大叶藤黄叶片的化学成分及其抗氧化活性研究

为了解药用植物大叶藤黄(Garcinia xanthochymus)叶片的化学成分,采用UPLC-QTOF-MS从叶片中得到19个化合物,主要为双黄酮类、黄酮类和间苯三酚类化合物。采用色谱分离法从叶片的80%甲醇提取物中分离得到5个单体化合物,根据理化性质及波谱数据,分别鉴定为二氢山奈酚(1)、dulcisbiflavonoid A (2)、7-去甲基银杏双黄酮(3)、mono-[2-(4-carboxyphenoxycarbonyl)-vinyl]ester (4)、山奈酚(5)。化合物1和2为首次从大叶藤黄中分离得到,化合物3和4为首次从藤黄属植物中分离得到。化合物1和5清除DPPH自由基的IC50值分别为146.8和39.0μg/m L,表明其具有抗氧化活性。     

黄花石蒜中的黄酮类成分

通过对黄花石蒜（Lycoris aurea）乙醇提取物的乙酸乙酯溶解部分进行分离纯化,得到7个化合物.经物理方法和波谱分析,分别鉴定为（2S）-4＇-羟基-7-甲氧基黄烷（1）、（2S）-3＇,7-二羟基-4＇-甲氧基黄烷（2）、（2S）-4＇,7-二羟基黄烷（3）、（2S）-4＇,7-二羟基-8-甲基黄烷（4）、（2S）-4＇,7-二羟基-3＇-甲氧基-8-甲基黄烷（5）、（2S）-4＇,5,7-三羟基-8-甲基黄烷酮（6）、2,4＇-二羟基-4-甲氧基二氢查尔酮（7）.所有化合物均为首次从该属植物中分离得到,另外,本文首次归属了化合物5、6、7的13C NMR信号.     

草果果实中的酚性成分

从草果（Amomum tsao-ko）果实的甲醇提取物中分离得到了9个酚性化合物,其中一个为新的糖基被酰化的酚性配糖体。用1D,2D NMR和MS等现代波谱学方法鉴定为2-甲氧基-1,4-二苯酚-1—0-[6-O-（3-甲氧基-4-羟基苯甲酰基）]-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖苷（1）。8个已知化合物分别为3’,5＇-二-C-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖基根皮素（2）、芦丁（3）、槲皮素-3-O-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖苷（4）、邻苯三酚（5）、邻苯二酚（6）、对羟基苯甲酸（7）、原儿茶酸（8）和香草酸（9）。化合物2,3,5,7—9均为首次从草果果实中分离得到。     

青檀树皮中的化学成分

从我国特有的单种属药用植物青檀（Pteroceltis tatarinowii Maxim.）的树皮中分离鉴定出10个化合物,其结构分别为：N－p－香豆酰酪胺（paprazine,1）、丁香脂酚－4－O－β－D－葡萄糖甙（2）、丁香脂酚－4,4′－二－O－β－D－葡萄糖甙（liriodendrin,3）、甲基丁二酸（4）,香草酸（5）、甲基肌醇（6）、β－谷甾醇（7）、胡萝卜甙（8）、α－香树素（9）和β－香树素混合物（10）。这些化合物均为首次从青檀树皮中分离得到,其中化合物3为主要成分。     

蛹虫草培养液成分研究

目的：研究蛹虫草培养液的化学成分。方法：采用硅胶柱色谱等技术分离纯化单体化合物,并根据理化性质及光谱数据鉴定结构。结果：分离并鉴定了8个化合物,分别是2-乙基-3-羟基4H吡喃酮（1）、1-甲酰基-苯并咪唑（2）、3-乙基-4-羟基-6-甲基．2H．吡喃-2-酮（3）、1-甲基-6-异丁基-2,5-哌嗪二酮（4）、1-异丙基-6-异丁基-2,5-哌嗪二酮（5）、3,6-二（对羟基苄基）-2,5-哌嗪二酮（6）、1-羟甲基-6-异丁基-2,5-哌嗪二酮（7）、麦角甾-7-22-二烯-3β,5α,6β-三醇（8）。结论：化合物1-5,7为首次从虫草属真菌中分离得到。     

元宝山冷杉化学成分的研究

采用色谱技术对元宝山冷杉的化学成分进行分离,根据波谱学方法确定化合物的结构。结果从元宝山冷杉中分离得到5个单体化合物,分别鉴定为:3α-甲氧基-9β-羊毛甾-7,24-二烯-26,23R-内酯(1)、β-谷甾醇(2)、6-甲基-3,7-二甲氧基山奈酚(3)、3-氧代-羊毛甾(9,11)-烯-24S,25-二醇(4)、豆甾-4-烯-6β-羟基-3-酮(5)。所有这些化合物均为首次从该植物中分离得到。     

绿玉树化学成分研究北大核心CSCD

采用正反相硅胶、Sephadex LH-20和HPLC等色谱手段对绿玉树Euphorbia tirucalli化学成分进行分离纯化,从绿玉树地上部分70%丙酮提取物中分离得到12个化合物。利用MS、1H NMR和13C NMR等现代波谱技术确定化合物结构为4α-去氧-巴豆醇-13-乙酸酯（1）、对映-3β,13S-二羟基-16-烯-14-阿替森酮（2）、羊毛甾醇（3）、3-表-粘霉烯醇（4）、齐墩果烷-9（11）,12-二烯-3-酮（5）、β-香树烯酮（6）、齐墩果烷-18-烯-3-酮（7）、无羁萜（8）、4-豆甾烯-3-酮（9）、β-谷甾醇（10）、山奈酚-3-O-α-L-鼠李糖苷（11）和东莨菪内酯（12）。其中,化合物1、2、5-7、9和12为首次从该植物中分离得到。     

蛹虫草培养液成分研究Ⅱ

目的：研究蛹虫草人工培养液的化学成分。方法：利用硅胶柱层析、制备薄层、SephadexLH-20、重结晶等方法分离、纯化单体化合物,并根据理化性质及光谱数据鉴定其化学结构。结果：分离并鉴定了8个化合物,分别为3,7,8-三甲基-异咯嗪（1）;琥珀酸（2）;胸腺嘧啶（3）;虫草素（4）;腺苷（5）;2吲哚乙丁二酰胺（6）;1（-5-羟甲基）-呋喃-3-羧基-β-咔啉（7）;5（-1-甲基丙基）-3,6-氧代-2-哌嗪乙酰胺（8）。结论：化合物1,6,7为首次从虫草属真菌中分离得到。     

合欢花化学成分的研究(Ⅱ)

从合欢花甲醇提取物的石油醚和乙酸乙酯部分分离得到7个化合物,经化学方法和波谱法鉴定为：二十四烷酸（1）、二十八烷醇（2）、α-菠甾醇（3）、山奈酚（4）、槲皮素（5）、α-菠甾醇-3-O-β-D葡萄糖苷（6）、山奈酚-3-O-α-L鼠李糖苷（7）.除二十四烷酸以外,以上化合物均为首次从该植物中获得.     

一株印楝植物内生真菌Epicoccumsp．次生代谢产物的研究

从印楝植物内生真菌Epicoccum sp.的发酵液中分离得到6个化合物,经波谱数据分析分别鉴定为苔黑酚(1)、4-甲基苔黑酚(2)、苔色酸(3)、对羟基苯乙酸(4)、邻苯二甲酸正丁异丁酯(5)、乙基-β-D-葡萄糖苷(6).以上化合物均为首次从该属真菌中分离得到.     

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.