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ArticleChinese journal of integrative medicine2022

Chinese Medicine Meets Conventional Medicine in Targeting COVID-19 Pathophysiology, Complications and Comorbidities.

Shan-Shan Wang, Xian Zeng, Ya-Li Wang, Zhuoma Dongzhi, Yu-Fen Zhao, Yu-Zong Chen

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Shan-Shan WangQian Xuesen Collaborative Research Center of Astrochemistry and Space Life Sciences, Institute of Drug Discovery Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, 315211, China.
Xian ZengDepartment of Biological Medicines & Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Immunotherapeutics, Fudan University School of Pharmacy, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Ya-Li WangBioinformatics and Drug Design Group, Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117543, Singapore.
Zhuoma DongzhiMedical College, Tibet University, Lhasa, 850011, China.
Yu-Fen ZhaoQian Xuesen Collaborative Research Center of Astrochemistry and Space Life Sciences, Institute of Drug Discovery Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, 315211, China.
Yu-Zong ChenQian Xuesen Collaborative Research Center of Astrochemistry and Space Life Sciences, Institute of Drug Discovery Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, 315211, China. chenyuzong@nbu.edu.cn.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo investigate how the National Health Commission of China (NHCC)-recommended Chinese medicines (CMs) modulate the major maladjustments of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), particularly the clinically observed complications and comorbidities.

methodsBy focusing on the potent targets in common with the conventional medicines, we investigated the mechanisms of 11 NHCC-recommended CMs in the modulation of the major COVID-19 pathophysiology (hyperinflammations, viral replication), complications (pain, headache) and comorbidities (hypertension, obesity, diabetes). The constituent herbs of these CMs and their chemical ingredients were from the Traditional Chinese Medicine Information Database. The experimentally-determined targets and the activity values of the chemical ingredients of these CMs were from the Natural Product Activity and Species Source Database. The approved and clinical trial drugs against these targets were searched from the Therapeutic Target Database and DrugBank Database. Pathways of the targets was obtained from Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes and additional literature search.

resultsOverall, 9 CMs modulated 6 targets discovered by the COVID-19 target discovery studies, 8 and 11 CMs modulated 8 and 6 targets of the approved or clinical trial drugs for the treatment of the major COVID-19 complications and comorbidities, respectively.

conclusionThe coordinated actions of each NHCC-recommended CM against a few targets of the major COVID-19 pathophysiology, complications and comorbidities, partly have common mechanisms with the conventional medicines.

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COVID-19COVID-19 Drug TreatmentMedicine, Chinese TraditionalComorbidityDrugs, Chinese HerbalHumansMedicineSARS-CoV-2Drugs, Chinese HerbalChinese medicinecomorbidityCOVID-19pathophysiologytargettherapeutic mechanism

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PMID35583580
PMCPMC9116066

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