Synthesis and profiling of benzylmorpholine 1,2,4,5-tetraoxane analogue N205: Towards tetraoxane scaffolds with potential for single dose cure of malaria

A series of aryl carboxamide and benzylamino dispiro 1,2,4,5-tetraoxane analogues have been designed and synthesized in a short synthetic sequence from readily available starting materials. From this series of endoperoxides, molecules with in vitro IC50s versus Plasmodium falciparum (3D7) as low as 0.84?nM were identified. Based on an assessment of blood stability and in vitro microsomal stability, N205 (10a) was selected for rodent pharmacokinetic and in vivo antimalarial efficacy studies in the mouse Plasmodium berghei and Plasmodium falciparum Pf3D70087/N9 severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) mouse models. The results indicate that the 4-benzylamino derivatives have excellent profiles with a representative of this series, N205, an excellent starting point for further lead optimization studies.     

长白落叶松人工林心材变化规律

依据黑龙江省孟家岗林场49株人工落叶松1179个圆盘和轮盘数据,分析了心材半径的纵向变化规律.结果表明: 心材半径随树高增高而逐渐减小,与树干外形基本一致,其中去皮半径(XR)、胸径(DBH)及形成层年龄(CA)与心材半径之间关系较显著,利用逐步回归分析建立落叶松心材半径(HR)和面积(HA)模型:HR=b₁+b₂XR²+b₃CA+b₄XR, HA=b₁+b₂DBH·XR+b₃CA+b₄DBH·XR².应用AIC、BIC、对数似然值以及似然比检验等模型评价指标,对利用样地、样木效应拟合的心材半径和面积模型进行比较.当考虑样木效应拟合心材半径和面积模型时,将b₁、b₂、b₃作为混合参数得出的模型最好.混合模型的预测精度高于基本模型.在应用上,总体心材半径和面积可以通过混合模型来预测.采用Beta回归模型模拟了心材比例,模型中各参数均显著,决定系数较高,模型模拟效果较好.     

黄土丘陵区辽东栎树干液流特征对边材面积和土壤水分的响应

运用Granier热扩散探针法对半干旱黄土丘陵区不同胸径辽东栎进行树干液流测定,并对太阳辐射、空气温湿度、降水量、土壤水分等环境因子进行同步观测,分析不同土壤水分条件下不同胸径辽东栎的树干液流变化特征及其对环境因子的响应.结果表明:辽东栎液流日变化特征总体上与太阳辐射和空气水汽压亏缺呈相同趋势,但液流峰值出现时间早于两个气象环境因子的峰值时间.同一树木个体在土壤水分条件较高时期的树干液流通量高于土壤水分较低时期.在相同土壤水分条件下,大径级样本液流通量显著高于小径级样本.采用指数饱和曲线函数对液流通量与太阳辐射和空气水汽压亏缺以及两因子的综合指标进行拟合,效果良好,可以反映液流通量对气象环境因子的响应规律.不同胸径辽东栎在不同土壤水分条件下的拟合曲线特征和拟合参数差异表明,在土壤水分较高时段,液流通量可快速上升至饱和值;在土壤水分较低时段,液流通量上升缓慢.小径级样本对土壤水分变化的反应更加剧烈.单位空气水汽压亏缺的日液流通量值(日液流通量与空气水汽压亏缺的比值)在两种土壤水分条件下的比值与边材面积呈线性相关,且小径级样本的斜率高于大径级样本,说明小径级样本对土壤水分的变化较为敏感,在土壤含水量较低时段,大径级样本较厚的导水组织对土壤水分供应不足起到了缓冲作用.     

云南热带森林植被分类纲要

热带森林是云南的重要植被类型,虽对云南热带森林植被的系统分类及研究在《云南植被》中有所体现,并发表了大量论文,但在植被类型的划分、命名及其解释上却不尽相同,特别是对群系的记录很不全面。该文总结已掌握的研究资料,参考世界类似热带森林植被的研究成果,系统地对云南热带森林植被的类型、分类、物种组成和群落特征等进行了归纳。结果表明:云南的热带森林植被包括3个主要的植被型,即热带雨林、季雨林、季节性湿润林。云南的热带雨林是在亚洲热带北缘季风气候下发育的在水分、热量和分布海拔上均到了极限条件的热带雨林类型,分为热带季节性雨林和其山地变型—热带山地雨林二个植被亚型,前者包括19个群系,后者包括12个群系。文中的热带季雨林是依据其原始定义指介于热带雨林与萨王纳之间的一种热带落叶至半常绿森林植被,其分布主要受水分条件制约,非纬向地带性植被;它们分为落叶季雨林和半常绿季雨林2个植被亚型,前者包括7个群系,后者包括3个群系。把分布于云南南部石灰岩山地的在一些植物学文献中称之为"石灰岩季雨林"的热带森林植被,考虑其常绿至半常绿的外貌特征、特殊的植物区系组成以及乔木层没有一个明显的无叶(落叶)期(其落叶现象可能主要由于局部生境的干燥和历史的原因,并非是由于地区性气候干旱所导致),它们与季雨林的原始定义不符;该文使用名称热带季节性湿润林来定义这类发生在石灰岩山中、上部,在热带季节雨林带之上的热带山地垂直带上的植被类型。季节性湿润林也分为季节性常绿湿润林及季节性半常绿湿润林2个植被亚型,各包括2个群系。     

包头地区野生种子植物区系组成及特征研究

通过对包头地区野生种子植物区系进行调查、统计、整理,从科、属、种3个分类等级上对其区系地理成分、生活型、水分生态类型分别进行分析,探讨该区植物区系的起源和演化,为保护和利用该区珍稀、特有物种及其生存环境提供依据。结果表明:(1)包头地区有野生种子植物71科、274属、595种,其中,裸子植物2科3属5种,被子植物69科271属590种,占内蒙古被子植物的全部科、属、种的62.28%、43.81%、27.78%。(2)从科、属组成来看,包头地区野生种子植物组成中单属科和寡属科(2~4)、单种属和寡种属(2~4)构成了该地区植物科、属的主体部分。(3)从地理成分来看,温带成分占绝对优势;生活型以草木植物为主,占79.83%;从水分生态类型看,中生植物是该区的主要成分,占55.62%,旱生植物在该区系中也占有相当比重,占36.98%,说明该地区水分条件较差,在气候区上属于半干旱地区。     

Radial and stand‐level thinning treatments: 15‐year growth response of legacy ponderosa and Jeffrey pine trees

Restoration efforts to improve vigor of large, old trees and decrease risk to high‐intensity wildland fire and drought‐mediated insect mortality often include reductions in stand density. We examined 15‐year growth response of old ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) and Jeffrey pine (Pinus jeffreyi) trees in northeastern California, U.S.A. to two levels of thinning treatments compared to an untreated (control) area. Density reductions involved radial thinning (thinning 9.1 m around individual trees) and stand thinning. Annual tree growth in the stand thinning increased immediately following treatment and was sustained over the 15 years. In contrast, radial thinning did not increase growth, but slowed decline compared to control trees. Available soil moisture was higher in the stand thinning than the control for 5 years post‐treatment and likely extended seasonal tree growth. Our results show that large, old trees can respond to restoration thinning treatments, but that the level of thinning impacts this response. Stand thinning must be sufficiently intensive to improve old tree growth and health, in part due to increasing available soil moisture. Importantly, focusing stand density reductions around the immediate neighborhood of legacy trees was insufficient to elicit a growth response, calling into question treatments attempting to increase vigor of legacy trees while still maintaining closed canopies in dry, coniferous forest types. Although radial thinning did not affect tree growth rates, this treatment may still achieve other resource objectives not studied here, such as protecting wildlife habitat, reducing the risk of severe fire injury, and decreasing susceptibility to bark beetle attacks.