东川乌头中一个新的去甲二萜生物碱

从东川乌头（Aconuitum geniculatum Fletcher et Lauener)块根的乙醇提取物中分离得到3个去甲二萜生物碱,经1D,2D－NMR技术鉴定,分别为20－乙基－8－乙酰氧基－14－（对－羟基苯甲酰氧基－1α,6α,16β,18－四甲氧基乌头烷－3α,13β二醇（1）,20－乙基－8－乙酰氧基－14－苯酯基鸟头烷－3α,13β二醇（2）和20－乙基－8－乙酰氧基－14－（对－甲氧基苯酯基）乌头烷－3α,13β二醇（3）,其中1为新化合物,命名为滇羟碱（geniculine).     

白头树化学成分研究

利用多种层析方法,从白头树(Garuga forrestii)树枝95%的乙醇提取物中分离得到10个化合物,通过理化性质和波谱分析,分别鉴定为13α,14β,17α-羊毛甾-7,24-二烯-1β,3β-二醇(1)、豆甾-5-烯-3β,7α-二醇(2)、豆甾-5-烯-3β,7β-二醇(3)、豆甾-3β,6α-二醇(4)、β-谷甾醇(5)、儿茶素(6)、(Z)阿魏酸二十四烷基酯(7)、(E)阿魏酸二十四烷基酯(8)、4-羟基-3-甲氧基苯甲酸(9)和1-甲氧基2,3苯并环戊烷(10).这些化合物均为该种植物首次报道.     

玫瑰红景天化学成分研究

采用大孔吸附树脂、硅胶柱、ADS-5C反相柱和制备HPLC色谱技术对新疆产玫瑰红景天根茎中的植物化学成分进行提取分离和纯化研究,从中分离得到15个化合物。通过理化方法及1H、13C NMR等方法鉴定为:对-O-β-吡喃葡萄糖基-苯-2-丁酮(1)、6’-O-没食子酰-红景天苷(2)、对-O-β-吡喃葡萄糖基-苯丙烯酸(3)、7-甲氧基香豆素(4)、表没食子儿茶素-3-没食子酸酯(5)、苯乙基-6-O-β-葡萄糖苷(6)、对羟基苯甲酸(7)、红景天苷(8)、肉桂醇-6’-O-α-吡喃阿拉伯糖基-O-β-吡喃葡萄弹苷(9)、肉桂醇-6’-O-α-吡喃木糖-O-β-吡喃葡萄弹苷(10)、肉桂醇-6’-O-α-呋喃阿拉伯糖基-O-β-吡喃葡萄弹苷(11)、肉桂醇-O-β-D-吡喃葡萄弹苷(12)、对-羟基-苯乙醇(13)、3,7-二甲基-2,6-二烯-1,4-二辛醇(14)、3,7-二甲基-2,6-二烯-1,4-二辛醇-O-β-吡喃葡萄糖苷(15)。其中化合物1～4为首次在玫瑰红景天发现。     

马比木根的化学成分研究

通过硅胶、MCI和Sephadex LH-20反复柱层析、纯化,从马比木根的甲醇提取物中分离得到14个化合物,运用现代波谱技术鉴定为β-谷甾醇(1),β-胡萝卜苷(2),7-酮基-β-谷甾醇(3),β-sitosteryl-3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside-2'-O-palmitate(4),5α,6β-二羟基胡萝卜苷(5),羽扇豆醇(6),3-乙酰氧基-12-齐墩果烯-28醇(7),喜树碱(8),9-甲氧基喜树碱(9),10-羟基喜树碱(10),9-methoxy-mappicine-20-O-β-D-glucopyranoside(11),mappicine-20-O-β-D-glucopyranoside(12),(3S)-pumiloside(13),(-)-(3S)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-β-carboline-3-carboxylic acid(14)。化合物1~7、9~14为首次从该植物中分离得到。     

中华山蓼化学成分研究

bk中华山蓼(Dxyria sinensis Hemsl.)全草中首次分离得到十四个化合物,通过波谱学方法分别鉴定为(-)-表没食子儿茶素(1)、(-)-儿茶素没食子酸酯(2)、(-)-表儿茶素(3)、(-)-表儿茶素-3-没食子酸酯(4)、槲皮素-3-O-α-L-鼠李糖苷(5)、tiliroside(6)、山萘酚-3-O-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖苷(7)、桷皮素(8)、2,4-二羟基-6-甲氧基-乙酰基苯-4-O-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖苷(9)、反-N-(4-羟基苯乙基)阿魏酸酰胺(10)、顺-N-(4-羟基苯乙基)阿魏酸酰胺(11)、icariol A2(12)、(+)-松脂素(13)、Helonioside B(14).     

纸莎草的化学成分研究

采用正相硅胶柱、Sephadex LH-20、高效液相色谱、MCI等色谱方法从纸莎草全株中分离得到19个化合物,采用1D、2D NMR、质谱等技术鉴定化合物的结构,分别鉴定为:α-香附酮(1)、香附酸(2)、广藿香烯酮(3)、4,5,6,7,8,8a-六氢-3,4,8,8-四甲基-1H-3a, 7-亚甲基甘菊环-4-醇甲酸酯(4)、(6S)4-烯-广藿香醇(5)、桉烷双烯萜(6)、β-谷甾醇(7)、(24R)-24-乙基胆甾烷-4-烯-3,6-二酮(8)、豆甾-4,22-二烯-3-酮(9)、(24R)-24-乙基-5α-胆甾烷-3β,5-二醇-6-酮(10)、豆甾醇(11)、豆甾-4-烯-6β-醇-3-酮(12)、豆甾-3,6-二酮(13)、豆甾-4-烯-3-酮(14)、顺,顺-9,12-十八(碳)二烯酸(15)、棕榈酸甲酯(16)、正二十八烷酸(17)、3-壬基环氧乙烷-2-甲酸甲酯(18)、9,10-二氯-十八烷酸甲酯(19)。所有化合物均为首次从纸莎草中分离得到。化合物1、2、3、5、6、10、12、13、16能够明显抑制TNF-α所诱导的质粒转染的HEK293T细胞中NF-κB信号通路的激活,IC_(50)值在34.96～98.23μM之间。     

钮子瓜化学成分研究

从民间药物钮子瓜全草95%乙醇提取物中首次分离得到14个化合物,应用波谱方法及与已知品对照的手段鉴定它们为(2S,3S,4R,10E)2[(2R)2-羟基二十四烷酰氨基]10十八烷-1,3,4-三醇(1)、(2S,3S,4R)2-二十四烷酰胺基十八烷-1,3,4-三醇(2)、胡萝卜苷(3)、swertish(4)、苯甲酸(5)、水杨酸(6)、loliolide(7)、胸腺嘧啶(8)、尿嘧啶(9)、(23Z)-9,19-环阿尔廷-23-烯-3β,25-二醇(10)、(20S,22E,24R)5α,8α-表二氧麦角甾6,22二烯3β醇(11)、十六烷酸1甘油酯(12)、大豆脑苷Ⅰ(13)、(22E,24S)24甲基5α胆甾7,22二烯3β,5α,6β三醇(14)。     

紫茎泽兰中的酚类化学成分

从紫茎泽兰(Eupatorium adenophorum Spreng.)乙醇提取物中分离得到11个酚类化合物。通过波谱分析,分别鉴定为咖啡酸(1)、阿魏酸(2)、芥子醛(3)、苯乙基阿魏酯(4)、3,4-二羟基苯甲酸(5)、4-羟基-3-甲氧基苯甲酸(6)、3,4-二甲氧基苯甲酸(7)、没食子酸(8)、3-(3,4-二羟基苯基)-1-丙醇(9)、2-香豆酸-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖苷(10)和4-O-β-D-葡萄糖苷-3,5-二甲氧基苯基-乙基酮(11)。化合物3~9和11为首次从紫茎泽兰中分离得到。     

石山巴豆枝叶的化学成分研究

石山巴豆( Croton euryphyllus)为大戟科( Euphorbiaceae)巴豆属( Croton)植物,主要分布于西南各省的岩溶石山地区,民间用于杀虫和治疗跌打损伤。为了阐明其化学物质基础,该研究采用硅胶柱层析、Sephadex LH-20、HPLC等方法对石山巴豆枝叶醇提物进行分离纯化。结果表明：共分离得到16个化合物,分别鉴定为异毛叶巴豆萜(1), jatrophoidin (2),山藿香定(3),异山藿香素(4),山藿香素(5),赖百当-13-烯-8,15-二醇(6),7-酮基-β-谷甾醇(7),(22E)-5α,8β-表二氧麦角甾-6,22-二烯-3β-醇(8),豆甾烷-4-烯-6β-醇-3-酮(9),齐墩果烷-12-烯-2α,3β-二醇(10),东莨菪内酯(11),催吐萝芙木醇(12), lyratol F (13),罗布麻酚A (14),芹菜素(15),金色酰胺醇酯(16)。所有化合物均为首次从该植物中分离得到,其中化合物8－16为首次从巴豆属中发现。     

天山假狼毒地上部分化学成分研究

综合运用硅胶柱色谱、Sephadex LH-20凝胶柱色谱及制备型高效液相等分离技术,结合化合物理化性质及其波谱数据等多种结构鉴定手段对天山假狼毒地上部分进行化学成分研究。最终,从天山假狼毒地上部分分离鉴定得到了16个化合物,分别为:西瑞香素(1)、西瑞香素-7-O-β-D-葡萄糖苷(2)、繸状芸香甙酯(3)、9'-甲氧基繸状芸香甙酯(4)、7,7'-二羟基-6,8'-双香豆素(5)、Bicoumol-7'-O-β-glucopyranoside(6)、7,8-二羟基香豆素(7)、genkwanol B(8)、Viburnolide A(9)、对羟基苯甲酸(10)、白桦脂醇(11)、胡萝卜苷(12)、β-谷甾醇(13)、正二十四烷醇(14)、正二十三烷醇(15)、正三十五烷醇(16)。化合物1~16均为首次从假狼毒属植物中分离得到。     

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.