Purpose To observe the effect of paeonol on inflammatory factors after focal cerebral ischemiareperfusion injury in rats and its possible mechanism of paeonol.Methods Focal cerebral ischemic model was established by MCAO in rats.After 2 hours of cerebral ischemia and 22 hours of reperfusion,the expression of TNF-α and IL-1β in brain was determined by immunohistochemistry.The content of TNF-α and IL-1β in serum was measured by ELISA.Results Compared with model group,the levels of TNF-α and IL-1β in brain and serum in rats in the paeonol groups were obviously decreased.Conclusion Paeonol could relieve brain damage induced by focal cerebral ischemia-reperfusion,which may be related to inhibiting the production of inflammatory factors.

OBJECTIVE:To study the effect of HP-β-CD on solubility of 1,8-oxido-p-menthane in volatile oil of magnoliae flos,and optimize the extraction technology of Xinzhi nasal drops. METHODS:Steam distillation method was adopted to extract the volatile oil in magnoliae flos. Using the content of 1,8-oxido-p-menthane in volatile oil of magnoliae flos as index,HPLC was adopted to determine the effects of HP-β-CD with different concentration on solubility of 1,8-oxido-p-menthane in volatile oil of magnoliae flos. Using the comprehensive scores of imperatorin and extract yield as indexes,orthogonal test was used to optimize the amount of ethanol,volume fraction and extraction time in extraction technology of Xinzhi nasal drops. Verification test was car-ried out. RESULTS:50% HP-β-CD aqueous solution can improve the solubility of 1,8-oxido-p-menthane to 7.6 times. The optimal extraction technology of Xinzhi nasal drops was as follow as 10-fold 80% ethanol,extracting twice,1 h every time. In verification test,the average content of imperatorin was 0.078%(RSD=2.01%,n=3),and extract yield was 10.80%(RSD=1.85%,n=3). CONCLUSIONS:HP-β-CD shows good solubilization effect on the 1,8-oxido-p-menthane in volatile oil of magnoliae flos,and the optimized extration technology for Xinzhi nasal drops is feasible.