A new isoprenylated acetophenone, acronyculatin P (1) as well as two known compounds, 3′,5′-diisoprenyl-2′,4′-dihydroxy-6′-methoxyphenylethanone (2) and 3′-isoprenyl-2′,4′,6′-trihydroxyphenylethanone (3) were isolated from the stem bark of Acronychia pedunculata (L.) Miq. The structures were determined by HRESIMS, 1D and 2D NMR. The inhibitory activity of the isoprenylated acetophenone derivatives against murine leukemia P-388 cells showed compound 1 moderate activity with IC₅₀ 15.42 µM.
Leukemia ; Rutaceae ; Thoracica

From 14 June 2002 to 30 June 2004, at the surgery department of the Hospital of Endocrinology had performed the endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy on 131 patients (61 males, 70 females), in ranging of age from 11 year old to 50. Thoracoscopic sympathectomy can performed easily and effectivelly in semi-Fowler posittion, turning the opposite with a single-lumen endotracheal tube. The rate of dry hand was 98.8% of patient. There was no death, there was no patient with hematothorax. There were 2 cases with complication of one side pneumothorax by adhesion but having good results after one day of drainaging closed pleuroperitoneal. After operation 40 patients were re-examined had pneumothorax in chest and back
Hyperhidrosis ; Therapeutics ; Sympathectomy ; Thoracica ; Endoscopy

The adhesive protein secreted by marine sessile animals can resist the resistance of water and exert stickiness under the humid environment. It has become a candidate for the development of high-performance materials in the field of biomedicine and bionics. Barnacles are as one of the marine macrofoulers that can be firmly attached to the underwater substrate materials with different surface characteristics through its cement proteins. To date, the adhesion process of barnacle has been understood in-depth, but the specific underwater adhesion mechanism has not been elucidated and needs further exploration. This review first presented an overview of barnacle and its adhesion process, followed by summarizing the advances of barnacle adhesive protein, its production methods, and applications. Moreover, challenges and future perspectives were prospected.
Animals ; Thoracica/metabolism* ; Proteins/metabolism* ; Adhesives/metabolism*

Amygdalus pedunculata Pall. is one of the 12 important woody oil crops in China. In this study, we determined the complete chloroplast genome sequence of A. pedunculata Pall. (MG602257) from Mu Us desert in Yulin city, Shaanxi province, China. The plastome was 157 851 bp with 36.8% GC content. Comparisons among the plastomes of MG602257 and other two MG869261 and KY101153 from Genebank of NCBI showed that the total length of these chloroplast genomes was MG602257< MG869261 Animals ; Base Composition ; China ; Genome, Chloroplast ; Phylogeny ; Thoracica