AIM:To study the chemical constituents of the roots of Astragalus hoantchy Franch.. METHOD:Isolation and elucidation of the chemical constituents,were conducted by chromatography and spectral evidences. RESULTS and CONCLUSION:Six steroids and four anthraquinones were isolated from the roots of A. hoantchy. Their structures were identified to be stigmastane-3,6-dione (1),5α,8α-epidioxy- (22E,24R)-ergosta-6,22-dien-3β-ol (2),stigmastane-3β,6α-diol (3),daucosterol (4),β-sitosterol (5),stigmasterol (6),chrysophanol (7),emodin (8),physion (9) and aloe-emodin (10) on the basis of spectral data and physical constants. Among them,compounds 1,2,3,7,8,9,10 were isolated from the genus Astragalus for the first time.

Objective To analyze the relationships between body mass index (BMI), blood pressure and the cerebral vascular function in middle-aged population that underwent health checkup. Methods Participants from health management centers of Renmin Hospital of Hubei province, the Second Hospital Affiliated to Nanhua University, Hospital of Shandong Electric Power and Chinese People's Liberation Army No. 180 Hospital aged 45 to 64 years were selected from health checkup population by cluster sampling. Levels of height, weight and blood pressure as well as the cerebral hemodynamics were checked. Subjects were grouped according to age, BMI, systolic and diastolic blood pressure. The differences and distribution of cerebrovascular function scores (CVFS) between groups were compared and described. Moreover, the risk of stroke in the population was evaluated. Results Of the 17 258 individuals who met inclusion criteria, the abnormal rate (the score below 75 points) of CVFS was 20.9 percent. The CVFS in normal, overweight and obese groups were 91.0±15.4, 83.3±21.3, 70.3±26.5 and differences in all age groups were statistically significant (P<0.01). The CVFS in systolic blood pressure<120,120-139, 140-159,≥160 mmHg (1 mmHg=0.133 kPa) groups were 93.9±12.9, 86.5±18.9, 72.1±23.5, 56.2±25.7 and differences in all age groups were statistically significant (P<0.01). CVFS in normal diastolic pressure<80, 80-89, 90-99,≥100 mmHg groups were 91.0±16.1, 85.5±20.2, 75.4±23.6, 62.7±25.0 and the differences among all age groups were statistically significant (P<0.01). Conclusions The abnormal rate of cerebrovascular function integral and high risk stroke individuals in middle-aged health checkup people was approximately 21 percent. The overweight, obese and the high level of systolic and diastolic pressure may induce the injury of cerebrovascular function and the severity will increase with the level of BMI and blood pressure.

This study was aimed to establish a separation method for neochlorogenic acid reference substances from Lonicera japonica. Refined neochlorogenic acid inL. japonica water extract was separated and concentrated by HPD200A macroporous resin, which was isolated and purified by medium-low-pressure preparative chromatography and determined by HPLC. The structure was identified by various spectroscopic data including ESI-MS,1H-NMR and13C-NMR. The results showed that the optimal purification technology conditions were as follows: washed with 5BV of water, collected elution, concentration, drying; neochlorogenic acid crude products were eluted with acetonitrile-0.5% formic acid solution (10:90) with the flow rate of 20 mL·min-1; and the detection wavelength was 326 nm. The contents of the prepared neochlorogenic acid reached to 98.86% and the yield was 89.1%. It was concluded that the method was effective for the preparation of neochlorogenic acid with high purity. It can be used to prepare the reference substances for quantitative analysis and content determination of Chinese materia medica.

In this article, an HPLC method for the contents determination of amino acids in Qihong Maitong injection was reported. In detailed, OPA-Fmoc pre-column derivatization was adopted, and related HPLC methods to determine the contents of amino acids was established. Linear relationship was well constructed for 17 amino acids through the method mentioned above. Briefly speaking, the optimized method was accurate and reproducible, and suitable for the determination of amino acids in Qihong Maitong injection and corresponding quality control.

To develop a method for the determination of 18 elements such as Pb, Cu, As, Hg, Mn, Ni, & Tl in Panax notoginseng,Bulbus fritillariae thunbergii,Coix seed, Resina draconis, and to control the contents of heavy metal elements in Sanjie Zhentong Capsule, the samples were digested by microwaves and then analyzed by appropriate determination parameters through ICP-MS, with the internal standard method to improve the matrix effect and interference. The correlation coefficientR2≥ 0.999 2. The lowest limits of quantification were from 0.002 8 to 0.54 μg·L-1. The experiments had better repeatability, while the recovery values ranged from 73.01% to 109.13%. The method is simple, accurate and high sensitive, and it can be used for the determination of rapid monitoring the multi-elements inPanax notoginseng, Bulbus fritillariae thunbergii, Coix seed,and Resina draconis.

AIM: Investigated the relationship between NF-κB activation and cell apoptosis in mouse macrophages treated with 7-ketochesterol (7-KC). METHODS: Cell apoptosis was detected by MTT assay, DNA fragmentation assay and flow cytometric analysis. NF-κB activation was detected by western blot and immunohistochemistry. Inhibitory assay was used to show the effect of the activation of NF-κB on the apoptosis induced by 7-KC. RESULTS: 7-KC inhibited macrophages proliferation, and then induced apoptosis, which is associated with NF-κB activation. Moreover, cell apoptosis with NF-κB activation was inhibited by pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC), an inhibitor of NF-κB. CONCLUSION: 7-KC induced the activation of NF-κB and following cell apoptosis.

Objective:To develop a method for the quantitative determination of ambrisentan. Methods: 1 H NMR spectra were obtalned with a Bruker AscendTM 400 superconducting NMR spectrometer. For each sample, DMSO-D6 was used as the solvent, the pulse width was 10. 0 μs, the delay time was 5 s and the scanning time was 16. Results: The proton peaks of ambrisentan at δ6. 16 ppm and maleic acid atδ6. 28 ppm were used as the quantitative peaks. The linear regression equation of peak area and quality ratio was Y=0. 140 7X+0. 034 8 with the correlation coefficient of 0. 999 4. RSD was 0. 2%(n=6)in the repeated experiments. The absolute content of ambrisentan reference substance was 99. 9%. Conclusion: The results showed that 1 H NMR can be used in the quantitative determination of ambrisentan without reference substance. The method is reliable, rapid, accurate and simple.

This study was aimed to establish a simultaneous determination method of chlorogenic acid,liquiritin,rosmarinic acid,arctiin,glycyrrhizic acid,schisandrin,menthone in Guo-Ming-Xing Bi-Yan(GMXBY) granules by HPLC under multiple UV wavelengths.Waters Symmetry C18 column (4.6 mm× 250 mm,5μm) was used as the chromatographic column.Acetonitrile-0.1% phosphoric acid water solution was used as the mobile phase with gradient elution.The detection wavelength of chlorogenic acid and rosmarinic acid was 327 nm; that of liquiritin and arctiin was 280 nm; that of glycyrrhizic acid,schisandrin and menthone was 250 nm.The column temperature was 25℃.The injection volume was 10μL.Chlorogenic acid showed a good linear relationship in the range of 1.19-59.50μg?mL-1 (r = 0.999 8).The average recovery rate was 100.95%.Liquiritin showed a good linear relationship in the range of 1.51-150.70μg?mL-1 (r = 0.999 1).The average recovery rate was 100.38%.Rosmarinic acid showed a good linear relationship in the range of 3.40-68.08 μg?mL-1 (r = 0.999 9).The average recovery rate was 101.02%.Arctiin showed a good linear relationship in the range of 56.15-1 123.00μg?mL-1 (r =0.999 9).The average recovery rate was 100.39%.Glycyrrhizic acid showed a good linear relationship in the range of 21.54-430.80μg?mL-1 (r = 0.999 8).The average recovery rate was 97.09%.Schisandrin showed a good linear relationship in the range of 2.57-51.34μg?mL-1 (r = 0.999 9).The average recovery rate was 99.19%.Menthone showed a good linear relationship in the range of 0.50-10.00μg?mL-1 (r = 0.999 9).The average recovery rate was 100.35%.This established method was simple and reliable with good reproducibility,which can be used as the determination method of active components in GMXBY granules.

This paper was aimed to study the human plasma protein binding rate of diterpene ginkgolides meglumine injection.The equilibrium dialysis was used to determine the human plasma protein binding rate of ginkgolide A (GA),ginkgolide B (GB) and ginkgolide K (GK) in diterpene ginkgolides meglumine injection.The LC-MS/MS method was used for the content determination of ginkgolides.And then,the plasma protein binding rate was calculated.The results showed that there was no interference from other ingredients for the determination of ginkgolides.The calibration curve of the analytes was in good linearity in certain range of contents.The precision and stability of the analytes met the methodology requirements.After 8 h incubation,the human plasma protein binding rate of GA,GB and GK achieved balance.The human plasma protein binding rate of GA (0.34,1.70 and 8.51μg·mL-1) was 84.03%-88.11%; the human plasma protein binding rate of GB (0.62,3.09 and 15.5μg·mL-1) was 41.21%-53.56%; the human plasma protein binding rate of GK (0.04,0.20 and 1.01μg·mL-1) was 45.24%-59.59%.It was concluded that the method was simple,rapid and sensitive,which met the analysis requirement for biological samples.GA had a high plasma protein binding rate; GB and GK had medium plasma protein binding rate.