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ObjectiveTo observe the clinical efficacy of Qiju Dihuangtang combined with Chinese medicine fumigation in the treatment of dry eye and its effect on the levels of interleukin-6 （IL-6） and matrix metalloproteinase-9 （MMP-9） in tears. MethodA total of 120 patients with dry eye of liver-kidney Yin deficiency syndrome who were treated in the Department of Ophthalmology， The Second Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine（TCM） from october 2019 to october 2021 were randomized into the observation group and control group. The control group was given sodium hyaluronate eye drops， and the observation group was treated with sodium hyaluronate eye drops， Qiju Dihuangtang， and Chinese medicine fumigation. The treatment lasted 30 days for both groups. The changes of ocular surface disease index （OSDI）， TCM syndrome score， tear secretion （SIT）， tear film breaking up time （BUT）， corneal fluorescein staining （FL）， and tear interleukin-6 （IL-6） and matrix metalloproteinase-9 （MMP-9） were observed. ResultAfter the treatment， the total effective rate was 90.0% （54/60） in the observation group and 75.0% （45/60） in the control group （χ2=4.675， P<0.05）. After treatment， the OSDI score and TCM syndrome score were lower than those before treatment in both groups （P<0.05）， and lower in the observation group than in the control group （P<0.05）. After treatment， the SIT and BUT were higher （P<0.05） and FL score was lower （P<0.05） than those before treatment in both groups. After treatment， the improvement of the above indicators in the observation group was better than that in the control group （P<0.05）. After treatment， the levels of IL-6 and MMP-9 were lower than those before treatment in both groups （P<0.05）， and lower in the observation group than in the control group （P<0.05）. ConclusionQiju Dihuangtang combined with Chinese medicine fumigation can effectively improve subjective symptoms， promote tear secretion， prolong BUT， enhance corneal epithelial repair， and reduce the levels of tear IL-6 and MMP-9 in the treatment of dry eye.
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Objective:To analyze the medication law of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) fumigation and washing to promote postoperative healing of hemorrhoids by data mining technology.Methods:The clinical literature about TCM fumigation and washing to promote postoperative healing of hemorrhoids was retrieved from the databases of CNKI, Wanfang, VIP, PubMed from the establishment of the databases to March 10, 2022. The frequency efficacy attributes, core medicinal pairs and core prescriptions of TCM were analyzed by using the Ancient and Modern Medical Records Cloud Platform (V2.3.5).Results:A total of 299 articles were included, involving 200 kinds of Chinese materia medica. The drugs used at high frequency ≥40 were Sophorae Flavescentis Radix, Phellodendri Chinensis Cortex, Natrii Sulfas, Galla Chinensis and Rhei Radix et Rhizoma and so on. The main efficacy was to clear heat and reduce dampness; cold, warm and slightly cold were the main medicinal properties, and the tastes were mainly bitter, pungent, sweet and sour, and most of the drugs return to the liver meridian, stomach meridian, heart meridian, large intestine meridian and so on. A total of 22 rules were obtained by correlation analysis. Five groups of drugs were obtained by clustering analysis. The core prescription drugs obtained by complex network analysis included Sophorae Flavescentis Radix, Phellodendri Chinensis Cortex, Natrii Sulfas, Galla Chinensis, Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, Taraxaci Herba, Borneolum Syntheticum, Sanguisorbae Radix, Atractylodis Rhizoma, Carthami Flos, Scutellariae Radix, Olibanum, Myrrha, and Lonicerae Japonicae Flos. Conclusion:TCM fumigation and washing can promote the postoperative healing of hemorrhoids mainly by clearing heat and reducing dampness and detoxification, as well as promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, reducing swelling and relieving pain, restraining sore and generating muscle.
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Lilii Bulbus is a commonly used Chinese herbal medicine with both medicinal and edible values, while the market products usually has the problem of sulfur fumigation. Therefore, the quality and safety of Lilii Bulbus products deserve attention. In this study, ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-time of flight-tandem mass spectrometry(UPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS) was combined with principal component analysis(PCA) and orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis(OPLS-DA) to analyze the differential components of Lilii Bulbus before and after sulfur fumigation. We identified ten markers generated after sulfur fumigation, summarized their mass fragmentation and transformation patterns, and verified the structures of phenylacrylic acid markers of sulfur fumigation. At the same time, the cytotoxicity of the aqueous extracts of Lilii Bulbus before and after sulfur fumigation was evaluated. The results showed that in the concentration range of 0-800 mg·L~(-1), the aqueous extract of Lilii Bulbus after sulfur fumigation had no significant effect on the viability of human liver LO2 cells, human renal proximal tubular HK-2 cells, and rat adrenal pheochromocytoma PC-12 cells. Moreover, the viability of the cells exposed to the aqueous extract of Lilii Bulbus before and after sulfur fumigation showed no significant difference. This study identified phenylacrylic acid and furostanol saponins as markers of sulfur-fumigated Lilii Bulbus for the first time, and made clear that proper sulfur fumigation of Lilii Bulbus would not produce cytotoxicity, providing a theoretical basis for the rapid identification and quality and safety control of sulfur-fumigated Lilii Bulbus.
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Humans , Animals , Rats , Fumigation , Tandem Mass Spectrometry , Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid , Epithelial Cells , SulfurABSTRACT
ObjectiveIn order to find a fast odor-based method for the identification of sulfur fumigated Gastrodiae Rhizoma， an ultra-fast gas phase electronic nose technology was used to identify the odors of different degrees of sulfur fumigated Gastrodiae Rhizoma decoction pieces. MethodHeracles NEO ultra-fast gas phase electronic nose was employed to collect gas chromatograms of unsulfured and sulfured with different degrees of Gastrodiae Rhizoma decoction pieces， gas chromatograms were performed under programmed temperature （initial temperature of 40 ℃， 0.2 ℃·s-1 to 60 ℃， and then 4 ℃·s-1 to 250 ℃）， the sample volume was 5 mL， the incubation temperature was 65 ℃ and incubation time was 35 min. Kovats retention index and the AroChemBase database were used for qualitative analysis， and stoichiometric analysis was performed on this basis. Principal component analysis （PCA）， discriminant factor analysis （DFA） and partial least squares-discriminant analysis （PLS-DA） models were established to identify the Gastrodiae Rhizoma decoction pieces with different degrees of sulfur fumigation. ResultAccording to the comparative analysis of AroChemBase database， there were significant differences in the odor characteristics of sulfur fumigated and non-sulfur fumigated Gastrodiae Rhizoma， cyclopentane， acetone and heptane might be the odor components to distinguish the degree of sulfur fumigation in Gastrodiae Rhizoma decoction pieces. The identification index of PCA model was 81， the accumulative discriminant index of the discriminating factors was 92.09% in DFA model， the supervisory model interpretation rate of PLS-DA model was 0.963 and the predictive ability parameter was 0.956， indicating that PCA， DFA and PLS-DA models could well distinguish Gastrodiae Rhizoma decoction pieces with different sulfur fumigation degrees. ConclusionHeracles NEO ultra-fast gas phase electronic nose can be used as a rapid method to identify and distinguish Gastrodiae Rhizoma decoction pieces with different levels of sulfur fumigation. Meanwhile， it can provide a rapid， simple and green method and technology for identification of traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces by sulfur fumigation.
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@#AIM:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of azithromycin aerosol fumigation combined with meibomian gland massage in the treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction(MGD). <p>METHODS: In this prospective study, 47 patients with moderate to severe MGD were treated with azithromycin aerosol fumigation combined with meibomian gland massage. The ocular surface disease index(OSDI)questionnaire, noninvasive tear breakup time(NI-BUT), tear meniscus height and atrophic rate of meibomian glands were recorded at baseline, at 1mo after treatment, and at 3mo after treatment.<p>RESULTS: The OSDI was 21.43±13.14, the first NI-BUT was 9.03±6.09s, the average NI-BUT was 9.72±4.05s, and the tear meniscus height was 0.24±0.09mm after 1mo of treatment. The OSDI was 23.02±11.41, the first NI-BUT was 7.80±4.82s, the average NI-BUT was 10.25±4.78s, and the tear meniscus height was 0.24±0.09mm after 3mo of treatment. Compared with the baseline, the difference was statistically significant(all <i>P</i><0.05); There was no significant difference in OSDI, first NI-BUT, average NI-BUT and tear meniscus height between 1mo after treatment and 3mo after treatment(all <i>P</i>>0.05). Compared with baseline, there was no significant improvement in atrophic rate of meibomian glands after 1mo of treatment and 3mo after treatment(all <i>P</i>>0.05). In addition, azithromycin aerosol fumigation administration was well tolerated and no adverse reactions were observed during follow-up(all <i>P</i>>0.05). <p>CONCLUSION: Azithromycin aerosol fumigation combined with meibomian gland massage can effectively improve the clinical symptoms and increase first NI-BUT, average NI-BUT, tear meniscus height of patients with moderate to severe MGD.
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Objective:To explore the high-efficiency and high-quality seedling raising method of <italic>Codonopsis pilosula</italic>. Method:In the main production area of <italic>C. pilosula</italic> in the Tanchang county，Gansu province，after the soil was fumigated with dazomet （containing 98% methylisothiocyanate）， four varieties of <italic>C. pilosula</italic> seedlings were raised. The dynamic change in growth and differences in quality and yield of <italic>C. pilosula</italic> seedlings after emergence were regularly determined. Result:① The soil enzyme activity was first inhibited and then restored by soil fumigation，which increased the root length of <italic>C. pilosula</italic> seedlings by 9.8%. Besides， the field growth indexes such as plant height，plant width，stem length，stem diameter，number of branches，number of nodes，number of leaves， and fitted leaf area increased in varying degrees，and the plant height showed an "S"-shaped growth trend. "Gandang No.1" and "Gandang No.2" grew better than "Weidang No.1" and "Tanchang control". ② Fumigation reduced the incidence rate of <italic>C. pilosula</italic> root in the field by 4.9%，and the incidence rates of "Gandang No.1" and "Gandang No.2" were significantly lower than those of "Weidang No.1" and "Tanchang control". ③ Fumigation increased the total number of <italic>C. pilosula </italic>seedlings by 6.15×10<sup>5</sup> plants·hm<sup>-2</sup>，of which the number of primary seedlings increased by 45.3% and that of secondary seedlings increased by 42.2%. ④ Fumigation increased the seedling yield of <italic>C. pilosula</italic> by 42.4%. It showed the most significant effect on the yield of "Gandang No.2"，which increased by 61.8%， and the weakest effect on the yield of "Gandang No.1"，which increased by 15.4%. ⑤ Comprehensive analysis showed that the quality and yield of <italic>C. pilosula</italic> seedlings in the fumigation area were better than those in the non-fumigation area. Conclusion:The results showed that soil fumigation showed a promoting effect on the seedling yield of <italic>C. pilosula</italic> in spite of different effects achieved in terms of different varieties.
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Abstract Fumigant activities for three essential oils; Garlic oil (Allium sativum L); Chili pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) and Nigella (Nigella sativa L.) were assessed at different concentrations against the adult and 20-days old larval stages of Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in the laboratory. The accumulative mortality was observed at different exposure periods (3, 5 and 7 days). The residual effect of garlic oil that was the effective oil, on the treated wheat grains was evaluated with respect to histological changes in the liver, kidney, and stomach of rat fed on this treated wheat. The results showed that the mortality rates of treated stages increased with increasing the time of fumigation treatment. Moreover the highest essential oils toxicity at the Median lethal concentration (LC50) values for exposure periods (3, 5 and 7 days) to fumigation were (126, 53, and 47 mg/L air) for adult stage and were (79, 62, and 41 mg/L air) for larval stage, respectively in the case of Garlic oil treatment. While, the lowest essential oils effective was Nigella oil at the Median lethal concentration (LC50) values for exposure periods (3, 5 and 7 days) to fumigation were (3594, 629, and 335 mg/L air) for adult stage and were (1040, 416, and 227 mg/L air) for larval stage, respectively. The toxicity effect of various essential oils against adults and larvae of T. castaneum at the LC50at 7 days fumigation could be arranged in descending order as follows: Garlic oil, Chili pepper oil, and Nigella oil. The histological changes showed that the organs slightly affected at the fumigation for 3 days. It may be concluded that the garlic essential oil is the good effective fumigant to control T. castaneum in the stored products and it recommended that the fumigation period does not exceed 3 days. The garlic essential oil has the potential for applications in IPM programs for stored-grain pests because of its high volatility and fumigant activity and its safety.
Resumo Atividades fumigantes de três óleos essenciais - óleo de alho (Allium sativum L.); pimenta-malagueta (Capsicum annuum L.) e Nigella (Nigella sativa L.) - foram avaliadas em diferentes concentrações contra adultos e larvas de Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) com 20 dias de idade em laboratório. A mortalidade acumulada foi observada em diferentes períodos de exposição (3, 5 e 7 dias). O efeito residual do óleo de alho, ou seja, o óleo eficaz, nos grãos de trigo tratados foi avaliado em relação às alterações histológicas no fígado, rim e estômago de ratos alimentados com esse trigo tratado. Os resultados mostraram que as taxas de mortalidade dos estágios tratados cresceram com o aumento do tempo de exposição ao tratamento de fumigação. A maior toxidade dos óleos essenciais nos valores de Concentração Letal Média (CL50) para os períodos de exposição (3, 5 e 7 dias) à fumigação foi (126, 53 e 47 mg/L ar) para a fase adulta e (79, 62 e 41 mg/L ar) para a fase de larva, respectivamente no caso do tratamento com o óleo de alho, enquanto que o óleo essencial menos eficaze foi o óleo de Nigella, com valores de CL50 para os períodos de exposição (3, 5 e 7 dias) à fumigação (3594, 629 e 335 mg/L ar) para a fase adulta, e (1040, 416 e 227 mg/L ar) para a fase de larva, respectivamente. O efeito da toxidade de vários óleos essenciais contra adultos e larvas de T. castaneum em LC50 aos sete dias de fumigação pôde ser organizado em ordem decrescente, como segue: óleo de alho, óleo de pimenta e óleo de Nigella. As alterações histológicas mostraram que os órgãos foram levemente afetados na fumigação por três dias. Pode-se concluir que o óleo essencial de alho é um bom fumigante efetivo no controle de T. castaneum nos produtos armazenados, e recomendou-se que o período de fumigação não ultrapassasse três dias. O óleo essencial de alho tem potencial para aplicações em programas de Integrated Pests Management (IPM) para pragas de grãos armazenados, devido à sua alta volatilidade, atividade fumigante e respectiva segurança.
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Animals , Rats , Tribolium , Coleoptera , Oils, Volatile/toxicity , Insecticides/toxicity , Safety , MammalsABSTRACT
Objective: To study the characteristics and regularity of the improvement of early clinical symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) treated with Chinese medicine plus fumigation and absorption combined with super dose of vitamin C. Methods: We randomly divided 30 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 admitted by the Hubei medical team in our hospital since February 2020 into groups A, B and C, with 10 cases in each group. Group A was the control group. Group B was treated with traditional Chinese medicine and fumigation. Group C was the treatment group of traditional Chinese medicine plus fumigation and absorption combined with super dose of vitamin C. We analyzed the symptoms of fatigue, cough, dry throat, shortness of breath and the improvement of chest CT and nucleic acid detection, and compared the treatment status of each group. Results: The improvement degree and disappearance time of fatigue, cough, dry throat and shortness of breath in group B and group C were better than those in group A, and the effect of group C was better than that of group B (P0.05). Conclusion: The combination of traditional Chinese medicine and fumigation and absorption combined with super dose of vitamin C has a definite effect on the improvement of fatigue, cough, dry throat and shortness of breath in patients with COVID-19.
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OBJECTIVE：To study the diff erences in the overall chemical constituents of Angelicae dahuricae with and without sulphur-fumigation，and to select chemical markers that can be used for identification. METHODS ：Each 16 batches of A. dahuricae with and without sulphur-fumigation were selected as samples. Deuterated methanol-deuterium oxide （1 ∶ 0.2，V/V）was used as extraction solvent ，and 1H-NMR metabolomics was used to detect the primary and secondary metabolites in A. dahuricae . In addition ，visual analysis ，principal component analysis （PCA）and t-test were used to compare the component differences of A. dahuricae by two kinds of pretreatment methods. RESULTS ：A total of 19 chemical constituents such as coumarins ，amino acids and sugars were simultaneously detected and identified from two kinds of A. dahuricae . Visual analysis showed that the chemical profiles of the two kinds of A. dahuricae were similar ，but their coumarins and carbohydrates were quite different in 1H-NMR signal intensity. PCA analysis showed that all samples could be divided into two categories according to different treatment methods. The results of t-test showed that the contents of oxypeucedanin ，imperatorin，glucose and sucrose of A. dahuricae were decreased significantly after sulphur fumigation （P＜0.01 or P＜0.001），while the contents of alanine and leucine were significantly increased （P＜0.01 or P＜0.001）. There was no statistical significance in the contents of other 13 kinds of components （P＞0.05）. CONCLUSIONS：There are obvious differences in the 6 chemical compounds of oxypeucedanin ，imperatorin，glucose，sucrose， alanine and leucine in A. dahuricae with and without sulphur-fumigation ，which can be used as chemical markers for the identification of sulphur-fumigated A. dahuricae in the market.
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The fumigation of Chinese herbal medicines, such as Artemisiae Argyi Folium, Atractylodis Rhizoma, and Angelicae Dahuricae Radix, is one of the creations of ancient Chinese medical practitioners during the struggle against the disease for thousands of years. Researches have showed the application of fumigation of Chinese medicinal materials in clinical practice, and there are clear pharmacological studies to prove its related effective ingredients. Therefore, we review the historical evolution and modern application progress of Chinese materia medica fumigation. In the light of the infectious features of COVID-19 including air droplet transmission and even possible aerosol transmission, the corresponding Chinese herbal medicine fumigation should be recommended and used in hospitals, communities, and families, which is expected to play an important role in fighting disease infections.
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Fumigation (bath) therapy is widely used in clinic, but the methods are different. Based on the data mining of the existing clinical application of fumigation (bath) therapy, combined with the clinical application practice and relevant modern research, the technical specification (draft) of clinical application of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) fumigation (bath) therapy has been formed after many demonstrations by experts from the external treatment branch. The specification (draft) includes indications, contraindications, pre-medication evaluation, pre-medication preparation, preparation of medicinal liquid, fumigation temperature, fumigation time, fumigation frequency, fumigation course, operation method, post-medication treatment and evaluation, matters needing attention, common adverse reactions and countermeasures, etc. The purpose of this paper is to standardize the clinical application of TCM fumigation (bath) therapy, improve its clinical curative effect and reduce adverse reactions.
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Environmental disinfection greatly reduces the occurrence of nosocomial or healthcare associated infections (HCAIs) which are the major healthcare problems worldwide. In India, Ayurvedic traditionalfumigation with natural plant products is used to disinfect environment. In the present study, environmental disinfection efficiency of traditional fumigation practice has been evaluated by using naturalplant products such as garlic (Allium sativum) peel, turmeric (Curcuma longa) powder, Carom (Trachyspermum ammi) seeds (Ajwain) and Loban (resin of Styrax benzoin and Boswellia species). The efficiencyof traditional fumigation using these natural products to disinfect air and surface was evaluated. Theeffect of traditional fumigation on the microbiological quality of air was revealed by active air sampling.In addition, the ability of the traditional fumigation using garlic peel to disinfect inanimate surface wasevaluated using three strains of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Glass slide wasartificially contaminated with the bacteria and fumigated whereas non-fumigated slide served as control.The control and fumigated slides were analyzed for surviving bacteria and subjected to scanning electronmicroscopy (SEM) analysis. Traditional fumigation performed separately with three grams of garlic peel,turmeric, carom seeds and loban powder reduced the average air borne bacterial colony forming units(cfu)/m3 compared to non-fumigated control. The SEM analysis showed reduced number of bacteria ingarlic peel fumigated surface samples. The results of the study strongly suggested that the traditionalAyurvedic fumigation with natural plant products is effective in reducing air-borne bacteria and indisinfecting inanimate surfaces. The traditional fumigation with herbal products has huge potential toaddress the problem of nosocomial infections.© 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Institute of Transdisciplinary Health Sciencesand Technology and World Ayurveda Foundation. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-NDlicense (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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OBJECTIVE： To investigate the status of sulfur fumigation of TCM and its decoction pieces， and to put forward the suggestions on limit standard of sulfur dioxide residue. METHODS： The information of 374 varieties of TCM and sulfur dioxide residue were collected from the provincial and municipal drug inspection institutions of 27 provinces，municipalities and autonomous regions in China during 2013-2017， and then summarized and analyzed. The average value，median value，maximum value，qualification rate and detection rate of sulfur dioxide residue of 121 varieties with the sample number ≥10 batches were classified and statistically analyzed. RESULTS： This investigation involved 374 varieties of TCM and its decoction pieces， and a total of 13 776 batches of samples. The average content of sulfur dioxide was 242 mg/kg，the median value was 27 mg/kg，and the maximum value was 8 782 mg/kg. The overall qualified rate was 79.7％. According to the results of classified statistics， among the 10 varieties whose limit shall not exceed 400 mg/kg，5 varieties，including Codonopsis pilosula， Radix Trichosanthis， Asparagus cochinchinensis， Pueraria lobata， Achyranthes bidentata， were seriously affected by sulfur fumigation，and the qualified rate was less than 80％. Among the varieties with the sample number≥30 batches， there was no or very little abuse of sulfur fumigation in 16 varieties， such as Carthamus tinctorius； 19 varieties， such as Eupolyphaga Steleophaga， had excessive sulfur fumigation， but it was not serious； 25 varieties，such as Lonicera japonica，had severe excessive sulfur fumigation. Among the varieties with the sample number of 10-29 batches，33 varieties including Ziziphus jujube seed had no or very little abuse of sulfur fumigation； 8 varieties including Cuscuta chinensis had excessive sulfur fumigation but were not serious； 10 varieties including Pericarpium Trichosanthis had serious excessive sulfur fumigation. CONCLUSIONS： For the varieties with no or very little excessive sulfur fumigation，it is recommended that batch testing should not be carried out and a single list should be made； for the varieties with sulfur fumigation or severe sulfur fumigation， it is suggested to increase the sulfur dioxide residue limit under all varieties in the 2020 edition of Chinese Pharmacopoeia， and set the limit for the varieties with severe sulfur fumigation to be no more than 400 mg/kg，while the limit for the 2025 edition of Chinese Pharmacopoeia can be reduced to no more than 150 mg/kg. Other varieties should retain the provisions of “sulfur dioxide residue of sulfur dioxide medicinal materials and decoction pieces （except for minerals） shall not exceed 150 mg/kg” in the general rules 0212 “for the identification of medicinal materials and decoction pieces” in the 2015 edition of Chinese Pharmacopoeia （part Ⅳ）.
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Objective: To observe the effect of Jiawei Bushen Huoxuetang on osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCF), bone density and bone metabolism. Method: One hundred and sixteen patients with OVCF operation were randomly divided into control group (58 cases) and observation group (58 cases) by random number table. Patients in control group got Alendronate sodium tablets, 70 mg/time, 1 time/week. Menatetrenone soft capsules, 15 mg/time, 3 times/days after meals. Calcium carbonate D3 chewable tablets (Ⅱ), 1 tablet/time, 2 times/days. Based on the treatment in control group, patients in observation group received additional Jiawei Bushen Huoxue decoction, 1 dose/day. The course of treatment was 24 weeks in both groups. The treatment of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) fumigation was used in combination with the TCM for 2 weeks. At the 4th, 8th, 12th and 24th weeks after treatment, pain degree of waist and back were evaluated by pain visual analogue scale (VAS), and waist dysfunction was evaluated by Oswestry disability index (ODI). Before and after treatment, anterior vertebral height (AVBH), Cobb, femoral neck, lumbar spine bone mineral density and Chinese osteoporosis quality of life scale were evaluated. Before and after treatment, levels of carboxy terminal propeptide of type I collagen (CICP), C-terminal cross-linking peptide of type I collagen (CTX-I), tartrate resistant acid phosphatase (TRACP), bone alkaline phosphatase (BALP) and bone glaprotein(BGP) were detected. Result:By rank sum test, the clinical efficacy in observation was better than that in control group (Z=2.026, Pth, 8th, 12th and 24th weeks after treatment, scores of lumbago and back pain VAS and ODI were lower than those in control group (PPPPPConclusion:Jiawei Bushen Huoxuetang can enhance bone mineral density, regulate bone metabolism, reduce back pain, promote healing of fracture, and ameliorate osteoporosis, with obvious clinical efficacy.
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Objective: To explore the structure and reaction sites of the reaction products of chlorogenic acid and sodium sulfite,and the chemical changes of chlorogenic acid in Lonicerae Japonicae Flos after sulfur fumigating. Method: Chlorogenic acid was reacted with sodium sulfite under mild conditions. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry-ion trap-time-of-flight (LC-MS-IT-TOF) and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-NMR) detection techniques were used to detect the reaction products,and the sulfur-fumigated and unsulfurized Lonicerae Japonicae Flos water extract was detected by LC-MS-IT-TOF. Result: After analyzing the mass spectrometry data of fragment ion,molecular cleavage and accurate molecular weight,according to the results of nuclear magnetic signals of chemical shift,peak intensity and peak splitting, the products of chlorogenic acid and sodium sulfite were preliminarily identified as chlorogenic acid α,β-unsaturated carbonyl addition product:3-((3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-2-sulfopropyl)oxy)-1,4,5-trihydroxycyclohexane-1-carboxylic acid or 3-((3-(3,4-dihy droxyphenyl)-3-sulfopropyl)oxy)-1,4,5-trihydroxycyclohexane-1-carboxylic acid,and the same characteristic fragments were detected as the addition product in the sulfur fumigated Lonicerae Japonicae Flos,but not found in the unsulfurized. Conclusion: It is the first time to demonstrate the structure and reaction sites of chlorogenic acid and sulfurous acid reaction products,and detect the chlorogenic acid sulfite addition product in sulfur-fumigated Lonicerae Japonicae Flos. Although it is still unclear how the sulfite addition compound produced by sulphur Lonicerae Japonicae Flos affects the efficacy and toxicological activity of Lonicerae Japonicae Flos,we shall still pay attention to the changes of active ingredients in sulphuric medicinal materials. Besides,this study can also provide reference for the studies of chemical composition changes after sulfuration of traditional Chinese medicine containing α,β-unsaturated carbonyl structure.
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Objective: To elucidate the effect of sulfur fumigation on the content of chemical composition and quality of Panacis Quinquefolii Radix, and to discuss the identification method of sulfur fumigated Panacis Quinquefolii Radix. Method: The content changes of ginsenoside Rb1, Re, Rg1 in Panacis Quinquefolii Radix were determined by HPLC-DAD before and after sulfur fumigation. The content changes of 11 inorganic elements in Panacis Quinquefolii Radix before and after sulfur fumigation were detected by microwave digestion method and inductively coupled plasma emission spectrometry tandem mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The quality difference of Panacis Quinquefolii Radix before and after sulfur fumigation was qualitatively distinguished combined with the principal component analysis. Result: Three ginsenosides were well separated and showed good linearity with R2 ≥ 0.999.Before sulfur fumigation, the contents of ginsenoside Rg1, Re and Rb1 in Panacis Quinquefolii Radix were (0.897±0.045), (13.092±0.639), (12.896±0.430) g ·kg-1, respectively. After sulfur fumigation, the contents of these three components in Panacis Quinquefolii Radix were (0.807±0.032), (11.968±0.627), (11.752±0.696) g ·kg-1, respectively. After fumigation, the contents of inorganic elements (Cr, Mn, Co, Cu, As, Se, Ag, Cd, Sb, Pb and Fe) from Panacis Quinquefolii Radix increased in varying degrees. According to the distribution results of three-dimensional (3D) scattered points, sulfur and non-sulfur fumigation products of Panacis Quinquefolii Radix could be effectively distinguished. Conclusion: After sulfur fumigation, the contents of ginsenoside Re and Rb1 in Panacis Quinquefolii Radix decrease significantly, but the contents of 11 inorganic elements increase, suggesting that sulfur fumigation may have a great influence on the quality of Panacis Quinquefolii Radix.
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Objective: To evaluate the feasibility of heat-treating de-sulfur method for sulfur-fumigated Codonopsis Radix (CR) by investigating the changes in contents of sulfur dioxide residue and sulfur-containing derivatives after sulfur-fumigation.Method: Qualitative and semi-quantitative characterization of sulfur-containing derivatives was analyzed by ultra-performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole-time of flight-mass spectrometry (UPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS),and sulfur dioxide residues were determined by acid-base titration method. Then the correlations between sulfur dioxide residues and sulfur-containing derivatives in sulfur-fumigated CR samples with different sulfur-fumigation and heat treatment extents were analyzed.Result: Atractylenolide Ⅱ and atractylenolide Ⅲ sulfur-containing derivatives were identified as major characteristic markers of sulfur fumigated CR. With the increase of sulfur-fumigation time,the content of sulfur dioxide residues was continuously increased,while the content of sulfur-containing derivatives was elevated at the beginning and then reached to a plateau, so there was not necessarily a positive correlation between sulfur dioxide residue and the amount of sulfur derivatives. With the increase of heat-treated time,the content of sulfur dioxide residues was continuously decreased,while the content of sulfur-containing derivatives was decreased first and remained at a high level later. There was no clear correlation between sulfur dioxide residue and sulfur-containing derivatives in different sulfur-fumigated and heat-treating de-sulfur degrees of CR.Conclusion: Heat-treatment could decrease the content of sulfur dioxide residue,but the content of sulfur-containing derivatives still remained at a high level, so heat treatment could not reinstate the inner quality of sulfur-fumigated CR to its non-fumigated ones. Therefore, heat-treating de-sulfur is not a feasible method for the quality assurance of sulfur-fumigated CR.
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Objective: An efficient method was established using high content screening (HCS) for the hepatotoxicity evaluation of sulfur-fumigated Ophiopogonis Radix. Methods: Cytotoxicity of positive control group, negative control group, Ophiopogonis Radix extracts group and sulfur-fumigated Ophiopogonis Radix extracts group were tested based on HepG2 human hepatoma cells. HCS was applied to detect the cell number, DNA content, level of glutathione (GSH), reactive oxgyen species (ROS), and mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP). Results: Compared with the cells of Ophiopogonis Radix extracts group, GSH of sulfur-fumigated Ophiopogonis Radix extracts decreased significantly at the concentration of 50 mg/mL; The MMP of sulfur-fumigated Ophiopogonis Radix extracts changed signally at the concentration of 12.5 mg/mL. Conclusion: Ophiopogonis Radix showed pontential cytotoxicity after sulfur-fumigated. The hepatotoxicity of sulfur-fumigated Ophiopogonis Radix may be related to mitochondria-mediated apoptosis according to the influence of its MMP from the results.
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Siddha Medicine is a traditional system of healing medicine in the southern part of the India and some other nations. This system of Medicine is mainly categorized into two classes, based on the root of admiration of the drugs, which are 32 types of Aga marunthugal (Internal medicine) and 32 types of Pura marunthugal (External medicine) for treating the 4448 diseases describe in the Siddha texts. The 32 types of External therapies are included in many kinds of external application of treatment procedures. Siddha texts mentioned the Pugai is termed as Fumigation is one of the external therapies in this system. This study reveals that the Pugai is the effective external treatment procedure to cure some disease condition based on Siddha theory. Fumigation signifies the artificial impregnation of the atmosphere, with the fumes or smoke of any vegetable or aromatic substances. Pugai is an application of fumes is administered in different parts of the body, apart from inhalation. Most of these therapies are aimed to maintaining the healthy balance of tri humours of Vatham, Pitham, Kabam and Saptha thathukkal which mean seven tissue types of the body. Main purpose of this procedure is to reduce microbes and to control infections. Fumigation can be effective in inactivating microbes on environmental surfaces.
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Onion (Allium cepa L.) is one of the major vegetable crops in Korea that are damaged and lost by pathogenic fungal infection during storage due to a lack of proper storage conditions. The aim of this study was to determine an appropriate control measure using thymol to increase the shelf life of onions. To control fungal infections that occur during low-temperature storage, it is necessary to identify the predominant fungal pathogens that appear in low-temperature storage houses. Botrytis aclada was found to be the most predominant fungal pathogen during low-temperature storage. The antifungal activity of the plant essential oil thymol was tested and compared to that of the existing sulfur treatments. B. aclada growth was significantly inhibited up to 16 weeks with spray treatments using a thymol solution. To identify an appropriate method for treating onions in a low-temperature storage house, thymol was delivered by two fumigation treatment methods, either by heating it in the granule form or as a solution at low-temperature storage conditions (in vivo). We confirmed that the disease severity was reduced up to 96% by fumigating thymol solution compared to the untreated control. The efficacy of the fumigation of thymol solution was validated by testing onions in a low-temperature storage house in Muan, Jeollanam-do. Based on these results, the present study suggests that fumigation of the thymol solution as a natural preservative and fungicide can be used as an eco-friendly substitute for existing methods to control postharvest disease in long-term storage crops on a commercial scale.