刺南蛇藤倍半萜的研究

从刺南蛇藤(Celastrus flagelaris Rupr.)种子油中分离到八个β-二氢沉香呋喃倍半萜,经红外、紫外、质谱及核磁共振谱确定它们的结构是1α-乙酰氧基-2α,9β-二肉桂酰氧基-β-二氢沉香呋喃(1),1α,6β,13-三乙酰氧基-9β-苯甲酰氧基-β-二氢沉香呋喃-(2),triptogelinG-1(3),1α,6β-二乙酰氧基-9β-苯甲酰氧基-β-二氢沉香呋喃(4),triptogelinF-2(5),1α,2α-二乙酰氧基-9β-肉桂酰氧基-β-二氢沉香呋喃(6),celaforlinB-3(7),1α,6β-二乙酰氧基-8α-肉桂酰氧基-9α-苯酰氧基-β-二氢沉香呋喃(8)。其中1是新化合物,命名为celastrine B。     

Preoperative Nomograms and Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) for Identification of Surgical Candidates

Selection of prostate cancer risk patients for surgical treatment has traditionally been accomplished by the creation of risk groups, like clinical stage, prostate specific antigen and others. Using these data knowledge-based expert systems were created. Among these the most popular model is the logistic regression model. Ideally, this prediction should be as accurate as possible. Many studies have shown that even expert on its field often are incorrect compared to the validated nomograms and artifical neural networks (ANNs) presented herein. Nomograms are instruments that predict outcomes for the individual patient using algorithms that incorporate multiple variables. Nomograms consist of a set of axes. Each variable is represented by a scale, with each value of that variable corresponding to a specific number of points according to its prognostic impact. In a final pair of axes, the total point value from all he variables is converted to the probability of reaching the end point By using scales, nomograms calculate the continuous probability of a certain outcome, resulting in more accurate predictions than models based on risk grouping. ANNs has gained increasing popularity and are the most popular artificial learning tool in biotechnology. This technique can roughly be described as a universal algebraic function that will distinguish dependency between dependent and independent variables, which is either unknown or very complex. The application of ANNs to complex relationships makes them highly attractive for the study of complexed medical decisions like predicting pathological stage or local recurrence after radical prostatectomy (RPE). Accuracy of nomograms and ANNs for pathological staging and PSA recurrence varies between 72–88.3% versus 77–91%, and 75–81% and 67–83%, respectively.     

双柱双pH固相萃取和毛细管气相色谱法同时快速测定血浆中酸性和碱性药物

报道了一种能同时快速测定血浆中酸性和碱性药物的固相萃取毛细管气相色谱法。在自制的并联双柱萃取装置上,两柱可在不同的pH下操作,分别提取酸性和碱性药物。通过对6类8种酸性和碱性药物的定性和定量实验表明,该法快速、灵敏。     

苯氧烷胺类化合物的合成及其抗高血压活性

前以2,6-二甲基苯氧乙叉为母体合成了一系列化合物,其中1-(2,6-二甲基苯氧基-2-(3,4-二甲氧基苯乙胺)-丙烷盐酸盐(Ⅰ)有较强而特久的降压作用。进一步研究又表明它具有阻断α-肾上腺素受体并兼有钙拮抗作用。     

Haemoglobin F levels in patients with testicular tumours

This study was designed to examine haemoglobin F levels prior to therapy in 39 patients with testicular tumours (10 seminoma, 29 non-seminomatous tumours) and 20 controls. HbF levels were significantly increased in the group with testicular tumours (1.66 +/- 0.12%) compared with normal controls (0.99 +/- 0.08%) (P less than 0.001). Non-seminomatous tumours had more pronounced levels than seminomas (P less than 0.001). No correlation was found between HbF level and stage of the disease. We suggest that HbF production could be significantly reactivated in adult patients with testicular tumours and may be a useful marker.     

Effectiveness of individualized neurodevelopmental care in the newborn intensive care unit (NICU)

The individual infant's neurodevelopmental process provides an integrative framework for the delivery of medical care needed to assure the infant's survival and quality of outcome. The infant's neurobehavioral functioning and expression provides an opportunity for caregivers to estimate the individual infant's current strengths, vulnerabilities and threshold to disorganization, as well as to identify the infant's strategies in collaborating in his or her best progression. This perspective supports caregivers in seeing themselves in a relationship with the infant, and in considering opportunities to enhance the infant's strengths and reduce apparent stressors in collaboration with the infant and the family. The results of several randomized studies supporting the effectiveness of such a neuro developmental approach to NICU care will be presented, and suggest implications for staff education and nursery-wide implementation.     

Erythrocytosis in a patient on hemodialysis for thirteen years

Most hemodialysis patients exhibit renal anemia mainly due to erythropoietin deficiency as a result of impaired erythropoetin production in the kidney. However, erythrocytosis in patients with renal failure requiring hemodialysis is extremely rare. We report the development of erythrocytosis in a patient with a polycystic kidney disease on hemodialysis for 13 years. She had erythrocytosis with increased serum erythropoietin levels despite severe secondary hyperparathyroidism, which is known to depress erythrocytosis. Since neither renal disease (renal cell carcinoma) nor extrarenal diseases (hypoxia, hepatoma, cerebellar diseases) linked with erythropoietin production could be proven, this case might be one with inappropriate idiopathic erythropoietin production after 13 years of hemodialysis, the longest duration of dialysis in the literature before erythrocytosis was observed.