Asian Journal
Of Traditional Medicines

Abstract: Based on network pharmacology and molecular docking technology, the similarities and differences of anti-myocardial ischemia mechanism between Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (SM) and Carthamus tinctorius L. (CT) were studied. Firstly, based on the traditional Chinese medicine systems pharmacology (TCMSP), the related compounds of SM and CT were obtained, and the potential targets of these compounds were collected by the target fishing method. Genecards database was used to obtain targets related to myocardial ischemia. The cross targets of CT, SM, and myocardial ischemia were then selected, and the protein-protein interaction (PPI) network was constructed based on the STRING database. The cross targets were imported into the Metascape database for Gene Oncology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analysis. Cytoscape software was used to build the topological network diagram of the drug-compound-target path. Finally, the binding ability of the active ingredient and the key target was verified by molecular docking. 65 active ingredients and 38 potential targets were screened from SM, and 22 active ingredients and 58 potential targets were excavated from CT. Important targets common to SM and CT were TNF, IL6, VEGFA, AKT1, etc. The common enrichment pathways involved are fluid shear stress and atherosclerosis, IL-17 signaling pathway, pathways in cancer, and toxoplasmosis. The findings suggested that the two traditional Chinese medicines exerted the effect of myocardial ischemia through the characteristics of multiple targets, multiple pathways, and multiple compounds.

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