Objective To investigate the significance of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and homocysteine (HCY) in patients with acute cerebral infarction and acute cerebral hemorrhage .Methods Serum levels of SOD and HCY were detected in 251 acute cere‐bral infarction patients ,204 acute cerebral hemorrhage patients and 485 healthy subjects .Results Compared with healthy subjects , serum levels of SOD in acute cerebral infarction patients and acute cerebral hemorrhage patients were lower ,but serum levels of HCY were higher (P<0 .05) .There were significant differences of serum SOD and HCY levels among different types of cerebral infarction patients (P<0 .05) .Conclusion There could be important value for determine of SOD and HCY in patients with acute cerebral infarction and acute cerebral hemorrhage .

Objective To understand the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Gansu.Methods A multistage stratified cluster sampling method was conducted.A total of 6 609 adults (range 18-96 years old) from 5 cities located in different areas of Gansu province were included in the analyses and all of them underwent physical examinations.Metabolic syndrome was diagnosed under the modified 2005 National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel Ⅲ (ATP Ⅲ) guidelines as well as the 2004 Chinese Diabetes Society (CDS) guidelines.Results Using the modified ATP Ⅲ criterion for diagnosis,the unadjusted prevalence rate of metabolic syndrome was 30.43％ (35.25％ in males and 23.02％ in females,respectively) and the age-adjusted prevalence was 29.05％.The prevalence of metabolic syndrome increased with age.Combination of central obesity,high TG hyperlipidemia and low HDL-C hyperlipidemia was most frequently seen.Under the CDS criterion,the unadjusted prevalence of metabolic syndrome was 13.42％,with the age-adjusted prevalence as 12.65％.A low level of agreement between the ATP Ⅲ and CDS was observed (Kappa index=0.496).Conclusion Under the ATP Ⅲ definition,more adults with MS were identified thus could be recommended as the preferred diagnostic criterion.Metabolic syndrome had become a noteworthy public health problem.Prevention programs related to metabolic syndrome should be urgently warranted.

OBJECTIVETo isolate and elucidate the chemical constituents of the fruits of Acanthopanax sessiliflorus.

METHODIsolation and purification were carried out on the column chromatography of silica gel and Sephadex LH-20. Their structures were elucidated on basis of physicochemical properties and spectral data.

RESULTNine compounds were isolated and identified as oleanolic acid-3-O-6'-O-methyl-beta-D-glucuronopyranoside (1), 22-alpha-hydroxychiisanogenin (2), oleanolic acid-3-O-beta-D-glucuronopyranoside (3), oleanolic acid-3-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (4), oleanolic acid (5), chiisanogenin (6), (-)-sesamin (7), daucosterol (8), beta-sitosterol (9).

CONCLUSIONCompound 1 is obtained from the genus Acanthopanax genus for the first time. Compounds 2-5 are isolated from this plant for the first time.

Eleutherococcus ; chemistry ; Fruit ; chemistry ; Organic Chemicals ; analysis ; isolation & purification

Objective To investigate the clinical value of tumor specific grow th factor(TSGF),neuron specific enolase(NSE),cytokeratin 19 fragment(CYFRA21-1),squamous cell carcinoma antigen(SCCAg)in the diagnosis of lung cancer.Methods 20 patients with lung cancer,42 patients with lung benign diseases and 54 healthy people undergoing the physical examination in this hospital from September 2014 to November 2016 were served as the lung cancer group,benign diseases group and healthy control group respectively.The Abbott microparticle chemiluminescence instrument was used to detect CYFRA21-1 and SCCA levels,the Roche electrochemical luminescence instrument was used to detect the NSE level and the TSGF level was de-tected by using the Olympus 5400 biochemical analyzer.Then the detection results were statistically analyzed. Results The levels of serum TSGF and NSE in the lung cancer group were higher than those in the lung be-nign diseases group and healthy control group,and the differences were statistically significant(P< 0.05). The serum CYFRA21-1 level of the lung benign disease group was higher than that in the healthy control group(P<0.05).The sensitivity and specificity of TSGF,NSE,CYFRA21-1 and SCCAg combined detection were 90.00% and 93.00% respectively.The area under the ROC curve was 0.959.Conclusion TSGF posses-ses wide spectrum marker characteristics,has a certain value for screening lung cancer,moreover its combined detection with NSE,CYFRA21-1 and SCCAg can increase the accuracy in diagnosis of lung cancer.