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Zuo G, Chen M, Zuo Y, Liu F, Yang Y, Li J, Zhou X, Li M, Huang JA, Liu Z, Lin Y. Tea Polyphenol Epigallocatechin Gallate Protects Against Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Associated Endotoxemia in Rats via Modulating Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis and Alleviating Intestinal Barrier Dysfunction and Related Inflammation. J Agric Food Chem 2024. [PMID: 38607257 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c04832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/13/2024]
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is characterized by fat accumulation and inflammation. Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) has been proven to be effective against NAFLD, but its hepatoprotective mechanisms based on the "gut microbiota-barrier-liver axis" are still not fully understood. Herein, the results demonstrated that EGCG effectively ameliorated NAFLD phenotypes and metabolic disorders in rats fed a high-fat diet (HFD), and inhibited intestinal barrier dysfunction and inflammation, which is also supported in the experiment of Caco-2 cells. Moreover, EGCG could restore gut microbiota diversity and composition, particularly promoting beneficial microbes, including short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) producers, such as Lactobacillus, and suppressing Gram-negative bacteria, such as Desulfovibrio. The microbial modulation raised SCFA levels, decreased lipopolysaccharide levels, inhibited the TLR4/NF-κB pathway, and strengthened intestinal barrier function via Nrf2 pathway activation, thereby alleviating liver steatosis and inflammation. Spearman's correlation analysis showed that 24 key OTUs, negatively or positively associated with NAFLD and metabolic disorders, were also reshaped by EGCG. Our results suggested that a combinative improvement of EGCG on gut microbiota dysbiosis, intestinal barrier dysfunction, and inflammation might be a potential therapeutic target for NAFLD.
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- Gaolong Zuo
- Key Laboratory of Tea Science of Ministry of Education, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Tea Science of Ministry of Education, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, PR China
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- National Research Center of Engineering & Technology for Utilization of Botanical Functional Ingredients, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Tea Science of Ministry of Education, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, PR China
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- National Research Center of Engineering & Technology for Utilization of Botanical Functional Ingredients, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, PR China
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- Co-Innovation Centre of Education Ministry for Utilization of Botanical Functional Ingredients, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Tea Science of Ministry of Education, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Tea Science of Ministry of Education, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Tea Science of Ministry of Education, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, PR China
- National Research Center of Engineering & Technology for Utilization of Botanical Functional Ingredients, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Tea Science of Ministry of Education, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, PR China
- National Research Center of Engineering & Technology for Utilization of Botanical Functional Ingredients, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, PR China
- Co-Innovation Centre of Education Ministry for Utilization of Botanical Functional Ingredients, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Tea Science of Ministry of Education, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, PR China
- National Research Center of Engineering & Technology for Utilization of Botanical Functional Ingredients, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, PR China
- Co-Innovation Centre of Education Ministry for Utilization of Botanical Functional Ingredients, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, PR China
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Fumagalli S, Haugaa KH, Potpara TS, Pieragnoli P, Ricciardi G, Rasero L, Solimene F, Mascia G, Mascioli G, Zuo G, Lenarczyk R, Dagres N. P3212The effect of age on quality of life in patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices. The results of an EHRA Scientific Initiatives Committee multinational survey in Italian patients. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy563.p3212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- S Fumagalli
- Careggi University Hospital (AOUC), Geriatric Intensive Care Unit, Florence, Italy
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- Careggi University Hospital (AOUC), Department of Electrophysiology, Florence, Italy
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- Careggi University Hospital (AOUC), Department of Electrophysiology, Florence, Italy
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- Careggi University Hospital (AOUC), School of Nursing, Florence, Italy
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- Montevergine Cardiology Clinic, Mercogliano, Italy
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- Montevergine Cardiology Clinic, Mercogliano, Italy
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- Clinical Institute Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo, Italy
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- Careggi University Hospital (AOUC), School of Nursing, Florence, Italy
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- Silesian Center for Heart Diseases (SCHD), Zabrze, Poland
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- Heart Center of Leipzig, Department of Electrophysiology, Leipzig, Germany
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Zuo G. How do Organizational Arrangements of the Pharmaceutical Supply System Affect Availability to Essential Medicines in Rural China? Value Health 2014; 17:A787-A788. [PMID: 27202934 DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2014.08.416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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- G Zuo
- Shandong University, Jinan, China
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Wang J, Zuo G, Li J, Guan T, Li C, Jiang R, Xie B, Lin X, Li F, Wang Y, Chen D. Induction of tumoricidal activity in mouse peritoneal macrophages by ginseng polysaccharide. Int J Biol Macromol 2010; 46:389-95. [PMID: 20156477 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2010.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2009] [Revised: 02/08/2010] [Accepted: 02/08/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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This study examined the effects of ginseng polysaccharide (GPS) on mouse peritoneal macrophage (PM)-mediated cytotoxicity towards K562, HL-60, or KG1alpha cells. GPS had no direct effect on killing of tumor cells. However, when mouse PMs were treated with GPS, cytotoxic activity against K562, HL-60, or KG1alpha cells was significantly induced. In addition, phagocytic activity was enhanced in GPS-treated mouse PMs compared to the control. The expressions of CD(68), ACP and alpha-ANE in mouse PMs were increased by the treatment with GPS. Moreover, the levels of cytokines, including tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-1 (IL-1), IL-6 were increased and the production of nitric oxide (NO) was enhanced. Taken together, these results suggest that GPS possess a potent antitumor activity by stimulating macrophage and a potentiality as an immunomodulator against diseases such as cancer.
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- J Wang
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Chongqing Medical University, Yuzhong District, China
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Chen D, Zuo G, Li C, Hu X, Guan T, Jiang R, Li J, Lin X, Li F, Luo C, Wang H, Lei C, Long X, Wang Y, Wang J. Total saponins of Panax ginseng (TSPG) promote erythroid differentiation of human CD34+ cells via EpoR-mediated JAK2/STAT5 signaling pathway. J Ethnopharmacol 2009; 126:215-220. [PMID: 19735711 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.08.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2009] [Revised: 08/27/2009] [Accepted: 08/30/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Total saponins of Panax ginseng (TSPG), main constituents extracted from Panax ginseng, a highly valued traditional Chinese medicine, have been shown to be an effective agent on hematopoiesis. OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect and mechanism underlying in which TSPG promote human CD34(+) hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells to differentiate into erythroid-lineage cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS The effect of TSPG on erythroid differentiation of purified CD34(+) cells derived from umbilical cord blood (UCB) was determined by methylcellulose assay system and colorimetry for hemoglobin content. The changes of EpoR expression in umbilical cord blood mononuclear cells (UCB-MNCs) and purified CD34(+) cells were detected with Western blotting and flow cytometry, respectively, and observed under laser scanning confocal microscope (LSCM). RT-PCR was performed to examine EpoR mRNA expression in CD34(+) cells. The effects of TSPG-pretreatment on Epo-induced JAK(2) and STAT(5) tyrosine phosphorylation were analyzed by immunoprecipitation. RESULTS The addition of TSPG (20-70 mg/L) increased the colony formation rate of BFU-E. TSPG (50 mg/L) alone used significantly increased the hemoglobin content, the addition of AG490 evidently reduced TSPG-induced elevation of hemoglobin content. TSPG increased the expression of EpoR on the surface membrane of CD34(+) cells but did not change the expression of EpoR in total UCB-MNCs. TSPG also increased the expression of EpoR mRNA in CD34(+) cells. TSPG markedly enhanced Epo-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of JAK(2) and STAT(5) in UCB-MNCs. CONCLUSION These findings suggest that TSPG may enhance the erythroid differentiation of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells via Epo/EpoR-mediated JAK(2)/STAT(5) signaling pathway.
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- D Chen
- Laboratory of Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering, Department of Histology and Embryology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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Zuo G, Roberts DJ, Lehman SG, Jackson GW, Fox GE, Willson RC. Molecular assessment of salt-tolerant, perchlorate- and nitrate-reducing microbial cultures. Water Sci Technol 2009; 60:1745-1756. [PMID: 19809137 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The microbial ecology of enrichment cultures adapted to the removal of perchlorate and nitrate from high salt solutions and ion-exchange brines was examined over a period of four years using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and total DNA extraction with cloning and in each case partial sequencing of the 16S rDNA genes. The cultures studied were a result of enrichment from marine sediment inoculum initiated in 2001. The resulting enrichment cultures were fed perchlorate, or perchlorate and nitrate, in a 3% (w/v) NaCl defined medium or ion-exchange brines (5.6% NaCl) containing perchlorate and nitrate with acetate as the electron donor. All of the sequences' closest matches in the NCBI GenBank database were to marine or salt-tolerant organisms. Strains belonging to the genera Halomonas or Marinobacter were found to dominate in cultures that were fed nitrate in addition to perchlorate, but were effectively absent from cultures fed perchlorate alone. The cultures fed perchlorate as the sole electron acceptor were relatively diverse with the dominant sequences belonging to the genera Dechloromarinus and Denitromonas. A study examining the effects of growing the cultures on different electron acceptors to the cultures revealed that Denitromonas may be more dominant than Dechloromarinus as the salt-tolerant, perchlorate-reducing organism.
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- G Zuo
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-4003, USA.
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Patel A, Zuo G, Lehman SG, Badruzzaman M, Clifford DA, Roberts DJ. Fluidized bed reactor for the biological treatment of ion-exchange brine containing perchlorate and nitrate. Water Res 2008; 42:4291-4298. [PMID: 18718630 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2008] [Revised: 07/07/2008] [Accepted: 07/10/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The removal of perchlorate and nitrate from contaminated drinking water using regenerable ion-exchange processes produces a high salt brine (3-10% NaCl) laden with high concentrations of perchlorate and nitrate. This bench-scale research describes the operation of acetate-fed granular activated carbon (GAC) based fluidized bed reactors (FBR) for perchlorate-only, and combined nitrate and perchlorate removal from synthetic brine (6% NaCl). The GAC was inoculated with a salt-tolerant culture developed by the authors and used previously in batch systems. An FBR was an effective design for perchlorate reduction and exhibited first-order degradation kinetics with respect to perchlorate concentrations. Nitrate was also removed by the organisms in the column and had no negative effects on the removal of perchlorate using the FBR design. However, at higher concentrations of nitrate the FBR was more difficult to operate due to loss of carbon and biomass from the formation of nitrogen bubbles and the high recycle flow rates needed.
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- A Patel
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-4003, United States
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Xu J, Jiao P, Zuo G, Jin S. Electron impact mass spectral fragmentation of 2a,4-disubstituted 2-chloro/2,2-dichloro-2,2a,3,4-tetrahydro-1H-azeto[2,1-d][1,5]benzothia zepin-1-ones. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 2000; 14:637-640. [PMID: 10786899 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0231(20000430)14:8<637::aid-rcm924>3.0.co;2-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The mass spectrometric behaviour of nine 2a,4-disubstituted 2-chloro/2,2-dichloro-2,2a,3,4-tetrahydro-1H-azeto[2,1-d][1,5]b enzothiazepin-1-ones has been studied with the aid of mass-analysed ion kinetic energy spectrometry and accurate mass measurements under electron impact ionization. All compounds show a tendency to eliminate a neutral chlorine atom, or a chloroketene, or neutral propene, or styrene or substituted styrene molecule, plus Cl and/or H (or Cl) atom(s), to yield [M-Cl]+ ions, 2,3-dihydro-1,5-benzothiazepine derivative ions, 4,5-dihydro-5H-1,5-benzothiazepin-4-one ions which can further lose CO to give 1,4-benzothiazine ions. Both molecular ions and [M-Cl]+ ions show a tendency to eliminate an ethyl or benzyl/substituted benzyl radical to produce 2,2a-dihydro-1H-azeto[2,1-c][1,4]benzothiazin-1-one ions. The [M-Cl]+ ions could undergo rearrangement to yield 2,2a-dihydro-1H-azeto[2,1-d][1,5]benzothiazepin-1-one ions, 2,2a,3,4-tetrahydro-1H-azeto[1,2-a]quinoline ions or 1,1a,2,3-tetrahydro-azirino[2,1-d][1,5]benzothiazepine ions by loss of an ethane or a benzene/substituted benzene, a SH radical or a CO molecule. The molecular ions could also undergo rearrangement reactions to form other small fragment ions.
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- J Xu
- Department of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Xu J, Zuo G. Electron impact mass spectral studies of 2a,4-disubstituted 2-phthalimido-2,2a,3,4-tetrahydro-1H-azeto[2,1-d][1, 5]benzothiazepin-1-ones. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 2000; 14:2373-2376. [PMID: 11114053 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0231(20001230)14:24<2373::aid-rcm173>3.0.co;2-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The mass spectrometric behaviour of seven 2a,4-disubstituted 2-phthalimido-2,2a,3,4-tetrahydro-1H-azeto[2,1-d][1, 5]benzothiazepin-1-ones has been studied with the aid of mass-analyzed ion kinetic energy spectrometry and accurate mass measurements under electron impact ionization. All compounds show a tendency to eliminate a CO molecule, a phthalimido (PhthN) radical, or a phthalimide (PhthNH) molecule. All of the resulting fragment ions could further lose a propene or (substituted) styrene molecule. The molecular ions could also undergo a reverse [2 + 2] cycloaddition reaction.
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- J Xu
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Xu J, Zuo G, Jiao P, Wang H, Jin S, Chan AS. Electron impact mass spectral fragmentation patterns of 2a,4-disubstituted 5-benzoyl-2-chloro-2a,3,4,5-tetrahydroazeto[1,2-a][1,5]benzodiazepin-1( 2H)-ones. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 2000; 14:633-636. [PMID: 10786898 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0231(20000430)14:8<633::aid-rcm920>3.0.co;2-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The mass spectrometric behaviour of six 2a,4-disubstituted 5-benzoyl-2-chloro-2a,3,4,5-tetrahydroazeto[1,2-a][1,5]benzodia zepin-1(2H)-ones has been studied with the aid of mass-analysed ion kinetic energy spectrometry and accurate mass measurements under electron impact ionization. All compounds show a tendency to eliminate a chlorine atom, a chlorine atom plus benzaldehyde, benzoyl radical, chloroketene or chlorine atom plus CO and H2O molecules to yield, respectively, [M-Cl]+ ions, 2a,4-disubstituted 2a,3-dihydroazeto[1,2-a][1,5]benzodiazepin-1(2H)-one ions, [M-PhCO]+ ions, 2,4-disubstituted 1-benzoyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-1,5-benzodiazepine ions, or 1,2,4-trisubstituted 1H-1,7-benzodiazonine ions, which could also be formed from [M-Cl]+ ions by loss of CO and H2O molecules simultaneously. The [M-Cl]+ ions could further lose benzoyl radical to form [M-Cl-PhCO]+ ions, or lose benzoyl amide and undergo a rearrangement to form 4,6-disubstituted 1-benzoazocine-2(1H)-one ions. The [M-PhCO]+ ions could eliminate NH to produce 2a,4-disubstituted 2,2a,3,4-tetrahydroazeto[1,2,-a]quinolin-1-one ions, which could further eliminate chloroketene, CO and/or HCl to produce some important ions, respectively. 2,4-Disubstituted 1-benzoyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-1,5-benzodiazepine ions could lose benzoyl radical to yield 2,4-disubstituted 2,3-dihydro-1H-1,5-benzodiazepine ions, which could further yield other small fragment ions by loss of propene/styrene or small fragments.
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- J Xu
- Department of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Liu K, Song Z, He J, Zuo G. [The multi-channel VEPs topography in optic neuritis]. Yan Ke Xue Bao 1993; 9:75-80. [PMID: 8276094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The multi-channel VEPs topographies of 20 normal persons and 22 patients suffered from optic neuritis were recorded. In normal subjects, the topography showed symmetric distribution by full-field stimulation and paradoxical lateralization by half-field stimulation. In patients with optic neuritis, it showed asymmetric distribution most on the temperal side, some on the nasal side and occasionally in the middle by full-field stimulation. The result suggests that the optic nerve may be damaged on either temperal or nasal. The effect of the early diagnosis and evaluating treatment using topography is also discussed.
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- K Liu
- Department of Ophthalmology, General Hospital of Beijing Area of PLA, China
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