OBJECTIVE: To study the chemical constituents of the aerial parts of Emilia sonchifolia. METHODS: The chemical constituents were isolated and purified by chromatographies on silica gel, MCI gel, ODS, and Sephadex LH - 20 columns, as well as RP-HPLC. And their structures were identified on the basis of physicochemical properties and spectral data. RESULTS: Eighteen compounds were obtained from the aerial parts of E. sonchifolia and identified as isorhamnetin-3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranoside(1), afzelin (2), quercetin-7-O-α-L-rhamnopyranoside(3), 5, 2', 6'-trihydroxy-7-methoxyflavone 2'-O-β-D-glucopyranoside(4), quercetin-3-O- α-L-rhamnopyranoside(5), diosmin(6), isorhamnetin-3-O-rutinoside(7), linarin(8), vitexin(9), quercetin-7-O-β-D-glucopyranoside(10), vicenin-2(11), methyl 4-hydroxybenzeneacetate(12), 3, 4-dihydroxybenzeneacetic acid(13), brevifolin(14), chlorogenic acid(15), methyl chlorogenate(16), pedatisectine E(17), and uridine(18), respectively. CONCLUSION: All compounds are isolated from this genus for the first time except compounds 5 and 11.

The clinical handover, which is associated with the observation of the changes in patients′ status and the implementation of nursing process, plays a vital role in critical care. Also, the quality of clinical hand-over has a far-reaching impact on patient safety due to the complicate condition of critical patients. Over the past few years, lots of studies have focused on the many aspects of clinical handover such as the contents of clinical handover, the standard procedure of clinical handover so as to reduce the risks associated with the unsystematic clinical handover.

AIMTo study the antidiabetic effects of cortex Moutan polysaccharide-2b (CMP-2b) in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) rats.

METHODSThe T2DM model rats were induced by a single intravenous injection of low dose streptozotocin (STZ) and intake of high sucrose-fat diet. CMP-2b was given to T2DM rats daily through gavage for 4-5 weeks. The body weight, water and food intake, fasting blood glucose (FBG), glucose tolerance, plasma lipids, serum insulin, and insulin receptor (Ins R) were determined.

RESULTSOral administration of CMP-2b significantly decreased water and food intake, FBG, total cholesterol (Tch), and triglyceride (TG), improved the impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), and remarkably raised the number of low affinity InsR and insulin sensitivity index (ISI) in T2DM rats.

CONCLUSIONCMP-2b may be useful for treating T2DM and its complications.

Animals ; Blood Glucose ; metabolism ; Body Weight ; drug effects ; Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental ; drug therapy ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; Glucose Intolerance ; Hypoglycemic Agents ; isolation & purification ; therapeutic use ; Insulin ; blood ; Liver ; metabolism ; Male ; Paeonia ; chemistry ; Plant Roots ; chemistry ; Plants, Medicinal ; chemistry ; Polysaccharides ; isolation & purification ; therapeutic use ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar ; Receptor, Insulin ; metabolism

The emergence of allergy caused by Pingyangmycin is rare. A case of allergy caused by minidose and low concentration Pingyangmycin was reported in this article.
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic ; Bleomycin ; analogs & derivatives ; Humans ; Hypersensitivity

OBJECTIVETo study the chemical constituents contained in ethanol extracts from aerial parts of Emilia sonchifolia.

METHODThe compounds were separated and purified with various chromatographic techniques, and their structures were identified on the basis of physicochemical properties and spectral data.

RESULTFifteen compounds were separated from ethyl acetate fraction of 90% ethanolic extract and identified as rhamnetin (1), isorhamnetin (2), quercetin (3), luteolin (4), tricin-7-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (5), 8-(2"-pyrrolidinone-5"-yl) -quercetin (6), 5, -2', 6'-trihydroxy-7, 8-dimethoxyflavone-2'-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (7), succinic acid (8), fumaric acid (9), p-hydroxybenzoic acid (10), 4-hydroxy isophthalic acid (11), 3, 4-dihydroxycinnamic acid (12), esculetin (13), isowedelolactone (14) and uracil (15), respectively.

CONCLUSIONAll compounds except compound 3 were separated from this genus for the first time.

Asteraceae ; chemistry ; Plant Extracts ; analysis

The chemical constituents of gorgonian Junceella fragilis Ridley, collected from Ximao Island, the South China Sea, were investigated. A new briarane-type diterpenoid, named fragilide Y (1), together with five known compounds (2–6), namely fragilide D (2), cholesterol (3), ergosterol peroxide (4), 2'-deoxythymidine (5) and cis-thyminenol (6), were isolated from the acetone extract of J. fragilis. The structure of the new compound 1 was elucidated by extensive spectroscopic analysis, while the known compounds were identified by comparison with the reported data. In bioassay, none of these compounds displayed obvious anti-inflammatory and cytotoxic effects.