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Objective: To study the chemical constituents from the stems of Uncaria scandens. Methods: The compounds were isolated and purified by silica gel column chromatography, Sephadex LH-20, RP18, and HPLC. The structures were identified by spectroscopic methods and physicochemical properties. The contents of rhynchophylline and isorhynchophylline were detected by HPLC method. Results: Seventeen compounds were isolated and identified from 95% ethanol extract of the stems of U. scandens and characterized as 5α-carboxystrictosidine (1), 3β-isodihydrocadambine (2), strictosamide (3), 3α-dihydrocadambine (4), mitraphylline (5), uncarine F (6), 3β-isodihydrocadambine 4-oxide (7), isodihydrocdambine (8), nauclefine (9), cadambine (10), calyxamine B (11), methyl chlorogenate (12), 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenol (13), α-tocopherylquinone (14), quinovic acid (15), methyl caffeate (16), and hyperoside (17). The contents of rhynchophylline and isorhynchophylline from U. scandens were 0.72 and 0.38 μg/g. Conclusion: Compounds 7-9 and 11-14 are isolated from Uncaria genus for the first time. Compounds 1-6 and 16, 17 are isolated from U.scandens for the first time. The contents of rhynchophylline and isorhynchophylline is low and the reasonable use of them as U. scandens in some areas needs to be further verified.
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This study was aimed to investigate the effects of high-dose strictosamide injection on cardiovascular sys-tem of anesthetized beagle dogs and to examine the inhibition of strictosamide on ion channels in vitro. Indexes such as changes of systolic blood pressure (Sys), diastolic blood pressure (Dia), mean blood pressure (MBP), heart rate (HR), PR, QRS, QT, QTcb and QTcv at different time points before and after strictosamide injection in dogs were monitored by the polygraph system. The inhibition of strictosamide at different concentrations on hERG potassium channel in CHO-hERG cells and Nav1.5 sodium channel in HEK-293-Nav1.5 cells were measured by whole-cell patch-clamp method. The results showed that compared with the blank control group, Sys, Dia, MBP and HR were obviously declined 15 min after medication in the strictosamide (60, 18 mg·kg-1) group and the vehicle-control group (containing tween-80) (P 0.05). The inhibition of strictosamide on hERG potassium channel and Nav1.5 sodium channel were weak with IC50 values of 560.8 μM and > 900 μM, respectively, which were far greater than the positive controls. It was concluded that sin-gle, high-dose intravenous injection of strictosamide may lead to a lower blood pressure, a slower heart rate and a prolongation on the QT interval in beagle dogs, which returned to basal levels when medication stopped. It was spec-ulated that the reduction of blood pressure and the slowing of heart rate were related to tween-80 contained in the vehicle control group. No significant inhibitory effects were detected on hERG potassium channel and Nav1.5 sodium channel in vitro, which suggested that other mechanisms may be involved in strictosamide-induced QT interval pro-longation in animals.