Science and Technology Innovation Centre, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, PR China.
Food Res Int. 2021 May;143:110273. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2021.110273. Epub 2021 Mar 9.
Slow transit constipation (STC) has become an epidemic medical problem. There are several kinds of drugs for constipation; however, each drug has its limitations. The gut microbiota has a close relationship with STC. Lactulose is an effective drug for constipation because it is a kind of bulking laxative and microbioecologic, and it relieves the syndromes of STC. We found that the Chinese Herb Solid Drink (CHSD), which contains medicine food homologous materials such as psyllium husk, sweetalmond, semen sesami nigrum, and hemp seed, has a similar effect on relieving constipation as lactulose, although it has different effects on the gut microbiota. We investigated the mechanisms of CHSD in rats with STC, induced by diphenoxylate, via constipation index and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) analyses using serum and 16S rDNA amplicon and gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS). CHSD enhanced the relative abundance of some types of gut microbiota, such as Blautia, Ruminococcus, Roseburia, Coprococcus, Lachnospira, and Phascolarctobacterium, while lactulose enhanced the relative abundance of Blautia, Phascolarctobacterium, Eubacterium, and Akkernansia in diphenoxylate-induced STC rats. Both CHSD and lactulose enhanced the level of short-chain fatty acids in the faeces of rats; however, the composition of those were different between the two drugs. From the perspective of the gut neuroendocrine system, both CHSD and lactulose could elevate neurotransmitters, such as motilin (MTL) and substance P (SP), which promote intestinal peristalsis and reduce the expression of vasoactive intestinal peptide, which inhibits intestinal peristalsis in the serum of STC rats. CHSD could elevate gastrin expression, which also promoted intestinal peristalsis in serum, while lactulose did not have this effect. Our findings suggest that CHSD may be an effective and safe therapeutic choice for STC.
慢传输型便秘(STC)已成为一种流行的医学问题。有几种治疗便秘的药物;然而,每种药物都有其局限性。肠道微生物群与 STC 密切相关。乳果糖是一种有效的便秘药物,因为它是一种膨松性泻药和微生物生态制剂,可缓解 STC 的症状。我们发现,含有车前子壳、甜杏仁、黑芝麻和大麻籽油等药食同源物质的中药固体饮料(CHSD),虽然对肠道微生物群的作用不同,但在缓解便秘方面与乳果糖有相似的效果。我们通过便秘指数和酶联免疫吸附试验(ELISA)分析,使用血清和 16S rDNA 扩增子和气相色谱-质谱联用(GC-MS),研究了 CHSD 对二苯氧酯诱导的 STC 大鼠的作用机制。CHSD 增强了某些类型的肠道微生物群的相对丰度,如布劳特氏菌、瘤胃球菌、玫瑰杆菌、粪球菌、lachnospira 和 Phascolarctobacterium,而乳果糖增强了二苯氧酯诱导的 STC 大鼠中布劳特氏菌、Phascolarctobacterium、真杆菌和阿克曼氏菌的相对丰度。CHSD 和乳果糖均增强了大鼠粪便中短链脂肪酸的水平;然而,这两种药物的成分不同。从肠道神经内分泌系统的角度来看,CHSD 和乳果糖都可以提高神经递质,如胃动素(MTL)和 P 物质(SP),促进肠道蠕动,减少血管活性肠肽的表达,从而抑制 STC 大鼠血清中的肠道蠕动。CHSD 可以提高胃泌素的表达,也可以促进血清中的肠道蠕动,而乳果糖则没有这种作用。我们的研究结果表明,CHSD 可能是治疗 STC 的一种有效和安全的治疗选择。
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