Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Nao-Ling-Su Capsule (NLSC) is a traditional prescription, which is composed of fifteen herbs such as epimedium, Polygala tenuifolia, and Schisandra chinensis. It has the effect of strengthening the brain, calming nerves, and protecting the kidney, which has been used clinically for many years to strengthen the brain and kidney. However, the effect of NLSC in the treatment of acute kidney injury (AKI) is still unclear.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) is a common cause of low back pain. Understanding its molecular mechanisms is the basis for developing specific treatment. To demonstrate that miR-22-3p is critical in the regulation of IDD, miRNA microarray analyses are conducted in conjunction with in vivo and in vitro experiments.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Anterior cervical discectomy fusion (ACDF) is a surgical procedure used to treat cervical spondylosis with anterior spinal cord compression. However, there are limitations to traditional ACDF and posterior indirect decompression when the anterior source lesion is in the center of the cervical vertebra.
Case Presentation: On June 8, 2022, our department treated a patient with cervical spondylotic myelopathy-whose high posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) occupied the central position of the vertebral body-with modified ACDF.
Searching for new adjuvants of conventional chemotherapeutic approaches against colorectal cancer cells is extremely urgent. In current research, a non-targeted analytical approach was established by combining proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy with a chemometrics data mining tool to identify chemosensitizing agents from . This approach enabled the identification of potential active constituents in the initial fractionation process and provided their structural information.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Solanum lyratum Thunb (SLT) is a perennial plant of the Solanaceae family, and is extensively used in the clinical practice of traditional Chinese medicine. Malaria, oedema, gonorrhoea, cancer, wind and fever, jaundiced hepatitis, cholecystitis and rheumatoid arthritis are among the diseases that it is used to treat. To offer a foundation for further development and usage of SLT, the pieces of literature about the chemical composition and pharmacological action of SLT were reviewed and analysed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSteaming is a characteristic pharmaceutical skill in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Polygonum multiflorum radix (PM) and its steamed products have been used in Asia for centuries. Raw Polygonum multiflorum radix (RPM) is commonly used to promote defecation but can exert toxicity, especially in liver injury.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCitri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride is used in traditional Chinese medicine as Geqingpi and Sihuaqingpi varieties. We used the ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole-Exactive Orbitrap-mass spectrometry method and high-performance liquid chromatography-triple quadrupole-tandem mass spectrometry to analyze the chemical compounds in these varieties. Principal components analysis and orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis were used to analyze the quantitative results.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Naolingsu capsule (NLSC) is a well-known traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) prescription in China. It is widely used to treat neurasthenia, insomnia, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, and other diseases. However, its inalienable chemical groups have not been carried out.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNorth Patrininae herba, a perennial herbaceous plant, has long been used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat appendicitis, enteritis, and dysentery. Sonchus arvensis L., Sonchus oleraceus L.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDeer antler is a globally widely used precious natural medicine and the material of deer horn gelatin. However, identification of deer antler species based on traditional approaches are problematic because of their similarity in appearance and physical-chemical properties. In this study, we performed a comprehensive antler peptidome analysis using a label-free approach: nano LC-Orbitrap MS was applied to discover peptide biomarkers in deer adult beta-globin (HBB), and HPLC-Triple Quadrupole MS was used to verify their specificity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCitri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride (CRPV) is the processed product of Blanco. We systematically analyzed two CRPV types, Geqingpi (GQP) and Sihuaqingpi (SHQP), based on powder color, microscopic characteristics, and chemical composition. In addition, we characterized their constituents via ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography with hybrid quadrupole-orbitrap mass spectrometry (UHPLC-Q-Exactive Orbitrap-MS).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Our purpose is to introduce transforaminal en bloc resection for the treatment of thoracic ossification of ligamentum flavum, and report outcomes of the procedure.
Patients And Methods: The record of patients with symptomatic thoracic ossification of the ligamentum flavum who received transforaminal en block resection from October 2010 to September 2014 were retrospectively reviewed. Outcomes were Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) lower extremity motor dysfunction and sphincter dysfunction scores.
Unlabelled: Purpose/Aim of the study: The purpose of this analysis was to compare the clinical outcomes of vertebral fusion with allograft versus autograft bone.
Materials And Methods: Medline, PubMed, Cochrane, EMBASE, and Google Scholar databases were searched until July 27, 2015 using the keywords: lumbar vertebrae, surgery, spondylolisthesis, bone transplantation, allograft, autograft. Inclusion criteria were randomized controlled trials (RCTs), two-arm prospective studies, retrospective studies, and cohort studies comparing the results of autograft and allograft in patients receiving lumbar spinal fusion.