OBJECTIVE： To study the chemical constituents of supercritical CO2 extract from Xinjiang Daucus carota seed（called “D. carota seed extract” for short）， and to preliminarily evaluate its antimicrobial and antioxident activity， so as to provide reference for the development and quality control of related products of the plant. METHODS： The non-polar volatile part of Xinjiang D. carota seed was extracted by supercritical CO2 extraction method. The chemical constituents of the extract were identified and quantified by GC-MS and standard spectral labrary. The relative percentage content of each component was calculated by peak area normalization method. The antibacterial activity of D. carota seed extract against Staphylococcus aureus，Escherichia coli and Candida albicans were investigated by trace broth dilution method and AGAR medium plate method. Its antioxidant activity was investigated by TLC-bioautography method. RESULTS： Twenty chemical constituents were identified from D. carota seed extract （the total relative percentage content was 98.76％）， mainly including β-bisabolene， α-asarone， α-pinene， β-caryophyllene， aspidinol， etc. D. carota seed extract has certain antimicrobial activity on S. aureus， E. coli and C. albicans. The minimum inhibitory concentrations were 0.039， 0.833， 0.625 mg/mL， and minimum bactericidal concentrations were 0.078， 1.667， 1.250 mg/mL， respectively. The extract has a certain scavenging ability to DPPH radical. CONCLUSIONS： D. carota seed extract obtained by supercritical CO2 extraction contains monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes， and possesses certain antibacterial and antioxidant activity.

In traditional Chinese medicine, Nitraria sibirica Pall. (Nitrariaceae) is used to treat hypertension. This study determined the effects of the total alkaloids of the leaves of Nitraria sibirica (NSTA) on blood pressure and albuminuria in mice treated with angiotensin II and a high-salt diet (ANG/HS). Adult mice were divided into three groups: control; infused with angiotensin II and fed a diet containing 4% NaCl (ANG/HS; and ANG/HS plus injection of NSTA (1 mg·kg(-1)·d(-1), i.p.). After treatment of these regimens, daily water and food intake, kidney weight, blood pressure, urinary albumin excretion, renal concentrations of inflammatory markers, including soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1) and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), and the expression of renal fibrosis markers were determined. Compared to the control group, the ANG/HS group had higher blood pressure and urinary albumin excretion. Treatment with NSTA in ANG/HS mice for three weeks significantly reduced blood pressure and urinary albumin excretion. ANG/HS treatment caused elevated levels of sICAM-1 and MCP-1, as well as increased fibrosis markers. Concurrent treatment with ANG/HS and NSTA attenuated the levels and expression of renal inflammatory and fibrosis markers. Treatment with NSTA effectively reduces hypertension-induced albuminuria through the reduction of renal inflammatory and fibrosis markers.
Albuminuria ; drug therapy ; metabolism ; physiopathology ; Alkaloids ; administration & dosage ; Angiotensin II ; metabolism ; Animals ; Blood Pressure ; drug effects ; Chemokine CCL2 ; metabolism ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; administration & dosage ; Humans ; Hypertension ; drug therapy ; metabolism ; physiopathology ; Magnoliopsida ; chemistry ; Male ; Mice ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Sodium Chloride, Dietary ; adverse effects ; metabolism