Cladonia peziziformis (With.) J.R. Laundon was collected from Baega mountain, Jeonnam Province, Korea in 2008. It is characterized by short and slender podetia with verruculose surface, split along the sides. Apothecia large, pale brown, always growing on the top of the podetia. Primary squamules shell-like, thick, and convex. Fumarprotocetraric acid contained in thallus. This is the first record of this species in Korea.
Ascomycota ; Fumarates ; Korea

Fumaric acid esters (FAE), mainly dimethylfumarate (DMF), have been shown to be highly efficacious in the treatment of psoriasis. Among the potential side effects of FAE therapy, lymphocytopenia is sometimes observed. In order to address the question whether FAE may interfere with systems of the innate defense, the modulatory role of FAE on the generation of superoxide-anion by human monocytes and neutrophils was studied by measuring the reduction of cytochrome c. Various concentrations of DMF and its metabolite methylhydrogenfumarate (MHF) were used to observe their modulatory effect on superoxide-anion generation by monocytes and neutrophils in response to bacteria (S. aureus and E. coli) and candida (C. albicans). Dexamethasone (DXM, 1 x 10(-7) mol x L(-1)) was also studied at the same time. We found that DXM significantly inhibited superoxide-anion generation from monocytes in response to bacteria and C. albicans, whereas DMF and MHF (10-20 microg x mL(-1)) significantly increased the production of superoxide-anion in monocytes in response to the above mentioned bacteria. DXM, DMF and MHF did not affect superoxide-anion generation of neutrophils. Our data indicate that DMF and MHF enhance superoxide-anion generation in human monocytes as one of the important mechanisms of innate defense against microorganisms.
Candida albicans ; immunology ; Cells, Cultured ; Cytochrome c Group ; metabolism ; Dermatologic Agents ; pharmacology ; Dimethyl Fumarate ; Escherichia coli ; immunology ; Fumarates ; pharmacology ; Humans ; Phagocytes ; metabolism ; Staphylococcus aureus ; immunology ; Superoxides ; metabolism ; Zymosan ; immunology

PURPOSE: We performed this study in order to investigate the effect of direct renin inhibition on an experimental animal model with nephrotoxic serum nephritis and tried to give useful information for clinical research and renin inhibitor treatment. METHODS: Thirty BALB/c 6-week-old male mice were divided into 4 groups: control group (CO, n=5), control-treatment group with aliskiren (CT, n=5), disease group (DO, n=10), and disease treatment group with aliskiren (DT, n=10). Nephritis was induced by an intravenous injection of 0.25 mg/g weight of rabbit anti-GBM immunoglobulin G. Model 2002 Alzet mini-osmotic pumps (Durect Corp.) for aliskiren infusion were implanted into CT and DT. Each group strain was sacrificed serially one at a time on day 14. We estimated the protein-creatinine ratio in 12-hour-collected urine (UP/Cr) and measured the mesangial matrix score in the PAS-stained kidney of each strain. RESULTS: One strain at CT and DT died on day 6 and 7, respectively. Each group strain was sacrificed serially at a time on day 10 because DO were seriously ill. The UP/Cr of each group is as follows: CO, 31.24+/-6.54 mg/mg, CT, 23.38+/-13.60 mg/mg, DO, 112.72+/-10.97 mg/mg, DT 114.07+/-32.30 mg/mg. There was no significant difference between DO and DT. The mesangial matrix score of each group was CO, 0.23+/-0.10; CT, 0.13+/-0.03; DO, 1.90+/-0.48; and DT, 1.28+/-0.41, respectively, and there was a significant difference between DO and DT in the extent of mesangial matrix expansion (P=0.008). CONCLUSION: We found that renin inhibition was able to suppress the mesangial matrix expansion in experimental mice with acute nephritis, although there were no significant differences in UP/Cr.
Amides ; Animals ; Autoantibodies ; Fumarates ; Glomerulonephritis ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin G ; Injections, Intravenous ; Kidney ; Male ; Mice ; Models, Animal ; Nephritis ; Renin ; Sprains and Strains

Base on the Kawakita powder compression equation, a general theoretical model for predicting the compression characteristics of multi-components pharmaceutical powders with different mass ratios was developed. The uniaxial flat-face compression tests of powder lactose, starch and microcrystalline cellulose were carried out, separately. Therefore, the Kawakita equation parameters of the powder materials were obtained. The uniaxial flat-face compression tests of the powder mixtures of lactose, starch, microcrystalline cellulose and sodium stearyl fumarate with five mass ratios were conducted, through which, the correlation between mixture density and loading pressure and the Kawakita equation curves were obtained. Finally, the theoretical prediction values were compared with experimental results. The analysis showed that the errors in predicting mixture densities were less than 5.0% and the errors of Kawakita vertical coordinate were within 4.6%, which indicated that the theoretical model could be used to predict the direct compaction characteristics of multi-component pharmaceutical powders.
Cellulose ; chemistry ; Excipients ; chemistry ; Fumarates ; chemistry ; Lactose ; chemistry ; Models, Chemical ; Powders ; chemistry ; Pressure ; Starch ; chemistry ; Technology, Pharmaceutical

Poly (propylene fumarate) is an unsaturated linear polyester, which degrades, in the presence of water, into propylene glycol and fumaric acid, and the degradation products can be cleared from the human body by normal metabolic processes. In this paper, different methods of the synthesis of PPF are listed, the crosslinking characteristics of polymerizing composite as well as the mechanical properties of cross-linked composite are discussed, and the potentialities of PPF composite used as particularly degradable polymeric cement for orthopedic application are reviewed.
Biocompatible Materials ; chemical synthesis ; Biodegradation, Environmental ; Cross-Linking Reagents ; chemical synthesis ; Fumarates ; chemical synthesis ; chemistry ; Humans ; Polypropylenes ; chemical synthesis ; chemistry

Objective: To evaluate the clinical effect of vonoprazan fumarate on laryngopharyngeal reflux disease (LPRD). Methods: The clinical data of 89 patients from June 2020 to January 2022, including 45 males and 44 females, aged 18-77 (45.54±13.53) years old, were retrospectively analyzed. All the patients were diagnosed as suspected LPRD according to reflux symptom index (RSI) and reflux finding score (RFS). Patients of the Vonoprazan Fumarate group were prescribed Vonoprazan Fumarate orally (20 mg, qd) for 8 weeks.Patients of the Esomeprazole group were prescribed Esomeprazole orally (20 mg, bid) for 8 weeks. RSI and RFS of all the patients before and after treatment were compared. SPSS 18.0 was used for statistics analysis. Results: Before treatment, gender, age, RSI and RFS of the two groups had no obvious differences. After treatment, RSI and RFS in both groups were alleviated significantly. In the vonorazan fumarate group, the RSI before treatment was 12.62±7.18, and after treatment was 4.74±3.87(t=6.91, P<0.001), the RFS was 10.78±2.29 before treatment and 8.24±2.45 after treatment (t=7.06, P<0.001). While in the esomeprazole group, the RSI was 13.27±6.95 before treatment and 6.02±4.28 after treatment (t=7.50, P<0.001), the RFS was 10.59±3.14 before treatment and 8.14±3.30 after treatment (t=5.41, P<0.001). There was no significant difference in the effective rate between the two groups (86.7% in the vonoprazan fumarate group and 77.3% in the esomeprazole group, χ²=1.443, P=0.486). Conclusion: Vonoprazan fumarate could effectively alleviate the symptoms and signs of LPRD patients. The effect of vonoprazan fumarate on LPRD is not inferior to Esomeprazole. It can be used as a supplement to PPI.
Humans ; Male ; Female ; Adult ; Middle Aged ; Laryngopharyngeal Reflux/diagnosis* ; Esomeprazole/therapeutic use* ; Retrospective Studies ; Fumarates/therapeutic use*

The majority of hypertensive patients do not achieve target blood pressure for a variety of reasons, including insufficient medication, drug resistance, and noncompliance. There remains a significant need to develop new agents to better control hypertension. Nebivolol is a third-generation beta-adrenergic receptor blocker which is very highly cardioselective and has direct vasodilator properties via stimulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase activity. Aliskiren is the first orally active inhibitor of renin as an antihypertensive agent. It is associated with dose-related falls in blood pressure comparable to other major classes of antihypertensive drugs with a placebo level of side effects. Endothelin is a powerful vasoconstrictor peptide. An endothelin-receptor antagonist such as bosentan significantly lowered blood pressure in patients with essential hypertension. Vasopeptidase inhibitors inhibit neutral endopeptidase and angiotensin converting enzymes, but side-effects such as angio-oedema and cough remain to be overcome. AngQb vaccine in hypertensive patients showed a marked reduction in early morning blood pressure without serious adverse events.
Amides ; Angiotensins ; Antihypertensive Agents ; Benzopyrans ; Blood Pressure ; Cough ; Drug Resistance ; Endothelins ; Ethanolamines ; Fumarates ; Humans ; Hypertension ; Nebivolol ; Neprilysin ; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III ; Renin ; Sulfonamides

OBJECTIVETo study the content variation of furmarid acid and isofraxidin in Sarcandra glabra from 21 different provenances and provide the basis for resource utilization and quality optimization of S. glabra.

METHODHPLC method was developed to determine the contents of furmarid acid and isofraxidin in 330 samples of S. glabra which were collected respectively from 21 different provenances.

RESULTThere were significant differences in the contents of isofraxidin and furmarid acid in S. glabra from different provenances. The contents of isofraxidin and furmarid acid dropped off from low altitude to high altitude, which were also close with longitude and latitude. The content of isofraxidin in S. glabra at central area of natural distribution was the highest. The different parts of the plant had different results, the influence on the contents of the acitive components in stem were more obvious than the leaf.

CONCLUSIONThis simple, accurate and reproducible method could be use to determine the contents of furmarid acid and isofraxidin in S. glabra. The results represented the status of medicines quality and difference of Chinese S. glabra. These agreed with the traditional views that the medicines quality of Sarcandra glabra in Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang was better. These provenances were considered as important areas of medicines breeding and bases building on S. glabra in future.

Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; Coumarins ; chemistry ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; Fumarates ; chemistry ; Magnoliopsida ; chemistry ; Plant Leaves ; chemistry ; Plant Stems ; chemistry ; Reproducibility of Results

Amides ; therapeutic use ; Antihypertensive Agents ; therapeutic use ; Female ; Fumarates ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Hypertension ; drug therapy ; Male ; Ramipril ; therapeutic use ; Vascular Stiffness ; drug effects

The purpose of the present study is to explore the effect of aliskiren on the proliferation of cardiac fibroblasts (CFs) in AGT-REN double transgenic hypertensive (dTH) mice. The cultured CFs from AGT-REN dTH mice were divided into AGT-REN group (dTH) and aliskiren group (ALIS). Cultured CFs from C57B6 mice were served as control (WT). The effect of different concentration of aliskiren (1 × 10, 1 × 10, 1 × 10, 1 × 10mol/L) on CFs proliferation was determined by MTT assay. After treatment with 1 × 10mol/L aliskiren for 24 h, α-SMA, collagen I, III and NADPH oxidase (NOX) protein expression in CFs of AGT-REN dTH mice were detected by Western blot. The collagen synthesis in CFs was assessed by hydroxyproline kit. The expression of ROS was determined by DHE. Results showed that the blood pressure and plasma Ang II levels were significantly increased and CFs proliferation was significantly increased as well in AGT-REN dTH mice compared with WT group. However, aliskiren intervention decreased CFs proliferation, myofibroblast transformation, as well as the collagen I and III synthesis in CFs of AGT-REN dTH mice. Meanwhile, aliskiren inhibited ROS content and NOX2/NOX4 protein expression in CFs of AGT-REN dTH mice. These results suggest that aliskiren decreases the cell proliferation, myofibroblast transformation and collagen production in CFs of AGT-REN dTH mice, which might be through inhibition of oxidative stress response.
Amides ; Animals ; Blood Pressure ; Cell Proliferation ; Cells, Cultured ; Collagen ; Collagen Type I ; Fumarates ; Heart ; Hydroxyproline ; Hypertension ; Mice ; Mice, Transgenic ; Myocardium ; Myofibroblasts ; NADPH Oxidases