The Comparison of the Chemical Composition from Natural Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz and Its Tissue Culture

The essential oils of the rhizomes from natural A. macrocephala and its tissus culture have been extracted. The chemical components of these essential oils have been determined and compared by TLC and GC-MSD. Their chemical components are identical and thirteen components have been identified as β-humulene, ρ-elemol, α-humulene, α-curcumene, 3β-ace-toxyatractylon and isobutenolide, A, selina-4(14)-7(ll) diene-8-one, atractylon, anhydrobutenolide, palmitic acid, butenolid A, eudesmol and hydroxybutenolide. Six compounds are first reported containing in A. macrocephala.     

海南长须果化学成分的研究

从海南长须果（ＴａｃｃａｃｈａｎｔｒｉｅｒｉＡｎｄｒｅ）中分离得到了３个结晶性成分,经过理化常数和光谱分析,分别鉴定为箭根酮内酯Ａ（Ｉ）、１,７－二对苯羟墓－３,５－二羟基－庚烷（Ⅱ）和α－单棕桐酸甘油酯（Ⅲ）。它们均属首次从该植物中分得。其中箭根酮内酯Ａ有抗癌活性。     

Structure-based 3-D-QSAR analysis of marine indole alkaloids

A 3-D-QSAR study has been performed on these indole alkaloid derivatives to correlate their chemical structures with their observed antitumor activity against IGROV1. Due to the absence of information on their active mechanism, comparative molecular field analysis (CoMFA) has been applied. A model able to well correlate the antitumor activity with the chemical structures of mono and bis(indole) alkaloids 1-18 has been developed which is potentially helpful in the design of novel and more potent antitumor agents.     

Chemical methods for the synthesis and modification of neoclerodane diterpenes

Diterpenes are a structural class of molecules that are derived from four isoprene subunits and are widespread throughout nature. A number of neoclerodane diterpenes have been found to have biological activity but a limited number of chemical investigations have been conducted. Recently, the neoclerodane diterpene, salvinorin A (12) has been investigated due to its unique pharmacological profile. This review will discuss the chemical methods used to chemically modify and synthesize 12.     

Triterpenoid glycosides from Bacopa monnieri

Two triterpenoid glycosides have been isolated along with 10 known saponins from Bacopa monnieri. Structures of the compounds have been elucidated as 3-O-[beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->3)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl] jujubogenin (1) and 3-O-[beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->3)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl] pseudojujubogenin (2) by high resolution NMR spectral data and chemical correlations. Further, the chemical compositions of bacosides A and B have been delineated.     

Chemical Structure of Macrocalyxin D

A new diterpenoid which exhibits cytotoxic activity, macrocalyxin D has been isolated from the e-thereal extract of the leaves of Rabdosia macrocalyx (Dunn) Hara. On the basis of chemical and spectroscopic data, the chemical structure of macrocalyxin D was established as (3).     

大萼香茶菜丁素的化学结构

从大萼香茶菜叶中又分得一个具有细胞毒活性的新的二萜类化合物,命名为大萼香茶菜丁素(macrocalyxin D)。根据光谱和化学数据鉴定其化学结构为[3]。     

山茶属山茶组植物的分类，分化和分布

Sect．Camellia植物迄今已合格发表的名称有 72种,l亚种和7变种,其中 Sect．Paracamellia中的威宁短柱茶 C.weiningensis和 Sect．Corallina中的连山离蕊茶 C．lienshanensis应归属本组。经研究订正,确认该组共12种和6变种,其余名称均作为相应种、变种和变型的同物异名,文中讨论了物种的形态变异与分化,分布与替代,自然杂交等问题.     

Observation of tyrosine-O-phosphate in Drosophila melanogaster larvae by 31P-NMR spectroscopy

31P-NMR spectra of intact larvae and pupae of Drosophila melanogaster have been obtained at 109.3 MHz. A major resonance in these samples has been identified as tyrosine-O-phosphate. Its chemical shift reflects the hemolymph plasma pH. Upon disruption of the organisms (necessary for chemical analyses of tyrosine-O-phosphate), phosphatases rapidly hydrolyze this phosphate ester, generating inorganic phosphate and free tyrosine.     

Carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance of heme carbonyls. Cytochrome c and carboxymethyl derivatives of cytochrome c.

Carbonyl complexes of horse cytochrome c and various carboxymethylated derivatives have been examined using 13C NMR (carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance) spectroscopy. The multiplicity and chemical shift of the 13CO resonance were found to be functions of pH and the extent of alkylation. Correlations have been made among prominent features of the chemical shift titration curves and changes in the environment of the heme. A simple model compatible with the bulk of previous observations has been suggested to account for the several carbonyl resonance peaks and the complex behavior of the chemical shift with changes in pH.     

Trimethoprim binding to bacterial and mammalian dihydrofolate reductase: a comparison by proton and carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance

The binding of trimethoprim to dihydrofolate reductase from L1210 mouse lymphoma cells has been studied by measuring the changes in chemical shift of nuclei of the ligand that accompanying binding. The 6- and 2',6'-proton chemical shifts of bound trimethoprim have been determined by transfer of saturation experiments, and the 2-carbon chemical shift has been determined by using [2-13C]trimethoprim. The changes in proton chemical shift are substantially smaller than those accompanying binding to bacterial dihydrofolate reductase [Cayley, P. J., Albrand, J. P., Feeney, J., Robert, G. C. K., Piper, E. A., & Burgen, A. S. V. (1979) Biochemistry 18, 3886]. It is shown that this difference arises largely from the fact that trimethoprim adopts different conformations when bound to mammalian and to bacterial dihydrofolate reductase. The proton chemical shifts are interpreted in terms of ring-current contributions from the two aromatic rings of trimethoprim itself and the nearby aromatic amino acid residues of the enzyme. The latter have been located by using the refined crystallographic coordinates of the Lactobacillus casei and Escherichia coli reductases in their complexes with methotrexate [Bolin, J. T., Filman, D. J., Matthews, D. A. & Kraut, J. (1982) J. Biol. Chem. 257, 13650], under the assumption that, as indicated by the 13C chemical shifts, the diaminopyrimidine ring of trimethoprim binds in the same way as does the corresponding part of methotrexate. With use of these assumptions, the conformation of trimethoprim bound to the dihydrofolate reductases from L. casei, E. coli, and L1210 cells has been calculated.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

The chemical constituents and economic plants of the Euphorbiaceae

The chemical constituents and economic plants of the Euphorbiaceae. A chemical review of the different classes of compounds which have been isolated from the Euphorbiaceae (other than the diterpenoids) is given. This includes triterpenoids and related compounds (sterols, alcohols and hydrocarbons), phenolic compounds (flavonoids, lignans, coumarins, tannins, phenanthrenes, quinones, phenolic acids, etc.), alkaloids, cyanogenic glucosides and glucosinolates. A summary of the industrial and medicinal uses of members of the Euphorbiaceae is provided.     

Study of Major Chemical Components of Pseudotaxus chienii

Genus Pseudotaxus distributed in the Zhejiang, Hunan, Jiangxi etc. is endemic to China. Only one species is envolved in the genus. A preliminary investigation on chemical components of Pseudotaxus is reported in the present paper. Three crystalline substances have been isolated from trunk of P. chienii grown in Zhejiang and have been identified as llβ, 22-dihydroxyhopane (Ⅰ), β-sitosterol (Ⅱ) and tsugalacton (Ⅲ) respectively by chemical and spectral (IR, NMR, MS) analyses.     

Zooxanthellamide B, a novel large polyhydroxy metabolite from a marine dinoflagellate of Symbiodinium sp

Zooxanthellamide B, C(128)H(220)N(2)O(53)S(2), a polyhydroxy secondary metabolite, was isolated from a cultured marine dinoflagellate of the genus Symbiodinium. A detailed 2D NMR analysis revealed the chemical structure as a delta-lactone analogue of zooxanthellamide A, which had previously been isolated from the same dinoflagellate by us. The relative configuration of the delta-lactone moiety was determined by NOE experiments and a coupling constant analysis, and that of other ring systems was found to be the same as zooxanthellamide A by the chemical correlation between zooxanthellamides A and B.     

Probability screening model

A comparative analysis is given of various types of systems of selecting biologically active substances. A theoretical probability model of tests on chemical compounds for biological activity (screening) has been constructed which permits an evaluation of the efficacy of screening on the basis of fairly reasonable assumptions. It has been shown that this efficacy decreases in time with a fixed number of types of activity taken into consideration and rises sharply with an increase in the number of types of activity of chemical compounds taken into account in the tests.     

Chemical States of Bacterial Spores: Dry-Heat Resistance

Mature bacterial spores can be manipulated by chemical pretreatments between states sensitive and resistant to dry heat. The two chemical forms of the spore differ in dry-heat resistance by about an order of magnitude. Log survivor curves for each chemical state were approximately straight lines. The temperature dependence of dry-heat resistance for each chemical state was similar to that usually found for dry-heat resistance. A method of testing spore resistance to dry heat has been designed to minimize artifacts resulting from (i) change of chemical state during the test, (ii) effects of water vapor activity, (iii) incomplete recovery of spores from the test container and clumping of spores. Implications of the existence of different chemical resistance states for experimental strategy and testing of dry-heat resistance are discussed.     

槲寄生的研究与开发利用

本文对槲寄生的生物学特性、化学成分、药理作用及开发利用等作了阐述。     

Total synthesis by modern chemical ligation methods and high resolution (1.1 A) X-ray structure of ribonuclease A

The total chemical synthesis of RNase A using modern chemical ligation methods is described, illustrating the significant advances that have been made in chemical protein synthesis since Gutte and Merrifield's pioneering preparation of RNase A in 1969. The identity of the synthetic product was confirmed through rigorous characterization, including the determination of the X-ray crystal structure to 1.1 Angstrom resolution.     

Site-directed modification of DNA duplexes by chemical ligation.

The efficiency of chemical ligation method have been demonstrated by assembling a number of DNA duplexes with modified sugar phosphate backbone. Condensation on a tetradecanucleotide template of hexa(penta)- and undecanucleotides differing only in the terminal nucleoside residue have been performed using water-soluble carbodiimide as a condensing agent. As was shown by comparing the efficiency of chemical ligation of single-strand breaks in those duplexes, the reaction rate rises 70 or 45 times if the 3'-OH group is substituted with an amino or phosphate group (the yield of products with a phosphoramidate or pyrophosphate bond is 96-100% in 6 d). Changes in the conformation of reacting groups caused by mismatched base pairs (A.A, A.C) as well as the hybrid rU.dA pair or an unpaired base make the template-directed condensation less effective. The thermal stability of DNA duplexes was assayed before and after the chemical ligation. Among all of the modified duplexes, only the duplex containing 3'-rU in the nick was found to be a substrate of T4 DNA ligase.