The protective effects and mechanism of Ruyi Zhenbao Pill, a Tibetan medicinal compound, in a rat model of osteoarthritis.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Ruyi Zhenbao Pill (RZP) is a prescribed Tibetan formulation for the treatment of white-pulse-disease, yellow-water-disease as well as pain-related disease. RZP is composed of 30 medicinal materials including herbal medicine, animal medicine and mineral medicine. They are widely used in the Tibetan area to treat cerebrovascular disease, hemiplegia, rheumatism, and pain diseases for centuries.

Systems pharmacology-based dissection of mechanisms of Tibetan medicinal compound Ruteng as an effective treatment for collagen-induced arthritis rats.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Compound Ruteng (CRT) is a prescribed formulation based on the theory of Tibetan medicine for the treatment of yellow-water-disease. It is consisted with 7 medicinal material include Boswellia carterii Birdw (named "Ruxiang" in Chinese); Tinospora sinensis (Lour.) Merr.

Sodium aescinate and its bioactive components induce degranulation via oxidative stress in RBL-2H3 mast cells.

Sodium aescinate (SA) is a vital salt of sodium escin from Rehd seeds. SA injection (SAI) has received great success in treating cerebral edema, venous reflux disease and other inflammatory conditions. Recently, high incidences of immediate hypersensitivity reactions were reported after SA infusion, which raised questions on safety and risk associated with its clinical application.

Effects of Extract on Hepatic Gene Expression Profiles in Response to -Induced Liver Toxicity in Mice.

This manuscript was aimed to explore the hepato-protective effect of water extract of Franch. (Gentianaceae) (WVBF) on serious hepatic toxicity induced in mice treated with Diels (Ranunculaceae) at transcriptome level. The physiological and pathological symptoms were evaluated as the markers for hepato toxicity induced by Diels (CFA) extracted compounds.

[Rotational and vibrational state distributions of CsH in the reactions of Cs(6 2D5/2) with H2].

The nascent quantum state distributions of the CsH product resulting from the reaction Cs(6D5/2) with Hz were determined using a laser pump-probe technique in a five-arm crossed heat-pipe oven. Cs-H2 mixture was irradiated with pulses of 885.4 nm radiation from a OPO laser, populating 6D5/2 state by two-photon absosption.

[Measurement of the cross section in Li(2P)+H2-->LiH+H reaction].

At a Li density of approximately 10(13) cm(-3), the lithium vapor was irradiated in a five-arm stainless steel heat pipe oven containing Li and H2 with pulses of radiation from a N2-laser-pumped dye laser, populating Li(2P) state by the Li(2S-->2P) resonance transition at 670.8 nm. Typical operating pressure of H2 was 60-300 Pa.