1.Analyses of Phenolic Compounds of Water Extract from Propolis by Reversed Phase High Performance Liquid Chromatography
Bin CHEN ; Liping LUO ; Yan LI ; Yuanjun XU ; Yuxin FU ; Yinyu GAO
Chinese Journal of Analytical Chemistry 2009;37(12):1786-1790
A reversed phase high-performance liquid chromatography method for the simultaneous analysis of 23 kinds of phenolic components in water extract of porpolis (WEP) was developed. The separation was performed on ZORBAX Eclipse XDB C_(18) column (150 mm×4.6 mm, 5 μm) by gradient elution. The mobile phase consisted of ethanol with 0.1% formic acid at the flow rate of 1.0 mL/min. The detection wavelengths were 256 and 280 nm. The injection volume was 20 μL, and the column temperature was maintained at 35 ℃. The method showed good linear relationship, precision and repeatability. The recoveries were between 93.3% and 106.6%. Eighteen Reference compounds were detected in WEP of Hehei by this method. The content of Catechin was the highest(30.50 mg/g), the next was 3,4-dimethoxycinnamic acid (15.41 mg/g). Nine Reference compounds were detected in WEP of Yunnan. The content of catechin was also the highest (11.23 mg/g), the next was chrysin (15.41 mg/g). Similarity of WEPs between the products of Hebei and Yunnan were 0.099 (256 nm) and 0.194 (280 nm). The chemical compositions of two WEPs were remarkably different.
2.Nucleic acid drug delivery strategies without the lysosomal pathway
Meng OU ; Yinyu YAN ; Yu MA ; Jin HONG ; Ya DING
Journal of China Pharmaceutical University 2023;54(1):34-48
By regulating gene expression, nucleic acid drugs functioning in the cytoplasm or nucleus are of great significance in the treatment of acquired or inherited diseases and vaccine development.A variety of nucleic acid delivery vectors currently developed are suffering from low transfection efficiency due to endosome/lysosome entrapment.This paper introduces and summarizes the nucleic acid delivery strategies that bypass the endosomal/lysosomal pathway, including membrane translocation, membrane fusion, receptor/transporter-mediated non-endocytic uptake and caveolae-mediated endocytosis, and discusses the problems and challenges facing such strategies, aiming to facilitate the development of intracellular delivery of nucleic acid drugs bypassing lysosomal pathway.