Journal
JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
Volume 277, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2021.114216
Keywords
Aconitum; Detoxification molecular mechanism; Fatty acid; Aconitine; Real-time extractive electrospray ionization; mass spectrometry
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [82074012, 81603293, 81891013]
- China Association for Science and Technology [CACM2018QNRC104]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Public Welfare Research Institutes [ZZ13YQ090C1, ZZXT202105, ZZ14YQ047]
- Key Project at Central Government Level: the ability establishment of sustainable use for valuable Chinese medicine resources [2060302]
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This study aimed to develop a complete molecular mechanism exploration strategy in the complex medicinal herb decocting system, clarifying the internal molecular mechanism of processing detoxification on Aconitum, and exploring valid approaches for detoxification. By using an advanced online real-time platform, the study successfully characterized components in the complex Aconitum decocting system, discovered that fat meat could detoxify Aconitum directionally while preserving therapeutic effects, and proposed a novel reaction pathway based on nucleophilic substitution mechanism.
Ethnopharmacological relevance: Aconitum carmichaelii Debeaux, a famous traditional medicinal herb for collapse, rheumatic fever, and painful joints, always raises global concerns about its fatal toxicity from toxic alkaloids when improperly processed. Therefore, it is urgent to clarify the internal molecular mechanism of processing detoxification on Aconitum and develop simple and reliable approaches for clinical application, which is also of great significance to the rational medicinal use of Aconitum. Aim of the study: The study aimed at developing a complete molecular mechanism exploration strategy in complex medicinal herb decocting system, clarifying the internal molecular mechanism of processing detoxification on Aconitum, and exploring valid approaches for detoxification. Materials and methods: Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata (Fuzi) was selected as the model for exploring the complex Aconitum detoxification mechanism using an advanced online real-time platform based on extractive electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. The methods realized the sensitive capture of dynamic trace intermediates, accurate qualitative and quantitative analysis, and real-time and long-term monitoring of multicomponents with satisfactory accuracy and resistance to complex matrices. Results: Components in the complex Aconitum decocting system were real-timely characterized and fat meat was discovered and verified to directionally detoxify Aconitum while reserving the therapy effect. More importantly, the dynamic detoxification mechanism in the chemically complex Aconitum decoction was molecularly profiled. A novel reaction pathway based on nucleophilic substitution reaction mechanism was proposed. As confirmed by the theoretic calculations at DFT B3LYP/6-31G (d) levels, fatty acids (e.g., palmitic acid) acted as a green, cheap, and high-performance catalyst and promote the decomposition of toxic diester alkaloids to non-toxic and active benzoyl-monoester alkaloids through the discovered mechanism. Conclusion: The study exposed a novel detoxification molecular mechanism of Aconitum , provided an effective method for the safe use of Aconitum, which could effectively guide the development of traditional processing technology and compatibility regulation of the toxic herb and had great value to the modernization and stan-dardization development of traditional medicine.
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