Annual Frequency in Traditional Chinese Medicine Physique, Syndrome Differentiation and Western Medicine Staging of 482 Eczema Patients / 中国实验方剂学杂志

Objective:To make statistics on the annual frequency of patients with eczema by traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) physique, syndrome differentiation, and western medicine staging based on questionnaire survey, in order to infer the distribution and characteristics of the annual frequency by different TCM physique, syndrome differentiation and western medicine stage, and provide new ideas and new methods for the prevention and treatment of Eczema. Method:According to the Dermatovenerology of Traditional Chinese Medicine edited by QU Xing, and Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment of Chinese Medicine for Dermatovenerology edited by CHEN Da-can, and Traditional Chinese Medicine for Dermology edited by YU Wen-qiu, and Physique Classification and Patient Self-Testing Table formulated by China Association of Chinese Medicine and Professor WANG Qi's nine categories of physique, the TCM Physique Classification and Patient Self-Testing Table for eczema patients and the Syndrome Differentiation and Classification Table for Eczema Patients were formulated. General conditions of 482 cases of eczema patients treated at Tianjin Academy of Traditional TCM Affiliated Hospital and their types of TCM physique, TCM syndrome differentiation, western medicine staging and annual frequency were surveyed. Result:There were significant differences in the annual frequency of patients with different physical constitutions. By single physique, Tanshi, Shire and Qiyu had more frequent occurrences every year, and Pinghe had the lowest annual frequency. There were differences in the annual occurrences among cases with different TCM syndrome types. Shire syndrome patients have more frequent annual occurrences than other types of eczema patients. There were significant differences in the annual occurrences among cases of different western medicine staging, and the annual occurrences of acute eczema were more than those of subacute and chronic eczema. Conclusion:The annual occurrences of patients with Tanshi, Shire and Qiyu physique were higher than those of other physiques. There are fewer outpatients with Pinghe physique than other physiques. The annual occurrences of Shire syndrome patients are higher than that of other types of eczema patients. The annual occurrences of acute eczema are more than those of subacute and chronic eczema. The annual occurrences of chronic eczema are less than acute and subacute eczema.

UPLC characteristic chromatographic profile of Carthamus tinctorrius / 中草药

Objective: To establish fingerprint analysis method by UPLC for the quality control of Carthamus tinctorrius, and provide comprehensive evaluation of their quality in different regions and different varieties. Methods: The software "Similarity Evaluation System for Chromatographic Fingerprint of TCMs" (Version 2010A) was employed to generate the mean chromatogram and carry out the similarity analysis of the samples. Cluster analysis was adopted in combination with principal component analysis to study 30 batches from Xinjiang C. tinctorrius characteristic common peaks and to differentiate the Carthamus tinctorrius L resources. Results: A specific UPLC fingerprint of C. tinctorrius from Xinjiang province had been set up and establelished and 26 common peaks were designated. The results showed that the qualities of 30 batches of samples from Xinjiang province and four sets from Henan have significant differences and the samples collected different varieties from same region and differnent regions both had certainly differences. The difference among chromatographic fingerprints of C. tinctorrius samples were identified by cluster analysis and principal component analysis. Conclusion: UPLC fingerprint is an available, convenient, and reliable method, which can be used to access the quality of C. tinctorrius.

Comparative Analysis on the Research Progress of Rare Diseases in Domestic and Abroad / 中国药学杂志

OBJECTIVE: To study and collate the literature on rare diseases in domestic and abroad, and comparative analysis, provide a scientific basis for the domestic rare diseases research. METHODS: Retrieved the Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure from January 2011 to June 2016 published literature about rare diseases. RESULTS: Through the screening of literature, finally determine the 200 articles for analysis. It is divided into seven research directions: rare diseases policy research, rare diseases legal and regulatory research, rare diseases medical social security study, orphan drugs availability research, orphan drugs economic evaluation study, orphan drug development research, rare diseases defined standard research. CONCLUSION: Rare diseases policy research is the focus of research both domestic and abroad. Compared with foreign countries, the domestic research on the availability and economic evaluation of orphan drug is less, especially the economic evaluation research is almost blank. It is suggested that the researchers study the multiple aspects of rare diseases and drugs, and to provide the basis and reference for build rare disease policy in China. In addition to the field of rare diseases research, rare diseases drugs face many difficulties in pharmaceutical research, production and supply. The precondition to solve these problems is the nation formulate specific policies and regulations for rare diseases, and then clear the official definition standards of rare diseases, establish relevant policies to encourage pharmaceutical companies to develop rare diseases drugs.

Rapid monitoring five components of ethanol precipitation process of Shenzhiling oral solution using near infrared spectroscopy / 中国中药杂志

To develop a method for the rapid monitoring of five components during the alcohol precipitation process of Shenzhiling oral solution using near infrared spectroscopy(NIRS).The contents of five components detemined by high performance liquid chromatography(HPLC) were used as the reference values, and the NIRS based partial least square regression(PLSR) models were used to monitor the concentrations of paeoniflorin, albiflorin, liquiritin, cinnamic acid and glycyrrhizic acid during the alcohol precipitation process of Shenzhiling oral solution, which were optimized and verified through comparing of different spectral pre-processing and variables selection methods. Determination coefficients(Rcal2 and Rpred2), root mean squares error of prediction (RMSEP), root mean squares error of calibration(RMSEC) and ratiao of performance to deviation(RPD) were applied to evaluate the performance of the models, and the corresponding values were 0.993 3 and 0.997 6, 0.084 9 g•L⁻¹, 0.073 3 g•L⁻¹ and 14.7 for paeoniforin; 0.991 4, 0.992 7, 0.028 1 g•L⁻¹, 0.030 5 g•L⁻¹ and 10.2 for albiforin; 0.955 3, 0.976 1, 0.012 0 g•L⁻¹, 0.012 3 g•L⁻¹ and 5.1 for liquiritin; 0.958 8, 0.990 3, 0.003 89 g•L⁻¹, 0.002 89 g•L⁻¹ and 7.1 for cinnamic acid; 0.982 0, 0.986 3, 0.053 8 g•L⁻¹, 0.059 0 g•L⁻¹, 7.2 for glycyrrhizic acid, respectively. The results indicated that the presented approach was effectively for the quantitative monitoring of the alcohol precipitation process of Shenzhiling oral solution.

Study on activity of VEGF-binding factors in Paris polyphylla / 中草药

Objective: To screen and isolate vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-binding factors from Paris polyphylla var. yunnanensis, and explore their property for stimulating VEGF activity. Methods: The VEGF-binding factors from water extract of P. polyphylla var. yunnanensis were screened by VEGF-affinity chromatography and further purified by HPLC method. Their activity on proliferation of VEGF-dependent cells was determined by MTT analysis with sensitive cell line HepG2 as model. We also predicted the possible components according to RRLC-QTOF and UV results. Results: The VEGF-binding factors screened from the water extract of P. polyphylla var. yunnanensis were named as factor B3 which included three compounds and could induce the proliferation of VEGF-dependent cell line HepG2 but not the VEGF-independent cell line HEK293. Further studies indicated that factor B3 had an additive effect with VEGF to induce the proliferation of HepG2, and the additive effect could be attenuated by VEGF antibody. In addition, the proliferation of HepG2 cells induced by factor B3 alone could also be attenuated by VEGF antibody. Furthermore, based on the results of RRLC-QTOF and UV analysis, we predicted that factor B3 are probably members of saponin family. Conclusion: The factor B3 isolated from P. polyphylla var. yunnanensis has the property to stimulate VEGF activity.