西北蔷薇果实化学成分的研究

从西北蔷薇（Rosa davidii Crep.)果实中分得１１个化合物,经波谱方法鉴定为：２α,３β,１９β－三羟基－齐墩果烷－１２－烯－２８－酸（１）２α,３β－二羟基－乌苏烷－２８（１３）－内酯（２）、arjunic acid(3)、蔷薇酸（４）、２α,３β－二羟基乌苏酸（５）、齐墩果酸（６）、山奈素（６）、tiliroside(８）、槲皮素（９）、胡萝卜甙（１０）和β－谷甾醇（１１）。其中１和２为首次发现的新化合物。     

藤山柳的化学成分

从藤山柳〖Ｃｌｅｍａｔｏｃｌｅｔｈｒａ ｓｃａｎｄｅｎｓ（Ｆｒａｎｃｈ．）Ｍａｘｉｍ〗根茎甲醇提取物的石油醚和波谱分析,分离出８个化合物,经理化常数和波谱分析,分别鉴定为：７－羧基贝壳杉烯内酯（１）,蒲公英赛烷醇（２）,桦木酸（３）,乌苏酸（４）,２α,３α,２３－三羟基乌苏－１２－烯－２８－酸（５０,２α３α２３－三羟基乌苏－１２,２０（３０）－二烯－２８０酸（６）,豆甾－４－烯－３,６－二酮（     

苦丁茶甙元I的结构鉴定

从苦丁茶叶中分离到一新的三萜甙元,命名为苦丁茶甙元Ｉ,经化学,波谱分析及单晶Ｘ－射线衍射研究,研究其结构为３β－羟基－１１（１２）,１３（１８）,１９（２９）－三烯－２８,２０β－内酯乌苏烷。     

云南茯苓皮的化学成分研究

从云南产茯苓表皮中分得６个三萜类化合物,经光谱数据鉴定为：茯苓酸（Ⅰ）,３β－羟基羊毛甾烷－７,９（１１）,２４－三烯－２１－酸（Ⅱ）,茯苓酸Ａ（Ⅲ）,茯苓酸Ｂ（Ⅳ）,去氢齿孔酸（Ⅴ）,齐果酸（Ⅵ     

云南茯苓皮瓣化学成分研究

从云南产茯苓表皮中分得６个三萜类化合物,经光谱数据鉴定为：茯苓酸（Ⅰ）,３β－羟基羊毛甾烷－７,９（１１）,２４－三烯－２１－酸（Ⅱ）、茯苓酸Ａ（Ⅲ）,茯苓酸Ｂ（Ⅳ）、去氢齿孔酸（Ⅴ）,齐敦果酸（Ⅵ）。     

四川清风藤根皮中三萜成分的研究

从四川清风藤（Ｓａｂｉａ ｓｃｈｕｍ ａｎｎｉａｎａ Ｄｉｅｌｓ）的根皮分离到５ 个三萜化合物,根据理化常数、波谱分析及配合衍生物制备,分别鉴定为：３－氧,Δ１１,１３（１８）－齐墩果二烯（１）、３,１１－二氧,Δ１２－齐墩果烯（２）、３β－羟基,Δ１１,１３（１８）－齐墩果二烯（３）、３－氧,１１α－羟基,Δ１２－齐墩果烯（４）和３β,１１α－二羟基,Δ１２－齐墩果烯（５）。其中,４为新化合物     

茜草乔木酮乙和丙的结构

从小红参（Ｒｕｂｉａｙｕｎｎａｎｅｎｓｉｓ）中分离鉴定了２个新的乔木烷型三萜,分别命名为茜草乔木酮乙和丙（ｒｕｂｉａｒｂｏｎｏｎｅＢ,Ｃ）。用光谱和化学方法证明它们的结构分别为：７β,１９α,２８－三羟基乔木－９（１１）－烯－３－酮和２８－乙酰氧基－７β,１９α－二羟基乔木－９（１１）－烯－３－酮。     

二杈狗牙花的化学成分

从二杈狗牙花（Ｅｒｖａｔａｍｉａｄｉｖａｒｉｃａｔａ（Ｌ．）Ｂｕｒｋ）中共分离出８个已知化合物,分别为３个环菠萝蜜烷型三萜：ｃｙｃｌｏａｒｔ－２３－ｅｎｅ－３β,２５－ｄｉｏｌ（１）,３β－ｈｙｄｒｏｘｙｃｙｃｌｏａｒｔ－２５－ｅｎｅ－２４－ｏｎｅ（２）,ｃｙｃｌｏｅｕｃａｌｅｎｏｌ（３）;２个吲哚生物碱ｅｒｖａｔａｍｉｎｅ（４）和ｔａｂｅｒｎａｅｍｏｎｔａｎｉｎｅ（５）;其他是β－谷甾醇,３β－乙酰－香树脂醇和胡萝卜甙。它们均由波谱方法鉴定。其中环菠萝蜜烷型三萜系首次被发现存在于狗牙花属植物中     

直距翠雀花中的降二萜生物碱

从直距翟雀花（Ｄｅｌｈｉｎｉｕｍ ｏｒｔｈｏｃｅｎｔｒｕｎ Ｆｒａｎｃｈ．）全草的甲醇提取物中分离得到了３个降二萜生物碱,通过ＮＭＲ,ＭＳ等波谱分析将其结构鉴定为７,１０－二羟基８,１、４,１６三甲氧基１９,２０－二去氢乌头烷（７β,８β,１４α,１６β）（１）,２０－乙基－２,３－二去氢－６,１０二羟基－７,８－二氧亚甲菜－１,１４,１６－三甲氧基乌头烷（１α,６β,１４α,１６β）（２）和翼北     

倒心盾翅藤的化学成分研究

从药用植物倒心盾翅藤（Aspidopterys obcordata Hemsl.）中首次分离得到５个化合物,通过波谱分析分别鉴定为木栓酮（１）、无羁萜－３β－醇（２）、二二烷酸甲酯（３）、１０－二九烷醇（４）、豆甾醇（５）和daphnetin-8-glucopyranoside(6)。     

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.