1.Optimization of polysaccharide extraction from Abelmoschus manihot flowers using composite enzymes and a study on the activities of the polysaccharides
Ge LIU ; Cheng LUO ; Huifang CHAI ; Yan LI ; Tian LU
China Pharmacy 2026;37(18):2369-2375
OBJECTIVE To optimize the extraction process of polysaccharides from Abelmoschus manihot flowers, and to investigate the antioxidant, moisturizing and hygroscopicity activities of the polysaccharides.METHODS The optimal ratio of composite enzymes was determined by orthogonal experiments, and the extraction process of polysaccharides was optimized by single-factor experiments and Box-Behnken response surface methodology, and validated. The scavenging rates of 2,2′-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) free radicals, hydroxyl free radicals, and superoxide anion free radicals, as well as the total reducing ability of the polysaccharides were investigated by the ABTS method, Fenton-salicylic acid colorimetric method, pyrogallol autoxidation method, and potassium ferricyanide reduction method, respectively. The moisturizing and hygroscopicity activities of the polysaccharides were evaluated by the weighing method.RESULTS The optimal ratio of composite enzymes was 136 000 U of papain, 125 000 U of pectinase,and 5 000 U of cellulase. The optimal extraction process was as follows: enzymatic hydrolysis time of 2.8 h, enzymatic hydrolysis temperature of 57.50 ℃, pH of the sodium dihydrogen phosphate-disodium hydrogen phosphate buffer was 5.5, and solid-to-liquid ratio of 1∶40. The results of three experiments showed that the average polysaccharides extraction rate of 23.595%, with an RSD of 0.90%. The scavenging rates of ABTS free radicals, hydroxyl free radicals, superoxide anion free radicals, and total reducing ability were 81.759%, 87.110%, 54.244%, and 1.129 (the mass concentrations of polysaccharides were 10、 5、 10, and 10 mg/mL, respectively), respectively. At relative humidity of 43% for 12 h, the moisturizing rate and hygroscopicity rate of polysaccharides were 99.387% and 100.478%, respectively; at relative humidity of 83% for 12 h, they were 99.764% and 100.455%, respectively.CONCLUSIONS The optimal extraction process of polysaccharides from A.manihot flowers based on the composite enzymes is stable and feasible; the polysaccharides obtained under this process have good antioxidant, moisturizing, and hygroscopicity activities.
2.Syndrome and Treatment Law of TCM in Treating Pediatric Pneumonia Convalescence Based on Data Mining
Lixiu GE ; Xia CUI ; Jianning GUO ; Xue BAI ; Huifang LI ; Yixin SHI
Chinese Journal of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine 2025;32(9):40-47
Objective To explore syndrome and treatment law of TCM in treating pediatric pneumonia convalescence;To provide references for clinical syndrome differentiation and treatment.Methods The relevant literature about TCM in treating pediatric pneumonia convalescence was retrieved from CNKI,SinoMed,VIP,Wanfang Data and PubMed from the establishment of the databases to December 31,2024.Diagnostic basis,syndrome elements and TCM prescription information were extracted.Excel 2021 was used for frequency statistics,SPSS Modeler 18.0 was used for association rule analysis,Gephi 0.10.1 was used to complete complex network analysis,and Origin 2025 was used for data visualization.Results A total of 171 articles were included.Diagnosis basis predominantly involved symptoms,signs and course of the disease.TCM syndrome element distribution predominantly involved the lung,spleen,qi deficiency,yin deficiency,phlegm,dampness,blood stasis and heat,often presenting as a mixture of deficiency and excess patterns.A total of 98 prescriptions were collected,with high-frequency herbs primarily including tonifying and deficiency-replenishing herbs,and phlegm-resolving and antitussive herbs.The herbal properties and tastes were mainly warm,neutral,slightly cold,and sweet,bitter,pungent,primarily associated with the lung and spleen meridians.Complex network analysis identified three core patterns of syndrome-herb interactions.Conclusion The diagnosis of pediatric pneumonia convalescence relies on symptoms,signs and course of the disease as key criteria.The syndrome is often characterized by a deficiency-excess complex.Treatment should integrate the dynamic interactions among syndrome elements and adjust the balance between reinforcing healthy qi and eliminating pathogens based on the proportional weight of deficiency and excess.For deficiency patterns,it is necessary to focus on tonifying qi and nourishing yin.For concurrent syndromes or pathological factors,additional methods such as resolving phlegm,clearing heat,regulating qi,drying dampness,promoting digestion,cooling blood,and activating blood circulation may be incorporated.
3.Syndrome and Treatment Law of TCM in Treating Pediatric Pneumonia Convalescence Based on Data Mining
Lixiu GE ; Xia CUI ; Jianning GUO ; Xue BAI ; Huifang LI ; Yixin SHI
Chinese Journal of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine 2025;32(9):40-47
Objective To explore syndrome and treatment law of TCM in treating pediatric pneumonia convalescence;To provide references for clinical syndrome differentiation and treatment.Methods The relevant literature about TCM in treating pediatric pneumonia convalescence was retrieved from CNKI,SinoMed,VIP,Wanfang Data and PubMed from the establishment of the databases to December 31,2024.Diagnostic basis,syndrome elements and TCM prescription information were extracted.Excel 2021 was used for frequency statistics,SPSS Modeler 18.0 was used for association rule analysis,Gephi 0.10.1 was used to complete complex network analysis,and Origin 2025 was used for data visualization.Results A total of 171 articles were included.Diagnosis basis predominantly involved symptoms,signs and course of the disease.TCM syndrome element distribution predominantly involved the lung,spleen,qi deficiency,yin deficiency,phlegm,dampness,blood stasis and heat,often presenting as a mixture of deficiency and excess patterns.A total of 98 prescriptions were collected,with high-frequency herbs primarily including tonifying and deficiency-replenishing herbs,and phlegm-resolving and antitussive herbs.The herbal properties and tastes were mainly warm,neutral,slightly cold,and sweet,bitter,pungent,primarily associated with the lung and spleen meridians.Complex network analysis identified three core patterns of syndrome-herb interactions.Conclusion The diagnosis of pediatric pneumonia convalescence relies on symptoms,signs and course of the disease as key criteria.The syndrome is often characterized by a deficiency-excess complex.Treatment should integrate the dynamic interactions among syndrome elements and adjust the balance between reinforcing healthy qi and eliminating pathogens based on the proportional weight of deficiency and excess.For deficiency patterns,it is necessary to focus on tonifying qi and nourishing yin.For concurrent syndromes or pathological factors,additional methods such as resolving phlegm,clearing heat,regulating qi,drying dampness,promoting digestion,cooling blood,and activating blood circulation may be incorporated.
4.Clinical characteristics of critically ill pregnant women with different admission methods to intensive care unit: data analysis from 2006 to 2019 in the university hospital
Jingjing XI ; Huifang REN ; Hua ZHANG ; Zhiling ZHAO ; Tiehua WANG ; Zongyu WANG ; Wen LI ; Shining BO ; Gaiqi YAO ; Yangyu ZHAO ; Yongqing WANG ; Qinggang GE
Chinese Critical Care Medicine 2021;33(10):1249-1254
Objective:To compare the clinical characteristics of critically ill pregnant women admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with different admission methods, in order to make more effective and rational use of ICU resources.Methods:A retrospective study was conducted. The clinical data of critically ill pregnant women admitted to ICU of Peking University Third Hospital from January 2006 to July 2019 were analyzed. According to the admission mode to ICU, the pregnant women were divided into emergency admission group (transferred to ICU on the same day or the next day due to critical illness) and planned admission group (transferred to ICU 2 days after admitting in obstetric ward). The clinical characteristics of ICU critical pregnant women, such as the incidence, causes of admission, severity of the disease, main treatment measures, mortality, and medical expenses were collected, and a comparative analysis between the two groups was performed.Results:During the nearly 14 years, a total of 576 critical pregnant women in ICU were enrolled, accounting for 0.8% (576/71 790) of the total number of obstetric inpatients and 4.6% (576/12 412) of the total number of ICU inpatients. Seven maternal deaths accounted for 1.2% of all critically pregnant women transferred to ICU, and the overall mortality of pregnant women was 10/100 thousand. Of the 576 critically pregnant women, there were 327 patients (56.8%) in the emergency admission group and 249 patients (43.2%) in the planned admission group. Compared with the planned admission group, the proportion of elective cesarean section in the emergency admission group was significantly lower (17.7% vs. 94.0%, P < 0.01), and the proportion of emergency cesarean section was significantly higher (65.1% vs. 2.4%, P < 0.01), the acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (APACHE Ⅱ, APACHE Ⅲ) scores, simplified acute physiology score Ⅱ (SAPS Ⅱ) and Marshall score were significantly higher [APACHE Ⅱ score: 6.0 (4.0, 9.8) vs. 4.0 (3.0, 7.0), APACHE Ⅲ score: 14.0 (11.0, 20.3) vs. 12.0 (9.0, 16.0), SAPS Ⅱ score: 8 (0, 12) vs. 3 (0, 8), Marshall score: 2 (1, 4) vs. 1 (1, 3), all P < 0.01]. The length of ICU stay in the emergency admission group was significantly longer than that in the planned admission group [days: 2 (1, 5) vs. 2 (1, 3), P < 0.01], and the total length of hospital stay was significantly shorter [days: 9 (7, 13) vs. 13 (10, 18), P < 0.01]. Both in the emergency admission group and the planned admission group, obstetric factors were the main reason for admission, 60.9% (199/327) and 70.3% (175/249), respectively. The proportion of postpartum hemorrhage was the highest [35.2% (115/327) and 57.0% (142/249)], followed by preeclampsia/eclampsia [7.0% (23/327) and 7.6% (19/249)]. Only 7 of the 19 critically pregnant women with puerperal infection were planned admission. All 21 patients with acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) during pregnancy were emergency admission. Among the emergency and planned admission patients, 73 patients (22.3%) and 42 patients (16.9%) required mechanical ventilation (duration of mechanical ventilation > 24 hours), 99 patients (30.3%) and 35 patients (14.1%) needed vasoactive agents, 67 patients (20.5%) and 20 patients (8.0%) received hemodynamic monitoring, and 123 patients (37.6%) and 154 patients (61.8%) were given anticoagulation therapy, respectively. In terms of severity score of critical pregnant women, there were significant differences in APACHE Ⅱ, APACHE Ⅲ, SAPS Ⅱ and Marshall scores of pregnant women with different diseases. Among them, the APACHE Ⅲ, SAPS Ⅱ and Marshall scores of AFLP were the highest [21.0 (15.0, 32.5), 12.0 (6.0, 16.5) and 6.0 (3.5, 8.0), respectively]. The APACHE Ⅱ and APACHE Ⅲ scores of postpartum hemorrhage were the lowest [4.0 (3.0, 7.0), 12.0 (10.0, 16.0)]. The SAPS Ⅱ score of pneumonia was the lowest [2.0 (0, 14.0)]. The Marshall score for puerperal infection was the lowest [1.0 (0, 3.0)]. In terms of the total medical expenses, the cost in the emergency admission group was significantly lower than that in the planned admission group [10 thousand Yuan: 3.1 (2.0, 4.7) vs. 4.1 (2.9, 5.8), P < 0.05]. Conclusions:Compared with the critically ill pregnant women who planned to be admitted to ICU, the patients emergency admitted to ICU were more complicated and urgent, and the severity of the condition was scored higher. At present, the severity scoring system commonly used in ICU can only partly evaluate the severity of critically ill pregnant women, therefore, it is necessary to design the specific severity scoring system for critically ill pregnant women to effectively and rationally use the precious ICU resources.
5.Phenotypic and genetic characteristics of a child with 7p15 deletion syndrome.
Jing WU ; Binghua DOU ; Ge MENG ; Huifang WANG ; Yaqin HOU ; Junke XIA ; Ying BAI ; Xiangdong KONG
Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics 2020;37(8):855-858
OBJECTIVE:
To explore the genetic basis for a child with multiple malformation and growth retardation.
METHODS:
The child was subjected to low-coverage massively parallel copy number variation sequencing (CNV-seq) based on next generation sequencing (NGS) technique.
RESULTS:
G-banding karyotyping analysis has found no abnormality in the boy and his parents. CNV-seq analysis discovered that the child has carried a heterozygous 4.36 Mb deletion (24 020 000-28 380 000) at 7p15.3p15.1. The same deletion was not found in either parent. The deletion has encompassed 28 OMIM genes including HOXA13, CYCS, DFNA5, HOXA11 and HOXA2. Among these, HOXA13 has been associated with distal limb deformity, hypospadias and cryptorchidism. HOXA1, HOXA3 and HOXA4 are involved in the formation of cardiac primordia and primordial tube, and HOXA2 is involved in the development of auditory system. The clinical phenotype of the child was consistent with that of 7p15 deletion syndrome.
CONCLUSION
Haploinsufficiency of HOXA1, HOXA2, HOXA3, HOXA4 and HOXA13 genes may underlie the clinical phenotype of the child, which is comparable to 7p15 deletion syndrome.
6.Rethinking of social and ethical problems on cloned human
Jizhi GUO ; Yanan ZHU ; Huifang GE
Chinese Medical Ethics 1995;0(04):-
cloned human have been put forward from gestation to practice study,but the cloning will face many problems about society ,ethic and law,such as family,prepotency or low birth,social identity,population etc.All should be solved by the means of the social control including morality policy and law,etc.

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