This study was aimed to determine trace elements in Peach pulp . The wet digestion method and car-bonize acid dissolution method were applied to digest the sample, and flame atomic absorption spectroscopy was used to determine the content of trace elements (Fe, Cu, Mn) in Peach pulp . The results showed that the content is not consistent among different pretreatment methods. However, the metalion content among these three methods are in the order of Fe > Mn > Cu, with the average recovery rate between 92.6% and 119.6%. The RSD is less than 2.86%. It was concluded that this method is with high accuracy and stability as well as reliable accurate re-sults. It also proved that Peach pulp . is rich in Fe, Cu and Mn. It provides some useful information for further pharmacological study of Peach pulp .

[ ABSTRACT] AIM:To illustrate the effect of methylene blue ( MB) on T-lymphocyte subsets and oxidative stress of the thymus in rats with paraquat ( PQ) poisoning.METHODS: Male SD rats ( n=40) were randomly assigned to 4 groups:normal group, control group, low-dose (2 mg? kg-1? d-1 ) MB group and high-dose (4 mg? kg-1? d-1 ) MB group.After 72 h, the pathological morphological changes of the thymus were observed under microscope with HE staining. The SOD activity and MDA content were measured by colorimetry method.The expression of Bcl-2, Bax, CD4 and CD8 was determined by immunohistochemical method.RESULTS:In MB group, the thymus tissue showed good corticomedul-lary demarcation.MDA content decreased and SOD activity increased, indicating that the ability of antioxidation enhanced. Bcl-2 and Bax expression was down-regulated, Bcl-2/Bax ratio increased, and CD4 positive cells increased.CONCLU-SION:MB protects against oxidative damage induced by PQ, and regulates the distribution of T-lymphocyte subsets in the cortex and medulla, thus relieving the persistent body damage.

Aim To explore the role of AMPK/ PGC-1α pathway in cardioprotection of hydrogen sulfide ( H2 S ) against ischemia/reperfusion ( I/R ) injury. Methods Langendorff perfusion apparatus was used to build an isolated rat myocardial I/R model. Seventy-two male SD rats were randomly divided into 6 groups (n=12):control group (Control), ischemia/reperfu-sion group ( I/R ) , DMSO group ( DMSO ) , inhibitor Compound C group ( CC) , H2 S postconditioning group ( NP) , and H2 S with Compound C group ( N +C ) . The heart rate ( HR ) , the left ventricular developed pressure ( LVDP ) , the maximum rate of increase or decrease of left ventricular pressure ( ± dp/dtmax ) and the left ventricular diastolic pressure ( LVEDP ) were registered at 20 min of baseline and 60 min of reperfu-sion separately. Triphenyl tetrazolium chloride ( TTC) staining and HE staining were used to determine the myocardial infarct size and the myocardial tissue mor-phological change of each group was observed respec-tively. Immunohistochemistry was used to determine the expression of PGC-1α. The expressions of total AMPK ( tAMPKα ) , phosphorylated AMPK ( pAMPKα) and PGC-1α were detected with Western blot anaylsis. Results There were no differences in e-quilibrium hemodyamics observed between the experi-mental groups(P>0. 05). At the end of reperfusion, compared with I/R group, NP group had obviously a-meliorated functional recovery and significantly de-creased myocardial infarct size [ ( 23. 9 ± 3. 4 )% vs (60. 9 ± 3. 8 )%, ( P <0. 05 ) ] . HE staining showed that in NP group, the myocardial injury was reduced. Meanwhile, the expression of pAMPKα and PGC-1αincreased significantly. However, Compound C re-versed the cardioprotection effects provided by hydro-gen sulfide postconditioning and reduced the expression of pAMPKαand PGC-1α. Conclusion AMPK/ PGC-1α pathway is involved in the role of hydrogen sulfide against ischemia/reperfusion injury.

Aim To explore the role of PI3 K/Akt/Sirt1 pathway in cardioprotection of hydrogen sulfide ( H2 S ) postconditioning against ischemia/reperfusion ( I/R) injury. Methods Langendorff perfusion appa-ratus was used to build an isolated rat myocardial I/R model. Isolated rat hearts were subjected to 30 min global ischemia followed by 60 min reperfusion after 20 min of equilibrium. 60 male SD rats were randomly di-vided into 5 groups(n=12):control group(Control), ischemia/reperfusion group( I/R) , H2 S postcondition-ing group( H2 S) , inhibitor LY294002 group( LY) and H2 S with inhibitor group( H2 S+LY) . The left ventric-ular diastolic pressure ( LVEDP ) , the left ventricular developed pressure(LVDP), the maximum rate of in-crease or decrease of left ventricular pressure ( ± dp/dtmax ) were registered at the end of 20 min equilibri-um, 30 and 60 min of reperfusion separately. Triphe-nyl tetrazolium chloride( TTC) staining was used to de-termine the myocardial infarct size. The levels of Sirt1 and PGC-1 mRNA were tested using real-time PCR. The expressions of Sirt1 and PGC-1αwere detected with Western blot analysis. Immunohistochemical method was used to determine the location of Sirt1 . Results There were no differences in equilibrium hemodynamics observed between the experimental groups(P>0. 05). At the end of reperfusion, compared with I/R group, H2 S group had obviously ameliorated functional recov-ery and significantly decreased the myocardial infarct size(26. 9 ± 4. 9)% vs(48. 9 ± 5. 6)%(P <0. 05). Meanwhile, the expression of Sirt1 and PGC-1α in-creased significantly. However,LY294002 reversed the cardioprotective effects provided by hydrogen sulfide postconditioning and reduced the level of Sirt1 and PGC-1α, the percentage of Sirt1-positive nuclei. Con-clusion PI3 K/Akt/Sirt1 signaling pathway mediates the hydrogen sulfide postconditioning-induced protec-tion against I/R injury.

Purpose/Significance To classify the elderly according to their heterogeneous health status,and to explore the potential categories and influencing factors status,so as to promote the precision of health information services for the elderly.Method/Process Based on the data of the China health and retirement longitudinal study(CHARLS)database in 2018,the elderly are classified according to their health status by the method of latent class analysis,and the main influencing factors are identified by regression analysis.Result/Conclusion The elderly could be divided into 4 categories according to their health status.Age,sex,education level and retirement sta-tus are significant factors affecting the health grouping of the elderly.According to the heterogeneous health characteristics of the elderly,the service optimization strategy should be provided to promote the physical and mental health of the elderly.