Objective To explore the factors of medical anthropology related to malaria control among Wa Ethnic minority in Ximeng County, Yunnan Province. Methods The study was conducted by the combination of anthropology and epidemiology, qualitative and quantitative, statistical analysis and description. Results Wa people considered malaria as one of three major diseases in the community. In Wa Ethnical language, the word of malaria, “Saihui” (Sai-illness and pain, Hui-being attacked quickly), does not mean of fever. About one third of Wa people had not thought fever as one of malaria symptoms. Most of Wa people only knew vivax malaria, but not falciparum malaria. Only 32.7% of people could connect malaria with mosquitoes, and a few of them could confirm mosquitoes as the only malaria vector. The proportions of sound knowledge of malaria causes, prevention and treatment seeking assessed were lower than 25.0%. As a result of multivariate logistic regression, 3 kinds of malaria knowledge were closely correlated each other, and the connection between causal knowledge and prevention (adjusted OR: 36.610, 95%CI: 10.242-130.866, P

Drug pair is the basic unit of compatibility of formulas.Through selecting the prescriptions of treating diseases of the liver in "Treatise on Cold Pathogenic Diseases" and "Synopsis of Golden Chamber",we,according to therapeutic methods,classify the commonly used drug pairs in treatment of hepatic disease of ZHANG Zhong-jing into eight kinds:regulating the flow of liver-qi,promoting blood circulation by removing blood stasis,dispersing pathogenic wind and calming liver wind,removing jaundice,clearing away liver-heat,expelling liver-cold and warming the liver,nourishing the liver,and harmonizing liver-spleen.And we try to find the compatibility law.

Purpose　The aim is to study α-glucosidase inhibitor from Schisandra Chinensis(Turcz.)Baill.Methods　The inhibitor was purified by soaking,ultrafiltration,ion-exchange chromatography and Lead Acetate deposition.Results　A α-glucosidase inhibitor was obtained.Conclusion　The inhibitor was a kind of non-competition inhibitor with large molecular weight of over 5×105D.

This paper deals with the analysis of the phospholipids and fatty acids in Hippocomnpus kelloggi Jordan et Synder, H. Histrix Kaup, II. trimaculalus Leach, II. kuda Bleeder, II. japonicus Kaup, Solenognathus hardwickii(Gray), Syngnathoides biacufcatus(Bloch) and Tracliyrliamphus serralus (Temminck &. Schlegel).The total phospholipids were extracted with Folch solvent and determined by molybdate blue spec-trophotometric method. The result showed that the contents of total phospholipids in these spccimins were 2. 56-7. 82mg/g.The nine kinds of phospholipid standards of absorbance proportional coefficient were detected in this paper. The phospholipid components were separated and determined by using thin - layer chro-matographic method and Vaskovsky solvent as a specific spray reagent. The quantitative analysis of the distribution of various phospholipids components in these specimen ts were carried out, by using TLC scanning and the corrective method of absorbance proportional coefficient. The resut showed that the Hippocampus contains about five phospholipids: lysophosphatidylcholine, sphingornyelin, phophatidylcholine, phosphatidylinositol, and phosphatidylethanolamine. The phosphatidylserine , phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidic acid were more in Syugnathus than in Hippocampus, But in all these specimens, the main phospholipid components were lysophos- phatidylcholine, sphingornyelin and phosphatidylcholine.Fourteen fatty acid compositions in these specimens were analysed by GC -MS -DS. The result showed that the main fatty acid were hexadecanoic acid, 9 - octadecenoic acid, 8,11- octadeca-dienoic acid and 1,7,10,13,16,19 - docosahexaenoic acid.

Objective The Application of Circular Mapping during Circumferential Pulmonary Vein Ablation (CPVA) for Atrial Fibrillation Guided by Ensite/NavX System. Methods To evaluate the effect of combined circular mapping on the success rate of CPVA. 61 consecutive cases (40 males and 21 females) were included in the study. 50 cases with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) and 11 cases with chronic atrial fibrillation (CAF) underwent CPVA guided by the Ensite/NavX system. A circular electrode catheter was used to map the pulmonary vein (PV) potentials. Pulmonary vein isolation was taken as the endpoint for ablation. Results All the 61 cases underwent the procedure successfully. LPVs were isolated in 34 cases and 35 cases underwent single RPVs isolation. Circumferential ablation of both LPVs and RPVs were carried out in 23 cases. Atrial fibrillation was terminated when delivering radiofrequency energy in 16 cases with PAF and 5 cases with CAF. The termination sites were located near the anterior or posterior roof of the superior PVs in 19 cases and at the mid-portion of the posterior wall from RSPV in 1 case. Atrial fibrillation was terminated when after comple to LPV ablation in 1 case. During the follow-up of 6?2 months, 42 PAF cases and 5 of 11 CAF cases were atrial fibrillation free. The total success rate was 77%. Complications: Pericardium effusion was found in 1 case and disappeared after pericardium puncture and drainage. 1 case developed hemothorax and was cured after thorax puncture and drainage. Conclusion The application of circular mapping during circumferential pulmonary vein ablation guided by Ensite/NavX System contributes to improve the success rate of atrial fibrillation ablation.

Objective To observe the therapeutic effect of the Zishen Huoxue Jiedu (ZSHXJD) method on patients with chronic renal failure (CRF). Methods 252 cases of CRF were treated by ZSHXJD method. TCM symptom, the serum level of Cr, BUN, ET, ANP, IL-8, ?2-mg, HGB and level of urine protein were detected. Results After the treatment, TCM symptom, the level of Cr, BUN, ET, ANP, IL-8, ?2-mg and urine protein were found markedly lower than that before the treatment (P

Objective To investigate the pharmacological actions related with therapeutic effect and indications of crude and processed semen cassiae,and to compare the differences between them.Methods Serum contents of ALT and AST were determined in acute liver injury mice induced by CCl4,the intestinal propulsion of Evans blue was measured in normal mice and in constipation mice,and stool properties,defecation latency and defecate amounts in constipation mice were also investigated.Results Both crude and processed semen cassiae showed obvious liver-protective effects,and decreased the contents of ALT and AST in serum,but processed semen cassiae was better than crude in protecting liver.Both of them increased the intestinal propulsion in normal and constipation mice,improved the stool properties,shortened the defecate latency and increased the defecate amounts in constipation mice.Conclusion Both crude and processed semen cassiae have the effects of protecting liver,lubricating bowel and promoting defecation.The processed is superior to the crude in liver protection and enzyme decrease,and they have similar effect in lubricating bowel and promoting defecation.

s:Objective To explore effect of the Tangshen Tongluo (TSTL) recipe on ET and ANP in patients with early diabetic nephropathy (DN). Methods 45 Cases of early DN patients were randomly divided into the TSTL recipe group (25 cases) and Lotensin group (20 cases). After the treatment of TSTL recipe and Lotensin, TCM symptom, the level of FBG, HbA1c, ET, ANP, TC, TG, HDL-C, LDL-C and urine micro albumen excretion rate (UAER) were detected. Results After the treatment of TSTL recipe and Lotensin, TCM symptom, the level of FBG, ET, ANP, TC, TG, LDL-C and UAER were found markedly lower in the TSTL recipe than that in the Lotensin group (P

Mitochondrial DNA mutations are one of the most important causes of sensorineural hearing loss. A1555G and C1494T mutations of mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene are the molecular basis for aminoglycoside hyper- sensitivity and can lead to aminoglycoside-induced hearing loss. Primary mutations in tRNA such as tRNA(Ser(UCN))7472insC are associated with syndromic hearing loss. While other mutations such as tRNA"(Se(UCN) )G7444A were considered synergy with the primary RNA mutations, modulating the phenotypic manifestation. This review de- scribes a detailed summary of hearing loss associated with mtDNA mutations and/or aminoglycoside antibiotics, and provides the possible molecular mechanisms in deafness expression.
Aminoglycosides ; adverse effects ; Anti-Bacterial Agents ; adverse effects ; DNA, Mitochondrial ; genetics ; Hearing Loss, Sensorineural ; chemically induced ; genetics ; Humans ; Mutation ; RNA, Ribosomal ; genetics

A method for the infrared spectrophotometric determination of total ph-ospholipids in seed of Juglans regia and acinus of Citrullus vulgaris was reported. The average recovery of total phospholipid in this test was 97.2%, the CV was 1.66%. The contents of total phospholipid in seed of Juglans regia and acinus of Citrullus vulgaris were 438.46-528.85mg% and 241.78 -247.47mg% respectively. The rapid quantitative analysis of the distribution of various phospholipid components in these two specimens was carried out by using thin layer chromatographic scanning and the corrective method of absorbance proportional coefficient. The results showed that the main phospholipid components in both specimens were PC and PE. The fatty acid composition of the total phospholipids of both specimens were analysed by GC-MS-DS (gas chromatography-mass spectrometry-data system).