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ArticleBMC complementary and alternative medicine2014

Anti-thrombotic effects of α-linolenic acid isolated from Zanthoxylum bungeanum Maxim seeds.

Qian Yang, Weidong Cao, Xuanxuan Zhou, Wei Cao, Yanhua Xie, Siwang Wang

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Article in BMC complementary and alternative medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Qian Yang
Weidong Cao
Xuanxuan Zhou
Wei Cao
Yanhua XieDepartment of Materia Medica, School of Pharmacology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. yhxiefmmu@163.com.
Siwang Wang
Air Force Medical University · CNXijing Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe current study was to evaluate the anti-thrombotic effect of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) which was isolated and purified from Jiaomu in vivo.

methodsThe seeds were crushed and subsequently subjected to saponification, acid hydrolysis, gradient freezing, urea inclusion and complexation of silver nitrate to obtain the unsaturated fatty acids. The chemical characteristics of isolated ALA were validated by 1HNMR, 13CNMR and mass spectrometry, and then the anti-thrombotic effect of ALA and its mixture with linoleic acid (1:1) were evaluated in the following experiments.

resultsThe alpha-linolenic acid was isolated and purified from Jiaomu through our newly established methods. ALA and its mixture with linoleic acid can prolong the hemorrhage and coagulation time as well as enhanced the survival rate of mice subjected to collagen-adrenaline induced thrombosis. In addition, the thrombosis on A-V bypass and platelet aggregation of rats will be reduced after treated with ALA or its mixture, and the expression level of Akt and PI3K protein decreased 26% and 31%, respectively.

conclusionsWe designed and optimized a very simple and high-yield procedure to isolate ALA and linoleic acid mixture from seeds of Zanthoxylum bungeanum Maxim and demonstrated that such mixture can obtain a good anti-thrombotic effect through the modulation of PI3K/Akt signaling.

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alpha-Linolenic AcidAnimalsFibrinolytic AgentsHumansLinoleic AcidMaleMicePhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPlatelet AggregationProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktRatsSeedsThrombosisZanthoxylumalpha-Linolenic AcidFibrinolytic AgentsLinoleic AcidPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt

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PMID25252789
PMCPMC4180314
OpenAlexW2054336895

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