聚氯乙烯膜依诺沙星选择电极的研制与应用

以盐酸依诺沙星与四苯硼酸盐生成的分子缔合物制成新型PVC膜依诺沙星选择电极,应用于依诺沙星药片的含量测定。在pH 2.2～6.5范围内,电极的能斯特响应范围为5.0×10^(-5)～1.0×10^(-2)mol/L,斜率为58.0mV/pc,检出限为4.2×10^(-6)mol/L。该电极响应速度快,重现性好。3次测定的平均回收率为97.5％,RSD为1.0％,结果与紫外分光光度法基本一致。

61株肠球菌的耐药性分析

目的了解我院肠球菌尤其是对万古霉素耐药肠球菌,及对氨基糖苷类抗生素与青霉素协同耐药菌株的情况,以指导临床合理用药。方法采用Vitek微生物生化鉴定和药敏实验分析仪器,对61株肠球菌进行分离鉴定并做药敏实验。结果粪肠球菌和屎肠球菌分别占总分离菌株的55.7％和44.3％,屎肠球菌对抗生素的耐药率高于粪肠球菌,氨基糖苷类与青霉素协同治疗肠球菌,已出现高耐药分离率,耐万古霉素的粪肠球菌和屎肠球菌的分离率分别为2.9％和3.75％。结论肠球菌对临床使用的抗生素耐药性除对万古霉素耐药率低外,对其它抗生素的耐药率有种间差别。所以,临床应根据感染菌的耐药特点采取不同的治疗方案。

头孢唑啉致急性腹痛1例报告

头孢唑啉致急性腹痛１例报告汕头大学医学院第一附属医院内科苏永忠患者女性，４２岁，因消化道出血而于１９９３年８月２７日收住我院。经抗酸、止血、保护胃肠粘膜及补充血容量等治疗，消化道出血很快得以控制。１９９３年９月１８日上午，患者诉咽痛、鼻塞，测血压１６...

Effect of Chaetomium globosum ND35 on Plant Growth and Preliminary Study of Its Biocontrol Efficacy

[Objective] The aim was to study effect of Chaetomium globosum ND35 on plant growth and preliminary study of its biocontrol efficacy, and provide basis for popularization and application of this strain.[ Method] With endophytic fungus C. globosum ND35 as a tested strain, effect of C. globosumND35 on plant growth and its biocontrol on five plant diseases were investigated in the greenhouse and field,[Result]The results showed that ND35 promoted growth of lateral root and diameter of breast height of poplar. ND35 can induce poplar to resist Poplar Valsa Canker caused by Valsa sordida and Poplar Rust caused by Melampsora puplicola. ND35 was also able to induce tomato and bean to resist Botrytis cinera. Biocontrol of Bean Stem Rot Rhizoctonia by ND35 was effective as well. [Conclusion] Induced systemic resistance by endophytic C. globosum ND35 plays an important role in biocontrol of plant diseases.

Fumagillin treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma in rats: An in vivo study of antiangiogenesis

AIM: To investigate the effect and possible mechanisms of antiangiogenesis therapy for HCC in rats.METHODS: Adult male LEW/SsN rats were divided into 3groups, 25 animals each. Group A was the control group.Groups B and C were given diethylnitrosamine, 5 mg/kg/d.In addition, group C rats received an intraperitoneal injection of fumagillin, 30 mg/(kg.d). Five animals in each group were killed at 6th, 12th, 18th, 20th and 24th wk to evaluate the development of HCC and metastasis. Weight of the rats, liver tumors, and number of organs involved by HCC were measured at each stage. We compared methionine aminopeptidase-2 (MetAP-2) mRNA, Bcl-2mRNA, telomerase mRNA, and telomerase activity at 24th wk in the liver tissue of group A rats and tumor tissue of HCC from group B and C rats.RESULTS: No HCC developed in group A, but tumors were present in group B and C rats by the 18th wk. At wk 20 and 24, the median liver weight in group B was 0.64 g (range:0.58-0.70 g) and 0.79 g (range: 0.70-0.90 g) (P = 0.04),and that in group C was 0.37 g (range: 0.35-0.42 g) and 0.39 g (range: 0.35-0.47 g) (P = 0.67). The liver weight in group C rats was significantly lower than that in group B rats (P = 0.009). At the same time, the median metastasis score (number of organ systems involved) was 3 (range2-3)in group B, and 1 (range 1-2) in group C, a significant difference between the groups (P = 0.007, 0.004). The levels of MetAP-2 mRNA were significantly higher in groups B and C than in group A (P = 0.025), and significantly higher in group C than in group B (P = 0.047). The level of Bcl-2 mRNA was significantly higher in group B than in group A (P = 0.024), but lower in group C than in group B, although not significantly (P = 0.072). Telomerase mRNA was significantly higher in group B than in group A (P = 0.025), but significantly lower in group C than in group B (P = 0.016). The same inter-group relationship was also true for telomerase activity (P = 0.025 and 0.046).CONCLUSION: Fumagillin effectively inhibits both liver tumor growth and metastasis in rats in vivo. A possible mechanism is fumagillin-induced inhibition of MetAP-2,which plays an essential role in endothelial cell proliferation.Inhibition of MetAP-2 also results in inhibition of Bcl-2and telomerase activity.

Biotransformation of Artemisinin by Hairy Root Cultures of Rheum palmatum L.

The biotransformation of artemisinin by hairy root cultures ofRheum palmatum L. was investigated for the first time. The main product, deoxyartemisinin, was isolated and characterized on the basis of its spectral data.

Tropheryma whipplei infection

Whipple's disease was initially described in 1907. Over the next century, the clinical and pathological features of this disorder have been better appreciated. Most often, weight loss, diarrhea, abdominal and joint pain occur. Occasionally, other sites of involvement have been documented, including isolated neurological disease, changes in the eyes and culture-negative endocarditis. In the past decade, the responsible organism Tropheryma whipplei has been cultivated, its genome sequenced and its antibiotic susceptibility defined. Although rare, it is a systemic infection that may mimic a wide spectrum of clinical disorders and may have a fatal outcome. If recognized, prolonged antibiotic therapy may be a very successful form of treatment.

Influence of Irrigation with Reclaimed Water on Antioxidant System of Maize and Soybean

Irrigation with reclaimed water is an important way to deal with water shortage of agricultural production and solve the problem of sewage pollution. The response of crop antioxidant enzyme system is an early-warning indicator of environmental factors changes. Compared with raw wastewater and used fresh water as controls, this research studied peroxides （POD）, superoxide dismutase （SOD） activities and malondialdehyde （MDA） content in leaves from maize （Zea mays L.） and soybean （Phaseolus vulgaris L.） with pot culture under irrigating with reclaimed water which with secondary and third treatment. The results showed that secondary reclaimed water had some adverse effects on antioxidant system of maize in seedling stage, and the influence decreased in later stage of maize; effect of the third reclaimed water on antioxidant system of maize was not significant. Irrigation with reclaimed water has little influence on antioxidant system of soybean in seedling and reaping stage, but it could bring some oxidative stress in blossom stage. As a result, irrigating maize with second or third reclaimed water is safe to the growth of maize and soybean, but it is suggested that second reclaimed water should not be used in seedling stage of maize and reclaimed water should not be used in the second stage of soybean.

Derivatives of Thiohydrazides as Effective Antibacterial Remedies for Chlamydial Infection Treatment at Chronic Stages of Infections

Hydrazones of poorly studied fluorine-containing oxamic acid thiohydrazides were synthesized by the reaction with salicylaldehydes. Tests showed that the newly synthesized compounds were effective low-toxic inhibitors of type III secretion system in Chlamydia trachomatis.

Planning of Anti-Disaster Transformer Substation Based on NN and PSO

Recently, the frequent extreme natural disasters made enormous damage to the electric grid leading to blackouts. The lifeline system aiming at providing continuous power supply for the important load in extreme natural disasters was designed in that condition. In this paper, a developed model for planning of the transformer substation in lifeline system which considered the effect of existing transformer substations, the motivated areas and punishment areas was proposed. The Hopfield NN （neural network） was adopted to solve the feeders and the PSO （particle swarm optimization） was adopted to new the locations of the transformer substations based on the feeders. The planning result not only took fully use of the existing substation but also got the suitable location for new construction which was satisfactory.

Agricultural Drought Resisting and Hydrological-Ecological Changes Taking Hebei Province in North China as an Example

Drought is usually supposed to be a rainfall deficiency problem. Most studies and practices to mitigate drought disaster are focusing on water development and irrigation, while neglecting that the agriculture system is a compounded human-natural system. Drought situation and tendency is also driven by human coping strategies. This paper takes Hebei Province in north China as an example, studing the spirally interact process of drought resisting and hydrological ecological feedback. The result shows that large scale water projects construction facilitated irrigation. With improved irrigation, farmers enhanced multiple crop index and land-use intensity greatly and increased the sowing area of water consuming crop, winter wheat. At the same time, both crop yield and gross output are raising steadily. Water demand and depletion in agricultural system increase year by year. This gradually leads to highly dependent on over exploitation of water resources, especially overdraw of groundwater. The process deteriorated the stability of hydrological-ecological system and made the ecological environment drying up. Drying up environment is breeding greater vulnerability and risk of drought in the long term. For sustainable development, integrated drought risk management should be based on the balance between sustainable water supply and water demand. The key is to improve agricultural system＇s adaptive and resilient capacity to drought.

Sixteen Years of Trastuzumab Use： Complete Response in Lung, Bone, and CNS Metastasis from Breast Cancer

Although metastatic breast cancer is considered as an incurable disease, various biological drivers influence the outcomes. The use of trastuzumab in patients overexpressing HER（human epidermal growth factor receptor 2）-2 increases long-term survival even in those patients who developed brain metastasis. Nevertheless, special attention must be paid to the risk of cardiotoxicity. We report the case of a young woman with HER-2-positive breast cancer with bone and lung disease who developed brain metastasis during treatment with trastuzumab. The treatment has been continued and she is alive and in complete remission after 16 years.

Toll-like receptors,a double-edged sword in immunity to malaria

Toll-like receptors(TLRs) are a central component of innate immune system and play a major role as the initiator of the innate immune responses to defend against bacteria,viruses,parasite and other pathogens.During malaria infection,TLRs signaling pathways are initialed with the recognition of Plasmodium glycosylphosphatidylinositols(GPI) and hemozoin as pathogen-associated molecular patterns(PAMPs).And then,activation of TLRs signaling induces specific biological responses against malaria parasites invasion.However,TLRs are also involved in malaria pathogenesis and enhancement of immune tolerance and evasion for malaria infection.Moreover,malaria parasites regulate selectively TLRs expression on immune cells.Thus,these evidences indicated that TLRs have contrary roles on malaria infection.Understanding the complicated roles of TLRs on malaria infection will contribute us to design more effective anti-malaria drugs or vaccines.

Anticancer and Antifolate Activities of Extracts of Six Saudi Arabian Wild Plants Used in Folk Medicine

Six indigenous folk medicinal plants growing wild in the area of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia which were selected for the study of their phytochemistry as well as their biological activities as antitumor and antifolate agents. Antitumor activities of methanol extracts of the six plants were measured in vitro using three human tumor cell lines （breast, lung and CNS cancers） while antifolate activities were assessed using commercial dihyrofolate reductase obtained from Sigma Co. Among the six plant extracts tested, the most remarkable were those of Caralluma sinaica and Fagonia tenuifolia. Caralluma extract showed strong antitumor activity （low GIso） against the three human tumor cell lines. Fagonia extract, on the other hand, was quite inhibitory to the growth of CNS cancer and breast cancer cell lines but much less so against lung cancer cells. Extracts of both Sonchus oleraceus and Caralluma sinaica were strongly inhibitory to DHFR. These results suggest that the mechanism of anticancer activity of Caralluma plant is through DHFR inhibition but that of Fagonia may follow a different path.

Study on the Treatment of Cellulosic Ethanol

Wastewater from the production of cellulosic ethanol was treated by the processes of internal micro-electrolysis method ＋ABR＋UASB ＋MBR. The results of running indicated that, when COD is 12000 mg/L and HRT of UASB is 48 h, the COD removal rate reaches 72% and HRT of MBR is 20 h, COD removal rate is between 80.8% and 87.5%. The effluent COD concentration stabilized at 301- 537 mg/L, it indicates that the MBR system has a strong ability to resist impact load.

Advances of bacterial transferase Mra Y and its inhibitors

The phospho-mur NAc-pentapeptide translocase（Mra Y, translocase I） is a good target for the development of new antibiotics as it is ubiquitous and essential for bacterial growth. Furthermore, several inhibitors targeting towards this enzyme have been discovered. Recently, the crystal structure of Mra Y has been presented by Chung et al. Combination of the crystal structure and structure-activity relationship studies on these inhibitors could lead to the identification of active pharmacophores, and insight into their mechanisms of action. In this review, we described the structure and inhibitors of Mra Y. In addition, we also discussed the structure-activity relationship of these inhibitors and prospects of Mra Y as an antibacterial target.

Insulin sources and types: a review of insulin in terms of its mode on diabetes mellitus

Insulin is involved in regulation of glucose utilization in the body. Inability of the body to synthesize insulin or human cells resistance to insulin leads to a condition called Diabetes mellitus which is characterized by chronic hyperglycaemia. There are two types of diabetes; type 1 and type 2. Exogenous supply of insulin is needed consistently for type 1diabetes treatment and type 2 diabetes also needs to be cured by the exogenous supply of insulin in advance stages of the disease. These sources have been proved very useful to meet the needs of the patients. However, these insulin types are expensive for the large population of patients in the developing countries. Furthermore, the incidence of diabetes is advancing at an alarming rate. Hence production systems with even higher capabilities of production are desired. Therefore, currently plants are being investigated as alternative production systems. Based on the mode of action of insulin various formulations of insulin have been developed that have different onset of action, peak effect and duration of action according to the needs of the patients.

Pharmacological activity of Mentha longifolia and its phytoconstituents

Current paper reviews the pharmacological activities, therapeutic indications and phytochemicals of M. longifolia. This herb has been consumed traditionally for the treatment of various diseases, including gastrointestinal disorders, respiratory disorders, infectious diseases, inflammatory diseases, as well as menstrual disorders. In the modern era, various pharmacological activities have been confirmed for M. longifolia, such as anti-parasitic, antimicrobial, anti-insect, antimutagenic, antinociceptive, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, keratoprotective, hepatoprotective, anti-diarrhea, and spasmolytic effects. The plant showed therapeutic benefits in irritable bowel syndrome, amenorrhea and oligomenorrhea, and oxidative stress-associated diseases as well. A vast variety of natural components such as flavonoids, phenolic acids, cinnamates, ceramides, sesquiterpenes, terpenes, and terpenoids have been suggested to be responsible for the pharmacological action of M. longifolia. These natural products can be considered as novel medicinal sources for developing new drugs. Further investigations to explore therapeutic efficacy, tolerability,and pharmaceutical properties of M. longifolia phytochemical agents are recommended.