The qualitative and quantitative analysis of active constituents in Fructus Psoraleae is presented by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled with different detections.Extracts of Fructus Psoraleae were examined by HPLC with ion trap mass spectrometry (IT-MS) and 18 major compounds of coumarins,benzofuran glycosides,flavonoids,and meroterpene were identified.The determination of four major constituents including bavachin,isobavachalcone,bavachinin,and bakuchiol was accomplished by HPLC with UV,MS,and electrochemical detection (ECD).These methods were evaluated for a number of validation characteristics (repeatability,LOD,calibration range,and recovery).ECD obtained a high sensitivity for analysis of the four components; MS provided a high selectivity and sensitivity for determination of bavachin,isobavachalcone,and bavachinin in negative-ion mode.After optimization of the methods,separation,identification.and quantification of the four components in Fructus Psoraleae were comprehensively tested by HPLC with UV,MS,and ECD.

A simple, sensitive and selective method of high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) has been successfully developed for separation of bavachinin enantiomers in Fructus Psoraleae and rat plasma. The separation and detection conditions of HPLC were optimized. Chiral bavachinin were separated with the mobile phase of methanol and water (70:30, v/v) at a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min. The linear ranges were in the range of 20-1000 mg/mL. The detection limits were tested as 4 ng/mL and 6 ng/mL for (t)-bavachinin and (à)-bavachinin, respectively. The method has been applied to analyze chiral bavachinin in rat plasma. HPLC-MS method was used to test the accuracy.

Objective To investigate the effect and safety of phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation in advanced and middle aged senile patients. Methods Ninety five patients (80 96 years old, 100 eyes) with senile cataract were included in advanced aged group. Another 665 patients (60 79 years old, 671 eyes) with senile cataract were included in middle aged group. All patients were performed with phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation through a corneal limbus tunnel incision. Results Visual acuity for the advanced aged group at 1 day, one week and one month after operation was 0 5 or better in 30 eyes, 52 eyes and 74 eyes, respectively. Both groups were followed up from 3 to 36 months after operation. The visual acuity of 0 5 or better were followed up in 82 eyes (82 0%) in the advanced aged group and in 583 eyes (86 9%) in the middle aged group. The postoperative complications included tears of posterior capsule, detached vitreous, subluxation of lens, corneal edema, and muddy posterior capsule. Conclusions Phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation is effective and safety for both advanced and middle aged patients with senile cataract.

A novel method for analysis of three active components curcumin, demethoxycurcumin and bisdemethoxycurcumin in Curcuma longa L. was developed by HPLC coupled with electrochemical detection. Three curcuminoids were well separated on a C18 column and detected with high sensitivity. A mobile phase containing acetonitrile and 10 mM Na2HPO4-H3PO4 (pH 5.0) (50:50, v/v) was used. Good linearity was obtained in the range of 0.208-41.6, 0.197-39.4, and 0.227-114μM for curcumin, demethoxycurcumin and bisdemethoxycurcumin respectively. The limit of detection reached up to 10 ? 8 M, which was lower than that by UV detection. The relative standard deviations (RSDs) ranged from 1.06%to 1.88%for intra-day precision and from 4.30%to 5.79%for inter-day precision, respectively. The proposed method has been applied in real herb sample and recoveries ranging from 86.3%to 111%were obtained.

2 mg/dl);the others were in the low-risk group.High-risk patients received more superselective embolization with lower dose of embolization agent and fewer numbers of procedure(1.4 vs 2.3,P

Objective To evaluate the clinical significance of simultaneous transurethral resection (TUR) of a bladder tumor and the prostate in the treatment of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).Methods Patients were divided into two groups.Group A contained 46 male patients who accepted TUR for the treatment of both bladder cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia.Group B contained 69 male patients who accepted TURBt only.Clinical data were retrospectively collected and analyzed to compare clinical outcomes and safety in these two groups.Results The bladder cancer recurrence rates in group A and B were 50.0％ and 50.7％,the average recurrence free time was 20 and 18 months,and the progression rates were 6.5％ and 7.2％,respectively.There were no significant differences between the two groups for either average recurrence free time or progression rates (P ＞ 0.05).Recurrences in the prostatic urethra were found in two cases in group A and one case in group B and all three cases were in T1 G3.Conclusions Simultaneous TUR for bladder tumor and the prostate can be safely and effectively performed in terms of oncologica] control in patients who have non-muscle invasive and low grade bladder tumors ( T1G1 - G2 ) with lower urinary tract obstruction caused by BPH.But this procedure should be cautiously performed on patients with T1 G3 bladder tumors.

[Objective] To observe NGF on cultured human retinal vascular endothelial cells (HRCEC) proliferation. [Methods] The MTT assay was used to analyze the impact of culture HRCEC on different factors (NGF concentration groups, NGF + K252a concentration groups, bFGF group, bFGF + K252a groups, the normal culture medium groups) in normal and hypoxic condition. [Results] With the increase of NGF concentration (20,50,100 ng/mL), HRCEC significantly increased (normal condition: 0.254±0.033,0.696±0.029, 1.136±0.051; hypoxic condition: 0.422±0.036, 0.798±0.044, 1.376±0.052, P< 0.05). Compared NGF + K252a group with the same concentration of NGF (100 ng/ml) group, HRCEC reduced (P<0.05), with increasing the concentration of K252a (50,100,200 nmol/L), the trend of HRCEC decreasing is become more significant (normal condition:0.864±0.067, 0.496±0.025, 0.202±0.078; hypoxic condition:K252a 1.042±0.047,0.700±0.065, 0.401±0.078, P<0.05). [Conclusion] NGF can promote the proliferation of HRCEC, the effect could be specifically blocked by TrkA inhibitor K252a.

A simple and sensitive high performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (HPLC–FD) has been developed for simultaneous quantification of doxorubicin (DOX) and its dipeptide conjugate prodrug (PDOX) in mice plasma. The chromatographic separation was carried out on an Amethyst C18–H column with gradient mobile phase of 0.1%formic acid and 0.1%formic acid in acetonitrile at a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min. The excitation and emission wavelengths were set at 490 and 550 nm, respectively. The method was comprehensively validated. The limits of detection were low up to 5.0 ng/mL for DOX and 25.0 ng/mL for PDOX. And the limits of quantification were low up to 12.5 ng/mL for DOX and 50 ng/mL for PDOX, which were lower than those for most of the current methods. The calibration curves showed good linearity (R2 4 0.999) over the concentration ranges. The extraction recoveries ranged from 84.0%to 88.2% for DOX and from 85.4% to 89.2% for PDOX. Satisfactory intra-day and inter-day precisions were achieved with RSDs less than 9.1%. The results show that the developed HPLC–FD method is accurate, reliable and will be helpful for preclinical pharmacokinetic study of DOX and PDOX.

Capillary electrochromatography (CEC) is a micro-scale separation technique which is a hybrid between capillary electrophoresis (CE) and liquid chromatography (LC). CEC can be performed in packed, monolithic and open-tubular columns. In recent three years (from 2016 to 2018), enormous attention for CEC has been the development of novel stationary phases. This review mainly covers the development of novel stationary phases for open-tubular and monolithic columns. In particular, some biomaterials attracted increasing interest. There are no significant breakthroughs in technology and principles in CEC. The typical CEC applications, especially chiral separations are described.

Capillary electrophoresis with many advantages plays an important role in pharmaceutical analysis and drug screening. This review gives an overview on the recent advances in the developments and applications of capillary electrophoresis in the field of enzyme inhibitor screening. The period covers 2013 to 2017. Both the pre-capillary enzyme assays and in-capillary enzyme assays which include electrophoretically mediated microanalysis (EMMA) and immobilized enzyme microreactor (IMER) are summarized in this article.