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Objective:With the development of the Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam (A. heterophyllus) processing industry, A. heterophyllus Lam seed as by-products, usually are cooked to eat or discarded, and no industrial application has yet been discovered in china. It is especially important to study the nutrients of A. heterophyllus Lam seed and to develop and utilize them. A. heterophyllus Lam seeds are rich in starch. At present, there are few reports on the processing of native starch of A. heterophyllus Lam seed and its modification as well as the application. To find the best way to prepare the resistant starch of A. heterophyllus Lam seed and to witness the changes in starch properties before and after the treated starch molecules.Methods:A. heterophyllus Lam seed starch was used as raw material in this paper and was treated by autoclaving and pullulanase debranching to produce resistant starch. Resistant starch content was confirmed by a resistant starch assay kit from Megazyme, Ireland, according to the AOAC 2002.02 standard method recommended by the American Society of Analytical Chemists. Taking resistant starch content as an indicator, the single factor and L9 (3Results:The optimal preparation process for preparing the resistant starch of A. heterophyllus Lam seed was starch milk concentration with the ratio of 15%, with enzyme15 ASPU/g, and with enzyme treatment time in 24 h, and starch retrograde time in 24 h. The resistant starch content was 25.82%. After being treated, A. heterophyllus Lam seed starch became a sheet with a large number of micropore. Crystal of starch changed from A type to B+V type, and the gelatinization temperature range became wider and gelatinization enthalpy value became decreaser.Conclusions:Resistant starch content of A. heterophyllus Lam seed starch was greatly improved after being treated. High resistant starch content of the treated starch indicates that it can be used as one of the carbohydrate components in diabetic foods to control blood sugar. The porous structure of the treated A. heterophyllus Lam seed starch indicates that it can be used for advanced controlled release of bioactive extracts.
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We aimed to detect the drug resistant and molecular characteristic of Klebsiella Pneumoniae (KP) isolated from different hosts origin,and to investigate the infection possibility between animals and humans.A total of 98 KP strains were collected in Henan Province from March 2013 to December 2014.Drug-resistance to 15 antibiotics was detected by K-B diffu sion methods.The phenotype of produce mucus was determined by stringing test.Seven drug-resistant gene and 2 virulence gene were amplified by PCR technique.Molecular types were analysis by MLST.The resistant rate of KP isolated from noso comial was higher than those isolated from animals.Among animal strains,the resistant rate of KP isolated from chickens and pigs were higher than that from rabbits and dogs.The multidrug resistant (MDR) of nosocomial isolates were the highest (74.19％).There were 18 STs among 98 KP strains.The main prevalent types were ST37 in chicken,ST258 in pigs,ST60 in rabbits,ST11 in dogs and nosocomial respectively.ST11 was common epidemic types among nosocomial,dogs and pigs.ST235 was common molecular types among chicken and human.ST258 existed in both nosocomial and pigs.The rmpA gene and magA gene were detected in ST11,ST235 and ST 258,producing higher mucus.The blaKPC gene was 54.84％ in nosocomial strains,but not been detected in dog and rabbit strains.The distribution of ESBLs gene in nosocomial was higher than those in animals,but qnrA gene and qnrB gene were higher in chicken than in human.The multidrug resistant gene was the highest distribution in ST11,ST258 and ST235.There were some differences in phenotype of drug-resistance,producing mucus and molecular characteristics,but ST11,ST258 and ST235 were common types of KP isolates from different host origins.
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Background Hyperuricemia is frequently present in patients with heart failure. Many pathological conditions, such as tissue ischemia, renal function impairment, cardiac function impairment, metabolic syndrome, and inflammatory status, may impact uric acid (UA) metabolism. This study was to assess their potential relations to UA metabolism in heart failure. Methods We retrospectively assessed clinical characteristics, echocardiological, renal, metabolic and inflammatory variables selected on the basis of previous evidence of their involvement in cardiovascular diseases and UA metabolism in a large cohort of randomly selected adults with congestive heart failure (n = 553). By clustering of indices, those variables were explored using factor analysis. Results In factor analysis, serum uric acid (SUA) formed part of a principal cluster of renal functional variables which included serum creatinine (SCr) and blood urea nitrogen (BUN). Univariate correlation coefficients between variables of patients with congestive heart failure showed that the strongest correlations for SUA were with BUN (r = 0.48, P < 0.001) and SCr (r = 0.47, P < 0.001). Conclusions There was an inverse relationship between SUA levels and measures of renal function in patients with congestive heart failure. The strong correlation between SUA and SCr and BUN levels suggests that elevated SUA concentrations reflect an impairment of renal function in heart failure.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of Yinxing Damo (YXDM) combined with Betahistine Hydrochloride Injection (BHI) on vertebra basilar artery ischemic vertigo (VBIV).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Ninety patients with VBIV were randomly divided into two groups; 45 patients (the treated group) were treated with YXDM and BHI intravenous dripping, once a day for 14 days. Another 45 patients (control group) were treated with Xueshuantong and BHI intravenous dripping, once daily for 14 days. The clinical syndromes and the index of the transcranial Doppler (TCD) and hemorheology were observed.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The total effective rate was 100% in the treated group, which was better than that in the control group 90.5%, (P < 0.05). The indexes of TCD and hemorheology in the treated group were obviously improved after treatment, (P < 0.01).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>YXDM combined with BHT injection had better effect in treating patients with VBIV is an ideal drug for VBIV.</p>