OBJECTIVE:To study the HPLC fingerprint profiles of crude and processed Semen Cassiae so as to provide basis for the establishment of chromatographic fingerprint of Semen Cassiae.METHODS: The samples of Semen Cassiae were hydrolyzed in the 1.5 mol?L-1 hydrochloride acid and then reflux extracted with chloroform.The HPLC analysis was run in gradient elution.The whole information of single-wavelength chromatographic fingerprint,two-dimension information data at full wavelength 220 nm～550 nm and the data of 18 fingerprint peaks compared with chrysophanol were treated by cluster analysis.RESULTS:It was observed that the contents of several chemical components were higher in the crude or processed Semen Cassiae than in chrysophanol.There were differences between the crude and the processed Semen Cassiae in HPLC fingerprint profiles though they were of good similarity.CONCLUSION: The HPLC fingerprints of liposoluble constituents were obtained with good resolution under the experimental chromatographic system.Three pure chromatographic peaks of chrysophanol,emodin and physcion have been identified.More reliable cluster result can be obtained from two-dimension information data at full wavelength 220 nm～550 nm than from the whole information of single-wavelength chromatographic fingerprint or from the information of chromatographic fingerprint of characteristic peaks.

OBJECTIVETo establish a method for determination of 2,5-hexanedione in urine by headspace solid-phase microextraction-gas chromatography.

METHODSAfter extraction by solid-phase microextraction head, 2,5-hexanedione in urine was determined by gas chromatography and was quantified by external standard method.

RESULTSThe concentration of 2,5-hexanedione in urine showed a linear relationship within the range of 0.1-20.0 µg/ml. The regression equation was y=261.36x-1.903 3, r=0.999 2. The minimum detectable concentration was 0.01 µg/ml. The recovery rate was 92.6%-97.1%, with a relative standard deviation (RSD) of 3.3%-5.8%. The intra-day and inter-day RSDs were 3.8%-6.2% and 4.7%-6.3% respectively.

CONCLUSIONThis determination method has no requirement for organic solvents, features simple and rapid operation, possesses higher detection sensitivity, and applies well to the determination of 2,5-hexanedione in urine.

Objective To investigate the role of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) on the diagnosis of cryoglobulinemia related glomerulonephritis. Methods Sixteen cases which showed glomerular organized deposits by TEM in the renal biopsy specimens were collected in our hospital during last six years. Their clinical data, renal pathological features and ultrastructural morphology were analysed. Results Four cases had positive serum cryoglobulin were diagnosed as cryoglobulinemia related glomerulonephritis. Serum cryoglobulin was not available in the other 12 cases, who were suspected as cryoglobulinemia related glomerulonephritis. All patients had proteinuria with microscopic hematuria,and some cases had nephrotic syndrome, hypertension and mild to moderate renal insufficency. The main pathological pattern was membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis.Endocapillary proliferation with an infiltration of monocytes was observed in these cases. Glomerular subendothelial deposits and intraluminal thrombi was their prominent features. Organized electron-dense deposits were identified by TEM, whose deposits organized into microtubular, fibrillary, crystalline-like and granular structures, and were demonstrated mainly in glomerular subendothelia and capillary lumen. Most of cases were considered as cryoglobulinemia related glomerulonephritis by the ultrastructural findings of glomerular organized deposits. Conclusion Glomerular organized deposits identified by TEM provide important diagnostic implications for cryoglobulinemia related glomerulonephritis.

Objective To study the mechanism of protective effects of total rhizoma panacis japonica saponins(tRPJS)on the cerebral ischemia injury.Methods The middle cerebral artery occlusion model (MCAO)in rats and cerebral ischemia-reperfusion models in mice were used to investigate the influence of tRPJS on the nitric oxide synthase(NOS)and inducible nitric oxide synthase(iNOS)activity in hippocampus region.Results tRPJS significantly decreased the contents of NOS and iNOS in hippocampus region of MCAO rat and cerebral ischemia reinfusion mouse.Conclusion tRPJS has significantly protective effects by decreasing NOS and iNOS.

This paper discussed the different ways on the pharmacology of traditional Chinese medicine teaching to cultivate students' autonomous learning ability, promoting independent learning through PBL teaching, enhancing students' ability to think independently and practical operation using heuristic teaching.Survey results showed this student-centered, teacher-led, student-teacher interaction style pharmacology teaching model could improve the quality of teaching of Pharmacology.

Objective To explore optimum cycle of Automatic Washer Disinfector for endozime auto wash triple plus with advanced proteolytic action to ensure mechanical cleaning quality and improve safety of reusable medical instruments. Methods Visual inspection, STF cleaning efficacy monitoring test and Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) test were used to verify cleaning quality of the newly updated No.4 automatic washer disinfector, and changed key parameters on weekly basis, such as pre-cleaning temperature, pre-cleaning time, detergent concentration, main cleaning temperature, and main flushing time, recorded cleaning results for three weeks:Group test of initial procedure, Group test 1 of optimization procedure and Group test 2 of optimization procedure.Χ2 test was used to compare differences of the three groups and determine the optimum cycle. Results Group test 2 of optimization procedure had the highest visual inspection and ATP test qualification rate (both were 100.00%), and pass all the STF tests. Cleaning quality was significantly better than the other two groups, and the cycle made full use of the tested detergent. Conclusions Cycle parameters of cleaning machine have great impact on medical instruments cleaning quality; Specific consuming products need to be verified to determine the optimum cleaning cycle.

Objective To observe the urine analysis test paper evaluation method for the determination of the sensitivity of medical equipment cleaning effect,for cleaning quality evaluation method.Methods To perform standard manual processing equipment in the experiments,the first use of ATP monitoring method and the analysis of urine test paper test mid experiment data,calculate its whether there is relationship and ATP test method,and can instruct the cleaning quality results;Second use visual method,ATP bioluminescence method and the analysis of urine test paper test the end of the experiment data,the analysis to determine the urine test paper measurement indicator cleaning qualified evaluation threshold.Results The ATP test paper method and urine analysis had showed positive correlation,0.30 ≤r≤0.75,and to complete the standard cleaning process 300 pieces of department of gynaecology attractor visual analysis method,ATP bioluminescence method and the analysis of urine test paper measurement inspection group (the -),cleaning the percent of pass was 95.67％(287/300),86.33％(259/300) and 83.37％(251/300) respectively,therefore,urine analysis test paper assay to detect the - was the cleaning threshold quality qualification evaluation,urine analysis test paper test the percent of pass was 14.46％ lower than the visual observation,x2=63.35,P＜0.05.Conclusions Urine analysis test paper test results,test method is simple,low cost,and can be widely used in medical equipment cleaning quality evaluation method of semi-quantitative daily monitoring.

Objective:To investigate the relative frequency of idiopathic focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) in renal biopsy proven diseases, and its criteria and significance of clinicopathological diagnosis. Methods: We reviewed all the inpatients that were diagnosed by renal biopsies from 1990 to 2001, of whom 65 were identified as idiopathic FSGS. Their histological characteristics were analyzed together with their clinical findings. Results: (1) The incidence of idiopathic FSGS accounted for 2.2% of all the renal biopsies, 3.2% of primary glomerular diseases, and 5.8% of patients with massive proteinuria. (2) The subtypes of idiopathic FSGS were hilar lesion (12.3%), peripheral lesion (23.1%), mixture lesion (60.0%), collapsing lesion (3.1%), and tip lesion (1.5%), which were frequently accompanied by other morphologic variants, such as synechia of Bowman's capsule, podocyte hyperplasia and hypertrophy, segmental endothelial and mesangial proliferation, and interstitial fibrosis, etc. As the sclerotic lesions distributed segmentally and overlapped by other variants, it was difficult to get the correct diagnosis. (3) Most of the patients with segmental endothelial and mesangial proliferation had massive proteinuria. Conclusion: Idiopathic FSGS was not a common glomerular disease in our study. Podocyte lesion, segmental endothelial and mesangial proliferation may play an important role in the formation of segmental sclerosis in idiopathic FSGS.

Objective: To investigate the morphological characteristics and expression of cell cycle regulatory proteins in cellular variants of idiopathic focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). Methods: Seventeen cases of cellular variants of FSGS were studied by light microscopy, immunofluorescence (IF), and electron microscopy (EM). The immunohistochemistry and immunoelectron microscopy for the detection of cyclins (cyclin D1, cyclin E, cyclin A, cyclin B1) and cyclin dependent kinase inhibitors (CKIs, including p21, p27, p57) were performed in these cases. Results: The hypertrophy and hyperplasia of epithelial cells overlying sclerotic or collapsed glomerular tufts were the prominent characteristics of cellular variants of FSGS; IF showed segmental deposits of IgM; hyperplastic epithelial cells possessed the features of both podocyte and parietal epithelial cells ultrastructurally. Hyperplastic epithelial cells of cellular lesions showed positive staining for cyclin E, cyclin A, cyclin B1 and p21, and negative staining for cyclin D1, p27 and p57. Conclusion: The hyperplastic epithelial cells in cellular variants of FSGS may be derived from damaged podocytes, which mimic the immature podocytes, re engage the cell cycle to proliferate and form the cellular lesions. The up regulation of cyclins (cyclin E, cyclin A, cyclin B1) concurrent with the loss of CKIs (p27, p57) contributes to the cell cycle regulation of cellular lesions of FSGS.

Objective To investigate relations between villus Benzo (a)pyrene (BaP)-DNA adducts and blighted ovum in early pregnancy, and to explore possible environmental factors influencing embryo development. Methods One hundred and two pregnant women with blighted ovum were selected into this study as research group; and 102 normal pregnant women were taken as control group; the age, gravidity, parity and gestational weeks of the two groups were matched. After artificial abortion, villi of the patients were collected and washed by normal saline. Then, the tissue was homogenated and genome DNA was extracted to detect quantity of the tissue. BaP-DNA adducts levels were examined by high-performance liquid chromatography-fluorescence method (HPLC). The personal information of pregnant women was collected by questionnaire. Logistic regression model was used to investigate the association between BaP-DNA adducts and blighted ovum. Results BaP-DNA adducts level in villi of research group [(8. 9±8. 2) adducts/108 nucleotides] was significantly higher than that of control group [(2. 0±1. 4) adducts/108 nucleotides], P＜0.05. The higher the BaP-DNA adducts in villi, the higher risk the blighted ovum; when the BaP-DNA adducts level increased to 6.06 adducts/108 nucleotides, the risk of blighted ovum might increase 59.39 times (95% CI:15.50-227.55). Maternal education level was a protective factor (OR=-0.21, 95%CI:-0. 19--0.03) after controlling potential confounders. Conclusions High level of villi BaP-DNA adducts might increase the risk of blighted ovum in early pregnancy, and could have an adverse effect on embryo development.