Hort Research Articles

A clinical study of electro-acupuncture combined with Leitoufeng granules for primary trigeminal neuralgia

Objective To detect the therapeutic effectiveness of electro-acupuncture combined with Leitoufenggranules for primary trigeminal neuralgia. Methods A total of 60 patients with PTN were randomly divided into the control group and the treatment group (30 in each group). Control group received Carbamazepine, and the treatment group received the electro-acupuncture combined with Leitoufeng granules. Both groups were treated for 15 days as a period of treatment with 3 treatments in total. The outcomes were S hort form of the McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ), painratingindex (PRI), the number of word feature (NWC), the present painindex (PPI), the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) the clinical effect rate and recurrence rate. Results After treatment, compared with the control group, the effect rate (96.67% vs. 70.00%, χ2=5.880,) in the treatment group showed significantly higher (P=0.015). Compared with the control group, PRI (0.20±0.47 vs. 3.33±4.65, t=3.592), NWC (0.20±0.48 vs. 1.40±1.87, t=3.345), VAS (0.20±0.48 vs. 1.27±1.66, t=3.321), PPI (0.17±0.38 vs.0.90±0.99, t=3.771) and the total score (0.79±1.83 vs. 6.90±9.05, t=3.602) in the treatment group were significantly lower (P<0.01). In the follow-up of 3 months, compared with control group, the recurrence rate (10.0% vs.56.6%, χ2=12.675) in the treatment group significantly lower (P<0.01). Conclusion As to the treatment of primary trigeminal neuralgia, the effect of acupuncture combined withLeitoufeng granules was superior to the Carbamazepine. Key words: Primary trigeminal neuralgia; Electro-acupuncture; Leitoufeng granules; Pain measurement

Gynoecium morphology and vascular anatomy in Gladiolus ×hybridus C. Morren hort. (Iridaceae Juss.)

Gynoecium of Gladiolus ×hybridus C. Morren hort. is eusyncarpous, with synascidiate, symlicate, hemisymlicate and asymplicate vertical zones. Ovules lie in the symlicate and hemisymlicate zones, style and stigma composed of asymplicate zone. Septal nectary is placed in the upper part of symlicate zone and in the hemisymlicate zone. Carpel trace is three-bundled. Dorsal carpel bundles are integrated with the vascular strands of perianth and androecium.

SPECIFICS OF ORNAMENTAL SEEDS PRODUCTION IN POLAND BASED ON CHINA ASTER (CALLISTEPHUS CHINENSIS NEES)AND PANSY (VIOLA WITTROCKIANA HORT.)

Poland has been a serious producer and seller of s eeds of ornamental plants in the European Union. The aim of this work was to describe specifi cs of Polish flower seeds production based on two v ery important and different in seed production species: China aster ( Callistephus chinensis Nees) and pansy ( Viola wittrockiana hort.). The research included their seed productio n technology and profitability. It was based on the detailed analyses of 12 seed growers' farms located in western (near Wschowa) and northern (near Brze śc Kujawski) Poland, the most important ornamental seed production areas in the country. The main differe nces in seed production technology concerned time of seeds sowing, risk of killing plants by winter, healthy s tatus of the received plants, number of off-type selections, fre quency of seed harvesting, seed yields and germinat ion capacity of the received seeds. The profitability o f China aster and pansy was 865 zand 515 z¯ (1 euro=3.2 z¯)/0.1 ha, respectively. Although, the seed yield of China aster was high, and seed harvest easy to c arry out, the received seeds did not germinate well and thereby t he received price for seeds was low. In the case of pansy seeds, it was opposite: the crop was risky due to w inter killing of the plants, seed yield was low, co sts of the seeds harvest were high, but the seeds germinated w ell and the price paid for the seeds was high.

Variation of ribosomal DNA and inheritance of polymorphisms in 6 Petunia hybrida hort lines

Dans 6 lignees de Petunia hybrida dont l'ADN a ete hydrolyse par EcoRI, BamHI, HindIII, KpnI, SacI ou XhoI, l'ADN ribosomique est apparu tres polymorphe. Chaque lignee porte plussieurs types d'unites; ainsi 13 types differents sont reveles dans les lignees, ce qui est surprenant. Nous avons caracterise les differents types et determine le nombre de loci. Deux types d'unites avec et sans sites HindIII sont reveles. Pour la lignee St43 les fragments EcoRI et BamHI permettent de construire une unite de 11,4 kb. En outre un fragment EcoRI de 2,6 kb ne peut etre place dans l'unite de 11,4 kb. Il est en effet equivalent au fragment de 2,4 kb portant la sequence codante du gene 25 S. Il est donc place dans une unite de 11,7 kb. Dans la lignee Tlh1 les fragments correspondants ne permettent de construire que des unites de 8,8 kb, 9,2 kb, et 10,8 kb, donc considerees comme une partie d'unites de 11,4 kb. Les autres lignees montrent une combinaison des fragments precedents. L'heredite du polymorphisme dans 50 descendants du couple de lignees (St43 et Tlh1) et les 2 retrocroisements possibles [(St43 × Tlh1I) × St43] et [(St43 × Tlh1) × Tlh1] indique au moins 2 loci. La presence dans Sk176 des fragments EcoRI 6,2, 5,7 et 5,4 suggere 3 loci. Parmi les plantes haploides obtenues de l'hybride F1 (St43 × Tlh1), un descendant porte les 3 types d'unite presents dans l'hybride, ce qui ne peut s'expliquer que s'ils sont repartis sur 3 loci. De plus la segregation dans les retrocroisements correspond a 2 loci pour St43, il porte donc un nulliallele. La confirmation des hypotheses est apportee par hybridation in situ avec une sonde ribosomique biotinylee. Les 2 lignees dihaploides Tlh1 et T1h7 montrent le plus d'unites et par consequent le polymorphisme le plus eleve

Acupuncture and postoperative sickness

AnaesthesiaVolume 46, Issue 6 p. 512-512 Free Access Acupuncture and postoperative sickness J.W. Dundee, J.W. Dundee Northern Ireland Centre for Radiotherapy and Oncology, Belvoir Park Hospital, BelfastSearch for more papers by this author J.W. Dundee, J.W. Dundee Northern Ireland Centre for Radiotherapy and Oncology, Belvoir Park Hospital, BelfastSearch for more papers by this author First published: June 1991 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2044.1991.tb11715.xCitations: 4AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL No abstract is available for this article. References 1 Dundee JW, Chestnutt WN, Ghaly RG, Lynas AGA. Traditional Chinese acupuncture: a potentially useful antiemetic British Medical Journal 1986; 293: 583– 4. 2 Dundee JW, Ghaly RG, Bill KM, Chestnutt WN, Fitzpatrick KTJ, Lynas AGA. Effect of stimulation of the P6 antiemetic point on postoperative nausea and vomiting. British Journal of Anaesthesia 1989; 63: 612– 8. 3 Ho RT, Jawan B, Fung ST, Cheung HK, Lee JH. Electro-acupuncture and postoperative emesis. Anaesthesia 1990; 45: 327– 9. 4 Barsoum G, Perry EP, Fraser IA. Postoperative nausea is relieved by acupressure. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 1990; 83: 86– 9. 5 Dundee JW, Sourial FBR, Ghaly RG, Bell PF. P6 acupressure reduces morning sickness. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 1988; 81: 456– 7. 6 Dundee JW, Ghaly RG, Fitzpatrick KTJ, Abram WP, Lynch GA. Acupuncture prophylaxis of cancer chemotherapy-induced sickness. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 1989; 82: 268– 1. Citing Literature Volume46, Issue6June 1991Pages 512-512 ReferencesRelatedInformation

Cardiac glycosides of theCheiranthus allioni. XII

The seeds ofCheiranthus allioni hort. have yielded three new cardenolides the structures of which have been established and which have been named as 4-dehydrosarmentogenin (II), 4-dehydrosarmentogenin rhamnoside (I), and 4-dehydrosarmentogenin rhamnoglucoside (IV). (II) — C23H32O5. m.p. 296–302°, [α] D 20 +26.2±3° (in pyridine) is 3β,11α,14-trihydroxy-14β-card-4,20(22)-dienolide. (I) C29-H42O9, m.p. 268–275°, [α] D 20 −38.2±3° (chloroform-ethanol) is 11α,14-dihydroxy-3β-α-L-rhamnopyranosyloxy-14β-card-4,20(22)-dienolide.(IV) C35H52O14, [α] D 20D −44.1±3° (methanol), is 3β-(4′-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-α-L-rhamnopyranosyloxy)-14β-card-4, 20(22)-dienolide. An independent synthesis of 4-dehydrosarmentogenin (II) has been carried out, starting from 3β,5,11α,14-tetrahydroxy-5β,14β-card-20(22)-enolide, which has confirmed its structure.

Stereotypes of the Adult Held by Early Adolescents

WHAT STEREOTYPE of the desirable qualities of the adult is pos sessed by boys and girls between the the ages of 12 and 15? In what terms do they see themselves as future adults? R. J. Havighurst and others (1) have carried out some research in the sources from which an adolescent's concept of his ideal self is drawn. Havighurst has also devised a method of evaluating these con cepts (2) but he has not investigated their content in any detail. basis of his method was ask his subjects write a s ho rt es say on The Person I Would Most Like be Like. topic of the es say together with the instructions given the subjects before they wrote it (1, p. 242) directed their attention towards a specific person whom they wished to be like and with whom they had presumably identified themselves.