Effect of acupoint massage dominant early comprehensive intervention on the prognosis of premature infants with brain injury / 中国中西医结合杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the effect of acupoint massage dominant early comprehensive intervention on the prognosis of premature infants with brain injury.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Totally 210 premature infants with brain injury were assigned to the intervention group (112 cases) and the control group (98 cases). All patients received routine therapy (medicinal + routine care instructions). Patients in the intervention group additionally received acupoint massage. Those with abnormal early motion received physical sports treatment. Those with upper limbs dysfunction or with fine movement disorders received occupational therapy. Premature infants' development quotient (DQ) was performed at corrected age of 6 and 12 months by using neuropsychological development examination table for 0 - 6 years old children. The incidence of cerebral palsy was statistically calculated.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>At corrected age of 6 months, DQ of gross motor, fine motor, language three functional areas was higher in the intervention group than in the control group with significant difference (P < 0.05). At corrected age of 12 months, DQ of gross motor, fine motor, language, social and adaptive capacities was higher in the intervention group than in the control groupwith significant difference (P < 0.05). The incidence of cerebral palsy was 4.46% (5/112) in the intervention group and 12.24% (12/98) in the control group (P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Acupoint massage dominant early comprehensive intervention could obviously improve the intelligence development level and lower the incidence of cerebral palsy in premature infants with brain injury.</p>

Effect of several physiochemical factors on cell growth and isoflavone accumulation of Pueraria lobata cell suspension culture / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To illustrate the effects of several physiochemical factors on cell growth and isoflavone accumulation of Pueraria lobata cell suspension cultures.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>High performance liquid chromatography and plant tissue culture were applied.</p><p><b>RESULT AND CONCLUSION</b>Cell growth and isoflavone accumulation were significantly stimulated in P. lobata cell suspension cultures by the increase of the sucrose concentration. Maintaining the pH value at the range over 5. 4 to 5. 8 was most suitable for isoflavone accumulation in P. lobata cell suspension cultures. Cell dried weight and isoflavone accumulation decreased sharply with the increase of the treated concentration of active carbon, while XAD-4 significantly stimulated cell growth and isoflavone accumulation.</p>