Mechanism and in Vitro Experiment of Wogonin in Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Based on Network Pharmacology

Background Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. The current prevention and treatment situation remains critical. It is of scientific significance to explore new therapeutic agents for HCC. Objective To analyze the mechanism of wogonin on HCC by network pharmacology and to verify it in vitro. Methods The drug targets of wogonin were searched in TCMSP database, and the disease targets of HCC were collected from TTD, GenCard, OMIM, DisGent databases. The collected drug targets and disease targets were intersected as potential targets for drug intervention in diseases. R software was used for enrichment analysis of intersection targets, STRING database and Cytoscape software were used to construct protein interaction network and screen core targets. The core targets were further analyzed in GIEPA database. Finally, the preliminary analysis results were verified by in vitro experiments, including cell activity determination using CCK-8 kit, cell proliferation determination