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. 2019 Aug;44(16):3460-3467.
doi: 10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20181119.001.

[Pharmacodynamic effect and virulent effect of Tripterygium wilfordii based on network pharmacology]

[Article in Chinese]
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[Pharmacodynamic effect and virulent effect of Tripterygium wilfordii based on network pharmacology]

[Article in Chinese]
Yi-Zhu Dong et al. Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 2019 Aug.

Abstract

To investigate the pharmacodynamic effect and virulent effect of the main components of the toxic Chinese medicine Tripterygium wilfordii,such as triptolide,tripchlorolide,tripterine,demethylzeylasteral,wilfotrine and euonine,the admet SAR online assessment system was used to calculate the properties of the main components of T. wilfordii. The potential targets of the components were mined and collected through multiple databases,and the potential targets were enriched by the bioinformatics database DAVID.Cytoscape software was used to establish a " target-pathway" network and perform topology analysis on the network. The main chemical components of T. wilfordii were able to penetrate the blood-brain barrier and had intestinal permeability. A total of 65 targets were predicted,including pathways in cancer,hepatitis B,rheumatoid arthritis,and chagas disease( American trypanosomiasis),Toll-like receptor signaling pathway,apoptosis,colorectal cancer,NF-kappa B signaling pathway,etc. T. wilfordii mainly plays a role in the treatment of immune diseases and cancer by regulating inflammatory signaling pathways and cancer signaling pathways. Its action on apoptosis pathway and drug metabolism enzymes may be the mechanism of its toxicity.

Keywords: ADME/T; Tripterygium wilfordii; network pharmacology; pharmacodynamics; toxicity.

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