title: [Regulation of three Jianpi Buqi recipes on intestinal microflora of Piqi-deficiency rat].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the effect of three Jianpi Buqi recipes on intestinal microflora of Pi-qi-deficiency rat with molecular biology methods and attempt to clarify the mechanisms of therapy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Rat model of Pi-qi-deficiency was induced by exercise fatigue simultaneously diet incontinence and then administrated with the decoctions of Si-jun-zi-tang (including crude drug) (10.8, 3.6, 1.2 g x kg(-1)), Li-zhong-tang (16.2, 5.4, 1.8 g x kg(-1)) and Buzhong Yiqi-tang (14.4, 4.8, 1.6 g x kg(-1)) recipes which were in common use of clinic of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). With application of ERIC-PCR (enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus-PCR) fingerprint analysis, the efficacy on Pi-qi-deficiency and perturbation of intestinal mircoflora of these recipes were examined and evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Remarkable differences of ERIC-PCR profile were found between Pi-qi-deficiency state rats and normal rats. The Shannon's Index (H') was increased when treated with all doses of three Jianpibuqi recipes decoctions and Sorenson's pairwise similarity coefficient (Cs) was also increased significantly after treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  ERIC-PCR fingerprint can be utilized as an initial screening of changes of the composition of bacterial communities that are associated with the development of intestinal disease. It can also be used to build a better understanding of Pi-qi-deficiency and to investigate the pharmacodynamic effect of TCM on Pi-qi-deficiency. Three Jianpi Buqi recipes are demonstrated to produce pronounced recovery activities on intestinal microflora of Pi-qi-deficient rats, which may be considered one of mechanisms of their performances.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Chun-Fu
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Jing-Yu
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Xiao-Bo
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal