The acrid raphides in tuberous root of Pinellia ternata have lipophilic character and are specifically denatured by ginger extract
| Autor: | Takao Namiki, Koichiro Tanaka, Kunihiko Obara, Tsukasa Fueki, Toshiaki Makino, Ryudo Kawahara |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Pinellia ternata
Ginger Extract Kampo Pinellia Crude drug Ginger medicine.disease_cause chemistry.chemical_compound medicine Humans Petroleum ether Medicine Chinese Traditional Original Paper Traditional medicine biology Chemistry Plant Extracts fungi Correction food and beverages Raphide Acridity Pinellia tuber biology.organism_classification Denaturation Molecular Medicine Irritation |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Natural Medicines |
| ISSN: | 1861-0293 1340-3443 |
| Popis: | Graphic abstract Unprocessed dried tuberous root of Pinellia ternata (Pinellia Tuber) has been used as a component of traditional Japanese Kampo medicine, while this crude drug is usually used after processing with Ginger in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). It is known that the raphides contained in unprocessed Pinellia Tuber can induce severe acrid irritation of the oral and laryngopharynx mucosa when it is boiled insufficiently. However, the mechanism of the inducing irritation by the raphides nor that of the detoxification by heat or processing with Ginger have been left unclear, mainly because of the difficulties in the extraction and the purification of the raphides and in the assays of acridity. In this study, we developed an easy protocol that can be used to collect raphides from unprocessed Pinellia Tuber and an assay protocol that can be used to evaluate the acridity of the raphides in vitro. The raphides of Pinellia Tuber were discovered to have a lipophilic character and to be collected easily by the extraction using petroleum ether. It was also found that the denaturation of the raphides could be assayed by the dispersity of them in petroleum ether layer of the water/petroleum ether partition, and the acridity of the raphides was found to be in correlation with the assayed denaturation. The raphides were denatured by heat, methanol, or Ginger extract and the denaturing activity of Ginger on raphides was found to be attributable to its lipophilic and thermostable components, which may explain the meaning of the processing of Pinellia Tuber with Ginger in TCM, and may lead to the development of an easier and safer protocol to administer Pinellia Tuber. In addition, it was found that rinsing the mouth with salad oil can effectively relieve irritation of the oral mucosa caused by unprocessed Pinellia Tuber, probably due to the lipophilicity of the raphides. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s11418-020-01425-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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