[Research traditional Chinese medicine properties by detecting rats' monoamine neurotransmitter after given two different traditional Chinese medicine].
OBJECTIVE
To find out the essence of the traditional Chinese medicine properties from detecting the rats' monoamine neurotransmitter after given different traditional Chinese drug.


METHODS
The property of rhizome curcumae and radix curcumae is opposite, they were given to rats respectively for one month. Next, HPLC-ECD method was used to detect the rats' monoamine neurotransmitter in different encephalic region.


RESULTS
Rhizome curcumae can raise the rats' monoamine neurotransmitter, but radix curcumae inhibits the rats' monoamine neurotransmitter.


CONCLUSIONS
There are correlations between the traditional Chinese medicine properties and monoamine neurotransmitter.
Li
Junqing
J
Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China. lijunqing.cool@163.com
Zhang
Deqin
D
Zhang
Xiao
X
Wang
Xi
X
Zeng
Sen
S
D000818:Animals; D015306:Biogenic Monoamines / Q000378:metabolism*; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D030024:Curcuma / Q000737:chemistry*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
D015306:Biogenic Monoamines; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents