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DNA is a biological polymer that encodes and stores genetic information in all living organism. Particularly, the precise nucleobase pairing inside DNA is exploited for the self-assembling of nanostructures with defined size, shape and functionality. These DNA nanostructures are known as framework nucleic acids (FNAs) for their skeleton-like features. Recently, FNAs have been explored in various fields ranging from physics, chemistry to biology. In this review, we mainly focus on the recent progress of FNAs in a pharmaceutical perspective. We summarize the advantages and applications of FNAs for drug discovery, drug delivery and drug analysis. We further discuss the drawbacks of FNAs and provide an outlook on the pharmaceutical research direction of FNAs in the future.
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@#The waste water-based epidemiology is an important technique to fight against drug abuse by analyzing the concentration of illicit drugs in urban sewage, which can monitor the abuse of drugs.An SPE-UPLC-MS/MS method was developed for the analysis of 12 common drugs and their metabolites involving amphetamine and morphine.It was shown that the best result was achieved when hydrochloric acid/ acetonitrile (5∶95) was added to acidify the sample during the concentration process, guaranteeing the anti-across contamination of the analysis of organic nitrogen basic trace components, and improve the stability, specificity, and accuracy of the method.The optimized method meets the analytical requirements of complex sewage samples, and has been successfully applied to the assessment of urban drug abuse through sewage analysis.
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In the present work,a chemically modified electrode has been fabricated utilizing Bi2O3/ZnO nano-composite.The nanocomposite was synthesized by simple sonochemical method and characterized for its structural and morphological properties by using XRD,FESEM,EDAX,HRTEM and XPS techniques.The results clearly indicated co-existence of Bi2O3 and ZnO in the nanocomposite with chemical interaction between them.Bi2O3/ZnO nanocomposite based glassy carbon electrode(GCE)was utilized for sensitive voltammetric detection of an anti-biotic drug(balofloxacin).The modification amplified the electroactive surface area of the sensor,thus providing more sites for oxidation of analyte.Cyclic and square wave voltammograms revealed that Bi2O3/ZnO modified electrode provides excellent electrocatalytic action towards balofloxacin oxidation.The current exhibited a wide linear response in concentration range of 150-1000 nM and detection limit of 40.5 nM was attained.The modified electrode offered advantages in terms of simplicity of preparation,fair stability(RSD 1.45％),appreciable reproducibility(RSD 2.03％)and selectivity.The proposed sensor was applied for determining balofloxacin in commercial pharmaceutical formulations and blood serum samples with the mean recoveries of 99.09％and 99.5％,respectively.
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Objective To analyze adverse reaction of voriconazole in Zhejiang province,and provide reference for safe and rational clinical use of it. Methods Eighty-four cases of voriconazole ADR reported from 2013 to 2015 were analyzed in terms of sex,age,mode of administration,time of ADR,combined drug use,organ or system involvement,outcome,etc. Results In the 84 cases of voriconazole ADR,the number of males was higher than that of females,aged 22 to 95 years old,and most cases were more than 60 years of age,accounting for 75.00%.Forty-six cases were caused by intravenous infusion,accounting for 54.76%,31 ADR cases were caused by oral administration,accounting for 36.90%,7 ADR cases were caused by intravenous infusion and oral administration,accounting for 8.33%.In 20 cases,ADR occurred immediately or on the administration day, accounting for 23.81%,and ADR in 36 cases occurred 2 to 10 days after the administration,accounting for 42.86%.The clinical manifestations of ADR were mainly digestive system injury,accounting for 31.58%,and the liver function abnormality was most common,mainly caused by oral administration;visual impairment was the second,accounting for 17.54%,mainly caused by the intravenous infusion;the proportion of nervous system injury was 16.67%,and the proportion of systemic reactions accounted for 11.40%. Conclusion During the period of clinical use,doctors,pharmacists,and nurses should strengthen the propaganda and education,recognition and prevention of voriconazole's ADR.The qualified hospitals may monitor the blood concentration and achieve individualized administration,to reduce the occurrence of ADR.
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Objective To understand the situation of off-label use of sildenafil, so as to provide reference for developing off-label drug use policy. Methods A stratified random sampling method was used to collect prescription data of sildenafil in Guangdong Women and Children Hospital in 2015. The off-label drug use situation was analyzed according to drug labels. The situations of drug use in all departments were summarized, and off-label drug use occurrences were analyzed.Results A total of 1044 prescriptions with sildenafil were collected and analyzed to discover the occurrence of off-label use was up to 69. 54%. The top 3 departments of off-label use of sildenafil were assisted reproductive center, heart center and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The top 3 types of off-label use were non-indication(50. 35%), over drug population(31. 76%) and over drug administration(17. 89%). The top 3 diseases for non-indications were infertility, pulmonary hypertension and congenital heart disease. Conclusion Sildenafil off-label use was common in Guangdong Women and Children Hospital in 2015, especially in assisted reproductive center, heart center, and NICU. The result suggests that more clinical studies about sildenafil on cardiovascular system are expected to provide more evidence for drug use, so as to ensure the safety of drug use in special populations and avoid potential medical risk.
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Objective To evaluate clinical use of tigecycline in hospital patients. Methods Basic diseases, pathologic examinations, concurrent medication, therapeutic efficacy and side effects of 40 patients in Lishui Central Hospital of Zhejiang Province from January 2012 to December 2014 were analyzed retrospectively. Results The effective rate of patients using tigecycline for anti-infection treatment in hospital was 42. 5%. The rates of rational use, basically rational use and irrational use were 17. 5%, 77. 5% and 5. 0%, respectively. Adverse drug reactions occurred in 6 cases of tigecycline use (15. 0%). Conclusion Clinical use of tigecycline in inpatients was basically reasonable in this hospital. The clinical curative effect of tigecycline was good in a variety of infections caused by sensitive bacteria. However, the incidence of adverse drug reactions was high. Attentions should be paid in clinical application.
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High performance liquid chromatography-electrochemical detection (HPLC-ED)is an important analytical tool for the determination of pharmaceutical drugs since electrochemical detectors provides derivertization-free, sensitive, selective, and low cost detection methods. Numerous papers and reviews have been published since the HPLC-ED techniques were introduced forty years ago. This article will review the electrochemical instruments and detection methods used in HPLC, and focus on recent advances in the analysis of pharmaceutical drugs using HPLC-ED techniques, and discuss the future development trend of the techniques.
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OBJECTIVE:To provide reference for the further implementation of national essential medicines. METHODS:The drugs consumption data of outpatients and inpatients in our hospital from Jan. 1 to Jun. 30,2014 were statistically analyzed. RE-SULTS:Variety numbers of national essential medicines in our hospital occupied 37.38%(228/610) in total drugs variety numbers of the whole hospital,consumption sum of national essential medicines occupied 9.80%(817.02 million yuan/8 338.12 million yu-an) in all drugs consumption sum. The first 20 national essential medicines listed in consumption sum were mainly anti-cancer drugs and water,electrolyte and acid-base balance regulation drugs. CONCLUSIONS:In the utilization of national essential medi-cines,variety proportion and consumption sum ratio in our hospital are relatively low. It is suggested to make clear the use require-ments of national essential medicines in cancer hospitals to make more reasonable and scientific selection of anti-tumor medicines in National Essential Medicines List and reasonably increase the assistant medicines related to the treatment of neoplastic diseases;hos-pitals should take effective measures to promote the usage rate of national essential medicines.
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Genuine medicinal materials (GMM) is the representative of high quality materials, the particular area, excellent quality, and good efficacy make it into the essence of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). But the scientific connotation of the GMM quality and the relationship between the quality and efficacy of GMM are the emphases and difficulty in its study. The evaluation on the theory system of “correlation in quality, curative effect, and metabolism” is carried on the curative effect with GMMs and non-GMMs as research objects and the simultaneous detection of multi-components as means. The “correlation in quality, efficacy, and metabolism” is based on the combination of chemical analysis method, pharmacological model experiment, and mathematical analysis model calculation method. The quality evaluation indexes and methods of GMM are disscused and the quality of GMM is assessed by the various views of absorption, metabolism, and effectiveness of TCM. At first, the fingerprint method to identify and select the quality control components of GMM is adopted and the qualitative and quantitative methods of multi-components in GMM are established in this study. Then the “correlation of quality, curative effect, and metabolism” is experimented through the comparison on physiological animals and model animals, the constituents are comprehensively investigated. Finally, based on the mathematical models for the medicines-related methods, we can get the components with preferred quality control, which associates with the efficacy and the proportional relationship, ascertain the material basis for the efficacy of GMM, establish a scientific optimal quality evaluation system, and provide the new ideas for the research of GMM.
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Ranitidine is an antisecretory drug with H2 antagonist action useful in treating gastric and duodenal disorders. The dissolution test is used to obtain and compare dissolution profiles and establish similarities of pharmaceutical forms. The aim of this study was to compare the dissolution profiles of 150-mg coated ranitidine tablets of a reference drug (product A) and a generic (product B) and a similar (product C) drug marketed in Bahia, Brazil using a simple, fast and inexpensive ultraviolet method. Dissolution was determined using a USP type 2 apparatus at 50 rpm with 900 mL of distilled water at 37.0 ± 0.5 oC for 1h. The dissolution test was performed in compliance with the American Pharmacopoeia (USP-32). Dissolution efficiency and difference (f1) and similarity (f2) factors were calculated and evaluated. The proposed quantification methodology for drug dissolution test was validated, presenting accuracy, linearity and precision within the acceptance criteria. Products A, B and C showed dissolution efficiency values of 59.29, 73.59 and 66.67%, respectively. Factors f1 and f2 were calculated and showed that the profiles of products A, B and C were dissimilar. However, all the products released ranitidine satisfactorily, with at least 80% of the drug dissolved within 30 min.
A ranitidina é um fármaco antissecretor, antagonista H2, usado no tratamento de desordens gástricas e duodenais. O teste de dissolução é utilizado para obter e comparar perfis de dissolução, estabelecendo semelhança de formas farmacêuticas. Este estudo tem por objetivo comparar perfis de dissolução de comprimidos revestidos contendo 150 mg de ranitidina, em medicamentos de referência (produto A), genérico (produto B) e similar (produto C) comercializados na Bahia-Brasil, usando um método ultravioleta simples, rápido e de baixo custo. As condições que permitiram a determinação da dissolução foram: aparelho USP tipo 2 a 50 rpm, contendo 900 mL de água destilada mantida a 37,0 ± 0,5 °C, durante 1 h. O teste de dissolução foi realizado em conformidade com a Farmacopeia Americana (USP-32). Cálculo da eficiência de dissolução e fatores de diferença (f1) e semelhança (f2) foram avaliados. A metodologia proposta para a quantificação do fármaco no ensaio de dissolução foi validada apresentando precisão, linearidade e exatidão dentro dos critérios de aceitação. Os produtos A, B e C mostraram eficiência de dissolução de 59,29, 73,59 e 66,67%, respectivamente. Calcularam-se os fatores f1 e f2 e mostrou-se que os perfis não foram semelhantes para os comprimidos de produtos A, B e C. No entanto, todos os produtos liberaram o fármaco satisfatoriamente, pois, pelo menos, 80% de ranitidina foram dissolvidos em 30 min.
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Ranitidine/pharmacokinetics , Tablets, Enteric-Coated/pharmacokinetics , Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet/methods , Tablets/pharmacokinetics , Brazil , Dissolution/analysisABSTRACT
Objective:To analyze the utilization and tendency of oral hypoglycemic agents in some hospitals of Wuhan from 2010 to 2012. Methods:The relative data of oral hypoglycemic agents used in 32 hospitals of Wuhan area during 2010-2012 were analyzed using consumption sum, DDDs and defined daily dose as the indices. Results:The consumption sum of oral hypoglycemic agents was increased year after year;acarbose and gliclazide were widely used and occupied front places among the drugs. However, the percent-age of traditional Chinese medicine used for decreasing blood sugar was declined. Conclusion:During 2010-2012, the DDDs value and the consumption sum of oral hypoglycemic agents in Wuhan area are stable and normal, and the application will be further developed.
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Objective To evaluate the current situation and trend of narcotic analgesics used in 29 hospitals of Nanjing from 2010 to 2012 and provide references for reasonable clinical drug utility .Methods Consumption of narcotic analgesics in 29 hospitals of Nanjing was analyzed retrospectively in terms of sales value , DDDs, DDC, etc.The DDDs, sales value and variety of narcotic anal-gesics were analyzed statistically according to the level , type and district of hospitals .Results There were a total of 13 kinds of nar-cotic analgesics in the 29 hospitals and the sales value increased yearly .During the 3 years,the DDDs of fentanyl citrate injection ,fent-anyl transdermal system and remifentanil hydrochloride were ranked in the forefront and the DDDs rank of controlled -release morphine and controlled-release oxycodone hydrochloride was stable .The sales value and DDDs in Drum Tower District were greater than other districts and increased yearly .Conclusion The application of narcotics analgesic in 29 hospitals of Nanjing was rational and complied with the relevant national regulations .
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Buprenorphine,one kind of new drugs,is abused in recent years.In this review,some determination and extraction methods for buprenorphine are introduced.The relative merits of liquid-liquid extraction,solid phase extraction,hydrolysis and derivatization methods are compared.The analytical methods such as TLC,GC,GC/MS and LC,LC/MS are discussed.
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This article introduces the independent experiment and social investigation activities in the course of medication analy- sis set up for strengthening students' comprehensive abilities.These activities create a good study atmosphere for enhancing stu- dents' ability to do research and their humanistic qualities.
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Objective:To study the polar chemical constituents of Blettila striata(Thunb.) Reichb.f. Methods:The constituents in N-butanol moiety were separated and purified by column chromatography with silica gel and SephadexLH-20, and were identified by spectral analysis. Results:Five compounds were identified as: militarine(1);7-hydroxy-4-methoxy-phenanthrene-2-O-?-D-glucoside(2);4-methoxyphenanthrene-2,7-O-?-D-diglucoside(3);7-hydroxy-2,4-dimethoxyphenanthrene-3-O-glucoside(4);3′-hydroxy-5-methoxybibenzyl-3-O-?-glucopyranoside(5). Conclusion:Compound 1,5 were isolated from this plant for the first time.
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OBJECTIVE: To provide references for domestic drug manufacturing enterprises' participation in laboratory accreditation as well as the enhancing of drug analysis capability. METHODS: Both international and domestic laboratory-ratified standards, the importance of laboratory accreditation and drug manufacturing enterprises' participation in laboratory accreditation were expounded. RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS: Domestic drug manufacturing enterprises' participation in laboratory accreditation is conducive to the enhancing of their drug analysis capability.
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Objective: To study the chemical constituents of Bletilla striata (Thunb. ) Reichb. f. Methods: The con-stituents were separated and purified by column chromatography with silica gel and Sephadex LH-20,and were identified byspectral analysis. Results: Five compounds were identified as: 2, 7-dihydroxy-4-methoxy-9, 10-dihydrophenanthrene (1), 2, 7-dihydroxy-3, 4-dimethoxyphenanthrene (2), 3, 7-dihydroxy-2, 4-dimethoxyphenanthrene (3 ), 3', 3--dihydroxy--5-methoxybiben-zyl(4), p-hydroxybenzaldehyde (5), Conclusion: Compound 2, 3, 4 are isolated from this plant for the first time.