OBJECTIVE:To establish the quality standard for Anti-virus chewable tablet. METHODS:TLC was used for the qualitative identification of Forsythia suspensa,Anemarrhena asphodeloides and Pogostemon cablin in Anti-virus chewable tablet, and HPLC was conducted to determine the content of forsythin in F. suspensa. The column was Diamonsil C18 with mobile phase of acetonitrile- water (20∶80,V/V) at the flow rate of 1.0 ml/min,the detection wavelength was 230 nm,column temperature was 25℃,and injection volume was 10μl. RESULTS:The test sample and the reference sample displayed same color spots on the cor-responding position in TLC diagram. The linear range of forsythin was 0.053 5-2.675 μg(r=0.999 9);RSDs of precision,stabili-ty and reproducibility tests were no more than 1.74%;average recovery was 98.94%(RSD=1.84%,n=6). CONCLUSIONS:The method is simple,rapid,accurate,reliable and reproducible,and can be used for quality control of Anti-virus chewable tablet.

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Objective To analyze the treatment results of intracavitary hyperfractionated brachytherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma and to determine the optimal dose of external radiation. Methods From February 1996 to June 1998, 128 patients with T1 2 nasopharyngeal carcinoma were treated with external radiotherapy followed by intracavitary brachytherapy. The majority of them had residual tumor less than 10 mm after external radiotherapy. The external radiation doses were divided into 3 groups: 56 Gy, 60 Gy and 66 Gy. Brachytherapy was delivered with 2.5 3.0 Gy per fraction, 2 fractions a day with an interval of 6 hours. The total doses ranged from 12 to 24 Gy with a median of 18 Gy. Results The disease free survival rates at 3 and 4 years for all patients were 84.2% and 74.9%, respectively. The corresponding local relapse free survival rates were 97.1% and 92.7%, respectively. The 3 year disease free survival rates and local relapse free survival rates were 83.6% and 100% for 56 Gy group, 88.4% and 90.9% for 60 Gy group, and 84.6% and 93.3% for 66 Gy group, respectively,all with differences in significant. Radiation complications were rare. Conclusions We suggest that patients with residual tumor less than 10 mm after external radiotherapy should receive intracavitary brachytherapy as a boost. The dose of external radiotherapy for T1 2 stage NPC can be decreased to 56 Gy.

Objective To study the induction of IL-6 on expression and activity of tissue factor (TF)in peripheral blood monocytes(PBMCs).Methods rhIL-6 100 ng/L and rhIL-6 100 ng/L+ rhIL-6 MoAb 10?g/L were used respectively to stimulate the PBMCs for 24 h,PBMCs without any stimulation as control group,to study the changes of antigen content,mRNA expression and the ac- tivity of the TF.Results The antigen content,mRNA expression and activity of TF were increased significantly in 100 ng/L rhIL-6 group as compared with rhIL-6 100 ng/L+rhIL-6 MoAb 10?g/L and control groups(P＜0.01).Conclusions rhIL-6 can induce the increase of antigen expression,activity and mRNA expression in PBMCs,and these effects can be suppressed successfully by rhIL-6 MoAb. This study demonstrated that there was potential relations between cytokines and thrombogenesis, which may play an important role the pathogenesis of chronic rejection.

Objective To investigate persimmon leaf extract on secondary prevention of ischemic cerebrovascular disease, and the impact on blood pressure, blood sugar, blood lipid, hemorheology, blood rheology indexes and blood homocysteine levels in patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease.Methods 200 cases of patients with ischemic cerebral vascular disease were chosen, which were randomly divided into observation group and control group with 100 cases in each group.Both of the groups were given conventional therapy.And the observation group received persimmon leaf extract intervention.Then the rate of recurrence of ischemic cerebrovascular disease was observed after 3 months and 6 months.At the same time, the indexes of blood pressure and blood sugar, blood lipid, hemorheology, blood flow and blood homocysteine were recorded and compared in the second morning after being selected and after 3 months and 6 months treatment.Results After treatment for 3 months, the recurrence rate of observation group was 4.40%, 3.70% of control group; after treatment for 6 months, 8.24% of observation group, 13.75% of control group, and there were no significant differences between two groups of recurrence of ischemic cerebrovascular disease.After 6 months, systolic and diastolic blood pressure in both groups were lower than before treatment.and they were lower in observation group than control group (all P<0.05).After 3, 6 months, TC, TG, LDLC levels decreased and HDLC increased compared with before treatment, and the above indexes improved more in observation group than control group (all P<0.05).After 3, 6 months, FBG, 2hPG, HbA1C levels decreased compared with before treatment, and the above indexes decreased more at the same time point in observation group than control group (all P<0.05).After 3, 6 months, HCY levels decreased compared with before treatment, and HCY decreased more at the same time point in observation group than control group ( all P<0.05 ).After 6 months, blood rheology indexes levels improved more compared with before treatment, and they improved more at the same time point in observation group than control group (all P<0.05).After 6 months, main artery blood flow velocity levels increased compared with before treatment, and they increased more at the same time point in observation group than control group ( all P<0.05 ) .Conclusion Persimmon leaf extract intervention therapy can effectively improve blood pressure , sugar, lipid, hemorheology, homocysteine and prevent platelet aggregation and thrombosis.

The relationship between vascular endothelial growth factor-C (VEGF-C)/vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 3 (VEGFR-3) expression and clinicopathologic features of the patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) was investigated. The expression of VEGF-C and VEGFR-3 was assessed in 65 patients with NSCLC by immunohistochemistry. The significance of VEGF-C and VEGFR-3 expression was analyzed statistically. The results showed that VEGF-C and VEGFR-3 were highly expressed in cytoplasm and membrane in lung cancer tissues with the positive rate being 55.4 % and 52.3 % respectively, while there was no expression in the normal lung tissues. The expression of VEGF-C was significantly increased in adenocacinoma as compared to other types of NSCLC (P<0.05). The VEGFR-3 expression was closely related with lymph node metastasis (P<0.01) and TNM stage (P<0.05). There was a positive correlation between the VEGF-C and VEGFR-3 expression in NSCLC patients (r=0.658, P<0.01). It is suggested that VEGFR-3 plays an important role in the lymphatic metastasis of NSCLC. The interaction between VEGF-C and VEGFR-3 may be deeply involved in the mechanism of lung cancer metastasis.

Objective To study the results of external beam radiotherapy plus 192 Ir hyperfractionated high dose rate interstitial brachytherapy (HHDR-IBT) for cancer of the oral cavity and oropharynx. Methods Fourty-eight patients with cancer of the oral cavity and oropharynx were treated by external beam radiotherapy (T 1,T 2 30～50 Gy,T 3,T 4 50～60 Gy) followed by 192 Ir HHDR-IBT delivering 15～35 Gy (30～35 Gy for T 1,T 2 and 15～30 Gy for T 3,T 4 in 250～350 cGy per fraction,two fractions per day). Over 3～5 days. Results The complete response rates at 3 months were T 1100% (5/5),T 2 85%(23/27),T 3 46%(6/13),T 4 0%(0/3) and the partial reponse rates:T 2 15% (4/27), T 3 54%(7/13), T 4 100%(3/3). The 3-year survival and disease-free survival rates were 79.4% and 55.8%,respectively.Multivariate analysis showed that TNM stage and pathalogic type were prognostic factors.Conclusions Carcinoma of the oral cavity and oropharynx treated with external beam radiotherapy combined with 192 Ir hyperfractionated high dose rate interstitial brachytherapy ia able to give a good local control for T 1,T 2 lesions with good functional preservation. For T 3,T 4 lesions,this method is able to offer a high palliation.

Objective To investigate the effects of 60Co γ-ray partial radiation on chromosome aberration in human peripheral blood in vitro.Methods The samples of heparinized peripheral whole blood from 3 healthy persons were exposed to 60Co γ-rays at the doses between 0 and 8 Gy with the dose rate of 0.35 Gy/min at the temperature of 37 ℃ ,and then mixed with the unirradiated blood samples of the Microscopy was used to observe the chromosome aberration double ( centromere + centromere) and the biological dose was estimated thereby.ResultsThe amounts of double centromere + centromere were increased along with the dose of irradiation in all groups.The estimated biological dose was higher than the 1/3 of the irradiation dose when the dose was between 0.5 to 2 Gy,and was close to the 1/3 of the irradiation dose when the dose was between 4 to 8 Gy.Conclusion Chromosome aberration can be used as a biomarker in estimation of uneven irradiation.

Objective To investigate 60Co γ-ray induced damage in lymphocytes and the relationship between doses of 60Co γ-ray irradiation and the levels of phosphorylated H2AX and ATM.Methods Cells were irradiated with 60Co γ-rays in the range of 0-8 Gy.The levels of phosphorylated H2AX and ATM were detected by Western blot and FACScan,respectively.The micronucleus(MN)was analyzed by CB method to evaluate DNA damage.Results FACScan results showed the dose-effect relationship of γ-H2AX expression were linear.square at 0.5 h post-irradiation to different doses,and the fitting curve was shown as Y=3.96+11.29D-0.45D2.The level of phosphorylated ATM(p-ATM)was not changed significantly by using the same method.Western blot showed that p-ATM protein expression was significandy increased after irradiation compared with sham.irradiated group.The MN assay which represented DNA damage was sensitive to different doses.Conclusions γ-ray irradiation could induce the phosphorylation of H2AX and ATM,which may play an important role in indicating DNA damage.Both of H2AX and ATM have the potential as sensitive biomarker and biodosimeter for radiation damage.