开发一种方法来评估植物药物的心脏毒性潜力
Julie Krzykwa1, Hemantkumar S Chaudhari2, Andre Monteiro Da Rocha3
1Health and Environmental Sciences Institute, Washington, DC, United States.
Frontiers in toxicology
|November 17, 2025
概括
植物产品缺乏广泛的安全测试. 新方法方法 (NAMs) 提供创新的,与人类相关的方法来评估心脏毒性,改善植物性消费品的安全评估.
科学领域:
- 毒理学 毒理学 毒理学
- 心血管研究研究心血管研究
- 植物科学 植物科学
背景情况:
- 植物性药物广泛用于健康益处,但往往缺乏严格的市场前毒性测试.
- 评估植物性心脏毒性是具有挑战性的,因为复杂的混合物和变异性.
- 尽管心脏不良事件很少发生,但强调了需要进行强有力的安全评估的必要性.
研究的目的:
- 概述植物安全联盟 (BSC) 心脏毒性工作组评估新方法方法 (NAM) 的策略.
- 确定和完善用于评估植物产品潜在心脏毒性的NAM.
- 推进NAM在监管毒理学中的应用,以促进植物安全.
主要方法:
- 使用*体外*模型,包括人类诱导的多能干细胞衍生的心肌细胞.
- 采用诸如微电极阵列,电压和光学映射,收缩力测量和线粒体功能测试等技术.
- 将这些NAM应用于具有良好特征的植物提取物作为案例研究.
主要成果:
- 美国植物科学委员会正在开发一种工具包,用于植物产品的高通量,人体相关的心脏毒性查.
- 该方法利用先进的实验室测试来评估植物对心血管功能的影响.
- 这项工作为改善植物安全评估实践奠定了基础.
结论:
- NAM为评估植物性心脏毒性提供了高效,具有成本效益和与人类相关的解决方案.
- BSC的工作旨在加强广泛消费植物产品的安全评估.
- 精制的NAM将支持监管毒理学,并提高消费者安全.
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