OBJECTIVE:To study the chemical constituents of Rabdosia rubescens. METHODS:The chemical constituents of R. rubescens were isolated and purified by silica gel,MCI GEL-CHP 20P,Sephadex LH-20 column and recrystallization,and their structure was identified on the base of spectral analysis and physicochemical properties. RESULTS:8 compounds were isolated in R. rubescens and identified as 24ζ-methyl-5α-lanosta-25-ketone(1),maoyecrystal F(2),rosthorin A(3),β-sitosterol(4),daucosterol (5),heptacosanoic acid (6),oridonin (7) and ponicidin (8). CONCLUSIONS:Compound 1 is isolated from R. genera for the first time and compound 3,6 are isolated from this plant for the first time. The research lays a certain foundation for the quality evaluation of R.rubescens.

This study aimed to explore the cognitive dysfunction of and hippocampal neuron damage to Wistar rats with STZ-induced diabetes at different morbidity time. All Wistar rats in the tests received intraperitoneal injections of streptozotocin (STZ; 60 mg/kg) to induce type 1 diabetes. The concentration of blood glucose and the body weight were investigated, the cognitive ability of rats was assessed using a standardized Y-maze, and the apoptotic neurons in the CA1 of the hippocampus were also examined by using the HE staining. While the sickening time was prolonged, the blood glucose concentration of the experimental rats increased continuously and the body weight decreased. On the 70th day after STZ administration, the neuronal loss in the hippocampal CA1 region increased and the working errors increased in rats with the diabetes. The results showed that Wistar rats could complicate with diabetic encephalopathy in 70 days after injection of STZ for inducing the diabetes.
Animals ; Blood Glucose ; Body Weight ; CA1 Region, Hippocampal ; cytology ; pathology ; Cognition ; Cognition Disorders ; physiopathology ; Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental ; physiopathology ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 ; Neurons ; pathology ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar ; Streptozocin

Objective To investigate the effect of enteral nutrition tolerance assessment form on the early enteral nutrition tolerance in patients with gastric cancer after operation. Methods According to the admission sequence, 108 patients with gastric cancer were divided into the control group and the experiment group with 54 cases in each group. Enteral nutrition was used in the control group, while enteral nutrition tolerance assessment form was used to evaulate and care patients in experiment group. Finally, the two groups were compared in the anal exhaust time and the rate of complications. Result Anal exhaust in the experiment group was significantly earlier than that in the control group and the rate of complications was significantly smaller than that of the control group (P < 0.05). Conclusions The enteral nutrition tolerance assessment form for systemic evaluation and intervention is effective in improvement of the patients′tolerance to enteral nutrition in early postoperative enteral nutrition support to patients with gastric cancer. It can promote the recovery of patients.

Objective To observe the clinical effect of Chuanxiong-Chatiao San in treatment hemicrania. Methods All patients were randomly recruited into a control group (75cases) and a treatment group (78 cases). The control group was treated with Gastrodin injection, Ligustrazine injection and Mailuoning injection; on this basis, the treatment group was treated with Chuanxiong-Chatiao powder. Both groups were treated for 14 days with a 7 days interval. Results The excellent rate and effective rate were 91.03% and 96.08% in the treatment group respectively; and 70.66% and 94.67% in the control group respectively. The difference between the two groups was significant (χ2= 12.7143,P<0.01) . Conclusion Chuanxiong-Chatiao powder combined with western medicine is effective in treating hemicrania.

Aim To determine the neuroprotective effect of sulfated pachymaran (SP)on MPTP-induced
mouse model.Method ICR mice were randomly di-vided into control group,MPTP group and SP treatment group (50,1 00,1 50 mg·kg -1 ,ip).After 1 7 days, the activities of endogenous antioxidants (SOD,GSH-Px,CAT),antisuperoxide anion,hydrogen peroxide and MDA content in the midbrain and cortex were as-sayed.Results The results proved that SP significant-ly reduced the content of MDA and H2 O2 ,regulated
the activities of antioxidant enzyme and increased the activity of antisuperoxide anion.Conclusion All these effects indicate that SP is a potential neuroprotective a-gent and its neuroprotective effects are achieved in the MPTP mouse model.

Objective To analyze the voice quality of children post operation for complete cleft palate through subjective and objective evaluation and explore the correlation between them. Methods Electroglottography analysis was used in the natural sound/a/of 30 postoper-ative children with complete cleft palate and 34 normal children, and the difference was compared. The natural prolonged sound/a/was as-sessed with GRBAS (grade, roughness, breathiness, asthenia, strain) in the children with complete cleft palate, and the correlation between the subjective and objective results was analyzed. Results F0, harmonic to noise ratio (HNR) were less, and the shimmer, jitter, normalized noise energy (NNE) and nasalance was greater in postoperative children with complete cleft palate than in normal children. For the children with complete cleft palate, G and R mainly rated as levels 1 and 2, B also rated as levels 1 and 2 in less than half of the children. There were low or very low correlation between all subjective and objective results, excepted G, R, B and F0, which showed moderate correlation. Con-clusion The vocal cords vibrate slowly and irregularly in postoperative children with complete cleft palate, suggesting mild and moderate voice disorder, and they sound hoarsely with roughness and breathiness. There are poor correlations between the subjective and objective as-sessment, and need to be used in combination for the children with complete cleft palate.

Objective To estimate the radiation dose and cancer risk of thyroid for children who underwent head CT or chest CT scans.Methods The parameters used in the CT scans were accessed from the DICOM files through PACS used DCMTK software, then the thyroid radiation dose was estimated with the CT-Expo(C) software and the cancer risk induced by CT scan was projected based on BEIR Ⅱ model combined with the Chinese cancer incidence and lifetime table in 2008.Results CT parameters used for different ages were roughly the same, the thyroid equivalent dose for head CT ranged from 1.2-2.0 mGy, the highest thyroid cancer risk occurs for newborn girls, about 9.6/100 thousand population;while for chest CT the thyroid equivalent dose ranged from 8.1 to 38.0 mGy, the highest thyroid cancer risk was also for newborn girls, about 244.7/100 thousand population.The radiation dose and cancer risk for thyroid decreased with the increased age.Conclusions The radiation dose for thyroid from chest CT was relatively higher than head CT, especially for newborn babies;therefore more protection should be given to the thyroid and other radio-sensitive organs during CT scanning.

Objective To observe the efficacy and safety of topical 2％ propranolol cream for strawberry hemangiomas in proliferative phase.Methods Sixty infants with strawberry hemangiomas in proliferative phase were included in this study.There were 18 males and 42 females aged 30 days to 12 months.The lesions were located in head and neck (n=30),trunk (n=19) and extremities (n =11).All the infants received the 2％ propranolol cream treatment three times per day.The infants were required a regular return visit every month.The changes of tumor size,texture and color were monitored and recorded.The adverse effects after medication were observed and managed accordingly.The short-term results were evaluated using a 4-grade system.Results All the infants were followed up for 12 months.Among 60 infants,the Ⅰ,Ⅱ,Ⅲ and Ⅳ grade curative effects were 2,17,33 and 8 cases,respectively.All the infants had no drug adverse reaction.Conclusions The effect of topical 2％ propranolol cream for strawberry hemangiomas in proliferative phase is reliable,with little side effects.It will be popularized in clinical application.

Objective To investigate the infection of Helicobacter pylori (Hp) and its relationships with hypertension, glucose and lipid metabolism in the physical examination population. Methods A total of 287 individuals undergoing physical examinations were selected as study subjects. Based on the results of ¹⁴C-urea breath test screening for Hp infection, participants were divided into Hp-positive group (n=125) and Hp-negative group (n=162). Baseline characteristics and glycolipid metabolism levels were compared between the two groups. Multivariate Logistic regression analysis was used to identify factors influencing Hp infection in the study population. Results The Hp infection rate among the 287 individuals was 43.55%. The frequency of eating out in the Hp-positive group was 34.40%, which was significantly higher than 13.58% in the Hp-negative group (P < 0.05). Fasting blood glucose (FBG), insulin resistance index (HOMA-IR), total cholesterol (TC) and triacylglycerol (TG) in the HP-positive group were significantly higher, and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) was significantly lower than that in the Hp-negative group (P < 0.05). Multivariate Logistic regression analysis revealed that eating out (OR=1.401, 95%CI, 1.142 to 1.717), FBG (OR=3.865, 95%CI, 1.810 to 8.253), TC (OR=4.141, 95%CI, 2.025 to 8.469), TG (OR= 4.259, 95%CI, 2.128 to 8.524) and HDL-C (OR=4.125, 95%CI, 1.989 to 8.552) were factors influencing Hp infection in the study population (P < 0.05). HOMA-IR was not associated with Hp infection in the study population (P>0.05). Conclusion The prevalence of Hp infection is high among individuals undergoing physical examinations, and Hp infection has significant association with abnormalities in glycolipid metabolism, but no association with hypertension.

Using of high throughput sequencing technology to study the microbial diversity in complex samples has become one of the hottest issues in the field of microbial diversity research. In this study, the soil and sheep rumen chyme samples were used to extract DNA, respectively. Then the 25 ng total DNA was used to amplify the 16S rRNA V3 region with 20, 25, 30 PCR cycles, and the final sequencing library was constructed by mixing equal amounts of purified PCR products. Finally, the operational taxonomic unit (OUT) amount, rarefaction curve, microbial number and species were compared through data analysis. It was found that at the same amount of DNA template, the proportion of the community composition was not the best with more numbers of PCR cycle, although the species number was much more. In all, when the PCR cycle number is 25, the number of species and proportion of the community composition were the most optimal both in soil or chyme samples.
Animals ; Bacteria ; classification ; DNA, Bacterial ; genetics ; Gene Library ; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; methods ; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S ; genetics ; Rumen ; microbiology ; Sheep ; Soil Microbiology