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Illustrated Classic of Materia Medica （Ben Cao Tu Jing）， compiled in 1061， is regarded as the crystallization of the second national survey of Chinese medicinal resources in the history of China after the Newly Revised Materia Medica （Xin Xiu Ben Cao）， which serves as a precious source for exploring the Chinese medicinal resources in the Song Dynasty. The Illustrated Classic of Materia Medica （Ben Cao Tu Jing） covers 50 illustrations for Chinese medicinal materials named after geographical names of Jiangsu Province， 39 of which have been verified in today's Jiangsu Province. To be specific， Chinese medicinal materials in 32 illustrations can be traced back to their species， those in four illustrations to genera， and those in three illustrations to family. The remaining 12 illustrations remain to be further verified. The origins of most Chinese medicinal materials in the illustrations can be traced， which is attributed to their exquisiteness and lifelikeness as well as the detailed descriptions of the characters of the original plants and animals. In the textual research of these illustrations， we have noticed that there are inconsistencies between pictures and texts， and different illustrations may be derived from the same origin. This is believed to be related to SU Song's principle of collation that "for all Chinese medicinal materials presented as examples， if their shapes and categories recorded are not consistent with those in the literature， they will be retained. If there is any connection with the literature， they will be annotated according to literature to make their origins clear". As revealed by the distribution of Chinese medical materials in Jiangsu Province reported in the Illustrated Classic of Materia Medica （Ben Cao Tu Jing）， the utilization and development of Jiangsu medicinal materials during the Northern Song Dynasty were mainly concentrated in the low-altitude valleys and coastal areas. It could be seen from the illustrations of Chinese medicinal materials named after geographical names of today's Jiangsu Province that the production areas with a large number of illustrations were relatively developed in politics， economy， and transportation at that time， which enabled the medicinal resources to be fully utilized.
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Moutan Cortex is one kind of famous medicinal materials. The dry root bark of Paeonia ostii which is a genuine medicinal material produced in Tongling,Anhui province,and later was introduced to Heze,Shandong province and Bozhou,Anhui province.Dangshan county is located at the northern end of Anhui province and adjacent to Shandong province. Its medicinal seedlings were came from Heze,Shandong province. At present,there is a lack of scientific investigation on the planting area of P. ostii in north China plain. On the basis of field investigation and remote sensing technology,through the data source provided by the remote sensing image of " Resources 3"( ZY-3),combined with the biological characteristics of P. ostii,the planting area of P. ostii in Dangshan county was extracted by field investigation and supervisory classification. The supervise classification method with the highest interpretation accuracy so far,the overall accuracy was 97. 81%,Kappa coefficient 0. 96. The results showed that the remote sensing classification method based on the maximum likelihood classification could extract P. ostii plots in the study area effectively. This study provides a scientific basis for the protection and rational utilization of traditional Chinese medicine resources,the development policy of traditional Chinese medicine industry and the long-term development plan in Dangshan county,and provides technical support for the poverty alleviation of traditional Chinese medicine industry in Dangshan county. It provides scientific reference for the application of remote sensing technology to investigate the planting area of P. ostii in in north China plain.
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China , Medicine, Chinese Traditional , Paeonia , Remote Sensing TechnologyABSTRACT
In order to comprehensively monitor the dynamic change of Paeonia lactiflora planting area,the investigation of P. lactiflora planting area in Dangshan was carried out. It can provide reference for the planting detection of P. lactiflora in Huaibei Plain.Based on remote sensing technology,this paper extracts the planting area of P. lactiflora in Dangshan in 2018 by using the minimum distance method,maximum likelihood method,parallel hexahedron method and Mahalanobis distance method,using the remote sensing image of ZY-3 Satellite as the data source,and makes a comparative analysis with the results. The results show that the maximum likelihood method is better than the other three methods. This method can provide reference for remote sensing monitoring of P. lactiflora planting area in China.
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China , Paeonia , Remote Sensing TechnologyABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To establish a quantitative analysis of multi-components by single marker(QAMS) for the determination of three atractylenolides in Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz. METHODS: UPLC method was applied to determine atractylenolide Ⅰ, Ⅱ and Ⅲ by external standard method (ESM) first. With this established UPLC method, atractylenolide Ⅲ was used as the internal standard (IS) to determine the correction factors (RCFs) of the two other atractylenolides, and their contents in all the samples were calculated by their RCFs at the same time. By comparing the contents determined by the ESM and QAMS methods, the feasibility and accuracy of QAMS method were verified. RESULTS: Within a certain range(atractylenolideⅠ: 3.7 - 59.3 μg•mL-1, atractylenolide Ⅱ: 3.9 - 63.5 μg•mL-1, atractylenolide Ⅲ: 7.3 - 116.1 μg•mL-1), the RCFs of atractylenolide Ⅰ, Ⅱ to atractylenolide Ⅲ were 0.633 and 1.895, respectively, which had good repeatability in different experimental conditions. There was no significant difference between the QAMS method and ESM method(P > 0.05). CONCLUSION: The QAMS method is feasible and accurate for the determination of the three atractylenolides and is beneficial to the quality control of Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz..
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Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz. is a commonly used Chinese materia medica in clinical treatment, and its chemical constituents mainly include volatile oil, lactones, glycosides, atractylodes polysaccharide, and amino acids. In addition to the pharmacological effects of anti-aging, anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor, regulating gastrointestinal function, and liver protection, A. macrocephala also has the function of treating and improving many kinds of diseases in nervous-mental system. In this paper, the role of A. macrocephala in nervous-mental system and its research mechanisms were summarized by literature analysis, in order to provide a reference for further explaining the mechanism and clinical medication of A. macrocephala in nervous-mental system.
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This research is to establish TLC and UPLC methods for simultaneous determination of 3 atractylenolides in Atractylodes macrocephala. Silica gel GF254 plate was used for identification of A. macrocephala, and UPLC-PDA gradient elution method was used to simultaneously determine atractylenolide Ⅰ, Ⅱ and Ⅲ. The Waters BEH C₁₈ column（2.1 mm×100 mm,1.7 μm）with acetonitrile-water as mobile phase and the wavelength of UV detector of 235 nm were performed. The quality control study showed that the characteristic for identification by TLC was distinct and highly specific. The method of content determination was in accordance with the regulations. The quantitative evaluation of atractylenolide Ⅰ,Ⅱ and Ⅲ was in good linear range（r>0.999 9）, and the average recovery was 93.48%（RSD 1.4%）,94.97%（RSD 1.6%）,92.71%（RSD 1.2%）,respectively. TLC identification was in good specificity and repeatability, and the UPLC-PDA method for the simultaneous determination of 3 atractylenolides was simple and reliable for the quality control of A.macrocephala.
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Shihu is one of the most valuable Chinese medicines in China. The sources of Shihu are complex and the quality evaluation of it mainly depends on morphologic characteristics distinction. In order to understand the Shihu's quality evaluation concept of Chinese herbalists in the past dynasties. This paper summarizes the methods of quality evaluation in ancient bencao systematically. The ancient bencao records that the quality of Shihu is closely related to its germplasm, habitat, processing and character. The concept of germplasm about shihu includes generalized and narrow sense, besides, the clinical applications of Dendrobium huoshanenese, D. officinale and D. nobile are focused on different diseases. D. huoshanenese has been regarded as Dao-di herbs since Qing Dynasty. The main products of Shihu contain fresh goods and dry goods, their clinical applications are also treated differently. Fengdou is one of the commodity specifications in Shihu. Its processing method probably dated from the Qing Dynasty, but now, it has become the mainstream commodityform. There was a common sense that different kinds of Shihu owed different characters and curative effects in ancient bencao, and the quality would enhance with the increasing viscidity. Therefore, the "Germplasm", "Geoherbs", "processing", "characters" were integrated into traditional quality evaluation methods of Shihu. Meanwhile, we should pay attention to the clinical efficacy of shihu with different species and processing methods.
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Puerariae Lobatae Radix, also known as Gegen, is a root derived from Pueraria lobata. Based on field investigation and the developmental anatomy of root tuber, we have elucidated the relationship between the growth of root tuber and the anomalous structure. The results of analysis showed that the root system of P. lobata was developed from seed and adventitious root and there existed root tuber, adventitious root and conductive root according to morphology and function. The root tuber was developed from adventitious root, its secondary structure conformed to the secondary structure of dicotyledon's root. With the development of root, the secondary phloem of root tuber appeared abnormal vascular tissue, which was distributed like ring in the outside of secondary vascular tissue. The root tuber might have 4-6 concentric circular permutation abnormal vascular tissuelobate, and was formed by the internal development of abnormal vascular tissue. The xylem and phloem of abnormal vascular tissue were the main body of the root tuber. The results reveal the abnormal anatomical structure development of P. lobata, also provides the theoretical basis for reasonable harvest medicinal parts and promoting sustainable utilization of resources of P. lobata.
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Plant Roots , Plant Tubers , PuerariaABSTRACT
Laggera pterodonta is commonly used for treating influenza in Southwest China, especially in Yunnnan province. The main clinical effects of L. pterodonta include anti-influenza, anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory. To investigate the anti-influenza A (H1N1) virus effect of L. pterodonta, neutralization inhibition and proliferation inhibition tests were performed. MDCK culture method was used to observe the cytopathic effect (CPE) of extracts from L. pterodonta in inhibiting influenza A (H1N1) virus and haemagglutination titre of H1N1 virus in vitro. The culture medium were collected at 24 h, 48 h, 72 h, 96 h, and detected by Real time RT-PCR, in order to compare the effect of different extracts from L. pterodonta on in vitro proliferation of H1N1, virus. The result of neutralization inhibition test showed that hemagglutination titer of ethyl acetate extract were 8 times lower at 72 h; in proliferation inhibition test, hemagglutination titer of ethyl acetate extracts reduced by 2 and 4 times. According to the results of Real time RT-PCR test, the H1N1 inhibition ratio of ethyl acetate extract was 72.5%, while the proliferation inhibition ratio of ethyl acetate extract was 25.3%; as for petroleum ether extracts, the H1N1 inhibition ratio was 60.2%, while the proliferation inhibition ratio was 81.4%. In conclusion, both ethyl acetate extract and petroleum ether extract of L. pterodonta have significant neutralization and direct proliferation inhibition effects on influenza A virus.
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Humans , Asteraceae , Chemistry , China , Ethnology , Drugs, Chinese Herbal , Pharmacology , Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype , Physiology , Influenza, Human , Drug Therapy , Virology , Medicine, Chinese TraditionalABSTRACT
To select the adaptive strain of Dengue-III virus D9964 strain (China strain) in KMB17 cells, elucidate the biological characteristics and proliferation kinetics of adapted strain,and to lay the foundation for the development dengue inactivated vaccine and attenuated live vaccine. Dengue-III virus D9964 strain was firstly identified by amplification of the type-specific gene segment of dengue virus by RT-PCR, and the titer was determined. The virus was then subcultured in KMB17 cells with 4.0 MOI till completely adaptive to multiply in cell S. After subculturing in KMB17 cells for 10 consecutive passages, the adapted strain was screened, and purified through plaque. Virus titer of each passage was measured by microtitrimetry, and the antigenicity was detected by IFA. The purified virus RNA extraction of 3-8 day cultured from KMB17 cells, was performed to detect the proliferation kinetics of adapted strain. The results showed that after continuous subculture, dengue-III virus D9964 (China) strain could stably proliferate in KMB17 cells, a highly puried virus adapted strain was obtained through plaque purification. Purified strain maintained the good antigenicity with a highest replicating activity during the 5th-6th day.
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Humans , Cell Line , Dengue , Virology , Dengue Virus , Chemistry , Genetics , Physiology , Kinetics , Virus Cultivation , Virus ReplicationABSTRACT
To investigate E6 and E7 gene variations of human papillomavirus type 16 in Yunnan Province, DNA was extracted from 2000 gynecological outpatient samples. For Human papillomavirus (HPV) genotyping, the genomic DNA was first amplified by the consensus MY09/MY11 primer pair followed by nested PCR with GP5+/GP6+ primers, then the PCR products were subjected to direct DNA sequencing. A total of 20 HPV-16 viral DNAs were identified. E6 and E7 genes of HPV-16 viral DNA were then amplified using E6 and E7 specific primers, the PCR products were purified and sequenced. The results showed that mutations were found at nucleotide position 178 of HPV-16 E6 gene in 10 cases,the mutation rate was 50%; For HPV-16 E7 gene, the mutations were found at nucleotide position 647 in 10 cases; the mutation rate was 50%. Phylogenetic analysis showed that Asian (As) variants of HPV-16 were predominated in Yunnan, China. None of African-1, African-2 variants of HPV-16 was found in this region.
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Adult , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Base Sequence , China , Genetic Variation , Human papillomavirus 16 , Classification , Genetics , Molecular Sequence Data , Mutation , Oncogene Proteins, Viral , Genetics , Papillomavirus E7 Proteins , Genetics , Papillomavirus Infections , Virology , Phylogeny , Repressor Proteins , GeneticsABSTRACT
Human Interleukin-11(hIL-11)has no Cys residue in its natural form.By site-directed mutagenesis,a Cys residue can be introduced to replace the 1st residue Gly and the rhIL-11 was chemically modified by using 20 kDa mPEG-maleimide conjugated to this site.The mPEG-hIL-11 conjugate was purified and showed a single band on SDS-PAGE with an apparent molecular weight.The biological activity of purified mPEG-hIL-11 was determined using a dependent cell line 7TD1.The remaining biological activity of PEGylated-rhIL-11 was 30% of native rhIL-11,suggesting chemical modification of rhIL-11 by PEG is a promising approach for improving the pharmacological efficacy.