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。     

香椿嫩芽和老叶萃取物抗菌活性的比较研究

采用琼脂扩散法对香椿嫩芽和老叶萃取物的氯仿、乙酸乙酯和正丁醇萃取部分的抗菌活性进行了研究.嫩芽萃取物的抗菌活性明显高于老叶萃取物,其中嫩芽萃取物的乙酸乙酯部分表现出最强的抗菌活性,其最小抑菌浓度(MIC)为1.3 mg/mL.实验结果表明,香椿叶中的抑菌物质随着生长时间的延长而逐渐降低.     

博落回不同部位提取物对大肠菌群的抑菌作用研究

研究了博落回提取物对大肠菌群的抑制作用。本实验以大肠杆菌、产气肠杆菌、阴沟肠杆菌为指示菌,采用牛津杯法筛选对三种指示菌有最佳抑制作用的博落回组织粗提物;对抑菌效果好的粗提物依次用石油醚、乙酸乙酯、正丁醇进行萃取,采用滤纸片法筛选出抑菌活性最高的萃取物,并测定其最小抑制浓度和最小杀菌浓度。实验结果表明博落回不同部位粗提物有抑制指示菌的活性,其中以博落回根部提取物的抑菌活性最佳;根部萃取物抑菌实验结果表明正丁醇萃取物对三种指示菌均有较好的抑制效果,抑菌圈直径均在12 mm以上,远高于粗提物,对大肠杆菌,其最小抑制浓度和最小杀菌浓度分别为400、600μg/m L,对产气肠杆菌与阴沟肠杆菌,其最小抑制浓度均为500μg/m L,最小杀菌浓度均为700μg/m L。博落回根部提取物对上述三种指示菌均有抑制作用,尤其以正丁醇萃取物的抑菌效果最佳。     

龙柏乙酸乙酯萃取物抑菌活性成分的分离与鉴定

采用活性追踪法和柱层析法,以苹果腐烂病菌、葡萄白腐病菌等作为供试菌种,从龙柏乙醇提取物的乙酸乙酯萃取物中分离得到抑菌活性成分.结果表明,在供试浓度为2 mg/mL时,龙柏乙酸乙酯萃取物对6种植物病菌均有一定的抑制作用,其中对苹果腐烂病菌和葡萄白腐病菌抑菌活性最好,抑菌率分别为83.06％和78.87％.其活性成份桧脂素对苹果腐烂病菌、葡萄白腐病菌、小麦赤霉病菌、葡萄黑痘病菌、苹果轮纹病菌和黄瓜枯萎病菌的EC50分别为0.38、0.18、0.47、0.59、0.70 mg/mL和1.94 mg/mL.     

山鸡椒植物源抑菌成分的筛选研究

以山鸡椒为植物材料,以活性追踪的方法测定了不同组分对几种植物病原菌的抑制活性,并从中分离纯化出一种有效抗菌物质L1。实验结果表明:粗提物不同萃取相中,乙酸乙酯相的抑制作用最好,其对杨树溃疡病菌和苹果霉心病菌抑制率达到75%以上;乙酸乙酯相各个组分对几种植物病原真菌均有一定的抑制活性,其中组分6和组分7抑菌效果强,组分6对苹果霉心病菌抑制率达到100%,组分7对番茄灰霉病菌抑制率达到100%;而对抑菌活性物质L1的抑菌活性研究中,随着L1浓度逐渐升高,对几种病原菌的抑制作用也依次增强,尤其是对苹果霉心病菌的抑制效果更加明显,在供试浓度为0.1 mg/mL时,抑制率达到100%;活性成分L1最终通过波谱学方法和文献对比确定为5,8-二羟基-67,-二甲氧基黄酮。     

龙柏枝叶水浸提液及其萃取物除草活性的生物测定

采用培养皿滤纸法,以油菜(Brassica campestris L. )、反枝苋(Amaranthus retroflexus L. )、生菜(Lactuca sativa L. var. ramosa Hort. )、番茄(Lycopersicon esculentum Miller)和小麦(Triticum aestivum L. )为供试植物,对龙柏(Sabina chinensis 'Kaizuca')枝叶水浸提液的除草活性进行了生物测定,并以番茄为测定对象,对水浸提液的不同溶剂萃取物的除草活性也进行了生物测定;另外,采用薄层层析法对乙酸乙酯萃取物的除草活性成分进行了初步定性分析.结果显示,在0.05～0.2 g·mL-1质量浓度范围内,龙柏枝叶水浸提液对5种植物的种子萌发及幼苗根长和茎高均有一定的抑制作用,且随质量浓度的提高,抑制作用逐渐增强,其中0.2 g·mL-1水浸提液对5种植物的种子萌发及幼苗根长和茎高的抑制率均在80.00%以上, 对番茄种子萌发及幼苗根长和茎高的抑制率最高, 均达到100.00%.在龙柏枝叶水浸提液的石油醚、乙酸乙酯和水萃取物中,0.01、0.02和0.04 g·mL-1石油醚或乙酸乙酯萃取物以及0.02和0.04 g·mL-1水萃取物对番茄种子萌发及幼苗根长和茎高均有一定的抑制作用,且随质量浓度的降低,抑制率逐渐降低;其中,乙酸乙酯萃取物的抑制作用最强,水萃取物的抑制作用最低.薄层层析显色结果表明,龙柏枝叶水浸提液乙酸乙酯萃取物的主要除草活性成分为酚类成分.     

小桐子提取物除草活性的生物测定

为全面了解小桐子(Jatropha curcas L. )提取物的除草活性,以萝卜(Raphanus sativus L. )、苋(Amaranthus tricolor L. )、苏丹草[Sorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf]和黑麦草(Lolium perenne L. )为实验材料,对小桐子果壳和枝叶的水、乙醇(体积分数95%)、正丁醇、乙酸乙酯、氯仿和石油醚粗提物的除草活性进行了生物测定,并从中筛选出抑制作用最强的水粗提物进行进一步的活性组分分离及其除草活性的生物测定.测定结果显示,小桐子果壳和枝叶的6种溶剂提取物(10 g·L~(-1))对供试的4种植物幼苗的根长和茎高均有不同程度的抑制作用,其中水粗提物和乙醇(体积分数95%)粗提物的抑制作用较强,且水粗提物对供试的4种植物幼苗的根长和茎高的抑制作用均在75%以上,显著高于其他溶剂粗提物(P<0.05);石油醚粗提物的抑制作用最小,均在10%以下.小桐子果壳和枝叶水粗提物的石油醚、氯仿、乙酸乙酯、正丁醇和水萃取物(10 g·L~(-1))对萝卜和苏丹草幼苗的根长和茎高均有不同程度的抑制作用,其中水、正丁醇和乙酸乙酯萃取物的抑制作用显著高于氯仿和石油醚萃取物,抑制率均在70%以上;水萃取物的抑制作用最强,抑制率均在80%以上;石油醚萃取物的抑制作用最小,抑制率均在10%以下.研究结果表明,小桐子果壳和枝叶的水粗提物具有一定的除草活性,其有效成分为极性较大的组分.     

山芝麻提取物对10种植物病原真菌的抑菌活性初探

该文采用菌丝生长速率法,研究了山芝麻根、茎和叶不同溶剂萃取物在1.5 mg·mL~(-1)浓度下对10种植物病原真菌菌丝生长的抑制活性,用孢子萌发法测试了山芝麻根石油醚相和乙酸乙酯相萃取物对香蕉炭疽病菌分生孢子萌发的抑制作用,用离体法测试了山芝麻根石油醚相和乙酸乙酯相萃取物对香蕉炭疽病的防治效果,并通过气相与质谱联用技术(Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometer,GC-MS)分析了山芝麻根石油醚相和乙酸乙酯相萃取物的主要成分,测试了其中8种主要化合物对香蕉炭疽病菌菌丝生长的抑制活性。结果表明:山芝麻各部分萃取相对10种植物病原真菌菌丝生长均具有不同程度的抑制作用。其中:在1.5 mg·mL~(-1)浓度下,山芝麻根石油醚相和乙酸乙酯相萃取物对香蕉炭疽病菌菌丝生长的抑制率分别为87.00%和86.14%,其EC50分别为0.062 mg·mL~(-1)和0.052 mg·mL~(-1);浓度在2、4、8 mg·mL~(-1)时,山芝麻根石油醚相和乙酸乙酯相萃取物对香蕉炭疽病菌分生孢子萌发相对抑制率均在70%以上;在10 mg·mL~(-1)浓度下,山芝麻根石油醚相和乙酸乙酯相萃取物对香蕉炭疽病的防治效果分别为72.32%和59.77%。通过气相与质谱联用技术对山芝麻根石油醚相和乙酸乙酯相萃取物进行了分析,在山芝麻根石油醚相萃取物中共鉴定出36种主要化学成分,在山芝麻根乙酸乙酯相萃取物中共鉴定出17种主要化学成分。对选取的8种主要化合物,在100μg·mL~(-1)浓度下,邻苯二甲酸二异丁酯和邻苯二甲酸二丁酯对香蕉炭疽病菌菌丝生长显现出较高的抑制活性,抑制率分别为65.12%和68.07%,EC_(50)分别为56.66μg·mL~(-1)和37.04μg·mL~(-1)。     

内蒙古产柽柳和多枝柽柳α-葡萄糖苷酶抑制活性

首次利用体外α-葡萄糖苷酶抑制模型以96微孔板法,对内蒙古产2种柽柳属植物不同溶剂提取物进行活性评价,并与阳性对照Acarbose比较,发现6种提取物均有较好的α-葡萄糖苷酶抑制作用,远远强于阳性对照Acarbose(IC50=1103.01μg·mL-1)的抑制活性。结果显示,同一植物不同溶剂提取物相比较,两者石油醚提取物α-葡萄糖苷酶抑制活性不及乙酸乙酯和正丁醇提取物;不同植物同一溶剂的提取物抑制活性也不同,6种提取物中,多枝柽柳的正丁醇和柽柳的乙酸乙酯提取物抑制活性最高(IC50=13.36和17.35μg·mL-1)。所有提取物对α-葡萄糖苷酶活性的抑制效果均很好,且多枝柽柳抑制活性整体上较柽柳好,具有良好的潜在开发价值。     

蛹虫草发酵液抗菌活性初步研究

对蛹虫草摇瓶发酵的乙酸乙酯和正丁醇萃取物进行了抗菌实验.结果表明,乙酸乙酯萃取物对细菌中的金黄色葡萄球菌、蜡状芽孢杆菌、变形杆菌、巨大芽孢杆菌、北京棒状杆菌和霉菌中的绿色木霉、黄曲霉有明显的抑菌作用;正丁醇萃取物对细菌中的马铃薯芽孢杆菌、变形杆菌、枯草芽孢杆菌、灵杆菌和霉菌中的绿色木霉以及黄曲霉有明显的抑菌作用,且提取物的抑菌作用随浓度增大而增强,而水相则没有抑菌活性.蛹虫草发酵液中具有抗菌活性物质.     

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.