Herbal medicine Shakuyaku-kanzo-to reduces paclitaxel-induced painful peripheral neuropathy in mice.

Objectives: Paclitaxel is widely used in cancer chemotherapy for the treatment of solid tumors such as breast, ovarian and lung cancer. However, it sometimes induces moderate to severe muscle pain, and impairs the patients' quality of life. An appropriate method for relieving this pain is not well established.

[Usefulness of a blood gas analyzer using fluorescent method].

Nowadays, blood gas analysis is mainly performed by instruments using electrode methods, which have some disadvantage of instrumentation, troublesome maintenance and measuring procedures. An AVL's new blood gas analyzer works with optodes sensors based on optical fluorescence. We have studied the quality difference among cartridge lots and the effect of hemoglobin concentration on the measurements.