OBJECTIVE: To study the equilibrium solubility of aesculin and its apparent oil/water partition coefficient,and to provide basis for absorption mechanism study.METHODS: Equilibrium solubility of aesculin at the pH of 1.2～8.0 was determined by saturation method.The apparent oil/water partition coefficients of aesculin were determined by shaking flask method.RESULTS: The equilibrium solubility of aesculin at the pH of 1.2～6.8 was fluctuated slightly;it increased rapidly at the pH of 7.4;the maximum equilibrium solubility of aesculin was obtained at the pH of 8.0(10.58 g?L-1).The oil/water partition coefficient of aesculin changed slowly at the pH of 1.2～6.0;it decreased significantly at the pH of 6.0;the minimum oil/water partition coefficient was obtained at the pH of 8.0(0.03).CONCLUSIONS: The equilibrium solubility of aesculin and its apparent oil/water partition coefficient are associated with the pH of medium.The reason that aesculin has no effect on uric acid after oral administration is relevant to poor gastrointestinal tract absorption ability.

Extremely severe pancytopenia induced by low dosage of azathioprine in systemic lupus erythematosus patients is rare. A 40-year-old Chinese female was diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus. She suffered worse erythema, oral ulceration, raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate and high anti-dsDNA in August 2013. Then she was initiated on oral azathioprine 50mg/d and extremely severe pancytopenia was seen in September 2013. She was recovered by a series of treatments. Regular monitoring of blood counts is highly recommended to reduce the possible serious myelosuppression induced by azathioprine.

Objective To develop a fast shimming method for permanent magnet MRI system. Methods Peak location method (PLM) was improved by calculating the eddy current effect, and the time deviation was replaced by their phase to increase the precision. Results Experiment showed that the new method took less than 45 s, which was 3 times faster than conventional method while providing the same homogeneity. The result of PLM satisfied the requirement of homogeneity. Conclusion This new method can significantly improve the homogeneity in a short time and satisfy further fast pulse sequence development on 0.5T permanent magnet MRI system, which can be generalized for any permanent magnet first order shimming.

Adult ; Aged ; Carcinoma, Renal Cell ; diagnosis ; surgery ; Disease-Free Survival ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Kidney Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; surgery ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nephrectomy ; methods ; Treatment Outcome

Objective To search for a way of treating chi1dren's idtopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS) hypoadrenocorticismand its significance. Meethods Thirty-nine patients (31 males and 8 females) with INS were randomly divided into twogroups: 21 patients in tera-peutic group (treated by prednisone, astragali and acanthopanax root) and 18patients in control group (Simply treated by prednisone). 1ml blood was respectively drawn from all thepatients at 8 o'clock (one time before treatment and one time after treatment), the serum cortisol wasdetermined by radioimmunoassay (RIA). Results In control group, the levels of serum cortisol still remained lower than the normal value aftertreatment and the levels after large dosages prednisone treatment were markedly lower than that beforetrea-tment. The values of serum cortisol returned to be normal after treatment in therapeutic group. Conclusion Astragali and acanthopanax root can restore the hypoadrenocorticism in children with INS.

Objective To study the relationship between chemical composition of urinary stones and metabolic disturbance. Methods 284 urinary stone patients who had undergone analysis of stone composition were evaluated;of them 191 patients had entire blood biochemistry results and 24-h urine analysis results.The relationship between stone composition and metabolic disturbance was analyzed using ?2 test. Results Calcium oxalate stones were found in 195 cases (68.7%),infection stones in 41 cases ( 14.4%),uric stones in 38 cases (13.4%),phosphate stones in 6 cases (2.1%) and cystine stones in 4 cases (1.4%).Metabolic disturbance was found in 176 (92.1%) of 191 patients with entire blood biochemistry results and 24-h urine analysis results.Among the 176 patients,hypercalciuria occurred in 27 cases (14.1%),hyperuricosuria in 54 cases (28.3%),hyperoxluria in 41 cases (21.5%),hyperphophauria in 55 cases (28.8%),hypocitraturia in 128 cases (67.0%),hypomagnesiuria in 80 cases (41.9%),24-h urine volume

OBJECTIVE:To explore the effect of different extraction methods on the content of berberine hydrochloride in Rhizoma Coptis.METHODS:Berberine hydrochloride in Rhizoma Coptis was extracted respectively by China Pharmacopoeia extraction method,reflux method,ultrasound wave method and refluxing&ultrasonic wave extracting method,and the content of which was determined by HPLC.RESULTS:There were significant differences in the extraction content of berberine hydr_ ochloride between the extraction method stated in China Pharmacopoeia and the other extraction methods(P

Objective To investigate the changes of activation and apoptosis of T-lymphocyte in peripheral blood of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD) at the attack and relieved stage and their clinical significance. Methods 64 cases of COPD were divided into 2 groups: the acute stage(n=34)and the relieved stage groups(n=30). The T-lymphocytes were marked by fluoromonoantibodies CD 3 +, CD 4 +, CD 25 + , CD 95 +, CD 3 +/CD 25 +, CD 8 +/CD 28 +,CD 8 +/CD 28 - and was counted by flow cytometry . Results Compared with the relieved stage, in patients with COPD at the acute attack period,the CD 3 +, CD 95 +, CD 3 +/ CD 25 +, CD 8 +/ CD 28 - were increased, CD 4 + ,CD 25 + had not obvious change, but CD 8 +/ CD 28 + was increased. Conclusions In COPD at the acute attack stage, the immune function was disordered as the result of the change of T subtype of lymphocytes and the reduction of total T lymphocyte.So except for treatment in accordance with their symptoms,immunodrug of cells should be used in order to raise the immune function of the patients.

Objective To establish the determination method for osthol in Compound Shechuang Tincture. Methods Hypersil ODS column was used and methanol-water (70∶30) was used as a mobile phase. The flow rate was at 1.0 mL/min and the detection wave-length was at 322 nm. Results Osthol had a good linear relationship between 0.018～0.126 ?g (r =0.999 9). The average recovery was 98.55% and RSD was 1.45%. Conclusion This method is simple, rapid and accurate. It can be applied to determining osthol in Compound Shechuang Tincture.

Influence of extraction process on the quality of Maxingshigan pills was studied. Guided by the amount of ephedrine in the extraction as determined by dual wavelength TL- C-scanning. Four different processes were compared. Result showed that Process C was the best among all.