基于紫外及荧光光谱方法的中药抗氧化应激作用研究

糖尿病引起患者全身多部位发生慢性并发症，严重危害患者的生命安全，成为其致死致残的主要原因。糖尿病患者体内的高血糖环境引发的组织内氧化应激反应增加是糖尿病并发症的重要发病机制之一，而蛋白非酶糖基化反应和脂质过氧化反应过程与氧化应激密切相关。从糖尿病并发症的发病机理出发，以氧化应激为基点，运用光谱法对17种中药提取物抗氧化应激反应的活性进行综合考察。利用大鼠肝脏体外脂质自氧化反应结合紫外光谱法对中药提取物抑制脂质过氧化反应的能力进行评价，中药黄芩和槐米具有较强的抑制活性，富含黄酮类、生物碱类及木脂素类提取物表现出较好的脂质过氧化反应抑制作用，而皂苷类成分的活性相对较弱。以牛血清白蛋白/葡萄糖(果糖)体系为糖基化筛选模型，利用荧光光谱法对体外避光孵育反应体系进行研究，中药槐米、黄芩和知母表现出了较强的非酶糖基化反应抑制能力。由17种中药提取物抗氧化应激反应的结果分析，富含黄酮类成分中药的抗氧化应激作用强于生物碱类、木脂素类和萜类的，皂苷类中药的活性相对较弱;而体外综合活性较好的中药槐米和黄芩可作为下一步研究的主要对象。本研究为进一步的药理活性研究提供了一定的理论指导，为开发防治糖尿病并发症的中药新药奠定基础。

Investigation on Inhibitory Capacities of Seventeen Herbal Extracts on Oxidative Stress using Ultraviolet and Fluorescence Spectroscopy

Diabetic patients usually suffer from complications and the long-term secondarycomplications are the main cause of morbidity and mortality. The hyperglycemia-induced oxidative stress is one of the important pathogenesis of diabetic complications, while the oxidative stress is associated with the lipid peroxidationreaction and the formation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs). Our study was focus on the pathogenesis of diabetic complications and based on the oxidative stress reaction. In this research, the oxidative stress inhibiting effects of seventeen herbal extracts were studied based on spectroscopic methodology. The capacities of herbal extracts against the lipid peroxidation reaction of rat liver in vitro were investigated using spectrophotometric method. It showedthat the inhibitory activity of Radix Scutellariae and Flos Sophorae Immaturus were better than other herbal extracts. Additionally, the herbal extracts richin flavonoids, alkaloids and lignanoids showed good inhibitory activities on the lipid peroxidation reaction. On the contrary, the saponin-rich herbal extracts possessed weak inhibitory effects. We applied the BSA/glucose (fructose) system combined with fluorescent spectroscopy to determine the inhibitory activities of herbal extracts in glycation model reactions. The results showed that the AGEs formation inhibitory activity of Flos Sophorae Immaturus, Radix Scutellariae and Rhizoma Anemarrhenae were better than others in the BSA/glucose (fructose) system by fluorescene analysis. The results demonstrated that the herbal extracts rich in flavonoids were found to be more effective than that of those herbal extracts as alkaloids and terpenoids class in inhibiting oxidative stress, while the saponin-rich herbal extracts showed weak inhibitory activities against oxidative stress. The Flos Sophorae Immaturus and Radix Scutellariae extractshad better inhibitory activity to the oxidative stress, so their pharmacological activity could be explored in further investigations. These results demonstrated in this assay could provide a reference for the study of pharmacological activity, and thus lays the foundation for the further study of the application of natural products in the prevention and treatment of diabetic complications.