罗Mo科马利筋亚科马利筋族植物C21甾类成分研究进展

本文综述了：到目前为止,从马利筋族植物中发现的Ｄ２１甾类尬发及其分布,并介绍了一化合的药理作用。     

民族药马利筋内生真菌生物活性研究

药用植物内生真菌能产生与宿主相同或相似的活性物质,民族药马利筋生物活性广泛。为获得马利筋活性内生真菌资源,该研究基于“民族药-内生真菌-活性成分”的思路,考察了168株马利筋内生真菌代谢产物的生物活性,并分别采用SRB法、Griess法、PNPG法和DPPH法对内生真菌发酵液乙酸乙酯提取物进行抗肿瘤、抗炎、α-葡萄糖苷酶抑制和抗氧化等生物活性测定,对活性菌株进行ITS菌种鉴定。结果表明：（1）所筛选的168株内生真菌中有22株表现出不同程度的生物活性。其中,9株内生真菌具有显著抗肿瘤活性,其IC₅₀值在0.1～40μg·mL^-1之间;菌株MJF-53在2.5μg·mL^-1时对LPS诱导的Raw264.7释放的NO和IL-1β均具有明显的抑制作用;7株内生真菌表现出不同程度的α-葡萄糖苷酶抑制活性,其IC₅₀值在1.0～4.0 mg·mL^-1之间,其中MYF-16和MYF-55对α-葡萄糖苷酶抑制活性接近阿卡波糖;19株内生真菌具有不同程度的DPPH自由基清除活性,其中菌株MYF...     

叙利亚马利筋(Asclepis syriaca)成份分析

利用植物材料作液体燃料和化工原料在技术上是行得通的,这项研究的发展很可能把人类对于矿物燃料的依赖减小到最低限度。美国经济植物学家布切耐恩和奥特在一九七九年提出一项建议,提倡发展可以整株加以利用的植物资源,以便从中提取聚合碳氢化合物、油和多酚。他们验证了叙利亚马利筋就是这样一种很有希望的植物,并指出:只要马利筋干物质每公顷年产量不少于13.5公斤,干物质中能含有10％的聚合碳氢化合物、6％的油和7％的多酚,     

萝藦科马利筋族植物化学成分研究进展(Ⅱ)

综述了到目前为止,从马利筋族植物中发现的黄酮、强心甙、生物碱、萜类、苯衍生物类等成分的种类及其分布,并介绍了一些化合物的药理作用以及黄酮类和C21甾体化合物在鹅绒藤属化学分类中的作用.     

萝Mo科马利筋族植物化学成分研究进展（Ⅱ）

综述了到目前为止,从马利筋族植物中发现的黄酮、强心甙、生物碱、萜类、苯衍生物类等成分的种类及其分布,并介绍了一些化合物的药理作用以及黄酮类和Ｃ２１甾体化合物 鹅绒藤属化学分类中的作用。     

13C NMR在马利筋族植物C21甾类成分结构研究中的应用

本文介绍了＾１３ＣＮＭＲ在以列筋族植物Ｃ２１甾类成分甙元类型工基的确定、糖的种类、连接顺序的判断等方面的应用。     

酷想大晒台

哎呀呀,这个世界乱套了!大人变成了小孩,小孩变成了大人。现在,终于轮到各位小酷想家来当家做主了,快来看看他们都有什么出色的表现吧!看到爸妈变成了小孩,我立马学着他们的样子,下达了第一道命令:写作业去!我想他们一定会哭的,因为老师留的作业实在是太多了。新浪YOYO     

分子生物学对进化论的影响

自从1953年DNA双螺旋结构发现以后,紧接着对生物大分子的各种新发现层出不穷,生物学可谓就进入了分子生物学的时代,它使人们对生物学的认识提高到了一个新的水平,也开拓了新的领域.当然,分子生物学也使进化论的研究转入了一个更精细的水平,解决了进化论中一些争论的问题,同时也提出了一些新的研究思想和观点.     

促进微生物实验技术创新水平的改革初探

为了加强对本科生综合素质和能力的培养 ,激发学生的学习兴趣 ,我们对微生物实验课的教学内容进行了一系列改革 ,优化了实验项目 ,节约实验成本 ,并且引入科研成果转化实验 ,同时改进了实验方法和手段 ,实验结果更为准确。这些措施蕴含了较高的理论水平 ,增加了教学信息量 ,明显提高了教学效果 ,为培养高素质人才奠定了基础。     

一年又一年

上了年纪的人都有相似的感觉,就是年纪越大,时间好像过得越快。小时候,过了元旦盼春节,过了春节盼五一、六一,过了六一盼国庆,过了国庆再盼元旦。时间总是那么漫长,盼望的假期似乎总是姗姗来迟。而如今,似乎一眨眼,一年就过去了。我给这个现象总结了一个理论,叫做相对     

枸杞多糖抗氧化作用的研究

目的:研究枸杞粗多糖(Lycium Barbarum Polysaccharide,LBP)在小鼠体内的抗氧化作用。方法:用高(400mg/kg.d)、中(200mg/kg.d)、低(100mg/kg.d)剂量的枸杞粗多糖生理盐水溶液对D-半乳糖(100mg/kg.d)之衰老模型小鼠和正常小鼠灌胃。结果:枸杞粗多糖能较显著(P0.01)提高小鼠血清、肝脏及脑组织中SOD活性,降低MDA含量;极显著(P0.01)提高正常小鼠常压耐缺氧能力和游泳抗疲劳能力;此外小鼠的脾指数和胸腺指数均得到显著提高,表明枸杞粗多糖对提高小鼠的机体免疫水平具有重要的促进作用。结论:枸杞粗多糖对小鼠具有显著的抗氧化、抗衰老作用。     

栀子苷及其衍生物药理活性的研究进展

栀子苷是一种环烯醚萜苷类化舍物,是栀子的主要药效成分。概述了栀子苷及其衍生物对降血糖、抗炎、抗肿瘤、神经退行性疾病的药理活性等作用机制的新近研究进展。     

人参抗疲劳作用研究进展

人参是古今著名的滋补强壮良药,药理研究、临床观察和流行病学调查,结果均证实人参具有多种生物活性。本文着重从人参抗中枢疲劳、抗自由基、调节糖代谢和乳酸代谢,以及对血红蛋白含量的影响等方面进行综述。     

核甙类抗生素产生菌的筛选及其活性组分研究

从成都郊区土壤中筛选出一株能产生抗生素的放线菌 ,经过形态及培养特征观察、生理生化特性试验、细胞壁化学组成分析 ,确定其分类学归属为链霉菌属 ( Strep-tomyces)。从产生菌的固体培养物中分离得到活性物质、理化性质研究表明 ,该物质为胞嘧啶核苷衍生物。抗菌和抗肿瘤活性试验结果显示 ,此物质不仅具有抑菌活性 ,而且具有较强的抗肿瘤活性。     

High efficacy and minimal peptide required for the anti‐angiogenic and anti‐hepatocarcinoma activities of plasminogen K5

Kringle 5(K5) is the fifth kringle domain of human plasminogen and its anti‐angiogenic activity is more potent than angiostatin that includes the first four kringle fragment of plasminogen. Our recent study demonstrated that K5 suppressed hepatocarcinoma growth by anti‐angiogenesis. To find high efficacy and minimal peptide sequence required for the anti‐angiogenic and anti‐tumour activities of K5, two deletion mutants of K5 were generated. The amino acid residues outside kringle domain of intact K5 (Pro452‐Ala542) were deleted to form K5mut1(Cys462‐Cys541). The residue Cys462 was deleted again to form K5mut2(Met463‐Cys541). K5mut1 specifically inhibited proliferation, migration and induced apoptosis of endothelial cells, with an apparent two‐fold enhanced activity than K5. Intraperitoneal injection of K5mut1 resulted in more potent tumour growth inhibition and microvessel density reduction than K5 both in HepA‐grafted and Bel7402‐xenografted hepatocarcinoma mouse models. These results suggested that K5mut1 has more potent anti‐angiogenic activity than intact K5. K5mut2, which lacks only the amino terminal cysteine of K5mut1, completely lost the activity, suggesting that the kringle domain is essential for the activity of K5. The activity was enhanced to K5mut1 level when five acidic amino acids of K5 in NH₂ terminal outside kringle domain were replaced by five serine residues (K5mut3). The shielding effect of acidic amino acids may explain why K5mut1 has higher activity. K5, K5mut1 and K5mut3 held characteristic β‐sheet spectrum while K5mut2 adopted random coil structure. These results suggest that K5mut1 with high efficacy is the minimal active peptide sequence of K5 and may have therapeutic potential in liver cancer.     

Crystallographic, thermodynamic, and molecular modeling studies of the mode of binding of oligosaccharides to the potent antiviral protein griffithsin

The mode of binding of oligosaccharides to griffithsin, an antiviral lectin from the red alga Griffithsia sp., was investigated by a combination of X-ray crystallography, isothermal titration calorimetry, and molecular modeling. The structures of complexes of griffithsin with 1-->6alpha-mannobiose and with maltose were solved and refined at the resolution of 2.0 and 1.5 A, respectively. The thermodynamic parameters of binding of 1-->6alpha-mannobiose, maltose, and mannose to griffithsin were determined. Binding profiles of 1-->6alpha-mannobiose and mannose were similar with Kd values of 83.3 microM and 102 microM, respectively. The binding of maltose to griffithsin was significantly weaker, with a fourfold lower affinity (Kd = 394 microM). In all cases the binding at 30 degrees C was entropically rather than enthalpically driven. On the basis of the experimental crystal structures, as well as on previously determined structures of complexes with monosaccharides, it was possible to create a model of a tridentate complex of griffithsin with Man9GlcNAc2, a high mannose oligosaccharide commonly found on the surface of viral glycoproteins. All shorter oligomannoses could be modeled only as bidentate or monodentate complexes with griffithsin. The ability to mediate tight multivalent and multisite interactions with high-mannose oligosaccharides helps to explain the potent antiviral activity of griffithsin.     

Detection of anti-tuberculosis activity in some folklore plants by radiometric BACTEC assay

Aims: The anti‐tubercular drugs are less effective because of the emergence of multi‐drug resistant (MDR) and extensively drug resistant (XDR) strains of M. tuberculosis, so plants being an alternative source of anti‐microbial compounds. The aim of this study was to investigate anti‐tuberculosis potential of the plants using Mycobacterium smegmatis as a rapid screening model for detection of anti‐mycobacterial activity and further to evaluate the active plants for anti‐tuberculosis activity against M. tuberculosis using radiometric BACTEC assay. Methods and Results: The 15 plants were screened for anti‐mycobacterial activity against M. smegmatis by the disk diffusion assay. The ethanolic extracts of Mallotus philippensis, Vitex negundo, Colebrookea oppositifolia, Rumex hastatus, Mimosa pudica, Kalanchoe integra and Flacourtia ramontchii were active against M. smegmatis in primary screening. The anti‐tuberculosis potential was identified in the leaves extracts of Mallotus philippensis by radiometric BACTEC assay. The ethanolic extract of M. philippensis showed anti‐tuberculosis activity against virulent and avirulent strains of M. tuberculosis H₃₇Rv and M. tuberculosis H₃₇Ra with minimum inhibitory concentration 0·25 and 0·125 mg ml^?1, respectively. The inhibition in growth index values of M. tuberculosis was observed in the presence of ethyl acetate fraction at a minimum concentration of 0·05 mg ml^?1. Conclusion: We found that BACTEC radiometric assay is a valuable method for detection of anti‐tuberculosis activity of the plant extracts. The results indicate that ethanolic extract and ethyl acetate fraction of M. philippensis exhibited significant anti‐mycobacterial activity against M. tuberculosis. Significance and Impact of the Study: These findings provide scientific evidence to support the traditional medicinal uses of M. philippensis and indicate a promising potential of this plant for the development of anti‐tuberculosis agent.     

Immunomanipulation of Appetite and Body Temperature through the Functional Mimicry of Leptin

Objective: Although current obesity therapies produce some benefits, there is a need for new strategies to treat obesity. A novel proposal is the use of anti‐idiotypic antibodies as surrogate ligands or hormones. These anti‐idiotypic antibodies carry an internal motif that imitates or mimics an epitope in the antigen (i.e., hormone or ligand). Thus, anti‐idiotypic antibodies to several ligands may mimic them in transducing signals when binding to their receptors. Research Methods and Procedures: We developed an anti‐idiotypic polyclonal antibody against the region of a leptin monoclonal antibody that competitively binds leptin, mimicking the active site structure of leptin. To test whether our anti‐idiotype could also reproduce leptin functions, we examined food intake, body weight, and colonic temperature in male Wistar rats (n = 9) in response to intracerebroventricular administration of the leptin anti‐idiotype. Results: Our leptin anti‐idiotype induced a significant reduction in food intake coupled with an increase in body temperature comparable to that of leptin. That is, the intracerebroventricular administration of 8.0 μg of leptin anti‐idiotype or 5.0 μg leptin significantly increased colonic temperature (Δ 1.9 ± 0.11 °C and Δ1.7 ± 0.12 °C, respectively). In addition, both decreased 24‐hour food intake (?26.4 ± 2.4% and ?21.9 ± 2.2%) compared with the control. The gain in body weight was also decreased by acute administration of the anti‐idiotype (?1.4 ± 0.28%) and leptin (?1.1 ± 0.17%) vs. the phosphate‐buffered saline control (1.3 ± 0.15%). Discussion: These studies revealed that the leptin anti‐idiotype inhibited food intake and enhanced heat production, mimicking leptin's central actions.