Preliminary Analysis on Pharmaceutical Care Thinking in Shang Han Lun / 中国中医药信息杂志

Pharmaceutical care thinking is organic combination of the pharmaceutical and clinical thinking. Shang Han Lun contains very rich connotation of the clinical pharmacy, embodies the patient-centered and immediate intervention clinical pharmaceutical service concept in the progress of the diseases. This article sorted out and concluded pharmaceutical care thinking from the aspects of condition assessment and medication selection, medicine taking methods and notes after medication, which provided theoretical supports for the development of clinical pharmacy of TCM.

Effects of cycloartocarpin A and artocarpin extracted from Fructus Artocarpin Heterophylli on apoptosis of SMMC-7721 and SGC-7901 cells / 中西医结合学报

To investigate the effects of cycloartocarpin A (ACR-2) and artocarpin (ACR-3), monomeric compounds isolated from Fructus Artocarpi Heterophylli, on apoptosis of SMMC-7721 and SGC-7901 cell lines.

Effects of three compounds extracted from Tripterygium wilfordii Hook on angiogenesis in chick chorioallantoic membrane / 中西医结合学报

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of three compounds extracted from Tripterygium wilfordii Hook (TW) on angiogenesis in the chick chorioallantoic membrane (CAM). METHODS: Fifty fresh Hongkong Mahua chicken eggs were divided into five groups: PBS-treated group, TW1-, TW2- and TW3-treated groups and Rg3-treated group. After disinfection, the eggs were incubated for six days in a constant temperature box with the temperature being controlled within 37.8 degrees C, then exposed CAM, laid the filter papers with specimen on the CAM, and the eggs were incubated for another two days. CAM was fixed with the mixture of methyl alcohol and acetone at room temperature for about 15 min, and then cutting the CAM, taking photos and observing the angiogenesis in the CAM. RESULTS: There were many CAM vessels in the PBS-treated group and the blood vessel net could be seen clearly. The number of CAM vessels in the TW1-, TW2- and TW3-treated groups (10 microg/egg) was much less than that in the PBS-treated group. Furthermore, the frame of the vessels was not clear, and the color was obscure. Inhibition rates of angiogenesis in the TW1-, TW2- and TW3-treated groups were 80%, 60% and 100% respectively, while the inhibition rate of angiogenesis in the Rg3-treated group (10 microg/egg) was only 10%. CONCLUSION: TW1, TW2 and TW3 can obviously restrain the angiogenesis in CAM and still need further study.