响应面法优化水酶法提取辣木籽蛋白质的工艺及其功能性质研究

为了提取和利用辣木籽蛋白质,本文通过水酶法优化其提取条件,并探讨其功能性质。以辣木籽为原材料,以蛋白质提取率为指标,首先确定了最佳使用酶为Alcalase碱性蛋白酶,再通过单因素试验考察料液比、时间、温度、酶添加量和pH等因素对蛋白质提取率的影响,在此基础上,利用响应面试验设计优化水酶法提取辣木籽蛋白质的工艺。结果表明,最佳工艺条件为:使用Alcalase碱性蛋白酶,在料液比为1∶10,酶添加量为4.5%,pH为9.0,温度为60℃,时间为4.5 h,此时辣木籽蛋白质的提取率最高为68.23%。在pH为10、温度为55℃时辣木籽蛋白质的氮溶解指数最高;辣木籽蛋白质持水性随着pH的增加而增加,在温度为40℃时持水性最好;在温度为55℃时,辣木籽分离蛋白的吸油效果最明显。     

大鲵皮肤色素提取工艺及抗氧化研究

为优化大鲵皮肤黑色素的提取工艺条件,探讨大鲵皮肤黑色素组成成分及体外抗氧化活性,采用酶法和碱溶酸沉法提取大鲵皮肤黑色素,以氢氧化钠浓度、液料比、提取温度为影响色素提取率因素,优化黑色素提取工艺条件,用紫外-可见光谱仪、红外光谱仪和超高效液相质谱仪测定黑色素的光谱特性,测定其抗氧化性。结果表明:大鲵皮肤黑色素最佳提取工艺条件为氢氧化钠浓度1.5 mol/L、液料比1∶15、提取温度45℃,黑色素提取率达0.65%。大鲵皮肤黑色素的紫外最大吸收波长为214 nm,由真黑色素和脱黑色素两种色素组成,其对超氧阴离子自由基的清除率为30.51%,对羟基自由基的清除率为54.17%。大鲵皮肤黑色素具有一定的体外抗氧化能力。     

曼氏无针乌贼墨汁黑色素的提取工艺研究

曼氏无针乌贼墨汁的主要成分是黑色素、蛋白质及灰分。使用酶解法去除杂质,获得高纯度墨汁黑色素。通过对碱性蛋白酶、中性蛋白酶、酸性蛋白酶、胃蛋白酶、木瓜蛋白酶、胰蛋白酶的水解效果进行比较,挑选出水解效果最好的蛋白酶。通过单因素实验,比较不同p H值、温度、加酶量、水解时间,对黑色素提取的影响。在单因素实验的基础上,通过正交试验优化黑色素的提取工艺。实验结果表明,高纯度的黑色素可以用1.5%碱性蛋白酶在温度为50℃,p H值10.5和底物浓度为2%的条件下酶解4 h获得。     

贵州野生甜藤多糖的提取与脱蛋白方法研究

以贵州野生甜藤干粉为原料,通过单因素试验,再通过正交试验优化甜藤多糖提取工艺,并采用Sevag法、TCA法、Sevag-TCA法、HCl O4法进行脱蛋白方法研究。结果表明,甜藤多糖最优提取工艺为:以水为溶剂,料液比1∶50,超声功率70 W,水浴温度70℃,超声提取时间110 min,提取2次;HCl O4法脱蛋白效果最佳,经3次脱蛋白处理后蛋白脱出率为94.78%,多糖损失率为15.14%,该法用于脱除甜藤植物多糖中的蛋白质,工艺简单,成本低,具有一定应用价值。     

响应面法优化黑根霉胞外多糖脱蛋白工艺研究

采用单因素实验结合Box-Behnken中心组合设计方法,以蛋白质脱除率和综合指数为指标,考察木瓜蛋白酶浓度、酶解温度和酶解时间对黑根霉胞外多糖酶-Sevag法脱蛋白工艺的影响。经过响应面实验优化,确定最优条件为木瓜蛋白酶浓度425 U/mL、酶解温度62℃、酶解时间90 min,经三次重复实验验证,蛋白质脱除率与综合指数均值分别为54.08%和2.07。     

纤维素酶-超声波协同提取黑木耳黑色素工艺及其抗氧化活性分析

黑色素是黑木耳的主要活性成分之一,在黑木耳的药理活性上发挥着重要作用。为了提高黑木耳黑色素的提取得率,实验采用正交法和响应面法对纤维素酶-超声波协同提取黑木耳黑色素的提取工艺进行了优化,并对最优条件下提取的黑木耳黑色素体外抗氧化活性进行了分析。实验结果表明,纤维素酶-超声波协同提取黑木耳黑色素的最优条件为:酶添加量12mg,酶解温度40℃,酶解pH 5.0,酶解时间120min,NaOH浓度1.27mol/L,料液比1:40,超声功率300W,超声时间52min,超声温度60℃。在最优条件下,黑木耳黑色素提取得率可达到10.48%,相比于实验设置的未添加纤维素酶的超声波组黑色素提取得率提高了12.93%。抗氧化结果表明,采用纤维素酶-超声波协同提取的黑色素相比于未加纤维素酶提取的黑色素清除ABTS、DPPH和羟基自由基的能力更强。研究结果为黑木耳黑色素的高效提取及其产品的应用开发奠定了基础。     

玫瑰茄花色素的提取工艺研究

通过单因素和正交实验对玫瑰茄花色素提取工艺条件进行了比较筛选和优化。结果表明:玫瑰茄花色素提取的适宜溶剂为乙醇,适宜的酸碱度为p H 2.0;影响提取效果因素依次是提取时间、乙醇浓度、温度、料液比;最佳提取工艺条件为粉碎粒度40目、乙醇浓度70%(V∶V)、提取温度40℃、提取时间1.5 h、最佳料液比1∶20,在此优化条件下,玫瑰茄花色素的提取率可达0.485%。     

超声法提取虎杖色素及其稳定性的研究

用乙醇作为提取溶剂,以提取得率和色价为评价指标,通过单因素实验,探讨料液比、提取温度、超声功率、提取时间、乙醇体积分数对色素提取效果的影响;通过正交实验优化提取条件,并对提取的色素进行了稳定性考察。实验结果表明:虎杖色素的最佳提取工艺条件为乙醇体积分数80%,料液比1∶30,超声温度25℃,超声功率50 W,超声时间20 min,其中料液比为显著影响因素;虎杖色素对热、光、蔗糖、NaCl、维生素C(Vc)等因素的影响较稳定,而pH、H2O2、柠檬酸对虎杖色素稳定性影响较大。     

新疆菊苣籽中总黄酮提取工艺研究

目的:以芦丁为标准品,采用分光光度法测定菊苣籽中总黄酮含量 .方法:在提取过程中通 过单因素实验,分析了乙醇浓度、回流温度、提取时间及料液比等四个因素对提取 率的影响.在单因素实验的基础上建立正交实验,优化菊苣籽总黄酮提取工艺条件.结果: 在最佳吸收波长512nm处,菊苣籽最佳提取工艺条件为乙醇浓度70%,料液比1∶50, 回流温 度70℃,提取时间2h,最佳黄酮含量C为3.80%.结论:以芦丁为对照品 ,用紫外可见分光光度法测定菊苣籽中总黄酮含量,方法简单,准确度较高.     

蹄叶槖吾叶多糖提取工艺优化及单糖组成研究

采用水提醇沉法提取蹄叶槖吾叶粗多糖,通过单因素试验和Box-Benhnken法优化该多糖的提取工艺。结果表明:蹄叶槖吾叶粗多糖的最佳提取工艺为:料液比1∶20(g/m L)、提取温度90℃、提取时间2 h、提取3次,提取率为8.76%;通过红外光谱扫描检测其特征基团,并应用高效液相色谱技术对已脱除蛋白的多糖结构进行初步鉴定,得到其单糖组成为半乳糖醛酸∶鼠李糖∶半乳糖∶阿拉伯糖∶甘露糖∶葡萄糖∶葡萄糖酸∶岩藻糖=43.5∶6.0∶23.6∶11.5∶6.3∶5.4∶1.6∶0.9。     

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.