1.Quality Control for Chanshukang Granule
Chinese Journal of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine 2006;0(06):-
Objective To study the quality control method for Chanshukang granule. Methods TLC and HPLC method were used to identify the Chinese herbal medicines. The determination was carried on HPLC, using Kromasil C18 column (200 mm?4.6 mm, 5 ?m), ethanol-2% glacial acetic acid (40∶60) as mobile phase and detected at the wavelength of 324 nm. Results The Chinese herbal medicines, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Placenta Hominis and Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata, in granules were identified by TLC. The calibration curve was linear in the range of 0.625~3.750 ?g for ferulic acid. The contents in three batches were 0.054%, 0.037%, 0.042% respectively. The average recovery was 96.2% and RSD=2.37%. Conclusion The TLC method can be used for the quality control of four herbal medicines in the granule. The HPLC method is simple, sensitive, accurate and provides a certain evidence for controlling the quality of Chanshukang Granule.
2.Determination of isopimaric acid in leaves of Platycladus orientalis and its preparations Cebai No.V Capsula and Isopimaric Acid Capsula by HPLC
Lifang CHENG ; Xiujun CUI ; Haiyong MA
Chinese Traditional and Herbal Drugs 1994;0(04):-
Objective To establish an HPLC method for the determination of isopimaric acid in the leaves of Platycladus orientalis and its preparations Cebai No.V Capsula and Isopimaric Acid Capsula to evaluate the quality of them. Methods HPLC Method was developed. Kromasil C18(200 mm?4.6 mm, 5 ?m) column was used and the mobile phase: methyl alcohol-water-acetic acid (60∶37∶3), float rate: 1 mL/min, temperature: 25 ℃, wavelength: 231 nm, injected volume: 10 ?L. Content of isopimaric acid in samples was calculated by external standard. Results The linearity relationship of isopimaric acid was good in the range of 1.25-10.00 ?g. The equation of standard curve: Y=66 214 X+2 487.9, r=1.000. The average recovery was 95.8%, RSD=2.7% (n=5). The determination results of isopimaric acid in three batches of P. orientalis were 3.09, 3.20, and 3.56 mg/g; three batches of Cebai No.V Capsula were 10.39, 9.67, and 10.99 mg/g; three batches of Isopimaric Acid Capsula were 553.89, 541.50, and 528.83 mg/g. Conclusion The method is reliable, simple, and precise, which could be used for the quality control of P. orientalis and its capsules.
3.Effects of heat waves and cold spells on the incidence of hemorrhagic stroke
Qidi FANG ; Ying LIU ; Chuanlong CHENG ; Chuang HAN ; Shuxia YANG ; Feng CUI ; Xiujun LI
Journal of Preventive Medicine 2023;35(1):6-10
Objective:
To examine the impact of heat waves and cold spells on the incidence of hemorrhagic stroke, so as to provide insights into prevention of hemorrhagic stroke.
Methods:
Data pertaining to the incidence of hemorrhagic stroke in Zibo City from 2015 to 2019 were collected from Shandong Provincial Management Information System for Chronic Diseases and Cause of Death Surveillance, and the meteorological data during the period from 2015 to 2019 were captured from National Meteorological Information Center of China. The air quality index (AQI) was collected from the National Daily Report of Urban Air Quality in China. Heat wave was defined as the highest daily temperature that was no less than the 90th percentile (P90), P92.5, P95 and P97.5 of the highest daily temperature in the warm season for at least 2, 3 or 4 days, and cold spell was defined as the lowest daily temperature that was no more than the P10, P7.5, P5 and P2.5 of the lowest daily temperature in the cold season for at least 2, 3 or 4 days. The effect of heat waves and cold spells on the incidence of hemorrhagic stroke was evaluated using a generalized additive model and described with relative risk (RR) and its 95%CI.
Results:
A total of 8 844 case with first-onset hemorrhagic stroke were recorded in Zibo City from 2015 to 2019. The lowest daily temperature that was no more than P10, P7.5 or P5 of the lowest daily temperature in the cold season for at least two days, or that was no more than P10 or P7.5 of the lowest daily temperature for at least 3 days resulted a remarkably increased risk of hemorrhagic stroke (lowest RR=1.187, 95%CI: 1.031-1.366; highest RR=1.242, 95%CI: 1.042-1.480), and after adjusting the effect of daily mean temperature, the lowest daily temperature that was no more than P10 or P7.5 of the lowest daily temperature in the cold season for at least two days, or that was no more than P10 of the lowest daily temperature for at least 3 days resulted a remarkably increased risk of hemorrhagic stroke (lowest RR=1.236, 95%CI: 1.009-1.513; highest RR=1.274, 95%CI: 1.023-1.585). However, there was no significant association between heat waves and the risk of hemorrhagic stroke.
Conclusion
Cold spells may increase the risk of hemorrhagic stroke, while no significant association is examined between heat waves and the risk of hemorrhagic stroke.
4.Construction of targeted umbilical cord derived mesenchymal stem cells and their distribution in the mouse spleen
Liwei QIN ; Ningkun ZHAMG ; Ping LU ; Xiujun PENG ; Guiqin WANG ; Yuan GAO ; Liqun CAO ; Bei CUI ; Jianwei GUO
Chinese Journal of Comparative Medicine 2015;(6):32-35,83
Objective To construct lentiviral vectors containing peptide P1-GFP fusion genes.Umbilical cord derived mesenchymal stem cells were infected with lentivirus carrying peptide P1 and GFP fusion genes.To inject the targeted umbilical cord derived mesenchymal stem cells into mice and to detect GFP expression in the spleen.Methods Umbilical cord derived mesenchymal stem cells were cultured with adhered tissues of umbilical cord smaller than 1 mm3 . Lentiviral vector containing P1-GFP fusion genes with engineering technology was constructed and infected the umbilical cord derive mesenchymal stem cells.Targeted umbilical cord derived mesenchymal stem cells were intravenously injected in the mouse tail vein and after 18 hours GFP expression was detected with immunohistochamical staining of the spleen tissues.Results Harvested umbilical cord derived mesenchymal stem cells grew well in culture medium. Green fluorescence on umbilical cord derived mesenchymal stem cells were observed under fluorescence microscope at 18 hours after infected with lentivirus.Green fluorescence intensity of umbilical cord derived mesenchymal stem cells was increasing over time and reached a peak at 72 hours.Umbilical cord derived mesenchymal stem cells highly expressed CD105 (90.0%)/CD44 (98%) and CD73 (85.0%)/CD90 (98.5%) molecules.GFP expression was detected in the spleen after intravenous injection of targeted umbilical cord derived mesenchymal stem cells in the mice 18 hours later.GFP expressing cells intimately contacted with lymphocytes.Conclusions Targeted umbilical cord derived mesenchymal stem cells contain P1-GFP fusion genes are constructed.Targeted umbilical cord derived mesenchymal stem cells can be targeted to mouse spleen and intimately contact with lymphocytes after intravenous injection.Our results lay the groundwork for further studies.
5.Effect of temperature changes between neighboring days on mortality risk of respiratory diseases
LI Shufen ; NI Zhisong ; CHENG Chuanlong ; ZUO Hui ; LIANG Kemeng ; SONG Sihao ; XI Rui ; YANG Shuxia ; CUI Feng ; LI Xiujun
Journal of Preventive Medicine 2024;36(10):842-846,850
Objective:
To investigate the impact of temperature changes between neighboring days (TCN) on the mortality risk of respiratory diseases, so as to provide the evidence for the study of deaths from respiratory diseases caused by climate change.
Methods:
The monitoring data of deaths from respiratory diseases in Zibo City from 2015 to 2019 were collected from Shandong Provincial Management Information System for Chronic Diseases and Cause of Death Surveillance. The meteorological and air pollutant data of the same period were collected from China Meteorological Data Website and ChinaHighAirPollutants dataset. The effect of TCN on the risk of deaths from respiratory diseases was examined using a generalized additive model combined with a distributed lag non-linear model, and subgroup analyses for gender and age were conducted. The disease burden attributed to TCN at different intervals was assessed by calculating attributable fraction.
Results:
Totally 11 767 deaths from respiratory diseases were reported in Zibo City from 2015 to 2019, including 6 648 males (56.50%) and 5 119 females (43.50%). There were 1 307 deaths aged <65 years (11.11%), and 10 460 deaths aged 65 years and older (88.89%). A monotonically increasing exposure-response relationship was observed between TCN and deaths from respiratory diseases in the general population, females, and the population aged 65 years and older. The 95th percentile of TCN (P95, 3.84 ℃) reached the peak at a cumulative lagged of day 11 (RR=2.063, 95%CI: 1.261-3.376). The results of subgroup analyses showed greater impacts on females and the population aged 65 years and older, with cumulative lagged effects peaking at day 12 (RR=3.119, 95%CI: 1.476-6.589) and day 11 (RR=2.107, 95%CI: 1.260-3.523). The results of attributional risk analysis showed that next-day warming might increase the attributable risk of deaths from respiratory diseases, and next-day cooling might decrease the attributable risk.
Conclusion
Next-day warming may increase the mortality risk of respiratory diseases, and has greater impacts on females and the population aged 65 years and older.
6.Portable and automated analyzer for rapid and high precision in vitro dissolution of drugs
Chi ZHONGMEI ; Zhao SIQI ; Cui XIUJUN ; Feng YUNXIANG ; Yang LI
Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis 2021;11(4):490-498
We developed a novel portable and automated dissolution test analyzer for rapid and high precision in vitro dissolution testing of drugs.The analyzer consists of a flow-through-cell drug dissolution system,an automated sequential sampling system,a high-speed capillary electrophoresis (HSCE) system,and a data acquisition system.Combining the high-temporal resolution flow-gating sampling approach with HSCE,which has outstanding advantages of efficient separation and resolution,the analyzer can achieve rapid analysis and exhibits the ability in miniaturization for on-site assessment of different active pharmaceutical ingredients.To integrate the flow-through-cell dissolution system with HSCE,a specially designed flow-gating-injection (FGI) interface was employed.The performance of the analyzer was investigated by analyzing the dissolution of immediate-release drugs including single dose (amoxicillin dispersible tablets) and fixed dose combination (amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium) drug tablets with the high-temporal resolutions of 12 s and 20 s,respectively.The dissolution profiles of different active pharmaceutical ingredients could be simultaneously and automatically monitored with high repeatability and accuracy.The analyzer was successfully utilized for the pharmaceutical quality control and bio-relevant dissolution testing,as well as in vivo-in vitro correlation analysis.Our portable analyzer is miniaturized,convenient and of low-cost,and will provide a valuable tool for dissolution testing in pharmaceutical research and development.