Characterization and subcellular localization of chlorophyllase from Ginkgo biloba

Chlorophyllase (Chlase) catalyzes the initial step of chlorophyll (Chl)-degradation, but the physiological significance of this reaction is still ambiguous. Common understanding of its role is that Chlase is involved in de-greening processes such as fruit ripening, leaf senescence, and flowering. But there is a possibility that Chlase is also involved in turnover and homeostasis of Chls. Among the de-greening processes, autumnal coloration is one of the most striking natural phenomena, but the involvement of Chlase during autumnal coloration is not clear. Previously, it was shown that Chlase activity and expression level of the Chlase gene were not increased during autumnal coloration in Ginkgo biloba, indicating that Chlase does not work specially in the de-greening processes in G. biloba. In this study, we characterized the recombinant Chlase and analyzed its subcellular localization to understand the role of the cloned Chlase of G. biloba (GbCLH). GbCLH exhibited its highest activity at pH 7.5, 40 degrees C. Kinetic analysis revealed that GbCLH hydrolyzes pheophytin (Pheo) a and Chl a more rapidly than Pheo b and Chl b. Transient expression analysis of 40 N-terminus amino acids of GbCLH fused with GFP (green fluorescent protein) and subcellular fractionation showed that GbCLH localizes within chloroplasts. Together with our previous results, property of GbCLH and its location within the chloroplasts suggest that GbCLH plays a role in the turnover and homeostasis of Chls in green leaves of G. biloba.     

银杏叶黄酮的乙醇提取方法研究

研究了银杏叶总黄酮含量的季节悸变化规律及利用乙醇提取银杏叶黄酮的方法,结果表明,根据银杏叶在一年生长间总黄酮含量确定银杏叶最佳采收时间为8－9月份,通过单因素试验和正交试验,确定乙醇提取银杏叶总黄酮的最佳条件为：银可中粉碎至50－60目,以70％乙醇按照液固比6：1的比例,于80℃条件下提取2次,每次1h,银杏叶总黄酮提取率可达87．6％。     

银杏叶多酚的机械力辅助提取及其体外抗氧化活性研究

为优化银杏叶多酚提取工艺,通过单因素试验考察填充率、球磨转速、球磨时间、乙醇浓度、料液比、提取温度、提取时间七个因素对机械力辅助提取银杏叶多酚得率的影响,以银杏叶多酚得率为响应值,采用Box-Benhnken三因素三水平响应面设计优化工艺,同时比较了4种提取方法对银杏叶多酚提取得率和抗氧化活性的差异。结果表明,机械力辅助提取银杏叶多酚的最佳工艺条件为:填充率26%、球磨转速为400rpm、球磨时间为15min。在此条件下,银杏叶多酚的得率为7.33%。机械力辅助乙醇提取银杏叶多酚得率低于碱水提取法,但是抗氧化活性高于碱水法提取的银杏叶多酚;抗氧化活性与乙醇回流法提取的银杏叶多酚相当,但是提取得率高于乙醇回流法。此提取工艺高效可行,具有一定的参考价值。     

Palaeophytochemical Constituents of Cretaceous Ginkgo coriacea Florin Leaves

Chemical investigation of the organic solvent extract of Cretaceous Ginkgo coriacea Florin leaves by liquid chromatography-mass spectroscopy （LC-MS） and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry （GC-MS）, analogous to those from extant leaves of Ginkgo biloba L., led to the detection of a group of natural flavonoids and other volatiles. The similarity of the chemical constituents in these two species of Ginkgo suggest that the secondary metabolism of extant G. biloba is close to that of the Cretaceous species. The remaining natural products may be one explanation why the leaves of the Cretaceous G. coriacea have been preserved morphologically in fossilization. The detection of flavonoids suggests that the leaves of G. coriacea experienced a mild post-depositional environment during their fossilization. This appears to be the oldest occurrence of flavonoids in plant fossils.     

HZ-841吸附树脂精制银杏叶总黄酮

本文研究了用HZ-841吸附树脂精制银杏叶总黄酮的工艺。用10 BV 70％的乙醇分三次提取脱脂银杏叶粉中的银杏叶总黄酮,其收得率为4．8％,纯度为21．7％;用30BV纯净水、微波解冻提取30min,银杏叶总黄酮的收得率及纯度分别是2．63％和13．4％。HZ-841树脂对银杏叶总黄酮的动态吸附容量在pH=7．0时为0．265g／mL,树脂,动态吸附平衡时间为10min。酸度对HZ-841树脂吸附银杏叶总黄酮有显著影响,当pH=5．0时,其静态吸附量可达到0．322g／mL。吸附了银杏叶总黄酮的HZ-841树脂可用乙醇洗脱,当洗脱液pH=9．0、乙醇浓度为90％、洗脱流速3BV／h时,5BV洗脱液的收得率为1．8％。用无水乙醇洗脱的银杏叶总黄酮经过真空浓缩、干燥,获得的浅黄色粉末中银杏叶总黄酮含量为37．3％,产品收得率为2．41％。     

不同采收期银杏叶总内酯及黄酮甙的含量测定

采用ＨＰＬＣ法对不同采收期银杏叶总内酯及黄酮甙含量进行测定,结果表明,八至九月采收的银杏叶总内酯及黄酮甙含量均较高。     

银杏药用物质的开发利用现状及其发展设想

本文概述了银杏叶的药理作用及其开发利用现状。目前,银杏药用物质的获取仍然是通过叶片提取这一途径,这同时存在地理环境、季节等诸多限制因素。而通过银杏组织、细胞培养获得其药用物质的技术研究刚刚起步,距离实际应用仍有相当的距离,但随着这项技术的不断发展,它不仅可用于生产银杏黄酮类和银杏内酯,而且有助于进一步研究银杏所含的特殊化学成分及其相关的代谢途径。     

银杏叶聚戊烯醇抗肿瘤的生物活性研究

目的 :从银杏叶中分离聚戊烯醇新的有效部位 ,研究聚戊烯醇抗肿瘤的药效。方法 :通过提取、分离、精制 75 %以上银杏叶聚戊烯醇 ,以氟脲嘧啶 (5 Fu)为对照 ,选择肝癌 (Heps)实体型、肉瘤 (S180 )、艾氏癌 (EC)实体型等瘤谱 ,用不同剂量的聚戊烯醇进行小鼠移植性抗肿瘤药效实验。结果 :银杏叶聚戊烯醇对Heps、S180 和EC等移植性瘤谱的最高抑瘤率分别为 4 9 2 9%、6 0 89%和 5 2 4 7% (p <0 .0 0 5 )。结论 :银杏叶聚戊烯醇具有明显的抑制肿瘤的生物活性。     

Ginkgetin exerts anti-inflammatory effects on cerebral ischemia/reperfusion-induced injury in a rat model via the TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway

Ginkgo biloba, a natural biflavonoid isolated from Ginkgo biloba leaves, is reported to have strong anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive properties. The aim of this study is to investigate the potential anti-inflammatory mechanisms of ginkgo flavonoids on cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. Inflammatory-associated cytokines in cerebral ischemic hemispheres were determined by immunohistochemical staining, Western blot and enzyme-like immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Our results indicated that treatment with Ginkgetin significantly restored rat brain I/R-induced neurological deficit scores. Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression in Ginkgetin treatment group (100 mg/kg) also significantly reduced. The expression inflammation-related protein prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), interleukin-1β (IL-1β), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and interleukin-8 (IL-8) was also decreased in Ginkgetin treatment group. However, the expression of interleukin-10 (IL-10) was remarkably increased. Thus, this study demonstrates that Ginkgetin protects neurons from I/R-induced rat injury by down-regulating pro-inflammatory cytokines and blocking the TLR4/NF-κB pathway.     

银杏叶愈伤组织和叶中超氧化物歧化酶、总黄酮类抗氧化活性剂活性的比较分析

以银杏（Ginkgo biloba L.）叶片为外植体进行愈伤组织的诱导和培养,筛选到适合银杏叶片愈伤组织诱导和继代的培养基。以此愈伤组织为研究材料,比较了叶片愈伤组织和叶片中两种活性成分超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）、黄酮的活性差异。结果表明,银杏叶片愈伤组织中SOD的活性明显比叶片中的SOD活性高,同时愈伤组织中SOD同工酶谱带也比叶中有更多表达,但愈伤组织中总黄酮含量却比叶片中的含量低。实验证实SOD和黄酮类物质具有清除超氧阴离子的作用,表明银杏叶片愈伤组织和叶片中具有不同的占主导作用的抗氧化活性的机制。     

银杏叶提取物对过氧化氢刺激下的血管内皮细胞的影响

目的:探讨银杏叶提取物对血管内皮细胞的保护作用及可能的保护机制。方法:进行血管内皮细胞培养。用过氧化氢(H2O2)处理血管内皮细胞建立细胞凋亡模型。将细胞分为四组:空白对照组、H2O2处理组、单独银杏叶提取物处理组、银杏叶提取物预处理组(提前2h给药后H2O2处理)。进行MTT检测细胞的相对活力、RT-PCR检测目的基因CHOP的表达、Western Blot分析目的蛋白CHOP的表达等。结果:与对照处理组比较,H2O2处理组细胞凋亡率、CHOPmRNA相对表达及CHOP蛋白表达量明显升高。与H2O2处理组比较,银杏叶提取物预处理组细胞凋亡指数、CHOPmRNA相对表达及CHOP蛋白表达量明显降低(P0.05)。结论:作为一种清除自由基、抗氧化、抗衰老药物,银杏叶提取物可能通过调节CHOP蛋白选择性地抑制过度的内质网应激来保护血管内皮细胞。     

银杏综合开发利用

本文综述近年来国内对银杏叶、外种皮、种仁、木材及银杏组织培养等方面的综合开发利用。     

银杏植物各部位及银杏组织培养细胞中银杏内酯B和白果内酯含量的初步研究

用高压液相色谱法对五年生扦插银杏各部位及银杏组织培养细胞中银杏内酯B和白果内酯的含量进行了测定.结果表明银杏内酯B和白果内酯在银杏植物各部位的含量差异很大.银杏内酯B在银杏叶中含量最高,白果内酯在银杏侧根中含量最高.在6,7-v培养基下银杏组织培养细胞中同时测出银杏内酯B和白果内酯,提示用植物组织培养方法有可能同时产生银杏内酯B和白果内酯.     

一株银杏内生真菌的分离及其产黄酮类物质的初步研究

从银杏(Ginkgo biloba L.)树叶中分离得到一株内生真菌EG4,经鉴定为刺盘孢Colle-totrichum sp．。应用薄层层析、显色反应及分光光度法对该菌的发酵产物进行了初步分析,结果表明该真菌能够产生黄酮类化合物。     

Ginkgo biloba extract ameliorates gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity in rats.

The effect of Ginkgo biloba (EGb), a plant extract with an antioxidant effect, has been studied on gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity in male wistar rats. Ginkgo biloba extract (300 mg/kg BW) was administered orally 2 days before and 8 days concurrently with gentamicin (80 mg/kg BW). Saline treated animals served as control. Estimations of urine creatinine, glucose, blood urea, serum creatinine, plasma and kidney tissue MDA were carried out after 8 days of gentamicin treatment. Kidneys were examined using histological techniques. Blood urea and serum creatinine were increased by 896% and 461% respectively, with gentamicin, compared to saline treated group. Creatinine clearance was significantly decreased with gentamicin. Ginkgo biloba extract protected rats from gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity. Changes in blood urea, serum creatinine and creatinine clearance induced by gentamicin were significantly prevented by Ginkgo biloba extract. There was a 177% and 374% rise in plasma and kidney tissue MDA with gentamicin, which were significantly reduced to normal with Ginkgo biloba extract. Histomorphology showed necrosis and desquamation of tubular epithelial cells in renal cortex with gentamicin, while it was normal and comparable to control with Ginkgo biloba extract. These data suggest that supplementation of Ginkgo biloba extract may be helpful to reduce gentamicin nephrotoxicity.     

A New Morphological Interpretation of the Female Reproductive Organs in Ginkgo biloba L., with a Phylogenetic Consideration on Gymnosperms

The ovuliferous structure of Ginkgo biloba L. has been variously interpreted morphologically. As a result the systematic position and the relationship with other gymnosperms of this ancestral gymnosperm have long been under dispute. In the present paper, a brief survey of the main views as to the nature of the ovuliferous structure is givcn. Based on morphological and teratological data previously reported, a new interpretation is proposed. The essential points are summarized as follows: 1. In morphological essence, a fertile dwarf shoot with some ovuliferous structures in Ginkgo biloba L. might as a whole be nothing but a megasporophyll strobilus (female cone), which is shared actually by all the conifers in the gymnosperms. The fertile dwarf shoot has appearance extremely similar to that of the vegetative dwarf shoot, suggesting that in Ginkgo biloba L. the vegetative organs and the reproductive organs have not been yet well differentiated, and thus its megasporophyll strobilus might represent one of the most primitive compound strobilus types. 2. In Ginkgo biloba, the ovuliferous structure borne in the axil of a scale leaf (sometimes a normal leaf) on the dwarf shoot, together with the scale leaf itself, might be the homogenous organ corresponding to the bract-scale and seed-scale complex of the compound female strobilus of the typical conifers. The complex is a relatively isolated reproductive unit on the strobilus. The normal leaves and the scale leaves on the dwarf shoot might be equivalent to the bract-scales in the typical cones, though the normal leaves still retain the vegetative nature as the foliage leaves on the vegetative shoot. The stalk hearing ovules at its top might be equivalent to a seed-scale of the typical cones. 3. The megasporophyll strobilus in Ginkgo biloba, namely a whole fertile dwarf shoot as mentioned above, seems to show much more primitive characteristics than those of typical conifers. In this plant it is very difficult to distinguish the fertile dwarf shoot from the common vegetative dwarf shoot before reproduction time. Moreover, its megasporophyll strobilus often exhibits more atavistic abnormalities than those of other conifers. All the evidence indicates that the primitive ancestor of conifers might have had the fertile organs which might be of basically identical morphology as vegetative shoots, except that in the fertile organs there might exist numerous fertile leaves bearing one or many ovules. 4. The longer stalk of the ovuliferous structure in Ginkgo biloba might have come from mainly a secondary elongation growth of the seed scale, and only a little part of it might be the remains of the original shoot. The fork structure bearing ovules at the top of the stalk might be the rudementary part of the petioles of the only two extremely reduced megasporophylls. The collar around the base of the ovule might be a secondary protective structure. 5. A correct morphological interpretation of the female strobilus in Ginkgo biloba is doubtless of important significance for our better understanding of the evolution of the female reproductive organs in conifers. According to our interpretation mentioned above, together with the concept of the bractscale and seed-scale complex proposed in the present paper, which is mainly based on the concept of the seed-scale complex propose by Florin, here we put forward an evolutionary theory of the bract-scale and seed-scale complex. According to this theory, the female reproductive organs of the ancestral conifers should be very similar, as mentioned above, to the sterile foliage shoot except that the former might have some fertile leaves which could produce ovules at reproduction time. This ancestral female reproductive organ type might have had evolved towards two directions and thus formed two main evolutionary lines. One is represented by the genus Cycas and we may call it the Cycas Evolutionary Line (C-line), in which the megasporophyll strobilus is monopodial, with the fertile leaves and sterile bracts occurring directly on the main axis. The Cycadaceae is the only living gymnosperm member along this evolutionary line. The second line is represented by all the conifers including Ginkgo, which all have the structure of the bract-scale and seed-scale complex, and thus we called it the "Bract-scale and Seed-scale Complex Evolutionary Line" (BS-line). The members along this line have multipodial female strobilus, i.e. compound strobilus. On the main axis occur some sterile vegetative bracts. In the axils of some or most of the bracts occur the seed-scales. The seed-scales are actually the remains of the extremely, or smetimes completely reduced fertile shoots. Each part of the bractt-scale and seed-scale complex and the main axis of the strobilus could have undergone independent or correlated changes, and thus have had formed various types of strobilus which are found in the living conifers. 6. Our theory on the evolution of the bract-scale and seed-scale complex seems to support the division of all the gymnosperms into two major groups as proposed by Chamberlain, and is also in favour of the placement of Ginkgo biloba into the conifers as the most primitive member along BS-line. 7. Based on their similar morphological characters, it can be considered that Ginkgo biloba might have close relationships with the Nageiaceae, Ephedraceae, Welwitschiaceae and Araucariaceae. All these groups have multinerved leaves without costa. These living gymnosperms might have a more direct relationship withthe ancestral cordaites.     

Comprehensive analysis of flavonols in Ginkgo biloba products by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with ultra-violet detection and time-of-flight mass spectrometry

The aim of this study was to survey the flavonol compositions of Ginkgo biloba products, especially those on the Japanese market. Sixteen food products, six medicinal products, and raw Ginkgo biloba leaves were examined by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with ultra-violet detection and time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Eleven flavonol glycosides, three biflavones, and a flavonol aglycone were qualified by analysis of accurate mass spectra. The quantitative data obtained were then applied to multivariate data analysis, and the flavonol compositions of the food and medicinal products were classified into four groups. Most of the food products were classified into the same group as the medicinal products, which contained high percentages of flavonol glycosides. On the other hand, some food products contained high percentages of biflavones or an aglycone.     

不同整地施肥措施对银杏构件生长及药用成分的影响

研究了田间条件下不同整地施肥措施对银杏构件生长及药用成分的影响．结果表明,对银杏株高生长促进作用最大的措施依次为：施农家肥+间作>爆破整地+间作>施农家肥>爆破整地>间作,提高生长量分别为14．5％、8．6％、5．7％、3．2％和0;对银杏当年新梢生长促进作用最大的措施依次为：施农家肥+间作>爆破整地+间作>间作>施农家肥>爆破整地,提高生长量分别为58．1％、36．6％、33．1％、30．2％和14．0％;不同的整地、施肥和间作措施样地长枝数无显著差异,而短枝数量与总叶数有显著差异;施农家肥加间作措施对提高银杏药用成分含量作用最大,叶片中懈皮素和芦丁含量分别为对照的4．2倍和2．2倍．     

A new Tertiary Ginkgo (Ginkgoaceae) from the Wuyun Formation of Jiayin, Heilongjiang, northeastern China and its paleoenvironmental implications

The living fossil Ginkgo, a relict of a once dominant gymnosperm, existed and flourished early in the Mesozoic, but only a vague outline of its evolutionary history in the Tertiary has been unveiled. Here we describe a new species, Ginkgo jiayinensis sp. nov., from the Wuyun Formation of Jiayin, China, which is another well-established Tertiary species based on leaf fossils besides G. adiantoides. The most remarkable feature of the new species is the amphistomatic leaves, likely representing a distinct evolutionary line of the genus in this time interval. Ginkgo jiayinensis is similar to the co-occurring G. adiantoides and extant G. biloba in the lower cuticle, but the two latter species clearly differ in having hypostomatic leaves. Ginkgo biloba is used as the nearest living equivalent (NLE) species for both G. adiantoides and G. jiayinensis in reconstructing paleo-CO(2), as it has been used for other fossil species with either hypostomatic or amphistomatic leaves. The two Tertiary species are almost identical in stomatal index in abaxial cuticles (8.4 and 8.5, respectively), showing no strong differences in response to atmospheric CO(2). Amphistomatic G. jiayinensis would therefore have used a different ecological strategy from that of G. adiantoides of the same bed.