Project description:Purpose:Next generation sequencing has been done to compare differrent transcriptome profiling between control groups and cold treated groups of Saposhnikovia divaricate (Turcz.) Schischk. Methods:Retinal mRNA profiles of 48d-old control samples (CK)and 6h/48h cold treated under 4°C were generated by deep sequencing, in triplicate, using Illumina NovaSeq 6000 Platform. Results: Using an optimized data analysis workflow, we obtained 6.1 GB of clean reads with an impressive Q30 percentage > 91.58%. We mapped about 20 million sequence reads per sample. Conclusions: Our study represents the first detailed analysis of Saposhnikovia divaricate (Turcz.) Schischk trascriptomes, with biologic replicates.
Project description:Saposhnikovia divaricata (Turcz.) Schischk., a perennial herb belonging to the family Umbelliferae, is widely distributed in Northeast Asia. Its dried root (Radix Saposhnikoviae) is used as a Chinese herbal medicine for the treatment of immune system, nervous system, and respiratory diseases. Phytochemical and pharmacological studies have shown that the main constituents of S. divaricata are chromones, coumarins, acid esters, and polyacetylenes, and these compounds exhibited significant anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antioxidant, antiproliferative, antitumor, and immunoregulatory activities. The purpose of this review is to provide comprehensive information on the botanical characterization and distribution, traditional use and ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, and pharmacology of S. divaricata for further study concerning its mechanism of action and development of better therapeutic agents and health products from S. divaricata.