPRAS in natural product extraction.
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In managing unique complexities associated with Chinese medicinal quality assessment, metabolomics serves as an innovative tool. This study proposes an analytical approach to assess differing qualities of ()Hemsl by identifying potential biomarker metabolites and their activity with the corresponding secondary metabolites. The methodology includes four steps; first, a GC-MS based metabolomics exploration of the Hemsl.

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Turpiniae Folium, the dried leaves of Turpinia arguta Seem., is a kind of historic traditional Chinese medicine. Here, based on our previous study, we extracted the Turpiniae Folium polysaccharides (TFP) and isolated three polysaccharide fractions from TFP.

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In recent years, small intestine as a key target in the treatment of Inflammatory bowel disease caused by NSAIDs has become a hot topic. Sanguinarine (SA) is one of the main alkaloids in the extracts with strong pharmacological activity of anti-tumor, anti-inflammation and anti-oxidant. SA is reported to inhibit acetic acid-induced colitis, but it is unknown whether SA can relieve NSAIDs-induced small intestinal inflammation.

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LJF and LF are commonly used in Chinese patent drugs. In the , LJF and LF once belonged to the same source. However, since 2005, the two species have been listed separately.

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Lonicerae Japonicae Flos and Lonicerae Flos, as traditional Chinese medicinal and edible food, are widely used in medicine, food, health products, and other industries. However, there is no comprehensive study on the differences of flavor compounds in Lonicerae Japonicae Flos and Lonicerae Flos. This study applied headspace gas chromatography-ion mobility spectrometry(HS-GC-IMS) to analyze the differences of flavor compounds in Lonicerae Japonicae Flos and Lonicerae Flos.

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Thunb is a commonly used Chinese herbal medicine, which belongs to the family Caprifoliaceae. The active components varied greatly during bud development. Research on the variation of the main active components is significant for the timely harvesting and quality control of .

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Metabolomics is applied to explore the curative effect of complex systems, such as Chinese medicine. Intrauterine adhesion (IUA) harms the reproductive system and affects fertility, and hence is a significant public health concern. Prunella vulgaris oil (PVO) protects the reproductive system and exerts anti-inflammatory effects, but its effect on IUA and the underlying mechanism is unclear.

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Hyperlipidemia, a typical metabolic disorder syndrome, can cause various cardiovascular diseases. The polysaccharides were found to have enormous potential in the therapy of hyperlipidemia. This study was aimed at evaluating the ameliorative effects of polysaccharide from (TFP) in rats with hyperlipidemia.

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Fluoride is considered as one of the most ubiquitous environmental pollutants. Numerous studies have linked reactive oxygen species (ROS)-dependent oxidative damage with fluoride intoxication, which could be prevented by antioxidants. However, the metabolomic changes induced by ROS disruptions in fluoride intoxication are yet unknown.

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Prunella vulgaris(PV) is an edible and traditional medicinal herb which has a wide range application in fighting inflammation and oxidative stress, and protecting liver. Now it has been used to treat various types of liver diseases and has significant clinical efficacy. This study aims to investigate the effects of PV on ethanol-induced oxidative stress injury in rats and its metabolic mechanism.

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Background: The idiosyncratic hepatotoxicity of Polygonum multiflorum (PM) has attracted considerable interest, but the idiosyncratically hepatotoxic components and endogenous metabolite changes resulting from idiosyncratic hepatotoxicity of PM are not well understood. The aim of this study was to identify the idiosyncratically hepatotoxic components and potential endogenous metabolic biomarkers for PM-induced liver injury.

Methods: Serum biochemical indicators and hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining were evaluated to identify pathological changes.

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High performance liquid chromatography-ultraviolet(HPLC-UV) fingerprint is one of the most important methods for the quality control of Chinese medicines in Chinese Pharmacopoeia. However, certain subjectivity is present in selection of specific band of UV, and the inherent quality differences of Chinese medicine can't be well characterized by this method. Therefore, with different grades of Scrophulariae Radix were taken as the research object in this study, a new quality control model of HPLC-UV was established in this study based on the ultraviolet full-wavelength scanning spectrum.

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Background: The flowers and dried fruit spikes of Prunella vulgaris L. (P. vulgaris L.

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  • Certain mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), specifically the ND4 m.11778G>A mutation, are linked to Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON), but their impact on disease penetrance is not well understood.
  • A study of a Han Chinese family with LHON revealed that four relatives had varying visual impairments and ages of onset, linked to the ND4 m.11778G>A mutation alongside variations in mtDNA haplogroup B5b1.
  • Notably, the tRNA variant m.5601C>T was found to affect mitochondrial RNA metabolism and protein synthesis, suggesting it may influence the clinical effects of the primary ND4 mutation.
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Background: Curcumin, a controversial "panacea," has been broadly studied. Its bioactivities including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and especially antineoplastic activities have been documented. However, due to its extensive bioactivities, some scientists hold a skeptical point of view toward curcumin and described curcumin as a "deceiver" to chemists.

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Pelvic inflammatory disease( PID) rat model was induced by the mixture of Escherichia coli,Staphylococcus aureus,and Streptococcus hemolytic-β. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry( GC-MS) based metabolic profiling method was combined with multivariate statistical analysis,such as PCA,PLS-DA and OPLS-DA to analyze endogenous small molecule metabolites in serum of rats after treatment of Fuke Qianjin Capsules. The results showed that Fuke Qianjin Capsules could significantly improve the inflammatory pathological characteristics and tissue damages in model rats. Based on the principle of VIP>1 and P<0.

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Background: Mutations in mitochondrial tRNA (mt-tRNA) genes have been found to be associated with both syndromic and non-syndromic hearing impairment. However, the pathophysiology underlying mt-tRNA mutations in clinical expression of hearing loss remains poorly understood.

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the potential association between mttRNA mutations and hearing loss.

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Prunellae Spica is a perennial edible and medicinal plant, rich in antioxidant substances. Total flavonoids (TFC), Phenolics (TPC), triterpenoids (TSC), polysaccharides (PC) and their antioxidant capacities (by the FRAP, DPPH and ABTS⁺ methods) of ethyl acetate fraction, n-butanol fraction and other fractions of aqueous extract from Prunellae Spica were investigated in this study. Then the multivariate statistical method was adopted to analyze the relationship between the multiple pharmaceutical ingredients and antioxidant capacities of Prunellae Spica.

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(PCP) is a kind of functional food or medicine for liver protection. In the present work, Plackett-Burman design, steepest ascent method, and response surface methodology (RSM) were employed to obtain maximum total sugar yield. The experimental yield of 6.

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In this study, optimization of enzyme-assisted extraction, purification, characterization, and its bioactivities of polysaccharides from (HCP) was investigated. It was found that the optimum extraction conditions were 3% of enzyme concentration ( ), 30 of liquid-to-solid ratio ( ), 56°C of extraction temperature ( ), 200W of ultrasonic power ( ), 10 min of extraction time ), and 5 of pH value ( ). Under optimum conditions, the experimental yield (4.

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Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is a common endocrine disorder featured by the triad constituting of amenorrhea for at least four months, to date, the molecular pathogenesis of POI is largely undetermined. Despite several investigations have reported an increase in reactive oxygen species (ROS) content in idiopathic POI, the role of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations/variants in the progression of POI has not been widely investigated. The current study aimed to explore the association between mt-tRNA mutations/variants and POI; we first used the PCR-Sanger sequencing to detect the mutations/variants in mt-tRNA genes from 50 POI patients and 30 healthy subjects.

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Flavonoids have attracted much attention due to their good anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidation and anti-tumor effects. At present, the extraction of flavonoids is mainly based on organic solvent, while the researches on the use of green and safe solvents are quite limited. Therefore, in the present study, different types of deep eutectic solvents (DESs) were applied to investigate their effect on extraction of flavonoids and optimize the process, also investigate the recovery efficiency of DESs and evaluate the recovery method for total flavonoids.

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