1.The effects of lemon essential oil,limonene and tea polyphenols on cell surface hydrophobicity and adher-ence of Streptococcus mutans
Chen ZHANG ; Yali LIU ; Sijia CHEN ; Xiangyu ZHANG
Journal of Practical Stomatology 2016;32(4):471-474
Objective:To explore the effects of the natural plant ingredients lemon essential oil(LEO),limonene(LIM)and tea poly-phenols(TP)on the cell surface hydrophobicity and adherence of Streptococcus mutans(S.mutans).Methods:S.mutans were treated by sub-minimal inhibitory concentration(MIC)levels of LEO,LIMand TP respectively.Adsorption to hexadecane was used to measure the hydrophobic interaction of S.mutans.A classical 96-cell microtitre plate production assay using crystal violet staining was employed to visualize the adherence of S.mutans to hard tissue surface.Results:LEO,LIMand TP at sub-MIC levels could inhibit the cell sur-face hydrophobicity and adherence of S.mutans in a dose-dependent manner(P <0.05).At 1 /2 MIC and 1 /20 MIC,the inhibitary effect of LEO was stronger than that of LIMand TP(P <0.05).Conclusion:LEO may possess anticariogenic potential.
2.Effect of early monitoring of oxygen uptake rate in patients resuscitated from cardiogenic cardiac arrest
Ping GONG ; Shasha LIU ; Jinggui SHEN ; Sijia ZHOU ; Jian KANG
Chinese Journal of Emergency Medicine 2015;24(8):857-861
Objective To investigate the correlation of oxygen extraction rate (ERO2) with blood lactate clearance rate and cardiac output (CO) in the early stage of post-restoration of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) in patients resuscitated from cardiogenic cardiac arrest,and to analyze the relationship between the ERO2 and prognosis.Methods Fourteen patients successfully resuscitated from in-hospital cardiogenic cardiac arrest in the emergency ICU from October 2012 to January 2014 were retrospectively analyzed.These patients were assigned to survival group (n =5) or death group (n =9) as per the outcome at 72 h after ROSC.At admission (0 h),3,6 and 12 h after ROSC,arterial blood and venous blood were drawn to detect ERO2 and lactate clearance rate.Cardiac output (CO) was measured by thoracic impedance method,APACHE Ⅱ scores were assessed,and survival time was recorded.Results The patients in the death group died during the period of 12-72 hours after ROSC.The significantly decreased ERO2 at 6 h and 12 h after ROSC,and decreased blood lactate clearance rate and decreased CO at 3 h,6 h and 12 h after ROSC were found in the death group compared with the survival group (all P < 0.05).The ERO2 at 6 h and 12 h after ROSC was significantly positively related to blood lactate clearance rate (r =0.857,r =0.947,both P < 0.05) and CO (r =0.968,r =0.936,both P < 0.05) at 3 h,6 h and 12 h after ROSC.The ERO2 at 6 h and 12 h after ROSC was significantly negatively related to APPACHE Ⅱ score (r =-0.970,r =-0.973,both P < 0.05);APPACHE Ⅱ scores were significantly negatively correlated with blood lactate clearancerates (r=-0.880,r=-0.899,r=-0.850,all P<0.05) and CO (r=-0.876,r=-0.922,r=-0.916,all P<0.05) at 3 h,6 h and 12 h after ROSC.Conclusions The ERO2 at 6h after ROSC may be used to assess the severity and prognosis of patients resuscitated from cardiogenic cardiac arrest.
3.Antioxidant activity of lemon essential oil
Sijia CHEN ; Yali LIU ; Chen ZHANG ; Xiangyu ZHANG
Journal of Practical Stomatology 2015;(3):343-346
Objective:To explore the antioxidant activity of natural plant ingredients lemon essential oil(LEO),limonene(LIM) and tea polyphenol(TP).Methods:The UV-Vis spectrometry was used to determine the 3 agents on the scavenging activity of 1 ,1 diphenyl-2-trinitrobenzene hydrazine free radicals(DPPH·)and hydroxyl free radical (·OH).Results:LEO,LIM and TP showed scavenging effect on the 2 kinds of free radicals.The (DPPH·)scavenging effect:LEO(IC50 =0.01 4)>TP(IC50 =0.01 4)>LIM (IC50 =0.002);the (·OH)scavenging effect:TP(IC50 =0.079)>LEO(IC50 =0.01 3)>LIM(IC50 =0.004).In a certain con-centration range,scavenging effect was increased with the concentration increase.Conclusion:As a nontoxic natural extract,lemon essential oil has strong antioxidant activity.
4.Ethical Reflection on the Prevention and Treatment of Major Infectious Diseases
Chinese Medical Ethics 2022;35(10):1104-1108
The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has made numerous people realize the danger of major infectious diseases, as well as the scarcity and finiteness of medical resources as strategic resources. Traditionally, medical resources are allocated based on the principles of "benefit maximization", "first come, first served", "fairness" and "transparent and reasonable decision-making". Nevertheless, the COVID-19 pandemic broke this rule, and made it difficult to choose in the condition of overwhelmed medical resources. By exploring the allocation criteria of scarce medical resources and the triage, this paper explains the formation reasons of futile treatment, analyzes the countermeasures and basic principles for hospitals at the peak of pandemic, proposes the triage treatment and collective decision-making, so as to improve the efficiency of treatment.
5.Fabrication and Application of a Molecularly Imprinted Sensor for Morin Detection
Rong LIU ; Liping LONG ; Cunxi LEI ; Zhaoyang WU ; Yu LIU ; Sijia LI
Chinese Journal of Analytical Chemistry 2016;(3):385-390
Based on the intermolecular interaction, a molecularly imprinted polymer electrochemical sensor with specific identification of cavity on gold electrode surface was proposed with o-aminophenol as functional monomers and morin as template molecule. The performance and effect of MIP were investigated by cyclic voltammetry ( CV) and differential pulse voltammetry ( DPV) . Factors affecting the properties of sensor, such as polymeric membrane ratio, scanning cycles, elution time and adsorption time were investigated. Substances which had a similar structure to morin was used to compared the selective response. The result showed that the sensor had a good selectivity to morin. Under the optimized experiment conditions, the current response of the imprinted sensor was linear to the concentration of morin in the range of 0 . 05-1 . 7 μmol/L with linear equation as follows: I(μA)= 1. 0800lgc(mol/L)+ 9. 3599(R=0. 9934), and the detection limit of 0. 1 μmol/L. The sensor was used to determine the content of morin in black tea samples, and the recoveries of standard addition were between 104 . 0% and 108 . 0%.
6.A randomized study of de novo combination therapy lamivudine plus adefovir in HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B patients with genotype B/C
Huaie LIU ; Jing YOU ; Hongying CHEN ; Jinghua FAN ; Hua LIU ; Ruyi ZHANG ; Shaofeng RAO ; Sijia MA
The Journal of Practical Medicine 2015;(7):1065-1068
Objective To observe the efficacy of de novo combination therapy lamivudine plus adefovir , lamivudine monotherapy and entecavir monotherapy in HBeAg-positive CHB patients with genotype B/C. Methods A total of 182 treatment-naive CHB patients in line with treatment standards of Chinese CHB prevention and treatment guidelines were randomly assigned to three groups and treated with lamivudine plus adefovir or lamivudine monotherapy or entecavir monotherapy for 48 weeks. Results Patients in three groups presented no difference in baseline levels. After treatment by three therapies , the group of lamivudine plus adefovir showed a higher biochemical response rates (12 week P < 0.01, 24 week P < 0.01, 48 week P < 0.01), HBeAg-serological rates(12 week P < 0.01, 24 week P < 0.05, 48 week P < 0.05) and completely virological response rates (12 week P < 0.05, 24 week P < 0.05, 48 week P < 0.05) than lamivudine group. In terms of biochemical response rates , the group of lamivudine plus adefovir had certain advantages when compared with entecavir group. Conclusion De novo combination therapy lamivudine plus adefovir is a good antiviral strategy for chronic hepatitis B patients with B/C genotype viral infection in China.
7.The influence of circadian rhythm, gender and strain on tail suspension test using Kunming, BALB/C and C57BL/6 mice
Hui ZHANG ; Sijia SONG ; Jianguo SHI ; Feihu LIU ; Junfeng WANG ; Fei LIU ; Bo XING ; Yonghui DANG
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2011;20(10):890-892
Objective To investigate the influence of circadian rhythm,gender and stain on the tail suspension test in mice.Methods The immobility time of male and female Kunming,BALB/C and C57BL/6 mice in daytime or night were analyzed.Results ① The immobility time of Kunming mice during the day ( ( 114.24 ±11.18)s) was significantly more than that at night ( (65.39 ± 19.17)s).② The immobility time of male BALB/C mice( (68.57 ± 11.27 ) s) was significantly less than that of female BALB/C mice( ( 113.33 ± 3.87 ) s).③ The immobility time of C57BL/6 mice was significant more than that of Kunming and BALB/C mice under the same condition.Conclusions Circadian rhythm,gender and strain could significantly affect the immobility time of mice in tail suspension test.To increase the sensitivity and reliability of the tail suspension test,male Kunming and female BALB/C mice should be tested during the daytime.Compared to Kunming and BALB/C mice,the results of C57BL/6 mice were more stable.
8.Research on Telemedicine and Its Legal Regulation
Chinese Medical Ethics 2017;30(11):1317-1321
At present,domestic and foreign have not yet formed a unified understanding of telemedicine.The distribution of medical resources in our country is not balanced,the grassroots or remote areas are lack of medical resources,especially high quality human resources,thus our country has the inner demand of developing on telemedicine.Due to the lagging of legislation and policy,telemedicine puts forward many legal and ethical challenges on the practicing qualification of physicians,the practicing registration of physicians,the protection of the rights of patients' informed consent and privacy,and so on.We should carefully distinguish the behavior of health counseling or diagnoses & treatment in telemedicine,in order to clarify the legal relationships among of the invitational medical institution,invitee medical institution,and patient,it will be the basis of bearing of legal liability.
9.Clinical significance of inflammatory biomarkers in distinguishing concurrent bacterial infection from idiopathic inflammatory myopathy
Yizhi XIAO ; Hui LUO ; Yaou ZHOU ; Sijia LIU ; Xiaoxia ZUO ; Yisha LI
Chinese Journal of Rheumatology 2017;21(4):258-262
Objective To understand the diagnostic values of procalcitonin (PCT),C-reactive protein (CRP),erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR),white blood cell (WBC) and neutmphilic granulocyte ratio (NE%) in distinguishing concurrent bacterial infection from idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (ⅡM).Methods Clinical data and laboratory examinations of 118 ⅡM patients were collected.The ⅡM patients were assigned to the bacterial infection group (n=66) or the non-infection group (n=52).The levels of PCT,CRP,ESR,WBC and NE% were compared by the Mann-Whitney U tests between the two groups and receiver operating characteristic curves were generated in order to evaluate the diagnostic value.Results The levels of PCT (0.06 ng/ml,0.03 ng/ml,U=2.637,P<0.01);CRP (15.80 mg/L,4.40 mg/L,U=5.944,P<0.01);ESR (43.50 mm/1 h,27.00 mm/1 h,U=2.266,P<0.05);WBC (9.85×109/L,7.70×109/L,U=2.675,P<0.01) and NE% (80.70%,75.75%,U=2.344,P<0.01) were significantly higher in the ⅡM patient group with concurrent infection than in the noninfection ⅡM patient group.CRP showed the highest diagnostic value with sensitivity,specificity,positive predictive value and negative predictive value of 72.7%,82.7%,84.2% and 70.5%,respectively.Conclusion The inflammatory biomarkers PCT,CRP,ESR,WBC and NE% offer diagnostic accuracy in detecting bacterial infection in ⅡM patients.Particularly,CRP is the most sensitive and specific biomarker indetecting bacterial infection in ⅡM patients.
10.Effects of Vinegar Fructus Schisandrae Sphenantherae on Lipid Metabolism in Rats with Type 2 Diabetes
Chong DENG ; Yi JIANG ; Huawei ZHANG ; Jiping LIU ; Sijia CHAI ; Jianping HOU
Chinese Journal of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine 2017;24(5):67-70
Objective To investigate the effects of Schisandrae Sphenantherae Fructus and processed with vinegar on lipid metabolism of rats with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Methods The rat model of T2DM was induced by high fat diet plus STZ. The rats were randomly divided into blank group, model group, Schisandrae Sphenantherae Fructus high-dose group and low-dose group, and vinegar Schisandrae Sphenantherae Fructus high-dose group and low- dose group. The rats in each group were fed with the corresponding medicine for gavage for 30 d. FINS, FFA, TC, TG, HDL-C, LDL-C, and MDH, total protein content of liver tissue were detected. HE staining was used to observe the histomorphological changes of liver and pancreas in rats. Results Compared with the model group, Schisandrae Sphenantherae Fructus groups and vinegar Schisandrae Sphenantherae Fructus groups did not show obvious effects on improving FBG and FINS, but it could raise varying degrees of HDL-C and MDH, and reduce FFA, LDL-C, TC, and TG, among which vinegar Schisandrae Sphenantherae Fructus could significantly regulate metabolism in T2DM rats. Conclusion Vinegar Schisandrae Sphenantherae Fructus can enhance the lipid metabolism regulatory function of T2DM rats.