Antidiabetic Machanism

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Network Pharmacology

The Suanzaoren Decoction seems to address Alzheimer's coupled with diabetes through particular ingredients interacting with specific genes involved in disease and therapeutic response.

2024 Hereditas Network pharmacology to unveil the mechanism of suanzaoren decoction in the treatment of alzheimer’s with diabetes
Chen T, Lei Y, Li M, Liu X, Zhang L, Cai F, Gong X, Zhang R

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Systematic Review

Mao Xu Cao has shown potential in treating diabetes and its complications by influencing metabolic processes and displaying antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.

2022 Molecules A Systematic Review of Orthosiphon stamineus Benth. in the Treatment of Diabetes and Its Complications
Wang Q, Wang J, Li N, Liu J, Zhou J, Zhuang P, Chen H

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A Network Pharmacology published in 2024 in the journal Hereditas found that The Suanzaoren Decoction seems to address Alzheimer's coupled with diabetes through particular ingredients interacting with specific genes involved in disease and therapeutic response. The study first screened the protein interactors of the main components of Suanzaoren Decoction (SZRD) in the TCMSP database. These protein targets were then cross-referenced with gene candidates influencing both diabetes and Alzheimer's disease, as identified from the Gene Expression Omnibus database. Potentially shared genes were further examined going through a gene-drug-compound-target-disease network and a protein-protein interaction network. The intersecting genes underwent Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes analyses to understand their biological functions and involvement in pathways. In the discussion of the results, a subset of 1,977 diabetes-related genes and 622 Alzheimer’s-related genes were identified, with 97 found to be common among SZRD, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s disease. Specified compounds within SZRD, namely quercetin, kaempferol, licochalcone a, isorhamnetin, formononetin, and naringenin were proposed to be the active ingredients, primarily interacting with genes such as IL6, TNF, IL1B, CXCL8, IL10, CCL2, ICAM1, STAT3, and IL4. The therapeutic effect of SZRD was demonstrated to be involved in cellular responses to drugs, aging processes, and cellular responses to foreign substances, as well as in cancer and cardiovascular pathways. Molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations revealed high-affinity binding between several SZRD compounds and the proteins CXCL8, IL1B, and CCL2, indicating the therapeutic potential of these interactions.

A Systematic Review published in 2022 in the journal Molecules found that Mao Xu Cao has shown potential in treating diabetes and its complications by influencing metabolic processes and displaying antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. The study adopted the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) methodology. Extensive literature search was conducted using the databases ScienceDirect, PubMed, and Web of Science. All chosen articles were thoroughly assessed to understand the effects of Benth. on diabetes and its complications. In terms of results, it was found that the primary mechanisms through which Benth. contributes to the treatment of diabetes and its complications include inhibition of α-amylase and α-glucosidase activities, enhanced antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities, regulation of lipid metabolism, stimulation of insulin secretion, improvement of insulin resistance, and promotion of glucose uptake among other positive effects. The hypoglycemic effects of Benth. are potentially due to the presence of phenolic acids, flavonoids, and triterpenoids. This suggests the potential of Benth. as an antidiabetic agent.

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