Antidiarrheal Effect of Sechang-Zhixie-San on Acute Diarrhea Mice and Network Pharmacology Deciphering Its Characteristics and Potential Mechanisms.

Antidiarrheal Effect of Sechang-Zhixie-San on Acute Diarrhea Mice and Network Pharmacology Deciphering Its Characteristics and Potential Mechanisms. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2020;2020:8880298 Authors: Li Z, Li J, Zhang F, Zhu N, Sha Z, Li D, Tu Y, Hou J Abstract Sechang-Zhixie-San (SCZX) is an ancient prescription used for pediatric diarrhea by the Yi people in China, which consists of Rodgersia sambucifolia Hemsley (known as Yantuo and abbreviated as YT) and Bentonite (BN). Now, it is also a Chinese patent medicine used in the clinic to treat infantile diarrhea. Besides evaluating the antidiarrheal effect of SCZX on diarrhea mice induced by Folium Sennae, the purpose of this study is to outline the characteristics of the antidiarrheal effect and reveal the potential mechanisms of SCZX through the analysis of the mechanism and active components of YT via network pharmacology and molecular docking, combined with the research progress of BN obtained from the literature. SCZX (3.12 and 12.48 g/kg) effectively inhibited diarrhea in mice, significantly lowering the loose stool rate (LSR), loose stool level (LSL), and loose stool index (LSI). Using network pharmacology, the "herb-compound-target-pathway-pharmacological action" network was mapped to indicate the antidiarrheal mechanism of YT. And the docking results revealed that 4 components of YT including quercetin, geranyl-1-O-α-L-arabinopyranosyl-(1 ⟶ 6)-β-D-glucop...
Source: Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Category: Complementary Medicine Tags: Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Source Type: research