OBJECTIVETo establish an HPLC method for the content determination of baicalin, wogonin, chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, cichoric acid, corynoline and adenosine in Pudilan Xiaoyan oral liquid.

METHODThe analysis was performed on a Phenomenex Luna C18 column (4.6 mm x 250 mm, 5 µm) with a gradient mobile phase of methanol-0.1% trifluoroacetic acid solution system at flow rate of 1.0 mL · min(-1). The detective wavelength was at 280 nm. The column temperature was 30 °C.

RESULTThe standard curves of seven studied components show good linearity in their concentration ranges with r ≥ 0.999 6. The average recovery was 98.73%-102.1% with RSD less than 2.6%.

CONCLUSIONThe method is rapid, simple and accurate, and can be applied for the quality control of Pudilan Xiaoyan oral liquid.

Caffeic Acids ; analysis ; Chlorogenic Acid ; analysis ; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; methods ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; analysis ; Flavanones ; analysis ; Flavonoids ; analysis ; Succinates ; analysis

According to the common standard of ethic review for clinical research , it is equal to each kind of research program whether western medicine or Traditional Chinese Medicine .It should be reviewed the ethic and scientific issues in the same time .However, on account of the two majority characteristics of Traditional Chinese Medicine , it would be concerned more evidence , such as the safety data before clinic , the syndrome differentiation and treatment of target disease , drug combination , dosage and course of treatment , the methods of outcome meas-urement, admixture of the drug, the selection of control drug including placebo and so on .

Objective To investigate the role of metastatic lymph node ratio (MLR) in the evaluation of prognosis of patients with gastric cancer (GC) at different lymph node numbers examined.Methods Clinical data were reviewed retrospectively in a total 535 patients who underwent surgery for GC.Spearman correlation analysis between MLR or number of metastatic lymph nodes (N) and examined lymph node numbers,Kaplan-Meier method was used for comparison survival rates of N stage and MLR stage.A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to evaluate the role of N stage and MLR stage in the prognosis of GC patients.Results Metastatic lymph node ratio and number of metastatic lymph nodes correlated with the examined lymph node numbers (r =0.146,r =0.378,P ＜ 0.01,P ＜ 0.001).The 5 year survival rate of MLR0,MLR1,MLR2 and MLR3 patients were 57.5％,69.9％,40.0％ and 21.7％ respectively when examined lymph node numbers ＜ 6 (P ＜ 0.01).The 5-YSR of MLR0,MLR1,MLR2 and MLR3 patients were 86.8％,59.2％,35.8％ and 39.2％ respectively when between 6-10 (P ＜0.001) and the 5-YSR of MLR0,MLR1,MLR2 and MLR3 patients were 88.7％,62.5％,0 and 17.7％ respectively when they ＞ 10(P ＜0.001).AUC of MLR staging was 0.68 ±0.05 when the numbers ＜ 6 (P ＜ 0.001).AUC of MLR staging was 0.72 ± 0.04 at numbers 6-10 (P ＜ 0.001).AUC of MLR staging was 0.79 ± 0.03 when numbers ＞ 10 (P ＜ 0.001).Conclusions MLR was less influenced by lymph node number examined than N.MLR stage has potential superiority to that the N stage in assessing prognosis of GC patients,especially for patients with more than 6 lymph nodes examined.

Objective To study the curative effect of prostaglandin E1(PGE1)on maintaining Sa(O2) and life span in the neonates with complete transposition of the large arteries(TGA).Methods Eleven of 19 neonates complete TGA received continuous PGE1 with the dosage of 5-20 ng/(kg?min),while the other 8 cases were set as control.The body temperature,Sa(O2),heart rate and blood pressure of both groups were recorded during the trial.Results The average Sa(O2) in trial group was (82.3?3.56)%,which had significant difference compared with the control group(t=8.232 P=0.001).The life span in trial group was much longer than control group.The body temperature,heart rate and blood pressure of trial group had no significant fluctuations.Conclusion PGE1 has an compkete effect on maintaining the ope-ning of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in TGA patients,which can improve the Sa(O2) and prolong the life span.

Abnormalities, Multiple ; diagnosis ; Child ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 ; complications ; Female ; Hearing Loss, Sensorineural ; complications ; Humans ; Obesity ; complications ; Prognosis ; Retinitis Pigmentosa ; complications ; Skin ; pathology ; Syndrome

In order to clarify material basis of effective parts of liangxue tongyu prescription, blood-heat and blood-stasis rat model induced by dry yeast was established. The changes of rectal temperature, blood viscosity and plasma viscosity were used to evaluate the cooling-blood and activating-blood effects of liangxue tongyu prescription and its parts. Compared with the model group, the extract from liangxue tongyu prescription, its volatile oil and n-butanol part could significantly reduce rectal temperature (P<0.01), and also reduce blood viscosity and plasma viscosity to various degrees (P<0.01 or P<0.05). So volatile oil and n-butanol part were primarily identified as effective parts of liangxue tongyu prescription. By using GC-MS with normalization method of area to analyze volatile oil of liangxue tongyu prescription, 70 compounds were identified, accounting for about 92.54%, mainly as β-asarone, paeonol, α-asarone and shyobunone. 42 compounds such as peony glycosides, tannins, and iridoid glycosides were identified by HPLC-MS techniques and standard comparison. The study determined the effective parts of liangxue tongyu prescription and clarified the chemical composition providing the foundation for further studies on material basis of liangxue tongyu prescription.
Acetophenones ; chemistry ; Animals ; Anisoles ; chemistry ; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry ; Oils, Volatile ; chemistry ; Rats ; Tannins ; chemistry

Apoptosis ; drug effects ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Drug Synergism ; Flavanones ; administration & dosage ; pharmacology ; Humans ; Multiple Myeloma ; pathology ; Thalidomide ; administration & dosage ; analogs & derivatives ; pharmacology

The influence of low tube voltage in dual source CT (DSCT) coronary artery imaging on image quality and radiation dose and its application value in clinical practice were investigated. Totally, 300 cases of chest pain with low body mass index (BMI <18.5 kg/m(2)) subjected to DSCT coronary artery imaging were prospectively enrolled. The heart rate in all patients were greater than 65/min. The retrospective ECG gated scanning mode and simple random sampling method were used to assign the patients into groups A, B and C (n=100 each). The patients in groups A, B and C experienced 120-, 100-, and 80-kV tube voltage imaging respectively, and the image quality was evaluated. The CT volume dose index (CTDIvol) and dose length product (DLP) were recorded, and the effective dose (ED) was calculated in each group. The image quality scores and radiation doses in groups were compared, and the influence of tube voltage on image quality and radiation dose was analyzed. The results showed that the excellent rate of image quality in groups A, B and C was 95.69%, 94.72% and 96.33% respectively with the difference being not statistically significant among the three groups (P>0.05). The CTDIvol values in groups A, B and C were 51.35±12.21, 21.28±7.13 and 6.34±3.34 mGy, respectively, with the difference being statistically significant (P<0.05). The ED values in groups A, B and C were 9.27±1.63, 4.56±2.29 and 2.29±1.69 mSv, respectively, with the difference being statistically significant (P<0.05). It was suggested that for the patients with low BMI, the application of DSCT coronary artery imaging with low tube voltage can obtain satisfactory image quality, and simultaneously, significantly reduce the radiation dose.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the potential risk factors and management of excessive epistaxis after endoscopic endonasal surgery (EES). METHOD: Six hundred and forty-one patients who underwent EES in our hospital from December 2011 to December 2012 were reviewed retrospectively. Factors which potentially affect the incidence of excessive epistaxis after EES were analyzed with univariate and multivariate logistic regression model. RESULT: The incidence rate of excessive epistaxis after EES was 8.4% in our study. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that history of previous EES, along with other four factors, correlated significantly with the occurrence of excessive epistaxis after EES. CONCLUSIONS Previous EES, along with other three factors, may increase the chance of excessive epistaxis after EES, while pre-operative corticosteroid therapy may reduce the risk to some extent.
Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Child ; Endoscopy ; adverse effects ; Epistaxis ; etiology ; Female ; Humans ; Logistic Models ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Multivariate Analysis ; Nasal Surgical Procedures ; adverse effects ; Nose ; surgery ; Postoperative Complications ; etiology ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk Factors ; Young Adult

OBJECTIVEMuscle contraction may prompt glucose uptake through non-insulin-dependent ways, and it may be due to the enhanced activation of key proteins known to regulate glucose metabolism, like p38 and Akt. Our experiment focused on the impact of different contraction modes on the phosphorylation of the molecules, thus to explore effective ways to lower blood glucose.

METHODSIsolated muscle strips perfusion technique and Western blot analysis were employed to investigate the influence of different modes of contraction on the activation of the molecules.

RESULTSMuscle contraction led to an increase in p38 phosphorylation, with the greatest effect observed after 5 minutes of 10% DC (duty cycle) contraction and 5 minutes of 1% DC contraction. However, phosphorylation of Akt were not altered by the two contraction modes.

CONCLUSIONThe level of phosphorylation of p38 was higher at the optimal contraction modes, but these modes could not increase the level of phosphorlation of Akt.

Animals ; Glucose ; metabolism ; In Vitro Techniques ; Male ; Muscle Contraction ; physiology ; Muscle, Skeletal ; physiology ; Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases ; metabolism ; Phosphorylation ; Physical Conditioning, Animal ; physiology ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt ; metabolism ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases ; metabolism