Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of blood supply in different zone of the normal femoral head in adults / 实用放射学杂志

Objective To investigate the difference of blood supply in different areas of the normal femoral head in adults.Methods A retrospective study analyzed the DCE-MRI parameters data of 2 5 normal adults (25 right hips)in our hospital.The femoral head was assumed to be a sphere.On T1 WI of DCE-MRI,the right femoral head was divided into three parts equally in coronal,sagittal, and transverse plane respectively.Time to peak(TTP),maximum of enhancement at first past(fEmax),maximum of enhancement (Emax)were measured in three parts and compared in coronal,sagittal and transverse plane respectively.Results (1 )In coronal plane,there were no significant differences between the three parts in TTP,fEmax and Emax.(2 )In transverse plane,fEmax and Emax were lower in the transverse superior zone than that in the transverse central zone significantly (P＝0.024 and P＝0.001)and the transverse inferior zone(P＝0.005 and P＝0.018).TTP was higher in the transverse superior zone than that in the transverse central zone and the transverse inferior zone(P＝0.005 and P＝0.018).(3)In sagittal plane,fEmax and Emax were lower in the sagittal lateral zone than that in the sagittal centralzone (P＝0.019 and P＝0.041)and sagittal medial zone (P＝0.047 and P＝0.01 1).TTP was higher in the sagittal lateral zone than that in the sagittal central zone and the sagittal medial zone(P＝0.014 and P＝0.010).There were no significant differences between other paired zones of the any values.Conclusion DCE-MRI can show the microcirculation in the normal adult femoral head in a non-invasive way.According to DCE-MRI parameters,there are poor perfusions on the transversesuperior and sagittallateral zones of the normal femoral head in adults.

Preparation of rupestonic acid reference substance by preparative HPLC / 中草药

Objective To establish a preparative method for rupestonic acid reference substance from Artemisia rupestris by HPLC.Methods After raw material being extracted with 95% ethanol,the ethanol extracts were evaporated to dryness under reduced pressure.Then the dry powder was extracted by ethyl acetate,the ethyl acetate extract was fractionated by column chromatography on silica gel(100—200 mesh) using petroleumbenzine-ethyl acetate(3∶1) as the eluent.The collected fraction was purified by preparative HPLC.Results The purity of the product quantitated by normality was over 98%.Conclusion The developed method is simple and rapid and the product of rupestonic acid can be used as reference substance.