Typing and identification of non-polio enterovirus from acute flaccid paralysis cases in Ningxia,1997-2011 / 中华流行病学杂志

Objective To identify the serotype of 73 non-polio enterovirus (NPEV) strains from acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) cases in Ningxia province,during 1997-2011.Methods Partial sequencing of the VP1 region was amplified by RT-PCR with degenerate primers and sequenced while sequences were compared with the database of GenBank by the BLAST algorithm.Evolution was analyzed by constructing phylogenetic tree using Mega 5.1.Results In this study,a total of 73 NPEVs were analyzed,including 4 strains un-typed,69 strains typed by RT-PCR.A total of 27 serotypes were identified,including 8 serotypes of human enterovirus (HEV)-A,19 serotypes of HEV-B.The HEV-B group (46/69,66.7％) constituted the largest proportion of isolates,followed by HEV-A (23/69,33.3％),but no strains were found that belonged to HEV-C or HEV-D group.In the 69 strains,enterovirus 71 was the most frequently seen isolates,followed by coxsackie-virus A4,16,9 and echovirus 24,6.Conclusion HEV-B was the most predominant (46/69,66.7％) serotype of NPEV in Ningxia during the AFP surveillance,in 1997-2011.

Genetic characterization of coxsackievirus A16 isolated in Ningxia Hui Municipality in 2008 / 中华流行病学杂志

Objective To study the genetic characterization of coxsackievirus A16 (CVA16)strains isolated during an epidemic of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) in Ningxia Hui Municipality in 2008. Methods Clinical samples were collected from HFMD patients in Ningxia Hui Municipality and CVA16 strains were isolated by viral isolation methods. Reverse transcriptionpolymerase chain reactions (RT-PCR), specific for CVA16 were performed with these CVA16 strains.Entire VP1 coding region amplification and sequencing were then performed and finally phylogenetic tree was constructed among Ningxia CVA16 strains and CVA16 representative strains of known genotypes and subgenotypes. Results 70 Ningxia CVA16 strains were isolated from HFMD patients in Ningxia in 2008 and the homology of nucleotide and amino acid were 90.8%-100.0% and 98.9%-100.0%, respectively. Phylogenetic characteristics of the strains reconfirmed that they could be divided into two distinct genotypes-A and B. Genotype B could be further divided into the subgenotypes B1 and B2, while all the 70 Ningxia CVA16 strains belonged to the co-circulated clusters B1a and Blb within subgenotype B1, which belonged to 2 viral transmission chains.Conclusion Our results indicated that subgenotype B1 CVA16 strains continued to circulate over a wide geographic area of mainland China since the first reported episode in Shenzhen city in 1999. Like other CVA16 strains isolated elsewhere in China, both Bla and Blb evolution branches were co-circulating in Ningxia Hui Municipality. Based on the close phylgenetic and chronological relationship with CVA16 isolated in other countries and regions near China. Our data confimed that these strains co-evolved and co-circulated with those from neighboring countries and regions.

Genetic characterization of enterovirns 71 stains isolated in Ningxia province in 2008 / 中华流行病学杂志

Objective To study the genetic characterization of enterovirus 71 (EV71) strains isolated from specimens of patients with hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) in Ningxia province in 2008. Methods All the stool, throat swab and vesicle samples that collected from patients with HFMD were cultured. The positive isolates were identified by reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) with specific primers of EV71. Complete VP1 gene sequences (891 nucleotides) of 29 strains (part of 93 EV71 strains) were determined and compared with A, B and C genotype reference EV71 strains while EV71 China isolates by homogeneity and phylogenetic tree analyses. Results 215 strains of EV were isolated from 439 specimens. Results from RT-PCR indicated that 93 strains belong to EV71. Phylogenetic tree analysis revealed that the selected 29 stains were clustered with reference strains of C4 subgenotype. The nucleotide identity with C4 reference strains was 91.7%-99.4%. The amino acid homogeneity was 96.6%-100.0%. Conclusion The recently identified EV71 strains in Ningxia province belonged to subgenotype C4 which resembled to most of the isolates in China.

A new isoflavone from Huoxue Yiqi Tang / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the chemical constituents in the active parts of Huoxue Yiqi Tang.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>The silica gel, Sephadex LH-20 were used to isolate the compounds, El, FAB-MS and 1D, 2D-NMR were used to identify the obtained compounds.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>14 compounds were obtained from the prescription.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>They were all first time obtained from the prescription. Among them, 7, 3'-dihydroxyl-5'-methoxyisoflavone is new.</p>

Study on the chemical constituents from Picria fel-tarrae / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To isolate and identify compounds from Picria fel-tarrae in order to utilize it better.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Constituents from Picria fel-tarrae were isolated by several column chromatography and their structures were elucidated on the basis of chemical and spectral analysis.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Six compounds, N-benzoylphenylalanyl-L-phenylalaninol acetate (1), 1-hydroxy-7-hydroxymethyl-9,10-anthraquinone (2), 9, 16-dioxo-10,12,14-octadeca-trienoic acid (3), 5,7,4'-trihydroxy-flavone (4), beta-sitosterol (5), and daucosterol (6) were obtained from the fraction with relatively low polarity of EtOH extract of Picria fel-tarrae.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Compounds 1-6 were isolated from picria fel-tarrae Lour for the first time, and the 13C-NMR data of compounds 1-3 are provided firstly in the literature.</p>

Isolation and identification of a new cucurbitacin from Picria fel-terrae / 药学学报

<p><b>AIM</b>To study compounds isolated from Picria fel-terrae.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The chemical constituents were separated and purified by column chromatography on silica gel and MCI. Their structures were identified on the basis of spectral data (IR, UV, MS, ID NMR and 2D NMR).</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>A new cucurbitacin, along with a known one, were obtained from the 60% EtOH extract of the whole plant.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The new compound was identified as 11, 24-dioxo-5, 21-diene-cucurbit-3alpha-O-beta-D-xylopyranosyl-16alpha-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranoside (dehydrobryogenin glycoside). The known one, hexanorcucurbitacin F, was obtained for the first time from Picria fel-terrae.</p>