Objective To estalish an accurate method for the determination of cinobufagin and resibufogenin in Jiuxin Tablet. Method Waters Symmetry Shield RP18 (3.9 mm?250 mm, 5 ?m) column in an oven at 30 ℃ was need, with a mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile-0.5mol/L kalium dihydrogen phospate (phosphoric acid preparating pH=3.2) (42∶58) and a UV detector at 296 nm, the flow rate was 1.0 mL/min. Results The linear ranges of Cinobufagin was 0.0696～0.8352 ?g. The RSD of measurement precision test was 0.53%, the average recovery was 101.86% (RSD=1.81%, n=5), the linear ranges of Resibufogenin was 0.1576～0.9456 ?g, the RSD of measurement precision test was 0.15%, the average recovery was 102.07% (RSD=1.62%, n =5). Conclusion The method was simple and accurate, and can be used for the quality control of Jiuxin tablet.

Objective To established a method for the quality standard of Shushenling Capsules. Methods Folium Perillae and Rhizoma Chuanxiong in Shushenling Capsules were identified by TLC. The content of emodin was determined by HPLC. Results The spots of samples on TLC can be well separated and the method had strong specificity. The averge recovery of emodin was 99.31% and RSD was 1.54%. Conclusion The method is simpie, sensitive and accurate. It can be used for quality control of Shushenling Capsules.

ObjectiveTo explore the possible mechanism of Yupingfeng Granules （玉屏风散） in preventing and treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease （COPD） from the perspective of “lung-gut axis”. MethodsThirty-two male Wistar rats were randomly divided into normal group，model group， roxithromycin group and Yupingfeng Granules group， with 8 rats in each group. Except for the normal group， the rat model of COPD was prepared by intratracheal instillation of lipopolysaccharide （LPS） combined with smoking for 12 weeks. Since the fifth week of modeling，the roxithromycin group and the Yupingfeng Granules group were given 31.5 mg/（kg·d） and 1.575 g/（kg·d） of corresponding drugs respectively by gavage，and normal group and model group were given 10 ml/（kg·d） physiolo-gical saline. Sample was collected 24 hours after the last administration. The pathological changes of lung tissue were observed using HE staining； Ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography quadrupole time of flight mass spectrometry （UHPLC-QTOFMS） was used to detect the differential metabolites in alveolar lavage fluid （BALF） in all groups but roxithromycin group；16S rDNA sequencing technology was used to detect the changes of intestinal flora， and the association analysis was conducted between the differential metabolites and the differential flora. ResultsCompared with the normal group， the model group showed an increase in goblet cells in the small bronchial wall， disappearance of the smooth muscle layer of the bronchial wall， and infiltration of inflammatory cells； compared with the model group， roxithromycin group showed slight alveolar interstital edema， and obviously reduced inflammatory cell， while no obvious alveolar interstital edema was observed in the Yupingfeng Granules group， showing a small amout of inflammatory cell infiltration. The results of the BALF differential metabolite screening showed that compared with the normal group， 12 substances were upregulated and 19 substances were downregulated in the model group； compared with the model group， 37 substances in the Yupingfeng Granules group were upregulated and 43 substances were downregulated KEGG analysis yielded a total of 2 metabolic pathways， glycerophospholipid metabolism， and unsaturated fatty acid biosynthetic metabolism； compared with the model group， choline， acetylcholine， glycerol-3-phosphate， glycerophosphate choline， palmitic acid， and arachidonic acid showed an upward trend， while stearic acid and docosahexaenoic acid showed a downward trend in Yupingfeng Granules group （P＜0.05）. The results of the intestinal flora showed that， there are 80 different species between the normal group and the model group， and 65 different species between the model group and Yupingfeng Granules group. Among the top 5 species with relative abundance levels，compared with the model group， the level of Prevotella_9，Ruminococcaceae_UCG-005，Ruminiclostridium_6 increase，and Lactobacillus，Bacteroides decrease（P＜0.05）.The results of the correlation analysis showed that， in the normal and model groups， arachidonic acid was negatively correlated with Oribacterium（r=-0.753，P＜0.01）； in the Yupingfeng Granules group and model group， stearic acid and Bacteroides（r=0.788）， Mycobacterium（r=0.826），［Eubacterium］_Ruminantium_Group（r=0.770） was positively correlated（P＜0.01）， Arachidic acid was negatively correlated with Roseiarcus（r=-0.779）， glycerol-3-phosphate was negatively correlated with Desulfovibrio（r=-0.758）， Arachidonic acid was negatively correlated with Oribacterium（r=-0.753）， and Palmitic acid was negatively correlated with Pseudolabs（r=-0.750，P＜0.01）. ConclusionYupingfeng Granules can affect the metabolism of BALF and the flora structure of intestinal microorganisms， and regulating the balance of “lung-gut axis” may be one of the mechanisms of Yupingfeng Granules in treatment of COPD.