OBJECTIVE:To establish a method for the content determination of tetracaine hydrochloride and ethyl hy-droxybenzoate in tetracaine hydrochloride mucilage by RP-HPLC.METHODS:C 8 was the chromatographic column,the mobile phase was methanol-absolute ethanol-water-triethylamine(70∶15∶15∶0.05),the detection wavelength was at280nm.RESULTS:The linear ranges of tetracaine hydrochloride and ethyl hydroxybenzoate were10～50?g/ml(r=0.9997)and2～10?g/ml(r=0.9999)respectively;the average recovery rate were100.82%and100.16%respectively.CONCLUSIONS:The method was simple,rapid and accurate,which can be used for the quality control of tetracaine hydrochloride mucilage.

OBJECTIVE:To establish a RP-HPLC method for simultaneous determination of furacillin and sodium ben-zoate in furacillin solution.METHODS:Shim-pack C 8 was used as the chromatographic column;the mobile phase was methanol-water(35∶65),the detecting wavelength was240nm.RESULTS:The linear ranges of furacillin and sodium ben-zoate were1.0～40.0?g/ml(r=0.9998)and5.0～200.0?g/ml(r=0.9996)respectively,the average recovery was100.1%(RSD=1.52%)and99.7%(RSD=1.57%)respectively.CONCLUSION:The method is simple,rapid and accurate and it can be used for the quality control of furacillin solution.

Aim To study the pharmacokinetics of midazolam tablet after a single oral dose in Hui,Koreanand Han healthy volunteers.Methods Ten Hui, ten Han and nine Korean healthy volunteers were involved in the study. Each subject received a single dose of 15 mg midazolam tablets. The plasma concentration was determined by HPLC. The pharmacokinetic parameters were calculated by DAS2.0 software and compared by one-way analysis of variance or KrusKal-Wallis rank test for PK parameters of different nationalities.Results There were statistically significant differences between Hui,Korean and Han nationality for PK parameters C_(max),MRT_(0～12 h) and T_(max)(P＜0.05).The ranges of interindividual variation in the different ethnic groups and the same ethnic group were large.There were not satisfactory differences between young males and females for all pharmacokinetic parameters(P＞0.05).Followimg oral administration, doublepeaks in midazolam blood concentration-time profiles were observed in more than half of subjects.Conclusion There are large interindividual variation and statistically significant difference in pharmacokinetics of midazolam tablet between Chinese Hui, Korean and Han.These observations suggest the dosage of midazolam should be adjusted in clinical practice.

Objective To establish the method of thin layer identification of Phellodendri Chinensis Cortex and solid phase extraction - high performance liquid chromatography (SPE-HPLC) determination of the content of phellodendrine in Leshu Lotion. Methods Thin layer chromatography (TLC) was used for qualitative identification of Phellodendri Chinensis Cortex in Leshu Lotion and the Bond Elutplexa PCX strong cation-exchange solid phase was used for extraction small column purification. Platisil-NH2 column was as chromatographic column; column temperature was 30 ℃; triethylamine pH 3.82 (phosphoric acid), tetrahydrofuran, acetonitrile was 18:12:70, isocratic elution; flow rate was 1.0 mL/min; detection wavelength was 286 nm. Results TLC could obviously identify active ingredients of phellodendrine in Phellodendri Chinensis Cortex. The phellodendrine had good linear relationship between concentration and peak area within the scope of 1.22–12.2 μg (r=0.9999); the average recovery rate of phellodendrine was 101.18%, RSD was 1.71%. Conclusion This method is simple to operate, with accuracy and repeatability, and can be used for quality control of Leshu Lotion.

Aim To study the mechanism of andrographolide(AD) on the proliferation and apoptosis induction in human esophageal cancer Ec9706 cells.Methods The spectrometry was used to detect the activity of caspase-3 in human esophageal cancer Ec9706 cells treated with or without AD for 6 h,12 h and 18 h,and to detect the activity of caspase-8 and caspase-9 in human esophageal cancer Ec9706 cells treated with or without AD for 6 h.The influence of AD on the proliferation of Ec9706 cells after treatment with or without Z-VAD-FMK(a broad-spectrum caspase inhibitor) was determined by MTT method and the result was compared.The changes of gene expression levels of bcl-2 were determined by immunohistochemical method.Results The expression level of bcl-2 gene was obviously lower in the cells treated with AD(30 mg?L-1,P

The objective of this study was to evaluate the difference in the pharmacokinetics of zolpidem tatrate in subjects from five Chinese ethnicities (Han, Mongolian, Uigur, Korean and Hui). Healthy subjects (10 Hans, 10 Mongolians, 10 Uigurs, 10 Koreans and 9 Huis) were recruited and each received a 10 mg tablet-dose of zolpidem tatrate. A total of 12 plasma samples were collected over a 12 h period after administration. The concentrations of zolpidem in plasma were determined by an HPLC-FLU method, after which the pharmacokinetic parameters were determined using DAS 2.0 software and analyzed by SPSS 16.0 software. After normalization by weight, no differences were noted in the pharmacokinetic parameters of zolpidem tatrate among the five ethnic groups (P>0.05). However, there were statistically significant differences between males and females for the pharmacokinetic parameters (P<0.05). The metabolism of zolpidem tatrate in males was faster than in females. Results indicate that ethnicity has no significant impact on the pharmacokinetics of zolpidem tatrate after a single oral dose in healthy Chinese subjects. However, an effect of gender on the pharmacokinetics of zolpidem tatrate can be noted.