Title:Research Progress of Eucommia ulmoides Oliv and Predictive Analysis of
Quality Markers Based on Network Pharmacology
Volume: 25
Issue: 7
Author(s): Xiaomei Zhao, Qiong Qu, Ying Zhang, Peiyuan Zhao, Jinqing Qiu, Xinbo Zhang, Xi Duan and Xiao Song*
Affiliation:
- School of Pharmacy, Shaanxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, Shaanxi, 712046, China
- Engineering Research Center for Pharmaceutics of Chinese Materia Medica and New Drug
Development, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100029, China
Keywords:
Eucommia ulmoides Oliv, processing, applications, pharmacokinetics, quality markers, network pharmacology.
Abstract: Du Zhong is a valuable Chinese medicinal herb unique to China. It is a national second-
class precious protected tree, known as “plant gold”, which has been used to treat various
diseases since ancient times. The main active ingredients are lignans, phenylprophetons, flavonoids,
iridoids and steroids and terpenoids, which have pharmacological effects such as lowering
blood pressure, enhancing immunity, regulating bone metabolism, protecting nerve cells, protecting
liver and gallbladder and regulating blood lipids. In this paper, a comprehensive review
of Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. was summarized from the processing and its compositional changes,
applications, chemical components, pharmacological effects, and pharmacokinetics, and the
Q-marker of Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. is preliminarily predicted from the aspects of traditional
efficacy, medicinal properties and measurability of chemical composition, and the pharmacodynamic
substance basis and potential Q-marker of Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. are further analyzed
through network pharmacology. It is speculated that quercetin, kaempferol, β-sitosterol, chlorogenic
acid and pinoresinol diglucoside components are selected as quality markers of Eucommia
ulmoides Oliv., which provide a basis for the quality control evaluation and follow-up research
and development of Eucommia ulmoides Oliv.