OBJECTIVE:To investigate outpatients' cognition(including knowledge,attitude and behavior)on adverse drug reactions(ADR),and to analyze the influential factors of ADR cognition.METHODS:An on-the-spot questionnaire survey was conducted in which a total of 488 outpatients sampled from our hospital from May to December in 2007 were investigated and the data analyzed statistically.RESULTS:The correct rate was 36.6% for the questions related to cognition on ADR.70.5% of the patients investigated had a poor cognition on ADR.The factors influencing patients' cognition on ADR included educational background,ADR experience,pharmacists' guidance on medication,source of medicine knowledge,occupation,doctors' guidance on medication,community ADR lecture,and gender.CONCLUSION:The outpatients have a poor cognition on ADR.Both doctors and pharmacists should offer guidance on medication and give lecture in community to inform patients the knowledge about rational administration and ADR.

There is a long history of Toad venom in the treatment of cancer in China.Bufalin,extracted from Toad venom,is one of the biologically active compounds of anticancer.We elaborate the molecular mechanism of bufalin on anticancer activity from several aspects such as inducing cell apoptosis and differentiation,inhibitting cell proliferation and angiogenesis,enhancing the sensitivity of chemotherapeutics,which can provide the basis for in-depth study of Toad venom and its development and clinical medication.

Objective To compare the manipulation of two different methods of percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT),the guidewire dilating forceps (Portex method) and the modified onestep dilation technique (Ciaglia Blue Rhino method,CBR method).Methods From March 2013 to February 2014,48 patients eligible to meet the criteria of tracheostomy in ICU were collected and were divided into two groups at random.The length of time consumed for operation,amount of blood lost during operation and the operation complications were compared between two groups.The participant surgeons were asked which method they preferred,Portex or CBR.Results Of them,the mean age was 76.7 ± 11.6 years old,and 25 patients (52.1％) were male.The reasons for tracheotomy were the length of time needed for mechanical ventilation support expected to be longer than 2 weeks (n =30),severe disturbance of consciousness (n =17),and upper airway obstruction (n =1).The patients enrolled in the study were randomly divided into Portex and CBR groups.There were no significant differences in age,gender,APACHE Ⅱ score,the reason of tracheotomy,the length of time for mechanical ventilation support before tracheotomy,and the preoperative coagulation function between two groups.CBR method can easily be done with less operation time required than Portex [(5.9 ±4.3) min vs.(9.9 ± 1.5) min,P ＜0.01],and had obviously fewer operation complications and less amount of blood lost than Portex method (P ＜ 0.05).The male surgeons with a slew of surgical practice were in preference to Portex,whereas female doctors with less work experience and without surgical practice preferred CBR.Conclusions The CBR method can easier be done and was better than the Portex method in minimizing operative trauma and reducing the complications,especially it can easily be accepted by female doctors with less work experience and without surgical practice and it is worth using widely in clinic.

Since the laparoscopic thyroidectomy carried out in China for ten years,this technique has become more and more mature,indications gradually broadened,and playing a vital role in the field of thyroid surgery.This article will explain this technique in the aspects of approaches,the establishment and maintenance of the surgical space,indications,antiindications and complications.

To express feruloyl esterase A from Aspergillus oryzae in Pichia pastoris expression system and study its hydrolysis function, explore the conditions and effects of purification for ferulic acid extracts by macroporos resin. Using the total RNA from A. oryzae CICC 40186 as the template, we amplified coding sequence AorfaeA encoding a mature feruloyl esterase A (AorFaeA) by RT-PCR technique. Then, the coding sequence AorfaeA was successfully expressed in Pichia pastoris GS115 mediated by an expression plasmid pPIC9K. The purified recombinant AorFaeA (reAorFaeA) showed one single band on SDS-PAGE with an apparent molecular weight of 39.0 kDa. The maximum activity of reAorFaeA to methyl ferulate, measured by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), was 58.35 U/mg. Then, reAorFaeA was used to release ferulic acid from de-starched wheat bran in the presence of xylanase. The purification tests for ferulic acid from the enzymatic hydrolysate were carried out with preselected macroporous resins. The results showed that macroporous resin HPD-300 had much higher adsorption and desorption capacities. Ferulic acid could be quantitatively recovered by 50% of the eluent concentration at a flow speed of 1 mL/min. Under the purification condition, the recovery ratio of ferulic acid was 92%, and the content of ferulic acid was increased from 0.13% in the raw material to 10.55%. This work exploits the breakdown of ferulic acid by recombinant enzymeand provids a good strategy to its "green production".
Aspergillus oryzae ; enzymology ; Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases ; biosynthesis ; genetics ; Cloning, Molecular ; Coumaric Acids ; chemistry ; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel ; Hydrolysis ; Molecular Weight ; Pichia ; genetics ; metabolism

Objective:To evaluate the difference of vestibular compensation between triple semicircular canal occlusion(TCO) and labyrinthectomy(LE)in guinea pigs.Material and Methods:TCO was performed on 8 guinea pigs,while LE was did on 7 guinea pigs.Behavior and ENG were recorded in detail preoperatively and repeatedly up to one month postoperatively according to the experiment design.Results:There was spontaneous nystagmus towards the nonoperated side on the first postoperative day and nystagmus absence during sinusoidal angular acceleration stimuli on the operated side was observed in all the animals.All the animals displayed head tilt towards the operated side (right)and an unsteady gait towards the right along the vertical axis after surgery,while the animals performed LE rolled towards the operated side.On the 3rd postoperative day,faint nystagmus appeared on the operated side,but the left and right nystagmus was significantly asymmetrical.The left and right nystagmus still remained asymmetrical on the 5th and 10th day postoperatively.From the 15th postoperative day,left and right nystagmus returned symmetrical in the animals performed TCO,while left and right nystagmus returned symmetrical only at the pendular amplitude of 120°,150°,180°,in the animals performed LE up to 30th postoperative day.There was a significant reduction of nystagmus to the operated side at the Pendular amplitude of 60°and 90° one month after the LE and there was 3 animals still displayed head tilt towards the operated side.Conclusion: the animals compensated faster and more completely after TCO than LE.

Aim To study the effect of bioactive compounds from paecilomyces tenuipes(BCPT) on AVP content of hypothalamus,pituitary and expression of AVP mRNA of hypothalamus and behaviour in chronic unpredictable stress model of depression in rats.Methods The depression animal model was induced by chronic unpredictable stress.The behaviour of rats was tested in the open field.The effect of BCPT on AVP content in hypothalamus and pituitary was tested by radioimmunoassay.RT-PCR was used to test the expression of AVP mRNA in hypothalamus.Results BCPT could decrease the expression of AVP mRNA of hypothalamus and decrease AVP content of hypothalamus and pituitary in chronic stressed rats obviously.BCPT could increase ambulation and rearing score of chronic stressed rats in the open-field test.Conclusion BCPT exhibited an antidepressant-like effect may in part be associated with the decreasing AVP content of hypothalamus and pituitary,and the expression of AVPmRNA of hypothalamus in chronic unpredictable stress model of depression in rats

Aim To study the effect of bioactive compounds from paecilomyces tenuipes(BCPT) on antioxidization and lymphocyte proliferation in chronic unpredictable mild stress(CUMS) model of depression in rats.Methods Depression animal model was reproducted in CUMS,UV spectrophotometer analysis technique was used to detect the activity of SOD、GSH-PX and CAT,and content of MDA and NO in rat serum;lymphocyte proliferation was tested with MTT method.Results BCPT could obviously enhance the activities of SOD、GSH-PX and CAT,and also significantly inhibit the increase of MDA and NO content in serum in CUMS rats;BCPT decreased the serum from depressive rat inhibited ConA-induced lymphocyte proliferation.Conclusion BCPT produces an antidespressant-like effect in antioxidation and cellular immunological function in CUMS rats.

Aim To study the mechanisms of protective effects of extract of astragalus against focal cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats. Methods Focal cerebral ischemia was induced by intraluminal thread occlusion of middle cerebral artery. Immunohistochemistry was used to determine expression of TNF-?,IL-1? was measured by radioimmunity, and the apoptosis was observed by TUNEL. Results EA(20、40、80 mg?kg -1,ig)could decrease the expression of TNF-? and the level of IL-1? and reduce cell apoptosis. Conclusion EA has inhibitory action on the increase in the expression of TNF-?,the level of IL-1? and the apoptosis of neurons induced by focal cerebral ischemia/reperfusion.

AIM: To study the acute toxicity of bioactive compounds from paecilomyces tenuipes (BCPT) and the effect of BCPT on lipid peroxidation of brain in chronic stress model (CMS) of depression in rats. METHODS: The depression animal model was induced by chronic unforeseeable stress (CUS). The maximally tolerated dose (MTD) was used to detect the acute toxicity of BCPT. UV spectrophotometer analysis technique was used to detect the activity of SOD, GSH-PX and CAT, and content of MDA and NO in rat's brain. RESULTS: The MTD of BCPT was 9 g?kg -1 . BCPT could obviously enhance the activities of SOD, GSH-PX and CAT, and also significantly inhibit the increase of MDA and NO content in brain in CMS rats. CONCLUSION: BCPT has little toxicity and produces an antidespressant-like effect in antioxidation in CMS rats.