Sect. Aptera (Gentiana L.) is the plant origin of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) "Qinjiao", which is used to treat rheumatism and pains with a long history. The plants of Sect. Aptera mainly contain iridoids, triterpenes and steroids, and possess anti-inflammatory, analgesia, stomach invigorate and bacteria inhibitory effects, etc. Herein, we reviewed the advances of chemical and pharmacological investigations of Sect. Aptera for further research.
Animals ; Drug Therapy ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; pharmacology ; Gentiana ; chemistry ; Humans ; Plant Extracts ; chemistry ; pharmacology

Objective:To make the early clinical antibiotic regimen by finding out the infection of corynebacterium in the pus of patients with granulomatous mastitis in the early stage.Methods:A total of 42 patients who were diagnosed and treated in the Breast Center of Guangdong Maternal and Child Health Hospital from Jun. 2016 to Mar. 2017 with complete follow-up data were retrospectively analyzed. PCR method was used to detect corynebacterium in the patients’ pus. Patients in the positive group were treated with antibiotics alone, antibiotics + hormones and hormones alone, while patients in the negative group were treated with antibiotics + hormones and hormones alone. The postoperative recurrence rate and cure rate of different groups of patients were observed.Results:The antibiotic regimen for granulomatous mastitis in patients with corynebacterium infection included a combination of short-acting levofloxacin and azithromycin and long-acting anti-mycobacterium drugs. Among the 42 patients in the subgroup, 21 patients were confirmed positive for corynebacterium by PCR detection of pus, and the postoperative recurrence rate was 23.5%. There was a statistically significant difference between the antibiotic group, the antibiotic + hormone group and the hormone group in treatment of granulomatous mastitis infected with corynebacterium ( χ2=5.494, P=0.036) . PCR detection shouwed corynebacterium negative in 21 cases, and postoperative recurrence rate of 16.7%. No statistically significant difference in efficacy was found between antibiotic + hormone group and hormone only group for GM patients without bacterial infection ( χ2=1.129, P=0.719) . Conclusion:Early detection of corynebacterium infection in GM patients is significant for clinical guidance of the application of lipophilic antibiotics.