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Professor CHEN Bao-gui treats palpitation according to the basic principle of determination of etiologic factors and therapies based on syndrome differentiation. His effective treatments mainly contain clearing away heat and dispersing phlegm, relieving mental stress, nourishing heart and kidney, keeping the heart in communication with the kidney, warming yang for diuresis, invigorating spleen and nourishing the heart, supplementing qi and nourishing yin, and warming and promoting heart yang, with obvious efficacy.
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Male sterility affects human reproduction seriously. Modern medicine has not yet fully understood the reasons for abnormal sperm, so clinical treatment is mainly based on experience, but the effect is inaccurate. According to "kidney controls reproduction" and "chronic illness causes blood stasis" theory, Professor JIN Bao-fang treats abnormol speerm sterility by tonifying kidney and activating blood circulation to remove obstruction with modified Yangjing Decoction, which has achieved good efficacy.
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Abstract Currently, nitrogen has become the main element of water pollution, causing riverine, lacustrine and coastal eutrophication. The continuous contamination of aquifers and the absence of planned water resource utilization, boost its scarcity, and has been the only way in which our societies become aware of the urgent need to process the generated wastewater. The objective of this research was to evaluate the nitrifying capacity of different autochthonous bacterial isolates from soils from nearby sources of domestic wastewater drainage. For this, bacteria were isolated from Pirro River, contaminated with nitrogen of domestic sewage. Nitrifying bacteria were counted by serial dilution and agar plates, and were isolated until obtaining axenic colonies. These were identified by biochemical batteries or genetic sequencing, and the quantification of their nitrifying capacity was obtained by the methods 4500- NH4 + -F and 4500-NO-2-B, all between September 26, 2011 and March 16, 2014. A total of seven strains of nitrifying microorganisms were isolated and purified, including four Streptomyces sp., one Pseudomonas putida, one Sphingomonas sp. and one Aeromonas sp. We found that there were 2.23 x 105 UFC/g of soil of ammonium oxidizing bacteria and 2.2 x 104 CFU/g of soil of nitrite oxidizing bacteria in the samples. The quantification of the nitrifying capacity of the strains by colorimetric methods, determined that the maximum ammonium removal capacity was 0.050 mg N/L/day and 0.903 mg N/L/day of nitrite. The collection of few strains of nitrifying organisms and a low CFU count, can be attributed to the technique used, since this only recovers 1 % of the microorganisms present in a sample, which, however, is acceptable for studies which main purpose is to obtain cultivable microorganisms. Future research should consider removal tests with higher ammonium and nitrite levels, to find the maximum capacity of the isolated microorganisms, and evaluate their potential use in wastewater treatment systems.
Resumen El suelo es la matriz fundamental donde suceden las reacciones químicas y biológicas que permiten el desarrollo de la vida en la tierra, y donde ocurren procesos fundamentales como la mineralización de los elementos y la fijación del nitrógeno. Hoy en día el nitrógeno se ha transformado en uno de los principales elementos contaminantes de los cuerpos de agua, causando consecuencias como la eutrofización de ríos, lago y costas. En los ambientes acuáticos, el nitrógeno puede ser encontrado en forma de amonio N-NH4 +, nitritos N-NO2 -o nitratos N-NO3 -, los cuales pueden ser utilizados por las bacterias nitrificantes amonio y nitrito oxidantes y desnitrificantes para su crecimiento y consecuente remoción. Esta investigación se planteó como objetivo evaluar la capacidad nitrificante de diferentes aislamientos bacterianos autóctonos, aislados de suelos cercanos a fuentes de vertido de aguas residuales de tipo doméstico para su potencial uso en sistemas de tratamiento de aguas residuales. Se realizó el recuento de bacterias nitrificantes por la técnica de dilución seriada y siembra en placas de agar mínimo mineral, su aislamiento por repique en placa hasta obtener colonias axénicas, su identificación por medio de baterías bioquímicas o secuenciación genética y la cuantificación de su capacidad nitrificante por los métodos 4500- NH4 +-F y 4500- NO- 2-B, entre el 26/09/2011 y 16/03/2014; las bacterias fueron aisladas de un punto del río Pirro contaminado con nitrógeno de aguas residuales de tipo doméstico. Se lograron aislar y purificar siete cepas de microorganismos nitrificantes entre las que se encuentran cuatro de Streptomyces sp., una de Pseudomonas putida, una de Sphingomonas sp. y una de Aeromonas sp. Se encontró que existen 2.23 x105 UFC/g de suelo de bacterias amonio oxidantes y 2.2 x104 UFC/g de suelo de las nitrito oxidantes. La cuantificación de la capacidad nitrificante de las cepas por medio de los métodos colorimétricos determinó que la capacidad máxima de remoción de amonio es de 0.050 mg N/L/día y la de nitrito en 0.903 mg N/L/día. La obtención de pocas cepas de organismos nitrificantes y un bajo recuento de UFC se puede atribuir a la técnica empleada, ya que esta solo recupera un 1 % de los microorganismos presentes en una muestras, lo cual sin embargo, es aceptable para estudios que tienen como objetivo la obtención de microorganismos cultivables. Se recomienda realizar ensayos de remoción con niveles de amonio y nitrito más altos para hallar la capacidad máxima de los microorganismos aislados.
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Objective To observe the effect of drug edible of herbal medicine granule on vascular endothelial function in patients with coronary heart disease(CHD).Methods A total of 200 cases featuring with cardiovascular blood stasis were chosen from patients who were diagnosed with CHD in Zhengzhou hospital of traditional Chinese medicine from January 2015 to January 2016.All cases were divided into observation group(n=98)and control group(n=102).The observation group was given Xin bao drug edible of herbal medicine granule and conventional drugs,and the control group was given conventional drugs.After 8 weeks of observation,the levels of endothelin(ET-1),nitric oxide(NO)and angiotensin Ⅱ(AngⅡ)were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA).The serum levels of total cholesterol(TC),triglyceride(TG),low density lipoprotein(LDL),and TCM clinical symptom score were compared between the two groups.Results The level of TC of the control group was decreased after treatment(P<0.05);the levels of TC,TG and LDL in the observation group were lower than those in the control group(P<0.05).After treatment,the levels of NO,ET-1,Ang-Ⅱ and FMD in the observation group were significantly different from those before treatment(P<0.05).The levels of NO and FMD in the observation group were higher than those in the control group,and the levels of ET-1 and Ang-Ⅱ were lower than those in the control group(P<0.05).After treatment,the scores of TCM clinical symptoms in the observation group were lower than those before treatment(P<0.05).Compared with the control group,the total score of palpitations,the times of shortness of breath and clinical symptoms were lower than those in the observation group(P<0.05).Conclusion Xin bao drug edible of herbal medicine granule could relieve coronary heart disease blood stasis type of patients with vascular tension,reduce its endothelial cell damage and improve its clinical symptoms.
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This study was aimed to observe the effect of Yue-Ju Bao-He (YJBH) pill and simvastatin on the reversal of myocardial fibrosis induced by atherosclerosis (AS).ApoE-/-mice were fed on high fat diet to establish models of atherosclerotic plaque and myocardial fibrosis.YJBH pill and simvastatin were used alone or in combination as interventions.Control groups of high fat diet as well as normal diet were observed.Serum lipid and vascular angiotensin Ⅱ (Ang Ⅱ),matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1) were measured by Elisa.Quantitative analysis of collagen volume fraction (CVF) was conducted by myocardial tissue Masson staining.High-throughput transcriptome sequencing analysis was also adapted to detect differentially expressed genes in myocardial tissues of each group.The results showed that compared with single usage,YJBH pill combined with simvastatin can effectively reduce the total cholesterol (TC),triglyceride (TG),low density lipoprotein (LDL-C) and Ang Ⅱ,increase high density lipoprotein (HDL-C),MMP-1,while Masson staining CVF value was also significantly decreased.Compared with the control group of normal diet,the analysis results from high-throughput transcriptome sequencing analysis showed that difference of gene expression of YJBH pill combined with simvastatin group was mainly in fatty acid metabolism,extend and degradation related pathways,and compared with the model group,the difference of gene expression was mainly in primary immunodeficiency and intestinal immune network IgA production pathways.It was concluded that the combined therapy of YJBH pill and simvastatin can effectively reverse the AS induced myocardial fibrosis.Its mechanism is related to the regulation of immune inflammatory reaction.
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We investigated original texts for yokukansan, a familiar Kampo formula, focusing on the classical literature <i>Xue-shi yi-an</i> (薛氏医案) . Yokukansan was described in the <i>Bao-ying jin-jing-lu</i> (保嬰金鏡録) written by Xue ji (薛己) in 1550, the <i>Xiao-er yao-zheng zhi-jue</i> (小児薬証直訣) revised by Xue ji (薛己) in 1551,the <i>Bao-ying cuo-yao</i> (保嬰撮要) by Xue kai (薛鎧) in 1556, and the <i>Xiao-er dou-zhen fang-lun</i> (小児痘疹方論) in 1550. The phrase “one's own work” was used in “<i>Bao-ying jin-jing-lu</i> (保嬰金鏡録)” and in the <i>Xiao-er dou-zhen fang-lun</i> (小児痘疹方論) by Chen wen-zhong (陳文仲). However, there was no mention of “one's own work” in the same title, the <i>Xiao-er dou-zhen fang-lun</i> (小児痘疹方論), as summarized by Xiong zong-li (熊宗立).<br>Yokukansan was found only in the <i>Xiao-er yao-zheng zhi-jue</i> (小児薬証直訣) revised by Xue ji (薛己) in 1551, but not in the other copies of the same text. Therefore, it seems likely that yokukansan was created by Xue ji (薛己) himself.<br>Yokukansan was previously thought to have originated with the <i>Bao-ying cuo-yao</i> (保嬰撮要). However, based on use of the phrase “one's own work” in the classical literature, it appears that the original text for yokukansan should be the <i>Bao-ying jin-jing-lu</i> (保嬰金鏡録). Therefore, yokukansan seems to have been made by Xue ji (薛己), and not Xue kai (薛鎧), who was his father.
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This study was aimed to establish a HPCE method for the content determination of hesperidin and phillyrin in Bao-He-W an (BHW). Fused silica capillary (75 cm í 50 μm) was employed and 30 mmol·L-1 borax so-lution (8% acetonitrile, pH9.64) was served as the running buffer. Other conditions were as follows: electrokinetic injection was 50 kPa í 20 s; analytical voltage was 20 kV; temperature was 20℃; and detection wavelength was 254 nm. The silica capillary was flushed with 0.1 mol·L-1 sodium hydrate and the running buffer for 10 min before each injection, respectively. The results showed that the linearity of hesperidin was in the range of 0.10~2.40 mg·mL-1 (r=0.999 4), the average recovery was 99.85% and RSD=2.34%. The phillyrin was in the range of 0.07~0.84 mg·mL-1 (r=0.999 2), the average recovery was 99.16% and RSD=2.78%. It was concluded that the method was rapid and sensitive. It can be used for the quality control of content determination of hesperidin and phillyrin in BHW.
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This study was aimed to develop an ICP-MS method to determine contents of six types of heavy metals, which include Cr, Pb, Cd, As, Hg and Cu, in Pian-Zai-Huang Gan-Bao (PZHGB) tablets. The samples were pro-cessed by microwave digestion. And then, they were determined by ICP-MS. The results showed that the working curves of Cr, Cu, As, Cd, Hg and Pb had good linear relationships with the correlation coefficient which was more than 0.9993. The average recovery rate of Cr was 101.2%. The relative standard deviation (RSD) was 7.6%. The av-erage recovery rate of Cu was 96.4%, with the RSD of 3.5%. The average recovery rate of As was 101.3%, with the RSD of 1.8%. The average recovery rate of Cd was 100.2%, with the RSD of 0.3%. The average recovery rate of Hg was 100.5%, with the RSD of 4.2%. The average recovery rate of Pb was 104.2%, with the RSD of 5.6%. It was concluded that the method was stable and reliable, with high sensitivity and repeatability. This method can be used in the content determination of six types of heavy metals, which include Cr, Pb, Cd, As, Hg and Cu in PZHGB tablets.
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This study was aimed to investigate the preventing efficacy of the combined using of Er-Shi-Wu-Wei Shan-Hu (ESWWSH) pill, Ru-Yi Zhen-Bao (RYZB) pill, Er-Shi-Wei Chen-Xiang (ESWCX) pill on the focal cere-bral ischemia injury in rats. A total of 80 Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into four groups. In the sham operation group and the MCAO model group, normal saline was given orally every day (1 mL/100 g). In the positive control group, nimodipine was given orally every day (1.89 mg/100 g). In the drug combination group, ESWWSH pill (7 mg/100 g), RYZB pill (31.5 mg/100 g), ESWCX pill (49 mg/100 g), were separately given in the morning, noon and evening every day. Improved MCAO was used in the model establishment after 7-day intragastri-cal administration. After 24 h brain infarction, TTC method was used in the determination of the cerebral infarct size. Drying and weighing method was used in the calculation of brain water content. Determinations were made on con-tent of NO in ischemic brain issues (nitrate reductase method); activities of SOD in serum (xanthine oxidase method);content of MDA in serum (TBA method); and activities of LDH in serum (pyruvate method). The results showed that compared with the MCAO model group, the combined using of three Tibetan classical prescriptions can obviously re-duce the cerebral infarct size, brain water content and the NO content in brain issues, increase the activity of SOD, reduce the content of MDA, and reduce the activity of LDH in serum. It was concluded that the research preliminari-ly showed that the combined using of ESWWSH pill, RYZB pill and ESWCX pill can protect the ischemic brain tis-sues, such as reducing the cerebral infarct size, alleviating brain edema, and inhibiting oxidative stress reactions.
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This article was aimed to study the therapeutic effect of Chinese medicine Kun-Bao-W an (KBW) on sleep disorders among ovariectomized mice. A total of 60 female KM of adult mice were randomly divided into four groups, which were the sham-operated group, model group, diazepam group, and KBW group, with 15 rats in each group. Rats in the sham-operated group were only removed small amount of fatty tissue around the ovaries. Bilateral oophorectomy was given on mice in other groups. In the KBW group, 28 days after the operation, KBW was intragastrically administered (1.667 g·kg-1) every day for 28 days. Mice in the diazepam group were intragas-trically administered (1.25 g·kg-1) 1 h before testing. The observation was made on effects of KBW on locomotor activity, sleeping time of mice induced by pentobarbital sodium and the organ coefficients of uterus. The results showed that compared with sham-operated group, locomotor activity and rearing behavior increased obviously in the model group (P < 0.01). The diazepam group can significantly reduce locomotor activity in ovariectomized mice (P < 0.01), and decrease the number of rearing behavior mildly with no statistical difference. KBW can reduce lo-comotor activity mildly but without effect on rearing behavior in ovariectomized mice. Diazepam can markedly pro-long the pentobarbital sleep time in ovariectomized mice (P < 0.01). KBW can prolong the pentobarbital sleep time and shorten the process of falling into sleep mildly with no statistical difference. There was no significant ef-fect on organ coefficients of uterus in ovariectomized mice by KBW or diazepam. It was concluded that KBW had mild effect on improving sleep disorders in ovariectomized mice.
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Objective To establish a HPLC method for quality control of Pei-bao capsule. Methods The content of lysine derivatized from 2,4-dinitoflruorobenzene was determined by HPLC, with chromatographic column being the agilent Zorbax SB-C18 column (250 mm×4.6 mm, 5 μm) , mobile phase being acetonirile-0.04mol/L, potassium dihydrogen phosphate (40 : 60), the flow rate being 1.0 ml/min, the column temperature being 30 ℃, and wavelength being 360 nm. Results It showed good linear coorelation when the concentration of Lysine hydrochloride being within 0.39～ 19.3μg/ml (γ =0.9999) , and the average sample recovery rate was 100.2%. Conclusion This method is simple, accurate, stable and reliable. It can be used for quality control of Pei-bao capsule.
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Clinical trial was carried out on 30 patients (28 females, 2 males at the age of 18 and 60 years old) with low blood pressure (systolic blood pressure <90mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure <60mmHg) with other clinical symptoms such as headache, dizzy, fatigue, and insomnia were treated by 'Sinh mach Bao nguyen' tea- a herbal formula of traditional medicine. After 30 days of treatment, 93.33% of patients have higher blood pressure. Some clinical symptoms reduced significantly. There was no side-effect
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[Objective] To study the pharrnacodynamic effect of Bao Xin Kang on animal models with cardiac insufficiency (CI) . [Methods] CI animal models were established by constricting the abdominal aortae in rabbits. The pathological results in different groups were compared. The hemodynamics indices such as LVEDP and?dp/dtmax and NO level were measured. [Results] Compared with the model group, the high dose of Bao Xin Kang can lessen the hyperplasia and hypertrophy of the myocardium and relieve the pulmonary edema in animals and improve the hemodynamics indices. LVEDP was decreased ( P
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Bao tho tea prepared from black tea, stevia rebaudiana Bertonia and phylamin (a herbal preparation). A study on the bioactivity of Bao tho has shown that Bao tho tea had no acute or chronic toxicity, had a sedative effect and recovering the health. The preparation reduced the blood cholesterol concentration from 155 to 131mg%. Its coefficient of alpha radioactive protection was 0.33. The Bao tho tea supported the health of old soldiers in the nursing friendship village.
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San Bao Su is an oral preparation manufactured by bees' honey, containing extracts of Panax otoginseng and pollen. By means of adrenochrome assay in vitro, and isoproterenol-induced ischemic myocardial injury as well as cyanide-indu-ced hypoxia in vivo, the protective effects of San Bao Su on autooxidation and myocardial ischemia were studied.The preparation significantly reduced the autooxidation of epinephrine and formation of adrenochrome, and abated isoproterenol-induced ischeminc myocardial injury in rats. It had on protection against oxygen deficit caused by cyanide in mice. These results suggest that San Bao Su is beneficial to ischemic myocardiopathy.