title: [Study on the Chinese herbal formula for treatment of vaginitis and the antimicrobial activity in murine models].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study on the various proportions of Radix Sophorae Flavescentis, Cortex Phellodendri, Fructus Cnidii and pericarp of Zanthoxylum bungeanum Maxim in the formulas, whose antimicrobial effects on E. coli, S. aureus, P. aeruginosa and C. albicans under different pH values were compared in vitro.
  
  
  METHODS
  According to Chinese ancient proved recipe, the K-B method and plate diluting method were adopted to measure antimicrobial activity, and orthogonal design to ascertain the herbal formula in vitro. Finally, murine models were established to test the antimicrobial activity in vivo through vaginal membrane irritancy experiment, negative rate of pathogeny and pathological grade of vaginal membrane.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results suggested that formulas with different proportions of the herbs had diverse antimicrobial activities, and the effect was shown to be most obvious when one milliliter drug contains 100 microl Fructus Cnidii-pericarp of Zanthoxylum bungeanum (2:1) co-extracted volatile oil and 50 microl Radix Sophorae Flavescentis and Cortex Phenodendri ethanol extraction respectively under pH6. The antimicrobial effect of the formula, which hardly had any membrane irritancy, was better than Jie Eryin in vitro and vivo.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The fromula has few components and better effect, and adaptation to the pH value of vaginitis. It is a promising alternative for gynecological diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.
authors.forename: Ting-ting
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Jian-yuan
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ding
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000187:drug effects; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects*; D005260:Female; D051379:Mice; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects*; D013678:Technology, Pharmaceutical / Q000379:methods; D016585:Vaginosis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D009822:Oils, Volatile