Effect of Liuwei Dihuangwan on Blood Metabolism During Growth and Development of Rats / 中国实验方剂学杂志

Objective: The effect of Liuwei Dihuangwan on blood metabolism during growth and development of rats was investigated by taking the overall metabolic profile and biomarkers of metabolomics as indexes. Method: Ultra performance liquid chromatography-high definition mass spectrometry(UPLC-HDMS) was employed to establish a blood metabolomics study method for characterizing the blood metabolic profile of rats at different time before and after administration. The pattern recognition method was used to integrate and analyze the metabolic profiles, and the differential metabolic markers related to drug action were searched. Based on metabolomics pathway analysis(MetPA) and Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes(KEGG) and other databases, the metabolic pathways related to differential markers were analyzed to study the effect of Liuwei Dihuangwan on blood metabolism during growth and development of rats. Result: Liuwei Dihuangwan significantly affect the blood metabolism profiles during growth and development of rats by regulating 30 blood metabolic markers and 12 related target metabolic pathways, and 8 key metabolic markers were delineated. Conclusion: Liuwei Dihuangwan can significantly regulate the blood metabolic network during the growth and development of rats, thereby affecting the growth and development of rats.

Based on urine metabolomics to study effect of Liuwei Dihuang Wan on growth and development of rats / 药学学报

On base of traditional physiological studies, building a comprehensive evaluation system for the efficacy of Liuwei Dihuang Wan (LW) for regulating the growth and development of rats by indicators that the overall metabolic profile and biomarkers of urinary metabonomics. Sixty-seven day-old Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into four groups that are the control group and low-dose, medium-dose, and high-dose groups of LW. At the age of 28 days, different doses of LW extracts were continuously administered for 16 days. On the basis of behavior, body weight, organ index and femur length, a UPLC-HDMS technique was used to establish urine metabolomics method to characterize the profile of urine metabolism before and after intervention of LW, analysis and identificate related to drug effects of differential metabolism markers, and study the effect of LW on the growth and development of rats. LW could improve the overall behavioral ability of rats, promote weight gain and the growth of organs and bones, and 36 differential metabolites and 13 target metabolic pathways of urine under the intervention of LW were identified, and 8 metabolic markers were regarded as a key marker that LW effect the growth and development of rats. LW has a significant regulatory effect on the urine metabolic network during the growth and development of rats. This study interpreted the scientific implications of the effect of "Nourishing Kidney Yin" on the growth and development of rats.