Urinary metabolomics study of the effects of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi ethanol extract on D-galactose-induced rats.
- Author:
Yan-fen CHANG
;
Wen-xia GONG
;
Yan-hong ZHENG
;
Jian-wei LI
;
Yu-zhi ZHOU
;
Xue-mei QIN
;
Guan-hua DU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Aging;
drug effects;
Animals;
Galactose;
Memory;
drug effects;
Metabolome;
Metabolomics;
Plant Extracts;
pharmacokinetics;
urine;
Rats;
Scutellaria baicalensis;
chemistry
- From:
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica
2016;51(1):86-92
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the anti-aging effects and reveal the underlying mechanism of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi ethanol extract (SBG) in D-galactose-induced rats. Fifty rats were randomly divided into five groups: vehicle control group, D-galactose group, and D-galactose combined with 50, 100, 200 mg x kg(-1) SBG. A rat aging model was induced by injecting subcutaneously D-galactose (100 mg x kg(-1)) for ten weeks. At the tenth week, the locomotor activity (in open-field test) and the learning and memory abilities (in Morris water maze test) were examined respectively. The urine was collected using metabolic cages and analyzed by high-resolution 1H NMR spectroscopy combined with multivariate statistical analyses. The SBG at doses of 50, 100 and 200 mg x kg(-1) treatments groups could significantly ameliorate aging process in rats' cognitive performance. The 50, 100, 200 mg x kg(-1) SBG regulated citrate, pyruvate, lactate, trimethylamine (TMA), pantothenate, β-hydroxybutyrate in urine favorably toward the control group. These biochemical changes are related to the disturbance in energy metabolism, glycometabolism and microbiome metabolism, which is helpful to further understanding the D-galactose induced aging rats and the therapeutic mechanism of SBG.
