Protective effect of aidi injection on nephrotoxicity induced by cisplatin in rats / 中国药学杂志

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the protective effects of aidi injection on cisplatin (CDDP)-induced acute nephrotoxicity in rats. METHODS: Forty male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into 5 groups, including the control group, CDDP group, the low, medium and high dose Aidi injection group (5, 10, 15 mL·kg-1). Except the rats in control group, the rats of other groups were injected with CDDP on the third day. Aidi injection groups were administered to the rats once daily for 7 consecutive days. The control and CDDP groups were given corresponding regime of saline. On the eighth day, determine the content of serum creatinine (Scr) and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) in the rat, detect the level of superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione reductase (GSH-Px) and malondialdehyde (MDA) in the kidney tissue; observe HE staining slices of rats and find the renal pathological changes. RESULTS: Compared with control group, the levels of Scr, BUN and MDA content were increased significantly in CDDP group, whereas the contents of SOD and GSH-Px were decreased significantly. There were serious, renal tubular epithelial cell apoptosis and inflammation in the kidney tissue. Kidney histopathology indicated that Aidi injection alleviated CDDP-induced tissue damage. The levels of Scr, BUN were decreased significantly in the low dose Aidi injection group, whereas the activity of SOD and GSH-Px were increased significantly. The medium dose of Aidi injection could increase the level of SOD and GSH-Px. The high dose of Aidi injection could enhance the activity of GSH-Px, without statistically significant effect on other indicators. CONCLUSION: The results indicate that the low and middle dose of Aidi injection might protect the renal tissue from nephrotoxicity induced by cisplatin through anti-oxidation.

Assessment on the Efficacy and Safety of Aidi Injection Combined with Vinorelbine and Cisplatin for Treatment of Advanced Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer / 中华医学杂志(英文版)

<p><b>BACKGROUND</b>The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of vinorelbine and cisplatin (NP chemotherapy) alone or in combination with Aidi injection for the treatment of advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Pertinent publications were identified in PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, CNKI, CQVIP, and Wanfang databases, up to December 8, 2015. After quality assessment of all included randomized controlled trials evaluating Aidi injection combined with NP chemotherapy for the treatment of advanced NSCLC, a meta-analysis was performed by Review Manager 5.2 and STATA 12.0 for statistical analyses.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Twelve studies including 509 and 503 cases in the experimental and control groups, respectively, were finally analyzed. The meta-analysis revealed that when cisplatin dose ranging from 20 to 40 mg/m 2 , combination of Aidi injection and NP chemotherapy was statistically different compared with NP chemotherapy alone in enhancing efficiency (relative risk [RR] = 1.24, 95% confidence interval [CI] [1.05-1.47], P = 0.010) and reducing the incidence of Grade II or above nausea and vomiting (RR = 0.49, 95% CI [0.30-0.80], P = 0.005). Meanwhile, with cisplatin ranging from 80 to 120 mg/m 2 , no significant differences in efficiency (RR = 1.11, 95% CI [0.87-1.42], P = 0.390) and Grade II or above nausea and vomiting (RR = 0.88, 95% CI [0.71-1.10], P = 0.260) were obtained. In addition, Aidi injection combined with NP chemotherapy was superior to NP chemotherapy alone in improving the quality of life, alleviating Grade II or above leukopenia and thrombocytopenia.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Aidi injection combined with NP chemotherapy can enhance efficiency, improve the quality of life, and decrease adverse effects in patients with advanced NSCLC.</p>

Brief introduction of research methods of commodity specification and grade of Chinese medicinal materials / 中国中药杂志

The commodity specification and grade of Chinese medicinal materials is a measure of the quality of traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs), which directly impacts on the safety and effectiveness of clinical medicines. It is an urgent problem to establish a set of standards which can both interpret the scientific connotation of the commodity specification and grade of Chinese medicinal materials and play a significant role on clinical medicines as well as markets. This paper reviews the research methods of the commodity specification and grade of Chinese medicinal materials such as sensory evaluation, chemical assessment, biological evaluation, and cited the applications of various methods for the classification of TCMs. It provides technical support for establishing standards of the commodity specification and grade of Chinese medicinal materials, and also constructs scientific basis for clinical rational drug use.