Yangyinshcngji" Film is a modernized wound dressing prepared by incorperating carboxymethyl cellulose into the traditional Chinose powdery prescription for nourishing the "Yiu" and promoting tissue regeneration. When used as dressing in dermabrasivc wound of short-haired albino guinea pigs, in comparison with conventional gauze dressing, it showed no significant differences in preventing wound infection, but is more effective in reducing wound exudation or enhancing wound healing (P

Aim To study the effect of ginsenoside Rbl on methamphetamine-induced CPP in rats and to explore the role of NR2B/CREB in it. Methods METH(2mg·kg-1, i.p) was administered to establish METH-induced CPP model in rats. 0 ∼3 d was the adaptation stage and 4 ∼ 13 d was the experimental stage. METH (2 mg · kg-1, i. p) or saline (10 mg · kg-1, i. p) was injected every other day. Rb1 (10 mg · kg-1, i.p) or saline was pre-injected lh before injection of METH or saline. After perfusion, the hippocampus was isolated from brain on ice, and the expression levels of NR2B, CREB and p-CREB were detected by Western blot. Results The animal model of METH-induced CPP was successfully established. The rats were pretreated with Rbl (10 mg · kg-1) for 1 h, and the time that the rats stayed in drug-paired was significantly reduced compared with METH group. Western blot results showed that NR2B, p-CREB and p-CREB/CREB significantly increased in METH group and without altering CREB expression levels compared with control group. However, after pre-treated with Rbl, the expression levels of NR2B, p-CREB and p-CREB/CREB decreased compared with METH group. Conclusions METH can significantly induce CPP in rats. Rbl may inhibit METH-induced CPP in rats by regulating NR2B and p-CREB.

BACKGROUND: The study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics of acute renal failure (ARF) caused by oral acyclovir. METHODS: A 45-year-old Chinese male patient with acyclovir-induced ARF suffered from abdominal pain for one day. The pain was extended to the epigastric area from the right lower quadrant. Transient oliguria was seen in addition to microscopic hematuria and proteinuria. The serum creatinine concentration was 304 μmol/L. Eight days before the occurrence of ARF, the patient took oral acyclovir for facial neuritis. RESULTS: His renal function was restored completely following the discontinuation of acyclovir, with continuous renal replacement therapy for 54 hours and some symptomatic treatment. CONCLUSION: The presentation of acute renal failure caused by acyclovir can be diverse, but the prognosis is good after active treatment.

AIM　To study the structures of the epimerides of cycloclausenamide. METHODS　The structures of compound I, extracted from Clausena lansium (Lour.) Skeels, and synthesized compound III were determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The stereo-structures of compound II and IV were also built up through Tripos force field based on crystal structures of compound I and III. RESULTS　The molecular formula and molecular weight were found to be C18H17O2N and 279.34 respectively. Compound I crystallized in monoclinic system, space group P21 with a=0.5928(1), b=1.5014(1), c=1.6190(1) nm, V=1.4410(3) nm3, Z=4, Dx=1.288 g*cm-3, Rf=0.075, Rw=0.073(w=1/σ2｜F｜), S=3.983; compound III crystallized in triclinic system, space group P1 with a=0.5667(1), b=1.2934(1), c=2.1119(1) nm, α=102.17(1), β=90.25(1), γ=102.65(2)°, V=1.4770(5) nm3, Z=4, Dx=1.224 g*cm-3, Rf=0.047, Rw=0.051(w=1/σ2｜F｜), S=0.467. CONCLUSION　These results showed that compound I and III both are cycloclausenamide except that the directions of the phenyl group on C6 are different. Cycloclausenamide can form 4 pairs of epimerides but the directions of the phenyl group does not affect their energy in free state.

In this study, we designed and synthesized 12 novel aloperine derivatives with different core structures. Among them, compound 3 with a ten-membered ring core was obtained through a special ring expansion reaction after γ-H Huffman elimination of quaternary ammonium salt, and the structure was verified by X-single crystal diffraction. Furthermore, their antiviral activity against human β-coronavirus HCoV-OC43 was evaluated by CCK-8 assay. Quaternary ammonium salt 2a and 3 had a good inhibitory effect against HCoV-OC43, and 2a had the highest anti-HCoV-OC43 activity with an EC₅₀ values of 3.77 μmol·L^-1 and a SI value of over 53.1. Schrӧdinger molecular docking results showed that both 2a and 3 might display their anti-HCoV-OC43 activity by directly acting on host TMPRSS2 and SR-B1. The results expanded the structural types of endocyclic aloperine and the function against coronavirus, and provided useful scientific data for the development of pharmaceutical applications of these compounds.

Six flavonol glycosides were isolated and calibrated from Ginkgo biloba extract, and then used to calibrate the content in 2 baiches of G. biloba reference extract, so was rutin. RSD values of rutin, kaempferol-3-O-rutinoside, kaempferol-3-O-rhamnoside-2-glu- coside, quercetin-3-O-rhamnop-yranosyl-2-O-(6-O-p-coumaroyl)-glucoside, kaempferol-3-O-rhamnopyranosyl-2-O-(6-O-p-coum-aroyl) - glucoside were around 1.1%-4.6%, nevertheless, RSD values of quercetin-3-O-glucoside and isorhamnetin-3-O-rutinoside were more than 5%. According to the results, the reference extract of G. biloba can be used as the substitute to determine rutin, kaempferol-3-O- rutinoside, kaempferol-3-O-rhamnoside-2-glucoside, quercetin-3-O-rhamnopyranosyl-2-O-(6-O-p-coumaroyl)-glucoside and kaempferol-3-0-rhamnopyranosyl-2-O-(6-O-p-coumaroyl)-glucoside instead of corresponding reference substances. So reference extract in place of single component reference in assay is feasible.
Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; isolation & purification ; Flavonols ; chemistry ; isolation & purification ; Ginkgo biloba ; chemistry ; Glucosides ; chemistry ; isolation & purification ; Molecular Structure ; Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization

Objective: To establish an HPLC method for determining p-Anisidine in workplace air. Methods: An C₁₈ capillary column was used with the detection wavelength of 240 nm, the methanol solution (v/v=62:38) as mobile phase, the flow rate was 0.9 ml/min, and the injection volume was 20 μl. Results: The linear range (μg/ml) for p-Anisidine was 0~100; correlation coefficient was 0.999 7; the detection limit was 0.15 μg/ml; the average precision of RSD was 4.4%. The sampling efficiency was more than 95% using silicone tube as sampling filter. Sample can be stored at room temperature for more than 7 d. Conclusion the method appered to be accurate, simple, sensitive and reliable, also have a high sampling efficiency, and can be usd to determine p-anisidine in workplace air simultaneously.

The anti-osteoporosis activity and mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine and medicinal plants were discussed. It is hoped that we can provide some reference for future drug development and introduction of traditional Chinese medicine to world.
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