太行花化学成分及生物活性的研究

本文对蔷薇科太行花属太行花（Taihangia rupestris Yu et Li）全株的化学成分及乙醇提取物部分的药理活性进行了研究，分离得到五个化合物并确定了结构：β一谷甾醇(I)、熊果酸(II)、2α，3β一二羟基一熊果酸(III)、没食子酸(Ⅳ)、2α，3β，23-三羟基．齐墩果-12-烯-28-酸-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖酯甙(V)。它们均是首次从该植物中获得。用DPPH法以BHT和迷迭香为对照测定了太行花抗氧化活性。结果显示太行花抗氧化活性优于迷迭香。利用HPLC对抗氧化活性成分没食子酸的含量进行了测定。体外抑菌实验表明太行花具有一定的体外抑菌活性，特别是对结核分枝杆菌的临床菌株表现出相当强的抑制生长活性。

High body mass index is not a barrier to physical activity: Analysis of international rugby players' anthropometric data

Recent data indicate that levels of overweight and obesity are increasing at an alarming rate throughout the world. At a population level (and commonly to assess individual health risk), the prevalence of overweight and obesity is calculated using cut-offs of the Body Mass Index (BMI) derived from height and weight. Similarly, the BMI is also used to classify individuals and to provide a notional indication of potential health risk. It is likely that epidemiologic surveys that are reliant on BMI as a measure of adiposity will overestimate the number of individuals in the overweight (and slightly obese) categories. This tendency to misclassify individuals may be more pronounced in athletic populations or groups in which the proportion of more active individuals is higher. This differential is most pronounced in sports where it is advantageous to have a high BMI (but not necessarily high fatness). To illustrate this point we calculated the BMIs of international professional rugby players from the four teams involved in the semi-finals of the 2003 Rugby Union World Cup. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) cut-offs for BMI, approximately 65% of the players were classified as overweight and approximately 25% as obese. These findings demonstrate that a high BMI is commonplace (and a potentially desirable attribute for sport performance) in professional rugby players. An unanswered question is what proportion of the wider population, classified as overweight (or obese) according to the BMI, is misclassified according to both fatness and health risk? It is evident that being overweight should not be an obstacle to a physically active lifestyle. Similarly, a reliance on BMI alone may misclassify a number of individuals who might otherwise have been automatically considered fat and/or unfit.