Comparison of Murraya exotica and Murraya paniculata by fingerprint analysis coupled with chemometrics and network pharmacology methods.
10.1016/S1875-5364(21)60087-0
- Author:
Hai-Zhen LIANG
1
;
Zhi-Yong DU
1
;
Shuo YUAN
1
;
Meng-Qiu LU
1
;
Jian-Yong XING
2
;
Qing MA
2
;
Zheng-Zhou HAN
2
;
Peng-Fei TU
1
;
Yong JIANG
3
Author Information
1. State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.
2. China Resources Sanjiu Medical & Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Shenzhen 518110, China.
3. State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China. Electronic address: yongjiang@bjmu.edu.cn.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Chemometrics;
HPLC fingerprint;
Multi-source TCM;
Murraya exotica;
Murraya paniculata;
Network pharmacology
- From:
Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines (English Ed.)
2021;19(9):713-720
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
There are two source plants for the traditional Chinese medicine Murrayae Folium et Cacumen (MFC) in Chinese Pharmacopoeia, i.e. Murraya exotica L. and M. paniculata (L.) Jack. Herein, a chemical comparison of M. exotica and M. paniculata by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) fingerprint analysis coupled with chemometrics and network pharmacology was performed. The main peaks in the fingerprints were identified by liquid chromatography coupled with ion trap/time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LC-IT-TOF-MS) and authenticated by references. The chemometrics results showed that the HPLC fingerprints of these two species were clearly divided into two categories using hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) and principal component analysis (PCA), and a total of 13 significantly differentiated markers were screened out by orthogonal partial least squares-discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA). However, the following network pharmacology analysis showed that these discriminated markers were found to act via many common targets and metabolic pathways, indicating the possibly similar pharmacological effects and mechanisms for M. exotica and M. paniculata. The above results provide valuable evidence for the equivalent use of these two plants in clinical settings. Moreover, the chromatographic fingerprint analysis coupled with chemometrics and network pharmacology supplies an efficient approach for the comparative analysis of multi-source TCMs like MFC.
