Shandong Science ›› 2022, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (4): 38-48.doi: 10.3976/j.issn.1002-4026.2022.04.006

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The basis and mechanism of Rosae Rugosae Flos antidepressants based on network pharmacology

LIANG Meng-meng1(), SHAO Xin-xin1, CHEN Cong1, ZHANG Song1, ZHANG Guang-zhong2, LI Jia1,*()   

  1. 1. Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China
    2. Jinan Jiumei Rose Products Co., Ltd., Jinan 250400, China
  • Received:2021-11-06 Online:2022-08-20 Published:2022-07-25
  • Contact: LI Jia E-mail:liangmengmeng@sdutcm.edu.cn;ljytl7172@163.com

Abstract:

To explore the active ingredients and mechanism of Rosae Rugosae Flos for antidepressant activity by network pharmacology and the molecular docking method. This study collected the antidepressant monomers and chemical components of Rosae Rugosae Flos by searching the China National Knowledge Infrastructure database, predicted the antidepressant active ingredients and targets with the aid of the PubChem and SwissTargetPrediction databases, performed pathway enrichment analysis through the Database for Annotation, Visualization and Integrated Discovery, and used Discovery Studio 2017 software to perform molecular docking. A total of 117 antidepressant monomers and 127 Rosae Rugosae Flos ingredients were collected. Furthremore, 17 antidepressant-related core components were screened out from Rosae Rugosae Flos. The molecular docking showed that Rosae Rugosae Flos contains six active ingredients, which are apigenin, quercetin, kaempferol, isoeugenol, isoquercitrin, and cyanidin 3-O-glucoside that can bind to the three depression-related targets AKT1, PTGS2, and ESR1. The results indicated that the antidepressant material basis of Rosae Rugosae Flos is flavonoids, such as apigenin, quercetin, kaempferol, and so on, which mainly affect the neuroactive ligand -receptor interaction and the HIF-1, prolactin, and dopaminergic synaptic signaling pathways, which play an antidepressant role. The research will be expected to offer new ideas for the next steps in studying Rosae Rugosae Flos for any evidence of new antidepressant drug discoveries.

Key words: Rosae Rugosae Flos, depression, network pharmacology, molecular docking

CLC Number: 

  • R285.5