To explore the clinical effect of alendronate combined with Jintiange capsules in the treatment of postmeno-pausal osteoporosis ( PMOP) . Methods:Ninety-eight cases of PMOP patients were randomly divided into three groups. The combina-tion treatment group (34 cases) was treated with alendronate tablets combined with Jintiange capsules, while the control group A (32 cases) and the control group B (32 cases) was respectively treated with alendronate tablets and Jintiange capsules, and the treatment course was six months. The changes of the clinical symptom score, bone mineral density ( BMD) , serum calcium, serum phosphorus, AKP, hepatorenal function and so on before and after the treatment were recorded. Results:After the six-month treatment, the clinical symptom score of the treatment group was much better than that in the two control groups(P<0. 05). BMD in the three groups was in-creased after the treatment(P<0. 05), and the increase in the treatment group was more notable than that in the two control groups(P<0. 05). Conclusion:Alendronate combined with Jintiange capsules can effectively improve BMD and relieve clinical symptoms in the patients with PMOP, which is worthy of promoted application.

Objective To investigate the preparation process of Kucha gynecological gel and prepare a temperature-sensitive in situ gel capable of rapid phase change in vagina. Methods Poloxamer P188 and Poloxamer P407 were used as gel matrix, Lactic acid and sodium lactate were used as the acid buffer solution. The central composite design was performed to optimize the prescription and technology, and the gelation temperature (GT), gelation time, and the effects of different acid buffer solutions on GT, gel stability, and related rheological properties were determined. Results Within a certain concentration range, the gelation temperature was gradually increased with the increase of poloxamer 188 concentration, and the gelation temperature was gradually decreased with the increase of poloxamer 407 concentration, and the optimized prescription by central composite design was poloxamer P188 with a concentration of 3.51% and poloxamer P407 with a concentration of 17.16%. The addition of different buffers has a deviation of 5% of the gelation temperature of the gel in vitro, but the variation in the vaginal fluid is large. The gelation temperatures of the citric acid-sodium citrate buffer and the lactic acid-sodium lactate buffer solution in the vaginal fluid were 68.5 ℃ and 35.8 ℃, respectively, and the rheological data showed that the gel retained better in vivo. Conclusion The Kucha gynecological gel preparation corresponded with the model employed by central composite design, and the screened process can prepare situ gels with good retention and stable properties.

As an important part of Chinese medicinal materials, uncommon-territorial herbs are also the most complex parts in the herbal medicine markets. Through years of investigation on the key markets of Chinese herbal medicine, the meaning of uncommon-territorial herbs, their historical evolution, origin and characteristics were clarified in this paper, and some countermeasures were put forward for its development.
Biological Evolution ; China ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; history ; Herbal Medicine ; history ; History, 20th Century ; History, 21st Century ; History, Ancient ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; history ; Plants, Medicinal ; chemistry ; growth & development

OBJECTIVETo prepare colon-targetting tablets of total alkaloids of Sophora alopecuroides and evaluate the effect of pectins of different degree of esterification (DE) on sophoridine release profiles in-vitro.

METHODWet granulation technique was employed to prepare petin-based matrix tablets, then tablets were coated the optimal formulation with Kollicoat MAE 30 DP based on the optimal formulation and analysed their release.

RESULTCoated formulation E could target total alkaloids of S. alopecuroides to colon and various DE of pectin exerted different effects on sophoridine release. The release of low DE pectin-based matrix tablets coating with Kollicoat MAE 30 DP approximatedly fitted zere-order eqution, which was erosion depended.

CONCLUSIONLow DE pectin-based matrix tablet coating with Kollicoat MAE 30 DP can deliver sophoridine to colon, hence improve the effectiveness of sophoridine.

Alkaloids ; chemistry ; Animals ; Chemistry, Pharmaceutical ; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; Colon ; chemistry ; Esterification ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration ; In Vitro Techniques ; Male ; Pectins ; chemistry ; Quinolizines ; chemistry ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Sophora ; chemistry ; Tablets ; chemistry

OBJECTIVETo characterize the variation in V3 loop of HIV-1 B'strains circulating in Chinese blood donors.

METHODSThe c2-c3 regions of the HIV envelop gene were amplified by nest-PCR from 32 HIV-1-infected blood donors in He Nan province in China. The BIOEDIT and MEGA software are used to analyze the sequences of V3 loop.

RESULTSThere are five types of central motifs of the 32 samples, in which GPGR and GPGQ are most common. More variations associated with T tropic/SI phenotype can be seen in AIDS group.

CONCLUSIONThe V3 tip motifs of HIV-1B' strains circulating in Chinese blood donors are various, the different characterization of V3 loop between AIDS and asymptomatic patients indicates different biological phenotype and pathogenesis which warrant additional investigation.

Adult ; Aged ; Amino Acid Motifs ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Blood Donors ; China ; Female ; Genetic Variation ; genetics ; HIV Envelope Protein gp120 ; analysis ; chemistry ; genetics ; HIV Infections ; blood ; virology ; HIV-1 ; chemistry ; classification ; genetics ; isolation & purification ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oligopeptides ; chemistry ; Phenotype

We use Z type skin flap to repair face slant diastema by combining nasal bottom and infraorbital border. The therapeutic efficacy was satisfactory. The dislocated nostril, eversioned eyelid and lowered eyeball was resettled.
Diastema ; Face ; Female ; Humans ; Nose ; Surgical Flaps

OBJECTIVETo investigate the factors that affect the prognosis of primary gastrointestinal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (PGI-NHL).

METHODSThe clinical data of 116 patients with pathologically confirmed PGI-NHL we treated from January 1993 to December 2003 were analyzed retrospectively. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis was used for analyzing the survival of the patients, and Log-rank test was performed to compare the survival rates in relation to different prognostic factors.

RESULTSThe 3-year and 5-year survival rates of the patients were 63.8% (74/116) and 48.2% (40/83), respectively. Univariate analysis revealed that the factors affecting the prognosis of the patients included the presence of B symptom, tumor size, clinical stage, pathological type, depth of invasion, and treatment methods. The patients with B symptom, tumor size no less than 10 cm, advanced clinical stage (stages III(E) and IV(E)), T-cell type, and invasion beyond the serosa who received only surgical management had poorer prognosis than those free of B symptom with tumor size <10 cm, early clinical stage (stages I(E) and II(E)), B-cell type, and submucosal or serosal invasion managed with chemotherapy alone or in combination with surgery. Multivariate analysis showed that B symptom, tumor size no less than 10 cm, advanced clinical stage (stages III(E) and IV(E)), T-cell type, invasion beyond the serosa, and surgery alone were independently associated with poor prognosis.

CONCLUSIONThe tumor size, clinical stage, pathological type, treatment methods are the independent factors affecting the prognosis of patients with PGI-NHL.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Child ; Female ; Gastrointestinal Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; mortality ; pathology ; Humans ; Kaplan-Meier Estimate ; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin ; diagnosis ; mortality ; pathology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Neoplasm Staging ; Prognosis ; Retrospective Studies ; Young Adult

OBJECTIVETo assess the therapeutic efficacy and adverse effects of endogenetic field hyperthermia (EFH) in combination with L-OHP /LV / 5-FU in the treatment of advanced gastric cancer.

METHODSThis study included 147 surgical patients with stage II-IV gastric cancer, who received postoperative chemotherapy with FOLFOX (L-OHP 85 mg /m square, 3 h intravenous infusion, followed by infusion of LV at 200 mg /m square in 2 h, intravenous injection of 5-Fu at 400 mg /m square, and intravenous infusion of 5-FU at 3000 mg /m square in 48 h). Eight treatment cycles (each lasting for 14 days) were administered. In 68 cases randomly selected from the cohort, EFH was performed on the first and third days (treatment group), but not in the other 79 cases (control group).

RESULTSThe response rate was 68.4% in the treatment group and 36.4% in the control group, showing significant difference between them (P<0.05). The 1-year survival rate was 88.2% in the treatment group, similar to the rate of 81.0% in the control group (P< 0.05), but the 3, 5-year survival rates in treatment group (67.6% and 30.9%) was significantly higher than those in the control group (47.6% and 15.4%, P<0.05). The adverse effects were similar between the two groups.

CONCLUSIONEFH combined with the chemotherapeutic regimen FOLFOX might improve the therapeutic effect of stage II-IV gastric cancer without obviously increasing the adverse effects.

Adult ; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols ; therapeutic use ; Combined Modality Therapy ; Female ; Fluorouracil ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Hyperthermia, Induced ; Leucovorin ; therapeutic use ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Organoplatinum Compounds ; therapeutic use ; Stomach Neoplasms ; drug therapy ; pathology ; surgery ; therapy ; Treatment Outcome

Objective To investigate the effect of mangiferin on the apoptosis of rat primary cardiomyocytes induced by hypoxia. Methods Rat primary cardiomyocytes were separated and cultured under aseptic condition. Cardiomyocytes were treated with hypoxia of 2, 4, 8 and 12 h, and then the time of hypoxia of cardiomyocyte apoptosis model was determined according to the apoptosis outcome.The cardiomyocytes were divided into normal group, hypoxia group and mangiferin intervention group, each group was subjected to 3 batches in parallel, and 3 holes were done in parallel with each batch. After the experiment, cardiomyocytes apoptosis was deteced by flow cytometry;apoptosis protease caspase-3 and caspase-9 activity in cell lysates was detected by spectrophotometry;the protein expression of Bax and Bcl-2 was detected by Western blot. Results After treated with hypoxia for 12 h, the cardio-myocytes apoptosis rate was significantly increased (P < 0.05), the apoptosis protease caspase-3 and caspase-9 activity was increased markedly (P＜0.05), the protein expression of proapoptotic protease Bax was increased notablely (P＜ 0.05 ) , and the protein expression of anti apoptotic protease Bcl-2 was decrease memorably (P＜0.05) in hypoxia group as compared with those in the control group. After mangiferin intervention, above indexes in mangiferin group can be significantly relieved as compared with those in the hypoxia group. Conclusions Mangiferin can significantly inhibit the apoptosis of rat primary cardiomyocytes induced by hypoxia.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the correlation of the testis volume and reproductive hormone level with the results of testicular sperm aspiration (TESA) in non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) patients, and to explore the cut-off value of the testis volume and reproductive hormone level in predicting the results of TESA so as to provide reliable information for the diagnosis and treatment of NOA.

METHODSWe enlisted 121 NOA patients in this study, divided them into a sperm group and a non-sperm group based on the results of TESA, and measured their testis volumes and reproductive hormone levels.

RESULTSThe left testis volume, the right testis volume, and the levels of prolactin (PRL), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinising hormone (LH), estradiol (E2) and total testosterone (T) in the non-sperm and sperm groups were (7.07 +/- 1.06) ml vs (11.75 +/- 1.38) ml, (7.37 +/- 1.37) ml vs (11.70 +/- 1.98) ml, (12.43 +/- 11.69) ng/ml vs (9.60 +/- 4.55) ng/ml, (15.77 +/- 10.84) mIU/ml vs (8.01 +/- 7.43) mIU/ml, (6.12 +/- 2.92) mIU/ml vs (8.11 +/- 20.11) mIU/ml, (119.36 +/- 43.52) pmol/L vs (141.12 +/- 48.33) pmol/L, and (11.43 +/- 4.05) nmol/L vs (12.46 +/- 4.60) nmol/L, respectively. The mean levels of serum FSH and PRL were significantly higher in the non-sperm than in the sperm group. Although the mean testis volume of the former was less than that of the latter, there were no significant differences between the two groups, and nor were any significant differences in age and the levels of E2 and T. The cut-off value of the testis volume was 9 ml, with sensitivity of 93.8%/89.6% (left/right) and specificity of 100%/94.3% (left/right). The area under curve (AUC) of the left testis volume was 0.984 and that of the right was 0.961, indicating a high diagnostic accuracy. The cut-off value of the serum FSH level was 8.18 mIU/ml, with a sensitivity of 71.2% and a specificity of 75.0%. The AUC of the FSH level was 0.743, suggestive of a moderate diagnostic accuracy.

CONCLUSIONThe testis volume and FSH level are important for predicting the TESA results of NOA patients, and the former has even a higher diagnostic accuracy than the latter.

Adult ; Azoospermia ; pathology ; physiopathology ; Follicle Stimulating Hormone ; analysis ; Humans ; Luteinizing Hormone ; analysis ; Male ; Organ Size ; Sperm Retrieval ; Testis ; anatomy & histology ; Young Adult