A new allo-aromadendrane sesquiterpene from Dendrobium nobile / 中国中药杂志

To study the chemical constituents in the non-alkaloid part of stems of Dendrobium nobile. The macroporous adsorption resin, MCI, silica gel, RP-C_(18), and Sephadex LH-20 gel, preparative thin layer chromatography, and preparative high-performance liquid chromatography(HPLC) were used to isolate and purify the compounds. The structures of the compound were determined according to the spectra data, physicochemical properties, and relevant references. A total of 8 compounds were isolated from D. nobile, which were soltorvum F(1), p-hydroxyphenylpropionic acid(2), vanillic acid(3), p-hydroxybenzoic acid(4), N-trans-cinnamic acid acyl-p-hydroxybenzene ethylamine(5),(+)-(1R,2S,3R,4S,5R,6S,9R)-2,11,12-trihydroxypicrotoxane-3(15)-lactone(6), dendronobilin H(7), soltorvum E(8). Compound 1 was a novel compound, named as soltorvum F. Compound 8 was isolated from Dendrobium species for the first time.

Continuous monitoring of blood adriamycin using a fiber optic chemical sensor in rabbit / 药学学报

<p><b>AIM</b>To evaluate the feasibility and accuracy of continuous monitoring of drug with a fiber optic chemical sensor (FOCS) in animal.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>An accurate optical design was used to enhance the intensity of light from a 100-micron optic fiber and the fluorescence signal could be detected. A new sol-gel method was used to fix the fluorescence substance 4-(N, N-dioctyl) amino-7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1, 3-diazole (D-70) on the body fiber. The vary quenching means the vary of the concentration of adriamycin (ADM) in rabbit blood. ADM was determined by FOCS based on the fluorescence multiple quenching. In a simple animal model, the carotid artery was catheterized with a cannula, housing a 100-micron optic fiber.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The recovery of ADM was 99.4%-106.2%, the within-run and between-run RSDs were 6.6%-11.4% and 5.9%-11.7% respectively. The method permitted detection limits as low as 0.057 microgram.mL-1 at a signal-to-noise ratio of 3.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Fiber-optic chemical sensor is potentially useful for monitoring blood drug in biomedical field.</p>