Physical Stability Evaluation of Glycyrrhetinic Acid Derivatives-Mediated Liposomes / 中国药学杂志

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the physical stability of glycyrrhetinic acid derivatives-mediated coumarin 6(Cou6) liposomes and confirm the applicability of different stability tests on liposomes. METHODS: Film dispersion-ultrasonic method was used to prepare Cou6 liposomes, PEG-modified liposomes and glycyrrhetinic acid-mediated liposomes. The stability constants, membrane stability, serum stability and leakages of the six kinds of liposomes were studied. RESULTS: The physical stability of the liposomes without modification was poor. As for the glycyrrhetinic acid-mediated liposomes, the stability constants at 15 min were 5.37-7.32 and the concentrations of Triton X-100 were 0.207‰-0.380‰ when half liposome membranes were destroyed. The serum stability in 24 h and leakages in 7 or 14 d showed good stability with little change. CONCLUSION: The physical stability is one of the key pharmaceutical properties of liposomes. The stability constant, serum stability and leakage tests and the method of membrane stability we have established can be used to study the stability of liposomes.

Techniques and methods evaluation on pharmaceutical stability of liposomes / 药学学报

Liposomes as a drug carrier is easy to form aggregation and cause drug leakage in vitro. In addition, the degradation and elimination in vivo happens frequently to reduce its delivery activity. Development and application of liposomes are restricted by the instability. The appropriate techniques and methods are great important in the study of pharmaceutical stability of liposomes. In this paper, the techniques and methods are reviewed on pharmaceutical stability evaluation of liposomes, which was done from physical, chemical and biological stability for the difference in stability of liposomes. The research strategies for establishing the stability evaluation system and improving the value of liposomes have been discussed to make full therapeutic advantage of it.

Effect of processing on the chemical contents and hepatic and renal toxicity of rhubarb studied by canonical correlation analysis / 药学学报

In this article, canonical correlation analysis was used to explore the relationship between the toxicity-attenuating effect and the variation of chemical contents in rhubarb caused by processing. With quasi-acute toxicity test, the difference of hepatic and renal toxicity to mice with the processed materials of rhubarb was researched. The chemical contents of anthraquinones and tannins in rhubarb were measured by UV-vis spectrophotometry and high performance liquid chromatography. The results showed that there were toxic effects to liver and kidney in mice after repeated intragastric administration of rhubarb and its processed materials for 14 days at a dosage of 76 g x kg(-1). The toxic effect of processed materials was much lower than crude drug. With canonical correlation analysis, the sequence of the hepatic and renal toxicity of chemical contents in rhubarb were found as follows: total anthraquinone glycosides (AQGs) > tannins (Tns) > total anthraquinones (AQs); aloe-emodin (AE) > physcione (Ph) > rhein (Rn) > emodin (Ed) > chrysophanol (Ch) and AEG > PhG > ChG > EdG > RnG of glycosyl-anthraquinone. It could be concluded that processing would attenuate the toxicity of crude drug of rhubarb. The toxicity-attenuating effect might be correlated to the decline of the contents of both anthraquinone glycosides and tannins, especially the aloe-emodin glycoside and physcione glycoside. The results also suggested that the serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and creatine (CREA) would be useful to monitor the hepatic and renal toxicity of rhubarb.

Thermodynamic study on antibacterial effect of different extracts from Radix Isatis / 中国结合医学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study and analyze the antibacterial effects of different extracts from Radix Isatis.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Staphylococcus aureus was used as the studied object in the experiment. Antibacterial effects of extracts from Radix Isatis were observed by thermocalrimetry on Staphylococcus aureus, together with common pharmacological experiments.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The total extract, ethyl acetate (EtOAc) extract, n-butylalcohol (nBuOH) extract, chloroform (CHCl(3)) extract and petroleum (P.E.) extract had antiviral effects to some extent while the residue after extracting had no antibacterial activity. The potency of antiviral activity among them was as follows: nBuOH extract > EtOAc extract > CHCl(3) extract > total extract > P.E. extract.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The antibacteriall effects of Radix Isatis were not limited to any active portion, showing that Radix Isatis exerts its antibacterial effects by cooperation of different active fractions in varied ways.</p>

Probing into objectivity of adverse drug reaction of traditional Chinese medicine / 中国中药杂志

The adverse drug reaction (ADR) of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been concerned nowadays. Some bans were published to limit their use abroad. There wasn't a feasible criterion to reply to the ADR of TCM yet in China. The ADR of 6 kinds of typical TCM which state attached importance to was chosen to discuss. Based on the retrospect investigation, the objectivity of ADR was explored in this study.