Goshuyuto, a traditional Japanese medicine for migraine, inhibits platelet aggregation in guinea-pig whole blood.

Abstract

The effects of goshuyuto and chotosan, traditional Japanese medicines, on collagen-induced platelet aggregation were examined using guinea-pig blood. Goshuyuto at the concentration of 1,000 mug/mL inhibited collagen-induced platelet hyper-aggregation to the same degree as aspirin at the concentration of 100 mumol/L, but chotosan did not. Goshuyuto is composed of four medicinal herbs. Of them, aqueous extracts of Evodiae Fructus and Zingiberis Rhizoma inhibited platelet aggregation, but aqueous extracts of Zizyphi Fructus and Ginseng Radix did not. Two components of Zingiberis Rhizoma, 6-shogaol and 6-gingerol, also inhibited platelet aggregation. These results suggest that Evodiae Fructus and Zingiberis Rhizoma may play important roles in the anti-aggregation effects of goshuyuto and that 6-shogaol and 6-gingerol are among the active ingredients. Therefore, goshuyuto may ameliorate migraine by preventing the hyper-aggregation of platelets in migraine with aura.

• Authors: Tomoko Hibino, Mitsutoshi Yuzurihara, Kiyoshi Terawaki, Hitomi Kanno, Yoshio Kase, Atsushi Takeda
• Journal: Journal of pharmacological sciences (J Pharmacol Sci) Vol. 108 Issue 1 Pg. 89-94 (Sep 2008) ISSN: 1347-8613 [Print] Japan
• PMID: 18776713 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Drugs, Chinese Herbal
• Indicators and Reagents
• Piperazines
• Plant Extracts
• Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
• Serotonin Receptor Agonists
• choto-san
• goshuyu-to
• Sumatriptan
• Collagen
• lomerizine

Topics

• Animals
• Collagen (pharmacology)
• Drugs, Chinese Herbal (pharmacology)
• Guinea Pigs
• Indicators and Reagents
• Male
• Migraine Disorders (drug therapy)
• Piperazines (pharmacology)
• Plant Extracts (pharmacology)
• Platelet Aggregation (drug effects)
• Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
• Serotonin Receptor Agonists (pharmacology)
• Sumatriptan (pharmacology)