1.Simultaneous Determination of Fructose, Glucose, Sucrose and Maltose in Honey by HPLC-CAD
Biqin TAN ; Yong ZHAO ; Yanming LIU
China Pharmacist 2017;20(7):1316-1318
Objective: To establish an HPLC-CAD method for the simultaneous determination of fructose, glucose, sucrose and maltose in honey.Methods: The samples were separated on an Alltech Prevail carbohydrate ES(250 mm×4.6 mm,5 μm)column using acetonitrile-water (70:30) as the mobile phase at a flow rate of 0.8 ml·min-1, and detected by a charged aerosol detector.
2.Determination of 11 Trace Elements in White Vaselin by ICP-MS
Meiling YAN ; Yingying XIE ; Biqin TAN ; Rongrong WANG
China Pharmacist 2017;20(11):1915-1919
Objective:To establish a method for the determination of 11 trace elements in white vaselin. Methods:The contents of Mg,Al,Fe,Co,Ni,Cu,Zn,As,Cd,Hg and Pb in white vaselin were determined by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrome-try (ICP-MS). The parameters of ICP-MS were as follows:the Argon gas pressure was 0.6 MPa,the helium pressure was 0.12 MPa, the scan times were 200,the flush time was 45 s,the sampling time was 45 s and the internal standard was added online. Results:The linear relationship between concentration and response value of each element standard solution was within the range of 0-100 ng· m L-1. Except the correlation coefficients of Mg and Fe were 0.998 and 0.997,that of the other elements was all above 0.999. The recoveries of Mg,Fe,Ni,Zn,As and Pb were 74.9%-83.0%,those of Cd and Hg were 87.5%-94.4%,and those of Al,Co and Cu were 107.6%-118.7%. The detection limit of Mg, Al, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Cd, Hg and Pb was 1.9,0.59,0.61,0.16, 0.33,1.5,1.7,0.09,0.12,0.70 and 1.6 ng·ml-1,respectively. Among the 67 samples,the contents of Mg,Al,Fe,Ni,Cu, Zn, As and Hg were all detected out,while those of Co,Cd and Pb were only detected out in some samples. Conclusion:The method has the advantages of simple operation and high sensitivity,which can satisfy the determination of trace elements. It is suggested to se-lect 4 elements (Mg,Al,Fe and Ni) as the evaluation indices for white vaselin.
3.Study on Inhibitory Effects and Mechanism of Bruceanine D Combined with Taxol on the Proliferation of Human Pancreatic Cancer Capan- 2 Cells
Yuyu HUANG ; Mingjun RAO ; Biqin TAN ; Huiming WANG ; Nengming LIN
China Pharmacy 2019;30(6):789-795
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the inhibitory effect and potential mechanism of Brucein D (BD) combined with Taxol on the proliferation of human pancreatic cancer Capan-2 cells. METHODS: Using Capan-2 cells as object, the proliferations after treated with BD (5, 10, 15, 20 μmol/L), Taxol (10, 20, 30, 40 nmol/L) and BD+Taxol (5 μmol/L+10 nmol/L, 10 μmol/L+20 nmol/L, 15 μmol/L+30 nmol/L, 20 μmol/L+40 nmol/L) for 48 h were determined by sulfonyl rhodamine B method. Survival rate of cells and combination index (CI) were calculated. The clone formation assay was performed to detect the formation of clonal colonies after treated with BD (20 μmol/L,hereinafter), Taxol (40 nmol/L,hereinafter)、BD+Taxol (20 μmol/L+40 nmol/L,hereinafter) for 24 h. The rate of clone formation was calculated. DAPI method was used to observe the apoptosis of cells after treated with BD, Taxol and BD+Taxol for 24 h. Western blotting was used to detect the expression of apoptosis-related protein (Bcl-2, PARP, Caspase-3, Cleaved-caspase-3) after treated by BD, Taxol, BD+Taxol for 48 h and the expression of JNK and p-JNK after treated by BD, Taxol, BD+Taxol for 4, 6, 12 h. RESULTS: After treated with 10, 15 and 20 μmol/L BD, 20, 30 and 40 nmol/L Taxol or two-drug combination for 48 h, survival rates of cells were decreased significantly; the survival rate of drug combination group was significantly lower than the same dose of BD group and Taxol group (P<0.05). CI values of drug combination groups (BD 5 μmol/L+Taxol 10 nmol/L, BD 10 μmol/L+Taxol 20 nmol/L, BD 15 μmol/L+Taxol 30 nmol/L, BD 20 μmol/L+Taxol 40 nmol/L) were 0.63±0.04, 0.68±0.08, 0.89±0.12 and 0.84±0.05. After treated with 20 μmol/L BD, 40 nmol/L Taxol and two-drug combination, the formation of clonal colonies was decreased with different degrees of chromatin concentration and nuclear shrinkage; the rate of clone formation (24 h), the expression of Bcl-2 (48 h), PARP (48 h), Caspase-3 (48 h) and JNK (4, 6 h, except for Taxol group) were decreased significantly, while the relative expression of Cleaved-caspase-3 (48 h) and p-JNK (4, 6, 12 h) were increased significantly. Those of BD+Taxol group were significantly better than those of BD group and Taxol group [except for JNK (4, 6, 12 h), p-JNK (4 h)] (P<0.05 or P<0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Both BD and Taxol can inhibit the proliferation and promote apoptosis of human pancreatic cancer Capan-2 cells, and the combination have a certain synergistic effect, which is better than any single drug. It may be associated with activating Caspase pathway and JNK phosphorylation.