Improved cytotoxicity and multidrug resistance reversal of chitosan based polymeric micelles encapsulating oxaliplatin.

To overcome the side effects and drug resistance in cancer chemotherapy, oxaliplatin (OXA) was encapsulated in chitosan based polymeric micelles with glycolipid-like structure, which were formed by stearic acid-grafted chitosan oligosaccharide (CSO-SA). CSO-SA with 6.89% amino substituted degree was synthesized in this paper.

Beta-aescin: a potent natural inhibitor of proliferation and inducer of apoptosis in human chronic myeloid leukemia K562 cells in vitro.

Beta-aescin, a natural triterpenoid saponin isolated from the seed of Chinese horse chestnut (Aesculus chinensis), is known to generate a wide variety of biochemical and pharmacological effects. In the present study, the authors investigated the anti-proliferative and apoptotic effects of beta-aescin in human chronic myeloid leukemia K562 cell line in vitro. The anti-proliferative effects were detected by CFU-K562 colony formation and cell viability assay.

Purification and characterization of antitoxic proteins from the serum of Agkistrodon halys Pallas.

In this study, the authors report the purification and characterization of antitoxic proteins from the serum of Agkistrodon halys Pallas. Two antitoxic proteins have been successfully isolated by the methods of (NH4)(2)SO(4) fractional precipitation, chromatography and preparative discontinuous polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE). We have measured their molecular weights by Sephadex G-150 chromatography and 0.

[Effect of panaxadiol saponin and panaxtrol saponin on proliferation of human bone marrow hemopoietic progenitor cells].

Objective: To observe the effect of panaxadiol saponin (PDS) and panaxtrol saponin (PTS) on proliferation of human bone marrow hemopoietic progenitor cells (HPC).

Methods: PDS and PTS were separated and purified from ginsenosides, and the effects on HPC were studied using in vitro hemopoietic progenitor cell colony-forming technique, by observing the proliferation of human burst forming unit-erythroid progenitor (BFU-E), colony-forming unit-erythroid (CFU-E), colony-forming unit-granulocyte/macrophage (CFU-GM) and colony-forming unit-pluripotent hemopoietic progenitor (CFU-Mix) in mice after PDS and PTS stimulation.

Results: Different concentration of PDS (2.

[Effect of Panax notoginsenosides on the proliferation of hematopoietic progenitor cells in mice with immune-mediated aplastic anemia].

Objective: To study the effect of panax notoginsenosides (PNS) on the proliferation of hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPC) in mice with immune-mediated aplastic anemia.

Methods: Balb/c mice model of immune-mediated aplastic anemia was established by radiation with sublethal dose of 60Co following the intravenously infusing lymphocytes of DBA/2 mice. Model mice in the treated groups were treated separately with high, middle and low dose of PNS, 3.

[Study on induction of ginsenosides on HL-60 cell apoptosis].

Objective: To observe whether the Ginsenosides (GS) could induce HL-60 cell line apoptosis from promyelocytic leukemia.

Methods: HL-60 cells were treated with GS of various concentration to observe the effect of GS on cell morphological change, the DNA content change by flow cytometry, DNA ladder by electrophoresis, and apoptosis rate by Annexin V-FITC test of the cells.

Results: GS could inhibit the growth of HL-60 cells and induce cell apoptosis in a certain scope of dose and reacting time.

[Effects of Ginsenosides Rg1 and Rb1 on Proliferation of Human Marrow Granulocyte-Macrophage Progenitor Cells].

Ginseng is a traditional Chinese medicine which has been used in treating anemia for thousands of years. It is composed of a lot of components. The main component is total saponin of panax ginseng (TSPG), which contains more than 20 ginsenosides including Rg1, Rb1 and so on.