Objective:To establish a method for the determination of tanshinoneⅡA and salvianolic acid B in Zhiyou capsules by HPLC. Methods:The chromatographic column was Waters Atlantis@T3(150 mm × 4. 6 mm,3 μm)using acetonitrile and aqueous ammonium acetate solution(adjusting pH to 2. 4 with formic acid)as the mobile phase with gradient elution,the flow rate was 1. 0 ml ·min-1 and the detection wavelength was 260 nm. Results:The contents of salvianolic acid B and tanshinoneⅡA showed good linear relationship within the range of 1. 20-60. 00μg·ml-1(r=0. 999 7)and 0. 40-20. 00 μg·ml-1(r=0. 999 8),respectively. The av-erage recovery was 101. 53%(RSD=1. 14%)and 95. 17%(RSD=4. 33%),respectively. Conclusion:The method is efficient,con-venient and accurate,which can be used in the quality control of Zhiyou capsules.

Objective To confirm that rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) transfected with nerve growth factor (NGF) gene in the bladder tissue of diabetic rats bladder tissues can survive and stably express NGF. Methods A diabetic rat model was constructed. The BrdU-labelled MSC transfected with NGF gene were transplanted into the diabetic rats bladder tissues. BrdUlabelled immunohistochemistry was used to observe the growth of MSC transfected with NGF gene in the diabetic rats bladder tissues. The expression of NGF mRNA and protein were checked by RT-PCR and ELISA. Results A diabetic rat model was successfully built by a single intraperitoneal injectionof STZ. The blood glucose was still high after 8 weeks. NGF gene modified MSC could be detected in the bladder of diabetic rats by BrdU-labelled immunohistochemistry. The concentration of NGF in the control group, disease group and treatment group were ( 114 ± 3), ( 70 ± 2), ( 110 ± 2) pg/ml by ELISA and mRNA quantity by RT-PCR were 0. 183±0. 004, 0. 032±0. 139, 0. 130±0. 165, respectively. Compared with the control group, the expression of NGF gene was decreased (P＜0. 05) in the incidence group. The expression of NGF gene was increased (P＜0. 05) in the treatment group compared with the disease group. Conclusions The NGF gene-modified MSC could survive in diabetic rats bladder tissues. The NGF gene in MSC could stably express in diabetic rats bladder tissues.

Objective To study the dynamic change of polysaccharides from Bupleurum marginatum in Northwest of Hubei province,and to explore the optimal harvest period for Bupleurum marginatum. Methods The contents of soluble and crude Bupleurum polysaccharides were determined by anthrone-sulphuric acid colorimetric method and detected at 620 nm,and total polysaccharide content was calculated. Results The content of polysaccharides at various collecting periods was very different from 9. 642% to 15. 479%,and reached the highest level in November when the seed comes to mature. ConclusionThe optimal harvest period for Bupleurum marginatum in Northwest of Hubei is at the end of November.

Objective To compare anti-inflammatory and hepatoprotective effects of Bupleurum marginatum Wall. ex DC. and Bupleurum chinense DC. Methods The anti-inflammatory effect of two kinds of radix bupleuri decoction were compared using the xylene-induced ear edema mice model and the egg white-induced foot swelling rats model. Acute liver injury in mice was induced through intraperitoneal injection of peanut oil with 0. 1%carbon tetrachloride. Alanine aminotransferase ( ALT ) , aspartate aminotransferase ( AST ) , and alkaline phosphatase ( ALP ) in serum, superoxide dismutase ( SOD ) , malondialdehyde ( MDA ) , and glutathione ( GSH ) in liver tissue homogenate were detected. Histopathological changes, transforming growth factor-β ( TGF-β) and nuclear factor-κB ( NF-κB) in hepatic tissues were also observed. Results Ear swelling experiment showed that the decoction of both Bupleurum marginatum Wall. ex DC. and Bupleurum chinense DC. had equal anti-inflammatory effects (P>0. 05). Similarly,the decoction of Bupleurum marginatum Wall. ex DC. and Bupleurum chinense DC. improved levels of ALT,AST,SOD,GSH,and MDA to the same extent compared with the model control group ( P<0. 05 or P<0. 01 ). There was no significant difference among all groups in ALP levels ( P > 0. 05 ). Histopathological and immunohistochemical experiments showed that expressions of TGF-β and NF- κB were similar between the two kinds of radix bupleuri. Conclusion Bupleurum marginatum Wall. ex DC. and Bupleurum chinense DC. have similar anti-inflammatory and hepatoprotective effects.