Extraction of tiger nut oil using ultrasound-assisted immiscible binary solvents and its effect on the quality of extracted oil and starch.

Tiger nuts are rich in both oil and starch. In this paper, an immiscible binary solvent consisted of water and hexane was used to separate oil and starch from tiger nut with the assistance of ultrasound. The effects of various factors including ultrasonic power, ultrasonic time, extraction temperature, water-hexane ratio and solid-liquid ratio on the oil yield were examined.

[Mechanism of n-butanol fraction of Wenxia Formula combining with gefitinib in treating non-small cell lung cancer based on network pharmacology and in vitro experiment].

This study combined network pharmacology, molecular docking, and in vitro experiments to explore the potential mechanism of the active components of the n-butanol fraction of Wenxia Formula(NWXF) combined with gefitinib(GEF) in treating non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC). Ultra-performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole Orbitrap mass spectrometry(UPLC-Q-Orbitrap MS) was employed to detect the main chemical components of NWXF. The active components of NWXF were retrieved from SwissADME, and the candidate targets of these active components were retrieved from SwissTargetPrediction.

Intra-Sac Injection of Thrombin During Endovascular Aneurysm Repair to Remedy Type II Endoleak and Promote Sac Shrinkage.

Purpose: To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of intra-sac thrombin injection to remedy type II endoleaks (T2ELs) during endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR).

Materials And Methods: 224 cases abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) were treated with EVAR. For the 52 cases of intra-operative type II endoleaks and 8 cases of ruptured AAAs, after the grafts were deployed, thrombin was injected into the aneurysm sac through a preset catheter.

[Analysis on Clinical Characteristic and Risk Factors of Patients Coexistence of Cerebral Artery Stenosis with Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysm].

Objective: To analyze the incidence of intracranial unruptured aneurysms in patients with intracranial artery stenosis,clinical features,and investigate the risk factors for unruptured intracranial aneurysms.

Methods: Medical records from all patients performed with digital subtraction angiography (DSA) who had been treated at Peking University Third Hospital,China,from January 2012 to December 2015 were retrospectively reviewed to identify cases coexistence with cerebral artery stenosis and unruptured intracranial aneurysm.

Results: Of 273 patients with cerebral artery stenosis (≥50%),intracranial unruptured aneurysms was observed in 17 cases (6.

[Endovascular treatment in cerebral artery tandem lesions].

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of endovascular treatment in solving symptomatic cerebral artery tandem lesions.

Methods: From June 2012 to February 2014, 12 cases (24 lesions) with symptomatic cerebral artery tandem lesions were accepted for the endovascular treatment. The distributions of the tandem lesions were as follows: the common carotid artery and internal carotid artery (1 case), the internal carotid artery and the proximal of the carotid cavernous sinus segment (3 cases), the internal carotid artery and the distal of the carotid cavernous sinus segment (4 cases), the intracranial segment of internal carotid artery and middle cerebral artery M1 segment (2 cases), the first segment of vertebral artery and intracranial segment of vertebral artery (2 cases).

[Relative factors of type II endoleak after endovascular aneurysm repair].

Objective: To study the relative factors of type II endoleak after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) for abdominal aortic aneurysms.

Methods: Twenty-eight cases of abdominal aortic aneurysms treated by EVAR were retrospectively analyzed. The characteristics of the inferior mesentery arteries (IMA), the arc Riolan and the lumbar arteries of the cases with or without type II endoleak were analyzed.

Isolated superior mesenteric artery dissection in China.

Objective: This study investigated the status of isolated superior mesenteric artery (SMA) dissection in the most populous country, China.

Methods: The Chinese-language literature published before December 2014 was reviewed. All case reports and series were included.

[Related factors of hemodynamic damage after carotid artery stenting].

Objective: To analyze correlation factors of hemodynamic damage after carotid artery stenting.

Methods: In this study, 66 cases (71 lesions) who undertook carotid artery stenting were collected and the correlation factors of hemodynamic damage were analyzed.

Results: Hemodynamic damage emerged in 23 cases (32.

[Morphological typing of the middle cerebral artery M1 segment by magnetic resonance angiography].

Objective: To study the morphology of middle cerebral artery (MCA) M1 segment.

Methods: We selected the MRA data of 794 MCA (400 of the left side and 394 of the right side) from January 1, 2011 to June 30, 2011 consecutively and analyzed the morphology of the MCA M1 segment in axial, anteroposterior and lateral view, measured the length of the M1 segment, and analyzed the similarity of the left and right side M1 segment morphology.

Results: In axial, anteroposterior and lateral view, the MCA M1 segment showed C-shape > L-shape > S-shape.

[Clinical observation of middle cerebral artery angioplasty in treatment of subcortex cerebral watershed infarction with moderate or severe disabilities].

Objective: To assess the safety and effectiveness of middle cerebral artery angioplasty in treatment of subcortical watershed infarcts (S-CWI) with moderate or severe disabilities.

Methods: From June 2011 to May 2012, 5 S-CWI patients (six lesions) with moderate or severe disabilities combining severe stenosis in Ipsilateral middle cerebral artery received middle cerebral artery angioplasty in Interventional Radiology and Vascular Surgery Department, Peking University Third Hospital. We observed the neurological score before and after angioplasty and assessed the improvement of neurological functions.

[Efficacy of early consecutive lumbar puncture treatment in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage after embolization].

Objective: To summarize the significance of lumbar punctures in remedy for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) after embolization.

Methods: From December 2002 to September 2011, 43 cases of aSAH underwent aneurysm embolization at department of interventional radiology and vascular surgery, Peking University Third Hospital. After the embolization,consecutive lumbar punctures were undertaken everyday, by which we measured proper cerebrospinal fluid pressure and slow drainage of cerebrospinal fluid.

Vasodilator and endovascular therapy for isolated superior mesenteric artery dissection.

Objective: We report our experience in the treatment of isolated superior mesenteric artery dissection and review the clinical and imaging features reported in the literature.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted of 18 consecutive patients with isolated superior mesenteric artery dissection who presented at the Peking University Third Hospital between September 2008 and May 2012. Their clinical characteristics, including age, sex, medical history, risk factors, symptoms, diagnostic imaging modality, and treatment, were analyzed.

[Histological character of intimal hyperplasia post jugular vein grafts and the protective effect of lovastatin].

Objective: To investigate the characteristics of intimal hyperplasia and lovastatin's effects on canine jugular venous prosthesis bypass grafting.

Methods: In the study, 12 adult mistus dogs were randomly divided into 2 groups: lovastatin group and control group. All the dogs were performed with jugular venous prosthesis bypass grafting (ePTFE, 6 mm in diameter, and 5 cm in length).

[Experience in treatment of Raynaud's syndrome by chemical sympathectomy: 97 cases].

Objective: To summarize the curative effect in treatment of Raynaud's syndrome with chemical thoracic sympathectomy (CTS) guided by X-ray since 2001.

Methods: From March 2001 to August 2007, 97 patients with Raynaud's syndrome (186 limbs) were treated by CTS. Guided by X-ray, a needle was punctured through the back skin to the second thoracic sympathetic ganglion beside the thoracic vertebrae and 2 mL of 5% (v/v) phenol was injected.

[A case of multiple tuberculous aneurysm of the abdominal aorta].

Tuberculous aneurysm of the aorta is a very rare disorder. There have been only 50 reported cases of tuberculous aneurysm since 1895 till now, of which 88% were false aneurysms with majority being single in number. And only four were found to have multiple tuberculous aneurysms.