简介:AIM:ToevaluatetheeffectofOcimumsanctumleafextractonthedietarysupplementationinthetransgenicDrosophilamodelofParkinson’sdisease.METHOD:TheeffectofOcimumsanctumleafextractwasstudiedonthetransgenicDrosophilamodeloffliesexpressingnormalhumanalphasynuclein(h-αs)intheneurons.O.sanctumextractatfinalconcentrationsof0.0428×10-4,0.87×10-4,and1.85×10-4g·mL-1ofdietwereestablishedandtheflieswereallowedtofeedfor21days.Theclimbingassayandlipidperoxidationweretakenasparametersforthestudy.RESULTS:ThesupplementationofO.sanctumextractshowedadose-dependentsignificantdelayinthelossofclimbingabilityandreductioninoxidativestressinthebrainofPDmodelflies.CONCLUSION:TheresultsofthepresentstudyshowedthattheO.sanctumextractispotentinreducingthePDsymptomsintransgenicDrosophilamodel.
简介:ThisstudydevelopedapopulationpharmacokineticmodelforsodiumtanshinoneIIAsulfonate(STS)inhealthyvolunteersandcoronaryheartdisease(CHD)patientsinordertoidentifysignificantcovariatesforthepharmacokineticsofSTS.Bloodsampleswereobtainedbyintensesamplingapproachfrom10healthyvolunteersandsparsesamplingfrom25CHDpatients,andapopulationpharmacokineticanalysiswasperformedbynonlinearmixed-effectmodeling.Thefinalmodelwasevaluatedbybootstrapandvisualpredictivecheck.Atotalof230plasmaconcentrationswereincluded,137fromhealthyvolunteersand93fromCHDpatients.Itwasatwo-compartmentmodelwithfirst-orderelimination.Thetypicalvalueoftheapparentclearance(CL)ofSTSinCHDpatientswithtotalbilirubin(TBIL)levelof10μmol(L?1was48.7L(h?1withinterindividualvariabilityof27.4%,whereasthatinhealthyvolunteerswiththesameTBILlevelwas63.1L(h?1.Residualvariabilitywasdescribedbyaproportionalerrormodelandestimatedat5.2%.TheCLofSTSinCHDpatientswaslowerthanthatinhealthyvolunteersanddecreasedwhenTBILlevelsincreased.Thebootstrapandvisualpredictivecheckconfirmedthestabilityandvalidityofthefinalmodel.TheseresultssuggestedthatSTSdosageadjustmentmightbeconsideredbasedonTBILlevelsinCHDpatients.
简介:Si-Miao-Wan(SMW),atradiationalChinesemedicinalformulaconsistingofAtractylodisRhizoma,PhellodendriChinensisCortex,CoicisSemen,andAchyranthisBidentataeRadix,hasbeenusedforthetreatmentofgoutandgoutyarthritisformanyyears.Inthepresentstudy,aliquidchromatographyquadrupole-time-of-flightmassspectrometry(LC-Q-TOF/MS)methodwasestablishedtoidentifythemultipleconstituentsofSMWanditsmetabolitesinratbiologicalsamplesafteroraladministration.Atotalof48compoundsinSMW,including21alkaloids,12organicacids,2terpenes,3lactones,2phytosterols,and8othercompounds,weretentativelycharacterizedwiththediagnostic-ionfilteringstrategy.BasedonthediagnosticionsappliedtoidentifycompoundsinSMW,28prototypecompoundsand10metaboliccompoundsweredetectedinthebiologicalsamples.ThiswasthefirstcomprehensivedrugmetabolisminvestigationofSMWinrats.Thedevelopedmethodcouldbeausefulmeansforidentifyingthemulti-componentsinSMWandthemetaboliccomponents.TheresultsmayhelpexplorethepossiblemetabolicprocessesandmechanismofactionforSMWinvivo.