[The nature of an anticoagulant isolated from peonies in the central zone of Russia]. / K voprosu o prirode antikoagulianta, poluchennogo iz pionov srednei polosy Rossii.

The nature of the anticoagulant isolated from the Chinese peony roots has been determined. Physicochemical analysis (infrared and mass spectroscopy, and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis) demonstrated the presence of a glycopeptide in Paeonia suffraticosae roots. This glycopeptide shares a structural similarity with heparin.

[Heparin from the meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) and its properties]. / Geparin iz tavolgi viazolistnoi, ego svoistva.

In the present work, the nature of an anticoagulant from Philipendula ulmaria was studied. A method for purification of this anticoagulant was developed. Using diverse methods it was shown that the molecular weight, data on element (sulphur, nitrogen, and hydrogen) content, spectral characteristics in the infrared region of the spectrum, and electrophoretic properties of the product indicate its similarity to heparin of animal origin.

[Psychological profile of personality of patients with bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive bronchitis]. / Psikhologicheskii profil' lichnosti bol'nykh bronkhial'noi astmoi i khronicheskim obstruktivnym bronkhitom.

Psychological personality profiles were evaluated in 87 patients with bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive bronchitis treated by means of acupuncture. The data point to the improvement of psychological state and reduction of pathological types in patients that run parallel with their clinical improvement. The transition from one pathological state to another having a more benign course was also observed.

[Effect of reflexotherapy on the functional state of the sympathoadrenal system in patients with bronchial asthma]. / Vliianie refleksoterapii na funktsional'noe sostoianie simpatiko-adrenalovoi sistemy u bol'nykh bronkhial'noi astmoi.

Activity of sympathoadrenal system in patients with infectious-allergic bronchial asthma treated with reflexotherapy by monitoring alterations in spontaneous and L-DOPA stimulated daily excretion of adrenaline, noradrenaline, dopamine and L-DOPA with urine. Before and after the reflexotherapy course spontaneous excretion of catecholamines and L-DOPA with urine was found to be similar to the physiologically normal level. The test with per oral administration of 250 mg of L-DOPA showed that before the reflexotherapy the course of consumption of L-DOPA was impaired and, hence, the functional state of sympathoadrenal system was altered. The reflexotherapy improved the L-DOPA consumption suggesting normalization of catecholamine metabolism. The data obtained suggest that normalization of sympathoadrenal system activity is one of important effects of the acupuncture therapy.