Investigation on the interaction between Jingui Shenqi pill and DPPC liposome mimetic biofilms
摘要
Yin and Yang are two appreciable while elusive concepts in traditional Chinese medicine. The Jingui Shenqi pill is one of the representative prescriptions for “reinforcing Yang from Yin,” which is a traditional Chinese medicine theory. Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC), synchrotron X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) techniques were, respectively, applied to study the interaction between each group (Yang-supplementing group, Yin-supplementing group, and Yin-Yang double supplementing group) of Jingui Shenqi pill and DPPC liposome mimetic biofilms. ITC and synchrotron XRD experiments revealed that, compared with the Yang-supplementing group and the Yin-supplementing group, the interaction between the Yin-Yang double supplementing group and liposomes mimetic biofilms was the strongest. And FTIR experiment further showed that the dehydration effect of the Yin-Yang double supplementing group on the PO