Unraveling the potential of Morinda officinalis oligosaccharides as an adjuvant of escitalopram in depression treatment and exploring the underlying mechanisms.

Ethnophamacological Relevance: Morinda officinalis oligosaccharides (MOs) is a mixture of oligosaccharides extracted from the roots of Morinda officinalis (MO). It is approved by Chinese Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) for depression treatment. MOs could improve the antidepressant efficacy of escitalopram in clinic.

Development and characterization of self-emulsifying high internal phase emulsions using endogenous phospholipids from Antarctic krill oil.

High internal phase emulsions (HIPEs) have emerged as a promising structured oil system in food industry. This study developed self-emulsifying HIPEs (SHIPEs) using Antarctic krill oil (KO) with endogenous phospholipids as surfactant and algae oil as a diluent. The influence of phospholipids self-assembly on SHIPEs formation was investigated by evaluating the microstructures, particle size, rheological properties, and water distribution.

Difference in hematocrit and plasma albumin levels as an additional biomarker in the diagnosis of infectious disease.

Introduction: In clinical practice, it has been observed that patients with severe infections show changes to their hematocrit (HCT) and serum albumin (ALB) levels. This study aimed to evaluate whether the difference of HCT and ALB (HCT-ALB) levels can be used as an additional biomarker for fast diagnosis of severe infections.

Material And Methods: This was a retrospective case-control study which included adult patients with severe infections, patients with non-infective conditions and healthy individuals.

[Limonoids from seeds of Azadirachta indica and their cytotoxic activity].

Eight limonoids were isolated from 95% ethanol extracts of neem(Azadirachta indica) seeds by various chromatographic methods. By comparison of their spectroscopic data with those reported in the literatures, these limonoids were determined as salannin(1), 1-detigloyl-1-isobutylsalannin(2), salannol-3-acetate(3), salannol(4), spirosendan(5), 1-detigloyloxy-3-deacetylsalannin-1-en-3-one(6), nimbin(7) and 6-deacetylnimbin(8). Compounds 2 and 5 were firstly isolated from this genus and 5 represented the only example of its type.

Hematocrit and plasma albumin levels difference may be a potential biomarker to discriminate preeclampsia and eclampsia in patients with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.

Background: We evaluated whether alterations of hemoglobin (HB), hematocrit (HCT), serum albumin level (ALB), and the difference of HCT and ALB can be used in the diagnosis of preeclampsia and eclampsia in patients with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP).

Methods: A total of 509 individuals were recruited and divided into 4 groups: Group 1, 170 healthy non-pregnant women; Group 2, 125 normal pregnant women; Group 3, 105 pregnant women diagnosed with gestational and chronic hypertension; Group 4, 109 pregnant women diagnosed as having preeclampsia and eclampsia. Data of HB, HCT, ALB, globulin (GLB) were collected at the time of a prenatal examination during the third trimester.

Dichloridobis(3-chloro-pyridine-κN)zinc.

In the crystal structure of the title compound, [ZnCl(2)(C(5)H(4)ClN)(2)], discrete complex mol-ecules are found in which the Zn(II) cations are coordinated by two chloride anions and the N atoms of the two 3-chloro-pyridine ligands within a slightly distorted tetra-hedron. Moreover, inter-molecular C-Cl⋯Cl-C halogen inter-actions (Cl⋯Cl = 3.442 Å) are found between the building blocks.

3-(7-Meth-oxy-β-carbolin-1-yl)propionic acid monohydrate.

In the title compound, C(15)H(14)N(2)O(3)·H(2)O [systematic name: 3-(7-meth-oxy-9H-pyrido[3,4-b]indol-1-yl)propanoic acid monohydrate], the fused rings make dhedral angles of 0.4 (1), 1.1 (2) and 1.