High-integrity Pueraria montana var. lobata genome and population analysis revealed the genetic diversity of Pueraria genus.

Pueraria montana var. lobata (P. lobata) is a traditional medicinal plant belonging to the Pueraria genus of Fabaceae family.

Comparative plastomes of Pueraria montana var. lobata (Leguminosae: Phaseoleae) and closely related taxa: insights into phylogenomic implications and evolutionary divergence.

Background: Pueraria montana var. lobata (kudzu) is an important food and medicinal crop in Asia. However, the phylogenetic relationships between Pueraria montana var.

Relation of Blood Arsenic Concentration with Effect and Safety of Arsenic-Containing Qinghuang Powder () in Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndrome.

Objective: To investigate the relation of blood arsenic concentration (BAC) with clinical effect and safety of arsenic-containing Qinghuang Powder (, QHP) in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).

Methods: Totally 163 patients with MDS were orally treated with QHP for 2 courses of treatment, 3 months as 1 course. The BACs of patients were detected by atomic fluorescence spectrophotometry at 1, 3, and 6 months during the treatment, and the effective rate, hematological improvement and safety in patients after treatment with QHP were analyzed.

Comparative physiology and transcriptome analysis allows for identification of lncRNAs imparting tolerance to drought stress in autotetraploid cassava.

Background: Polyploidization, pervasive among higher plant species, enhances adaptation to water deficit, but the physiological and molecular advantages need to be investigated widely. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are involved in drought tolerance in various crops.

Results: Herein, we demonstrate that tetraploidy potentiates tolerance to drought stress in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz).

[One case report of parasitized in hepatic flexure of colon].

This paper reports a case of parasitized in the hepatic flexure of colon and the case was misdiagnosed at the beginning. The causes of misdiagnosis are analyzed and the laboratory examination methods of hookworm are summarized.

The Benefit Risk Assessment of Consumption of Marine Species Based on Benefit-Risk Analysis for Foods (BRAFO)-tiered Approach.

Objective: To assess the net health effect caused by the consumption of specific marine species based on Benefit-Risk Analysis for Foods (BRAFO)-tiered approach.

Methods: Twenty species were collected from the Zhoushan Archipelago, China. Concentrations of n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, methyl mercury (MeHg), and dioxin-like compounds (DLCs) in the samples were analyzed for benefit risk assessment based on BRAFO-tiered approach.

Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis in female outpatients, 2009-2013.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis among female outpatients treated for genital infection at a Chinese hospital from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2013.

Methods: Samples from 6051 female outpatients were analyzed using Mycoplasma Identification and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (ID/AST).

Results: The overall prevalence of U.

Urinary tract infection caused by Enterococcus isolates: aetiology and antimicrobial resistance patterns.

The purpose of this study was to analyse the data on resistance in Enterococcus faecalis and E. faecium isolated from urine samples of inpatients from January 2010 to December 2013. Compared to E.

[Discriminatory analyses of climacteric syndrome patients of shen deficiency syndrome].

Objective: To find out a set of practical,objective, and quantitative laboratory indices of climacteric syndrome (CS) patients of Shen deficiency syndrome (SDS), thus studying the essence of SDS from the perspective of laboratory medicine.

Methods: Recruited were 40 CS patients of SDS (or of SDS as main syndrome) as the SDS group, while another 40 healthy subjects were recruited as the control group. Their serum samples were collected.

[Fatty acid composition of edible marine fish in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province].

Objective: To analyze the main fatty acids in edible marine fish from Zhoushan, Zhejiang province.

Methods: From September to October 2011, a total of 186 edible marine fish (31 species,6 individual fishes/species) were collected in local markets. Total lipids of edible part were extracted by Folch's method and fatty acids were separated and quantified by gas chromatographic after the homogenization of edible part.

Hawthorn leaves flavonoids decreases inflammation related to acute myocardial ischemia/reperfusion in anesthetized dogs.

Objective: To investigate the effects and mechanisms of hawthorn leaves flavonoids (HLF) on acute myocardial ischemia/reperfusion in anesthetized dogs.

Methods: The acute ischemia models were prepared by ligating left anterior descending (LAD) artery for 60 min. Qualified 15 male dogs were randomly divided into 3 groups with 5 in each group: blank control (treated with normal saline 3 mL/kg) group, HLF low dosage (5 mg/kg) group and high dosage (10 mg/kg) group, with an once injection through a femoral vein 5 min before reperfusion.

[Structure and vibrational spectroscopy of ginsenoside Re: density functional theory study].

Density functional theory was used to optimize the geometry structure of two isomers of ginsenoside, Re, 20-(R)-R and 20-(S)-Re. The ginsenoside Re is an active constituent in ginseng. The calculated results show that there is an obvious difference in space structure between 20-(R)-R and 20-(S)-Re.

Prevalence of dental caries among preschool children in Shanghe County of Shandong Province and relevant prevention and treatment strategies.

Background: Decayed teeth are harmful to children's growth and development and can severely jeopardize their health. This study was set out to investigate and analyze the prevalence of dental caries in preschool children in Shanghe County in Shandong Province, China, and provide new insights into potential prevention and treatment strategies.

Methods: Based on the random sampling method, we performed dental examinations of children aged 2 to 6 years in kindergartens of Shanghe County.

[Diagnosis and treatment of traditional Chinese medicine and laboratory medicine].

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Western medicine have the common purpose and can complement each other, though they belong to different medical systems. Laboratory medicine can provide the scientific bases for modernization and standardization of TCM by offering elaborate and objective laboratory data. Fully playing the role of laboratory medicine in TCM diagnosis and treatment will not only be beneficial to the rush of TCM out of China toward the world, and also be favorable to the innovating and developing of laboratory medicine in integrative medicine.

[Protective effects of Shuangshen Ningxin capsule on miniature swine after myocardial ischemia by intervention].

Objective: To study the therapeutical effects of Shuangshen Ningxin capsule on miniature swine after myocardial ischemia by intervention.

Method: Myocardial ischemic model miniature swine induced by self-thrombus via cardiac catheter in left anteriar descending coronary artery (LAD), were administrated Shuangshen Ningxin capsule for 6 days. The changes of coronary arteriography, hemodynamics, biochemistry and pathohistology were observed.

Effects of Corocalm (shuguan capsule) on acute myocardial ischemia in anesthetized dogs.

Objective: To investigate the effects of Corocalm (shuguan capsule) on acute myocardial ischemia in anesthetized dogs and its possible therapeutic mechanism.

Methods: The acute ischemia model was established by ligating the left anterior descending (LAD) artery. Twenty-five dogs were randomly divided into 5 groups (5 dogs in each group): the control group (treated with normal saline 3 mL/kg), the refined Guanxin Capsule group (GXC 200 mg/kg), high and low dose Corocalm groups (48.

Cardioprotective effects of diltiazem reevaluated by a novel myocardial ischemic model in Chinese miniature swine.

Aim: To develop a new model of myocardial ischemia in Chinese miniature swine and reevaluate the cardioprotective effects of diltiazem.

Methods: Myocardial ischemia was induced by injecting self-embolus into the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery in qualified miniature swine. Diltiazem (5 mg.

[Protective effects of saponines of stem and leaf of Panax notoginseng on acute myocardial ischemia in anaesthetic dogs].

Objective: To study the protective effects of saponines of stem and leaf of Panax notoginseng (PNSSL) on acute myocardial ischemia in anaesthetic dogs.

Method: The acute ischemia models were made by ligation of left anterior descending (LAD) artery. The myocardial blood flow (MBF) was determined by ultrasonic doppler.

[The effect of Hongjingtian (Gadol) injection on cardiac hemodynamics and myocardial oxygen consumption of dogs].

Objective: To study the effect of Hongjingtian (Gadol) injection on cardiac hemodynamics and myocardial oxygen consumption for analyzing its underlying mechanism in the treatment of coronary heart disease.

Method: A total of 20 dogs anesthetized with pentobarbital sodium (30 mg x kg(-1), i.v.

[Diagnostic value of serum high molecular weight alkaline phosphatase in early detection of cholestatic jaundice in neonates].

Objective: To investigate the difference of serum high molecular weight alkaline phosphatase (HMAP) levels between biliary atresia (BA) and neonatal hepatitis (NH), and to develop a new differential method and early diagnostic indicators for cholestatic jaundice in neonates.

Methods: Totally 31 patients with cholestatic jaundice seen between Aug. 2000 and Feb.

Effects of recombinant staphylokinase on coronary thrombosis in Chinese experimental miniature swine.

Aim: To study the effects of recombinant staphylokinase (r-Sak) on coronary thrombosis, cardiac ischemia, and myocardial infarction in Chinese experimental miniature swine.

Methods: Endarterium was injuried and coronary thrombi were formed gradually through direct electrical stimulation on the coronary artery of Chinese experimental miniature swine. Effects of r-Sak in vitro were studied through coronary pathological section, microkinematography, multi media graphic analysis, epicardial electrogram mapping, myocardium histo chemical stain, serum creatine phosphokinase (CPK), and hemorheology.