A new polysaccharide named GRP (Glehniae radix polysaccharide) was isolated and purified from Glehniae radix by hot water extraction, ethanol precipitation, anion-exchange and gel-filtration chromatography. GRP was homogeneous, with a molecular weight of 1.33×10Da, as determined by high-performance size-exclusion chromatography-refractive index detector analysis. Its structural characteristics were investigated and elucidated by methylation analysis, gas chromatography mass spectrometry, Fourier transform infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Based on obtained data, GRP was found to be α‑d‑glucan containing (1→6)-linked and (1→3)-linked backbone with a branch of one (1→6)-linked and terminal glucoses submitting at the C-4 position every fourteen residues. The biological activities of GRP upon proliferation of splenic lymphocyte, RAW264.7 cells and A549 cell, and production of nitric oxide (NO) were investigated in vitro. The results showed that GRP exhibited inhibition against A549 cells proliferation and NO production in RAW264.7 cells, and displayed promotion for proliferation of mouse spleen lymphocytes and RAW264.7 cells, which suggested that GRP may have potential immunoregulation, anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor activity.
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Molecules
December 2024
College of Pharmacy, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050017, China.
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School of Perfume and Aroma Technology, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai 201418, China. Electronic address:
The study investigated the perceptual interaction between two types of Rose damascena essential oil and two types of Angelica dahurica root essential oil. Using gas chromatography-olfactometer (GC-O) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometer (GC-MS), 24 and 25 aromatic compounds in Rose damascena essential oil and Angelica dahurica root essential oil were identified and quantified, respectively. Based on flavor dilution (FD) values and odor activity values (OAVs), 10 important aroma compounds in Rose damascena essential oil and 6 in Angelica dahurica root essential oil were identified.
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January 2025
State Key Laboratory of Drug Regulatory Science, Beijing 102629, China; Chinese Pharmacopoeia Commission, Beijing 100061, China. Electronic address:
Background: Owing to high sensitivity and ability for absolute quantification, the droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) is widely used for viral and bacterial detection. However, few studies have been conducted on the application of ddPCR to identify the original plant species used in traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese patent medicine.
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Drug Des Devel Ther
December 2024
The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310006, People's Republic of China.
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School of Pharmacy, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China.
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