With the increasing trade of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM),the issue of excessive levels of toxic heavy metals metals in TCM has raised worldwide concerns. Some countries and re?gions have set strict limits on the heavy in TCM. There are currently no uniform limits on heavy metals, partly for lack of a good understanding of heavy metals in TCM. The toxicity of heavy metals varies with their chemical forms so that it is not rational to evaluate safety in terms of total contents. Cinnabar and realgar are widely used TCM containing heavy metals in clinical practice. Because of the potential toxicity of heavy metals such as mercury or arsenic,and the related adverse reactions reported occa?sionally,the safety of cinnabar,realgar and their preparations has also attracted public attention. In the present paper,the progress in toxicological studies on cinnabar,realgar as well as commonly used preparations was reviewed while priorities of future research were proposed.

Objective:To observe the effect of nape acupuncture on vertebral-artery type cervical spondylosis.Methods:Eighty patients with vertebral-artery type cervical spondylosis were randomly divided into nape acupuncture group and Jiaji acupuncture group,with 40 cases in each group.The patients in the nape acupuncture group were treated with the nape acupuncture plus Jiaji acupuncture,while the patients in the Jiaji group were treated with Jiaji acupuncture only,to observe the functional scale before and after treatment.Results:The total effective rate in the nape acupuncture group was 95.0%,while the total effective rate in the Jiaji acupuncture group was 82.5%.By Ridit analysis,u=5.186,P＜0.01.It indicated that the therapeutic effect in the nape acupuncture group was better than that in the Jiaji acupuncture group.Compared with Jiaji acupuncture group,the difference value of pre- and post-treatment about functional scale of vertebral-artery type cervical spondylosis and the post-treatment score have statistic differences (P＜0.01).It indicated that the therapeutic effect of nape acupuncture group was more obvious in treating vertigo than that in the Jiaji acupuncture group.Conclusion:The treatment of vertebral-artery type cervical spondylosis by Jiaji acupuncture plus the nape acupuncture may enhance the therapeutic effect significantly.

Ecological charactcristics and biological specific feature of Helleborus thibetanus Fran ch. were briefly described and cultivation technique to transform the wild plant into itscultivated variety was studied to provide a basis for the protection and expliotation ofthe wild resource of H. thibetanus.

Objective To assess whether urapidil (anα1 receptor blocker)is more effective than ni-troglycerin in treatment of non-valvular heart failure accompanying hypertension and diabetes mellitus (DM ) in elderly female patients .Methods Fourty-six elderly female patients with non-valvular heart failure accompanying hypertension and DM were randomly divided into urapidil treatment group (n= 24) and nitroglycerin treatment group (n= 22) .Patients in urapidil treat-ment group were treated with urapidil (50 -300 μg/min) and those in nitroglycerin treatment group were treated with nitroglycerin (5 -20 μg/min) for 48 -140 h according to their blood pressure (BP) and cardiac function .Their BP ,HR ,and metabolic activity were observed before and on days 1 ,2 ,3 and 7 after treatment .Results The effect of urapidil was significantly lower than that of nitroglycerin on SBP on day 7 after treatment (P<0 .05) .The serum NT-proBNP level was significantly lower in nitroglycerin treatment group than in control group (P<0 .01) . Conclusion The effect of urapidil is better than that of nitroglycerin on reducing and stabilizing SBP ,attenuating cardiac afterload ,and improving cardiac function in elderly female patients .Ura-pidil can thus be used as one of the first choiced drugs in treatment of elderly female patients with non-valvular heart failure accompanying hypertension and DM .

Objective To investigate the value of laparoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of unexplained chronic abdominal pain.Methods From January 2014 to February 2016, clinical data of 56 unexplained chronic abdominal pain undergoing laparoscopic surgery were analyzed retrospectively.Laparoscopic exploration was performed firstly and then the corresponding abnormalities were diagnosed and dealt with accordingly.Results The disease causes were explicit in 48 cases (85.7%), including 25 cases of abdominal adhesions, 8 cases of chronic appendicitis, 2 cases of small intestinal diverticulum, 2 cases of intestinal tuberculosis, 2 cases of lymphoma, 5 cases of endometriosis, 2 cases of tubal adhesions, 1 case of peritoneal metastasis of gastric cancer after surgery, and 1 case of appendiceal mucinous adenocarcinoma.Surgical treatment was performed in 43 cases, 3 of whom were converted to laparotomy.There were no postoperative complications in the 56 cases.The follow-up rate was 92.9% (52/56), and lost of follow-up was in 4 cases.The follow-up duration was from 3 months to 3 years (median, 19.4 months).There was 1 death case (peritoneal carcinomatosis).There were 35 cases (62.5%) of complete relief of abdominal pain (no recurrence of preoperative abdominal pain symptoms) and 12 cases (21.4%) of pain relief (preoperative pain decreased or interval extended).The total effective rate was 83.9% (47/56).Conclusion Laparoscopy is of high value in the diagnosis and treatment of unexplained chronic abdominal pain.

The metabolic syndrome,as a group of concurrent cardiovascular risk factors,is attributed to both genetic and environmental causes and correlated with many gene polymorphisms and their mutations,such as adiponectin gene,peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma gene,lamin protein A/C gene,uncoupling protein 2 gene,?-adrenic receptor gene and some other inflammation marker genes.This paper reviews the advances in the studies of the gene polymorphisms associated with the metabolic syndrome.

For a valid control of the finance management, the management system is developed again aiming at finance related control links and key control points. In this way, the control is rigorous and integral with simple procedures for check and examination. The key control point is set oriented to note management. Real-time operation is controlled. Post output processing is controlled. With business income and business expenditure as the main line, the control process of the related links are built up. Computer maintenance system is controlled.

BACKGROUND:Preterm premature rupture of the membrane is a frequent complication during gestational period. Three-dimensional culture can help damaged tissue restore anatomical integrality,being worth for clinical application. OBJECTIVE:To explore biological characteristics of human amniotic cells three-dimensionally cultured by fibrin scaffold,study the possibility of cell/scaffold composite material for repairing preterm premature rupture of the membrane,and to compare with normal monolayer culture. DESIGN,TIME AND SETTING:An in vitro cell/scaffold study was performed at the Basic Institute of Chongqing University of Medical Science between December 2007 and November 2008. MATERIALS:Amnion tissue derived from uterine-incision delivery women was provided by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,the First Affiliated Hospital,Chongqing University of Medical Sciences;fibrinogen was provided by Sigma,USA. METHODS:Either epithelial cells or mesenchymal cells,being isolated from human amniotic membrane,were cultivated using enzyme digestion and repeated adherence methods. Fibrinogen was conglomerated,and epithelial cells of logarithmic growth were plated onto the surface of fibrin scaffold to simulate a three-dimensional culture in vitro. Before conglomerating fibrinogen,mesenchymal cells of logarithmic growth were mixed with fibrin solution to simulate a three-dimensional culture in vivo. In addition,either epithelial cells or mesenchymal cells were incubated onto 24-well plate for normal monolayer culture. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Cell morphology using inverted microscopy,proliferation of mesenchymal cells,and interaction between mesenchymal cells and scaffold under different culture environments. RESULTS:Epithelial cells were round and smooth on the surface of fibrin scaffold,pseudopodia were stretched out,and microvillus were rich. Mesenchymal cells in fibrin glue were fusiform in shape and stretched out along scaffold. Cells formed net structure at different surfaces. By three-dimensional culture,proliferation of mesenchymal cells was stable but slow compared to monolayer culture. By in vivo three-dimensional culture,fibrin glue gradually shrank and gel thickness gradually decreased. On the 5th day,the gel thickness was only 40% for the initial thickness,and on the 15th day,gel thickness was 10%. CONCLUSION:Both epithelial cells and mesenchymal cells can sterically grow on fibrin scaffold,and the proliferation is stable. Fibrin glue gradually shrinks in cell/fibrin composite scaffold,suggesting that amniotic cells/fibrin composite scaffold can simulate body tissues to repair preterm premature rupture of the membrane.

After the necessity of research on bio-entities was pointed out, the advances and status quo in research on the relation between bio-entities were analyzed with concrete ideas and project put forward for the research on bio-entities using scientometric methods according to thecitationrelation in bio-entities similar to that in litera-ture.This kind of research will promote and perfect the research on scientometric theory and practice, and open a new visual angle for the research on knowledge management .

OBJECTIVE:To determine the content of epirubicin in human plasma by RP-HPLC.METHODS:The chromatographic separation was performed on YWG C18 column.The mobile phase consisted of water-acetonitrile(12∶7,with pH adjusted to 3.90?0.05 using 85% phosophoric acid)at a flow rate of 1.0 mL?min-1.The detective wavelength was set at 254 nm.RESULTS:The linear range of epirubicin was 0.12～4.80 mg?L-1(r=0.998 4)with the lowest detective range of 0.01 mg?L-1.The intraday RSD was less than 4.40% and the inter-day RSD was less than 5.60%,and the average recovery rate was 99.40%(RSD=4.02%).The sample solution was stable within 12 h under room temperature.CONCLUSION:The method is easy,precise and reproducible to operate and the result of the determination is accurate.