“Breeding on mountains, cultivation in dam areas” is a unique propagation method for the vegetatively propagated plant Ligusticum chuanxiong, including two transplants between the mountain and the dam area. It is well known that the environment can influence the endophytic community structure of plants. However, the change of host endophytic flora caused by transplanting in different places and its influence on asexual reproduction are still poorly understood. We carried out three cycles of cultivation experiments on L. chuanxiong and collected stem nodes (LZ), immature rhizomes (PX), medicinal rhizomes (CX), and rhizosphere. High-throughput sequencing was performed to analyze the endophytic fungi in all samples. We observed that the diversity and richness of endophytic fungi in L. chuanxiong increased as a result of transplanting cultivation from dam areas to mountains. Local transplantation caused minor changes in the endophytic fungus structure of L. chuanxiong, while remote transplantation caused significant changes. Compared with LZ after breeding in the dam area, the LZ after breeding on mountains has more abundant Gibberella, Phoma, Pericona, Paraphoma, and Neocosmospora. The regular pattern of the relative abundance of endophytic fungi is consistent with that of the fungus in the soil, while there are also some cases that the relative abundance of endophytic fungi is the opposite of that of soil fungi. In addition, there is a significant correlation among certain kinds of endophytic fungi whether in the soil or the plants. We have isolated more gibberellin-producing and auxin-producing fungi in the LZ cultivated in the mountains than that in the LZ cultivated in the dam area. The results of pot experiments showed that the three fungi isolated from LZ cultivated in mountainous areas can promote the development of shoots, stem nodes, and internodes of LZ, and increase the activity of plant peroxidase, catalase, phenylalanine ammonia lyase, and other enzymes. We can conclude that transplantation leads to the recombination of the host endophytic fungus, the more significant the difference in the environment is, the greater the reorganization caused by transplanting. Reorganization is determined by the soil environment, hosts, and the interaction of microorganisms. Remote transplantation is a crucial opportunity to reshuffle the micro-ecological structure of the asexual reproduction of plants, and regulate the growth, development, and resistance of plants, and prevent germplasm degradation caused by asexual reproduction.

Polygonum hydropiper L. (PL) is widely used in treating enteritis in China. This study interpreted the active ingredient and mechanism of PL against enteritis through UHPLC‐Q‐Orbitrap HRMS, network pharmacology and molecular docking. UHPLC‐Q‐Orbitrap HRMS of PL manifested 68 compounds. In addition, the primary candidate genes and potential active components were identified by topological analysis of the single‐component disease gene interaction network. The interaction between the active ingredient, whose drug‐likeness properties were confirmed by Lipinski's rule, and the therapeutic gene was confirmed by molecular docking analysis. AutoDock Vina in AutoDock Tools was used to conduct molecular docking between significant components and critical genes. The advantage of this experiment is that the UHPLC‐Q‐Orbitrap HRMS method increases the total chemical composition of PL. Secondly, we obtained active compounds through network pharmacology and found that PL mainly acts on multiple inflammatory pathways in the treatment of enteritis. 61 potential genes of PL for the treatment of enteritis were obtained. The genes were mainly involved in biological processes such as response to oxidative stress, inhibition of inflammatory factors and inflammatory pathways, and role in treating enteritis by participating in AR, NOS2, MMP9, MMP2, SRC, and other signaling pathways.

Abstract. Understanding the boundary of plants' best production zone is of great significance to the rational introduction cultivation. We set up 9 sample points in the center-zone and 28 sample points extending eastward along the longitude. Then, we were collecting the bulk soil of L.chuanxiong, testing soil properties and elements. Later, a multi-point cultivation test was carried out on L.chuanxiong, the content of elements in the plant measured by ICP-MS, and HPLC detected the active ingredients. Based on hierarchical clustering and PCA analysis, the study zone's soil element was divided into three groups. In the L.chuanxiong cultivation experiments, we found Ligustilide in rhizomes was positively related to Se and Sr and negatively related to Mn and the chemical elements. This study successfully verified that the medicinal plant's Daodi-zone has a natural boundary, and L.chuanxiong's Daodi-zone may be from east of Dujiangyan to the west edge of Longquan, rich in Na, Mg, K and Low Mn is the soil characteristics of the area. Moreover, we put forward a method to identify L.chuanxiong's Daodi-zone based on characteristic soil elements, which can also provide a practical basis for dividing other economic plants' growth environment.

Use Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry technology (GC-MS) to identify volatile chemical components in Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort. (LCH). The TCMSP and Swiss Target Prediction online platform were used to screen and predict the potential targets of the chemical components of LCH, and GeneCards, CTD, OMIM, DisGeNET, GEO databases were used to collect the potential targets of chronic cerebral circulation insufficiency (CCCI). A total of 50 volatile chemical components in LCH were analyzed and identified, and 126 potential targets for LCH treatment of CCCI were screened on this basis. Through further network topology analysis, 33 core components and 36 potential core targets were screened out. GO and KEGG enrichment analysis revealed that LCH played a therapeutic role through signaling pathways such as Neuroactive ligandreceptor interaction, Alzheimer disease, Pathways of neurodegeneration-multiple diseases, Proteoglycans in cancer, and Chemical carcinogenesis-receptor activation. The molecular docking results showed the top 4 active ingredients, Ligustilide, Terpineol, 3-Butylidenephthalide, and Linalool, and the top 5 core targets CREBBP, HSP90AA1, ESR1, VEGFA, and NR3 C1 all have good binding activity. The free energy is less than �-5 kcal/mol, and the molecular docking conformation is stable. LCH may improve the symptoms of CCCI by acting on inhibiting inflammatory factors, protecting nerve cells, and promoting angiogenesis pathways.

Polygonum hydropiper, is a plant of the Persicaria genus, which is commonly used to treat various diseases, including gastrointestinal disorders, neurological disorders, inflammation, and diarrhea. However, because of different local standards of P. hydropiper, people often confuse it with Polygonum lapathifolium L. and other closely related plants. This poses a serious threat to the safety and efficacy of the clinical use of P. hydropiper. This study aims to determine the six active ingredients of P. hydropiper and P. lapathifolium. Then the endophytic fungi and rhizosphere soil of the two species were sequenced by Illumina Miseq PE300. The results show significant differences between the community composition of the leaves, stems, and roots of the P. hydropiper and the P. lapathifolium in the same soil environment. Of the six secondary metabolites detected, five had significant differences between P. hydropiper and P. lapathifolium. Then, we evaluated the composition of the significantly different communities between P. hydropiper and P. lapathifolium. In the P. hydropiper, the relative abundance of differential communities in the leaves was highest, of which Cercospora dominated the differential communities in the leaves and stem; in the P. lapathifolium, the relative abundance of differential community in the stem was highest, and Cladosporium dominated the differential communities in the three compartments. By constructing the interaction network of P. hydropiper and P. lapathifolium and analyzing the network nodes, we found that the core community in P. hydropiper accounted for 87.59% of the total community, dominated by Cercospora; the core community of P. lapathifolium accounted for 19.81% of the total community, dominated by Sarocladium. Of these core communities, 23 were significantly associated with active ingredient content. Therefore, we believe that the community from Cercospora significantly interferes with recruiting fungal communities in P. hydropiper and affects the accumulation of secondary metabolites in the host plant. These results provide an essential foundation for the large-scale production of P. hydropiper. They indicate that by colonizing specific fungal communities, secondary metabolic characteristics of host plants can be helped to be shaped, which is an essential means for developing new medicinal plants.