Evaluation of Antitumor,Immunomodulatory and Free Radical Scavenging Effects of A New Herbal Prescription Seaweed Complex Preparation

Seaweed Complex Preparation （SCP） is a clinical traditional Chinese medicine preparation which is composed of seven traditional Chinese herbs, and it has been used for treatment of lung cancer, liver cancer and digestive cancer. However, little infor- mation is available about the pharmacodynamic basis. The antitumor, immunomodulatory and free radical scavenging effects of SCP were evaluated in this study. Transplanted tumor in vivo method was used to determine the antitumor effect. The effects on spleno- cyte proliferation and phagocytosis of macrophages in tumor-bearing mice were measured by the MTT method and the phagocytizing cock red blood cell （CRBC） method respectively. The scavenging activities of SCP on DPPH and hydroxyl radicals in vitro were investigated. It was found that the medium-dose and high-dose of SCP could significantly inhibit the growth of transplanted hepatic tumor of murine hepatocarcinoma cell line H22, and promote proliferation of splenocytes and phagocytosis of macrophages. SCP possessed noticeable scavenging activities on DPPH and hydroxyl radicals. The antiturnor effects of SCP might be achieved by im- proving immune system and scavenging free radicals, which is in accordance with the viewpoint of traditional Chinese medicine in promoting the body resistance and eliminating pathogenic factors for cancer treatment.

Effect of Complex Preparation on the Hemorheological Indexes of Heat Stress Piglets

In the study, heat stress environment was simulated by artificial climate cabin to establish the heat stress model of piglets. A total of 64 2-month-old Chinese miniature pigs used for test were sdected and randomly divided into control group, heat stress group, complex preparation extract I treatment group and complex preparation extract II treatment group. Hematocrit was analyzed by Wintrobe test, meanwhile, the hemorheological indexes such as whole blood viscosity were analyzed by the automated analysis system of hemorrheology. In order to study the dynamic changes of complex preparation on the hemorheologieal indexes of heat stress piglets. The results showed that the piglets whole blood viscosity at high shear rate on the 10~ days in heat stress group was significantly highe~ than that in control group （P 〈 0.05） ; erythrocyte deformation indexes on the 6th and 10th days in heat stress group were significantly lower than that in control group （P 〈 0.05） ; hematocfit on the 1＂, 3＇~, 6~h and 10＇h days in heat stress group was significantly higher than that in control group （P 〈 0.05）. Hemorhealogieal inde- xes of the piglets in treatment group adding with complex preparation had been significantly restored, the effect on the 10th day after the stress was the most significant （P 〈 0.05）. The test results indicated that heat stress showed some significant influences on the health of piglets. Complex preparation could reduce the physiological damage causing by heat stress, and the effect of complex preparation II was better than that of complex preparation I.

Rare Earth Dragons

The invention covers the process for preparing an oxide complex that can absorb and release oxygen. The covered procedures include:preparation of CeO2, ZrO2 and HfO2 as raw material; preparation of the complex oxide with the raw material by employing heating and deoxidation method;and the process for re-heating and oxidizing the deoxidized complex oxide.

Highly Active Pd-PEPPSI Complexes for Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-coupling of Aryl Chlorides:an Investigation on the Effect of Electronic Properties

Three new Pd-pyridine enlianced precatalyst preparation stabilization and initiation(PEPPSI)complexes with halogen groups on the N-heterocyclic carbene and pyridine were prepared.Tlieir structures have been clearly characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and X-ray single-crystal di fraction.The e fleets of the electronic properties of halogen groups on the catalytic activity in the Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of aryl chlo-rides were investigated.These Pd-PEPPSI complexes could catalyze the cross-coupling reaction efficiently with a low catalyst loading(0.05%,molar ratio)at room temperature and the products were obtained in high yields.