大萼香茶菜乙素和己素的化学结构

从大萼香茶菜［Ｒａｂｄｏｓｉａ ｍ ａｃｒｏｃａｌｙｘ（Ｄｕｎｎ） Ｈａｒａ］叶的乙醇提取物中又分得两种二萜类成分,经ＩＲ、ＭＳ、１ Ｈ－１Ｈ ＣＯＳＹ、１３Ｃ－１ Ｈ ＣＯＳＹ 和ＮＯＥ等光谱分析及衍生物制备,确证其化学结构为新型二萜,分别命名为大萼香茶菜乙素和己素     

毛叶香茶菜素的结构订正

我们从安徽省黄山产的大萼香茶菜（Ｒａｂｄｏｓｉａｍａｃｒｏｃａｌｙｘ（Ｄｕｎｎ）Ｈａｒａ）中分得一结晶,其元素分析和１３Ｃ－ＮＭＲ与毛叶香茶菜素［１］完全一致,故推定为毛叶香茶菜素,根据该结晶的元素分析,ＭＳ、ＮＭＲ、ＣＯＳＹ和ＮＯＥＳＹ等光谱数据,其结构应订正为（２）。表１表明：毛叶香茶菜素（２）的分子式由元素分析和高分辨质谱确定为Ｃ２４Ｈ３６Ｏ９,毛叶香茶菜素（１）的分子式由元素分析也应确定为Ｃ２４Ｈ３６Ｏ９。由于赵治清等误将质谱中Ｍ＋－Ｈ２Ｏ碎片离子峰ｍ／ｚ４５０当作分子离子峰（毛叶香茶菜…     

大萼香茶菜庚素的化学结构

从大萼香茶菜（Ｒａｂｄｏｓｉａ ｍ ａｃｒｏｃａｌｙｘ （Ｄｕｎｎ） Ｈａｒａ）叶的乙醇提取物中又分离到３ 个二萜成分（结晶Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ）,通过ＩＲ、ＭＳ、１Ｈ－１Ｈ ＣＯＳＹ、１３Ｃ－１Ｈ ＣＯＳＹ和ＮＯＥ等光谱分析及衍生物的制备,确定结晶Ⅰ的结构为ｅｎｔ－７β－２０－ｅｐｏｘｙ－６α, ７α,１４α,１５α,１６α－ｐｅｎｔａｈｙｄｒｏｋａｕｒａｎｅ－１７－ａｃ－ｅｔａｔｅ,为新的二萜化合物,命名为大萼香茶菜庚素;结晶Ⅱ和Ⅲ为已知化合物ｒａｂｄｏｐｈｙｌｌｉｎ Ｈ和ｐｏｎｉｃｉｄｉｎ。     

细锥香茶菜甲素的结构订正和丙素的化学结构

前已报道［１］从唇形科香茶菜属植物细锥香茶菜（Ｒａｂｄｏｓｉａｃｏｅｔｓａ（Ｂｕｃｈ．Ｈａｎ．ｅｘＤ．Ｄｏｎ）Ｈａｒａ）中分离到３个结晶单体,并测定了其中两个单体——细锥香茶菜甲素（１）和乙素的结构。本文通过１Ｈ－１ＨＣＯＳＹ、１３Ｃ－１ＨＣＯＳＹ和ＮＯＥＳＹ,修订细锥香茶菜甲素（１）的结构为（２）,并经理化常数测定和光谱分析,确定了另一结晶单体——微量新成分细锥香茶菜丙素（３）的结构。（２）Ｒ１＝Ｒ２＝Ｒ４＝Ｈ,Ｒ３＝ＯＡｃ,Ｒ５＝ＯＣＨ３（３）Ｒ１＝Ｒ３＝Ｒ４＝Ｈ,Ｒ２＝ＯＡｃ,Ｒ５＝ＯＣＨ…     

细锥香茶菜化学成分的研究

从细锥香茶菜（Ｒａｂｄｏｓｉａｃｏｅｔｓａ（Ｂｕｃｈ．Ｈａｍ．ｅｘＤ．Ｄｏｎ）Ｈａｒａ）的叶中分离到９个化合物,通过波谱分析阐明其结构,其中１个为新的二萜酸———７α,１２α,１４β三羟基１５酮对映贝壳杉１８羧酸,命名为细锥香茶菜酸（ｃｏｅｔｓａｎｏｉｃａｃｉｄ）。另外８个化合物分别为二氢昆明香茶菜丙素、昆明香茶菜丙素、白柔毛香茶菜甲素、大萼香茶菜丙素、４羟基Δ８,９（Ｚ）鞘氨醇２′羟基正二十（二十一二十六）碳酸酰胺、乌苏酸、２α,３β二羟基乌苏酸和胡萝卜甙。神经酰胺类化合物系首次从该属植物中分离得到。     

7－乙酰基－鲁山冬凌草甲素，紫萼香茶菜甲素及其有关二萜化合物的结构修正

从无毛狭叶香茶菜（Ｉｓｏｄｏｎａｎｇｕｓｔｉｆｏｌｉｕｓｖａｒ．ｇｌａｂｒｅｓｃｅｎｓＨ．Ｗ．Ｌｉ）中分离得到４个已知二萜化合物：７－乙酰基－鲁山冬凌草甲素，鲁山冬凌草甲素、乙素和紫萼香茶菜甲素，经二维核磁共振波谱（ＺＤ－ＮＭＲ）解析表明，它们的结构分别由先前报道的５，６，７和８应修订为结构１，２，３和４。     

7—乙酰基—鲁山冬凌草甲素,紫萼香菜菜甲素及其有关二萜化合物…

从无毛狭叶香茶菜（Ｉｓｏｄｏｎａｎｇｕｓｔｉｆｏｌｉｕｓｖａｒ．ｇｌａｂｒｅｓｃｅｎｓＨ．Ｗ．Ｌｉ）中分离得到４个已知二萜化合物;７－乙酰基－鲁山冬凌草甲素,鲁山冬凌草甲素,乙素和紫萼香茶菜甲素,经二维核磁共振波谱（２Ｄ－ＮＭＲ）解析表明,它们的结构分别由先前报道的５、６、７和８应修订为结构１,２,３和４。     

大萼香茶菜丁素的化学结构

从大萼香茶菜叶中又分得一个具有细胞毒活性的新的二萜类化合物,命名为大萼香茶菜丁素(macrocalyxin D)。根据光谱和化学数据鉴定其化学结构为[3]。     

贵州紫云产黄花香茶菜的化学成分研究

采用甲醇回流提取和硅胶柱层析方法,从紫云产黄花香茶菜中分离得到6个化合物,结合1H-NMR、13C-NMR数据及文献资料鉴定为黄花香茶菜乙素(Ⅰ)、黄花香茶菜丁素(Ⅱ)、大萼变型香茶菜甲素(Ⅲ)、3β-Hydroxy-18α,19α-urs-20-en-28-oic acid(Ⅳ)、齐墩果酸(Ⅴ)和熊果酸(Ⅵ)。其中化合物Ⅳ为首次从该属植物中分离得到。     

大萼变型丁素的化学结构

继大萼变型甲素和乙素之后,从大萼香茶菜变型 Rabdosia macrocalyx(Dunn.)Haraform 干叶的乙醇提取物中又分离出一种新的二萜,命名为大萼变型丁素。初步的药理试验表明其具有明显的细胞毒作用和较强的抑菌作用。根据光谱和化学证据,确定了大萼变型丁素的结构为(Ⅲ)式。     

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.