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OBJECTIVE： To provide reference for improving the quality standard of Pheretima. METHODS： The contents of hypoxanthine and inosine in medicinal material samples were determined by HPLC. HPLC fingerprint of Pheretima was established according to “Similarity evaluation system for TCM chromatogramtic fingerprint” （2012 edition） software， and similarity evaluation was conducted. The determination was performed on Purospher STAR RP-18 endcapped with mobile phase consisted of methanol-water （gradient elution） at the flow rate of 1 mL/min. The detection wavelength was 248 nm， and the column temperature was set at 30 ℃. The sample size was 20 μL. RESULTS： The results of methodological investigation of content determination showed that the linear range of hypoxanthine and inosine were 1.58-31.6 μg/mL （r＝0.999 9）， 5.52-110.4 μg/mL（r＝0.999 8）， respectively. limits of quantify were 0.316， 0.552 μg/mL， respectively； limits of detection were 0.158， 0.110 μg/mL， respectively； RSDs of precision， stability （24 h） and repeatability tests were all less than 2.0％ （n＝6）. Average recovery rates were 103.0％ （RSD＝1.7％， n＝6） and 101.2％ （RSD＝1.2％， n＝6）， respectively. HPLC fingerprint for 15 batches of samples were established， and 8 common peaks were identified. The similarity of HPLC fingerprint of 14 batches of sample with control fingerprint R was higher than 0.900. CONCLUSIONS： The established method for content determination of hypoxanthine and inosine and HPLC fingerprint of Pheretima are simple， accurate and reproducible， and can be used for quality control of Pheretima.
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Objective To establish an animal model of metabolic syndrome which is prone to atherosclerosis. Methods Eight rabbits were randomly selected from in total of 16 rabbits as control group who were fed with normal rabbit feed. And the rest were used as model group, who were fed with high fat diet. Animals were weigh every week, and triacylg-lycerol (TG), total cholesterol (TC), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and glucose (GLU) content were tested in the 8th, 10th , 13th, 16th and 18th week. Femoral arterial blood pressure and insu-lin (INS) content were assessed at the end of experimental period which is the 18th week;Also, aortic sclerosis rating, arterial stiffness index, abdominal fat coefficient, liver coefficient and cardiac coefficient were calculated and heart, aorta, liver and lower extremity artery pathology were examed. Results Compared with the control group, weight in the model group in-creased significantly;Serum levels of TC, HDL-C, blood pressure abdominal fat coefficient, liver coefficient were significant-ly increased in model group;the whole blood viscosity, plasma viscosity and blood pressure fat coefficient, liver coefficient, aortic sclerosis rating, arterial stiffness index, and GLU all increased significantly in model group;while HDL-C/TCHO, in-sulin sensitivity index decreased significantly in model group(P < 0.05 or P<0.01). Conclusion Food induced method can form metabolic syndrome and atherosclerosis in rabbit model.