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Objective: To examine the antifungal effect of different extract of Dryopteris fragrans (L.) Schott. in vitro, and screen the effective fraction from those extracts., Methods: Separated the Dryopteris fragrans extract and got four parts by refluxing extraction,and determined the contents of total phloroglucinol. Disc agar diffusion method and solid agar dilution method were used to determine inhibitory effect. Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimal fungicidal concentration (MFC) of different parts of Dryopteris fragrans extract against four strains of common clinical dermatophytes were investigated., Results: The data showed that the contents sequence of total phloroglucinol was in the following order: 95% -ethanol extract > water extract > diethyl ether extract > petroleum ether extract, and the antimicrobial activities against the four dermatophytes were as following order: 95% -ethanol extract > water extract > di-ethyl ether extract > petroleum ether extract., Conclusion: The contents of total phloroglucinol in 95% -ethanol extract of Dryopteris fragrans is the highest, and the antifungal activity against dermatophytes in vitro is the strongest. The effective fraction of Dryopteris fragrans is the 95%-ethanol extract.

Objective: To study the effect of HGD on diabetic cardiomyopathy and its mechanism., Methods: The T2-DM rats model was established by combining high fat diet with STZ. The blood glucose, insulin, myocardial fibrosis and TGF-beta1/Smad3 signaling pathway were observed; TGF-beta1 and Smad3 mRNA expression were detected by RT-PCR method, protein expression detected by immunohistochemical method., Results: HGD obviously reduced fasting blood glucose, insulin, improved insulin resistance, reduced myocardial hydroxyproline contents, lowered cardiac index, significantly inhibited over-expression of TGF-beta1/SMAD3 mRNA and protein in diabetic rats cardiac., Conclusion: HGD can obviously prevent experimental diabetic myocardial fibrosis through the regulation effect on TGFbeta1/Smad3 signaling pathway.

Objective: To observe the effect of fufang zhenzhu tiaozhi capsule (FTZ) on lipid metabolism in atherosclerotic rabbits., Methods: 50 rabbits were divided into five groups: normal control group, model group, simvastatin group, the high-dose group and low-dose group of FTZ. The atherosclerotic model was established by feeding the rabbits with high fat diet. The medicine interfered groups were administrated with homologous medicine on the base of high fat diet. All the rabbits were fed for 12 weeks. The blood lipids levels were determined just before the experiment and at the forth, the eighth and the twelfth weekend of the experiment. At the end of the experiment, serum apolipoprotein levels, liver lipid contents and the area of atherosclerotic plaque were determined respectively., Results: Compared with model group, TC, TG, LDL-C and ApoB levels were significantly decreased in FTZ groups (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01). The level of HDL-C and the ratio of ApoA I /ApoB were raised significantly (P < 0.05). The contents of TC,TG in liver tissue and the area percentage of atherosclerotic plaque were also markedly reduced (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01) in the FTZ groups., Conclusion: FTZ could efficiently regulate the abnormality of lipid metabolism in experimental atherosclerotic rabbits, and this maybe one mamechanisms of its antiatherogenic effect.

Objective: To investigate the anti-hypoxia active fraction of Xiangdan injection., Methods: The anti-hypoxia experiment under normal pressure with mice was adopted on the basis of orthogonal design, and a support vector machine model was established for pharmacodynamics prediction of TCM prescriptions. Moreover, the anti-hypoxia active fraction of Xiangdan injection was determined by experimental confirmation., Results: The prediction model established in this study could predict the drug actions of different formulas., Conclusion: As indicated in model prediction and experimental confirmation, the pharmacodynamic actions of several formulas are superior to that of the original formula, and ADE has the best effect.