A study about some physicochemical parameters of Egbe reservoir was carried out from September 2005 to December 2006. The parameters include mean temperature, pH, conductivity, alkalinity, TSS, TDS, DO and BOD which h...A study about some physicochemical parameters of Egbe reservoir was carried out from September 2005 to December 2006. The parameters include mean temperature, pH, conductivity, alkalinity, TSS, TDS, DO and BOD which have values of 28.7±0.9 ℃ ; 8.3±0.3; 831±172.5 μS/cm; 165.4±18.3 mg/L; 0.06±0.1 mg/L; 0.4±0.6 mg/L; 7.8±2.4 mg/L and 5.2±1.6mg/L, respectively. Temperature and pH were measured in the field using mercury-in-glass thermometer calibrated in degrees Celsius and pH meter, respectively. TSS and TDS were measured by grayimetric methods, while alkalinity was measured titrimetrically and DO and BOD were measured by Winkler＇s method. For the nutrients, nitrate was measured color±metrically, phosphate by Stannous Chloride method and sulphate by turbidimetric method. Mean concentration of nitrate, phosphate, and sulphate were 15.6±8.6 rag/L; 42.5±19.4 mg/L and 72.3±14.7 mg/L respectively. Nowadays, eutrophication of natural waters is one of the most significant causes of deterioration of water quality, and nitrates and phosphates are probably the key nutrients in controlling the growth of aquatic plants. Though the mean concentration of nitrates and phosphates in the reservoir water were within the acceptable limit, yet their concentrations in some locations of reservoir were high enough to encourage the growth of aquatic macrophytes which would increase productivities. Hence, it is necessary to check their further increase, and periodic monitoring and preventive measures must be adopted to save the reservoir from eutrophication.展开更多
Objective:To confirm the therapeutic efficacy of the ginkgo biloba extract EGb761 on ischemic stroke and elucidate its underlying mechanism.Methods:Male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into three groups:sham,model,an...Objective:To confirm the therapeutic efficacy of the ginkgo biloba extract EGb761 on ischemic stroke and elucidate its underlying mechanism.Methods:Male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into three groups:sham,model,and EGb761(ginkgo biloba extract).Ischemic stroke was then simulated in rats via embolic middle cerebral artery occlusion surgery,with the extract administered half an hour before surgery.Neurological deficit scores,infarct volume,cerebral edema rate,and inflammatory factors served as the primary metrics for drug efficacy.Serum metabolites were analyzed using 1H-nuclear magnetic resonance to elucidate the operative mechanism.Results:Treatment with the ginkgo biloba extract EGb761 significantly ameliorated the neurological deficit scores(P=.0343),diminished the cerebral infarct volume(P=.0001)and cerebral edema rate(P=.0030),and alleviated neuroinflammation(all P<.05)in middle cerebral artery occlusion rats.In addition,it significantly altered the contents of various metabolites,such as 2-hydroxybutyrate,isoleucine,isopropanol,isobutyric acid,N6-acetyllysine,glutamate,glutamine,methionine,and N,Ndimethylglycine(all P<.05).Enrichment analysis of the differential metabolites indicated that EGb761 may be involved in the regulation of amino acid metabolism,betaine metabolism,glucose-alanine cycle,Warburg effect,and urea cycle.Conclusion:The ginkgo biloba extract EGb761 demonstrates anti-ischemic stroke effect on ischemic stroke model rats by regulating amino acids and amino acid derivatives,such as isoleucine,N6-acetyllysine,glutamate,methionine,and N,N-dimethylglycine.展开更多
文摘A study about some physicochemical parameters of Egbe reservoir was carried out from September 2005 to December 2006. The parameters include mean temperature, pH, conductivity, alkalinity, TSS, TDS, DO and BOD which have values of 28.7±0.9 ℃ ; 8.3±0.3; 831±172.5 μS/cm; 165.4±18.3 mg/L; 0.06±0.1 mg/L; 0.4±0.6 mg/L; 7.8±2.4 mg/L and 5.2±1.6mg/L, respectively. Temperature and pH were measured in the field using mercury-in-glass thermometer calibrated in degrees Celsius and pH meter, respectively. TSS and TDS were measured by grayimetric methods, while alkalinity was measured titrimetrically and DO and BOD were measured by Winkler＇s method. For the nutrients, nitrate was measured color±metrically, phosphate by Stannous Chloride method and sulphate by turbidimetric method. Mean concentration of nitrate, phosphate, and sulphate were 15.6±8.6 rag/L; 42.5±19.4 mg/L and 72.3±14.7 mg/L respectively. Nowadays, eutrophication of natural waters is one of the most significant causes of deterioration of water quality, and nitrates and phosphates are probably the key nutrients in controlling the growth of aquatic plants. Though the mean concentration of nitrates and phosphates in the reservoir water were within the acceptable limit, yet their concentrations in some locations of reservoir were high enough to encourage the growth of aquatic macrophytes which would increase productivities. Hence, it is necessary to check their further increase, and periodic monitoring and preventive measures must be adopted to save the reservoir from eutrophication.
基金supported by the Youth Science Fund Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(82104440).
文摘Objective:To confirm the therapeutic efficacy of the ginkgo biloba extract EGb761 on ischemic stroke and elucidate its underlying mechanism.Methods:Male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into three groups:sham,model,and EGb761(ginkgo biloba extract).Ischemic stroke was then simulated in rats via embolic middle cerebral artery occlusion surgery,with the extract administered half an hour before surgery.Neurological deficit scores,infarct volume,cerebral edema rate,and inflammatory factors served as the primary metrics for drug efficacy.Serum metabolites were analyzed using 1H-nuclear magnetic resonance to elucidate the operative mechanism.Results:Treatment with the ginkgo biloba extract EGb761 significantly ameliorated the neurological deficit scores(P=.0343),diminished the cerebral infarct volume(P=.0001)and cerebral edema rate(P=.0030),and alleviated neuroinflammation(all P<.05)in middle cerebral artery occlusion rats.In addition,it significantly altered the contents of various metabolites,such as 2-hydroxybutyrate,isoleucine,isopropanol,isobutyric acid,N6-acetyllysine,glutamate,glutamine,methionine,and N,Ndimethylglycine(all P<.05).Enrichment analysis of the differential metabolites indicated that EGb761 may be involved in the regulation of amino acid metabolism,betaine metabolism,glucose-alanine cycle,Warburg effect,and urea cycle.Conclusion:The ginkgo biloba extract EGb761 demonstrates anti-ischemic stroke effect on ischemic stroke model rats by regulating amino acids and amino acid derivatives,such as isoleucine,N6-acetyllysine,glutamate,methionine,and N,N-dimethylglycine.
