大理翠雀碱甲的化学结构

从大理翠雀Delphynium taliense Franch根中分得五个二萜生物碱,其中四个已有报告,分别鉴定为methyllycaconitine,delsemine、大理翠雀碱乙(talitine B)、大理翠雀碱丙(talitine C)。本文主要通过质谱、红外光谱、核磁共振氢谱及其碳谱对大理翠雀碱甲的化学结构所进行的推导。     

大理翠雀中的新二萜生物碱

从大理翠雀根中分到五个二萜生物碱成分,其中两个成分分别鉴定为methylly-caconitine(3)和delsemine(4)。另三个成分为新二萜生物碱,命名为大理翠雀碱甲(talitine A)、大理翠雀碱乙(talitine B)及大理翠雀碱丙(talitine C)。经质谱、红外光谱、核磁共振氢谱、核磁共振碳谱等解析,碱乙和碱丙的化学结构分别为(1)和(2),碱甲的结构另文报告。     

Delphinium nortonii Dunn的重新描述

通过检查藏南翠雀花Delphinium nortonii 的主模式标本,发现《中国植物志》、《西藏植物志》和《Flora of China》中对该种的鉴定和描述有误。该种的花的退化雄蕊黑褐色,属于翠雀亚属的密花翠雀花组subgen. Delphinastrum sect. Elatopsis, 而上述几种植物志中长1以来将其置于退化雄蕊为蓝色或蓝紫色的翠雀组sect. Delphinastrum中。这几种植物志中记载的D. nortonii 实际上代表一个新种,即李恒翠雀花D. lihengianum。     

中国毛茛科翠雀属的分类学研究(三):拟澜沧翠雀花、磨顶山翠雀花和粗距蓝翠雀花的名实订正(英文)

通过标本室和野外观察,发现根据云南西北部德钦标本描述的拟澜沧翠雀花(Delphinium pseudothibeticum W.T.WangM.J.Warnock)与同样根据德钦标本描述的短角萼翠雀花(D.ceratophorum Franch.var.brevicorniculatum W.T.Wang)属于同一植物,故将前者处理为后者的异名;而根据德钦标本描述的磨顶山("磨顶"应为德钦县羊拉乡茂顶,故"磨顶山"实应为"茂顶山")翠雀花(D.motingshanicum W.T.WangM.J.Warnock)和粗距蓝翠雀花(D.caeruleum Jacq.ex Camb.var.crassicalcaratum W.T.WangM.J.Warnock)均与云南西北部颇为常见的宽距翠雀花(D.beesianum W.W.Smith)属于同一植物(磨顶山翠雀花为宽距翠雀花的高大个体),故将磨顶山翠雀花和粗距蓝翠雀花均处理为宽距翠雀花的异名。     

中国毛茛科翠雀属的分类学研究(一):鞘柄翠雀花二新异名(英文)

通过查阅标本和野外观察,发现根据采自云南西北部丽江玉龙山标本描述的玉龙山翠雀花(Delphinium yulungshanicum W.T.Wang)和硕片翠雀花(D.grandilimbum W.T.WangM.J.Warnock)实际上属于目前仅知在该山体有分布的鞘柄翠雀花(D.coleopodum Hand.-Mazz.)的较小个体,故将它们处理为鞘柄翠雀花的异名。     

中国毛茛科翠雀属的分类学研究(十):须弥翠雀花二新异名

标本室和野外观察表明匙苞翠雀花(Delphinium subspathulatum W. T. Wang)和吉隆翠雀花(D. tabatae Tamura)与须弥翠雀花(D. himalayae Munz)属于同一种植物,故将前二者均处理为须弥翠雀花的异名。     

中国毛茛科翠雀属的分类学研究(六):拟川西翠雀花二新异名

通过标本室和野外观察, 发现根据四川丹巴标本描述的毛茛科光果拟螺距翠雀花(Delphinium bulleyanum Forrest ex Dielsvar. leiogynum W. T. Wang)和根据四川汶川标本描述的汶川翠雀花(D. wenchuanense W. T. Wang)与此前发现分布于四川宝兴、都江堰、汶川一带的拟川西翠雀花(D. pseudotongolense W. T. Wang)没有区别, 故将二者均处理为拟川西翠雀花的异名。     

中国毛茛科翠雀属的分类学研究(二):狭菱形翠雀花的名实订正(英文)

通过标本室和野外观察,发现根据采自我国云南西北部中甸标本描述的狭菱形翠雀花(Delphinium angustirhombicum W.T.Wang)与当地颇为常见的螺距翠雀花(D.bulleyanum Forrest ex Diels)没有区别,故将其处理为后者的异名。     

翠雀属一新变型

本文发表了翠雀属一新变型,即白花翠雀ＤｅｌｐｈｉｎｉｕｍｇｒａｎｄｉｆｌｏｒｍＬ．ｆ．ａｌｂｕｍＴ．Ｊ．ＦｅｎｇｅｔＪ．Ｘ．Ｈｕａｎｇ．     

中国毛茛科翠雀属的分类学研究(四):五花翠雀花的名实订正

通过标本室和野外观察,发现根据云南中甸标本描述的毛茛科五花翠雀花(Delphinium quinqueflorum W.T.Wang)与当地颇为常见的澜沧翠雀花(D.thibeticum Finet&Gagnep.)没有本质区别,仅为其稍矮小的植株,故将前者处理为后者的异名。     

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.     

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     

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.     

鸡传染性法氏囊病病毒研究进展

传染性法氏囊病(Infection bursal disease, IBD)是由鸡传染性法氏囊病毒(Infectious bursal disease virus, IBDV)引起的鸡和火鸡的一种高度接触性传染病,给世界各国的禽养殖业带来了巨大损失.自IBDV发现至今新的变异株不断出现,分子结构的改变导致病毒致病力的改变及宿主对疫苗应答的改变,使得传统的疫苗已不能控制其流行,因此各国学者对其基因组结构和功能进行了广泛深入的研究,并积极研制新型有效的疫苗以达到防治的目的.     

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.     

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).     

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.