1. Effect of long-term administration of Fuzheng Anti-poisonous Pellet on immune reconstitution in AIDS patients treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy
Chinese Traditional and Herbal Drugs 2016;47(19):3469-3474
Objective: To investigate the effect of long-term administration of Fuzheng Anti-poisonous Pellet on the immune reconstitution in AIDS patients treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Methods: Two hundred cases of asymptomatic HIV-infected patients were divided into the WM group (receiving HAART alone) and the TCM-WM group (administering Fuzheng Anti-poisonous Pellet for a whole year, followed by the combination with HAART based on the basis of Fuzheng Anti-poisonous Pellet treatment). The overall scores of signs and symptoms as well as the Karnovsky scores were evaluated in all patients at 0, 6, and 12 months after treatment, respectively, accompanied by monitoring the T-lymphocyte counts of CD4+, CD4+CD45RA+ and CD8+; The success rate of immune reconstitution was calculated at 12 months after treatment. Results: In the TCM-WM group, both the success rate and in-treatment rate of immune reconstitution (77.53% and 89%) were higher than those in the WM group (58.97% and 78%), while its incidence rate of adverse reactions and rate of loss to follow-up (4% and 3%) were lower than those in the WM group (8% and 12%); Compared with the WM group, the T-lymphocyte counts of CD4+ and CD4+CD45RA+ were increased significantly (P < 0.05), and the T-lymphocyte count of CD8+ gradually increased with the treatment; The overall scores of signs and symptoms were significantly lower than those in the WM group (P < 0.001), while the Karnovsky scores were significantly elevated (P < 0.001). Conclusion: In asymptomatic HIV-infected patients, the long-term administration of Fuzheng Anti-poisonous Pellet before HAART can not only effectively improve the success rate of immune reconstitution as well as T-lymphocyte counts of CD4+, CD4+CD45RA+ and CD8+ during the subsequent HAART, but also reduce the incidence rate of the adverse reactions, and enhance patient medication compliance.
2.Analysis of management and treatment of patients with severe mental disorders in Chengdu from 2016 to 2020
Guoju MAO ; Xiaorong QIN ; Lanling FENG ; Zixiang YE ; Yan ZHAO ; Qin YANG ; Changjiu HE
Sichuan Mental Health 2022;35(6):550-555
ObjectiveTo analyze the management and treatment for patients with severe mental disorders in Chengdu from 2016 to 2020, in order to provide references for the relevant authorities to formulate policies and improving the mental health service system. MethodsData relating to 22 districts (cities) and counties in Chengdu from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2020 were extracted from the National Information System for Severe Mental Disorders. Indicators such as reported prevalence rate, management rate, standardized management rate, medication rate, regular medication rate and stable condition rate of patients with severe mental disorders were analyzed on a yearly basis. ResultsBy the end of 2020, there were 71 899 registered cases of severe mental disorders in Chengdu, with a reported prevalence rate of 0.34%, a standardized management rate of 95.53%, and a regular medication rate of 72.50%. From 2016 to 2020, except the reported prevalence rate (χ²=269.566, P<0.01), management rate (χ²=384.030, P<0.01), standardized management rate (χ²=309.742, P<0.01), medication rate (χ²=414.252, P<0.01), regular medication rate (χ²=316.172, P<0.01) and stable condition rate (χ²=288.335, P<0.01) had linear trends of increasing with the annual increase. ConclusionFrom 2016 to 2020, the management rate, treatment rate and regular medication rate of patients with severe mental disorders have been increased year by year in Chengdu. Nevertheless, the increase in reported prevalence rate should be accompanied by strengthened management and follow-up to increase the regular medication rate to maintain the stability of patients' conditions.
3.Clinic Analysis of 35 Cases of Hyperthyroidism Featuring in Vomit Mainly
Yixue LIAO ; Chengdu QIN ; Hailin RUAN ; Hongyi ZENG
Journal of Medical Research 2006;0(10):-
Objective To disuss the clinic characteristics,the etiologies and the misdiagnosis cause of hyperthyroidism featuring in vomit mainly.Methods The clinic data of 35 hyperthyroids featuring in vomit mainly were reviewed and analyzed.Results The hyperthyroids in this group were middle-aged female mainly whose symptoms showd that they vomit frequently with abdominal distention,thin,inappetence,chest congestion,palpitation;tachycardia;hypohepatia and electrolyte disturbance.Furthermore,their thyroid gland function assay is in concordance with the hyperthyroidism diagnosis.Treatment for antihyperthyroidism can get remarkable effects.Conclusion The patient showing vomit of unknown origin may be taken into account as hyperthyroid.The key points to prevent misdiagnosis are to detect thyroid gland function in time and to improve the understanding for un-typical hyperthyroidism.
4. Screening and evaluation of three excellent Paris resources from mountain area of Sichuan Basin
Chinese Traditional and Herbal Drugs 2019;50(2):526-534
Objective Mining Paris resources with medicinal value could underlay the breeding selection and relieve the pressure on wild resources. Methods Twenty-one Paris resources in the mountain area of Sichuan Basin were collected and selected according to their phenotype and rhizome features. Two resources GQ, MH with bigger rhizome and one resource (GK) with polygemmic feature were screened. After preliminary identification, based on Kimura-2-parameter model, molecular phylogenetic trees were constructed based on the different sequence of ITS and psbA-trnH between the screened resources and the homologous sequences from NCBI using the Maximum Like (ML) method. Main active saponin was determinated by HPLC method to predict its potential medicinal value. Results GQ, GK, and MH were special resources of P. polyphylla var. chinensis, P. polyphylla var. yunnanensis, and P. forrestii, respectively, in mountains around Sichuan Basin. The content and proportion of polyphyllin I, II, VI, VII in GQ, GK, MH were different. The total content was GQ > MH > CK > GK. The proportion of polyphyllin I in GQ and MH was 67.61% and 73.25% higher than CK, respectively. While the proportion of polyphyllin VII was most in GK (56.38%). Conclusion This study specified three Sichuan local Paris resources with excellent rhizome features. And they performed well after introduced to Chengdu Plain providing the material basis for the follow-up breeding study of Paris. Three resources have medicinal potential, especially the polyphyllin I and polyphyllin content in MH (P. forrestii) is higher, which can provide a new choice for screening substitution materials of P. polyphylla var. chinensis and P. polyphylla var. yunnanensis.
5. Advances in chemical compounds and pharmacological effects of Dendrobii Caulis
Chinese Traditional and Herbal Drugs 2018;49(13):3174-3182
Dendrobium represents one of the most important orchid genera with ornamental and medicinal values. The stems of Dendrobium species have been used as Dendrobii Caulis in traditional Chinese medicine for a thousand years, which manifest a diversity of medicinal effects including tonic, analgesic, antipyretic, and anti-inflammatory. In recent decades, about 100 compounds have been found and identified from the medicinal parts of more than 40 Dendrobium species, which include polysaccharide, alkaloids, flavonoids, phenols, terpenoids, amino acids, trace elements, coumarin, tanning, sterols, etc. This review focus on main research conducted during the last decade on Dendrobii Caulis and their constituents, which have been studied on their pharmacological effects involving immunomodulatory activities, antidiabetic, anticancer, anti-oxidant, anti-aging, hepatoprotective, anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective, cardiovascular protective, enterogastric strengthening, anti-angiogenesis, allergic dermatitis symptoms improving, antifatigue, antiplatelet aggregation, etc. Simultaneously, the key research problems and the future development on Dendrobium are prospected.
6. Establishment of Jinzepaishi Granules fingerprint and evaluation of its anti-inflammatory activity for cyclooxygenase-2
Chinese Traditional and Herbal Drugs 2018;49(12):2937-2941
Objective To establish HPLC fingerprints of Jinzepaishi Granules from ten different batches and a preliminary method for its anti-inflammatory biological activity titer detection, and construct a dose-effect relationship between cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and Jinzepaishi Granules for scientific evaluation and effective control of granules quality. Methods The HPLC method was used to analyze the similarity of common peaks in different batches of granules and assigned 19 common peaks to herbs. The fingerprints were further analyzed by the chemometric method of hierarchical clustering analysis and principal component analysis (PCA). The EIA method was used to determine the half-inhibitory concentration (IC50) of Jinzepaishi Granules. Results The similarity of HPLC fingerprints of all the ten batches was ≥ 0.955, which were consistent with the results of cluster analysis and PCA. Jinzepaishi Granules had a significant inhibitory effects on COX-2 with a IC50 of 10.272 mg/mL, which demonstrated a significant dose-effect relationship. Conclusion The multiple quality control system of chemical fingerprinting and biological activity detection has the characteristics of high efficiency, rapidness, accuracy, sensitivity, and good reproducibility. It can effectively evaluate the anti-inflammatory biological activity of Jinzepaishi Granules and achieve more scientific and reasonable control of its quality. It also provides a reference for the establishment of more scientific quality control for other Chinese materia medica preparations.
7. Systematic judgment on evaluation of prescription in health facilities
Chinese Pharmaceutical Journal 2014;49(17):1569-1572
OBJECTIVE: To understand and evaluate the situation, effect and problem of prescription management in health facilities since Administrative Rules on Prescription issued in 2007 and provide the decision-making basis for standardizing the prescription evaluation.
8.Research progress on online disclosure of non suicidal self injury among adolescents
QIN Yuan, LIU Jiao, WU Dongmei
Chinese Journal of School Health 2022;43(10):1596-1600
Abstract
Non suicidal self injury (NSSI) is one of the most common mental health problems during adolescence, and has become a major public health concern. With the widespread use of the Internet among adolescents, online social platforms are used as tools for self disclosure among adolescents with NSSI. Online disclosure of NSSI among adolescents has become an issue that attracts much research attention. Several studies indicated the double edged swaord of online self disclosure of NSSI. This review aims to summarize the characteristics, associated factors and the impact of online disclosure of NSSI among adolescents, and to provide evidence for early detection and effective intervention.
9.Physical fingerprint for quality control of Reduning injection.
Rui-Si WU ; Tao LIU ; Pan-Pan QIN ; Ling YONG ; Qiang KOU ; Yan ZHENG
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2017;42(3):505-509
The method of physical fingerprint spectrum for Reduning injection (RI) was proposed in this paper to improve its quality standards based on the strong correlation between physicochemical properties of drugs, their safety, effectiveness and stability. The quality of RI was studied by the thought and method of physical chemistry. The physical fingerprint spectrum was visually showed by the radar map, and consisted of eight indexes (pH, conductivity, turbidity, refractive index, osmolarity, surface tension, relative density, and kinematic viscosity). Then 12 batch of samples were verified. It was found that the physical fingerprint spectra of 3 batches of RI were in line with the standards within their validity time, with similarity above 0.999; in addition for the expired 9 batches of RI, their physical fingerprint spectra did not meet the standards. The results showed that physical fingerprint spectrum can be used for the quality control of RI, with a certain exemplary role in the quality evaluation of traditional Chinese medicine injection.
10.Metagenomics of Fecal Gut Microbiota in Common Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome Types of Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Diarrhea:A Cross-sectional Study
Qin XIONG ; Yilin LI ; Chengjiao YAO ; Lihong LUO ; Fengjiao XIE ; Chunrong YANG ; Chaoqiang DONG ; Peimin FENG
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2024;65(5):503-511
ObjectiveTo investigate the structural and functional characteristics of gut microbiota in common traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndromes of irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea (IBS-D). MethodsIBS-D patients who visited the Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and healthy participants from the Physical Examination Centre of the same hospital were recruited from 1st January 2020 to 31st March 2021.The IBS-D patients were classified into syndrome of liver constraint and spleen deficiency, and syndrome of spleen deficiency and dampness exuberance; together with the recruited healthy participants, there were liver-constraint group, dampness-exuberance group, and healthy group. General information, including age, gender and body mass index (BMI), were collected, and Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptom Severity Scale (IBS-SSS) as well as Irritable Bowel Syndrome Quality of Life Scale (IBS-QOL) scores were additionally collected from IBS-D patients. Fresh fecal samples were also collected and tested by macro-genome sequencing technology for abundance statistical display, PCoA, Anosim, LEfSe bioinformatic analysis of the annotated gut microbiota structure and function. ResultsThere was no statistically significant difference in the general information of the participants in the three groups (P>0.05); the difference in the IBS-SSS and IBS-QOL scores between liver-constraint group and dampness-exuberance group were not statistically significant (P>0.05). The study included 28 cases each in liver-constraint group, dampness-exuberance group, and healthy group. The number of specific genes to patients in liver-constraint group was 269 135, with 216 156 in dampness-exuberance group and 249 759 in healthy group, accounting of total 1 784 036 in the three groups. There were differences in the relative abundance distribution of the top ten species of gut microbiota among the three groups, with smaller differences at the phylum, class and order levels, and larger differences at the family, genus and species levels. There were differences in the relative abundance of structure and function of the gut microbiota among the three groups. Species PCoA and Anosim analyses at the species level showed significant differences in the composition of the microbiota among the three groups. Further LEfSe analyses showed that patients in liver-constraint group were screened for 14 dominant strains, of which Clostridium sp. CAG 217, Lachnospira pectinoschiza, Anaerotruncus sp. CAG 528, Paeniclostridium sordellii, Eubecterium sp. CAG 76, Bacillus cereus were affected to a greater extent in abundance differences; dampness-exuberance group screened 24 species of dominant bacteria, of which Roseburia inulinivorans, Eubacterium sp. CAG 251, Roseburia hominis, Unclassified Eubacterium rectale, Roseburia intestinalis, and Megamonas funiformis were affected to a greater extent in abundance differences; no dominant functional genes were screened for patients in liver-constraint group, and dampness-exuberance group was screened for flagellum assembly (ko02040), porphyrin metabolism ( ko00860), salmonella infection (ko05132), and benzoic acid degradation (ko00362). The differentially dominant functional genes in liver-constraint group and dampness-exuberance group may mainly focus on metabolism (including biodegradation and metabolism of exogenous substances, energy metabolism, lipid metabolism, etc.). ConclusionIBS-D with syndrome of liver constraint and spleen deficiency is characterized by the enrichment of 14 gut microbiota, such as Clostridium sp. CAG 217, while IBS-D with syndrome of spleen deficiency and dampness exuberance is characterized by the enrichment of 24 gut microbiota, such as Roseburia inulinivorans, and 4 functional enrichments, such as flagellum assembly. Clostridium sp. CAG 217 and Roseburia inulinivorans are expected to be biomarkers for IBS-D patients in the two syndromes, respectively.