OBJECTIVE: To determine the contents of total flavonoids and quercetin in different parts of Apocynum venetum collected in Songnen grassland and study their antioxidant activities so as to provide references for efficient utilization of the herbal plant.METHODS: Ultrasonic extraction was applied to extract total flavonoids.The content of total flavonoids was determined by chromatometry and the content of quercetin was determined by HPLC.The antioxidant activities of the extracts from different parts of A.venetum were evaluated by determining their abilities in scavenging 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl(DPPH?) radicals and?OH radicals.RESULTS: The contents of quercetin and total flavonoids were richer in both leaves and flowers of A.venetum than in stems.In addition,the total flavonoids extracted from the leaves and flowers of A.venetum showed higher antioxidant activity than from the stems.CONCLUSION: The leaves,flowers and stems of A.venetum can all be used as raw materials of natural antioxidants.

The publication and citation of academic papers are important indexes to evaluate science research level of colleges and institutes and also important index to evaluate researchers. In this paper we calculated and analyzed the number of publications, cited number, and cited frequency of SCI papers in three military medical universities and one military medical research institution from 1997 to 2006, and put forward some opinions and suggestions.

Objective　To evaluate homology of 53 clinical str ains of M. chelonae abscessus subspecies which caused the nosocomial infecti on. Methods　Large restriction fragment (LRF) pattern analysis of genomic DNA by using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis was performed and differences of patterns were compared. Results　53 clinical strains had two types of LRF pat terns. 49 strains had the same one LRF pattern, the rest 4 had another pattern. Conclusions　The nosocomial postoperative M. Chelonae absc essus subspecies outbreak was mainly caused by the same infectious source. So pulsed-field gel electrophoresis was suitable for evaluating strain homolo gy and looking for infectious sourses.

Through the review on the 2 months visit to College of Nursing of Michigan State University,I'd like to share the ideas with others.The conten of nursing education,clinical nursing,nursing research and patient safety to improve quality of nursing education.

The status of bioelectrical impedance measurement especially the multifrequency segmental bioelectrical impedance measurement of liver diseases is introduced.The multifrequency segmental bioelectrical impedance can well rule out the impact from the change of body weight caused by edema and ascites,and can evaluate the volume of ascites.Compared with single frequency bioelectrical impedance,the multi frequency bioelectrical impedance measurements probably display good prospect.It helps to produce objective judgement on nutrition status and energy metabolism for patients with liver diseases.The effect,however,needs further clinical research.

The rate of malnutrition occurrence in patients of hepatocirrhosis is high,and the most of them is the protein-energy malnutrition.Nutrition support is important in the therapy.The following aspects are introduced in the article,including the causation of malnutrition of hepatocirrhosis,appropriate rate of nitrogen and energy,nutritional route and the doctor′s recognition of malnutrition in patients of cirrhosis.

In this study,cholesterol content of fresh water fish oil emulsion was determined by gas chromatography. It was 30g/L and was lower than that in other marine fish oil preparations. The regression equation of standard curve was Y=1. 855x-6. 3467 ,and correlation coefficient was 0. 9990. The recovery rate ranged from 84.0% to 97. 0% ,and CV = 7.1%.

Objective To establish the scoring system for early prediction of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODSE) induced by pulmonary infection in the elderly. Methods A total of 393 inpatients with pulmonary infection, aged 60 years and over, were enrolled in this study and the data of them from January 2001 to December 2006 were analyzed retrospectively. All patients were divided into MODSE group and non-MODSE group. The effects of age, chronic disease and blood test items of healthy examination on the pathogenesis of MODSE were explored. The early prediction indexes which were selected from age, 21 chronic diseases and 15 blood test items of healthy examination were scored to establish the scoring system for early predicting MODSE. Results The age, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic respiratory failure, pulmonary fibrosis, chronic cardiac insufficiency, cerebrovascular disease, diabetes, chronic renal failure, hemoglobin, albumin,urea nitrogen and fasting blood glucose were selected to establish the scoring system for early predicting MODSE. Conclusions The scoreing system for early predicting MODSE may be used to screen the high risk population of MODSE induced by pulmonary infection, which is valuable in early prediction of MODSE.

Objective To evaluate the early prediction score system for multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in the elderly (MODSE) induced by pulmonary infection. Methods A total of 316 patients with pulmonary infection aged over 60 were admitted from 2007 Jun to 2009 Jun. All patients were scored by the early prediction score system for MODSE and then classified as high-risk group and non high-risk group. χ2 test was used to analyze the difference in morbidity of MODSE between high-risk group and non high-risk group. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was drawn, and the area under the curve, sensitivity and specificity was calculated. Results The morbidity of MODSE in high-risk group was higher than that in non high-risk group(χ2=87.569,P＜0.01).The area under the ROC curve was 0.864(P＜0.01).The sensitivity and specificity of the early prediction score system of MODSE were 84.2% and 72. 1%, respectively. Conclusion The early prediction score system for MODSE can be used to predict MODSE induced by pulmonary infection and to screen for the high risk population.