蓝花侧金盏化学成分的研究

从藏药蓝花侧金盏的乙醇溶液中分离得到8个化合物,通过波谱学方法分别鉴定为三十一烷醇(1)、对甲酰基肉桂酸(2)、芹菜素(3)、木犀草素(4)、荭草苷(5)、木犀草素-7-O-β-D-葡萄糖苷(6)、异荭草苷(7)及侧金盏醇(8)。化合物1、2、4、6、7均首次从该种植物中分离得到。     

小叶三点金的黄酮类成分研究

从小叶三点金(Desmodium microphyllum)乙醇溶液中分离得到9个黄酮类化合物,通过波谱学方法分别鉴定为()-表儿茶素(1)、genistein-4′-O-β-glucoside(2)、异荭草苷(isoorientin,3)、荭草苷(orientin,4)、木犀草素(luteotin,5)、异日本獐牙菜素(isoswertiajaponin,6)、luteoayamenin(7)、木犀草素-7-O-β-D-葡萄糖苷(luteolin-7-galactoside,8)、木犀草素-7-O-鼠李糖苷(luteolin-7-rhamnoside,9)。所有化合物均为首次在该植物中分离得到。     

昆仑雪菊黄酮类成分研究

采用大孔树脂、ODS RP-18和Sephadex LH-20柱从昆仑雪菊中分离得到7个黄酮类化合物,通过理化性质和波谱学方法鉴定化合物的结构,分别为:异奥卡宁7-O-β-吡喃葡萄糖苷(1)、栎草亭-7-O-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖苷(2)、马里苷(3)、奥卡宁(4)、木犀草素(5)、槲皮素(6)、8-羟基黄颜木素(7)。其中化合物2、5、6和7为首次从该植物中分离得到。     

抱茎苦荬菜水溶性成分的分离与结构鉴定

从抱茎苦荬菜的水溶性成分分离得到5个化合物,根据理化性质和光谱数据分别鉴定为木犀草素-7-O-β-D-葡萄糖醛酸苷(1),木犀草素-7-O-β-D-葡萄糖1→2葡萄糖苷(2),芹菜素-7-O-β-D-葡萄糖醛酸苷(3),菊苣酸(4),(-)3,4-二羟基咖啡酰基酒石酸(5)。化合物3～5为首次从该植物中分离得到。     

菊花的化学成分研究

通过硅胶、Sephadex LH-20反复柱层析、纯化,从菊花的乙醇提取物中分离得到14个化合物,利用波谱方法分离鉴定为香叶木素(chrysoeriol,1),木犀草素(luteolin,2),芹菜素(apigenin,3),香叶木素7-O--βD-葡萄糖苷(chrysoeriol 7-O--βD-glucopyranoside,4),木犀草素7-O--βD-葡萄糖苷(luteolin 7-O--βD-glucopyranoside,5),金合欢素7-O--βD-葡萄糖苷(acacetin 7-O--βD-glucopyranoside,6),刺槐苷(acacetin 7-O--βD-glucopyranosyl(6→1)--αL-rhamnopy-ranoside,7),金合欢素7-O-(6″-O-乙酰)--βD-葡萄糖苷(acacetin 7-O-(6″-O-acetyl)--βD-glucopyranoside,8),金合欢素(acacetin,9),山奈酚(kaempferol,10),异泽兰黄素(eupatilin,11),大黄素(emodin,12),大黄酚(chrysophanol,13)和大黄素甲醚(physcion,14)。其中化合物8~14均为首次从菊花中分离得到。     

蜈蚣草化学成分及抑制乙酰胆碱酯酶生物活性研究

采用多种分离分析手段对蜈蚣草(Pteris vittata)乙醇提取物进行系统的化学成分和乙酰胆碱酯酶抑制活性研究,应用现代波谱技术鉴定了其中的6个化学成分,分别是芹菜素(1)、芹菜素-7-O-β-D-葡萄糖苷(2)、木犀草素(3)、木犀草素-7-O-β-D-葡萄糖(4)、山柰素-3-O-β-D-葡萄糖苷(5)、β-谷甾醇(6),所有化合物均系首次从该种中获得。化合物5具有一定抑制乙酰胆碱酯酶活性。     

益智茎叶中黄酮类化学成分研究

对益智茎叶中黄酮类化学成分进行研究,采用多种色谱方法进行分离纯化,运用多种谱学方法并结合理化性质对分离得到的化合物进行结构鉴定。结果从益智茎叶95%乙醇提取物中共分离得到11个黄酮类化合物,其中包括8个黄酮类化合物,分别鉴定为:良姜素(izalpinin)(1)、杨芽黄素(tectochrysin)(2)、白杨素(chrysin)(3)、芹菜素(apigenin)(4)、刺槐素(acacetin)(5)、5-羟基-4',7-二甲氧黄酮(5-hydroxy-4',7-dimethoxyflavone)(6)、山奈酚-4'-O-甲醚(kaempferol-4'-O-methylether)(7)、5,7,4'-三甲氧基黄酮(5,7,4'-trimethoxyflavone)(8)和3个二氢黄酮类化合物,分别鉴定为:乔松素(pinocembrin)(9)、球松素(pinostrobin)(10)和二氢山萘酚(dihydrokaempferol)(11)。所有化合物均为首次从该植物茎叶中分离得到,其中化合物6、8和10为首次从该属植物中分离得到。     

红背山麻杆化学成分的研究

采用柱色谱技术从红背山麻杆叶子的60％乙醇提取物中分离得到4个黄酮苷和2个其他类化合物.根据理化性质及波谱方法分别鉴定为:芹菜素-6-C-D-葡萄糖苷(1)、芹菜素-7-O-芸香糖苷(2)、芹菜素-7-O-β-(2″-O-α-鼠李糖基)葡萄糖醛酸苷(3)、木犀草素-7-O-α-L-鼠李糖(1→6)-β-D-葡萄糖苷(4)、没食子酸乙酯(5)、β-胡萝卜苷(6).以上化合物均为首次从该植物中分离得到,其中化合物1～4为首次从山麻杆属中分离得到的黄酮苷.     

蜡菊花的化学成分研究

从菊科植物蜡菊(Helichrysum bracteatumVent)花的乙醇提取物中分离出11个化合物,经波谱分析鉴定为subscandenin(1),江户樱花苷(2),圣草素5-O-β-D-葡萄吡喃糖苷(3),pyracanthoside(4),槲皮素(5),木犀草素(6),柯伊利素(7),异荭草素(8),咖啡酸(9),piperitol(10),4-hydroxymethyl-1-methoxycarbonylazulene(11)。这些化合物均为首次从该植物中分离得到。     

连钱草化学成分研究(英文)

利用硅胶、凝胶等色谱技术从连钱草乙酸乙酯萃取部位分离得到了10个化合物,分别鉴定为齐墩果酸(1)、熊果酸(2)、咖啡酸(3)、迷迭香酸(4)、迷迭香酸甲酯(5)、间羟基苯甲酸(6)、原儿茶醛(7)、芹菜素(8)、芹菜素-7-O-β-D-葡萄糖苷(9)、木犀草素(10).其中,化合物4-7为首次从连钱草中分离得到.     

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.