It was reported that Os-thole(Ost) was isolated from the fruits of Cnidium monnieri(L. ) Cusson, possessesanti - arrhythmic action and depressed the aortic pressure action in animal studies. Its calcium -antagonistic effects were studied on the isolated rabbit aortic strips.Ost shifted the dose response curves for NE, CaCl2 and KC1 nonparallelly to the right, and depressed their maximal response; pD2' value is 3. 16, 4. 28 and 4. 39 respectively. It produced neither ?- a-drenoceptic stimulating nor ? - adreno-ceptic blocking effects. At the concentration of 100 ?mol ? L-1, Ost significantly inhibited the intra cellular Ca2+ dependent component of NE - induced contraction of the aortic strips, however, it didn't in-hibit the extra cellular Ca2+ dependent component of NE - induced contraction of the aortic strips, These results indicated that Ost produced relaxation on vascular smooth muscle might result from its antagonistic effect to Ca2+ and mainly blocked calcium influx through PDC, and the mode of its anta -gonism is similar to that of verapamil.

An tiinflammatory effects of alcohol extract of Caesalpinia sepiarla Roxb. var. pubescent Tang et wang were shown by ip iujection. The extract significantly decreased xylene induced swelling of mice ear; carrageenin produced edema of hind paw in rats, and decreased volume of pleural exudate on carrageenin-induced acute pleurisy of rats. It also inhibited egg white induced arthritis iu rats.LD50 value is 303.7mg/kg by ip in mice, confidence limit of 95% is 296.5 ? 189.4mg/kg.

Osthole, the coumarin isolated from the fruits of Cnidum monnieri (L.) Cusson. The effects of osthole on the physiological properties in isolated auricle of guinea pig were studied. It possesses dose—dependent negative inotropic effects, the BaCl_2 inducing automaticity was inhibited, and the functional refractory period (FRP) was prolonged, and the frequence of sinoatrial node was slowed The negative inotropism and automatism suggest that sothole mey be antagonis tic to Ca~(2+), while the decrease of excitability and the prolongation of FRP indicate that it may be due to its inhibition on Na~+ current. The decrease of automaticity and excitability and prolongation of FRP are thought to be its antiarrhythmic action.

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Objective:To observe the clinical therapeutic effect of needling the acupoints of Governor Vessel and Bladder Meridian plus cupping on chronic fatigue syndrome. Methods: Fifty cases of chronic fatigue syndrome were divided into the treatment group(n= 25) and the control group(n=25). The patients in the treatment group were treated by needling Dazhui (GV 14), Zhiyang (GV 9),Xinshu (BL 15), Geshu (BL 17), Mingmen (GV 4), Shenshu (BL 23) and Changqiang (GV 1). Even reinforcing and reducing manipulation was used. Every time after the needles were withdrawn, the glass jar with thick and smooth mouth was selected to go on the back. The patients in the control group were treated by taking Chinese medicinal herbs, Caili composition, orally. Results: After 3durations of treatment, the therapeutic effects of the two groups were 92. 0% and 64. 0%respectively. There was significant difference in the therapeutic effect between the two groups(x2 =7.29,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion: Acupuncture plus cupping is an effective method in treating chronic fatigue syndrome.

Objective To explore the effect for nerve regeneration with immunosuppresssant FK506 a-round the cut after end-to-side neurorrhaphy of peripheral nerve. Methods There were 40 adult SD rats and were divided into two groups randomly by means. In the experiment group, the right peroneal nerve of SD rat was cut off,then an 1mm epineural window was created on the neighboring tibial nerve,the distal end of peroneal nerve was sutured to the windowed tibial nerve by means of end-to-side attachment, application of slow-releasing diaphragm which was implanted around the nerve anastomosis with FK506. In the contrast group,there were not the FK506 around the cut after end-to-side neurorrhaphy. The tibial and peroneal nerve trunks were labeled by being in jected with fast blue ( KB) and fluorescence golden ( FG) respectively. The labeled cells in the dorsal root ganglia (DRG) and spinal cord were observed by fluorescence microscopy. Results There were a lot of FB labeled cells in the experiment group than in the contrast group in the DRG and spinal cord. Conclusion Immunosuppresssant FK506 could promote nerve regenerative speed and quality after end-to-side neurorrhaphy of peripheral nerve.

BackgroundWith the increasing prevalence of dry eye and the continuous improvement of living standards,the problem of dry eye more and more get the attention of people.At present,China still lacks the large population-based epidemiological data of dry eye. Objective To investigate the prevalence and possible risk factors of dry eye in a community of Huidong County of population aged 14 and over.Methods From September 2010 to January 2011,using questionnaires and examination of dry eye related,2800 people were selected randomly for cross-sectional survey.Those suspected as dry eye were examed by the SchirmerⅠtest ( S Ⅱ T),tear-film breakup time(BUT),corneal fluorescein staining(F1).Results In the 2475 questionnaire effectively,154 persons were diagnosed as dry eye,and the prevalence rate of dry eye was 6.22％,8.06％in females,4.14％in males.The prevalence rate increases with age.The S Ⅰ T and BUT decreased with increasing age.S Ⅰ T and BUT in females are less than males.Foreign body sensation is the primary complaints of patients.Logistic analysis showed that the most common risk factors in dry eye are age and gender.The system disease and eye diseases,eye fatigue and long exposure to dust are also main determinants.ConclusionsThe population prevalence rate of dry eye increased with age,the prevalence rate of dry eye in females is higher than that in males.The key factors associated with dry eye are age,gender,systemic disease and eye diseases,occupation,working environment.

Objective To investigate the relationship between the right-to-left shunt(RLS)detected with contrast-enhanced transcranial Doppler (c-TCD) and recurrent stroke in patients with cryptogenic stroke.Methods The consecutive patients w ith ischemic stroke w ere enrol ed. The patients w ith cryptogenic stroke w ere screened according to the TOAST criteria. They w ere divided into either a RLS positive group or a RLS negative group according to the c-TCD findings, and then they w ere fol ow ed up for a period of one year. They w ere also divided into a recurrent group and a non-recurrent group according to w hether they had recurrence or not. Results A total of 118 patients w ith cryptogenic ischemic stroke w ere enrol ed, including 46 in the RLS positive group, 72 in the RLS negative group, 10 in the recurrent group, and 108 in the non-recurrent group. There w ere no significant differences in demographic and baseline data betw een the RLS negative group and the RLS positive group. There w ere significant differences in RLS positive rate (7/10 vs.39/108; P=0.046) and proportion of patients with server RLS (2/10 vs.1/108; P=0.019) betw een the recurrent group and the non-recurrent group. Multivariate logistic regression analysis show ed that the positive RLS w as an independent predictor of recurrent stroke (odds ratio 4.896, 95% confidence interval 1.135-21.120;P=0.033). Conclusions The positive RLS may be an independent risk factor for the recurrence in patients w ith cryptogenic ischemic stroke.

Objective:To discuss the change of ferritin ( Fn) and ferroportin expression quantity and time-related feature in the alveolar macrophages of mice , infected with different virulence of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis infected .Methods:The prepared bacte-ria of H37Rv or BCG were injected intravenously into the mice tails .On the day 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15, the lavage fluids were collected and the alveolar macrophages were obtained from each group of mice .The expression of FPN and Fn were detected with ELISA and /or Western blot analysis .Results:The expression of Fn in the group of either H 37Rv or BCG infected mice was decreased on the day 7, 9 and 11, and was lowest on the day 7, which showed significantly statistical difference compared to that on the other days (P<0.05).The expression of FNP in the infected mouse macrophage was decreased gradually , which was obvious on the day 5. The expression levels reached to the lowest on the day 7 and 9.The expression was much lower than that in the negative control group (P<0.05).Conclusion:The expression of Fn and FPN in macrophages isolated from lungs of mice infected with Mycobacterium tu -berculosis H37Rv or BCG become decreased , and there is no difference between these two infected mouse groups .

Objective To explore the correlation between Mycobacterium tuberculosis ( MTB ) PhoPR two-component system and drug resistance of MTB clinical isolates widespread in Xinjiang region by analyzing the expression of PhoP gene and PhoR gene among different isolates .Methods Total RNA of MTB was extracted from drug-susceptible strains , the strains only resistant to a single first-line anti-TB drugs (INH, RFP, SM and EB) and multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains, respectively.The purity of total RNA was checked by agarose gel electrophoresis .The expressions of PhoP gene and PhoR gene were quantified by using SYBR Green I qRT-PCR and the differences of their gene expression in different isolates were ana-lyzed.Results Compared with the drug-susceptible strains of MTB, the expression of PhoP gene was up-regulated for about 1.48 times in MTB strains resistant to RFP (RFP-MTB) and 2.74 times in MDR strain (P<0.05).Compared with MDR strain, the expressions of PhoP gene in the isolates resistant to INH (IN-HMTB), RFP (RFP-MTB), SM (SM-MTB) and EB (EB-MTB) were down-regulated for 0.70, 0.50, 0.25 and 0.21 times respectively.The expressions of PhoR gene were down-regulated for 0.36, 0.54, 0.35 and 0.19 times, respectively (P<0.05).The expressions of PhoR gene in the isolates of INH-MTB, RFP-MTB, SM-MTB and EB-MTB were up-regulated for 6.33, 4.56, 2.34, 1.85 and 9.06 times, respectively as compared with the drug-susceptible strains (P<0.05).Conclusion Significant differences of PhoR gene and PhoP gene expressions were observed among drug-susceptible strains , INH-MTB, RFP-MTB, SM-MTB, EB-MTB and MDR strains.Therefore, the Mycobacterium tuberculosis PhoPR two-component system is asso-ciated with the drug resistance of MTB strains prevalent in Xinjiang region .