简介：Thymoquinone(TQ),anactivecomponentderivedfromthemedialplantNigellasativa,hasbeenusedformedicalpurposesformorethan2000years.RecentstudieshavereportedthatTQblockedangiogenesisinanimalmodelandreducedmigration,adhesion,andinvasionofglioblastomacells.WehaverecentlyshownthatTQcouldexhibitapotentcytotoxiceffectandinduceapoptosisinmouseneuroblastoma(Neuro-2a)cells.Inthepresentstudy,TQtreatmentmarkedlydecreasedtheadhesionandmigrationofNeuro-2acells.TQdown-regulatedMMP-2andMMP-9proteinexpressionandmRNAlevelsandtheiractivities.Furthermore,TQsignificantlydown-regulatedtheproteinexpressionoftranscriptionfactorNF-κB(p65)butnotsignificantlyalteredtheexpressionofN-Myc.Takentogether,ourdataindicatedthatTQ'sinhibitoryeffectonthemigrationofNeuro-2acellswasmediatedthroughthesuppressionofMMP-2andMMP-9expression,suggestingthatTQtreatmentcanbeapromisingtherapeuticstrategyforhumanmalignantneuroblastoma.

简介：MarinesedimentsampleswerecollectedfromthecoastalareasofSouthernIndia,particularlyinKanyakumariDistrict.Twenty-eightdifferentfungalstrainswereisolated.Thescreeningoffungifrommarinesedimentwasdonetoisolateapotentfungusthatcanproducebioactivecompoundsforbiomedicalapplications.OnlythreestrainsvizTrichodermagamsiiSP4,TalaromycesflavusSP5andAspergillusoryzaeSP6werescreenedforfurtherstudies.Theintracellularbioactivecompoundswereextractedusingsolventextractionmethod.Thecrudeextractsweretestedforitsanti-microbialandanti-cancerpropertiesandanalyticallycharacterizedusingGasChromatographyMassSpectrometry(GC-MS).Allthethreeextractswereactive,buttheextractfromT.flavusSP5wasfoundtobemoreactiveagainstvarioushumanpathogens,viz.,PseudomonasaeruginosaATCC27853(17.8±0.1),EscherichiacoliATCC52922(18.3±0.3),andCandidatropicalisATCC750(17.7±0.4).ItalsoexhibitedcytotoxicactivityagainstHEp2carcinomacelllinewiththeLC_(50)valueof25.7μg·mL~(-1).TheGC-MSdatarevealedthepresenceofeffectivebioactivecompounds.TheseresultsrevealedthattheextractfromisolatedfungusT.flavusSP5actedasapotentantimicrobial,antifungal,andanticanceragent,providingbasicinformationonthepotencyofmarinefungitowardsbiomedicalapplications;furtherinvestigationmayleadtothedevelopmentofnovelanticancerdrugs.

简介：目的：测定左归饮中马钱苷和5-羟甲基糠醛2种化学成分的含量。方法：采用高相液相色谱法，以C18柱为色谱柱，流动相为乙腈-水，梯度洗脱；流速为1．0mL·min-1；柱温为30℃；检测波长为250nm。结果：左归饮中的马钱苷和5-羟甲基糠醛分别在0．51～4．08μg（r=0．9998）、0．26—2．04μg（r=0．9998）与峰面积呈良好线性关系，平均加样回收率分别为101．24％（RSD=1．40％）和99．72％（RSD=1．10％）。结论：该法准确可靠、重复性好，可作为同时测定左归饮中马钱苷和5一羟甲基糠醛含量的测定方法。