Leonurine, a potential drug for the treatment of cardiovascular system and central nervous system diseases.

Lu Huang, Ding-Qiao Xu, Yan-Yan Chen, Shi-Jun Yue, Yu-Ping Tang

Brain and behavior 2021 Feb

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Leonurus japonicus Houtt., a traditional Chinese herbal medicine, is often used as a gynecological medicine with the effect of promoting blood circulation, regulating menstruation, clearing heat, and detoxificating. As the most important alkaloid in L. japonicus, leonurine has a wide range of biological activities, such as antioxidation, anti-inflammation, and anti-apoptosis. Cardiovascular system and central nervous system diseases are arrogant killers that threaten human lives and health around the world, but many drugs for treating them have certain side effects. This paper reviews the potential therapeutic effects of leonurine on cardiovascular system and central nervous system diseases, summarizes the previous research progress, and focuses on its therapeutic effect in various diseases. Although leonurine plays a prominent role in the treatment of cardiovascular system and central nervous system diseases, there are still some shortages, such as low bioavailability, weak transmembrane ability, and poor fat solubility. Therefore, the structure modification of leonurine may solve these problems and provide reference value for the development of new drugs. At present, leonurine is in clinical trial, and it is hoped that our summary will help to provide guidance for its future research on the basic science and clinical application. © 2020 The Authors. Brain and Behavior published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.

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Lu Huang, Ding-Qiao Xu, Yan-Yan Chen, Shi-Jun Yue, Yu-Ping Tang. Leonurine, a potential drug for the treatment of cardiovascular system and central nervous system diseases. Brain and behavior. 2021 Feb;11(2):e01995