Traditional medicine preparations

The study was carried out by retrospective descriptive method with the list of drugs used at the hospital in 2021 including 237 drugs. Results: Class A drugs accounted for 20.25% of the total number of drugs, accounting for 80% of the use value; class B drugs accounted for 21.52% in quantity and 14.94% in use value; class C drugs accounted for 58.23% in quantity and 5.06% in use value. In class A, the class of traditional medicine preparations accounts for 18.75% in quantity and 21.56% in use value.

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Bacteroides vulgatus has been shown to be involved in the aggravation of colitis. Previously, we separated two potent virulence factors, capsular polysaccharide (CPS) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS), from a clinical isolate of B. vulgatus and characterized the structure of CPS. In this study, we elucidated the structures of O-antigen polysaccharide (OPS) and lipid A in the LPS. LPS was subjected to weak acid hydrolysis to produce the lipid A fraction and polysaccharide fraction.

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To examine the role of the distal His42 residue in the catalytic mechanism of pea cytosolic ascorbate peroxidase, two site-directed variants were prepared in which His42 was replaced with alanine (H42A) or glutamic acid (H42E). Electronic spectra of the ferric derivatives of H42A and H42E (pH 7.0, l ¼ 0.10 M, 25.0 °C) revealed wavelength maxima [kmax (nm): 397, 509, % 540sh, 644 (H42A); 404, 516, % 538sh, 639 (H42E)] consistent with a predominantly fiveco-ordinate high-spin iron. The specific activity of H42E for oxidation of L-ascorbate (8.2 ± 0.

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The synthesis of 10 new phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) analogues with modifications in the phosphate and the carboxylate function is described. Included are two potential irreversible inhibitors of PEP-utilizing enzymes. One incorporates a reactive chloromethylphosphonate function replacing the phosphate group of PEP. The second contains a chloromethyl group substituting for the carboxylate function of PEP. An improved procedure for the preparation of the known (Z)- and (E)-3-chloro-PEP is also given.

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Glycosphingolipids (GSLs) were purified from adults and plerocercoids of the tapeworm Diphyllobothrium hottai, and their chemical structures were determined. Total lipid fractions prepared from chloroform/methanol extracts of whole tissues were fractionated successively on ion-exchange chromatography, silicic acid column chromatography, and preparative TLC. The purified GSLs were characterized by methylation analysis, TLC-immunostaining, liquid secondary ion MS, MALDI-TOF MS, and 1H-NMR.

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Cloning and over-expression of human glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (Glc6P dehydrogenase) has for the first time allowed a detailed kinetic study of a preparation that is genetically homogeneous and in which all the protein molecules are of identical age. The steady-state kinetics of the recombinant enzyme, studied by fluorimetric initial-rate measurements, gave converging linear Lineweaver–Burk plots as expected for a ternary-complex mechanism.

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Uridine-5¢-diphospho-1-a-D-glucose (UDP-Glc) is a common substrate used by glucosyltransferases, including certain bacterial toxins such as Toxins A and B from Clostridium difficile. Fluorescent analogs of UDP-Glc have been prepared for use in our studies of the clostridial toxins. These compounds are related to the methylanthraniloylATP compounds commonly used to probe the chemistry of ATP-dependent enzymes. The reaction of excess methylisatoic anhydride with UDP-Glc in aqueous solution yields primarily the 2¢ and 3¢ isomers of methylanthraniloyl-UDPGlc (MUG).

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Conventional and saturation transfer electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy (EPR and ST EPR) was used to study the orientation of probe molecules in muscle fibers in different intermediate states of the ATP hydrolysis cycle. A separate procedure was used to obtain ST EPR spectra with precise phase settings even in the case of samples with low spectral intensity. Fibers prepared from rabbit psoas muscle were labeled with isothiocyanate spin labels at the reactive thiol sites of the catalytic domain of myosin....

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The Na+-translocating NADH:quinone oxidoreductase (Na+-NQR) from Vibrio alginolyticus was inactivated by reactive oxygen species. Highest Na+-NQR activity was observed in anaerobically prepared membranes that exhibited 1 : 1 coupling of NADH oxidation and Q reduction activities (1.6 UÆmg)1). Optical and EPR spectroscopy documented the presence of b-type cytochromes, a [2Fe)2S] cluster and an organic radical signal in anaerobically pre- pared membranes from V. alginolyticus.

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The structure of post-translational modifications of human heparin cofactor II isolated from human serum and from recombinant Chinese hamster ovary cells and their effects on heparin binding have been characterized. Oligosaccharide chains were found attached to all three potential N-glycosylation sites in both protein preparations. The carbohydrate structures of heparin cofactor II circulating in blood are complex-type diantennary and triantennary chains in a ratio of 6 : 1 with the galactose being 90% sialylated with a2 fi 6 linked N-acetylneuraminic acid....

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Decorin is a small leucine-rich chondroitin/dermatan sulfate proteoglycan reported to interact with ®brillar collagens through its protein core and to localize atdandebands of the collagen ®bril banding pattern. Using a solid-phase assay, we have determined the interaction of peptides derivedbyCNBr cleavage of type I and type II collagenwith decorin extracted from bovine tendon and its protein core and with a recombinant decorin preparation.

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Tightly coupled inside-out vesicles were prepared from Paracoccus denitrificanscells (SPP, sub-Paracoccusparticles) and characterized kinetically. The rate of NADHoxidation, catalysed by SPP, increases 6–8 times on addition of gram-icidin. The vesicles are capable of catalysing DlH + -dependent reverse electron transfer fromquinol toNAD + . The kinetic parameters of the NADH-oxidase and the reverse electron transfer carried out by membrane-bound P. denitrificanscomplex I were estimated and compared with those of the mitochondrial enzyme. ...

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There is much evidence to indicate that cholesterol forms lateral membranemicrodomains (rafts), and to suggest their important role in cellular signaling. However, no probe has been produced to analyze cholesterol behavior, especially cholesterol movement in rafts, in real time. To obtain a potent tool for analyzing cholesterol dynamics in rafts, we prepared and characterized several truncated fragments of h-toxin (perfringolysin O), a cholesterol-binding cytolysin, whose chemicallymodified formhas been recently shown to bind selectively to rafts. ...

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Ammodytoxins (Atxs) are presynaptically acting snake venom phospholipase A2 (PLA2) toxins the molecular mechanism of whose neurotoxicity is not completely understood. Two chimeric PLA2s were prepared by repla-cing the C-terminal part of a nontoxic venom PLA2 , ammodytin I2, with that of AtxA(K108N). The chimeras were not toxic, but were able to bind strongly to an Atxs-specific neuronal receptor, R25.

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Epoxide hydrolase (EC 3.3.2.3) in plants is involved in the metabolism of epoxy fatty acids and in mediating defence responses. We report the cloning of a full-length epoxide hydrolase cDNA (BNSEH1) from oilseed rape (Brassica napus) obtained by screening of a cDNA library prepared frommethyl jasmonate induced leaf tissue, and the5¢-RACE technique. The cDNA encodes a soluble protein containing 318 amino acid residues.

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Amyloid deposits with Arg124 mutated TGFBI protein havebeen identified inautosomal dominant blindingcorneal dystrophies.We assessedin vitrothe mechanisms determin-ing TGFBI protein amyloid transformation involving mutations of Arg124.Eight peptides synthesized following the TGFBI protein sequence, centered on codon Arg124 holding the previously reported amyloidogenic mutations and the respective controls were studied.Cys124 andHis124 mutated peptide preparations contained significantly higher amounts of amyloid than the native peptide....

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Liver microsomal preparations are routinely used to predict drug interactions that can occurin vivo as a result of inhi-bition of cytochrome P450 (CYP)-mediated metabolism. However, the concentration of free drug (substrate and inhibitor)at its intrahepatic site of action, a variable that cannot be directly measured, may be significantly different from that in microsomal incubation systems.

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Intravenous iron, used for the treatment of anemia in chronic renal failure andother diseases, represents a possible source of free iron in tissue cells, particularly in the liver. In this study we examined the effect of different sources of intravenous iron (IVI) on the labile iron pool (LIP) which represents the nonferritin-bound, redox-active iron that is implicated in oxidative stress and cell injury. Furthermore, we examined the role of the LIP for the synthesis of ferritin.

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To develop an ecdysone receptor (EcR)-based inducible gene regulation system, several constructs were prepared by fusing DEF domains of Choristoneura fumiferanaEcR (CfEcR),C. fumiferanaultraspiracle (CfUSP),Mus muscu-lus retinoid X receptor (MmRXR) to either GAL4 DNA binding domain (DBD) or VP16 activation domain. These constructs were tested in mammalian cells to evaluate their ability to transactivate luciferase gene placed under the control of GAL4 response elements and synthetic TATAA promoter. ...

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Therehas longbeenconjectureover thedegree towhichthere may be structural and functional heterogeneity in the tetra-mericserineproteasetryptase(EC 3.4.21.59), amajor mediator of allergic inflammation. We have applied 2D gel electrophoresis to analyze the extent, nature, and variability of thisheterogeneity inlysatesofmast cells isolatedfromlung and skin, and in preparations of purified tryptase. Gels were silver stained, or the proteins transferred to nitrocellulose blots and probed with either tryptase-specific monoclonal antibodies or various lectins. ...

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