Lysimachiae Herba and Desmodii Styracifolii Herba are common traditional Chinese medicines for treating lithiasis. Both of them have efficacies of clearing heat, diuresis and eliminating calculi. However, there are some differences in their clinic applications. The former is mainly used to treat hepatolithiasis, gallstones, jaundice, stranguria and gout; Whereas the latter is mainly used to treat urinary calculus. In this paper, the pharmacological effects of Lysimachiae Herba and Desmodii Styracifolii Herba on removing calculus, choleresis, anti-inflammation and oxidation resistance were compared and analyzed based on document retrieval. In conclusion, both of them show the preventive and therapeutic effects on kidney stones and gallstones. Particularly, Desmodii Styracifolii Herba has a better effect in treating the kidney stones, while Lysimachiae Herba has a better effect in treating cholesterol gallstones.
Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; pharmacology ; therapeutic use ; Fabaceae ; Gallstones ; drug therapy ; Humans ; Kidney Calculi ; drug therapy ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Phytotherapy ; Primulaceae

Objective To evaluate the risk factors for cerebral infarction (CI) resulting from transient ischemic attack (TIA).Methods The clinical data of 133 patients with TIA were evaluated.The condition of CI happening was recorded.Seizure frequency,seizure duration,onset to treatment time,the number of seizure before treatment time,blood pressure,fasting blood glucose,total cholesterol,triglyceride and other factors were collected.The clinical data of TIA with CI and without CI were evaluated.Results Among the 133 patients,there were 48 patients suffering from CI (36.09％).Among 108 patients with TIA in the anterior circulation system,there were 39 patients (36.11％) suffering from CI.Among 20 patients with TIA in the posterior circulation system,there were 7 patients (35.00％) suffering from CI.There was no significant difference in the rate of CI between TIA in the anterior circulation system and TIA in the posterior circulation system (P ＞ 0.05).Among 5 patients with TIA in both the anterior and posterior circulation systems,there were 2 patients suffering from CI.In patients of TIA with seizure frequency ＞ 3 times/d,seizure duration ＞ 30 min,onset to treatment time ＞ 24 h or the number of seizure before treatment ＞5 times,the incidence of CI was significantly higher,and the difference was statistically significant (P ＜ 0.05 or ＜0.01).The onset to treatment time,systolic pressure,diastolic pressure,fasting blood glucose,total cholesterol and triglyceride levels in TIA with CI were significantly higher than those in TIA without CI (P＜0.05).Conclusion There is highly danger for patients to develop CI if patients with TIA has longer seizure duration,much more seizure frequency,longer onset to treatment time,especially those accompany with high blood pressure,hyperglycaemia and hyperlipoidemia.

2 000 mIU/ml,combined use of mifepristone(100 mg,twice daily,for 3 days) was employed. Results The treatment succeeded in 28 patients,with a success rate of 87.5%.Acute lower abdominal pain occurred in 4 patients and laparoscopic salpingectomies were carried out.The serum ?-hCG levels decreased by 23%~35% at 3 days after injection,by 38%~62% at 1 week,and to normal levels(≤6.1 mIU/ml) at 2~4 weeks.The mass completed subsided at 30～55 days after injection. Conclusions Transvaginal ultrasound guided methotrexate injection for the management of unruptured early tubal pregnancy is simple,safe, and effective.Further investigations should be carried out in respect of the recovery of tubal anatomy and physiological functions.

Objective To explore the relationship between predictable ocular motor control and cognitive function in Parkinson's disease(PD). Methods Videonystagmography was used to examine 24 patients with idiopathic PD(PD group) and 24 healthy controls(control group) on predictable ocular motor control.The accuracies of saccade were compared between two groups.The correlation among accuracy for predictive saccade(latency

To clarify the effects of zinc on the proliferation and apoptosis of cultured human retinal pigment epithelia (RPE) and the expression of caspase-3 in RPE cells. The effect of Zinc on the proliferation of RPE were examined with MTT method. TUNEL method was used to detect the apoptosis of RPE cells. Caspase-3 was detected by immunohistochemistry. A concentration of zinc higher than 0.001 microM could inhibit the proliferation of RPE. And the relationship between concentration of zinc higher than 10 microM and growth prohibition rate of RPE cells was dose-dependent. All concentrations of zinc including 0.001 microM enhanced the expression of caspase-3 of RPE. But only the concentration of zinc higher than 0.01 microM could induce apoptosis of RPE. It is concluded that zinc could enhance the expression of caspase-3 of RPE cells and induce apoptosis of RPE cells. Caution should be taken when using zinc supplements for the treatment of ARMD patients without deficiency of zinc.
Apoptosis/*drug effects ; Caspase 3 ; Caspases/metabolism ; Cell Division/drug effects ; Cells, Cultured ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Pigment Epithelium of Eye/*cytology ; Zinc/*pharmacology

Objective To explore the effect of preemptive anti-cytomegalovirus therapy on prognosis of patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and cytomegalovirus (CMV) viraemia.Methods A non-random prospective study of male hospitalized patients were carried out who were newly diagnosed as AIDS during July 1,2011 to June 30,2013 in the First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University.There were 69 patients who were divided into treatment group (57 cases) and control group (12cases).The duration of anti-cytomegalovirus therapy was a week after plasma CMV-DNA becoming undetectable.Baseline age,CMV-DNA,human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-RNA,CD4+T cells,the rate of pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) and tuberculosis were evaluated between two groups.After 12-month follow-up,CD4 + T cells,the rate of rehospitalization,CMV retinitis,and mortality were evaluated.Results There were no difference in CMV-DNA,HIV-RNA,CD4 + T cells,the rate of PCP,and tuberculosis(P ＞ 0.05).At the end of 12 months,there were higher CD4 +T cells and lower rehospitalization rate in treatment group than control group(t =-3.850,P ＜ 0.05;x2 =6.078,P ＜ 0.05).CMV retinitis was not found.The mortality was not different between two groups(P ＞0.05).Conclusions Anticytomegalovirus therapy was beneficial to the increment of CD4 +T cells and decrement of rehospitalization,and prevention from CMV retinitis.

Objective To investigate the ex pr ession of squamous cell carcinoma antigen (SCC-Ag) and carcinoembryanic antigen (CEA) and its clinical significance in patients with lung cancer. Meth ods The pre-treatment serum from 134 patients with lung cancer from 1998 to 2002 were analyzed for the SCC-Ag level and CEA level by IMX, and the correlation of the SCC-Ag level and CEA level with the clinicopathologic charac teristics were also detected. Results Significant correlations were found between the pre -treatment SCC-Ag level, and CEA level and the pathologic classification, clin ical stage, the positive rate of diagnosing lung cancer was raised by combined a ssay with serum SCC-Ag and CEA. Conclusion Pre-treatment and after-treatment measurement of serum SCC-Ag level and CEA level can be used for diagnosis, prediction of pr ognosis and monitor of after-treatment recurrence in patients with lung cancer.

Gindenosides are the active ingredients of Panax ginseng. 20 (S) -protopanaxadiolocotillol type epimers are the main metabolites of 20 (S) -protopanaxadiol. The previous studies showed that there are stereoselectivity difference in pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics between 24R-epimer and 24S-epimer. The purpose of this study was to explore the excretion of the epimers in bile, feces and urine of rat. Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry method has been performed for determination of 24R-epimer and 24S-epimer in bile, feces and urine. 24R-epimer or 24S-epimer was intragastric administered to rats at a single dose of 10 mg x kg(-1). Results showed that after administration the recovery of 24R-epimer and 24S-epimer in feces was 17.69% and 17.09%, respectively, while both of the two epimers were hardly detected in urine. The 48 h cumulative biliary excretion rate of 24R-epimer was 8.01% after administration, while only 1.47% for 24S-epimer. It indicated that there are stereoselectivity in biliary excretion of the epimers with intragastric administration.
Animals ; Bile ; chemistry ; metabolism ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; pharmacokinetics ; Feces ; chemistry ; Ginsenosides ; chemistry ; pharmacokinetics ; Male ; Mass Spectrometry ; Panax ; chemistry ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Stereoisomerism ; Urine ; chemistry

Adolescent ; Adult ; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols ; adverse effects ; therapeutic use ; Child ; Cytarabine ; administration & dosage ; Daunorubicin ; administration & dosage ; adverse effects ; Female ; Humans ; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute ; drug therapy ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Mitoxantrone ; administration & dosage ; adverse effects ; Young Adult

Objective To compare the diagnostic value of the Standardized Bedside Swallowing Assessment (SSA)and the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines(SIC)for bedside dysphagia screening of patients after acute cerebral infarction(ACI). Methods Eighty-six ACI patients within 24 h of stroke onset were enrolled in the study.Within 48 h after hospitalization,swallowing function assessments and dysphagia screenings were carried out with the SSA and SIG,as well as video fluroseopic swallowing studies(VFSSs).The SSA and SIG assessments generated sensitivities,specificities,positive predict values(PPVs),negative predict values(NPVs),positive likelihood ratios (PLRs)and negative likelihood ratios(NLRs).These were compared with the VFSS results. Results The SSA showed a sensitivity of 89.1%,specificity of 75%,PPV of 0.804,NPV of 0.833,PLR of 3.56,NLR of 0.15,and Kappa of 0.648 compared to the VFSS results.The SIG showed a sensitivity of 60.9%,specificity of 82.5%,PPV of 0.800,NPV of 0.647,PLR of 3.44,NLR of 0.47 and Kappa of 0.425 compared to the VFSS.The sensitivity of of the SIG.Both assessments correlated well with the VFSS results. Conclusions Both the SSA and the SIG are elfective in dysphagia screening.The SSA is more sensitive than the SIG and is more suitable for early screening.The SIG is helpful in guiding dysphagia management and evaluating curative effects.