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Herein, Radix Aconiti Lateral Preparata was used to prepare Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata extract (RAE), fuzi polysaccharides (FPS), and fuzi total alkaloid (FTA). Then, we aimed to compare the effects of RAE, FPS, and FTA in MI rats and further explore their influence on small molecules in the heart. We reported that Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata extract (RAE) and fuzi total alkaloid (FTA) significantly improved left ventricular function and structure, and reduced myocardial damage and infarct size in rats with myocardial infarction by the left anterior descending artery ligation. In contrast, fuzi polysaccharides (FPS) was less effective than RAE and FTA, indicating that alkaloids might play a major role in the treatment of myocardial infarction. Moreover, via matrix-assisted laser desorption\/ionization\u2013mass spectrometry imaging (MALDI\u2013MSI), we further showed that RAE and FTA containing alkaloids as the main common components regulated myocardial energy metabolism-related molecules and phospholipids levels and distribution patterns against myocardial infarction. In particular, it was FTA, not RAE, that could also regulate potassium ions and glutamine to play a cardioprotective role in myocardial infarction, which revealed that an appropriate dose of alkaloids generated more obvious cardiotonic effects. These findings together suggested that Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata extracts containing an appropriate dose of alkaloids as its main pharmacological active components exerted protective effects against myocardial infarction by improving myocardial energy metabolism abnormalities and changing phospholipids levels and distribution patterns to stabilize the cardiomyocyte membrane structure. Thus, RAE and FTA extracted from Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata are potential candidates for the treatment of myocardial infarction.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijms20194837","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,9,30]],"date-time":"2019-09-30T05:58:33Z","timestamp":1569823113000},"page":"4837","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":37,"title":["Anti-Myocardial Infarction Effects of Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata Extracts and Their Influence on Small Molecules in the Heart Using Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption\/Ionization\u2013Mass Spectrometry Imaging"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Hao","family":"Wu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"National Key Research Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China"},{"name":"Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xi","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Key Research Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China"},{"name":"Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ze-yu","family":"Gao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Key Research Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China"},{"name":"Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhen-feng","family":"Dai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Key Research Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China"},{"name":"Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ming","family":"Lin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Key Research Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China"},{"name":"Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fang","family":"Tian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Key Research Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China"},{"name":"Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xin","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Key Research Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China"},{"name":"Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7043-5251","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yi","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Key Research Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China"},{"name":"Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7932-5603","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xiao-ping","family":"Pu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Key Research Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China"},{"name":"Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,9,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"865","DOI":"10.1007\/s12013-015-0553-4","article-title":"Myocardial Infarction: Symptoms and Treatments","volume":"72","author":"Lu","year":"2015","journal-title":"Cell Biochem. 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