1-(2,6-dimethoxyphenyl)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propan-1-one (Cochinchinenin A) is the material basis for the analgesic effect of Dragons Blood.

According to the operational definition of material basis for the efficacy of TCM established, the material basis of the modulation on the TTX-R sodium currents in DRG neurons of dragon??s blood was judged from the experimental results. The drug interaction equation of Greco et al. was used to assess the interaction of the three components extracted from dragon??s blood. This investigation demonstrated that dragon??s blood suppressed the peak TTX-R sodium currents in a dose-dependent way and affected the activations of TTX-R sodium currents. The effects of the combination of Cochinchinenin A, cochinchinenin B, and loureirin B were in good agreement with those of dragon??s blood. Although the three components used alone could modulate TTX-R sodium currents, the concentrations of the three components used alone were respectively higher than those used in combination when the inhibition rates on the TTX-R sodium currents of them used alone and in combination were the same. The combined effects of the three components were synergistic.