Apoptosis,a form of cell death,has generated considerable interest in recent years.Much progress has been made on the apoptosis induced by natural drgus,including component or mixture of plant,animal,mineral or marine materials,This review discusses some of the natural drugs that induce apoptosis and the possible mechanisms.

AIM: To investigate the effect of natural medicinal monomer elemene (Ele) on apoptosis of lens epithelial cells (LEC) and its the cellular and molecular mechanism in vitro. METHODS: The bovine LEC were cultured with Ele and used to observe the ultrastructure changes under transmission electron microscope and to detect DNA content and mitochondrial transmenbrane potential (??m) changes by flow cytometry. RESULTS: The typical morphological changes of LEC apoptosis in Ele group were observed under transmission electron microscope, such as chromatin condensation and aggregation at the nuclear periphery, and nuclear fragmentation as well. The DNA content of LEC in Ele group decreased and showed time-dependent. It was significant lower than that in control group (P

Objective To develop a rapid quantitative detecting assay for point-of-care testing ( POCT ) of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide ( NT-proBNP ) in serum by the fluorescence immunochromatographic technology.Methods Applying double-antibody sandwich assay to establish the quantitative NT-proBNP kit.The performance of quantitative NT-proBNP kit was evaluated by the sensitivity , specificity, accuracy, precision, stability and clinical effectiveness.It compared the research kit and conference kit by the parallel experience in the 1 056(605 males, 451 females)serum specimen collected from Guangdong Provincial People′s Hospital, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital and Children′s Hospital of Zhengzhou between February 2013 to April 2014.Statistical significance of the results was assessed by correlation analysis , linear regression , receive operating characteristic ( ROC) curve analysis , negative and positive consistent.Results The report range of the NT-proBNP kit was 18-35 000 ng/L.The coefficient of variation ( CV) values for low , median and high concentration calibrators respectively were all less than 15%.Common interfering substances in human serum specimens such as bilirubin , triglyceride and cholesterol were found no significant affect on NT-proBNP antigen detection and the CV were no more than 15%.According to the results of detection for calibrators , the shelf time of the NT-proBNP diagnostic kit should be longer than 12 months.The NT-proBNP kit and reference kit had good correlation ( Y=1.048 9X developed reference +121.54, R2 =0.956 6, n=1 056) to detect the target protein through the parallel experiments and the deviation of the quantitative results of clinical serum samples showed no statistical significance (Z=0.88, P=0.379>0.05).The clinical assays of two different diagnostic kits showed good consistency based on the ROC curve evaluation which is compared by two cut-off values (300 and 450 ng/L).The areas under ROC curve were 0.981 and 0.978 respectively.Conclusions A novel NT-proBNP chromatographic quantitative immunofluorescence detection method was developed in this study .The performance evaluation data indicated that the kit is suitable for rapid detection of serum NT -proBNP.

Point-of-care testing (POCT) has the characteristics of convenient carrying, fast detection, convenient operation, high applicability to detection conditions and personnel, and can be carried out next to patients. In recent years, POCT has developed rapidly and has been widely used. The clinical value of POCT is reflected in emergency medicine, clinical front-line, primary medical care, public health prevention and control, out-of-hospital management of patients, consumer self-test and many other scenarios. With more and more extensive attention and applications, POCT is also facing challenges in its supervision and management, product quality and new scene requirements. However, with its rapid development, more advanced technologies like mobile smart devices, 5G communication technology, wearable devices, molecular and mass spectrometry detection technology, artificial intelligence are now further integrated with POCT. POCT is expected to be used for clinical diagnosis and treatment, public health prevention and control, and large-scale application. It will be widely used in health management.