Effects of serum-drug of Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae and Fructus Crataegi extracts on cholesterol metabolism / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the mechanism of blood-lipid regulation of the effective fractions from the extracts of Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae(RSM)or Fructus Crataegi(FC),as well as their interaction.Methods The serum-drug of RSM and FC extracts were prepared by orthogonal design L_16(215).Amphotercin B cell model and RT-PCR method were used to examine the effects of the serum-drug of RSM and FC extracts on endogenous cholesterol biosynthesis in Chinese hamster ovary(CHO)cells and the expressions of cholesterol 7?-hydroxylase(CYP7A)mRNA in BRL cells.Results Ethanol(75%)and ammonia extracts of RSM obviously increased the absorbance(A)in the experiment of amphotercin B cell model and the expression of CYP7A mRNA in BRL cell line.The extracts of FC had no direct effect on cholesterol metabolism by themselves,but they were in synergism with the extracts of RSM.ConclusionThe extracts of RSM have a blood-lipid regulation by inhibiting endogenous cholesterol biosynthesis and increasing CYP7A mRNA expression,and maybe have a better effect when the extracts of FC are used together.