AIM: To establish a RP-HPLC for determing the contents of naringin,hesperidin and baicalin in Qingfei Huatan Pill(Arisaema Cumbile,Fructus Aurantii,Pericarpium Citrireticulatae,Radix Scutellariae,etc.). METHODS: Naringin,hesperidin and baicalin were separated on a RP C_(18) column.Acetonitrile-water(20(∶)80)(adjusted to pH 2.2 with phosphoric acid) was used as the mobile phase.The detective wavelength was set at 280 nm. RESULTS: The linear ranges were in 1.24-6.2 ?g for naringin (r=(0.999 7))、1.1-5.5 ?g for hesperidin(r=(0.999 8)) and 2.32-11.6 ?g for baicalin(r=(0.999 9)).The recoveries were 99.29% with RSD of 1.78% for naringin、100.08% with RSD of 1.44% for hesperidin and 98.76% with RSD of 1.42% for baicalin respectively. CONCLUSION: The method is simple,accurate and reproducible.It may well be used for the quality control of this product.

Objective To investigate the therapeutic effects of matrine eye drops (MED) on experimental ocular inflammation in rabbits. Methods The effects of 0. 5 % and 1.0% MED, dexamethasone eye drops, saline solution were e-valuated in the rabbits with ocular inflammation induced by paracentesis of anterior chamber and capsicum tincture respectively. Results MED could significantly inhibited the increase of protein concentration in aqueous humor induced by anterior chamber paracentesis, and the anti - inflammatory effect of MED on capsicum - tincture - induced extra ocular and intraocular inflammation was similar to dexamethasone eye drops. There were no significant difference between 1.0% MED and dexamethasone eye drops. Conclusion MED has a good effect on experimental ocular inflammation in rabbits.

Bioethnopharmaceutical analytical pharmacology (BAP) means to study Chinese herbal compound formula (CHCF) from the aspacts of in vivo and in vitro efficacy,pharmacodynamics,quality control and plant chemistry,guided by the CHCF absorbed bioactive compounds (ABC) analyses.The form of BAP is performed by comparing ABC efficacy with mother formula efficacy.Meanwhile,it must follow the principle which the ABC dose should be equal to the mother formula content or the blood drug concentration.In this study,the hypothesis was put forward to clarify the thoughts,assumptions and expected results,which uncovered the multiple cardioprotective mechanism of Dangui-Buxue Tang (DBT) for ischemic heart disease.BAP is expected to guide the development of further experiments for providing a better thought for the research over CHCF.

OBJECTIVETo evaluate the colorectal cancer incidence among compliers and non-compliers in the population of colorectal cancer screening area, and to provide scientific basis for health economic evaluation of cancer screening.

METHODSBy screening different years build queue, to retrospectively compare the data of colorectal cancer screening from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2013 and the data of cancer registration, and to analyze the colorectal cancer incidence rates among screening compliers and non-compliers, and to compare the average intervals between the end of screening and clinical cancer diagnosis using SPSS 19 statistical software. Mantel-Haenszel test was performed with a statistical significance level of α = 0.05.

RESULTSThe non-compliance rate was 38.24% among males and 28.49% among females (P < 0.001). The non-compliance rate was highest in the 40-44 and 70-74 years age groups and lowest in the 50-59 years age group. The compliers of the screening were followed up for 476,049 person-years, and there were 51 cases of colorectal cancer, with an incidence rate of 10.71/100,000. The non-compliers of the screening were followed up for 259 183 person-years, and there were 66 cases of colorectal cancer, with an incidence rate of 25.46/100,000, which was 1.38 times higher than that of the compliance group (χ2 = 21.699, P < 0.001). The incidence rate of colorectal cancer among subjects who were positive in initial screening but refused to receive an electronic colonoscopy was as high as 164.40/100,000, and the average delay time was 20.8 ± 16.8 months.

CONCLUSIONSThe colorectal cancer screening adherence among women is better than among men, and that of 50-54 years and 55-59 years age groups is better than in other age groups. The subsequent incidence rate of colorectal cancer in the non-compliance group is significantly higher than that of the compliance population.

Adult ; Age Factors ; Aged ; China ; epidemiology ; Cohort Studies ; Colonoscopy ; Colorectal Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; epidemiology ; Early Detection of Cancer ; Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Male ; Mass Screening ; statistics & numerical data ; Middle Aged ; Patient Compliance ; statistics & numerical data ; Retrospective Studies ; Sex Factors

Objective α?Asarone has the effect of relieving cough and asthma as well as sedative, hypnotic and anticonvul?sive function. Our study was designed to explore the effects of apoptosis induced by α? Asarone on human esophageal carcinoma Eca?109 cell line as well as the expression levels of GADD153 and Smac mRNA. Methods Human esophageal carcinoma Eca?109 cells were cultured in vitro, which were divided into blank control group, 5?FU group( 500μg/mL) andα?Asarone group of different dosages ( 25,50,100μg/mL) . After cultivation, MTT method and Annexin V?PI were used to measure cell proliferation rate and apoptosis rate. Expression levels of GADD153 and Smac protein and mRNA were detected by western blotting and real? time quantitative PCR. Results Compared with blank control group, the cell proliferation rates in other groups decreased significantly (P<0.01), and cell apoptosis rate increased significantly ( P<0.01) . Compared with blank control group, the expression levels of GADD153 and Smac pro?tein and mRNA in other groups increased significantly( P<0.05) . Conclusion α? Asarone can inhibit cell proliferation and induce the apoptosis of human esophageal carcinoma Eca?109 by regulating the expression levels of GADD153 and Smac gene.

Objective To investigate the application effects of quantitative and qualitative fecal occult blood (FOB) reagent in colorectal cancer screening.Methods With the platform of colorectal cancer screening for early diagnosis and treatment,the original screening methods and process were not changed,individuals underwent colorectal cancer screening,aged from 40 to 74 years old,from four villages of Haining City in Zhejiang Province were selected as study objects.Initial screening included medical history questionnaire and FOB test.The first stool samples were examined both with quantitative and qualitative FOB test,one week later the second samples were detected with qualitative FOB test.History positive or once of any type of reagent positive was considered as initial screening positive.The individuals with initial screening positive received fine screening (colon endoscope examination).The effects evaluation included the positive rate of FOB,intestinal lesion detection rate,sensitivity,specificity and Youden index.The health economic analysis was calculated.Chi-square test was performed for comparisons between the two groups.Results A total of 8 427 history survey were completed,the positive rate of history was 8.48％(715/8 427) ; 6 644 underwent quantitative detection of FOB and the positive rate was 4.44 ％ (295/6 644) ; qulitative test was conducted in 12 633 samples were conducted and the positive rate was 2.56 ％ (324/12 633),the difference was statistically significant (x2 =49.27,P＜ 0.01).A total of 854 individuals with initial screening positive underwent electronic colonoscopy examination,the total intestinal lesion detection rate was 22.72％ (194/854),of which the intestinal lesion detection rate of quantitative group was 34.55％ (66/191),and that of qualitative group was 17.73％ (36/203),the difference was statistically significant (x2 =14.53,P＜0.01).The detection rate of both quantitative and qualitative test positive was 43.75 ％ (14/32).The colorectal cancer detection rates of quantitative and qualitative FOB test were 3.66％ (7/191) and 0.99％ (2/203),advanced adenoma detection rates were 8.38 ％ (16/191) and 5.91％,there were no significant differences (x2 =2.08 and 0.96,both P＞0.05).The sensitivity of quantitative and qualitative FOB test in advanced adenoma and cancer detection rate was 45.10％ and 27.45％,respectively.The average cost of quantitative and qualitative FOB test in intestinal lesions detection was 5 874.50 and 1 432.14 yuan.Conclusion The effects of quantitative FOB test in colorectal cancer screening was better than that of qualitative reagent,however on the cost of screening,the former was 4.10 times of the latter.

BACKGROUND: Salvia miltiorrhiza is widely used to treat angina cordis, ischemic stroke and other ischemic cardiovascular diseases. However, the effects of Salvia miltiorrhiza on ovariectomized rats remain unclear.OBJECTIVE: To observe the effects of Salvia miltiorrhiza on the body mass, food intake, and levels of blood lipids and malondialdehyde (MDA) in ovariectomized rats.DESIGN: A completely randomized and controlled experiment.SETTING: Institute of Physiology and Psychology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University.MATERIALS: The experiment was performed in the Key Laboratory of Pre-clinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province and the laboratory of Institute of Physiology and Psychology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University from November 2005 to December 2006. Twenty-four healthy female SD rats of 3 months old and (220±2) g were selected. Salvia miltiorrhiza water decoction (equal to 1 g/mL crude drug) was identified and extracted by Drug Control Institute of Gansu Province; MDA kit was purchased from Nanjing Jiancheng Institute of Bioengineering.METHODS: ①The rats were randomly divided into three groups with 8 rats in each group: sham-operated group,ovariectomized group and Salvia miltiorrhiza group. The rats were underwent a bilateral ovariectomy except those in the sham-operated group, which were subjected to a removal of bilateral fat as much as ovariectomized group with the ovaries remained. Rats in sham-operated group and ovariectomized group freely drank water; rats in Salvia miltiorrhiza group freely took 1% water extracts from Salvia miltiorrhiza postoperatively, and the concentration of Salvia miltiorrhiza gradually increased to 12% on the eighth day, which was lasted until the end of the experiment (55 days). ②The food intake of rats in each group was monitored daily, and the body mass was measured every five days. At the end of the experiment, femoral artery blood samples of rats were collected to determine the levels of blood lipids. At the same time,MDA was measured according to the kit.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The body mass, food intake, levels of blood lipids and malondialdehyde in each group.RESULTS: Twenty-four rats all entered the result analysis. ①The body mass of rats in 3 groups was nearly the same before operation (P ＞ 0.05). While the body mass in ovariectomized group on the postoperatively 10th, 20th, 25th, and 55th days was significantly higher than those in sham-operated group (P ＜ 0.01). The body mass in Salvia miltiorrhiza group on the postoperatively 20th, 25th, and 55th days was significantly lower than those in ovariectomized group (P ＜0.05-0.01). ②The food intake in ovariectomized group on the postoperatively 15th, 40th, and 55th days was significantly higher than those in sham-operated group (P ＜ 0.05-0.01), and that in Salvia miltiorrhiza group was significantly lower than those in ovariectomized group at those 3 time points (P ＜ 0.05-0.01). ③At the end of the experiment, the levels of total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglyceride in ovariectomized group were significantly higher than those in sham-operated group (P ＜ 0.05-0.01). The levels of triglyceride and MDA in Salvia miltiorrhiza group were significantly lower than those in ovariectomized group (P＜0.01, 0.05).CONCLUSION: Salvia miltiorrhiza can significantly reduce the body mass and levels of triglyceride and MDA in ovariectomized rats.

Objective To compare the effect of perineal cleansing with the potassium permanganate or sterile water on mid- stream urine culture. Methods Mid- stream specimens of urine were obtained from inpatients in our hospital between January 2002 and December 2006. All these patients may be diag-nosed as urinary tract infection. The urine specimens were divided into the potassium permanganate group (n=1572, the sterilization group) and the sterile water group (n=544). The change of positive and contami-nation rate of mid-stream urine culture from the specimens was observed. More than two kinds of germs in one urine specimen were defined as contamination. Results 830 patients with urinary tract infection had been enrolled. 2116 specimens were collected and 531 strains of causative organism were detected. The positive rate of the sterilization group and the sterile water group was 20.04% and 39.71%, respectively,and such difference was significant. The rate of identical causative organism from the same patient whose spec-imen was cultivated twice in the sterilization group was 0.012% and the rate was 0.105% in the sterile water group. The difference was significant. The rate of different or one kind of causative organism from the same patient whose specimen was cultivated twice in these two groups hadn't significant deviation. The contami-nation rate of the sterilization group (0.028%) was significantly higher than that of the sterile water group (0.007%). Conclusions Perineal cleansing with sterile water can reduce the false negative rate of mid-stream urine culture without increasing the contamination rate. Potassium permanganate sterilization is re-sponsible for the high false-negative in mid-stream urine culture.