The application belongs to the technical field of
medicine, and particularly relates to the use of
icariin in the preparation of lipid-lowering drugs with
muscle protection. In view of the adverse reactions such as
myalgia and
myositis caused by the existing statins in the lipid-lowering process, the
muscle protection effect of
icariin in the lipid-lowering process is evaluated by constructing a high-fat
cell model and a high-fat
Caenorhabditis elegans model. It is found through research that
icariin can significantly reduce the content of
triglyceride,
total cholesterol and
lipid droplet accumulation in high-fat cells, reduce the content of
triglyceride and
lipid droplet accumulation in high-fat C. elegans, and prolong the lifespan of high-fat C. elegans. Further research shows that icariin can improve the
muscle state of high-fat C. elegans while lowering lipid, and the specific performance is the enhancement of the movement ability of C. elegans and the maintenance of the
structural integrity of body wall muscle fibers. The application discloses the unique
advantage of icariin in the lipid-lowering process, that is, the muscle protection effect, and can solve the adverse reactions such as
myalgia and
myositis caused by the existing statins, and has an important clinical application prospect.