Systems Pharmacological Approach to Identification of Schizonepeta teunifolia Extract via Active Ingredients Analysis and Cytotoxicity Effect on A549 Cell Lines

Objectives : This study aimed to predict the effectiveness and potential of Schizonepeta tenuifolia as an anticancer treatment for non-small cell lung cancer through network-based pharmacology and cellular experiment.Methods : To identify the major bioactive compounds in Schizonepeta tenuifolia, we used the Traditional Chinese Medicine Systems.The target genes for the cancer treatment were selected using the UniProt database and the networked using Cytoscape.We performed functional enrichment analysis based on the Gene Ontology Biological Process and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes Pathways to predict the mechanisms.To investigate the effect of Schizonepeta tenuifolia on lung cancer cell growth, we treated A549 cells, a lung cancer cell line, with different concentrations of the drug and used the MTT assay for cell viability.Results : Research has shown that the most effective mechanism of active compounds from Schizonepeta tenuifolia is through the pathway of cancer.The results of the network pharmacology analysis indicate that Schizonepeta tenuifolia has potential medicinal value as an adjuvant in anticancer treatment.The concentration-dependent inhibition of cell viability was observed on A549 cells.Furthermore, synergistic anticancer activity with Doxorubicin was also observed.Conclusions : Through a network pharmacological approach, Schizonepeta tenuifolia was predicted to have potential as an anticancer agent, and its efficacy was experimentally demonstrated using A549 cells.These findings suggest that Schizonepeta tenuifolia is a promising candidate for future research.