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Objective To observe the hypoglycemic mechanism of total saponins of Momordica charantia (MC) in type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) rats. Methods Among the selected 60 male Specific Pathogen Free (SPF)rats, 8 were random- ly chosen as control group, while others were fed with high fat and high glucose diet following streptozotocin injection from caudal vein 8 weeks after to construct type 2 DM models. After the DM models were successfully built, rats were then ran- domized into five groups: DM control group (n=8), the metformin group (n=8) and three groups of total saponins of MC with different dosage (n=8 in each group). The total saponins of MC groups include DM rats administrated with total saponins of MC 100, 200, 400 mg/(kg·d) for 8 weeks, the metformin group include DM rats administrated with metformin 50 mg/(kg·d) for 8 weeks. At the end of the experiment, the fasting blood glucose and insulin were examed. At the same time, a part of pan- creas islet, liver and skeletal muscle were preserved. The pancreas islet structure, the hepatic glycogen and Glucose trans- porter 4 (GLUT4) expression were observed by electron microscope, glycogen dyeing and immunoblot respectively. Results After 8 weeks treatment, compared to type 2 DM control group, fasting blood glucose and insulin values in MC groups were reduced more obviously. However, skeletal muscle GLUT4 expression level, insulin granules and hepatic glycogen increased obviously in MC groups. Conclusion Total saponins of MC has hypoglycemic effect. It’s mechanisms maybe include pro- moting the hepatic glycogen synthesis, inhibiting the hepatic glycogen decomposition and promoting insulin sensitivity by in- creasing peripheral tissue’s GLUT4 expression.
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Objective To develop a rapid detection method of flow cytometry for antifungal susceptibility testing.Methods The experiment conditions of flow cytometry were optimized and the minimum inhibitory concentrations (M1Cs) of 230 strains of Candida spp to flucytosin,fluconazol,itraconazole,amphotericin B were detected.The MIC results obtained by flow cytometry were compared with M27-A2 reference assay.Results The agreement of MIC results between flow cytometry and M27-A2method was 85.0％ - 100％.Conclusion Flow cytometry can be used as a rapid and reliable method for antifungal susceptibility testing.
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OBJECTIVE To study the change in drug-resistance to antibiotics in Gram-negative bacteria in Jinhua region in order to guide clinical application of antibiotics reasonably.METHODS The antibiotics resistance of Gram-negative bacteria from clinical samples in four general hospitals in Jinhua region during from Jan 2005 to Dec 2007 was studied retrospectively.RESULTS The detecting rates of extended-spectrum ?-lactamases in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae were rising from 41.0%and 25.3% in 2005 to 56.0%and 53.2% in 2007,respectively.Furthermore,0.8% isolates were resistant to carbapenemase from all E.coli and K.pneumoniae strains.The rate of antimicrobial resistance to carbapenemase was 20.0% in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and was increased from 27.0% in 2005 to 41.0% in 2007 in Acinetobacter baumannii.CONCLUSIONS The drug-resistance rate in Gram-negative bacteria hase increased obviously in past three years in Jinhua region.It suggests that there be an urgent need for surveillance of Gram-negative bacterial resistance in different hospitals and rational antibiotics usage be emphasized during clinical therapy.