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OBJECTIVE To assess the clinical efficacy and safety of ginkgo injections (GIs) combined with conventional treatment (CT) against angina pectoris (AP) due to coronary heart disease (CHD). METHODS Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that used GIs to treat AP were searched in SinoMed, PubMed, China National Knowledge Infrastructure Database, Chinese Scientific Journals Database, Wanfang Database, Embase and Cochrane Library until March 2017. The Cochrane"risk of bias"method was used to evaluate the methodological quality of RCTs. Data were analyzed using Stata v13.1 and WinBUGS v1.4.3. RESULTS A total of 73 RCTs involving 7621 patients were included. A Bayesian network Meta-analysis of RCTs was undertaken, and the advantages of four types of GI-supplemented CT in AP treatment were determined. CONCLUSION GI-assisted CT was more effective against AP than CT alone. However, based on the limitations of the study, additional high-quality RCTs are required to confirm our findings.The Family Criconematidae is commonly referred as ring nematodes that include some members with economic importance as plant parasites. During a recent nematode inventory survey at Zhejiang Province, China, a new species of genus Nothocriconemoides was detected in the rhizosphere of elm tree. Nothocriconemoides hangzhouensis n. sp. can be characterized by the female body having annuli with fine longitudinal striations and 2 to 3 anastomoses at the posterior half of the body. The first cephalic annulus is rounded and expanded enclosing the lip region, and the second annulus is narrow, offset, collar like. En face view shows a central elevated labial disk bearing four distinct equal-sized submedian lobes and "I" shaped oral aperture. Excretory pore is located 3-4 annuli posterior to esophageal bulb. Vagina is straight and vulva closed. The ventral side of postvulval annuli is inverted, in majority of individuals. Anus is indistinct and located on the next annuli posterior to vulva. Tail is short, conoid, with forked or branched terminus. Juveniles are devoid of collar-shaped annuli in the lip region. The cephalic region has two rounded annuli where the first annulus shows slight depression in the middle. Body annuli are finely crenated. Anus is indistinct and located 3 to 4 annuli from tail terminus. Tail is short ending in a single lobed terminus. Phylogenetic studies based on analysis of the D2-D3 expansion segments of the 28 S rRNA, ITS rRNA, partial 18 S rRNA, and coxI gene revealed that the new species formed a separate clade from other criconematid species, thereby supporting its status as a new species of the genus. The new species showed close relationships with Discocriconemella sinensis. Additionally, this is the first record of genus Nothocriconemoides from China.Seinura italiensis n. sp. isolated from the medium soil imported from Italy is described and illustrated using morphological and molecular data. The new species is characterized by having short body (477 (407-565) µm and 522 (469-590) µm for males and females, respectively), three lateral lines, stylet lacking swellings at the base, and excretory pore at the base or slightly anterior to base of metacorpus; females have 58.8 (51.1-69.3) µm long post-uterine sac (PUS), elongate conical tail with its anterior half conoid, dorsally convex, and ventrally slightly concave and the posterior half elongated, narrower, with finely rounded to pointed tip and males having seven caudal papillae and 14.1 (12.6-15.0) µm long spicules. Morphologically, the new species is similar to S. caverna, S. https://www.selleckchem.com/products/ms-275.html chertkovi, S. christiei, S. hyrcania, S. longicaudata, S. persica, S. steineri, and S. tenuicaudata. The differences of the new species with aforementioned species are discussed. In molecular phylogenetic analyses using near full-length small and large subunit ribosomal DNA (SSU and LSU rDNA D2-D3 expansion segments) sequences, the new species fell into a clade including three previously described/sequenced species of the genus in both SSU and LSU Bayesian phylogenetic trees.The influence of infective juveniles (IJs) concentration, soil texture, IJ-host distance and organic matter (OM) content, at different decomposition degree, on the activity of the nematode Steinernema feltiae isolate Lican Ray (LR) was examined using Galleria mellonella larvae. Bioassays were conducted in tubes of varied length, filled with soil of different textures, placed either vertically or horizontally. In the concentration assay, highest IJ concentrations caused maximum larval mortality in all soil types (440, 2,200 and 4,400 IJs in clay, loam and sandy loam). In the second assay, soil texture (loam, clay or sandy loam) interacted significantly with IJ-host distance (10, 20, 30, 40 cm, horizontally; 30, 50, 70 cm, vertically), and distances of 30 cm or more affected IJ effectiveness on the control of G. mellonella. The effect was stronger in clay and sandy loam than in loam soils, where IJ moved up to 40 cm horizontally and 70 cm vertically. In the third assay, OM content (0, 2, 4, 6 and 8%) and its decomposition degree (initial, medium and advanced) did not interact to influence IJ movement in all treatments that contained any percentage of OM (2-8%). Only in the soil with no OM, IJ did not cause death of larvae at all. These results show the potential of S. feltiae LR to be used in different soil textures, as long as the content of soil OM allows its dispersal and host infection, in order to optimize the pest-control activity of the nematode.Punicalagin showed significant nematotoxic activity against pine wood nematode (PWN), Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, in the authors' previous research. The authors performed high-throughput transcriptomic sequencing of punicalagin-treated nematodes to generate clues for its nematotoxic mechanism of action. The authors identified 2,575 differentially expressed genes, 1,428 of which were up-regulated and 1,147 down-regulated. Based on a comprehensive functional in silico analysis, the authors speculate that PWN may respond to the stimulus of punicalagin through phagosome, endocytosis, peroxisome and MAPK signaling pathways. In addition, punicalagin could greatly affect PWN energy metabolism including oxidative phosphorylation. The genes encoding twitchin and a nematode cuticular collagen could be crucial regulation targets of punicalagin, which might contribute to its nematotoxic activity against PWN.
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