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Applying computer molecular docking technology, we screened the natural small molecule compound norswertianolin (NW)-specific binding to CSE. Using the microscale thermophoresis technology, we confirmed that the Leu68 site was the essential hydrogen bond site of NW binding to CSE. NW supplementation significantly increased CSE expression and its activity for H<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>S generation both <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic>. In the model of acute and long-term kidney I\/R injury, NW pretreatment dramatically attenuated kidney damage, associated with decreasing blood urea nitrogen (BUN), serum creatinine (Cr) level, reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, and cleaved caspase 3 expression. In spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs), NW treatment also lowered blood pressure, the media\/lumen ratio of the femoral artery, and the mRNA level of inflammatory cytokines. 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