dynamic digestion and anti-fatigue effects of wheat embryo albumin.

Wheat germ protein including wheat embryo albumin (WEA) demonstrates extensive biological activity. dynamic digestion of WEA was carried out under simulated gastrointestinal conditions. Anti-fatigue effects of WEA were evaluated using mice forced to swim.

Wheat embryo globulin nutrients ameliorate d-galactose and aluminum chloride-induced cognitive impairment in rats.

Wheat embryo globulin nutrient (WEGN), with wheat embryo globulin (WEG) as the main functional component, is a nutritional combination that specifically targets memory impairment. In this study, we explored the protective role of WEGN on Alzheimer's disease (AD)-triggered cognitive impairment, neuronal injury, oxidative stress, and acetylcholine system disorder. Specifically, we established an AD model via administration of d-galactose (d-gal) and Aluminum chloride (AlCl) for 70 days, then on the 36th day, administered animals in the donepezil and WEGN (300, 600, and 900 mg/kg) groups with drugs by gavage for 35 days.

Salvianolic Acid B Suppresses Inflammatory Mediator Levels by Downregulating NF-κB in a Rat Model of Rheumatoid Arthritis.

BACKGROUND Salvianolic acid B (SB) is a major active phyto-component of the plant Radix Salvia miltiorrhiza, which is traditionally used to treat joint pain and arthritis. The present study examined the anti-rheumatoid arthritis efficacy of SB on collagen-induced rheumatoid arthritis (CIA) in a rat model. MATERIAL AND METHODS Forty-eight rats were divided into 4 groups: Control rats treated with saline (Group I), rats subjected to CIA induction by intradermal injection of bovine collagen II type at the tail (Group II), and rats subjected to CIA and supplemented with either 20 or 40 mg/kg of SB for 28 days (group III or IV).

Regulatory effect of neuroglobin in the recovery of spinal cord injury.

Objective: The present study was aimed to investigate the therapeutic potential of neuroglobin in the recovery of spinal cord injury.

Methods: The male albino Wistar strain rats were used as an experimental model, and adeno associated virus (AAV) was administered in the T12 section of spinal cord ten days prior to the injury. Basso Beattie Bresnahan (BBB) locomotor rating scale was used to determine the recovery of the hind limb during four weeks post-operation.

Liposome bupivacaine for pain control after total knee arthroplasty: a meta-analysis.

Background: Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is associated with intense and long-duration pain. Research is currently being conducted on the use of liposome bupivacaine (LB) to prolong the effects of local infiltration anesthesia. This systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluated the efficacy and safety of pain control of using LB versus placebo after TKA.

[Anterior cervical intervertebral space decompression under microscope for cervical spondylotic myelopathy in elderly patients].

Objective: To investigate the clinical effects of anterior cervical intervertebral space decompression under microscope in treating cervical spondylotic myelopathy in elderly patients.

Methods: From June 2009 to March 2012, 43 patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy were treated with anterior cervical intervertebral space decompression and intervertebral fusion under microscope. There were 26 males and 17 females, aged from 60 to 72 years old with an average of (64.

[Arthroscopic treatment of tibial intercondylar eminence fracture in children].

Objective: To study clinical effects of extractable steel wire for the treatment of tibial intercondylar eminence fracture in children under arthroscopy.

Methods: From October 2008 to December 2010,21 children with intercondyloid eminence fractures were treated with fixation by extractable steel wire under arthroscopy. Among the patients, 14 patients were male and 7 patients were female,ranging in age from 7 to 14 years old with a mean of 10 years old.

[Serum levels of cartilage oligomeric matrix protein in the diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis].

Objective: To select sub-clinical patients with symptoms of knee osteoarthritis (KOA) without X-ray changes by measuring the serum level of cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP) with ELISA, so as to diagnose and treat patients with knee osteoarthritis at early stage.

Methods: The 115 patients with KOA or with symptomatic primary KOA were enrolled from August 2007 to September 2009, which was OA group; and 35 healthy people in the control group. In OA group, there were 55 males and 60 females,ranging in age from 39 to 76 years, with an average of (55 +/- 13.

[Repair of soft tissue defects on the lower limbs with the facial pedicled flap with vascular perforating branch of leg].

Objective: To investigate the operative techniques and clinical results of the facial pedicled flap with vascular perforating branch of leg.

Methods: From May 1998 to January 2009,62 patients with soft tissue defects on the lower limbs were treated by four kinds of flap pedicled with the medial, posterior,anterolateral and posterolateral vascular perforating branches in the leg, included 50 males and 12 females, aged from 7 to 78 years old. There were 23 cases of the facial pedicled flap based on the perforating branch of the tibialis posterior artery, 9 cases of the facial pedicled flap based on the distal perforating branch of peroneal artery, 22 cases of the facial pedicled flap based on the peroneal artery perforator, 8 cases of the facial pedicled flap based on the lateral popliteal cutaneous artery.

[Changes of somatosensory and transcranial magnetic stimulation motor evoked potentials in experimental spinal cord injury].

Objective: To study the changes of somatosensory evoked potential (SEP) and transcranial magnetic simulation motor evoked potential (TMS-MEP) in experimental spinal cord injury (SCI).

Methods: Thirty-two rabbits were randomly divided into 4 equal groups. All rabbits were anesthetized for 90 min.