Saniculamin C, a new flavonoid from .

A new flavonoid named saniculamin C (), together with six known compounds (), were isolated from the whole plants of Hance. The chemical structures were elucidated by spectroscopic and physico-chemical analyses. All isolates were evaluated for cytotoxic activities against four human cancer cell lines, HepG2, SGC-7901 gastric cancer, Hela and A-549 lung cancer.

Effects of the polysaccharides extracted from Ganoderma lucidum on chemotherapy-related fatigue in mice.

The weight-loaded swimming capability, tumor growth, survival time and biochemical markers of Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides (GLPs) in a chemotherapy-related fatigue mouse model were tested in the present study. The results showed that the middle-dose GLPs (GLP-M) and the high-dose GLPs (GLP-H) could increase the exhausting swimming time, which was observed to decrease in the cisplatin control group(PCG) and the tumor control group (TCG).The GLP-M and the GLP-H had reduced serum levels of tumor necrosis factor-αand interleukin-6, which were up-regulated by cisplatin.

[Spatial heterogeneity of soil inorganic nitrogen in a broadleaved-Korean pine mixed forest in Changbai Mountains of northeast China].

Geostatistic methods were applied to study the spatial heterogeneity of top soil (0 - 10 cm) ammonium N and nitrate N in a broadleaved-Korean pine mixed forest of Changbai Mountains, Northeast China. The semi-variogram of soil ammonium N and nitrate N could be well fitted by spherical or Gaussian model. The spatial distribution of soil ammonium N and nitrate N all exhibited moderate autocorrelation, with the structural ratio being 0.

[Woody plant fine root biomass and its spatial distribution in top soil of broad-leaved Korean pine forest in Changbai Mountain].

Geostatistic method was applied to study the spatial distribution of woody plant fine root biomass in a natural broad-leaved Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis) mixed forest soil in Changbai Mountain. The investigation was carried out in three selected plots, sized 50 m x 50 m, in 2008. In the three plots, the living fine root biomass in surface soil (0-20 cm) was 3.

[The effect of different instrumentation on idiopathic scoliosis].

Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of different instrumentation on idiopathic scoliosis.

Methods: The information before and after the operations of 94 cases of idiopathic scoliosis, which included Harrington, Harrington-Luque (H-L), Cotrel-Dubousset (C-D), and TSRH 3-dimension correction, were collected and analyzed on a long-term basis, and different operative methods were compared for their advantages and disadvantages.

Results: Based on 1 to 3 years inquiries following 94 cases, the respective average correcting rates of the above mentioned instrumentations were 36.

[Prognostic analysis of stage III-IV non-small cell lung cancer patients treated by traditional chinese medicine].

Background & Objective: Chemotherapy is a treatment for stage III-IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but the efficacy is not ideal. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has certain effect on NSCLC. This study was to investigate various factors that affect the prognosis of advanced NSCLC, and evaluate the role of TCM in enlonging survival time of patients with stage III-IV NSCLC.