Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Alpinia officinarum Hance (A. officinarum), a perennial herb used in the treatment of digestive system cancers, holds significant value for the Li people of Hainan as a traditional Chinese medicine. (R)-5-hydroxy-1,7-diphenyl-3-heptanone (DPHC), a diarylheptanoid component is derived from A.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChinese traditional smoked pork was contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and chlorinated and brominated PAHs (ClPAHs and BrPAHs; XPAHs) during the smoking process. Therefore, our study investigated the concentrations, enrichment characteristics, and health risks associated with PAHs, as well as ClPAHs and BrPAHs in Chinese traditional smoked pork. The total concentrations of PAHs, ClPAHs and BrPAHs in traditional smoked pork ranged from 90.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDechlorane plus (DP) has been detected in a variety of environmental media and in human. Measurement of DPs in hair, urine, and house dust across different habitats allows for the assessment of short-term spatial changes in human exposure to DPs, as well as their excretion in urine. This offers a significant reference point for further research on the behavior of persistent pollutants within organisms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Liver transplantation (LT) is a unique and effective method for treating end-stage liver diseases and acute liver failure, bringing hope to many patients with liver cancer. LT is currently widely used in the treatment of liver diseases. However, there have been no patients with liver cancer who have undergone ABO-incompatible (ABOi) LT after treatment with the programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) inhibitor reported in the literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLysine acetylation is an evolutionarily conserved and widespread post-translational modification implicated in the regulation of multiple metabolic processes, but its function remains largely unknown in plant pathogenic fungi. A comprehensive analysis combined with proteomic, molecular and cellular approaches was presented to explore the roles of cytoplasmic acetylation in Fusarium oxsysporum f.sp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe concentrations and TEQs of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin/furans (PCDD/Fs) in traditional smoked pork were significantly higher than those in raw pork, and mainly distributed in the surface layer. The main enriched congeners during traditional smoking were 2378-TCDF, 12378-PeCDF, 23478-PeCDF, 1234678-HpCDF, OCDF, 1234678-HpCDD and OCDD. The ability of each congener to transfer from the surface to the inner part was various.
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February 2023
The concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs), and polychlorinated dibenzo--dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) were determined in soil samples collected around an industrial park in Northwest China, to investigate the potential impacts of park emissions on the surrounding environment. The total concentration ranges of PCBs, PCNs, and PCDD/Fs in the soil samples were in 13.2-1240, 141-832, and 3.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo evaluate the impact of the first cement kiln co-processing municipal wastes in northwest China on the surrounding environment, the concentrations of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) were determined in 17 soil samples collected around the plant. The concentration ranges of PCNs, PCBs, and PCDD/Fs were 132-1288, 10.8-59.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNovel brominated flame retardants (NBFRs) have been of great concern in the past few years due to their ubiquity in the environment and potential bioconcentration characteristics. This study takes Xilingol grassland in Inner Mongolia as the research area to analyze the pollution characteristics of NBFRs (pTBX, HBB, PBT, PBBz, and PBEB) in the grassland food chain. pTBX was more likely to be biomagnified in the food chain of amphibians, reptiles, and birds, whereas PBT and HBB were more likely to be biomagnified in the food chain of mammals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPolybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) concentrations in various tissues and organs of grassland sheep from Inner Mongolia, China, were determined. The abilities of PBDEs binding to ovine serum albumin (OSA) and Cytochrome P450 enzyme (CYP3A24) were assessed by fluorescence spectroscopy and molecular docking simulations. The PBDE concentrations in the sheep tissue and organ samples were 33.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: We previously demonstrated that flurbiprofen increased arterial oxygen partial pressure and reduced intrapulmonary shunts. The present study aims to investigate whether flurbiprofen improves intraoperative regional cerebral oxygen saturation (rScO) and reduces the incidence of postoperative delirium (POD) in elderly patients undergoing one-lung ventilation (OLV).
Methods: One hundred and twenty patients undergoing thoracoscopic lobectomy were randomly assigned to the flurbiprofen-treated group ( = 60) and the control-treated group ( = 60).
Purpose: The goal of this study was to evaluate the analgesic efficiency of dexamethasone with ropivacaine in continuous serratus anterior plane block (cSAPB) after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS).
Patients And Methods: Sixty-six patients who underwent VATS were randomized into two groups. All patients received cSAPB postoperatively, and patients in Group RD received 20 mL of 0.
Brominated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (Br-PAHs) are an emerging class of persistent organic pollutants with toxicity similar to dioxins. Industrial thermal processes have been identified as major sources of Br-PAHs in the current environment. However, studies on soil contaminations with Br-PAHs around industrial areas were scarce.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCongenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA) is a rare disease also known as hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy. CIPA is characterized by a lack of pain sensitivity and impaired development of sweat glands. Surgery is required for patients with self-mutilation and skeletal developmental disorders.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe concentrations of 75 polychlorinated naphthalene (PCN) congeners in 95 human serum samples from the Fengjiang electronic waste dismantling area and Huangyan District in Taizhou City (Zhejiang Province, China) were determined. Thyroid hormone (FT3, FT4, TSH, and TRH) concentrations in the samples were also determined. The total PCN concentrations in the samples from Fengjiang and Huangyan were 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objectives: Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have an anti-inflammatory response, but it remains unclear whether the perioperative use of flurbiprofen axetil can influence postoperative tumor recurrence and survival in esophageal carcinoma. We aimed to explore the effect of perioperative intravenous flurbiprofen axetil on recurrence-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with esophageal carcinoma who underwent thoracoscopic esophagectomy.
Methods: This retrospective study included patients who underwent surgery for esophageal carcinoma between December 2009 and May 2015 at the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Anhui Provincial Hospital.
Objective: This study aimed to explore whether preoperative angiotensin II type 2 receptor (ATR) level in knee osteoarthritis (OA) patients was an independent risk factor for chronic post-surgical pain (CPSP) after total knee arthroplasty (TKA).
Methods: A total of 220 patients who had undergone unilateral TKA were enrolled from October 2019 to January 2020. Quantitative sensory testing (QST), PainDETECT questionnaires (PD-Q), the Western Ontario McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC), the hospital anxiety and depression (HAD) and serum ATR were collected preoperatively.
Air, crop, and rhizosphere soil samples were collected from e-waste dismantling areas in Taizhou City (Zhejiang Province, China). The mean PBDEs (Polybrominated diphenyl ethers) concentrations in air in the Fengjiang and Binhai areas were 27.8 and 25.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Serratus anterior plane block (SAPB) has been proven to be an efficient way to control postoperative pain. This study explored whether the use of continuous SAPB in combination with flurbiprofen could improve early pulmonary function in lung cancer patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS).
Methods: From July 2019 to April 2020, patients who scheduled for elective lung resection undergoing VATS were randomly allocated to receive patient-controlled SAPB in combination with intravenous flurbiprofen or patient-controlled intravenous analgesia.
Dechlorane Plus (DP) is found widely in the environment. It is important to study DP enrichment and biomagnification in terrestrial ecosystems to improve our understanding of the possible effects of DP on the environment and human health. A total of 90 samples, including plant and animal tissues, were collected from Xilingol Prairie in Inner Mongolia, China.
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