The traditional Chinese medicines come from natural and include many kinds of active ingredients.The clinical and experimental studies indicate that some traditional Chinese medicines(including the compound and the monomer)may regulate the lipid on multi-targets in vivo,which has certain value in only research and application.Present clinical researches on traditional Chinese medicines for lipid-regulation are limited in only regulating biochemistry level,small samples,poor repeatability,short of multi-central large-sample random-control experiments and absence of long term follow-up on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular adverse events.We should take the advantage of traditional Chinese medicine superiority in lipid-regulating process by scientific researches.

OBJECTIVE:To establish the quality standard of Welie capsule METHO DS :Fritillary bulb,rhizoma corydalis and magnolia bark in the capsule were ident ified with TLC;the contents of berberine hydrochloride was determined with TLC scanning RESULTS:Fritillary bulb,magnolia bark and rhizoma corydalis could be tested out in TLC chromatogram;berberine hydrochloride appeared good linear re lationship in the range of 0 1～1 0?g,r=0 9 991;and the average recovery w as 97 84%,RSD=2 86%(n=5) CONCLUSION:This method can be used to control the quality of Weile capsule

AIM To observe the effects of melatonin on acute and chronic injuries induced by oxygen and glucose deprivation (OGD) in co-cultured neuron and glia and to explore the probable mechanisms of melatonin in antagonizing the injuries. METHODS The injury model of cultured neuron and co-cultured neuron and glia was made by administration of sodium dithionite and glucose-deprived Earles solution. In neuron and glia co-culture, two different models, acute injury model at the phase of OGD and chronic injury model after 'reperfusion' were established. The levels of nitric oxide (NO) and the activity of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) were measured by Griess reagent and LDH kits respectively. The content of malondialdehyde (MDA) was determined by TBA method. Cell viability was analyzed using colorimetric MTT assay. RESULTS Melatonin increased the level of NO at the concentration of 10 -6 , 10 -7 mol?L -1 and decreased the level of MDA content elevated by OGD at the concentration of 10 -6 , 10 -7 , 10 -8 mol?L -1 in vitro cultured cortical neurons. In the chronic injury model after 'reperfusion' melatonin (10 -6 , 10 -7 , 10 -8 mol?L -1 ) significantly decreased LDH activity and increased MTT value in neurons and glia co-cultured. But in the acute injury model, melatonin obviously increased LDH activity and decreased MTT value. CONCLUSION Melatonin protection for neuron from injuries induced by oxygen and glucose deprivation may be related to increase in the level of NO and decrease in the content of MDA. Melatonin can antagonize the injury in the chronic injury model after 'reperfusion', but exaggerate the injury in the acute injury model. These may be all related to its antioxidant action. Our results also suggest that melatonin may probably inhibit activation of microglia.

Chronic intermittent hypoxia ( CIH ) caused by ob-structive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome( OSAHS) is an impor-tant factor causing or aggravating many kinds of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Establishing a rational animal model for intermittent hypoxia is an essential method to study the CIH related cardiovascular diseases. Recently, researchers have tended to simulate intermittent hypoxia condition by controlling the oxygen concentration of the environmental air around the ani-mals. In the paper, we summarize and compare the methods of making intermittent hypoxia animal model in recent literature, from aspects of experimental animals, gas control apparatus, gas species and concentration, intermittent hypoxia treatment time, and anoxic cycle mode.

OBJECTIVE:To promote the improvement of the quality of pharmaceutical care.METHODS:Patients’com_ plaints in2003～2004in the pharmacy department of our hospital were analyzed and the related information was considered in the formulation of countermeasures.RESULTS&CONCLUSIONS:Giving consideration of patients'complaints that served as information resources in pharmaceutical management can promote a steady improvement of the quality of pharmaceutical care.

Aim To observe the effect and primary mechanism of arctigenin ( ARG) in C6 rat glioma. At the same time, to investigate the effect of ARG com-bined with temozolomide. Methods C6 glioma rat model was established, and 90 rats were divided into six groups, which were subcutaneously administered with model, low and high ARG (0. 05 and 0. 1 mg· kg-1 , sc) , temozolomide (20 mg·kg-1 , p. o. ) , low ARG combined with temozolomide(TMZ / ARG 0. 05) and high ARG combined with temozolomide ( TMZ /ARG 0. 1 ) . The tumor specimens of brain were col-lected after tumor graft. Proliferating cell nuclear anti-gen ( PCNA ) , glial fibrillary acidic protein ( GFAP ) and CD40 in tumor specimens were determined by im-munohistochemistry. Results ① Compared with the model group, the tumor sizes of rats in the arctigenin treatment groups were decreased ( P<0. 05 ) . ②ARG
significantly decreased PCNA and CD40 expression ( P<0. 05 ) and increased GFAP expression ( P<0. 05 ) .③ Compared with model group, arctigenin combined with temozolomide decreased the tumor sizes ( P <0. 01 ) , and the tumor inhibition rate was higher than that of the arctigenin and temozolomide. At the same time, arctigenin combined with temozolomide de-creased PCNA and CD40 expression ( P <0. 01 ) and increased GFAP expression ( P <0. 05 ) , which was better than arctigenin and temozolomide. Conclusion Arctigenin inhibits rat glioma growth, and synergizes with temozolomide, which may be associated with in-hibiting PCNA and CD40 expression and strengthening GFAP expression.

BACKGROUND:Apoptin is a protein which is synthesized in vitro or expressed by genetic engineering, without toxic and transformation activity of normal cel s. Apoptin can specifical y induce the apoptosis of tumor cel s and provide the opportunity of inhibiting the growth of cancer.
OBJECTIVE:To construct a prokaryotic expression vector for apoptin, optimize the expression conditions, and detect the activity of the purified protein.
METHODS:The apoptin gene that had been constructed was cloned into prokaryotic expression vector pET-28b (+), which was transformed into E.coli host bacteria. Apoptin was induced by isopropyl-beta-D-thiogalactoside, and analyzed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The inhibition activity of apoptin on tumor cel s was detected.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Apoptin gene was successful y cloned into pET-28b (+). Apoptin protein was induced to express in form of inclusion body by isopropyl-beta-D-thiogalactoside (0.5 mmol/L) at 26 ℃. And the expression of apoptin with relative molecular mass of about 15 000 was identified by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The target protein was purified by denaturation-renaturation and affinity chromatography, which has pro-apoptotic effect on lung cancer cel s H460 and H1299. The prokaryotic expression vector pET-28b-apoptin is successful y constructed. The apoptin protein with bioactivity is obtained, which al ows further functional study of apoptin.

According to the basic theory of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), the pathogenetic factors such as platelet activation, adhesion, congregation and thrombosis fall into the category of blood stasis, while the pathological changes such as tissue necrosis, oxidative stress injury and inflammation, etc, are far beyond the etiological category of blood stasis. The toxin or the combination and transformation of toxin and blood stasis of TCM are involved in the pathogenesis of thrombotic cerebro-cardiovascular diseases. It is significant to recognize and stress the combination and transformation of toxin and stasis in pathogenicity so as to enrich TCM etiology and improve TCM clinical efficacy in the treatment of cerebro-cardiovascular and thrombotic diseases.

Objective To observe the clinical effects of ambroxol on acute stroke-associated pneumonia (SAP).Methods From July 2011 to December 2012,a total of 82 patients with strokeassociated pneumonia (SAP) admitted to our hospital were selected and randomly divided into ambroxol group (n=43,treated with ambroxol in combination with antibiotic therapy) and control group (n =39,treated with antibiotic therapy).The defervescence time,hospitalization time,antibiotic use time,C-reactive protein level,blood oxygen partial pressure,bacterial clearance rate and the total effective rate were compared between the two groups.Results The defervescence time,hospitalization time,antibiotic use time were shorter in ambroxol group than in control group [(3.1 ± 0.8)d vs.(3.8±1.1)d,(11.7±3.7)d vs.(13.6±4.9)d,(5.4±1.7)dvs.(6.6±2.1)d,t=18.60,22.80,23.50,P=0.014,0.008,0.011,repectively].Bacterial clearance rate and the total effective rate were higher in ambroxol group than in control group [90.7％ vs.74.4％,93.0％ vs.74.4％,x2 =3.86,5.34,P=0.05,0.02].There were no significant differences in changes of C-reactive protein level and blood oxygen partial pressure between two groups before and after treatment (all P＞0.05).Conclusions Ambroxol is an effective treatment for acute stroke associated pneumonia,which can shorten antibiotic use time and duration of symptoms and remove bacteria effectively.