Background: Sishen Pill (SSP) is a traditional Chinese medicine prescription commonly used to treat diarrhea with kidney-yang deficiency syndrome. The aim was to investigate the underlying mechanisms of SSP's therapeutic effects, providing experimental evidence for its mechanism of action.
Methods: A mouse model of diarrhea with kidney-yang deficiency syndrome was induced using adenine combined with .
Introduction: This study aims to investigate the effects of fermented liquor (PFL) on improving lipid metabolism and oxidative stress in mice by regulating the gut microbiota.
Methods: Forty SPF-grade male Kunming mice were randomly divided into four groups: normal control group (NC), general liquor group (GC), fresh fermented liquor group (FPC), and nine-steam-nine-bask fermented liquor group (NPC). Each group was administered with sterile water, general liquor, fresh fermented liquor, and nine-steam-nine-bask fermented liquor, respectively, by gavage.
Growing evidence has demonstrated that cold and humid environmental stress triggers gastrointestinal (GI) disorders. In this study, we explored the effects of intestinal microbiota homeostasis on the intestinal mucus barrier and GI disorders by cold and humid environmental stress. Moreover, the inner link between the intestinal mucosal microbiota and metabolites in mice with cold and humid environmental stress was interpreted by integrative analysis of PacBio HiFi sequencing microbial genomics and targeted metabolomics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFScope: Preliminary research finds that a high-fat diet (HFD) in a fatigued state triggers diarrhea, but the exact mechanism has not been clarified. To address concerns about the pathogenesis of diarrhea, the study evaluates the composition and metabolomics of the gut microbiota.
Methods And Results: The study uses the multiple platform apparatus device to induce fatigue in mice, combined with intragastric administration of lard-caused diarrhea.
Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the effects of Baohe pill decoction (BPD) on microbial, lactase activity, and lactase-producing bacteria in the intestinal mucosa of mice with diarrhea induced by high-fat and high-protein diet (HFHPD).
Methods: Thirty male Kunming (KM) mice were randomly divided into normal (NM), model (MD), and BPD groups. Diarrhea models were manufactured using HFHPD combined with a gavage of vegetable oil.
Background/aims: This study aimed to investigate the effect of diarrhea induced by a high-fat and high-protein diet on lactase-producing bacteria in the intestinal contents of mice from the perspective of diarrhea-related genes.
Materials And Methods: Ten specific pathogen-free Kunming male mice were chosen and randomly divided into the normal group and model group. The mice in the normal group were fed with high-fat and high-protein diet plus gavage of vegetable oil, while those in the model group were fed with general diet plus gavage of distilled water.
Introduction: Due to the poor taste of Qiweibaizhu powder (QWBZP), patients have difficulty taking medicine, which leads to poor compliance and limits clinical use to a certain extent. In the trend of restricting sugar intake, sweeteners have gained massive popularity, among which sucrose is a commonly used sweetener in preparations. This study aimed to investigate the effect of different sucrose dose addition with antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) by intervened QWBZP on intestinal mucosal microbiota.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Environment, diet, and emotion may trigger diarrhea, but the mechanism is unclear. Dietary habits or environmental factors affect the composition of gut microbiota. This study aimed to investigate the effects of improper diet combined with high humidity and temperature (HTH) environment on the intestinal mucosal microbiota.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn recent years, sweeteners have gained massive popularity under the trend of limiting sugar intake. Our previous study found that Qiweibaizhu Powder (QWBZP) could improve gut microbiota dysbiosis and has good efficacy in treating antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD). In this study, we investigated the effects of sucrose, sorbitol, xylitol, and saccharin on the intestinal mucosal microbiota of AAD mice treated with QWBZP.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Extensive evidence suggests that gut microbiota may interact with the kidneys and play central roles in the pathogenesis of disease. However, the association of gut microbiota-kidneys in diarrhea remains unclear.
Methods: A diarrhea mouse model was constructed by combining adenine with .
Background: Excessive fat and protein in food can cause diarrhea by disturbing the intestinal microecology. Lactase is a functional enzyme strongly associated with diarrhea, while lactase bacteria in the intestine are an important source of microbial lactase. Therefore, we reconnoiter the relationship between diarrhea induced by a high-fat and high-protein diet (HFHPD) and intestinal mucosal lactase bacteria from the perspective of functional genes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This study investigated the effects of Baohe pill decoction on the diversity and community composition of lactase-producing bacteria in the intestinal contents of mice with diarrhea induced by high-fat and high-protein diet, which provided an experimental basis for the study on the therapeutic mechanism of Baohe pill decoction.
Materials And Methods: The Traditional Chinese Medicine Systems Pharmacology (TCMSP), DisGeNET, UniProt, National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), and GeneCards databases were used to collect the potential targets with active ingredients of Baohe pill decoction, diarrhea, and lactase, and then construct correlation networks. Fifteen Kunming mice were randomly divided into the control group (CN), natural recovery group (NR), and Baohe pill decoction treatment group (BHP), with five mice in each group.
The gut microbiota and metabolites are closely related to hypertension; however, the changes in the composition of the gut microbiome and metabolites linking a high salt diet to elevated blood pressure are not established. In this study, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndrome of hypertension caused by high salt had been diagnosed and the pathogenesis of hypertension was explored from the perspective of intestinal microecology. Rats in a high salt diet-induced hypertension group (CG) and normal group (CZ) were compared by 16S rRNA gene full-length sequencing and liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry to identify differences in the bacterial community structure, metabolites, and metabolic pathways.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA growing body of evidence suggests that the disturbance of intestinal microbiota induced by high-fat diet is the main factor causing many diseases. (DO), a medicinal and edible homologous Chinese herbal medicine, plays essential role in regulating intestinal microbiota. However, the extent of DO on the intestinal contents microbiota in mice fed with a high-fat diet still remains unclear.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Qiweibaizhu powder (QWBZP) has been shown to be effective in treating antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD). Previous research has reported that plant polysaccharides can promote the growth of beneficial intestinal bacteria and inhibit the multiplication of pathogenic bacteria, thus effectively treating diarrhea. Here, we investigated the effect of QWBZP crude polysaccharide on the diversity of intestinal mucosal bacteria and their community structure composition in mice with AAD, and the aim of this study was to provide the scientific basis for the efficacy of QWBZP crude polysaccharide on diarrhea.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe purpose of this study is to determine the effect of Asparagus on bacterial diversity in the intestinal mucosa of mice fed with high-fat diet, thus providing theoretical basis for the development and research of Asparagus products. Twelve healthy male Kunming mice and twelve healthy female Kunming mice were chosen and randomly divided into normal group, model group, Asparagus group, and lipid-lowering decoction group, with six mice in each group. After establishing the models of mice fed with high-fat diet through feeding with high-fat diet, the mice in the Asparagus group were gavaged with Asparagus juice, those in the lipid-lowering decoction group were gavaged with lipid-lowering decoction, and those in the normal group and high-fat diet group were gavaged with the equal amount of distilled water.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: The current study aimed to investigate the effects of Debaryomyces hansenii on the diversity of bacterial lactase gene in the intestinal mucosa of antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) mice.
Methods: Eighteen mice were randomly divided into three groups (6 mice per group): healthy control group, diarrhea model group and D. hansenii treatment group.
To probe into the mechanism of antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD), the bacterial diversity and composition in the intestinal mucosa of AAD mice were investigated. Twelve specific pathogen-free Kunming mice were divided into control group and model group. The mouse model of AAD was established by gavaging with antibiotics (mixture of gentamycin sulfate and cefradine) at a total dose of 23.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To confirm the effects of Debaryomyces hansenii on intestinal microecology in mice with antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD).
Methods: This study took the mucosal microecology as the entry point and an antibiotic mixture was used to induce diarrhea in mice. D.
Objective: To study pharmacokinetics-pharmacodynamics (PK-PD) correlation of Yin Teng Gu Bi Kang (YTGBK) prescription through determination of Tanshinone II(A) concentration and the level of Malondialdehyde (MDA) in plasma in normal and blood stasis rats treated with YTGBK prescription.
Methods: The concentration of Tanshinone II(A) in the plasma was measured by HPLC-UV and loratadine was used as internal standard; Thiobarbituric acid reactive substance assay (TBARS) was adopted to determine the concentration of MDA in the plasma Area under the concentration-time curve (AUC) and area under the effect-time curve (AUE) were calculated using linear trapezoid rule. The correlation and regression analysis was performed by plotting AUE (Y) versus lgAUC (X) using linear regression.
Objective: To elucidate the material basis of Yin Teng Gu Bi Kang Prescription (YTGBKP) for efficacy of promoting blood circulation by means of comparing the pharmaceutical chemistry difference of effective parts in normal rats and rats with acute blood stasis.
Methods: The pharmaceutical chemistry fingerprints of effective parts under physiological and pathological status (acute blood stasis) were established by HPLC,and the in vitro and in vivo chromatographic peaks were compared and analyzed.
Results: Five batches of drug-containing plasma samples had 14 chromatographic peaks under normal physiological status,among which 3 rooted in plasma, 9 existed originally in YTGBKP,2 were metabolites.