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ArticleAnimal models and experimental medicine2025

Processing-induced reduction in dianthrones content and toxicity of Polygonum multiflorum: Insights from ultra-high performance liquid chromatography triple quadrupole mass spectrometry analysis and toxicological assessment.

Wan-Fang Li, Ying Wang, Cai-Xia Qiu, Jie Li, Jie Bao, Jian-Bo Yang, Hong-Tao Jin

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Wan-Fang LiNew Drug Safety Evaluation Center, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5159-7308
Ying WangNational Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing, China.
Cai-Xia QiuNew Drug Safety Evaluation Center, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Jie LiNew Drug Safety Evaluation Center, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Jie BaoNew Drug Safety Evaluation Center, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Jian-Bo YangNational Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing, China.
Hong-Tao JinNew Drug Safety Evaluation Center, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.

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Chinese Society of Toxicology CST2021CT101National Natural Science Foundation of China 81973476
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backgroundPolygonum multiflorum-induced liver injury (PM-DILI) has significantly hindered its clinical application and development.

methodsThis study investigates the variation in content and toxicity of dianthrones, the toxic components of P. multiflorum, during different processing cycles. We employed the ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography triple quadrupole mass spectrometry method to quantify six dianthrones in raw P. multiflorum and formulations processed with a method called nine cycles of steaming and sunning. Additionally, toxicity assessments were conducted using human normal liver cell line L02 and zebrafish embryos.

resultsResults indicate a gradual reduction in dianthrones content with increasing processing cycles. Processed formulations exhibited significantly reduced cytotoxicity in L02 cells and hepatotoxicity in zebrafish embryos.

conclusionsOur findings elucidate the relationship between processing cycles and P. multiflorum toxicity, providing theoretical support for its safe use.

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Fallopia multifloraAnimalsCell LineChromatography, High Pressure LiquidEmbryo, NonmammalianHumansMass SpectrometryZebrafishdianthroneshepatotoxicityPolygonum multiflorum Thunb.ultra‐high performance liquid chromatography triple quadrupole mass spectrometry (UHPLC‐QQQ‐MS/MS)zebrafish embryos

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PMCPMC12008448

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