Systems approaches and polypharmacology for drug discovery from herbal medicines: An example using licorice

Liu, Hui; Wang, Jinan; Zhou, Wei; Wang, Yonghua; Yang, Ling

doi:10.1016/j.jep.2013.02.004

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“…Interestingly, most of these plants are part of the "Mediterranean diet" associated with low cardiovascular morbidity. Most plants in ASMq have antiinflammatory or antioxidative effects, and some also have antiplatelet effects (Sajid et al, 1991;Francischetti et al, 1997;Ballabeni et al, 2004;Tognolini et al, 2007;Liu et al, 2013;Seo et al, 2013). However, we have no indication whether the effects found here can be ascribed to the individual plants or to their association, or even to compounds derived from the combination of individual ingredients during the preparation process for ASMq.…”

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confidence: 61%

Effect of traditional Uyghur medicine abnormal Savda Munziq extract on rabbit platelet aggregation in vitro and rat arteriovenous shunt thrombosis in vivo

Umar

Yimin

Tohti

et al. 2015

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

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Effect of traditional Uyghur medicine abnormal Savda Munziq extract on rabbit platelet aggregation in vitro and rat arteriovenous shunt thrombosis in vivo

Umar

Yimin

Tohti

et al. 2015

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

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“…5) to link the 11 targets and the related diseases to gain a global understanding of diseases associated with the compounds of the L-T network. It is believed that compounds targeting the same protein that is associated with different diseases may be beneficial in different diseases (36). A total of 49 diseases showed associations with the compounds of HXHY herbs (Table V).…”

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confidence: 99%

In silico search for multi-target therapies for osteoarthritis based on 10 common Huoxue Huayu herbs and potential applications to other diseases

Zheng

Zhuang

et al. 2014

Molecular Medicine Reports

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Abstract. Huoxue Huayu (HXHY) has been widely used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) as a key therapeutic principle for osteoarthritis (OA), and related herbs have been widely prescribed to treat OA in the clinic. The aims of the present study were to explore a multi-target therapy for OA using 10 common HXHY herbs and to investigate their potential applications for treatment of other diseases. A novel computational simulation approach that integrates chemical structure, ligand clusters, chemical space and drug-likeness evaluations, as well as docking and network analysis, was used to investigate the properties and effects of the herbs. The compounds contained in the studied HXHY herbs were divided into 10 clusters. Comparison of the chemical properties of these compounds to those of other compounds described in the DrugBank database indicated that the properties of the former are more diverse than those of the latter and that most of the HXHY-derived compounds do not violate the 'Lipinski's rule of five'. Docking analysis allowed for the identification of 39 potential bioactive compounds from HXHY herbs and 11 potential targets for these compounds. The identified targets were closely associated with 49 diseases, including neoplasms, musculoskeletal, nervous system and cardiovascular diseases. Ligand-target (L-T) and ligand-target-disease (L-T-D) networks were constructed in order to further elucidate the pharmacological effects of the herbs. Our findings suggest that a number of compounds from HXHY herbs are promising candidates for mult-target therapeutic application in OA and may exert diverse pharmacological effects, affecting additional diseases besides OA. IntroductionOsteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease, which causes chronic pain and functional restrictions in the affected joints (1). At present, there is no effective treatment for reversing or preventing its onset. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are mainly used for treating OA, particularly in the early stages of the disease, but these drugs are often associated with clinically adverse effects (2). Furthermore, the social and economic cost related to OA remains particularly high (3). Therefore, ongoing research attempts to develop improved therapeutic strategies for OA.Several lines of evidence suggest that treatment that aims at a number of targets at once may be more effective against complex diseases such as OA (4,5). On the other hand, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), a complex system employing multiple components and targets, has been recognized in Western countries as a popular complementary and alternative medicinal approach. TCM has been used in the treatment of OA, and often has fewer side-effects than those reported for NSAIDs (6-8). Those reports indicate that TCM may provide a novel promising strategy for treatment of OA.Huoxue Huayu (HXHY) has been widely used in TCM as a key therapeutical principle for OA in China (9,10). Ten common HXHY herbs, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Strychnos nux-v...

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“…Drug-likeness generally means "molecule which holds functional groups and/or has physical properties consistent with the majority of known drugs" (Walters and Murcko, 2002). In our present work, we employed an in silico model which was described in our previous work (Liu et al, 2013) …”

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confidence: 99%

Systems pharmacology to decipher the combinational anti-migraine effects of Tianshu formula

Zhang²,

Zhang

et al. 2015

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

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Systems approaches and polypharmacology for drug discovery from herbal medicines: An example using licorice

Cited by 268 publications

References 105 publications

Effect of traditional Uyghur medicine abnormal Savda Munziq extract on rabbit platelet aggregation in vitro and rat arteriovenous shunt thrombosis in vivo

Effect of traditional Uyghur medicine abnormal Savda Munziq extract on rabbit platelet aggregation in vitro and rat arteriovenous shunt thrombosis in vivo

In silico search for multi-target therapies for osteoarthritis based on 10 common Huoxue Huayu herbs and potential applications to other diseases

Systems pharmacology to decipher the combinational anti-migraine effects of Tianshu formula

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