2023 Vol. 13, No. 12

Review paper
Ginsenoside Rc: A potential intervention agent for metabolic syndrome
Zhengjie Lu, Tongyun Mao, Kaiqi Chen, Longxin Chai, Yongguo Dai, Kexin Liu
2023, 13(12): 1375-1387. doi: 10.1016/j.jpha.2023.08.013
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Ginsenoside Rc, a dammarane-type tetracyclic triterpenoid saponin primarily derived from Panax ginseng, has garnered significant attention due to its diverse pharmacological properties. This review outlined the sources, putative biosynthetic pathways, extraction, and quantification techniques, as we...
Recent trends of machine learning applied to multi-source data of medicinal plants
Yanying Zhang, Yuanzhong Wang
2023, 13(12): 1388-1407. doi: 10.1016/j.jpha.2023.07.012
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In traditional medicine and ethnomedicine, medicinal plants have long been recognized as the basis for materials in therapeutic applications worldwide. In particular, the remarkable curative effect of traditional Chinese medicine during corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has attracted ext...
Anti-inflammatory natural products modulate interleukins and their related signaling markers in inflammatory bowel disease: A systematic review
Gopalsamy Rajiv Gandhi, Thiruchenduran Mohana, Kumaraswamy Athesh, Varghese Edwin Hillary, Alan Bruno Silva Vasconcelos, Mariana Nobre Farias de Franca, Monalisa Martins Montalvão, Stanislaus Antony Ceasar, Gnanasekaran Jothi, Gurunagarajan Sridharan, Ricardo Queiroz Gurgel, Baojun Xu
2023, 13(12): 1408-1428. doi: 10.1016/j.jpha.2023.09.012
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This review aims to identify in vivo studies investigating the potential of plant substances and their natural molecules in managing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Specifically, the objective is to examine the impact of these substances on interleukins and other key inflammatory signaling markers...
Application of microfluidic technology based on surface-enhanced Raman scattering in cancer biomarker detection: A review
Changhong Nie, Ibrahim Shaw, Chuanpin Chen
2023, 13(12): 1429-1451. doi: 10.1016/j.jpha.2023.08.009
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With the continuous discovery and research of predictive cancer-related biomarkers, liquid biopsy shows great potential in cancer diagnosis. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and microfluidic technology have received much attention among the various cancer biomarker detection methods. The for...
Interactions of naturally occurring compounds with antimicrobials
Izabela Malczak, Anna Gajda
2023, 13(12): 1452-1470. doi: 10.1016/j.jpha.2023.09.014
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Antibiotics are among the most often used medications in human healthcare and agriculture. Overusing these substances can lead to complications such as increasing antibiotic resistance in bacteria or a toxic effect when administering large amounts. To solve these problems, new solutions in antibacte...
The role of SLC12A family of cation-chloride cotransporters and drug discovery methodologies
Shiyao Zhang, Nur Farah Meor Azlan, Sunday Solomon Josiah, Jing Zhou, Xiaoxia Zhou, Lingjun Jie, Yanhui Zhang, Cuilian Dai, Dong Liang, Peifeng Li, Zhengqiu Li, Zhen Wang, Yun Wang, Ke Ding, Yan Wang, Jinwei Zhang
2023, 13(12): 1471-1495. doi: 10.1016/j.jpha.2023.09.002
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The solute carrier family 12 (SLC12) of cation-chloride cotransporters (CCCs) comprises potassium chloride cotransporters (KCCs, e.g. KCC1, KCC2, KCC3, and KCC4)-mediated Cl extrusion, and sodium potassium chloride cotransporters (N[K]CCs, NKCC1, NKCC2, and NCC)-mediated Cl loading. The CCCs play ...
Original article
Integrated mass spectrometry imaging reveals spatial-metabolic alteration in diabetic cardiomyopathy and the intervention effects of ferulic acid
Yanhua Liu, Xin Zhang, Shu Yang, Zhi Zhou, Lu Tian, Wanfang Li, Jinfeng Wei, Zeper Abliz, Zhonghua Wang
2023, 13(12): 1496-1509. doi: 10.1016/j.jpha.2023.08.011
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Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a metabolic disease and a leading cause of heart failure among people with diabetes. Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) is a versatile technique capable of combining the molecular specificity of mass spectrometry (MS) with the spatial information of imaging. In this stu...
Pregnenolone 16α-carbonitrile negatively regulates hippocampal cytochrome P450 enzymes and ameliorates phenytoin-induced hippocampal neurotoxicity
Shuai Zhang, Tingting Wang, Ye Feng, Fei Li, Aijuan Qu, Xiuchen Guan, Hui Wang, Dan Xu
2023, 13(12): 1510-1525. doi: 10.1016/j.jpha.2023.07.013
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The central nervous system is susceptible to the modulation of various neurophysiological processes by the cytochrome P450 enzyme (CYP), which plays a crucial role in the metabolism of neurosteroids. The antiepileptic drug phenytoin (PHT) has been observed to induce neuronal side effects in patients...
Gut dysbiosis aggravates cognitive deficits, amyloid pathology and lipid metabolism dysregulation in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease
Chang Qu, Qing-Qing Xu, Wen Yang, Mei Zhong, Qiuju Yuan, Yan-Fang Xian, Zhi-Xiu Lin
2023, 13(12): 1526-1547. doi: 10.1016/j.jpha.2023.07.014
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Gut dysbiosis, a well-known risk factor to triggers the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD), is strongly associated with metabolic disturbance. Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), produced in the dietary choline metabolism, has been found to accelerate neurodegeneration in AD pathology. In this study...
Glutaredoxin-1 alleviates acetaminophen-induced liver injury by decreasing its toxic metabolites
Ying Xu, Yan Xia, Qinhui Liu, Xiandan Jing, Qin Tang, Jinhang Zhang, Qingyi Jia, Zijing Zhang, Jiahui Li, Jiahao Chen, Yimin Xiong, Yanping Li, Jinhan He
2023, 13(12): 1548-1561. doi: 10.1016/j.jpha.2023.08.004
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Excessive N-acetyl-p-benzoquinone imine (NAPQI) formation is a starting event that triggers oxidative stress and subsequent hepatocyte necrosis in acetaminophen (APAP) overdose caused acute liver failure (ALF). S-glutathionylation is a reversible redox post-translational modification and a prospecti...
Integrating UHPLC-MS/MS quantitative analysis and exogenous purine supplementation to elucidate the antidepressant mechanism of Chaigui granules by regulating purine metabolism
Jiajun Chen, Tian Li, Dehua Huang, Wenxia Gong, Junsheng Tian, Xiaoxia Gao, Xuemei Qin, Guanhua Du, Yuzhi Zhou
2023, 13(12): 1562-1576. doi: 10.1016/j.jpha.2023.08.008
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Chaigui granules (CG) are a compound composed of six herbal medicines with significant antidepressant effects. However, the antidepressant mechanism of CG remains unclear. In the present study, we attempted to elucidate the antidepressant mechanism of CG by regulating purine metabolism and purinergi...
Short communication
Optimization of nucleic acid extraction methods for rapid detection in pandemic situations or diseases with high prevalence
Hesti Lina Wiraswati, Ilma Fauziah Ma'ruf, Savira Ekawardhani, Lia Faridah, Amila Laelalugina, Harry Septanto, Imam Damar Djati, Shabarni Gaffar, Asif Awaludin
2023, 13(12): 1577-1579. doi: 10.1016/j.jpha.2023.08.005
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Corrigendum
Corrigendum to “GB7 acetate, a galbulimima alkaloid from Galbulimima belgraveana, possesses anticancer effects in colorectal cancer cells” [J. Pharm. Anal. 12 (2022) 339–349]
Ziyin Li, Lianzhi Mao, Bin Yu, Huahuan Liu, Qiuyu Zhang, Zhongbo Bian, Xudong Zhang, Wenzhen Liao, Suxia Sun
2023, 13(12): 1580-1582. doi: 10.1016/j.jpha.2023.12.014
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