茶叶中咖啡因和茶多酚提取技术研究

本文研究茶叶品种和质量、提取剂种类和萃取溶剂量对咖啡因和茶多酚提取得率、提取率和纯度的影响,结果表明:茶叶质量高,咖啡因和茶多酚的含量、得率和纯度就高。95％乙醇提取咖啡因和茶多酚的得率、提取率和纯度最高。1％氧化钙水溶液单纯提取咖啡因的得率、提取率和纯度较高。增加萃取次数和萃取溶剂量可提高咖啡因和茶多酚的得率,对产品纯度没有影响。     

超临界二氧化碳萃取技术在花椒麻味成分分离中的应用研究

要在超临界迷流体萃取花椒过程中,使用乙醇作为夹带剂,将花椒中的麻味成分如山椒素等萃取分离出来,探讨了萃取压力、温度以及夹带荆纯度等因素对萃取效果的影响。得到最佳萃取工艺：夹带剂加入量为5％,纯度为80％,萃取压力为30Mpa。温度为50℃,时间为1h。     

天然产物活性成分新型结晶纯化技术初探

鉴于天然产物中活性成分含量低,结晶性组分易堵塞管道等问题,本文以30％穿心莲内酯浸膏原料为例,通过超临界CO2萃取结晶技术来提高穿心莲内酯晶体的含量。结果发现：在温度55℃,时间90min,流量15L／min时,当萃取结晶压力超过20MPa后,穿心莲内酯的纯度超过80％,并采用HPLC分析实验结果。新型超临界CO2萃取结晶技术为开发高纯天然产物活性成分提供一条捷径。     

超临界CO2提取甘草地上部分总黄酮

采用单因素试验对甘草地上部分(茎叶)的超临界CO2提取工艺进行了研究。实验考察了压力、萃取时间、温度及CO2流量对甘草地上部分总黄酮提取率的影响,以总黄酮提取率和含量为指标,系统的研究了超临界二氧化碳萃取法提取甘草地上部分总黄酮的提取效果。得出的最佳工艺参数为:采用40-60目原料,80%乙醇为夹带剂,萃取时间:1.5 h;萃取压力:30.0 MPa;萃取温度:50℃;CO2流量:10 kg.h-1;分离压力:5.8 MPa;分离温度:40℃。实验结果表明超临界二氧化碳萃取甘草总黄酮的提取率2.09%,含量5.42%,工艺具有提取率高,纯度高的特点,为规模化生产甘草总黄酮的提取提供了研究基础。     

正交实验优选八角茴香油的超/亚临界CO_2萃取工艺

通过L16(45)正交实验优选最佳的超临界CO2萃取工艺条件,并在此基础上通过二因素随机区组实验优选最佳的亚临界CO2萃取工艺条件,以八角茴香油的得油率作为考查指标,以各实验方案所得茴香油中反式茴香脑的相对含量作为茴香油质量的评价指标.实验结果表明:最佳的亚临界CO2萃取工艺条件为:萃取压力为7 MPa、萃取温度为22 ℃、解析压力Ⅰ为7 MPa、解析温度Ⅰ为30 ℃、解析压力Ⅱ为5 MPa、解析温度Ⅱ为25 ℃,萃取时间为2.0 h,在此条件下八角茴香油的得油率可达12%以上,茴香油中反式茴香脑的相对含量可达91.2178%.采用亚临界CO2萃取,即保持了超临界CO2萃取八角茴香油高品质和天然芳香的优点,又能显著降低设备投资和成产成本,更有利于在生产中推广.     

超临界CO2萃取大豆油与大豆磷脂工艺条件研究

应用超临界CO2萃取技术从大豆中直接提取大豆油和纯度为95.98%的大豆磷脂。探讨了超临界CO2萃取的压力、温度、流量、时间等条件对大豆油和大豆磷脂的影响,确定其最佳萃取条件：萃取压力25MPa,温度50℃,CO2流量30kg/h,萃取时间150min,大豆磷脂夹带剂乙醇的流量为3kg/h,得率分别为15.72%和1.954%。     

超临界CO_2萃取大豆油与大豆磷脂工艺条件研究

应用超临界CO2 萃取技术从大豆中直接提取大豆油和纯度为 95 98%的大豆磷脂。探讨了超临界CO2 萃取的压力、温度、流量、时间等条件对大豆油和大豆磷脂的影响 ,确定其最佳萃取条件 :萃取压力 2 5MPa ,温度 5 0℃ ,CO2 流量 30kg h ,萃取时间15 0min ,大豆磷脂夹带剂乙醇的流量为 3kg h ,得率分别为 15 72 %和 1 95 4 %。     

超临界CO2提取甘草地上部分总黄酮

采用单因素试验对甘草地上部分（茎叶）的超临界CO₂提取工艺进行了研究。实验考察了压力、萃取时间、温度及CO₂流量对甘草地上部分总黄酮提取率的影响,以总黄酮提取率和含量为指标,系统的研究了超临界二氧化碳萃取法提取甘草地上部分总黄酮的提取效果。得出的最佳工艺参数为：采用40~60目原料,80%乙醇为夹带剂,萃取时间：1.5 h;萃取压力：30.0 MPa;萃取温度：50℃;CO₂流量：10 kg·h^-1;分离压力: 5.8 MPa;分离温度: 40℃。实验结果表明超临界二氧化碳萃取甘草总黄酮的提取率2.09%,含量5.42%,工艺具有提取率高,纯度高的特点,为规模化生产甘草总黄酮的提取提供了研究基础。     

微孔草籽油的超临界CO2流体萃取及HPLC—MS分析

利用超临界CO2萃取微孔草籽油,并对籽油进行了HPLC／MS分析。实验确定的最佳超临界CO2流体萃取条件是：萃取温度45℃,萃取压力20MPa,CO2流量为35-40kg／h,萃取时间120min,在此条件下白刺籽油的萃取率为16．12％。利用HPLC／MS对微孔草籽油分析,发现其不饱和脂肪酸的相对含量高达73．19％。比较了超临界CO2萃取微孔草籽油油样和石油醚萃取微孔草籽油油样的理化性质,发现超临界CO2流体萃取的籽油质量优于传统溶剂萃取的籽油。     

超临界二氧化碳萃取鸢尾油的工艺条件研究

本文采用L9（3^4）正交实验考察了二氧化碳超临界萃取中萃取压力、萃取温度和萃取时间对鸢尾精油提取率的影响。结果表明各影响因子的影响顺序为：压力〉时间〉温度;当原料的颗粒度为60-80目、CO2流量为20．0m^3/h时,用超临界二氧化碳萃取鸢尾精油的最佳工艺条件为：萃取压力26．0MPa,萃取温度55．0℃,萃取完成时间为2．5h,此条件下鸢尾香根中鸢尾油的萃取率高达12．71％,得到的精油中鸢尾酮的含量为39．95％,与索氏法和微波提取法相比,超临界萃取具有提取率高和产品质量好的优点。     

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.