Traditional Chinese herbal medicines have been used for treating various ailments since medicine be- gan.The belief that natural products are much safer than synthetic drugs has led to dramatic growth of herbal medi- cine usage.Like synthetic drugs,herbal preparations also have potential to cause adverse effects and drug interac- tions.In this paper,pharmacokinetic studies on herb- drug interactions are reviewed and discussed in order to promote usage of herbs rationally and safely.

Objective To explore the risk factors of youth cerebral infarction and its correlation with clinical TOAST types.Methods 82 young patients with acute cerebral infarction(aged from 18 to 45 years old)were select-ed.The risk factors for youth cerebral infarction patients,and the proportion of TOAST subtype and related risk factors were analyzed.Results Risk factors for youth cerebral infarction were as follows:hyperlipidemia (χ2 =48.703,P <0.05),hypertension (χ2 =40.829,P <0.05),carotid sclerosis (χ2 =46.217,P <0.05),hyperhomocysteinemia (χ2 =40.255,P <0.05),smoking history (χ2 =7.853,P <0.05),diabetes (χ2 =18.256,P <0.05)and family history (χ2 =5.944,P <0.05),heart disease (χ2 =5.754,P <0.05).The proportion of their TOAST subtypes were as following:small artery occlusion lacunar(SAD)(39.0%),large artery atherosclerosis(LAA)(24.4%),stroke of other undetemined etiology(SUE)(17.0%),and acute stroke of other detemined etiology(SOE)(12.2%),cardio-embolism(CE)type(7.3%).Major risk factors for LAA subtype included hyperlipidemia,hypertension and carotid atherosclerosis;Major risk factor for SUE subtype was hyperhomocysteinemia;Major risk factors for SOE included hypertension,diabetes.Major risk factor for CE subtype was heart disease.Conclusion The highest proportion of TOAST types in youth cerebral infarction group is small artery occlusion lacunar.Major risk factors for this group of youth cerebral infarction are as follows:hypertension,carotid atherosclerosis,heart disease,diabetes,hyperhomocys-teinemia,obesity,smoking and family history,and these risk factors should be actively intervened.

OBJECTIVE： To analyze the trend of costs of various drugs consumed in hospitals of Guangzhou METHODS： The data were derived from the Hospital Purchasing of Drug Information System in Guangzhou from 1997 to 2000 The expense of each drug was calculated at the price of that year RESULTS： The annual increasing rates of drug expenses in 1998， 1999 and 2000 were 17 01％ ， 24 49％ ， 23 11％ respectively CONCLUSION： It is a matter of great urgency to rationally use drugs， to eliminate the waste of resources and to lighten the patients'burden

OBJECTIVE:To establish a method for the content determination of zolpidem tartrate in microsamples of rat plas-ma. METHODS:Rats were given zolpidem tartrate solution 3 mg/kg intragastrically,and 0.2 ml blood sample were collected and isolated. 50 μl plasma was precipitated by methanol,and the supernatant was determined by HPLC-fluorescence combined with ex-ternal method. Agilent HC-C18 column was used with mobile phase consisted of 0.03 mol/L KH2PO4 solution(containing 0.2% tri-ethylamine)-methanol (33∶67,V/V) at flow rate of 1.0 ml/min. The excitation and emission wavelengths were 254 nm and 390 nm,respectively. The sample size was 20 μl. RESULTS:The linear ranges of zolpidem tartrate in plasma was 2-200 μg/L(r=0.999 7),and the limit of quantification was 2 μg/L. The method recoveries of zolpidem were (96.96 ± 1.35)%-(105.0 ± 5.36)%(RSD=2.20%-4.88%,n=5),and extraction recoveries were (79.72 ± 0.01)%-(80.77 ± 0.02)%(RSD=1.34%-3.90%,n=5). The intra-day and inter-day RSDs were 1.40%-5.10% and 3.22%-9.25%(n=5),respectively. CONCLUSIONS:The method is simple,sensitive and suitable for the content determination of zolpidem tartrate in microsamples of plasma.

Objecitve To investigate the changes of chronotropic response before and after percutaneous coronary intervention ( PCI)in patients with coronary disease .Methods A total of 339 patients with coronary disease was included in this study .All sub-jects underwent treadmill exercise test and coronary angiogram , and some patients underwent PCI if necessary .The parameters of chro-notropic response were recorded and analyzed , including ratio of the highest to predicted heart rates ( rHR) ,chronotropic response in-dex ( CRI) , and heart rate reserve ( HRR) .After coronary angiogram , the score of gensin was recorded and analyzed .Results There was significant difference in the parameter of CRI between unstable angina pectoris and silent myocardial ischemia groups ( P <0.05 ) , CRI were 0.80 ±0.11 and 0.89 ±0.07 , respectively .After coronary angiogram and PCI , there were significant differences in the parameters of rHR, CRI, and HRR between pre-therapy and post-treatment ( t =2.440, 1.977, 2.529, all P <0.05).A nega-tive correlation was found between the parameters of rHR , CRI, and HRR and the score of Gensin ( r =-0.686 , -0.673 , and-0.672, all P <0.05).The significant difference in rHR, CRI, and HRR existed between the groups of <20 and >40 ( t =2.567, 2.223, 2.062, all P <0.05).Conclusions Parameters (rHR, CRI, and HRR) had important clinical values in evaluating the changes of chronotropic response before and after PCI in patients with coronary disease with a negative correlation with the score of Gensin.

Purpose To investigate the clinical effect of ultrasound guided drainage combined with different hardeners for simple breast cysts,and to further provide reference for individual treatment.Materials and Methods Clinical data of 117 cases breast simple cysts were analyzed retrospectively,of which 42 cases were routine ultrasound-guided puncture combined with fluid injection of hypertonic sugar (group A),40 cases were routine ultrasound guided drainage combined with ethanol injection therapy (group B),and 35 cases were routine ultrasound guided therapy alone (control group).The clinical efficacy and adverse reactions were compared among the three groups after treatment.Results The total effective rate of group A was 95.24％,group B was 97.50％,and control group was 82.86％.Total effective rate of group A and B had no significant difference (P＞0.05),which were both higher than control group (P＜0.05).The adverse reactions rate of group B was higher than group A and control group,which had statistical significance (P＜0.05).Conclusion Ultrasound guided injection of hypertonic sugar or ethanol after drainage treatment for simple breast cysts can both obtain satisfactory clinical results,but adverse reactions of the former one are mild,it should be widely applied.

OBJECTIVE:To analyze the trend of costs of various drugs consumed in hospitals of Guangzhou METHODS:The data were derived from the Hospital Purchasing of Drug Information System in Guangzhou from 1997 to 2000 The expense of each drug was calculated at the price of that year RESULTS:The annual increasing rates of drug expenses in 1998,1999 and 2000 were 17 01%,24 49%,23 11% respectively CONCLUSION:It is a matter of great urgency to rationally use drugs,to eliminate the waste of resources and to lighten the patients'burden

Serum levels of CXC chemokine ligand 10 (CXCL10) and chemokine receptor 3 (CXCR3) were determined in 50 patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1 DM) and 30 normal control subjects by ELISA method.The results showed that serum levels of CXCL10 and CXCR3 in T1DM patients were significantly higher than those in normal subjects [(258.17 ± 39.12 vs 96.47 ± 26.91) ng/L,(851.87 ± 70.04 vs 441.82 ± 72.24) pg/ml,both P＜0.05].Serum level of CXCL10 in patients dropped sequentially with durations of diabetes ＜6 weeks,≥6 weeks or ＜3 years,and ≥ 3 years,being statistically significant between groups (P＜0.05).These results suggest that serum levels of CXC10 and CXCR3 may reflect the immune activity in T1DM.

Objective To explore the relationship between tubal intraepithelial carcinoma (TIC) of the fimbria and pelvic high-grade serous carcinoma.Methods All 34 cases of pelvic high-grade serous carcinoma with clear fimbria were evaluated from January 2009 to June 2010,including ovarian carcinoma (n=26),tubal carcinoma (n=7) and peritoneal carcinoma (n=1).Among of these ovarian carcinomas,12 cases were surface deposits and the other 14 cases within ovarian parenchyma.All 42 cases of non highgrade serous carcinoma in this period including 13 endometrioid ovary carcinomas,11 clear cell ovary carcinomas,11 mucinous ovary carcinomas,6 low-grade serous ovary carcinomas,1 low-grade serous tubal carcinoma,were also collected as a reference.The presence of tubal intraepithelial carcinomas was assessed.Based on the presence of TIC,high-grade serous ovary carcinomas were divided into TIC positive (+) and TIC negative (-) groups,and the clinical and pathological features of them were also evaluated.Results Fifteen cases (44％) were identified TIC in 34 high-grade pelvic serous carcinomas,and all of them were in the fimbria only,while none of TIC was found in control cases.There were significant difference between the two groups (x2=23.086,P=0.000).Eleven cases(42％) were identified TIC in all 26 high-grade ovarian serous carcinomas,in which 8 cases with unilateral ovary carcinomas were associated with ipsilateral TIC,2 cases with bilateral ovary carcinomas associated with unilateral TIC and one case with bilateral ovary carcinoma was associated with bilateral TIC.Four TIC (4/7) were identified in 7 cases with high-grade tubal serous carcinomas,and there was no presence of TIC in the 1 high-grade serous peritoneal carcinoma.Of all 26 high-grade ovarian serous carcinomas,6/11 cases were surface deposits,and 5/11 were parenchyma tumors in TIC (+) group while 6/15 cases were surface deposits and 9/15 were parenchyma tumors in TIC (-) group,in which there were correlated in distribution of TIC between the two groups( P＞0.05 ).The average diameter of ovarian cancer were 6.9 and 6.5 cm between the two groups with no significant differences ( t=0.409,P=0.690).Conclusion TIC is specific to high-grade serous carcinomas and maybe have something to do with the pathogenesis of pelvic serous carcinomas.

AIM To study the effects of quateranary ammonium salt derivative (F 2) of haloperidol on ischemia and reperfusion injury in rat hearts. METHODS Ischemia and reperfusion injury in rat hearts was induced by occluding the left anterior descending coronary artery for 30 min and restoring blood reperfusion for 30 min. F 2 (1, 2, 4 mg?kg -1 , respectively) was intravenously injected before heart ischemia. Plasma creatine kinase (CK), creatine kinase isoenzyme MB(CK MB), lactate dehydrogenase(LDH),? Hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase (HBDH), grutamic oxalacetic transaminase(GOT), superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity and malondiadehyde (MDA) contents were measured. The pathologic changes of ischemia and reperfusion myocardium were observed on the transmission electron microscopy. RESULTS F 2 reduced the release of CK,CK MB LDH,HBDH,GOT from I/R rat hearts, increased the activity of SOD and decreased the MDA contents. In F 2 (1mg?kg -1 ) group, the serum CK MB LDH HBDH concentration was lowered significantly (vs I/R group P