Family Schisandraceae is composed of two genera Schisandra and Kadsura, which are quite different in regard to the used part and medical function. Traditionally, the fruits of Schisandra plants were called 'Wuweizi' used as tonic for neurasthenia, antitussive, and sedative agents. The stems and roots of Kadsura plants, with names related to 'XueTeng', possess activating blood circulation and eliminating stasis and are used for the treatment of rheumatism, fractures and irregular menstruation. The dried fruit of Schisandra chinensis was recorded in Chinese Pharmacopoeia (2010 Edition) as 'Wuweizi', while the dried fruit of S. sphenanthera was recorded as an official origin of 'Nanwuweizi'. Historically, there was no evidence that the fruits of Kadsura plants were substituted as 'Wuweizi' either in ancient literatures or contemporary marketing. However, genus Kadsura is still popularly called 'Nanwuweizi' and plant K. longipedunculata is regarded as the origin of 'Nanwuweizi', thus this will cause confusion as well as misunderstanding of genus Kadsura. The authors recommended, therefore, the Chinese name of genus Kadsura should be 'Lengfantengshu' and K. longipedunculata with the name of 'Lengfanteng' in order to guarantee the drug authenticity.

Adenoma ; Adult ; Ear Neoplasms ; Ear, Middle ; pathology ; Humans ; Male

?AIM: To discuss the effect of laser exposure on visual acuity and macula.?METHODS: Retrospective and consecutive case series. A retrospective analysis of 11 patients (11 eyes) with laser retinal injury was carried out from January 2014 to June 2015 in Ophthalmology Department of No. 474 Hospital of Chinese PLA. All individuals underwent visual acuity, best corrected visual acuity ( BCVA ) , and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography ( SD-OCT) for macular at first visit, and fundus fluorescein angiography ( FFA ) , visual field, and multifocal electroretinogram ( mf ERG ) were perform if necessary. Symptomatic therapies, supportive therapies and pars plana vitrectomy ( PPV ) were performed depended on the patient’s condition. The patients were followed-up at 1, 3 and 6mo after the first visit, and patients were undertaken visual acuity, BCVA, macular SD-OCT and so on.?RESULTS: Eight patients ( 73%) were under 18 years old and all patients were young males, who were injured by laser pointers when playing. Three patients ( 27%) over 18 years old were injured accidentally at work. Ten (91%) patients’ BCVA were ≤0. 3, while one ( 9%) patient’s BCVA was higher ≥0. 3. Full-thickness macular holes ( the diameter 224-519 μm ) were detected in 10 patients (91%), while sub-foveal RPE changes and IS/OS injury in 1 patient ( 9%) . Macular hole with traction or cystoid edema in 6 eyes (55%) were received PPV, while the other 5 eyes ( 4 eyes with stable macular hole and 1 eyes with RPE injury ) received conservative treatment. Macular hole closed successfully in 1 eye ( 17%) after PPV, while macular hole in the other 5 eyes ( 83%) were stable after PPV of which the cystoid edema faded. The 4 patients with macular hole and 1 patient with RPE injury were stable during follow-up period. However, the BCVA in all patients had no significant improvement at end.?CONCLUSION: Exposure to laser devices could lead to severe macula injury that could reduce central vision, which is permanent.

A central portion of nifS, designated nifS', was amplified from Azotobacter vinelandii. The nifS' was cloned into pUC18 to make pUCS. Then pUCS was integrated into Azotobacter vindandii chromosome DNA by homologous recombination. This nifS disruption mutants were generated by single cross-over event and selected by Amp resistence on BBGN medium. The nifS disruption mutant (named SU1) was affirmed by southern blot and PCR amplification. SU1 grows rapidly on BBGN, but very slowly on Burk's N-free medium. This phenomenon showes that SU1 nearly lost its nitrogen fixation ability because of the disruption of nifS. The successful construction of SU1 is helpful for further research on the effect of nifS on the structure and function of nitrogenase component-Ⅰ and Ⅱ.

Objective To evaluate the effects of locking calcaneal plate in the treatment of SandersⅢ～Ⅳcalcaneal fractures.Methods 15 feet of 12 patients of SandersⅢ～Ⅳcalcaneal fractures received the treatment of internal fixation reduction with locking calcaneal plate and hone graft.Results All the patients were followed up for 4 to 21 months(average 11 months) with the results that according to Maryland foot score,4 feet were reported ex- cellent,6 good,1 average and 1 poor,with total excellent and good rate of 83.3 %.Conclusion Using locking cal- caneat plate in the treatment of complicated calcaneal fractures was proved to be a good method and had satisfactory effects.

0.05). Regarding to the grade of irradiation mucositis, the majority of patients in the treatment group were at stage Ⅰ-Ⅱ,while those in the control at stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ(P0.05).No adverse drug reaction was observed in both groups during irradiation process.Conclusion:Actovegin can postpone the development of irradiation oropharyngeal mucositis and decrease the incidence of gradeⅢ and Ⅳmucositis.

Objective To investigate the level of serum angiopoietin-like protein 4 (ANGPTL4) in normal subjects and patients with obesity and newly-diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM),and to explore the relationship of serum ANGPTL4 with parameters of body fat,glucose-lipid metabolism,and insulin resistance index (HOMA-IR).Methods A total of 160 subjects with normal glucose regulation(NGR) and newly-diagnosed T2DM,were divided into 4 groups:NGR with normal weight group (NGR-NW),NGR with overweight/obese group (NGROW/OB),T2DM with normal weight group (T2DM-NW),and T2DM with overweight/obesity group (T2DM-OW/ OB) according to their body mass index(BMI).ELISA was used to determine the level of serum ANGPTL4.The weight,height,waist circumference,hip circumference,waist hip ratio(WHR),and BMI,fasting insulin(FINS),lipid metabolism parameters,and insulin resistance index (HOMA-IR) were measured.Results Compare with the NGR group,the level of ANGPTL4 was significantly decreased in the T2DM group [(25.75 ±2.85 vs 31.08 ±3.35)ng/ml,P＜0.01],the level of ANGPTL4 in OW/OB group was significantly lower than that in the NW group [(27.27± 3.05 vs 29.04 ± 4.64) ng/ml,P＜0.01].Partial correlation analysis showed that serum ANGPTL4 was negatively correlated with BMI,WHR,FPG,2hPG,HbA1C,FINS,HOMA-IR,AST,ALT,and TG levels(P＜0.01),but positively correlated with the HDL-C(P＜0.01).Multiple stepwise regression analysis showed that HbA1C,FINS,and HDL-C were independent risk factors of serum ANGPTL4 (β =-0.825,-0.119,3.301,P＜0.01).Conclusion Serum ANGPTL4 level in T2DM and OW/OB group was lower than that in NGR and NW group.Serum ANGPTL4 is associated with FINS and lipid metabolism,suggesting that it may play an important role in the pathophysiology of obesity and metabolic syndrome.

Adult ; Computers, Handheld ; Data Collection ; Humans ; Male ; Otolaryngology ; User-Computer Interface

Background Vitretomy and lenstomy with silicone oil tamponade is an effective method for complicated vitreous retinopathy.The severe anisometropia after silicone retention is usually treated by two-point transscleral suture fixation for posterior chamber intraocular lens(IOL)implantation.In order to reduce the number and difficulty and complication of the operation,the surgical method should be improved.Objective The goal of this study was to observe the resuh of silicone oil removal combined with four-point trans-scleral suture fixation of posterior chamber IOL after vitrectomy.Methods A retrospective case-observational study design was adopted.Twenty eyes with silicone oil tamponade from 20 patients without lens and posterior capsule after vitrectomy were included in this study.Silicone oil removal with four-point trans-scleral suture fixation of posterior chamber IOL was performed.The anterior ocular inflammatory response,intraocular pressure,uncorrected and corrected acuities before and after operation,corneal endothelial cell counting and postoperative complications were observed and analyzed.Written informed consent was obtained from all patients prior to the operation.Results All of the operative eyes in this study showed improvement of visual acuity after operation.Of the 20 eyes,a visual acuity of ≥0.8 was seen in 2 eyes,0.6-0.7 in 6 eyes,0.3-0.5 in 8 eyes and 0.05-0.2 in 4 eyes 3 months after the removal of silicone oil.The uncorrected acuity postoperation was significantly improved in comparison with preoperation(H=10.147,P＜0.01),but no significant difference was found in the corrected acuity between preoperation and postoperation(X =2.089,P＜ 0.01).The number of the corneal endothelial cells was(2064±329)cells/mm2 before operation,and that after operation was(1987±269)cells/mm2,showing an insignificant change between them(t =1.660,P ＞ 0.05).No abnormality of IOL position was found in all 20 operated eyes.There was not serious postoperative complication in all 20 patients.Conclusions The combination of silicon oil extraction with four-point transscleral suture fixation IOL is effective in eyes without posterior capsule or lens after vitrectomy.It can reduce the operation time and improve the postoperative acuity and the quality of life of patients.

Objective: To study the chemical constituents in the dry roots of Dolomiaea souliei (Franch.) Shih.Methods: Various chromatographic methods were used to isolate and purify the chemical constituents of Dolomiaea souliei, and the structures were elucidated through the analysis of spectral data and literatures.Results: Six compounds including 3 sesquiterpene compounds and 3 fatty acids were obtained and identified as dihydrodehydrocostuslactone(Ⅰ), vladimenal(Ⅱ), arbusculin A(Ⅲ), n-hendecane(Ⅳ), butanedioic acid(Ⅴ) and methyl linoleate(Ⅵ).Conclusion: Compounds Ⅳ-Ⅵ are obtained from the genus of Dolomiaea for the first time.