Jiaotaiwan increased GABA level in brain and serum, improved sleep via increasing NREM sleep and REM sleep, and its component identification.

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Jiaotaiwan (JTW) is good at communicating the heart and kidney. That meets the main mechanism of insomnia in traditional Chinese medicine. But the mechanism of JTW in promoting sleep is not clear. AIM OF THE STUDY: To investigate the mechanism of JTW in promoting sleep and identify the main components. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this study, we detected the levels of GABA in serum and brain via LC-MS/MS analysis and investigated the hypnotic effect of JTW and its role in promoting sleep via Sleep monitoring and vigilance state analysis. Further, the identification of the main components was carried out by using LC-MS/MS analysis. RESULTS: JTW could increase the GABA levels in serum, FC and BS of SDM rats. JTW reduced the amount of wakefulness, increased the time of NREM sleep and REM sleep. A total of 25 compounds were identified. CONCLUSIONS: The current work provides valuable information on the hypnotic effects of JTW and its regulatory mechanisms in promoting sleep.

Volatile components of different parts of Cry ptotaenia j aponica through GC-MS analysis and Kovats retention index / 药学实践杂志

Objective To analyze and compare the chemical components of the volatile oil in different parts of Cryptotae-nia japonica .Methods Essential oils were extracted from the root ,stem ,leaf ,fruit of Cryptotaenia japonica through steam distillation .GC-MS analysis combined with Kovats retention index methods were used to analyze its main components .Results 28 peaks were separated and 28 compounds were identified from volatile oils from the root of Cryptotaenia japonica ,ac-counting for 86.66% of the total ,27 peaks were separated and 27 compounds were identified from volatile oils from stem of Cryptotaenia japonica ,accounting for 88 .01% of the total ,27 peaks were separated and 27 compounds were identified from volatile oils from leaves of Cryptotaenia japonica ,accounting for 94 .03% of the total ,26 peaks were separated and 26 com-pounds were identified from volatile oils from fruit of Cryptotaenia japonica ,accounting for 88 .32% of the total .35 kinds of volatile compounds were identified from the whole strain ,and the main components of each part of the volatile oil were sesquit-erpene compounds ,containing a small amount of monoterpenes .Among all the 35 compounds ,different parts of Cryptotaenia japonica share 22 compounds .Compounds 19 ,23 only exists in the volatile oil from the roots .Aromadendrene ,compound 25 , red myrrh alcohol only exists in the volatile oil from the fruit .So there is a certain difference in the types and quantity of the compounds .Conclusion The volatile oil of Cryptotaenia japonica contains many physiologically active substance .Take the whole plant as a medicine has its rationality ,which provide a scientific basis for the further research and development of Cryp-totaenia j aponica .