Effects of delmadinone acetate on pituitary-adrenal function, glucose tolerance and growth hormone in male dogs

Objective To characterise the effects of delmadinone acetate on the pituitary-adrenal axis, glucose tolerance and growth hormone concentration in normal male dogs and dogs with benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Design A prospective study involving nine normal male dogs and seven with prostatic hyperplasia.
Procedure Delmadinone acetate was administered to six normal male dogs and seven dogs with benign prostatic hyperplasia at recommended dose rates (1.5 mg/kg subcuta-neously at 0, 1 and 4 weeks). Three normal controls received saline at the same intervals. Blood concentrations of ACTH, cortisol, glucose, insulin and growth hormone were measured over 50 days. Intravenous glucose tolerance and ACTH response tests were performed before and after treatment in the nine normal animals.
Results A substantial suppression of basal and 2 h post-ACTH plasma cortisol secretion was demonstrated after one dose in all dogs given delmadinone acetate. Individual responses after the second and third administration varied between recovery in adrenal responsiveness to continued suppression. Plasma ACTH concentration was also diminished after one treatment. No effects were evident on glucose tolerance or serum growth hormone concentrations.
Conclusion Delmadinone acetate causes adrenal suppression from inhibition of release of ACTH from the pituitary gland. Treated dogs may be at risk of developing signs of glucocorticoid insufficiency if subjected to stressful events during or after therapy. Neither glucose intolerance nor hyper-somatotropism seems likely in male dogs given delmadinone acetate at the recommended dose rate, but the potential for excessive growth hormone secretion in treated bitches remains undetermined.     

乙酸浓度对奶牛乳腺上皮细胞甘油三酯含量及瘦素和过氧化物酶增殖物激活受体γ基因表达量的影响

本试验旨在研究乙酸浓度对奶牛乳腺上皮细胞甘油三酯(TAG)含量及瘦素(leptin)和过氧化物酶增殖物激活受体γ(PPARγ)基因表达量的影响。将传至第3代的奶牛乳腺上皮细胞以适宜的密度培养48 h后,随机分为6个处理,各处理分别采用乙酸浓度为0(对照组)、4、6、8、10和12 mmol/L的培养液。置于37℃5%CO2培养箱继续培养48 h。收集细胞,观测脂滴形成状况,测定TAG含量及leptin和PPARγ基因表达量。结果表明:随乙酸浓度的增加,培养的奶牛脂肪前体细胞脂滴形成增多;随乙酸浓度的增加,TAG含量和PPARγ基因表达量均呈显著的线性或二次曲线增加(P<0.05),且以乙酸浓度为10和12 mmol/L时效果较好;一定浓度的乙酸可上调leptin基因表达量,尤以浓度为8、10 mmol/L时上调作用较好。结果提示,乙酸对奶牛乳腺上皮细胞内脂滴的形成、TAG的积累、leptin和PPARγ基因的表达有显著的促进作用。本试验条件下,乙酸浓度为10～12 mmol/L时能较好地促进PPARγ基因的表达,浓度为8～10 mmol/L时能较好地促进leptin基因的表达。     

乙酸龙脑酯标准样品的制备和定值研究

研究了乙酸龙脑酯标准样品的制备、均匀性和稳定性及其定值方法。乙酸龙脑酯标准样品的制备采用高纯度天然龙脑的乙酰化法,乙酸龙脑酯标准样品的含量测定采用气相色谱面积归一化法,制备得到的乙酸龙脑酯标准样品通过了均匀性检验,且至少在24个月内是稳定的。乙酸龙脑酯标准样品的多实验室联合定值结果表示为:乙酸龙脑酯含量的标准值99.93%;标准不确定度0.08%;扩展不确定度(95%置信率)0.16%。     

纳米级固体超强酸SO4^2-／ZrO2催化合成乙酸芳樟酯的研究

首次采用纳米级固体超强酸SO4^2-/ZrO2为催化剂合成乙酸芳樟酯，考察了催化剂用量、反应温度、反应时间、乙酐与芳樟醇摩尔比(酐醇比)等因素对反应的影响。结果表明，反应温度30℃、反应时间6．5h、催化剂用量为原料质量的2．5％、酐醇比为2．5：1时，芳樟醇转化率为93．2％，产物中乙酸芳樟酯含量为53．78％，总酯含量为76．89％。通过与其它催化剂对比发现，本实验反应时间较短，催化剂可重复使用，有较好的应用潜力。     

Effects of dietary vitamin E level on growth and tissue lipid peroxidation of soft-shelled turtle, Pelodiscus sinensis (Wiegmann)

A feeding trial was conducted to determine the effect of dietary vitamin E supplementation on growth, liver lipid peroxidation and liver and muscle vitamin E level of soft‐shelled turtle, Pelodiscus sinensis. Eight experimental diets analysed to contain 0–457 IU vitamin E kg^?1 were fed to juvenile soft‐shelled turtle of 4.8 g initial body weight for 12 weeks. Weight gain (WG) of the turtles fed the diet containing no vitamin E was significantly lower than those fed diets containing 83–457 IU vitamin E kg^?1 (P<0.05). Feed conversion ratio and protein efficiency ratio showed similar trends to that of WG. No significant difference (P>0.05) was found in whole‐body composition among turtles fed the different diets. Dietary vitamin E requirement using WG as the response and estimated using the broken‐line regression model is approximately 88 IU kg^?1. Liver and muscle vitamin E content increased when dietary vitamin E level increased. Ascorbate‐induced lipid peroxidation in liver tissue of turtles fed diets containing 0 and 17 IU vitamin E kg^?1 was significantly (P<0.05) greater than those fed diets containing high vitamin E (≥35 IU kg^?1).     

腰果酚基增塑剂对乙酰木粉复合材料的性能影响(英文)

利用熔融挤出-注塑的方法制得乙酰化木粉(AWF)/低密度聚乙烯(LDPE)复合材料,在制备过程中分别将腰果酚基乙酸酯(CA)和环氧腰果酚基乙酸酯(ECA)增塑剂添加到复合材料中。对复合材料的力学性能、吸水率、表面能、增塑剂热迁移和热机械性能(TMA)进行了研究。结果表明:随着增塑剂含量的增加,材料的力学性能不断下降,但整体而言由CA制备的复合材料的力学强度相比更高;吸水率测试显示材料的疏水性能在增塑剂质量分数为5%时差别不大,但添加量为15%时由CA制备的材料具有更好的疏水性;接触角测试也验证了其界面极性最小。在85℃及100 min内ECA的热迁移常数(4.35×10-4)相比CA的(5.48×10-4)要小,同时随着时间延长至3 700 min时ECA在材料中的保留更好。TMA结果显示随着温度的增大材料的膨胀加剧,加入15%的ECA的复合材料在高温段的线膨胀系数(3 758μm/(m·℃))要明显高于对应的加入CA的材料的线膨胀系数(3 182μm/(m·℃))。     

有机改性硅藻土对聚乙酸乙烯酯乳液吸附性能及其动力学的研究

以木质素阳离子表面活性剂为改性剂制备有机改性硅藻土,并研究其对溶解和胶体性物质(DCS)模型物聚乙酸乙烯酯(PVAc)的吸附效果。主要探讨了PVAc质量浓度、吸附时间、吸附温度对吸附效果的影响,并在此基础上进一步推算得到了吸附过程的动力学和热力学参数:动力学模型相关系数R2均高于0.99;热力学参数ΔS=-61.39 J/mol,ΔH=-12.03 KJ/mol。实验发现,有机改性硅藻土对PVAc有良好的吸附效果,符合Langmuir吸附模型,升高温度可以增强PVAc在有机硅藻土上的吸附性能,对吸附过程的进行有促进作用;该吸附过程符合伪二阶动力学模型,属于物理吸附过程。     

橘皮素的结构改造及应用研究

通过磺酸化、卤化、酯化、乙酰化等途径对橘皮素进行结构改造后得到８种新衍生物：橘皮素磺酸取代物－１、橘皮素磺酸取代物－２、橘皮素溴取代物－１、橘皮素溴取代物－２、橘皮素碳酸酯、橘皮素甲基酮－１、橘皮素甲基酮－２、橘皮素乙酰酯。并对这８种衍生物进行了离体兔耳痒螨药效筛选试验。结果除磺酸取代物－１无杀螨作用外，另７种都具有较强的杀螨作用，其中橘皮素乙酰酯作用最强，将橘皮素乙酰酯制成乳浊液作药效试验。在０     

Cellulose acetate electrophoresis of canine plasma after fibrinogen precipitation by ethanol

Background: In routine canine medicine, anticoagulated blood is often the only sample sent to laboratories for diagnostic purposes. This hampers the interpretation of protein electrophoretic tracings because plasma contains fibrinogen, which migrates in the β–γ region. In human medicine, fibrinogen can be precipitated from plasma using ethanol. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess ethanol precipitation as a method for removing fibrinogen from canine plasma so as to facilitate the interpretation of electorphoresis results. Methods: Blood samples collected from 40 dogs were divided into plain tubes and tubes containing EDTA (n=20) or lithium–heparin (n=20). An aliquot of plasma from each sample was incubated with ethanol at a final concentration of 100 mL/L. Cellulose acetate electrophoresis was then performed on serum, plasma, and plasma treated with ethanol. To verify the efficiency of ethanol treatment, fibrinogen was added to 5 canine serum samples at final concentrations of 2.5, 5.0, and 10.0 g/L, and electrophoresis was performed before and after ethanol treatment. Results: Visual analysis of electrophoretograms from ethanol‐treated samples confirmed the disappearance of the fibrinogen peak from the β₂‐globulin region. Treatment with ethanol caused a significant decrease in the percentage of β₂‐globulins and a significant increase in the percentage of α₂‐globulins. Absolute values of most electrophoretic fractions were significantly decreased in ethanol‐treated plasma compared with serum. Conclusions: Ethanol treatment successfully removed fibrinogen from canine plasma and normalized electrophoretic profiles, but probably also precipitated proteins other than fibrinogen. Ethanol treatment is recommended to facilitate visual identification of abnormal monoclonal peaks, but not for determining absolute protein concentrations in electrophoretic fractions.     

Effects of organic solvents on denitrification in soil

Summary Although organic solvents such as methanol and ethanol have been shown to act as energy sources for denitrifying microorganisms, no studies on the influence of organic solvents on denitrification in soil have been reported. Organic solvents have been used as an aid in the application of pesticides and other agricultural chemicals to soil, in studying the effects of these chemicals on denitrification in soil. During these applications, the soil is often aerated or heated to remove the solvent while leaving the chemical in the soil. The work reported here shows that treating soils with methanol, ethanol, or acetone had a very marked effect on their denitrifying ability, even when the soils were aerated thoroughly or heated at 50°C to remove these solvents. This indicates either that it is not possible to effect complete removal of organic solvents from soils by aeration or heating or that organic solvents promote denitrification by solubilizing a fraction of soil organic matter that is not available to denitrifying microorganisms before the addition of these solvents. Experiments using phenylmercuric acetate (a herbicide and nitrification inhibitor) showed that although this compound had a marked inhibitory effect on denitrification when added to soil in methanol, ethanol, or acetone, it had no inhibitory effect on denitrification when added to soil in water. The work reported shows that the use of an organic solvent in adding an agricultural chemical to soil can lead to erroneous conclusions in studies on the effects of the chemical on soil denitrification.