The present study demonstrated the use of the Linear Quantitative Profiling Method (LQPM) to evaluate the quality of Alkaloids of Sophora flavescens (ASF) based on chromatographic fingerprints in an accurate, economical and fast way. Both linear qualitative and quantitative similarities were calculated in order to monitor the consistency of the samples. The results indicate that the linear qual...

Oxymatrine (OMT) is a pharmacologically active primary quinolizidine alkaloid with various beneficial and toxic effects. It is confirmed that, after oral administration, OMT could be transformed to the more toxic metabolite matrine (MT), and this process may be through the reduction reaction, but the study on the characteristics of this transformation is limited. The aim of this study was to in...


 Purpose: To study the influence of oxymatrine on hypoxic-ischemic brain injury (HIBI) in neonatal rats.
 Methods: Newborn SPF Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly assigned to 3 groups (10 rats/group): control, HIBI and groups. Neurobehavioral latency each rat was determined after 48 h treatment, pathological changes cerebral cortex evaluated using H&E staining. Hippocampal neu...

Oxymatrine (OMT), an alkaloid extracted from Sophora japonica (kushen), is used to treat inflammatory diseases and various types of cancer in traditional Chinese medicine. However, the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the anti‑inflammatory activity of OMT remain poorly understood. The present study explored the protective effect of OMT on myocardial injury in rats with septic shock ...