Publications by authors named "Fen-xia Zhu"

Background: Acute cerebral infarction is a severe type of ischemic stroke that can be divided into anterior circulation cerebral infarction and posterior circulation cerebral infarction (PCCI). PCCI affects the structure of the posterior circulation brain, because posterior part of the brain, which has more complex anatomical structures and more prone to posterior circulation vascular variation. Therefore, improving the prognosis of PCCI patients is necessary.

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Dihydrosanguinarine (DS) is one of the main chemical constituents of Corydalis bungeana Turcz. which demonstrates anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and antimicrobial in vitro. The present study aimed to investigate the anti-inflammatory effect and its underlying mechanism of DS in vivo.

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Corydalis Bungeanae Herba is often used to treat a variety of inflammatory diseases in traditional Chinese medicine. In order to determine its chemical material basis, the components of Corydalis Bungeanae Herba were isolated by automated purification system. Flavonoids and alkaloids were prepared, and all such components were identified by mass spectrometry.

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In this paper,ultra performance liquid chromatography coupled with time-of-flight mass spectrometry( UPLC-Q-TOFMS) technique was used to study the effects of steamed notoginseng on endogenous markers in plasma of rats with hemolytic anemia induced by N-acetyl phenyl hydrazine( APH). The aim was to find out the potential biomarkers and possible blood enriching mechanism of steamed notoginseng on hemolytic anemia rats. In the experiment,steamed notoginseng medicine pair( steamed notoginseng-ginseng)and compound medicines( Sanqi Yangxue Capsules) were used respectively to intervene in APH-induced hemolytic anemia model rats.

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UPLC-QTOF-MS/MS was used to identify metabolites in rat blood, urine and feces after the administration of n-butanol extract derived from steamed notoginseng. The metabolic process of saponins came from steamed notoginseng was analyzed. The metabolites were processed by PeakView software, and identified according to the structural characteristics of prototype compounds and the accurate qualitative and quantitative changes of common metabolic pathways.

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Ginsenosides F and Rg (GF and GRg), two main active components of steamed notoginseng or red ginseng, are dehydrated disaccharide saponins. In this work, biotransformation of ginsenosides F and Rg in zebrafish was investigated by qualitatively identifying their metabolites and then proposing their possible metabolic pathways. The prediction of possible metabolism of ginsenosides F and Rg using zebrafish model which can effectively simulate existing mammals model was early and quickly performed.

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Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Nauclea officinalis Pierrc ex Pitard. is a Chinese medicinal herb that contains high level of alkaloids which is the most abundant and active constituent. Strictosamide isolated from Nauclea officinalis Pierrc ex Pitard.

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Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Corydalis bungeana Turcz. (C. bungeana) is one of traditionally used medicines in China and possesses various biological effects, such as anti-inflammatory, antibacterial activity and inhibition of the immune function of the host.

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Objective: To establish an Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography fingerprint of Corydalis bungeana from different habitats.

Methods: UPLC-PDA was adopted to analysis ten batches of Corydalis bungeana from different habitats with Phenomenex Luna C₁₈ column (250 mm x 4.6 mm, 5 µm) eluted with the mobile phase of acetonitrile and 0.

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Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Nauclea officinalis has been traditionally used in China for the treatment of fever, pneumonia and enteritidis etc. This study aims to investigate effects of N. officinalis on the inflammatory response as well as the possible molecular mechanism in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.

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To analyze and compare the protective effects of active components in different ethyl acetate extracts (EAEEPs) from Eclipta prostrate, in order to study the comparison of materials bases protecting normal human bronchial epithelial (NHBE) cells. The MTT assay was taken to compare the protective effect of different EAEEPs on cigarette smoke extracts (CSE) -induced NHBE cells. The ultra-performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) was applied to analyze the content of phenolic acid, coumaric grass ether and flavonoid in EAEEPs.

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Background: Danmu injection, a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) preparation made from Nauclea officinalis, has been commonly used for the treatment of cold, fever, swelling of throat in China. However, the chemical constituents in Danmu injection have not been clarified yet.

Objective: a HPLC/DAD/ESI-MS(n) method was developed for qualitative and quantitative analysis of the components in Danmu injection.

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Danmu is one of common medicines in folks of Li nationality, with such effects in clearing heat and removing toxicity, antisepsis and anti-inflammation. Danmu injection, which is developed with Danmu herbs, has been clinically applied for years and showed curative efficacy. Currently, though many studies have been conducted to analyze chemical constituents in Danmu in details, its pharmacodynamic material basis related to disease prevention and treatment has not been defined.

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Objective: To study the effective substances of tea for chemoprevention of lung cancer based on Principal Component Analysis (PCA).

Methods: UPLC was used to determine the content of each component in tea, MTT was used to analyze the survival of CSE-induced NHBE cells. DTNB and the colorimetric assay were used to detect the rate of GSH/GSSG, PCA was used to calculate the correlation coefficient matrix, eigen values and variance of contribution ratio to chemoprevention of lung cancer.

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In this study, ultra-performance liquid chromatography (UPLC)/quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometry (QTOF-MS) was applied to the rapid analysis of 20(S)-protopanaxadiol (PPD) metabolites in rats after oral administration, enabling the structural characterization of 23 metabolites in plasma, bile, urine, and feces. 16 of these, including M1-M5, M9, and M11-M15, have not been previously reported. The results also indicated that demethylation, dehydration, dehydrogenation, oxidation, deoxidation, and glucuronidation were the major metabolic reactions of PPD in vivo.

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In order to study the chemical constituents in the water extract of the stem of Nauclea officinalis, column chromatography over D101 macroporous resin and silica gel and an automatic purification system were used to isolate and purify the chemical constituents from the extract. Nine compounds were obtained. By analysis of the physicochemical properties and spectral data, their structures were identified as naucleamide G (1), 3, 4-dimethoxyphenol-beta-D-apiofuranosyl (1-->6)-beta-D-glucopyranoside (2), kelampayoside A (3), 3alpha, 5alpha-tetrahydrodeoxycordifoline lactam (4), naucleamide A-10-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (5), pumiloside (6), 3-epi-pumiloside (7), strictosamide (8) and vincosamide (9), separately.

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Baohuoside I is an effective anti-cancer drug currently used for a variety of cancers in vitro. Unfortunately, baohuoside I has a very poor solubility in both water and in organic solvents. Besides that, it is subject to significant efflux.

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In the present study, an icariside II-phospholipid complex was prepared, and its physicochemical properties including UV spectrum, IR spectrum, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) were tested. Furthermore, the absorption of icariside II and icariside II-phospholipid complex was compared in a Caco-2 cell culture model. The results show that icariside II-phospholipid complex could significantly increase the A-B transport of icariside II (P < 0.

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