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OBJECTIVE：To study the diff erences in the overall chemical constituents of Angelicae dahuricae with and without sulphur-fumigation，and to select chemical markers that can be used for identification. METHODS ：Each 16 batches of A. dahuricae with and without sulphur-fumigation were selected as samples. Deuterated methanol-deuterium oxide （1 ∶ 0.2，V/V）was used as extraction solvent ，and 1H-NMR metabolomics was used to detect the primary and secondary metabolites in A. dahuricae . In addition ，visual analysis ，principal component analysis （PCA）and t-test were used to compare the component differences of A. dahuricae by two kinds of pretreatment methods. RESULTS ：A total of 19 chemical constituents such as coumarins ，amino acids and sugars were simultaneously detected and identified from two kinds of A. dahuricae . Visual analysis showed that the chemical profiles of the two kinds of A. dahuricae were similar ，but their coumarins and carbohydrates were quite different in 1H-NMR signal intensity. PCA analysis showed that all samples could be divided into two categories according to different treatment methods. The results of t-test showed that the contents of oxypeucedanin ，imperatorin，glucose and sucrose of A. dahuricae were decreased significantly after sulphur fumigation （P＜0.01 or P＜0.001），while the contents of alanine and leucine were significantly increased （P＜0.01 or P＜0.001）. There was no statistical significance in the contents of other 13 kinds of components （P＞0.05）. CONCLUSIONS：There are obvious differences in the 6 chemical compounds of oxypeucedanin ，imperatorin，glucose，sucrose， alanine and leucine in A. dahuricae with and without sulphur-fumigation ，which can be used as chemical markers for the identification of sulphur-fumigated A. dahuricae in the market.
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Objective: To investigate the difference of lipid-lowering effect of raw and processed Crataegi Fructus, and to select the optimal antihyperlipidemic product. Methods The hyperlipidemia model of SD rats was induced by high fat diet. After administration of Crataegi Fructus (1.5 g/kg), fried and coked Crataegi Fructus (1.5 g/kg), the changes of serum metabolites were analyzed by 1H-NMR technique combined with multivariate statistical analysis. Results :Different processing products of Crataegi Fructus can significantly reduce the levels of TC, TG, LDL-C in hyperlipidemia rats, among which Crataegi Fructus had best hypolipidemic effects. The serum contents of lactate, pyruvate, lysine, creatine, glycerol, ornithine, TMAO, α-ketoisovaleric acid, O-acetylglycoprotein, N-acetylglycoprotein, leucine and isoleucine were increased in model group, while choline, acetone, threonine, scyllitol, glutamine, glutamic acid, MUFA, PUFA, GPC, and glucose were decreased compared with control group. After administration of different processing products of Crataegi Fructus, endogenous metabolites were recovered significantly. The effect of Crataegi Fructus on hyperlipidemia was superior to those of fried and coked Crataegi Fructus according to the degree and number of the metabolites recovered. Conclusion: There are differences between the raw and processed Crataegi Fructus, and raw Crataegi Fructus showed the best effect on hyperlipidemia, the effect may be achieved through regulating oxidative stress, energy metabolism, amino acid metabolism, and gut microbiota.