OBJECTIVE Vanadium is a necessary trace element in the human body and has a certain role in the treatment and prevention of diabetes.Organic vanadium is more easily absorbed and less toxic than inorganic vanadium.Thus...OBJECTIVE Vanadium is a necessary trace element in the human body and has a certain role in the treatment and prevention of diabetes.Organic vanadium is more easily absorbed and less toxic than inorganic vanadium.Thus,in this study,vanadium complex was synthesized from genistein which had good hypoglycemic activity and inor⁃ganic vanadium element,and its hypoglycemic activity and acute oral toxicity were studied.METHODS The vanadium genistein complex was synthesized by chelating vanadium with genistein in methanol and its structure was determined by LC-MS,atomic absorption spectroscopy,UV-visible spectroscopy,elemental and thermodynamic analysis.The antidiabetic activity of the complex was assessed in db/db mice and C57 mice by daily oral gavage for 4 weeks.These db/db mice were divided into test groups〔high(30 mg·kg^-1),medium(20 mg·kg^-1)and low(10 mg·kg^-1)dose group〕,model group,genistein group,inorganic vanadium group,each group of 8;8 C57 mice was for normal control group.The acute toxicity test was carried out on KM mice with this complex by a maximum limit dose method.Randomly 20 healthy KM mice were divided into negative control group and test group,each group of 10,male and female half.RESULTS The molecular structure of this complex was inferred as a complex(VL2)formed by two ligands and one vanadium element.It was found that its hypoglycemic activity was better than that of genistein and inorganic vanadium.The hypoglycemic activity of the high dose group was better than that of the medium dose group and low dose group.The complex can signifi⁃cantly improve the body mass of db/db mice,fasting blood glucose,random blood glucose,liver/body,kidney/body,and the performance of oral glucose tolerance test and insulin tolerance test in db/db mice.The morphology of liver,kidney,pancreas and skeletal muscle also had obvious improvement and repair.Effect on serum index of db/db mice showed that,total cholesterol,triglyceride,low-density lipoprotein cholesterol had no significant improvement compared with the model group,but high-density lipoprotein cholesterol of complex group had significant improvement compared with the model group.In addition,this complex did not produce any hazardous symptoms or deaths in acute oral toxicity test.CONCLUSION complex has good hypoglycemic activity in vivo,and did not have the potential toxicity.This would provide an important reference for the development of functional hypoglycemic foods.展开更多
Objective:To observe the clinical effect of warm needling at the BackShu acupoints for melasma in women.Methods:A total of 100 cases who met the inclusion criteria were randomly allocated into a treatment group of 52 ...Objective:To observe the clinical effect of warm needling at the BackShu acupoints for melasma in women.Methods:A total of 100 cases who met the inclusion criteria were randomly allocated into a treatment group of 52 cases and a control group of 48 cases.Cases in the treatment group were treated with warm needling at the Back-Shu acupoints,whereas cases in the control group were treated with conventional acupuncture therapy.The therapeutic efficacies were then evaluated after three courses of treatment.Results:The total effective rate in the treatment group was 96.2%,versus 85.4%in the control group,showing a statistical difference(P<0.05).Conclusion:Warm needling at the Back-Shu acupoints works well for melasma in women.展开更多
文摘OBJECTIVE Vanadium is a necessary trace element in the human body and has a certain role in the treatment and prevention of diabetes.Organic vanadium is more easily absorbed and less toxic than inorganic vanadium.Thus,in this study,vanadium complex was synthesized from genistein which had good hypoglycemic activity and inor⁃ganic vanadium element,and its hypoglycemic activity and acute oral toxicity were studied.METHODS The vanadium genistein complex was synthesized by chelating vanadium with genistein in methanol and its structure was determined by LC-MS,atomic absorption spectroscopy,UV-visible spectroscopy,elemental and thermodynamic analysis.The antidiabetic activity of the complex was assessed in db/db mice and C57 mice by daily oral gavage for 4 weeks.These db/db mice were divided into test groups〔high(30 mg·kg^-1),medium(20 mg·kg^-1)and low(10 mg·kg^-1)dose group〕,model group,genistein group,inorganic vanadium group,each group of 8;8 C57 mice was for normal control group.The acute toxicity test was carried out on KM mice with this complex by a maximum limit dose method.Randomly 20 healthy KM mice were divided into negative control group and test group,each group of 10,male and female half.RESULTS The molecular structure of this complex was inferred as a complex(VL2)formed by two ligands and one vanadium element.It was found that its hypoglycemic activity was better than that of genistein and inorganic vanadium.The hypoglycemic activity of the high dose group was better than that of the medium dose group and low dose group.The complex can signifi⁃cantly improve the body mass of db/db mice,fasting blood glucose,random blood glucose,liver/body,kidney/body,and the performance of oral glucose tolerance test and insulin tolerance test in db/db mice.The morphology of liver,kidney,pancreas and skeletal muscle also had obvious improvement and repair.Effect on serum index of db/db mice showed that,total cholesterol,triglyceride,low-density lipoprotein cholesterol had no significant improvement compared with the model group,but high-density lipoprotein cholesterol of complex group had significant improvement compared with the model group.In addition,this complex did not produce any hazardous symptoms or deaths in acute oral toxicity test.CONCLUSION complex has good hypoglycemic activity in vivo,and did not have the potential toxicity.This would provide an important reference for the development of functional hypoglycemic foods.
文摘Objective:To observe the clinical effect of warm needling at the BackShu acupoints for melasma in women.Methods:A total of 100 cases who met the inclusion criteria were randomly allocated into a treatment group of 52 cases and a control group of 48 cases.Cases in the treatment group were treated with warm needling at the Back-Shu acupoints,whereas cases in the control group were treated with conventional acupuncture therapy.The therapeutic efficacies were then evaluated after three courses of treatment.Results:The total effective rate in the treatment group was 96.2%,versus 85.4%in the control group,showing a statistical difference(P<0.05).Conclusion:Warm needling at the Back-Shu acupoints works well for melasma in women.
