Objective To study the antitumor effects of three different extracts from Pedicellus Melo on the proliferation of cancer cells in vitro, and discuss the possible mechanism. Methods Pedicellus Melo was extracted by water, 75%ethanol and 95%ethanol, respectively. The anti-cancer activities in vitro were detected by MTT assay on five tumor cell lines SGC-7901, NCI-H460, SMMC-7721, K562 and L929 cells. Flow cytometry was used to detect the cell cycle and apoptosis of different cell groups. Results After 72-hour treatment with water, 75%ethanol and 95%ethanol extracts, inhibitory effects were found in five tumor cell lines, which showed dose-dependent manner on the proliferation of the cells. The IC50 values were significantly lower in the two ethanol extracts than those of water extract (P<0.05) . And the IC50 values of 95%ethanol extract on SGC-7901, SMMC-7721, K562 and L929 cells were significantly lower than those of 75% ethanol extract (P <0.05). All the extracts were sensitive to SGC-7901 cells. Apoptotic rates of SGC-7901 cells treated with 95%ethanol extract of the concentrations of 0.4, 0.6 and 0.8 mg/L for 48 hours were (8.32 ± 0.55)%, (11.06 ± 1.15)%and (12.25±1.51)%. The cell cycle was arrested in S and G2/M phases. Conclusion Results demonstrate that 95%ethanol extract of Pedicellus Melo has significant inhibitory effect on SGC-7901 cells in vitro, which may be related to the induced apoptosis and the inhibition of cell division.

Objective Extracting high content of DHA, EPA from rude fish oil. Methods Extracting fish oil ethyl ester with silver nitrate-water method. Results With silver nitrate-water method extracting three kinds of products from rude fish oil were gained(1) The total content of EPA and DHA mixture was higher than 95%. (2) The content of DHA was higher than 95%. (3) The content of EPA was higher than DHA. Conclusion The researching technology may reduce the production cost of high content of EPA and DHA. The method researched can increase the stabilities of DHA, EPA, and decrease the side effects of the products.

Objective To investigate the optimal extraction process of Jiangtang Tongluo Granule. Methods The orthogonal design was used in the extraction, according to the yield rate and content of paeoniflorin, with the volume of water, extraction times and extraction time as factors. The content of paeoniflorin was detected by HPLC method to determine the best extraction technology. Results The optimal water extracting technology of Jiangtang Tongluo Granule was performed by 1 h extraction for 3 times, with 10-fold volume of water. Conclusion The process is stable, feasible and reasonable, and provides a foundation for the further production and quality control.

OBJECTIVE: To study the influence factors of the oxidation of DHA and EPA,and to find effective antioxidants.METHODS: The oxidation of DHA and EPA was optimized by orthogonal test with the quality of DHA and EPA as indicators and temperature,light and time as factors.The optimized antioxidants were selected by adding salidroside,BHA,BHT,vitamin E into samples.RESULTS: If there is lower temperature,weaker light and shorter storage,the oxidation of DHA and EPA will be more slowly.Effect of salidroside on the oxidation of DHA and EPA is the strongest.CONCLUSION: The oxidation of DHA and EPA can be reduced by lowering temperature,storing in dark place,reducing storage duration and adding salidroside.

This research was aimed to find the skin irritation and burns treatment effect of wound dressing with mi- crospheres containing levofloxacin. We used reference GB/T16886. 10-2005 to evaluate the dressing skin irritation. We prepared rabbit models divided into three groups. The control group was rapped with Vaseline gauze bandage, while the positive control group was rapped with the wounds of nano-silver paste bandage. The experimental sample group was rapped with wound dressing with microspheres containing levofloxacin. We measured the wound without healing area and the hydroxyproline content at the ends of 3 d, 6 d, 9 d, 14 d, 21 d, 28 d. and meanwhile performed histopathological examination. The experimental results showed that the dressing primary irritation index was 0. The nonhealing wound area of theexperimental sample group and positive control group at the ends of 6 d, 9 d, 14 d, 21 d were less than that of the control group (P<0. 05). The nonhealing wound area of the experimental sample group at the ends of 9 d and 14 d was significantly lower than that of the positive control group (P < 0.05). The hydroxyproline content of the experimental sample group at the ends of 6 d, 9 d and 14 d was significantly higher than that of the positive control group and blank control group (P<0. 05). The pathology observed of the experimental sample group at 21 d were the earliest appendages. The wound dressing with microspheres containing levofloxacin has minimal skin irritation, effectively promote wound healing of burn.
Animals ; Bandages ; Burns ; therapy ; Hydroxyproline ; chemistry ; Levofloxacin ; therapeutic use ; Microspheres ; Rabbits ; Silver ; Wound Healing

OBJECTIVE:To optimize the extraction technology of Compound Rhodiolae crenulatae granule. METHODS:The pharmacodynamic index of learning and memory ability was used to screen the water extraction,water extraction and alcohol pre-cipitation and alcohol extraction methods for Compound R. crenulatae granule in mice by Y-type water maze test. Using the compre-hensive scores of salidroside,ferulic acid extraction amount and extraction yield as indexes,orthogonal test was used to optimize the ethanol volume fraction,extraction time,solvent amount and extraction times,and verification test was conducted. RESULTS:Products by alcohol extraction can significantly improve learning and memory ability in the 3 methods;the optimal extraction tech-nology was confirmed to 8-fold 70% ethanol reflux extracting for 3 times,1.0 h each time. In verification test,average extraction amount of salidroside and ferulic acid were 4.884 mg/g and 1.669 mg/g,and average extraction yield was 33.52%(all RSD<2%, n=3). CONCLUSIONS:The optimized extraction technology is stable,reliable,simple and feasible,which can be used for indus-trial extraction of Compound R. crenulatae granule.

OBJECTIVE:To optimize the extraction technology of total flavonoids from Psidium guajava leaves and investigate the effects of total flavonoids from P guajava leaves on glucose tolerance in diabetic model mice.METHODS:Based on single factor test,using extraction time,solid-liquid ratio and the amount of ethanol as independent variables,comprehensive scores of the yield of hyperin,quercetin-3-O-β-D-arabinopyranoside,quercetin-3-O-α-L-furanarabino side ethyl acetate and extract as dependent variable,Box-Behnken design-response surface method was used to optimize the reflux extraction process of total flavonoids from P guajava leaves,and validation test was also conducted.Sixty mice were randomly divided into blank group,model group,metformin group (170 mg/kg),P.guajava leaves total flavonoids low-dose,medium-dose and high-dose groups (23.41,46.81,93.62 mg/kg,by the content of total flavonoids),with 10 mice in each group.Except for blank group,diabetic model was induced in those groups,and then model mice were given relevant medicine intragastrically once a day for consecutive 21 d,6 h after last medication given glucose 2.0 g/kg intragastrically.The levels of blood glucose were determined 0,0.5,1.0,2.0 h after intragastric administration of glucose,and the area under the curve (AUC) of blood glucose was calculated.RESULTS:The optimal technology of P guajava leaves total flavonoids was as follows as extracting twice,lasting for 1.0 h each time,solid-liquid ratio of 1 ∶ 17,ethanol volume fraction of 56％.In validation test,the contents of hyperin,quercetin-3-O-β-D-arabinopyranoside and quercetin-3-O-α-L-furanarabino side ethyl acetate were 2.57,3.38,2.26 mg/g(RSD＜2％,n=3);the yield of extract was 25.71％ (RSD=1.19％,n=3);average comprehensive score was 96.41 (RSD=l.34％,n=3);relative error was 3.57％ with the predicted value of 99.98.Compared with blank group,AUC of mice were increased significantly in each group;compared with model group,AUC of metformin group,P.guajava leaves total flavonoids medium-dose and high-dose groups were all decreased significantly,with statistical significance (P＜0.05 or P＜0.01).CONCLUSIONS:The optimal extraction technology is stable,feasible and controllable in quality.Total flavonoids from P.guajava leaves can promote the recovery to normal level of blood glucose.