Case report: A case of Acute Macular Neuroretinopathy secondary to Influenza A virus during Long COVID.

Ocular abnormalities have been reported in association with viral infections, including Long COVID, a debilitating illness caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This report presents a case of a female patient diagnosed with Acute Macular Neuroretinopathy (AMN) following an Influenza A virus infection during Long COVID who experienced severe inflammation symptoms and ocular complications. We hypothesize that the rare occurrence of AMN in this patient could be associated with the immune storm secondary to the viral infection during Long COVID.

Exploring the quality markers and mechanism of Bushen Huoxue Prescription in prevention and treatment of diabetic retinopathy based on Chinmedomics strategy.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Chinese herbal medicines have complex chemical composition; therefore, revealing the effective substances of Chinese herbal medicine becomes a prerequisite for scientific elucidation of the mechanism of action of Bushen Huoxue Prescription (BHP) against diabetic retinopathy (DR) and the development of new drugs.

Aim Of The Study: The Chinmedomics technique was used to evaluate the pharmacodynamic ingredients and mechanism of action of BHP against DR rats.

Materials And Methods: The overall physiological condition of the rats, including body weight, blood glucose, inflammatory factor levels, histological staining, and urine metabolic profile were examined to evaluate the model and its effects.

Effect of Chinese herbal compounds on ocular fundus signs and vision in conventional treated-persons with non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Changes in fundus signs and loss of visual acuity are an important basis for screening and treating diabetic patients with retinopathy, and conventional Western medicine is moderately effective in treating diabetic retinopathy(DR),To systematically evaluate the effectiveness and safety of Chinese herbal compounds(CHCs) in the combined treatment of diabetic retinopathy.

Method: Six electronic databases, including PubMed, were searched to screen eligible literature. Randomized controlled trials of non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy(NPDR) were included, in which the control group was treated with conventional Western-based drugs or retinal laser photocoagulation, and the intervention group was treated with CHCs in combination based on the control group.

Genus Picrasma: A comprehensive review on its ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry and bioactivities.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: The genus Picrasma belongs to the Simaroubaceae family and contains six species which are mainly distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and America. The barks, roots, stems, branches, or leaves of several Picrasma species have been applied as folk medicines to treat fever, sore throat, dysentery, eczema, nausea, loss of appetite, diabetes mellitus, cancer, and hypertension.

Aim Of The Study: A systematic summary on the botanic characterization, ethnopharmacological uses, phytochemistry, bioactivities and toxicity of species belonging to Picrasma was presented to facilitate the exploitation of the therapeutic potential of these plants.

[Identification of different lac with infrared spectrum].

Fourier infrared spectrum was used to differentiate raw lac, bleached las and lac mixed with resin. The results indicate that the infrared spectra of raw lac and lac mixed with resin are similar, so the authors can differentiate them by the following items: (1) the position and the shape of absorbing peak between 3500 and 2500 cm(-1), (2) the difference of the vibration peak at 1700 cm(-1) for C=O, (3) characteristic peak between 1200 and 1400 cm(-1), (4) the number of peaks and the change in the position of peak. But with bleached and graft copolymerization lacs the properties have been changed by chemical processing.