番荔枝化学成分研究(7)

从番荔枝（Ａｎｎｏｎａ ｓｑｕａｍｏｓａ Ｌ．）种子中得到化合物１、２和４,化合物２和４分别为已知化合物ｍｏｔｒｉｌｉｎ（莫垂林,２）和ｂｕｌｌａｔａｎｏｃｉｎ（布拉他诺辛,４）。化合物１的化学结构经ＩＲ、ＭＳ、＾１Ｈ ＮＭＲ及＾１３Ｃ ＮＭＲ谱分析及其乙酰化物（１ａ）的ＭＳ、＾１Ｈ ＮＭＲ谱分析推定如（１）式并命名为２２－表－莫维查灵（２２－ｅｐｉ－ｍｏｌｖｉｚａｒｉｎ）。     

刺果番荔枝种子中的新环肽—刺果番荔枝环肽A

从刺果番荔枝种子中得到１个新环肽,命名为刺果番荔枝环肽Ａ（ａｎｎｏｍｕｒｉｃａｔｉｎＡ）通过多种２Ｄ－ＮＭＲ技术、ｐｏｓ．ＦＡＢ－ＭＳ和氨基酸分析,其结构确定为坏（脯－苯丙－缬－丝－丙－甘）,是１个环六肽。     

大花哥纳香化学成分研究

从大花哥纳香（ＧｏｎｉｏｔｈａｌａｍｕｓｇｒｉｆｉｔｈｉＨｏｋｆ．ｅｔＴｈｏｍｓ）的茎枝分得１２个化合物,经光谱（ＩＲ,ＭＳ,ＮＭＲ,２ＤＮＭＲ）分析,鉴定其中７个为苯乙烯内酯：ｇｏｎｉｏｔｈａｌａｍｉｎ（１）、９ｄｅｏｘｙｇｏｎｉｏｐｙｐｙｒｏｎｅ（２）、ａｌｔｈｏｌａｃｔｏｎｅ（３）、ｇｏｎｉｏｄｉｏｌ（４）、ｇｏｎｉｏｔｈａｒｖｅｎｓｉｎ（５）、ｇｏｎｉｏｆｕｆｕｒｏｎｅ（６）和８ａｃｅｔｙｌｇｏｎｉｏｔｒｉｏｌ（７）。另５个化合物鉴定为番荔枝内酰胺（ｓｑｕａｍｏｌｏｎｅ,８）、乔松素（ｐｉｎｏｃｅｍｂｒｉｎ,９）、琥珀酸（ｓｕｃｃｉｎｉｃａｃｉｄ,１０）、β谷甾醇（βｓｉｔｏｓｔｅｒｏｌ,１１）和豆甾醇（ｓｔｉｇｍａｓｔｅｒｏｌ,１２）。化合物１～３和５～１０均为首次从该植物分得。     

滇产圆滑番荔枝中的番荔枝内酯

从滇南产的圆滑番荔枝的种子中得到４个番荔枝内酯,４－ｄｅｘｏｘｙｃｈｅｒｉｍｏｌｉｎ－２（１）,ｃｈｅｒｉｍｏｌｉｎ－２（２）,ａｎｎｏｎｉｎＩ（３）和ｄｅｓａｃｅｔｙｌｕｖａｒｉｃｉｎ（４）。其中１为新化合物。     

番荔枝种子中的3个新的番荔枝内酯

从番荔枝（Ａｎｎｏｎａ ｓｑｕａｍ ｏｓａ Ｌ．）的种子中分离到Ａ１—Ａ７共７个化合物,其中Ａ２、Ａ３和Ａ５为新的番荔枝内酯,分别命名为新－去乙酰紫玉盘素（ｎｅｏ－ｄｅｓａｃｅｔｙｌｕｖａｒｉｃｉｎ, Ａ２）、新阿诺宁乙（ｎｅｏ－ａｎｎｏｎｉｎ Ｂ, Ａ３）和新牛心番荔枝素甲（ｎｅｏ－ｒｅｔｉｃｕｌａｔａｃｉｎ Ａ, Ａ５）。     

斜脉暗罗素甲—具有C5—OH的单四氢呋喃环型番荔枝内酯

从斜脉暗罗（Ｐｏｌｙａｌｔｈｉａ ｐｌａｇｉｏｎｅｕｒａ Ｄｉｅｌｓ）的种子中分离到化合物Ｐ４ 及Ｐ５,经ＩＲ、１Ｈ－ＮＭＲ、１３ Ｃ－ＮＭＲ及ＭＳ谱鉴定,Ｐ４ 为海南哥纳香甲素,Ｐ５ 为具有Ｃ５－ＯＨ 的单四氢呋喃环型番荔枝内酯,命名为斜脉暗罗素甲（ｐｌａｇｉｏｎｉｃｉｎ Ａ）。     

景洪哥纳香茎中的番荔枝内酯

从景洪哥那香茎中得到３个具有抗癌活性和杀虫作用的番荔枝内醌化合物,ｇｏｎｉｏｔｈａｌａｍｉｃｉｎ（１）ｃｈｅｌｉｅｎｓｉｓｉｎＢ（２）〈ＣｈｅｌｉｅｎｓｉｓｉｎＣ（３）,其中２,３为新化合物。     

海南哥纳香化学成分研究（Ⅱ）

从海南哥纳香（Ｇｏｎｉｏｔｈａｌａｍ ｕｓｈｏｗ ｉｉＭｅｒｒ． ｅｔＣｈｕｎ）的种子分离到结晶Ｖ、ＶＩ和ＶＩＩ。根据它们的ＩＲ、１Ｈ－ＮＭＲ、１３Ｃ－ＮＭＲ、ＭＳ分析及衍生物光谱分析,它们均属番荔枝内酯的新类型——裂双四氢呋喃型番荔枝内酯。晶Ｖ和晶ＶＩ分别命名为海南哥纳香丁素（ｈｏｗ ｉｉｃｉｎ Ｄ）和戊素（ｈｏｗ ｉｉｃｉｎ Ｅ）。晶ＶＩＩ系两个平面结构相同的化合物海南哥纳香己素和庚素（ｈｏｗ ｉｉｃｉｎｓ Ｆ,Ｇ）的混晶     

滇产刺果番荔枝种子中的acetogenin类化合物

滇产刺果番荔枝种子中的ａｃｅｔｏｇｅｎｉｎ类化合物李朝明１穆青１孙汉董１郑惠兰２陶国达２（１中国科学院昆明植物研究所植物化学开放实验室,昆明６５０２０４）（２中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园,云南勐腊６６６３０３）ＡＣＥＴＯＧＥＮＩＮＳＦＲＯＭＳＥＥＤ...     

刺果番荔枝中的番荔枝内酯（2）

从刺果番荔枝的种子中分离了３个具有酮基的单四氢呋喃环型的番荔枝内酯Ｓ７,Ｓ８和Ｓ１０,根据它们的［ａ］Ｄ,＾１ＨＮＭＲ,＾１３ＣＮＭＲ,ＭＳ及ＩＲ谱分析,分别推定为新－异阿诺纳辛－１０－酮（Ｓ７）、新阿诺纳辛－１０－酮（Ｓ８）和异－新阿诺纳辛－１０－酮（Ｓ１０）。     

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.