Lagopsis supina extract and its fractions exert prophylactic effects against blood stasis in rats via anti-coagulation, anti-platelet activation and anti-fibrinolysis and chemical characterization by UHPLC-qTOF-MS/MS.

Lagopsis supina (Steph.) IK. -Gal. ex Knorr. has been used for centuries as an empiric treatment for blood stasis syndrome in China without scientific validation. The aim of this study was to evaluate for the first time the chemical profiling, efficacy and mechanism of L. supina ethanol extract (LS) and its four fractions (LSA∼D) in Dextran 500-induced acute blood stasis model rats. Oral administration of LS (229.0∼916.0 mg/kg) and LSC (17.6∼70.4 mg/kg) once daily for seven consecutive days significantly improved microcirculation hemodynamics function (blood flow, blood concentration and blood flow velocity), hemorheological parameters (whole blood viscosity, whole blood reduced viscosity, plasma viscosity, platelet aggregation rate, hematokrit, erythrocyte assembling index and erythrocyte deformation index), and coagulation parameters (thrombin time, prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time, fibrinogen and antithrombin III). Furthermore, their markedly down-regulated thromboxane B2 and 6-keto-prostaglandin F1α levels. In addition, it significantly decreased tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA), urokinasetype plasminogen activator (u-PA) and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) levels, as well as PAI-1/t-PA and PAI-1/u-PA rations. In parallel, 51 chemical constituents were identified from LS based on ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-qTOF-MS/MS), and quantitative analysis showed that the two major constituents of stachysoside A and acteoside were present in 0.90 ± 0.01 and 1.36 ± 0.01 mg/g of the L. supina whole plant, respectively. These findings suggest that LS and LSC possess prominent anti-blood stasis effect on rats by modulating the anti-coagulation, anti-platelet activation and anti-fibrinolysis, and supports the traditional folk use of this plant.