拟白蘑子实体化学成分研究

从高等真菌拟白蘑(Tricholomopsis rutalis)干燥子实体的甲醇提取物中分离并鉴定了6个化合物,它们分别是软脂酸甲酯(1)、软脂酸(2)、麦角甾-5,7,22-三烯-3β-醇(3)、5α,8α-过氧化麦角甾-6,22-二烯-3β-醇(4)、麦角甾-7,22-二烯-3β,5α,6β-三醇(5)和5α,8α-过氧化麦角甾-6,22-二烯-3β-O-葡萄糖苷(6).以上化合物均为首次从拟白蘑中获得.     

中国红豆杉中一个新的紫杉烷二萜

从中国红豆杉(Taxus chinensis)枝叶中分离得到4个紫杉烷二萜,通过波谱分析分别确定为：1β-羟基-2α,7β-二去乙酰基巴卡亭I(1),1β-羟基巴卡亭I(2),2α,5α,7β,9α,10β,13α-六乙酰氧基紫杉-4(20),11-二烯(3)和2-去乙酰氧基-5-去肉桂酰taxinine J(4)其中化合物1为新化合物。     

赤芝孢子化学成分研究

从赤芝(Gunoderm lucidum )孢子脂溶部分分到六个甾体化合物,根据化学及光谱解析等方法鉴定为麦角甾-7,22-二烯-3β,5α,6β-三醇(Ⅰ),麦角甾-7,22-二烯-3β,5α,6α-三醇(Ⅱ),麦角甾-7,9,22-三烯-3β,5α,6α-三醇(Ⅲ),麦角甾醇棕榈酸酯(Ⅳ),麦角甾-4,6,8(14),22-四烯-(3)酮(Ⅴ),以及麦角甾醇(Ⅵ)。     

金鱼藻的化学成分

从金鱼藻( Ceratophyllum demersum L .) 全草的乙醇提取物中分离鉴定了其中7 个, 分别为: 苜蓿素-7- O-β- D-葡萄糖苷( 1) , naringenin-7- O-β- D-葡萄糖苷(2 ) , 七叶内酯(3) , β-谷甾醇(4 ) , 7α-羟基-β-谷甾醇(5) , 7α-甲氧基-β-谷甾醇(6) , 十六碳脂肪酸(7) 。化合物(3) 为首次从金鱼藻中分离得到。     

小花琉璃草化学成分的研究

从小花琉璃草(cynoglossum lanceolatym Forsk.)全草的石油醚提取物中分离到5个化合物,用波谱等方法鉴定为:十六碳酸甲酯(Hexadecanoic acid,methyl ester)、β-谷甾醇(β-sitosterol)、5α,豆甾烷-3,6-二酮(5α,stigmastane-3,6-dione)、6β-羟基-豆甾-4-烯-3酮(6-β-hydroxy-stigmasta-4-en-3-one)和胡萝卜甙(daucosterol)。     

表没食子儿茶素-3-没食子酸酯抑制TNF-α和IL-β在小鼠皮肤烫伤修复期间的表达

肿瘤坏死因子-α(tumor necrosis factor-α,TNF-α)和白细胞介素-1β(interleukin-1β,IL-1β)在创伤修复中起着至关重要的作用.本研究利用小鼠皮肤深II度烫伤模型,采用逆转录聚合酶链反应(RT-PCR)和酶联免疫吸附试验(ELISA)检测烫伤部位组织Tnf-αmRNA和Il-1βmRNA的表达水平以及TNF-α和IL-1β的含量,探讨表没食子儿茶素-3-没食子酸酯(EGCG)对小鼠皮肤烫伤修复期间TNF-α和IL-1β表达的影响.结果显示,用0.2 mg/g EGCG膏剂涂敷烫伤皮肤,处理12 h可致组织Tnf-αmRNA表达水平和TNF-α含量下降,处理24 h可致组织Il-1βmRNA表达水平和IL-1β含量下降.上述结果提示,0.2 mg/g EGCG处理能抑制烫伤组织TNF-α和IL-1β的表达,减弱创伤组织的炎症反应,有助于创伤组织的修复.     

毛花猕猴桃三萜化学成分的研究

从毛花猕猴桃(Actinindia eriantha Benth)的根部分离到3个三萜成分,经光谱和化学转化证明,R_(18)为2β,3β-二羟基-23-氧代-12-烯-28-乌苏酸,系一新化合物,其余两个成分分别为2α,3β,23-三羟基-12-烯-28-乌苏酸(R_(17))和2α3β-二羟基-12-烯-28-乌苏酸(R_(16))。     

万年蒿中两个新贝壳杉烷型二萜的分离与结构测定

自菊科蒿属植物万年蒿(Artemisia sacrorum Ledeb.)地上部分首次分得3个单体化合物(两个贝壳杉烷型二萜和一个酸性化合物),经理化常数测定及光谱分析(UV,IR,~1H-NMR,~(13)C-NMR,MS)鉴定其结构分别为3α,16α-二羟基贝壳杉烷-200-O-β-D-葡萄糖甙(Ⅰ)(3α,16α-dihydroxykaurane-20-O-β-D-glucoside(Ⅰ)),3α,6α-二羟基贝壳杉烷-19-O-β-D-葡萄糖甙(Ⅱ)(3α,16α-dihydroxykaurane-19-O-β-D-glucoside(Ⅱ))和1,4-二咖啡酰奎宁酸(Ⅲ)(1,4-dicaffeylquinic acid(Ⅲ))。(Ⅰ)和(Ⅱ)为两个未见报道的新化合物。     

电针干预高血脂合并脑缺血大鼠TNF-α、IL-1β含量的影响

目的:本试验以高血脂合并脑缺血大鼠为研究对象,观察电针对高血脂合并脑缺血大鼠的肿瘤坏死因子-α(TNF-α)、白细胞介素-1β(IL-1β)的影响,探讨针刺早期干预高血脂症在脑血管病中的重要作用,为临床预防高质血症减少脑卒中的发生提供实验室依据。方法:采用FeCl3化学诱导大脑中动脉血栓闭塞模型法,将高脂血症大鼠造成高血脂合并脑缺血模型,电针术前干预及脑缺血后全程治疗,通过双抗夹心ELISA法,测定脑匀浆中肿瘤坏死因子-α(TNF-α)、白细胞介素-1β(IL-1β)的含量。结果:与高血脂合并脑缺血模型组比较,高血脂合并脑缺血模型早期电针治疗组肿瘤坏死因子-α(TNF-α)、白细胞介素-1β(IL-1β)的下降均有显着性差异(P＜0．01,P＜0．05);高血脂合并脑缺血模型晚期电针治疗组肿瘤坏死因子-α(TNF-α)、白细胞介素-1β(IL-1β)下降均有显著性差异(P＜0．01,P＜0．05)。与高血脂合并脑缺血模型晚期电针治疗组比较,高血脂合并脑缺血模型早期电针治疗组肿瘤坏死因子-α(TNF-α)的下降有显著性差异(P＜0．05);白细胞介素-1β(IL-1β)没有统计学意义(P＞0．05),但值有下降。结论:电针治疗对高血脂合并脑缺血损伤大鼠肿瘤坏死因子-α(TNF-α)、白细胞介素-1β(IL-1β)的过度表达产生抑制作用,减轻脑缺血损伤后炎症反应,尤其早期治疗组明显优于晚期治疗组。     

3β,20α-羟基甾体脱氢酶的动力学性质

3β,20α-羟基甾体脱氢酶(3β,20α-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase,3β,20α-HSD)是从胎羊血中分离得到的。分子量为35kD。该酶以NADPH为辅酶,有两种底物。以孕酮为底物时,Km=30.8μmol/L,Vmax=0.7nmol min~(-1)(nmol enzyme)~(-1);以5α-二氢睾酮(5α-Dihydrotestosterone,5α-DHT)为底物时,Km=74μmol/L,Vmax=1.3nmol min~(-1)(nmol enzyme)~(-1)。5α-DHT竞争性抑制20α-还原活性,Ki=102μmol/L。16α-溴代乙酰氧基(16α-Bromo acetoxyprogesterone,16α-BAP)是3β,20α-HSD不可逆竞争性抑制剂,t_(1/2)=75min。对3β和20α还原活性的抑制常数Ki分别为23μmol/L和58μmol/L。     

The simple-septate basidiomycetes: a synopsis

The simple-septate basidiomycetes comprise more than 8,000 species that show a high morphological and ecological heterogeneity. To gain insight in the phylogenetic relationships within this group, we compared several ultrastructural features such as septal pore apparatus, form, and behavior of the spindle pole bodies, types of host–parasite interaction, presence or absence of colacosomes, symplechosomes, atractosomes, and cystosomes as well as nuclear rDNA sequences coding for small- and large-subunit rRNA. Based on our integrated analysis, we propose a new classification system for the simple-septate basidiomycetes with the subphylum Pucciniomycotina and the classes Agaricostilbomycetes, Atractiellomycetes, Classiculomycetes, Cryptomycocolacomycetes, Cystobasidiomycetes, Microbotryomycetes, Mixiomycetes, and Pucciniomycetes. We also propose the pucciniomycotinous taxa Cystobasidiales, Erythrobasidiales, Helicobasidiales, Mixiales, Naohideales, Pachnocybales, Spiculogloeales, and Kondoaceae and the new subphyla Agaricomycotina (equivalent to the current Hymenomycetes) and Ustilaginomycotina (equivalent to the current Ustilaginomycetes).     

Unusual metals as carcinogens

A review of the literature on unusual metals as carcinogens was carried out. The metals covered are some of the rare earths, copper, silver, gold, mercury, germanium, tin, antimony, lead, platinum, palladium, aluminum, titanium, niobium, manganese, scandium, yttrium, indium, rhodium, and gallium.     

Neutrino intergalactic communication,metal life,and viruses: Part 1 quo vadis ex machina

At one spectrum extreme, Astrobiology conjectures that for exoplanets with Goldilocks conditions, terrestrial-like life is inevitable. Moreover, it is envisaged that via panspermia, terrestrial-like life and its precursors are transferred among galaxies, stars, and within solar systems via transiting comets, asteroids, and planetoids. In addition, expelled stars, which have solar systems, it is inferred, transfer life as well. However, at the other extreme, we propose a paradigm shift that on some planets, subject to non- Goldilocks conditions, metal machine life could arise, ab initio, and evolve viruses, intelligence, and civilizations, conjointly. Accordingly, intelligent mechanized civilizations could readily and efficiently commence space exploration. Furthermore, as a counter paradigm shift, such civilizations could experiment and produce non-metallic life, based on carbon and other non-metal elements, under suitable conditions, related to Goldilocks life. Even a single example of validated interstellar or intergalactic communication received on the Earth would support the existence of life elsewhere. However, the communication platform should not be restricted to electromagnetic radiation. Other platforms should be included as well - one such example, which would require sophisticated technology, is neutrino communication. This is the case for any advanced civilization, be it metal-machine based, biological-based, and carbon-based. In sum, civilizations based on machine life, would be highly productive due to the longevity and hardiness of machine life. However, significant caveats are raised in this brief report, because possibly dissimilar psychologies and intelligence may lead to conflicts between metal machine life and biological life, inter-paradigm conflict.     

Molecular phylogeny of the gobioid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes: Gobioidei)

The phylogeny of groups within Gobioidei is examined with molecular sequence data. Gobioidei is a speciose, morphologically diverse group of teleost fishes, most of which are small, benthic, and marine. Efforts to hypothesize relationships among the gobioid groups have been hampered by the prevalence of reductive evolution among goby species; such reduction can make identification of informative morphological characters particularly difficult. Gobies have been variously grouped into two to nine families, several with included subfamilies, but most existing taxonomies are not phylogenetic and few cladistic hypotheses of relationships among goby groups have been advanced. In this study, representatives of eight of the nine gobioid familes (Eleotridae, Odontobutidae, Xenisthmidae, Gobiidae, Kraemeriidae, Schindleriidae, Microdesmidae, and Ptereleotridae), selected to sample broadly from the range of goby diversity, were examined. Complete sequence from the mitochondrial ND1, ND2, and COI genes (3573 bp) was used in a cladistic parsimony analysis to hypothesize relationships among the gobioid groups. A single most parsimonious topology was obtained, with decay indices indicating strong support for most nodes. Major phylogenetic conclusions include that Xenisthmidae is part of Eleotridae, and Eleotridae is paraphyletic with respect to a clade composed of Gobiidae, Microdesmidae, Ptereleotridae, Kraemeriidae, and Schindleriidae. Within this five-family clade, two clades are recovered. One includes Gobionellinae, which is paraphyletic with respect to Kraemeriidae, Sicydiinae, Oxudercinae, and Amblyopinae. The other contains Gobiinae, also paraphyletic, and including Microdesmidae, Ptereleotridae, and Schindleriidae. Previous morphological evidence for goby groupings is discussed; the phylogenetic hypothesis indicates that the morphological reduction observed in many goby species has been derived several times independently.     

Nicotinic Agonists, Antagonists, and Modulators From Natural Sources

1. Acetylcholine receptors were initially defined as nicotinic or muscarinic, based on selective activation by two natural products, nicotine and muscarine. Several further nicotinic agonists have been discovered from natural sources, including cytisine, anatoxin, ferruginine, anabaseine, epibatidine, and epiquinamide. These have provided lead structures for the design of a wide range of synthetic agents.2. Natural sources have also provided competitive nicotinic antagonists, such as the Erythrina alkaloids, the tubocurarines, and methyllycaconitine. Noncompetitive antagonists, such as the histrionicotoxins, various izidines, decahydroquinolines, spiropyrrolizidine oximes, pseudophrynamines, ibogaine, strychnine, cocaine, and sparteine have come from natural sources. Finally, galanthamine, codeine, and ivermectin represent positive modulators of nicotinic function, derived from natural sources.3. Clearly, research on acetylcholine receptors and functions has been dependent on key natural products and the synthetic agents that they inspired.     

Systematics and phylogeny of the caryophyllidia-bearing dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia), with descriptions of a new genus and four new species from Indo-Pacific deep waters

The phylogenetic relationships of the caryophyllidia-bearing dorids are studied, based on the examination of the type species of all the genera previously described. The phylogenetic hypothesis supports that the caryophyllidia-bearing dorids are a monophyletic group and the sister group of the clade formed by Astemnotus Ehrenberg, 1831 and Halgerda Bergh, 1880. Several genera previously considered as valid or regarded as uncertain are here synonymized: Peronodoris Bergh, 1904, Trippa Bergh, 1877, Phlegmodoris Bergh, 1878, Petelodoris Bergh, 1881, Kentrodoris Bergh, 1876, Audura Bergh, 1878, Centrodoris P. Fischer, 1883, Anisodoris Bergh, 1898, Awuka Er. Marcus, 1955, Rhabdochiia P. Fischer, 1883, Boreodoris Odhner, 1939, Dictyodoris Bergh, 1880, Gravieria Vayssiere, 1912, Aporodoris Ihering, 1886. The following genera are regarded as valid: Astemnotus, Atagema J.E. Gray, 1850, Jorunna Bergh, 1876, Platydoris Bergh, 1877, Diaulula Bergh, 1878, Rostanga Bergh, 1879, Halgerda Bergh, 1880, Baptodoris Bergh, 1884, Gargamella Bergh, 1894, Alloiodoris Bergh, 1904, Sclerodoris Eliot, 1904, Taringa Er. Marcus, 1955, Thorybopus Bouchet, 1977. The new genus Nophodoris is described based on two new species from New Caledonia deep waters. Two additional new species from New Caledonia belonging to the genera Atagema and Gargamella are also described. Nomenclatural and taxonomic problems are discussed, and several type species, neotypes and lectotypes are selected.     

Oxypred： Prediction and Classification of Oxygen-Binding Proteins

This study describes a method for predicting and classifying oxygen-binding pro- teins. Firstly, support vector machine (SVM) modules were developed using amino acid composition and dipeptide composition for predicting oxygen-binding pro- teins, and achieved maximum accuracy of 85.5% and 87.8%, respectively. Sec- ondly, an SVM module was developed based on amino acid composition, classify- ing the predicted oxygen-binding proteins into six classes with accuracy of 95.8%, 97.5%, 97.5%, 96.9%, 99.4%, and 96.0% for erythrocruorin, hemerythrin, hemo- cyanin, hemoglobin, leghemoglobin, and myoglobin proteins, respectively. Finally, an SVM module was developed using dipeptide composition for classifying the oxygen-binding proteins, and achieved maximum accuracy of 96.1%, 98.7%, 98.7%, 85.6%, 99.6%, and 93.3% for the above six classes, respectively. All modules were trained and tested by five-fold cross validation. Based on the above approach, a web server Oxypred was developed for predicting and classifying oxygen-binding proteins(available from http://www.imtech.res.in/raghava/oxypred/).     

Foliar nutrient levels of broad-leaved tropical trees: A tabular review

Foliar nutrient levels (N, P, S, K, Ca, Mg, Al, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Mo, B), of about 40 tropical and subtropical broad-leaved trees, are listed and classified as deficient, low, intermediate, high, and toxic in each case according to the interpretation and evaluation of the reviewed author(s).     

Distribution of N,P, K,Ca, Mg,S, Zn,Fe, Mn and Cu in groundnut

Summary Concentration of N, P, K, Ca, Mg and S in summer groundnut crop was higher than in kharif while Zn, Fe, Mn and Cu contents were higher in summer crop. Kernel's N, P and Zn; Leaflet's Ca and Mn; Stem's K and Fe; Root's S and Cu and Petiole's Mg contents were highest. Shell's N, P, K, Mg, S, Zn and Cu; Kernel's Ca, Fe and Mn contents were the least. N, P, K, S, Zn and Cu concentrations decreased linearly as the crop grew. Ca, Mg, Fe and Mn concentrations did not display any distinct pattern. Ca concentration was positively correlated with pod yield in both the seasons.