皂荚果实中皂苷O的分离鉴定及毒性研究

采用乙醇提取、正丁醇萃取、常压硅胶柱反复层析的方法,并结合杀鼠活性追踪,从豆科植物皂荚(Gleditsiasinensis Lam.)的果实中分离到一个含有7个糖基的三萜皂苷,通过TLC、mp、IR、MS、1 H-NMR和13 C-NMR等方法鉴定为3-O-β-D-吡喃木糖基-(1→2)-α-L-吡喃阿拉伯糖基-(1→6)-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖基齐墩果酸28-O-β-D-吡喃木糖基-(1→3)-β-D-吡喃木糖基-(1→4)-α-L-吡喃鼠李糖基-(1→2)-[(6S,2E)-6-羟基-2,6-二甲基-2,7-辛二烯醇-(1→3)-(6′S,2′E)-6′-羟基-2′,6′-二甲基-2′,7′-辛二烯醇-(1→6)]-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖酯[即皂荚皂苷O(GleditsiosidesO)]。对小鼠的急性毒性测定结果表明,试鼠对皂荚皂苷O经口灌胃的耐受量为160～400mg/kg,半数致死剂量LD50=249.52mg/kg,95%可信区间为224.81～276.95mg/kg;皂荚皂苷O对小鼠的急性毒性大于皂荚皂苷A。研究结果表明,皂荚皂苷O为皂荚的主要杀鼠活性成分。     

皂荚中一种杀鼠活性成分的分离鉴定

采用70%乙醇渗漉提取,正丁醇萃取,常压硅胶柱反复层析,结合杀鼠活性追踪的方法,从豆科植物皂荚(Gleditsia sinensis Lam.)的果实中分离到一个含有7个糖基的三萜皂苷,通过TLC、mp、IR、MS、1H-NMR和13C-NMR等方法鉴定为3-O-β-D-吡喃木糖基-(1→2)-α-L-吡喃阿拉伯糖基-(1→6)-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖基齐墩果酸28-O-β-D-吡喃木糖基-(1→3)-β-D-吡喃木糖基-(1→4)-α-L-吡喃鼠李糖基-(1→2)-[(6S,2E)-6-羟基-2,6-二甲基-2,7-辛二烯醇-(1→6)]-β-D-吡南葡萄糖酯;对小鼠的毒性测定表明,试鼠经口灌胃的耐受量为200～800 mg/kg,LD50为508.31 mg/kg,95%可信区间为449.40～574.95 mg/kg.该三萜皂苷为皂荚杀鼠的活性成分.     

天然植物提取物对茄子黄萎病菌的抑制活性

以茄子黄萎菌为供试菌种,研究了54种天然植物的乙醇提取液对茄黄萎菌的抑菌活性. 结果表明, 有15种植物提取物对茄子黄萎菌菌丝生长抑制率大于50%,其中细辛、黄连、厚朴、儿茶、苦参、甘草、蛇床子、桔梗、洋葱的提取物对供试菌菌丝生长抑制作用较强,抑制效果均在65%以上,蛇床子的抑菌率达86.84%.有16种植物提取物对病菌孢子萌发的抑制作用大于70%,其中7种植物提取物对孢子萌发的抑制率大于95%以上,细辛、黄连、厚朴基本上抑制了孢子的萌发.儿茶提取物对菌丝生长的抑制效果较差,但却显著抑制了孢子萌发,抑制率达100%.蛇床子提取物虽然抑菌效果较高,但其处理的孢子萌发率为11.3%.研究发现天然植物提取物中存在着抑制黄萎菌的活性物质,这为生物防治黄萎病和进一步研究蔬菜抗病增产理论提供了新的思路与途径.     

番茄、芦苇、水杉、皂荚粗提液与辛硫磷、氯氰菊酯混用对赤拟谷盗杀灭作用的初步试验

赤拟谷盗是一种重要的世界性储粮害虫,防治困难.本文采用浸渍法测定了番茄茎叶、芦苇全株、水杉叶、皂荚果实等4种植物材料水提液与两种杀虫剂混用对赤拟谷盗的毒力效应.结果 表明,各提取液与40%辛硫磷乳油1000倍液、5%氯氰菊酯乳油500倍液以不同比例混配时,均表现出不同程度的增效作用.药液与植物提取液以4:1、1:1体积...     

木本曼陀罗内生真菌抗菌活性的筛选研究

从木本曼陀罗植物内生真菌中筛选高效抗菌活性的菌株。选择与人类和植物相关的36株病原微生物,分别对分离自木本曼陀罗(Datura arborea L.)植物的内生真菌77株进行了发酵代谢产物的抗菌活性筛选研究。结果显示:对细菌病原菌、皮肤致病真菌、植物致病真菌有抑制作用的内生真菌分别有24,9,17株,其中5株内生真菌对10种以上的供试病原菌有明显的抑制作用,活性最好的1株对20种病原菌有较强抑制活性,最大抑菌圈直径达48mm。这说明木本曼陀罗植物内生真菌抗菌能力较强,抗菌谱较广。     

侧柏乙醇提取物对21种植物病原真菌的抑菌活性

采用菌丝生长速率法测定了侧柏(Platycladus orientalis)叶、小枝、球果和种子4个不同部位乙醇提取物对21种植物病原真菌的抑菌活性。结果显示:(1)在供试浓度为50g/L(相当于干样)时,侧柏各部位乙醇提取物对4种供试植物病原真菌均具有较好抑制作用,其中侧柏叶提取物的抑菌效果最好,对供试葡萄白腐病菌(Conio-thyrium diplodiella)、葡萄黑痘病菌(Elsinoe ampelina)、番茄绵腐病菌(Phytophthora melongenae)和青霉病菌(Penicilliu mexpansum)的EC50分别为:5.424、3.186、8.913和19.000g/L。(2)侧柏叶乙醇提取物的石油醚萃取物和乙酸乙酯萃取物抑菌活性均较好,在供试浓度为0.5g/L时,石油醚萃取物对苹果腐烂病菌(Valsa mali)和葡萄黑痘病菌(E.ampelina)的抑菌率分别为80.35%和60.23%;乙酸乙酯萃取物对以上2种植物病原菌的抑菌率分别为81.88%和64.06%。结果表明:侧柏叶、小枝、球果和种子乙醇提取物均具有一定抑菌活性,叶乙醇提取物的活性最好,活性成分主要集中在石油醚萃取物和乙酸乙酯萃取物中。     

云南12种药用植物内生真菌分离及抗肿瘤活性菌株筛选

从马尾树、断肠草和白花蛇舌草等十二种云南药用植物中共分离到内生真菌263株,以卤虫模型对其中130株进行了抗肿瘤活性筛选,结果表明,有56.9%的菌株LD50≥4,39.2%的菌株LD50≥8,25.4%的菌株LD50≥16。以人胃癌细胞株BGC-823对LD50≥16的高活性菌株进行MTT法复筛,结果表明,有12株菌显示了细胞毒活性,抑制率从39.24%到100%不等。进一步研究表明,菌株D126和MT13对人白血病细胞株K562显示了较强的细胞毒活性,IC50分别为1∶438和1∶919。在12种植物中,小桐子的抗肿瘤活性菌株比率最高,为37.5%,其次为曼陀罗,为25.0%,而乌头、木瓜红、大花八角和重楼中未分离到抗肿瘤活性菌株。经鉴定,抗肿瘤活性菌株分属于12个分类单元     

曼陀罗种子油脂肪酸化学成分研究

以石油醚为溶剂提取曼陀罗种子中的脂肪酸,采用GC-MS技术测定其化学成分,并通过饲料混毒法测定了曼陀罗种子脂肪酸对小鼠的毒性.结果表明,曼陀罗种子中含有23.2%的脂肪酸,其主要化学成分为1,20-二十碳二酸(34.55%)、Crinan-3-ol,1,2-didehydro-,(3à)(13.41%)、8,11-十八碳二烯酸(4.56%)、8,11,14-二十碳三烯酸(Z,Z,Z)(4.39%)、2,3,3-三甲基辛烷(4.35%)、7,10-十八碳二烯酸(3.61%)、亚油酸乙脂(2.64%)、α-亚麻酸(2.34%)、cis-乙酸环己脂-2-丙酸(2.34%)等.采用饲料混毒法对小鼠的毒性测定结果表明,曼陀罗种子脂肪油对小鼠无胃毒作用.研究认为,曼陀罗种子中含有多种对人体有益的活性成分,可作为脂肪酸食用油来源或从中提取对人体有益的活性成分开发利用.     

青天葵体外抑菌活性研究

目的:研究青天葵水提取液、醇提取液和水醇提取液对金黄色葡萄球菌、大肠杆菌、白色念珠菌、伤寒沙门菌、绿脓杆菌、黑曲霉菌6种菌株的抑菌效果。方法:制备青天葵3种提取液,采用试管两倍稀释法测定3种提取液对金黄色葡萄球菌等6种菌株的最低抑菌浓度(MIC)。结果:青天葵水提取液对伤寒沙门菌的抑菌作用较强(MIC为12.5%),对金黄色葡萄球菌、大肠杆菌、绿脓杆菌和黑曲霉菌的抑菌作用较弱(MIC为50%);醇提取液对伤寒沙门菌和绿脓杆菌都有很强的抑菌作用(MIC为6.25%),对金黄色葡萄球菌也有较强的抑菌活性(MIC为12.5%),对大肠杆菌的抑菌作用较弱(MIC为50%);水醇提取液的抑菌活性与醇提取液相当。结论:青天葵对金黄色葡萄球菌等6种菌株表现出不同程度的抑制活性。     

皂荚提取物的杀螺活性

[目的]研究皂荚生物农药活性,开发利用皂荚资源,发展环境友好的绿色植物源农药。[方法]采用室内生测和田间试验研究皂荚壳乙醇提取物的杀螺活性。[结果]皂荚提取物对福寿螺有显著的毒杀活性,对幼螺和成螺72 h的LC₅₀分别为40.56、109.83 mg·L^-1。田间试验表明,皂荚提取物对福寿螺有较好的防效,施用40 g·m^-2的皂荚提取物处理7 d后卵块减少率为100.00%（成螺失去产卵的能力）,防效为（99.12±1.26）%。[结论]皂荚提取物对福寿螺较好的生物防治效果,是一种潜在的生物杀螺剂。     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

Enterovirus 71 3C proteolytically processes the histone H3 N-terminal tail during infection

Highlights
1. The N-terminal tail of histone H3 is specifically cleaved during EV71 infection.
2. Viral protease 3C is identified as a protease responsible for proteolytically processing the N-terminal H3 tail.
3. Our finding reveals a new epigenetic regulatory mechanism for Enterovirus 71 in virus-host interactions.     

Detection of EBV and HHV6 in the Brain Tissue of Patients with Rasmussen’s Encephalitis

Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a rare pediatric neurological disorder, and the exact etiology is not clear. Viral infection may be involved in the pathogenesis of RE, but conflicting results have reported. In this study, we evaluated the expression of both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human herpes virus (HHV) 6 antigens in brain sections from 30 patients with RE and 16 control individuals by immunohistochemistry. In the RE group, EBV and HHV6 antigens were detected in 56.7% (17/30) and 50% (15/30) of individuals, respectively. In contrast, no detectable EBV and HHV6 antigen expression was found in brain tissues of the control group. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in 20.0% (6/30) of individuals. In particular, a 4-year-old boy had a typical clinical course, including a medical history of viral encephalitis, intractable epilepsy, and hemispheric atrophy. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in neurons and astrocytes in the brain tissue, accompanied by a high frequency of CD8⁺ T cells. Our results suggest that EBV and HHV6 infection and the activation of CD8⁺ T cells are involved in the pathogenesis of RE.     

Perinatal Vertical Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Ruili,a Town on the Border between China and Myanmar

正Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus, is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A. albopictus mosquito, and causes disease in humans characterized by fever, rash, and arthralgia (Silva and Dermody 2017; Suhrbier 2019). It was first reported in 1953 in Tanzania, and caused only a few outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia in last century. However, in the epidemic in 2004, CHIKV acquired mutations that conferred enhanced transmission by the A. albopictus mosquito(Schuffenecker et al. 2006). Since then, it has successively caused outbreaks in Africa, the Indian Ocean, South East Asia, the South America, and Europe (Zeller et al. 2016).     

Development of a Novel Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

In conclusion, the novel visual RT-LAMP assay is a simple, rapid, and sensitive approach for detection of SARS-CoV-2, and it is ready for application in primary care and community hospitals or health care centers, and even patients' own houses in response to the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic because the assay does not require sophisticated equipment and skilled personnel. Furthermore, it is also ready to be used in fields for screening samples from wild animals and environments to facilitate the identification of potential intermediate hosts that mediate the cross-species transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans.