کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2545057 1560397 2015 12 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Systems pharmacology-based drug discovery for marine resources: An example using sea cucumber (Holothurians)
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت داروسازی، سم شناسی و علوم دارویی داروشناسی
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Systems pharmacology-based drug discovery for marine resources: An example using sea cucumber (Holothurians)
چکیده انگلیسی

Ethnopharmacological relevanceSea cucumber, a kind of marine animal, have long been utilized as tonic and traditional remedies in the Middle East and Asia because of its effectiveness against hypertension, asthma, rheumatism, cuts and burns, impotence, and constipation. In this study, an overall study performed on sea cucumber was used as an example to show drug discovery from marine resource by using systems pharmacology model. The value of marine natural resources has been extensively considered because these resources can be potentially used to treat and prevent human diseases. However, the discovery of drugs from oceans is difficult, because of complex environments in terms of composition and active mechanisms. Thus, a comprehensive systems approach which could discover active constituents and their targets from marine resource, understand the biological basis for their pharmacological properties is necessary.Materials and methodsIn this study, a feasible pharmacological model based on systems pharmacology was established to investigate marine medicine by incorporating active compound screening, target identification, and network and pathway analysis.ResultsAs a result, 106 candidate components of sea cucumber and 26 potential targets were identified. Furthermore, the functions of sea cucumber in health improvement and disease treatment were elucidated in a holistic way based on the established compound-target and target-disease networks, and incorporated pathways.ConclusionsThis study established a novel strategy that could be used to explore specific active mechanisms and discover new drugs from marine sources.

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ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Ethnopharmacology - Volume 165, 13 May 2015, Pages 61–72
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