Unraveling the mystery of efficacy in Chinese medicine formula: New approaches and technologies for research on pharmacodynamic substances

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is the key to unlock treasures of Chinese civilization. TCM and its compound play a beneficial role in medical activities to cure diseases, especially in major public health events such as novel coronavirus epidemics across the globe. The chemical composition in Chinese medicine formula is complex and diverse, but their effective substances resemble “mystery boxes”. Revealing their active ingredients and their mechanisms of action has become focal point and difficulty of research for herbalists. Although the existing research methods are numerous and constantly updated iteratively, there is remain a lack of prospective reviews. Hence, this paper provides a comprehensive account of existing new approaches and technologies based on previous studies with an in vitro to in vivo perspective. In addition, the bottlenecks of studies on Chinese medicine formula effective substances are also revealed. Especially, we look ahead to new perspectives, technologies and applications for its future development. This work reviews based on new perspectives to open horizons for the future research. Consequently, herbal compounding pharmaceutical substances study should carry on the essence of TCM while pursuing innovations in the field.     

A strategy for synthesis of polymer-protective bimetallic colloids

A strategy for the synthesis of polymer-protective bimetallic sols is proposed which has the advantage of the strong protective effect of the polymer agent on one of the composites to stabilize the bimetallic colloidal particles. This strategy is certified to be useful to the predication of the formation of stable bimetallic colloids protected by polymer and to the control of the particle size to a certain extent. A series of new PVP-protective bimetallic colloidal dispersions containing noble metal element (Pt, Rh, Pd), light transition metal element (Co, Fe), and boron are obtained from the corresponding salts by the methods of reduction by stage and coreduction, using the NaBH4 as reductant. The TEM, XRD and EPMA measurements indicate the formation of bimetallic colloids. An interesting kind of coil aggregation is observed in the systems of PVP-Pt-Co and PVP-Rh-Co prepared by the method of reduction by stage.     

Two-dimensional commensurate soliton structures

A phase diagram of pinned soliton structures in two dimensions has been found for a repulsive interactionU(x) between solitons withU(x)>0. The critical fugacity of the commensurate soliton structure is shown to be proportional toU(l), wherel is the period of this structure.     

Open-access liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry in a drug discovery environment

The use of open-access mass spectrometry to monitor synthetic chemistry reactions, and also the integrity and purity of new chemical entities, has been a part of the medicinal chemist's tool-box for more than 5 years. Originally in our group at Wyeth Research there were two open-access methods available to the chemists, flow injection analysis (FIA) and liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS). The FIA method was approximately 3 min long, while the LC/MS method was approximately 20 min long (including an 8 min gradient). Within the first 2 years, the total number of open-access analyses increased by approximately 125%. It is interesting, however, that the number of LC/MS analyses increased by more than 285%. This is attributed to the fact that the chemists began using the LC/MS data to monitor reactions and also to check final product integrity and purity. In addition, the number of chemists performing parallel synthesis reactions has increased; thus, individual chemists can produce sample sets of up to 100 vials. This paper describes the implementation of new methodology, which accommodates the need for much faster run times and also the ability to acquire alternating positive and negative ion spectra within the same run. In addition, the instrument has been configured to e-mail the resulting processed data report to the submitting chemist. Several methods have been developed, including structure elucidation using in-source collision-induced dissociation (CID) and night-time analysis. The LC/MS methods for this system are described herein and are applicable to both industrial and academic synthetic chemistry optimization efforts.     

INTRAPARTICLE DIFFUSION EFFECTS IN FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS Ⅰ. MODELING OF DIFFUSION AND REACTION

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A Study of the Hydration of Lime-Pozzolan Binders

DTA/TG and TG/DTG thermal studies and XRD investigations were carried out on pastes of lime-pozzolan binders to examine the relative hydration process. The binders were prepared with two natural pozzolans and hydrated lime, mixed together in different proportions. The main hydrated phases formed in the pastes are calcium silicate hydrate (CSH) and mono-carboaluminate. The growth of CSH was greater for the paste of the pozzolan richer in reactive constituents. For pastes with a higher lime/pozzolan ratio, a slowing of the formation of CSH was observed, while the formation of monocarboaluminate was more intense. The calcium hydroxide contents of the pastes obtained by thermogravimetric analysis made it possible to determine the pozzolanic activities of the two pozzolans under examination. The mortars for the various lime-pozzolan binders displayed characteristic hardening. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Reactivity of the 1,2-Diphenytethyl Radical in a Solvent Cage

The 1,2-diphcnylethyl radical and derivatives were generated from photolysis of tran-f-stilbene and its derivatives 1–13 with secondary amines as quenchers. The 1,2-diphenylelhyl radicals that escaped from the solvent cage were trapped by 2-methyl-2-nitrosopropane (MNP) and were detected by the HPLCEPR method. The yield of the spin adduct is greater for tertiary amines. The smaller yields of the spin adduct formed from secondary amines are ascribed to greater reactivities of the 1,2-diphenylethyl and dialkylamino radicals within the solvent cage.     

室温CO催化氧化反应动力学的研究

本文采用无梯度反应器,考察了纳米金催化剂以及其它商品化的催化CO氧化催化剂,在不同CO浓度下催化CO氧化反应的转化率和反应速率,证明在CO初始浓度从ppm到pct数量级范围内,纳米金催化剂具有最好的催化CO室温转化的能力.     

Thermal behaviour of advanced composite materials based on SiC fibres

Emanation thermal analysis (ETA) was used for characterization of thermal behaviour of SiC_f/SiC composites on heating in argon and air, respectively. Effect of gas environment (argon, air) and helium ions implantation on the microstructure development of the SiC_f/SiC composite prepared by chemical vapour infiltration (CVI) from Nicalon CG fibres was investigated under in situ conditions of heating. The annealing of near surface structure irregularities was observed in the range 280-700°C and evaluated by means of the mathematical model, assuming that the structure irregularities served as diffusion paths for radon. The ETA reflected the formation of amorphous silica and its subsequent crystallization to crystoballite. Morphology of the SiC_f/SiC samples before and after the heat treatments was characterized by means of SEM. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Influence of Pretreatment Conditions on Methane Aromatization Performance of Mo／HZSM—5 and Mo—Cu／HZSM—5 Catalysts

Mo/HZSM-5 is a good catalyst for methane aromatization, and the reaction performance of Mo/HZSM-5 and Cu modified Mo/HZSM-5 catalysts under various pretreatment conditions has been studied. The results indicate that the catalyst presented a distinguished catalytic activity, benzene selectivity and a high stability when the bed temperature was raised in N2 atmosphere.