Simultaneous determination of six active components in crude and processed Fructus Corni by high performance liquid chromatography.

A simple and rapid HPLC method was established for simultaneously determining six active components in Fructus Corni. The six components were separated on an Agilent Zorbax Extend C18 column (250 mmx4.6 mm, 5 microm) and detected by diode array detector (DAD).

Quantitative structure-property relationships for octanol-water partition coefficients of polybrominated diphenyl ethers.

Theoretical molecular descriptors were tested against logK(OW) values for polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) using the Partial Least-Squares Regression method which can be used to analyze data with many variables and few observations. A quantitative structure-property relationship (QSPR) model was successfully developed with a high cross-validated value (Q(cum)(2)) of 0.961, indicating a good predictive ability and stability of the model.

Direct perturbation theory for the dark soliton solution to the nonlinear Schrödinger equation with normal dispersion.

After finding the basic solutions of the linearized nonlinear Schrödinger equation by the method of separation of variables, the perturbation theory for the dark soliton solution is constructed by linear Green's function theory. In application to the self-induced Raman scattering, the adiabatic corrections to the soliton's parameters are obtained and the remaining correction term is given as a pure integral with respect to the continuous spectral parameter.

MnSOD marks cord blood late outgrowth endothelial cells and accompanies robust resistance to oxidative stress.

Cord blood is source of colony-forming progenitors to vascular endothelial cells for potential use in cell therapies. These cells-called blood late outgrowth endothelial cells (OECs)-have undergone endothelial differentiation, but appear to still possess functional properties different from mature endothelial cells. A large-scale comparative proteomics screen of cord blood OECs versus human vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry identified specific expression of manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD), a key antioxidant enzyme expressed in the mitochondria, in OECs but not in HUVECs.

[Applications and approved projects on traditional Chinese medicine in National Natural Science Foundation of China in 2005].

National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) is an important part of national system for innovation, which provides financial assistance mainly for the basic and applied researches of natural sciences, especially for the researchers who work in the learning institutions and the agencies of scientific research with advanced facilities. This paper summarized the applications and approved projects on traditional Chinese medicine in NFSC in 2005. We initially analyzed the growth, quality, characteristics, tendency and problems of these items.

Effects of protein and gene transfer of the angiopoietin-1 fibrinogen-like receptor-binding domain on endothelial and vessel organization.

The vessel-stabilizing effect of angiopoietin-1 (Ang1)/Tie2 receptor signaling is a potential target for pro-angiogenic therapies as well as anti-angiogenic inhibition of tumor growth. We explored the endothelial and vascular specific activities of the Ang1 monomer, i.e.