叶下珠中黄酮类化学成分及其生物活性

利用色谱分离方法与现代波谱分析技术,对叶下珠乙酸乙酯提取物的化学成分进行了系统的研究。从中分离鉴定了14个黄酮类化合物,分别为槲皮素-3-(4"-O-乙酰基)-O-α-L-鼠李糖-7-O-α-L-鼠李糖苷(1)、槲皮素-7-O-α-L-鼠李糖苷(2)、槲皮素-3-O-α-L-鼠李糖苷(3)、槲皮素-3-O-β-D-葡萄糖苷(4)、芸香甙(5)、槲皮素(6)、山柰酚(7)、山柰酚-3-O-α-L-鼠李糖苷(8)、木犀草素(9)、木犀草素-7-O-β-D-葡萄糖苷(10)、蒙花苷(11)、山柰酚-3-O-β-芸香糖苷(12)、柚皮苷(13)、橙皮苷(14)。除5~7外的所有化合物均从该植物中首次分离。对分离所得的化合物进行了体外细胞毒和抗氧化活性测试,结果显示化合物6、9和10表现出一定的细胞毒活性,所有化合物均具有不同程度的抗氧化活性。     

红背山麻杆化学成分的研究

采用柱色谱技术从红背山麻杆叶子的60％乙醇提取物中分离得到4个黄酮苷和2个其他类化合物.根据理化性质及波谱方法分别鉴定为:芹菜素-6-C-D-葡萄糖苷(1)、芹菜素-7-O-芸香糖苷(2)、芹菜素-7-O-β-(2″-O-α-鼠李糖基)葡萄糖醛酸苷(3)、木犀草素-7-O-α-L-鼠李糖(1→6)-β-D-葡萄糖苷(4)、没食子酸乙酯(5)、β-胡萝卜苷(6).以上化合物均为首次从该植物中分离得到,其中化合物1～4为首次从山麻杆属中分离得到的黄酮苷.     

昆仑雪菊黄酮类成分研究

采用大孔树脂、ODS RP-18和Sephadex LH-20柱从昆仑雪菊中分离得到7个黄酮类化合物,通过理化性质和波谱学方法鉴定化合物的结构,分别为:异奥卡宁7-O-β-吡喃葡萄糖苷(1)、栎草亭-7-O-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖苷(2)、马里苷(3)、奥卡宁(4)、木犀草素(5)、槲皮素(6)、8-羟基黄颜木素(7)。其中化合物2、5、6和7为首次从该植物中分离得到。     

藏药斑唇马先蒿的化学成分研究

采用硅胶柱、大孔树脂柱、Sephadex LH-20柱、反相C18柱等柱层析手段,对斑唇马先蒿的化学成分进行了系统的分离纯化,得到了7个化合物,其1H NMR和13C NMR鉴定结果为木犀草素(luteolin,1)、芹菜素(apigenin,2)、金圣草黄素(chrysoeriol,3)、3,5,7-三羟基-3’,5’-二甲氧基黄酮(3,5,7-trihydroxy-3’,5’-dimethoxyl flavone,4)、毛蕊花苷(verbascoside,5)、异毛蕊花苷(isoverbascoside,6)、木犀草素4’-O-β-D-葡萄糖苷(luteolin-4’-O-β-D-glucoside,7).这7个化合物均首次从该植物中分离得到,为藏药斑唇马先蓠的深入研究提供了基础.     

小叶三点金的黄酮类成分研究

从小叶三点金(Desmodium microphyllum)乙醇溶液中分离得到9个黄酮类化合物,通过波谱学方法分别鉴定为()-表儿茶素(1)、genistein-4′-O-β-glucoside(2)、异荭草苷(isoorientin,3)、荭草苷(orientin,4)、木犀草素(luteotin,5)、异日本獐牙菜素(isoswertiajaponin,6)、luteoayamenin(7)、木犀草素-7-O-β-D-葡萄糖苷(luteolin-7-galactoside,8)、木犀草素-7-O-鼠李糖苷(luteolin-7-rhamnoside,9)。所有化合物均为首次在该植物中分离得到。     

蜈蚣草化学成分及抑制乙酰胆碱酯酶生物活性研究

采用多种分离分析手段对蜈蚣草(Pteris vittata)乙醇提取物进行系统的化学成分和乙酰胆碱酯酶抑制活性研究,应用现代波谱技术鉴定了其中的6个化学成分,分别是芹菜素(1)、芹菜素-7-O-β-D-葡萄糖苷(2)、木犀草素(3)、木犀草素-7-O-β-D-葡萄糖(4)、山柰素-3-O-β-D-葡萄糖苷(5)、β-谷甾醇(6),所有化合物均系首次从该种中获得。化合物5具有一定抑制乙酰胆碱酯酶活性。     

地胆草的化学成分研究

对地胆草全草的化学成分进行研究。采用硅胶柱色谱、Sephadex LH-20以及半制备型高效液相色谱技术进行分离纯化,通过1D、2D NMR,MS等方法鉴定化合物的结构。结果从地胆草95%乙醇提取物中分离并鉴定了9个化合物,分别为1-[(2R*,3S*)-3-ethoxy-2,3-dihydro-6-hydroxy-2-(1-methylethenyl)-1-benzofuran-5-yl]ethanone(1)、7-hydroxy-6-acetyl-2-methylchromone(2)、matriisobenzofuran(3)、桦木酸(betulinic acid,4)、木犀草素(luteolin,5)、木犀草素-7-O-β-D-葡萄糖苷(luteolin-7-O-β-D-glucoside,6)、对香豆酸(p-coumaric acid,7)、3,4-二羟基苯甲醛(3,4-dihydroxy benzaldehyde,8)、豆甾醇-3-O-β-D-葡萄糖苷(stigmasterol-3-O-β-D-glucoside,9)。其中化合物1~3均为首次从该属植物中分离得到,化合物3在国内未见从其它植物中分离报道。     

星状凤毛菊的化学成分研究

采用各种填料的色谱柱层析方法从药用植物星状凤毛菊(Saussurea stella Maxim)的全草中分离纯化出15个化合物,经波谱分析将它们的化学结构分别鉴定为2-甲氧基-4-羟基苯甲醛(1)、3-(3-甲氧基苯基)丙烯醛(2)、松脂素-4′-O-β-葡萄糖苷(3)、胡萝卜苷(4)、木犀草素(5)、金合欢素(6)、洋芹素(7)、日本椴苷(8)、3′-甲氧基木犀草素-7-O-β-葡萄糖苷(9)、洋芹素-7-O-β-葡萄糖苷(10)、槲皮素-3-O-α-L-鼠李糖苷(11)、山奈素3-O-α-L-鼠李糖苷(12)、槲皮素-5-O-β-葡萄糖苷(13)、4′-甲氧基槲皮素-5-O-β葡萄糖苷(14)和3-甲氧基山奈素-6-O-β葡萄糖苷(15)。其中化合物1～5、9～10和13～15是首次从该种植物中分离得到。     

抱茎苦荬菜水溶性成分的分离与结构鉴定

从抱茎苦荬菜的水溶性成分分离得到5个化合物,根据理化性质和光谱数据分别鉴定为木犀草素-7-O-β-D-葡萄糖醛酸苷(1),木犀草素-7-O-β-D-葡萄糖1→2葡萄糖苷(2),芹菜素-7-O-β-D-葡萄糖醛酸苷(3),菊苣酸(4),(-)3,4-二羟基咖啡酰基酒石酸(5)。化合物3～5为首次从该植物中分离得到。     

唐古特铁线莲化学成分研究

利用硅胶、Sephadex LH-20、ODS、MPLC柱色谱等方法对唐古特铁线莲的化学成分进行分离纯化,根据理化性质及波谱数据鉴定化合物的结构。从唐古特铁线莲乙酸乙酯萃取部位分离鉴定了11个化合物,分别鉴定为木犀草素(1),Clemaphenol A(2),α-亚麻酸(3),胡萝卜苷(4),胡萝卜苷苷元(5),常春藤-3-O-α-L-鼠李糖(1→4)-β-D-葡萄糖(6),常春藤-3-O-α-L-阿拉伯糖(1→3)-α-L-鼠李糖(1→4)-β-D-葡萄糖(7),Acanjaposide G(8),常春藤配基(9),芹菜素(10),灯台酸(11)。所有化合物均为首次从唐古特铁线莲中分离得到。     

Astragalar morphology of late Eocene anthropoids from the Fayum Depression (Egypt) and the origin of catarrhine primates

The phylogenetic relationships of the late Eocene anthropoids Catopithecus browni and Proteopithecus sylviae are currently a matter of debate, with opinion divided as to whether these taxa are stem or crown anthropoids. The phylogenetic position of Catopithecus is of particular interest, for, unlike the highly generalized genus Proteopithecus, this taxon shares apomorphic dental and postcranial features with more derived undoubted catarrhines that appear in the same region 1-2 Ma later. If these apomorphies are homologous and Catopithecus is a stem catarrhine, the unique combination of plesiomorphic and apomorphic features preserved in this anthropoid would have important implications for our understanding of the crown anthropoid morphotype and the pattern of morphological character transformations that occurred during the early phases of stem catarrhine evolution.Well-preserved astragali referrable to Proteopithecus, Catopithecus, and the undoubted early Oligocene stem catarrhine Aegyptopithecus have provided additional morphological evidence that allows us to further evaluate competing hypotheses of interrelationships among Eocene-Oligocene Afro-Arabian anthropoids. Qualitative observations and multivariate morphometric analyses reveal that the astragalar morphology of Proteopithecus is very similar to that of early Oligocene parapithecids and living and extinct small-bodied platyrrhines, and strengthens the hypothesis that the morphological pattern shared by these taxa is primitive within crown Anthropoidea. In contrast, Catopithecus departs markedly from the predicted crown anthropoid astragalar morphotype and shares a number of apomorphic features (e.g., deep cotylar fossa, laterally projecting fibular facet, trochlear asymmetry, mediolaterally wide astragalar head) with Aegyptopithecus and Miocene-Recent catarrhines. The evidence from the astragalus complements other independent data from the dentition, humerus and femur of Catopithecus that support this taxon's stem catarrhine status, and we continue to maintain that oligopithecines are stem catarrhines that constitute the sister group of a clade containing propliopithecines and Miocene-Recent catarrhines.     

scabrous Modifies Epithelial Cell Adhesion and Extends the Range of Lateral Signalling during Development of the Spaced Bristle Pattern in Drosophila

The role of scabrous (sca) in the evenly spaced bristle pattern of Drosophila is explored. Loss-of-function of sca results in development of an excess of bristles. Segregation of alternately spaced bristle precursors and epidermal cells from a group of equipotential cells relies on lateral inhibition mediated by Notch and Delta (Dl). In this process, presumptive bristle precursors inhibit the neural fate of neighbouring cells, causing them to adopt the epidermal fate. We show that Dl, a membrane-bound ligand for Notch, can inhibit adjacent cells, in direct contact with the precursor, in the absence of Sca. In contrast, inhibition of cells not adjacent to the precursor requires, in addition, Sca, a secreted molecule with a fibrinogen-related domain. Over-expression of Sca in a wild-type background, leads to increased spacing between bristles, suggesting that the range of signalling has been increased. scabrous acts nonautonomously, and we present evidence that, during bristle precursor segregation, Sca is required to maintain the normal adhesive properties of epithelial cells. The possible effects of such changes on the range of signalling are discussed. We also show that the sensory organ precursors extend numerous fine cytoplasmic extensions bearing Dl molecules, and speculate on a possible role for these structures during signalling.     

中国异极衣科地衣二新记录种

该文综合运用形态学、解剖学和化学等方法对山东大型地衣进行分类研究,发现了两个中国新记录种,即德氏蜂窝衣(Heppia despreauxii)和多孢小极衣(Lichinella myriospora)。德氏蜂窝衣隶属于蜂窝衣属(Heppia),生于光线充足且裸露的土壤上,主要识别特征为下皮层缺失、子实层IKI+蓝色;多孢小极衣隶属于小极衣属(Lichinella),生于干燥的钙质岩石上,主要识别特征为其子实层IKI+酒红色变为蓝色。该文对这两个中国新记录种进行了详细描述,与近似物种进行了对比讨论,并且提供了其地衣体、子囊盘及其解剖特征图片。同时,该文还补充报道了白棋盘蜂窝衣(Heppia solorinoides)的有性繁殖结构特征和数据。蜂窝衣属和小极衣属均为山东新记录属。以上研究结果为中国异极衣科(Lichinaceae)地衣研究提供基础资料。     

藏药多刺绿绒蒿种子萌发特性研究

多刺绿绒蒿(Meconopsis horridula)为罂粟科绿绒蒿属一年生草本植物,是一种极具观赏价值和药用价值的高山植物,目前处于濒危状态,因此研究多刺绿绒蒿种子的萌发特性对其种子育苗及人工栽培具有重要意义。为了提高多刺绿绒蒿的种子发芽率,该研究以多刺绿绒蒿的种子为材料,分析了不同消毒剂、浸种时间、温度和外源植物激素对种子萌发特性的影响。结果表明:(1)最适消毒方法为75%乙醇1 min+3%H2O25 min,最适浸种时间为24 h,最适温度和光照条件为20℃/10℃(光照12 h/黑暗12 h),用无菌水浸种后的种子发芽率为49.67%。(2) GA_3100～600 mg·L~(-1)和NAA 5～30 mg·L~(-1)可以提高种子的发芽率、发芽势和发芽指数,缩短发芽启动时间和发芽持续时间,对种子的萌发有促进作用。(3) 6-BA 5 mg·L~(-1)和10 mg·L~(-1)对种子的萌发有一定的促进作用,但不显著,6-BA浓度≥15 mg·L~(-1)则抑制种子的萌发。(4)用GA3500 mg·L~(-1)浸种后的种子发芽指标最好,发芽率、发芽势和发芽指数分别为69.67%、33.00%、4.51,种子的发芽起始时间和发芽持续时间分别为10.67 d、11.67 d。     

中国兰科二新记录种

兰科植物资源调查是掌握地区兰科本底资料的基础,对研究兰科植物的地理分布和资源多样性具有重要意义。该文报道了分别产自中国西藏自治区墨脱县和巴宜区的石豆兰属(Bulbophyllum Thou.)中国分布新记录种——尼泊尔大苞兰(B.raskotii J.J.Verm.,Schuit.&de Vogel)和曲唇兰属[Panisea(Lindl.)Steud.]中国分布新记录种——林芝曲唇兰(P.panchaseensis Subedi)。此二新记录种均生长在海拔约2000 m的常绿阔叶林中的树干或岩壁上。此外,还提供了二新记录种的形态特征描述和彩色图片等信息,并附有国产曲唇兰属的分种检索表。该研究结果扩充了我国兰科植物的记录,为我国兰科植物多样性和保护研究提供了新资料。     

Stratigraphy, artefact industries and hominid associations for Sterkfontein, member 5

A revised stratigraphy for the early hominid site of Sterkfontein (Gauteng Province, South Africa) reveals a complex distribution of infills in the main excavation area between 2.8 and 1.4 m.y.a, as well as deposits dating to the mid to late Pleistocene. New research now shows that the Member 4 australopithecine breccia (2.8-2.6 Ma) extends further west than was previously thought, while a late phase of Member 4 is recognized in a southern area. The artefact-bearing breccias were defined sedimentologically as Member 5, but one supposed part of these younger breccias, the StW 53 infill, lacks in situ stone tools, although it does appear to post-date 2.6 Ma when artefacts first appear in the archaeological record. The StW 53 hominid, previously referred to Homo habilis, is here argued to be Australopithecus. The first artefact-bearing breccia of Member 5 is the Oldowan Infill, estimated at 2-1.7 Ma. It occupies a restricted distribution in Member 5 east and contains an expedient, flake-based tool industry associated with a few fossils of Paranthropos robustus. An enlarged cave opening subsequently admitted one or more Early Acheulean infills associated in Member 5 west with Homo ergaster. The artefacts attest to a larger site accumulation between ca. 1.7 and 1.4 Ma, with more intensive use of quartzite over quartz and a subtle but important shift to large flakes and heavier-duty tools. The available information on palaeoenvironments is summarized, showing an overall change from tropical to sub-tropical gallery forest, forest fringe and woodland conditions in Member 4 to more open woodland and grassland habitats in the later units, but with suggestions of a wet localized topography in the Paranthropus -bearing Oldowan Infill.     

Essential amino acids of starch synthase IIa differentiate amylopectin structure and starch quality between <Emphasis Type="Italic">japonica</Emphasis> and <Emphasis Type="Italic">indica</Emphasis> rice varieties

Four amino acids were variable between the ‘active’ indica-type and ‘inactive’ japonica-type soluble starch synthase IIa (SSIIa) of rice plants; Glu-88 and Gly-604 in SSIIa of indica-cultivars IR36 and Kasalath were replaced by Asp-88 and Ser-604, respectively, in both japonica cultivars Nipponbare and Kinmaze SSIIa, whereas Val-737 and Leu-781 in indica SSIIa were replaced by Met-737 in cv. Nipponbare and Phe-781 in cv. Kinmaze SSIIa, respectively. The SSIIa gene fragments shuffling experiments revealed that Val-737 and Leu-781 are essential not only for the optimal SSIIa activity, but also for the capacity to synthesize indica-type amylopectin. Surprisingly, however, a combination of Phe-781 and Gly-604 could restore about 44% of the SSIIa activity provided that Val-737 was conserved. The introduction of the ‘active’ indica-type SSIIa gene enabled the japonica-type cv. Kinmaze to synthesize indica-type amylopectin. The starch in the transformed japonica rice plants exhibited gelatinization-resistant properties that are characteristic of indica-rice starch. Transformed lines expressing different levels of the IR36 SSIIa protein produced a variety of starches with amylopectin chain-length distribution patterns that correlated well with their onset temperatures of gelatinization. The present study confirmed that the SSIIa activity determines the type of amylopectin structure of rice starch to be either the typical indica-type or japonica-type, by playing a specific role in the synthesis of the long B₁ chains by elongating short A and B₁ chains, notwithstanding the presence of functional two additional SSII genes, a single SSI gene, two SSIII genes, and two SSIV genes in rice plants.     

不同光质对白及组培苗生长及光合特性的影响

白及的自然繁殖率极低,组培育苗是其种苗繁殖的主要方式之一。为探索提高白及组培育苗质量及缩短育苗周期的高效人工光环境,该文以紫花白及(Bletilla striata)为试验材料,研究LED光质对白及组培苗的生长和光合特性的影响。结果表明:提高红蓝光组合中的蓝光占比,有利于促进白及组培苗的生长和生物量的积累,而白及的球茎大小与红光的占比呈正相关;在红蓝组光合中增加25%的绿光(2R1B1G),可显著提高白及叶片的叶绿素含量和净光合速率,促进组培苗根系和叶片的生长。综上结果表明,2R1B1G处理下的白及组培苗株高、茎粗、叶绿素含量、净光合速率和根系发育均表现出最佳优势,2R1B1G处理的LED光谱可推荐作为白及组培育苗的光质配方。     

茉莉酸甲酯对广藿香JA信号转导途径及倍半萜合成途径关键基因表达的影响

分析外源性茉莉酸甲酯对广藿香JA信号转导途径关键基因JAZ2、MYC2、COI1及倍半萜合成途径关键基因PTS、FPPS、SQLE表达的影响,为深入研究茉莉酸甲酯调控广藿香JA信号转导途径及倍半萜合成途径的分子机制奠定基础。该文分别用0.10和0.25 mmol·L~(-1)的MeJA喷施广藿香叶片,于处理后的0、2、6、12、24、48、72 h摘取叶片,运用实时荧光定量PCR对JAZ2、MYC2、COI1、PTS、FPPS、SQLE基因的表达量进行检测。结果表明:0.10和0.25 mmol·L~(-1)的MeJA对广藿香JA信号转导途径JAZ2、MYC2、COI1及倍半萜合成途径PTS、FPPS、SQLE基因表达均有不同程度的促进作用,其中对JAZ2基因表达影响最显著。0.10mmol·L~(-1)MeJA溶液处理2 h时,JAZ2表达量上调13.52倍; 0.25 mmol·L~(-1)MeJA溶液处理48 h时,JAZ2表达量上调19.09倍。JA信号转导途径关键基因JAZ2与倍半萜合成途径关键基因FPPS存在极显著正相关关系。综上结果表明MeJA溶液可诱导广藿香JAZ2、MYC2、COI1、PTS、FPPS、SQLE基因的表达,且不同浓度MeJA对基因表达有着不一样的影响; JAZ2是JA信号转导途径里响应MeJA诱导的主要基因,其可激活倍半萜合成途径FPPS基因的协同表达,进而影响广藿香醇等倍半萜合成。     

多裂骆驼蓬叶片转录组分析

多裂骆驼蓬为西北荒漠地区常见植物,具有抗风固沙、防止水土流失、抑菌杀虫和抗肿瘤等功效。为了增加骆驼蓬属植物开发利用的强度,弥补其基因功能、代谢通路等分子生物学研究层面的空缺,该文利用Illumina高通量测序平台对多裂骆驼蓬叶片进行转录组测序,根据测序结果进行转录组数据拼接、功能注释、序列水平和表达水平等分析。结果表明:共获得7 723 653 900 bp核苷酸序列信息,拼接组装得到78 641条Unigene,预测出55 535条CDS序列。与多个数据库对比后,获得33 184个NR数据库注释信息;31 835个GO数据库注释信息; 17 206个KOG数据库Unigene功能分类信息; 7 617个KEGG数据库代谢通路注释信息。对单核苷酸多态性位点和微卫星信息进行检测分析,共发现86 113个SNP位点,6 987个SSR信息。该研究首次获得并分析了多裂骆驼蓬的转录组数据,通过基因比对、CDS预测、通路注释、SNP检测和SSR检测等方法,对该植物的基因、通路以及分子标记等方面有了初步的认识,为本种植物后续研究及资源的开发利用奠定了基础。