植物细胞过氧化氢的测定方法

过氧化氢是重要的活性氧之一,激素等发育信号和胁迫刺激可以诱导细胞内H2O2的产生和积累,继而调控植物的气孔运动、生长发育、衰老和逆境应答等诸多生理过程。准确测定植物细胞内H2O2的含量及变化模式是系统研究H2O2信号转导及其生物学功能的一个关键技术。该文以拟南芥为实验材料,介绍了目前植物细胞H2O2的主要测定方法,包括激光共聚焦显微检测、紫外分光光度计检测和DAB组织染色,在此基础上比较分析了上述方法在灵敏度、检测范围、定量、成本以及耗时等方面的差异,为相关研究选择合适的H2O2检测技术提供参考。     

XeCl准分子激光辐照对溶菌酶结构的影响

利用荧光光谱、SDS-PAGE和NMR方法,考察308 nm XeCl准分子激光辐照对溶菌酶结构与活性的影响。使用能量密度为0.3 mJ/mm2的激光辐照溶菌酶,脉冲数分别为25、50、100、200、600、1200、1800、3600和7200。结果表明,用低强度激光辐照(低于200个脉冲)时,溶菌酶的活性出现增高趋势。随着激光辐照脉冲数的进一步增大,溶菌酶的活性又开始逐步降低。激光辐照处理后,溶菌酶的荧光强度发生了与生物活性相对应的先增高再降低现象,说明溶菌酶的高级结构发生了显著变化。SDS-PAGE结果显示,经激光辐照后,溶菌酶出现了分子间的聚合。分析溶菌酶的1H-NMR谱发现,辐照后,溶菌酶色氨酸(Trp)111、Trp63和Trp62的化学位移发生了变化,此结果进一步说明,激光辐照使溶菌酶的高级结构发生了变化。该实验可为激光辐照诱导蛋白质去折叠的研究提供参考。     

A Spectrophotometric Analysis of Pigments in Apples

Methods of pigment extraction using traditional polar organic solvents (acetone or methanol) were compared to those employing a chloroform–methanol mixture. We found that, for spectrophotometric pigment analysis in the apple peel, the cuticular lipids must be preliminarily extracted from the samples with chloroform and MgO must be added during homogenization to prevent pigment degradation. The traditional extraction did not result in the complete extraction of intact pigments, and such extracts contained a considerable amount of light-absorbing impurities. The application of chloroform–methanol extraction allowed us to markedly reduce the content of such impurities and to increase the accuracy and sensitivity of the measurement of the content of chlorophylls and carotenoids. In addition, this extraction method proved useful for the analysis of phenolic substances (anthocyanins and flavonoids) in the water-methanol fraction of the extracts.     

棉籽中游离棉酚的含量测定

用紫外分光光度法测定棉籽中游离棉酚的含量。脱除棉酚的棉籽乙醚提取物经石油醚和 75 %乙醇分离和纯化后 ,用 0 .5 %对氨基苯磺酸显色来检测棉籽中游离棉酚的含量 ,结果表明 ,该方法具有简便、重现性好、回收率高达 97%以上等优点 ,可作为棉籽中游离棉酚质量控制方法。     

Ontogenetic variation in the plumage colour of female European Pied Flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca

Although variation in the dorsal plumage colour of male European Pied Flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca has received a great deal of attention, females of the species have been usually considered to be nearly uniformly monochromatic brown. Using reflectance spectrophotometry, we explore the age‐dependent variation of plumage colour in females. We disentangle the within‐ and between‐individual effects of this pattern and show a within‐individual darkening of the mantle colour with age, whereas differences between individuals in structural colour expression may underlie the trend for a more reflective white in the females' breast plumage with advancing age. The darkening of the dorsal plumage as females age reflects the most common pattern of age‐related variation in males in most European populations of the species.     

Synthesize of β‐cyclodextrin functionalized dendritic fibrous nanosilica and its application for the removal of organic dye (malachite green)

Dye removal from industrial waste water has become an important issue. The highvisibility, undesirability and recalcitrance are the significant environmental problemfor the dyes. In the present work,β‐cyclodextrin functionalized KCC‐1 (KCC‐1‐NH‐β‐CD)was synthesized and utilized to the removal of hazardous malachite green. In order to study the morphology of the synthesized nano adsorbent, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) were obtained from the surface of the sample. Additionally, the functionalization of KCC‐1 with β‐cyclodextrin was confirmed with Furrier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The textural property of KCC‐1 was verified using nitrogen adsorption/ desorption analysis (BET equation). UV‐Vis spectroscopy utilized for the investigation of malachite green by KCC‐1‐NH‐β‐CD. Specific surface area of the adsorbent was calculated to be 140 m²/g and it can be stated that the synthesized nano adsorbent has high removal efficiency. It should be noted that the adsorption capacity of the employed nano adsorbent was more than 95%, which could be attributed to high porosity of β‐cyclodextrin functionalized KCC‐1.     

干姜浸膏中总酚的含量测定方法

本文采用紫外分光光度法对干姜浸膏中总酚进行了含量测定。其加样回收率为99.77％± 1.2,RSD为1.2％。此法不但简单,快速,而且为干姜浸膏的质量控制也进行了有益探讨。     

A spectrophotometric assay for monoamine oxidase activity with 2, 4-dinitrophenylhydrazine as a derivatized reagent

A simple, rapid and reliable spectrophotometry was developed to determine monoamine oxidase (MAO). In this study, 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH), a classic derivatizing reagent, was used to detect MAO-dependent aldehyde production; and traditional DNPH spectrophotometry was simplified. Benzylamine and serotonin oxidation were catalyzed by MAO-B and MAO-A, respectively, to aldehydes. These were derivatized with DNPH, and the corresponding quinones were further formed by adding NaOH. These DNPH derivatives with large conjugated structures were directly measured spectrophotometrically at 465 nm and 425 nm, without the need for precipitating, washing and suspending procedures. The addition of NaOH caused a red shift of the maximum absorption wavelength of these derivatives, which reduced the interference of free DNPH. MAO-B protein was as low as 47.5 μg in rat liver with correlation coefficients ranging within 0.995–0.999. This method is 2–3 times more sensitive than direct spectrophotometry. The detection of MAO inhibition through this method showed that IC₅₀ values of rasagiline are 8.00 × 10⁻⁹ M for MAO-B and 2.59 × 10⁻⁷ M for MAO-A. These results are similar to the values obtained by direct spectrophotometry. Our study suggests that DNPH spectrophotometry is suitable to detect MAO activity, and has the potential for MAO inhibitor screening in the treatment of MAO-mediated diseases.     

Removal of nonionic surfactants from wastewater using a constructed wetland

Removal of nonionic surfactants from municipal wastewater using a constructed wetland with a horizontal subsurface flow was studied in 2009 and 2010. Extraction spectrophotometry with 3′,3″,5′,5″‐tetrabromophenolphthalein ethyl ester and KCl served to determine the analyte concentrations. Triton^® X‐100 was used as a standard to express the nonionic‐surfactant concentrations. Anionic and cationic surfactants were shown not to interfere during the determination. Nonionic surfactants were degraded (to products undeterminable by the method) with a high average efficiency that reached 98.1% in 2009 and 99.1% in 2010, respectively. The average concentration of nonionic surfactants at the inflow was 0.978 mg/l, while it was close to the limit of quantification at the outflow (0.014 mg/l). A significant fraction of nonionic surfactants (38.7%) was already degraded during the pretreatment, and only 14.0% of the nonionic surfactants remained in the interstitial H₂O taken in the vegetation bed at a distance of 1 m from the inflow zone at a 50‐cm depth. Nonionic surfactants were degraded both under aerobic and anaerobic conditions.