Insecticidal and Repellent Effects of the Essential Oils Extract from Zanthoxylum myriacanthum against Three Storage Pests

The co-storage of two or more Chinese herbal medicines can effectively prevent the herbs from the damage by pests. Thus, it is important to protect herbs and crops to study Chinese herbal medicines and their medicinal components against storage pests. This study aimed to assess the insecticidal activities and repellent effect of essential oils (EOs) extracted from fruits at different periods from Zanthoxylum myriacanthum Wall. ex Hook. f. (1 h, 2 h, 3–5 h and 5–7 h), and their major compounds against three kinds of pests (Tribolium castaneum, Lasioderma serricorne, and Liposcelis bostrychophila). The results of gas chromatography-mass spectrometer analysis revealed homomyrtenol (22.56 %, 28.01 %, 28.48 % and 28.41 %, respectively) and p-cymene (30.58 %, 13.95 %, 24.97 % and 6.85 %, respectively) were the common major compounds of the EOs at 1 h, 2 h, 3–5 h, and 5–7 h. m-Cymene contents in EOs of fruits, 1 h, 2 h and 3–5 h were 3.85 %, 0.95 %, 6.71 %, and 6.15 %, respectively. According to Principal component analysis (PCA), the composition of fruits′ EO was significantly different from other EOs due to the different collection times. The bio-assays showed that EOs and major compounds were toxic to all three pests, but the fumigation effect on L. bostrychophila was not noticeable. EOs extracted at different times had a repellent effect on the three pests at the highest concentration (78.63 nL/cm²), but the attractive effects of the EOs of 3–5 h, 5–7 h, and p-cymene were observed at the low concentrations (3.15, 0.63 and 0.13 nL/cm²). Our results suggest that Z. myriacanthum have the potential to be developed as biological insecticides.     

Quality Assessment of Bee Pollen-Honey Mixtures Using Thin-Layer Chromatography in Combination with Chemometrics

The aim of this study is to develop a rapid, effect-directed screening method for quality assessment of bee pollen-honey mixtures. The comparative antioxidant potential and phenolic content of honey, bee pollen, and the bee pollen-honey mixtures, was performed using spectrophotometry. The total phenolic content and antioxidative activity of bee pollen-honey mixtures with 20 % bee pollen share were in the range 3.03–3.11 mg GAE/g, and 6.02–6.96 mmol TE/kg, respectively, while mixtures with 30 % bee pollen share contained 3.92–4.18 mg GAE/g, and 9.69–10.11 mmol TE/kg. Chromatographic fingerprint of bee pollen-honey mixtures was performed by high-performance thin-layer chromatography with conditions developed by authors and reported for the first time. Fingerprint analysis hyphenated with chemometrics enabled authenticity assessments of honey in mixtures. Results indicate that bee pollen-honey mixtures represent a food with highly, both, nutritious characteristics and health-promoting effect.     

High-Resolution Performance of Polycaprolactone Functionalized with Guanidinium Ionic Liquid for Gas Chromatography

This work firstly reported a new polycaprolactone based material functionalized with guanidinium ionic liquid (PCL-GIL) as the stationary phase with high resolution performance for capillary gas chromatography (GC). It is composed of polycaprolactone (PCL) and guanidinium ionic liquid (GIL) with amphiphilic conformation. The PCL-GIL capillary column coated by static method exhibited high column efficiency of 3942 plates/m and moderate polarity. As a result, the PCL-GIL column exhibited high-resolution capability. For a mixture of 27 analytes with a wide ranging polarity and outperformed the PCL-2OH and HP-35 columns, showing its advantageous separation capability for analytes of diverse types. Moreover, the PCL-GIL column showed high resolving capability for various positional isomers and cis-/trans-isomers, including alkylbenzenes, chlorobenzenes, naphthalenes, bromonitrobenzenes, chloronitrobenzenes, benzaldehydes, phenols, alcohols, respectively. In a word, PCL derivatized by GIL units as a new type of stationary phase has a promising future in GC separations.     

褪黑素对盐胁迫下普通菜豆芽期核酸修复的调控机制

普通菜豆(Phaseolus vulgaris)是重要的食用豆作物, 然而其极易受盐胁迫危害, 导致产量下降。褪黑素能提高植物耐盐能力。为探明外源褪黑素调控普通菜豆耐盐能力的机制, 以普通菜豆品种奶花芸豆(GZ-YD014)为实验材料, 设置水(W, 对照)、盐胁迫(S)和盐胁迫+100 µmol∙L^-1褪黑素(M+S) 3个处理。结果发现, 盐胁迫抑制了普通菜豆胚根的生长, 使其长度、表面积、体积以及直径显著降低, 外源褪黑素可缓解盐胁迫对普通菜豆胚根生长的抑制。外施褪黑素显著降低盐胁迫下活性氧积累和丙二醛(MDA)含量, 提高保护酶(过氧化物酶、超氧化物歧化酶、过氧化氢酶以及抗坏血酸过氧化物酶)活性, 增加渗透调节物质(可溶性糖和可溶性蛋白)以及生长素(IAA)、赤霉素(GA)和玉米素(ZT)的含量, 降低脱落酸(ABA)含量。通过转录组分析挖掘出217个差异表达基因(DEGs), DEGs在GO富集中显著(P-value<0.05)富集到核酸相关条目上, 在KEGG富集中显著(P-value<0.05)富集到核酸损伤修复(包括碱基切除修复、错配修复以及核苷酸切除修复)通路。qRT-PCR以及RAPD分析结果表明, 核酸损伤修复通路为外源褪黑素调控普通菜豆耐盐能力的一种机制。该研究揭示了外源褪黑素对普通菜豆芽期耐盐能力的调控机制, 可为褪黑素应用于盐胁迫下普通菜豆增产提供理论依据。     

A new method for the determination of the anionic adsorption capacity of bottom deposits with particular reference to the adsorption of anionic detergents

Summary After a short discussion of the scarce and incomplete literature on anionic adsorption properties of soils and sediments, a new technique based on the adsorption of manoxol to soils, sediments and pure humic acid is described.Adsorption curves for various sediments, humic acid and clays are given. The adsorption capacity of bottom deposits are interpreted in terms of humic acid equivalents.The method can be used for series analysis of both the specific adsorption capacity for manoxol of river muds and also as a more general parameter for the anionic and surface adsorption capacity of various materials such as sludges, soils and compost.

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Zusammenfassung Nach einer kurzenBesprechung der bestehenden spärlichen Literatur über anionische Adsorptionseigenschaften von Böden und Sedimenten wird eine Technik, die auf der Adsorption van Manoxol (Na-dioctyl-sulfosuccinat) an Bodensedimenten beruht, beschrieben.Adsorptionskurven verschiedener Sedimente, Huminsäuren und einiger Tone werden graphisch dargestellt und die Adsorptionskapazitäten von Bodensedimenten als Huminsäure-äquivalente ausgedrückt und interprätiert.Die beschriebene Methode eignet sich für Serienanalysen zur Bestimmung der spezifischen Adsorptionskapazität für Manoxol von Sedimenten natürlicher Gewässer und kann auch als ein allgemeiner Parameter zur Charakterisiering der anionischen und Oberflächen-adsorptionskapazität von Substraten, wie Schlamm, Böden und Kompost angewandt werden.

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National Institute for Water Research, S. A. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research     

L'intoxication alloxanique chez la femelle gravide de cobaye

Sommaire Chez la femelle de cobaye gravide, une injection intracardiaque de 200 mg/kg d'alloxane provoque en 6–8 hs, une pycnose généralisée des cellules B des îlots endocriniens du pancréas; 18–20 hs après l'injection, les acini exocrines en bordure des îlots devenus nécrotiques se différencient et prolifèrent des cordons de cellules endocriniennes. Cette régénération intense et rapide est pratiquement achevée 42 hs après l'injection.L'effet, sur le pancréas foetal, de l'alloxane injectée à la femelle gravide, varie suivant le stade de développement atteint par le tissu endocrine au moment de l'injection. Pendant la phase de différenciation, aux dépens de l'épithélium des canaux, des premières cellules A (emb. de 13 mm, 25e jour) et B (emb. de 27 mm, 34e jour), puis de prolifération de cordons aboutissant à la formation des îlots primitifs dits îlots à manteau (foetus de 58 mm, 43e jour), les cellules B sont totalement réfractaires à l'action de l'alloxane. Chez les foetus ayant atteint 75 mm (50–51e jour), les premiers îlots à architecture définitive ont fait leur apparition par remaniement secondaire des îlots à manteau, processus qui continuera jusqu'à la naissance. Dès que ce stade est atteint, l'alloxane injectée à la mère provoque la pycnose généralisée des cellules B dans les îlots définitifs alors que les îlots à manteau voisins restent intacts. Il semble donc que les cellules B doivent atteindre un certain degré de maturité pour être sensibles à l'alloxane.     

CYTOGENETIC STUDIES IN THE GENUS TRIBOLIUM (POACEAE: ARUNDINEAE)

The genus Tribolium Desv. consists of nine species, i.e., T. utriculosum (Nees) Renv., T. ciliare (Stapf) Renv., T. echinatum (Thunb.) Desv., T. hispidum (Thunb.) Desv., T. acutiflorum (Nees) Renv., T. obliterum sensu Davidse, T. glomeratum sensu Davidse, T. uniolae (L.f.) Renv., and T. brachystachyum (Nees) Renv. The genus has a basic chromosome number of 6, and from diploid to hexaploid specimens have been examined. Precocious segregation of metaphase I bivalents were observed in four species. Multivalent formation results in unequal chromosome segregation during anaphase I, and several cells with an 11–13 chromosome distribution have been observed. The presence of univalents and anaphase I bridges in all T. brachystachyum specimens suggests a hybrid origin for the species. B-chromosomes were present in specimens from four species. The B-chromosomes are similar to the euchromosomes with the exception that they do not participate in meiosis. The B-chromosomes have a possible isochromosome origin. The cytogenetic evidence presented supports the combination of Plagiochloa and Lasiochloa into Tribolium and indicates that the genus is closely related to Urochlaena, whereas it is not closely related to Prionanthium.