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Objective: To optimize the purifying process of water-extraction solution of Xiaoyan Tuire Granules Oral Liquid by flocculation clarifying method, reserve more active components while less impurities, and improve the clarity of oral liquid. Methods: After clearing out the impurities composition of water-extraction solution of Xiaoyan Tuire Granules Oral Liquid, the flocculant of chitosan chosen by screening test was used to analyze the flocculation effect. The retention rate of aesculetin, the removal rate of impurity, and supernatant turbidity were set as mainly indexes to estimate the influence of the dosage of flocculant, temperature, fast mixing speed, and fast mixing time. Results: The optimal flocculating process conditions which were analyzed by experiments were as follows: the dosage of chitosan was 1.25 g/L, the flocculation temperature was 40 ℃, the fast mixing speed was 350 r/min, and the fast mixing time was 3 min. Under these conditions, the retention rate of aesculetin was 88.92%, the removal rates of protein and tanning were 62.96% and 67.19%, the supernatant turbidity was 5.0 NTU after the oral liquid was flocculated for 24 h. Conclusion: Using chitosan as flocculant in the water-extraction solution of Xiaoyan Tuire Granules Oral Liquid, it could improve the removal rate of impurities effeitively as well as keep higher active components and enhance the clarity of oral liquid.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe the differentiation and distribution of epidermal stem cell (ESC) after skin soft tissue expansion, and to initially probe into the growth mechanism of expanded skin tissue.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Samples of normal skin and expanded skin (mean effusion period 45 days) were harvested from head and cervical region in 15 patients who underwent II stage surgery after skin expansion. Samples were divided into scalp adjacent to the center of expander group (expanded scalp, 3 cm from the vertical axis of the expander), scalp from lateral part of the expander group (expanded scalp, 5 - 7 cm lateral to the vertical axis of the expander), cervical skin expansion group, un-expanded scalp control group, and un-expanded cervical skin control group, according to the position of skin harvested. The tissue structure of skin in each group was observed with HE staining, and the differentiation and distribution characteristics of cytokeratin 19 (CK19) positive cells were observed with immunohistochemical staining.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Compared with those in the un-expanded control groups, uneven, relatively thickened and obviously folded epidermis with more cell layers and cells with obvious aggregation close to the basal layer were observed in the expanded groups, but those cells were not well-arranged and the transition of polarity was not obvious. The continuity of CK19 positive cells in the basal layer of skin was observed in each of the expanded group with immunohistochemical staining, and positive cells increased obviously and arranged in multilayer in certain parts of basal layer. Clustered or dispersed CK19 positive cells were also observed outside the basal layer. No above-mentioned phenomenon was observed in the un-expanded control group.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>The proliferation and differentiation of ESC with ectopic distribution may enhance the repair process after skin soft tissue expansion.</p>
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Humans , Cell Proliferation , Dermis , Cell Biology , Epidermis , Cell Biology , Stem Cells , Cell Biology , Tissue Expansion , Wound HealingABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe the distribution of epidermal stem cell (ESC) after soft tissue expansion, and to explore dynamic change in ESC under mechanical stress and kinetic mechanism of skin expansion.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Skin samples were collected from patients after expansion of the scalp. They were divided into three groups: A group (scalp harvested 3 cm away from the center of dilator), B group (scalp tissues at the edge of dilator), and control group (scalp without dilatation). The tissue structures were observed with optical microscope with HE staining. The distribution and differentiation characteristics of cell keratin 19 (CK19) positive cells were observed with inverted phase contrast microscope after immunohistochemistry staining.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>HE staining showed that the epidermis was thickened and distributed densely with uneven, rugged and increased layers in A, B groups. With immunohistochemistry staining, CK19 positive cells appeared in multilayers in basal membrane, a few of them were in cluster or dispersed , with" hollowing" structure formation. These phenomena were not seen in control group.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>ESC can proliferate with abnormal distribution and "hollowing" structure formation after mechanical dilatation, which may be related to dynamic changes in basal layer cells.</p>