三七中达马烷型皂甙的热不稳定性及酸水解产物

前人已证明人参和三七中富含的达马烷型人参皂甙在通常酸性水解下甙元即发生变化,而在弱酸(如50％醋酸,0.1N盐酸)条件下则形成次级皂甙。本文报道人参甙(ginseno-sides)和三七甙(notoginsenosides)的水溶液在水浴上加热亦分别形成相应的C-20位去糖基的次级皂甙。联系到人参和三七均有在蒸煮加工后C-20位去糖基皂甙收率增大的趋势,似可认为人参和三七中的这类皂甙有相当一部分是在生药的加工泡制以及提取过程中形成的次级皂甙,而不一定是植物体的原生成分。将人参甙Rb_1单体以酸水解,不仅得到主产物人参二醇(3),还分离到异去氢原人参二醇(5)、达马烷-20(22)-烯-3β,12β,26-三醇(6)、20(R)-达马烷-3β,12β,20,25-四醇(7)以及20(S)-和20(R)-原人参二醇(1、2)的混合物,从而认为这些微量成分与人参二醇一样均为达马烷型人参皂甙在酸性水解条件下C-20位糖基断裂后由真甙元的侧链转化形成的工作产物。     

三七总皂苷酶水解产物成分研究

为了研究葡萄糖苷酶催化三七提取物的水解产物中主要皂苷成分。采用色谱法从三七提取物水解产物中分离纯化得到11个皂苷成分。利用波谱解析确定了它们的结构,分别鉴定为20(S)-原人参二醇-20-O-β-D-吡喃木糖基-(1→6)-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖基-(1→6)-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖苷(1),以及10个已知的皂苷成分分别为:人参皂苷compound K(2)、3β,12β,20(S),25-四羟基达玛-23-烯-20-O-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖苷(3)、3β,20(S)-二羟基达玛-24-烯-12β,23β-环氧-20-O-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖苷(4)、3β,12β,20(S)-三羟基-25-过氧羟基达玛-23-烯-20-O-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖苷(5)、人参皂苷F1(6)、人参皂苷Rg1(7)、人参皂苷Rg2(8)、人参皂苷Mc(9)、20(S)-原人参二醇-3-O-β-D-吡喃木糖基-(1→2)-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖基-20-O-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖苷(10)和人参皂苷Re(11)。其中化合物1为新化合物,化合物3~5和10为首次从三七中被分离得到。     

三七地下部分皂甙成分的HPLC比较研究

应用HPLC定量分析方法,对三七(Panax notoginseng)地下部位的皂甙成分进行分析,通过比较人参皂甙Rg1,Rb1,Re,Rd和三七皂甙R1等5种主要皂甙成分和总皂甙的含量变化,探讨不同部位和组织中皂甙成分的分布规律。结果表明在三七药材的不同商品等级中,人参皂甙Rg1和Rb1的含量以主根60头为最高,5个主要皂甙的总含量也明显高于其他的等级;根茎的生物产量只为全根的18%,皂甙含量占25%以上;主根和根茎中韧皮部的生物产量和总皂甙的含量均高于木质部;二年生三七的生物产量及皂甙含量均较三年生三七低得多。不同表型三七的皂甙组成也有区别。     

绵萆薢三萜皂苷类成分研究

为了解绵萆薢(Dioscorea spongiosa)的化学成分,从其70%乙醇水溶液提取物中分离鉴定了8个化合物,经理化性质和波谱数据分析分别鉴定为:20(S)-人参皂苷Rh1(1)、人参皂苷Rg1(2)、人参皂苷Re(3)、三七皂苷R1(4)、人参皂苷Rd(5)、人参皂苷Rb1(6)、常青藤皂苷元3-O-α-L-吡喃阿拉伯糖苷(7)和木通皂苷D(8)。化合物1、2、3、5和6为首次从该种植物中分离得到,化合物7和8为首次从薯蓣属植物中分离得到。     

三七花蕾皂甙成分的研究

从云南名贵药材三七(Panax notoginseng(Burk)F.H.Chen)的花蕾中分得10种化合物,经化学和光谱方法确定为:β-谷甾醇(β-Si-tosterol),胡萝卜甙(daucosterol),三七皂甙-Fe(notoginsenoside-Fe),绞股蓝皂甙-Ⅸ(gypenoside-Ⅸ),人参皂甙-Rc 和人参皂甙-Rb_3(ginsenosides-Rc和 ginsenosides-Rb_3)。其余4个微量化合物尚待进一步鉴定。     

人参茎叶总皂苷酶水解产物成分研究

人参茎叶提取物经β-糖苷酶催化水解后,经硅胶柱和RP-18柱反复层析纯化得8个化合物。通过波谱图分析及结合文献数据,分别鉴定为20(S)-达玛烷-3β,6α,12β,20,25-五醇(1)、人参皂苷compound K(2)、人参皂苷F1(3)、人参皂苷Rh13(4)、人参皂苷Rg2(5)、3β,20(S)-二羟基达玛烷-24-烯-12β,23β-环氧-20-O-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖苷(6)、人参皂苷Rg1(7)和人参皂苷Re(8)。其中化合物1为新的达玛烷皂苷元。化合物2为分离到仅有的原人参二醇型皂苷,表明该β-糖苷酶高效转化人参茎叶的原人参二醇型皂苷为人参皂苷compound K。     

滇产植物的皂素成份研究IV，IV中药三七的两种皂甙（1）

我们从三七(Panax notoginseng (Burk.) F. H. Chen) 根中分离得皂甙A和皂甙C.根据熔点、比旋光度及元素分析、红外、核磁证明皂甙A与 S. Shibata等从同属植物人参(Panax ginseng)中分离得到Ginsenoside-Rg1 (6, 20-di-O-β-D-glucosyl-20S-Protopanxatriol)是同一化合物;皂甙C与 Ginsenoside- Rb2(20S- Proto-panaxadiol-3-[0-β-D-glucopyranosy1 (l→2 )-β-D-glucopyranoside]-20-[O-α-L-arabino-pyranosyl(1→6)-β-D-glucopyranoside] )是同一化合物。     

基于UPLC法测定离体大鼠及人源肠道菌对三七中人参皂苷代谢的差异

为探究人与大鼠肠道菌群对三七水煎液中三醇型人参皂苷Rg1、Re及二醇型人参皂苷Rb1、Rd体外代谢的差异性及发现其代谢产物原人参二醇PPD与原人参三醇PPT,实验利用UPLC方法测定三七水煎液分别与人、大鼠肠道菌群在厌氧条件下共培养24h后的孵育液中4种皂苷的含量及代谢产物PPD与PPT的含量。结果表明三七中含有三醇型人参皂苷Rg19.4500mg/g、Re1.8872mg/g,二醇型人参皂苷Rb18.5816mg/g、Rd1.9456mg/g。与人源肠道菌共培养后,三七中含有的二醇型、三醇型人参皂苷含量显著降低,重要的是,在培养液中检测到代谢产物PPD和PPT的存在,含量分别为0.2136mg/g及0.0344mg/g,与大鼠肠道菌共培养后,三七中含有的二醇型皂苷含量有轻微降低,而三醇型皂苷含量未见明显变化,但有少量PPT(0.0184mg/g)的生成。由此可见:在体外条件下,三七水煎液中人参皂苷会被人肠道菌群降解生成代谢产物PPD和PPT,而大鼠肠道菌群的降解产物却仅有PPT生成,二者存在种属差异。     

土生曲霉转化三七中药材的研究

从土壤真菌中筛选出直接转化中药材三七化学成分的菌株YM31966,经鉴定该菌株为土生曲霉(Aspergillus terreus).以固态转化方式,结合化学提取分离方法,通过高效液相色谱、核磁共振及质谱等波谱检测,该菌株转化三七产物由三七皂苷nR2 、RX1和人参皂苷Rg1、Rd、Rh1、Rh4构成主体成分,而原三七成分Rb1、Rc、Re和R1、R3,R6等物质被分解.结果表明,土生曲霉是一株能转化中药材三七的微生物,它具有改变原三七化学成分,形成新化合物,以及提高某些原化合物成分含量的作用.     

西洋参总皂苷酶水解产物成分研究

西洋参总皂苷经β-糖苷酶催化水解,采用HPLC检测分析确定西洋参总皂苷中的主要原人参二醇型皂苷Rb1、Rd、Rc和Rb2已经完全被水解。水解产物通过反复硅胶柱层析和反向硅胶柱层析分离纯化得到7个皂苷,通过NMR谱图分析分别鉴定为人参皂苷compound K(1)、人参皂苷Mc(2)、人参皂苷Rg1(3)、人参皂苷Rg2(4)、人参皂苷Re(5)、人参皂苷F1(6)和拟人参皂苷F11(7)。β-糖苷酶催化西洋参总皂苷水解实验表明,西洋参中原人参二醇型皂苷的水解产物是人参皂苷compound K和人参皂苷Mc。     

Ectogenesis and the case against the right to the death of the foetus

Ectogenesis, or the use of an artificial womb to allow a foetus to develop, will likely become a reality within a few decades, and could significantly affect the abortion debate. We first examine the implications for Judith Jarvis Thomson’s violinist analogy, which argues for a woman’s right to withdraw life support from the foetus and so terminate her pregnancy, even if the foetus is granted full moral status. We show that on Thomson’s reasoning, there is no right to the death of the foetus, and abortion is not permissible if ectogenesis is available, provided it is safe and inexpensive. This raises the question of whether there are persuasive reasons for the right to the death of the foetus that could be exercised in the context of ectogenesis. Eric Mathison and Jeremy Davis have examined several arguments for this right, doubting that it exists, while Joona Räsänen has recently criticized their reasoning. We respond to Räsänen’s analysis, concluding that his arguments are unsuccessful, and that there is no right to the death of the foetus in these circumstances.     

On the diversity of the Cladocera in the tropics

The mythical concept of an impoverished tropical cladoceran fauna is refuted. On a planetary scale, around half of the cladoceran species presently known occur exclusively in the tropics-subtropics, often with considerable restriction to particular geographical subzones. On a regional (political) scale, the situation is often unclear because of the continued fragmentary nature of studies, and because political units are not a good basis for biogeographical comparisons. At the finest level of resolution (lake-perlake comparisons), there appears to be an upper limit of c. 50 cladoceran species per individual lake. No significant difference between lakes in the temperate zone and in the tropics could be established here. Daphnia is largely absent from the tropics, but is replaced by more Sidids, Moinids, and Bosminids, such that the average cladoceran community in the limnetic zone of a tropical lake is not characterized by less species but rather by lower population densities. This, in turn, is considered a consequence of higher prevalent predation levels in the tropics.     

Tubular networks in the terminal endings of the visual receptor cells in the human,the monkey,the cat and the dog

Summary A tubular network was found in the terminal endings of the visual receptor cells in the human, the monkey (Macaca mulatta), the cat and the dog. These tubules are arranged in close groups in the vicinity of the synaptic lamellae and the invaginated dendrites. According to the form, diameter, density of the tubules and to the consistence of the network formed by them one can distinguish at these places an initial type (type I), a transitory (type II) and a vesicular one (type III). In the the type III branching, bizarre forms are frequent. The diameter of all the tubules reaches 500–600 Å, their density and walls being the same as in the synaptic vesicles.Similar networks also occur in the axons of the visual receptor cells of the monkey.

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Zusammenfassung In den Endigungen der Photorezeptorzellen von Mensch, Affe (Macaca mulatta), Katze und Hund kommen aus Tubuli bestehende Komplexe vor. Organellenartig in geschlossenen Gruppen angeordnet, liegen sie in Nähe der synaptischen Lamellen und der invaginierten Dendriten. An diesen Stellen kann man nach Form, Durchmesser, Dichte und Konsistenz der von den Tubuli gebildeten Komplexe drei Typen unterscheiden: 1. einen initialen (Typus I), 2. einen Übergangstypus (Typus II) und 3. einen vesiculären Typus (Typus III). In letzterem kommen häufig verzweigte, bizarre Formen vor. Der Durchmesser sämtlicher Tubuli erreicht 500–600 Å. Ihre Dichte und ihre Wand gleicht denen der synaptischen Vesikel.Ähnliche Komplexe fanden wir auch in den Axonen der Photorezeptorzellen vom Affen.

     

Assessing the Physiological State of the Fucoids from the Barents Sea Littoral by the End of the Polar Night

Methods of amperometry and potentiometric titration were used to follow dark respiration (DR) and apparent photosynthesis (AP) in the fucoids Ascophyllum nodosum (L.) Le Jol, Fucus vesiculosus L., and F. serratus L. from the Barents Sea littoral by the end of the 40-day-long polar night. The macroalgae were shown to manifest species-specific low rates of photosynthesis and respiration. However, in spite of their low photosynthetic status due to the effects of subzero temperature and prolonged low or zero illumination, the macroalgae have been able to restore DR and AP to the initial level already by the day 9; the ability to restore AP depended on the level of illumination. The study of the changes in the carbonate–bicarbonate system in the light and darkness demonstrated that the macroalgae grown in darkness, in contrast to those grown in twilight, could absorb bicarbonate in darkness; however, they lost this capacity after two-day-long illumination at an irradiance of 7 mol/(m² s). Bicarbonate uptake in darkness and the capacity to restore the systems of photosynthesis and respiration in fucoid cells are discussed in the context of algal energy metabolism under the polar night conditions.     

Arranging the elements of the potassium channel: the T1 domain occludes the cytoplasmic face of the channel

The voltage-gated potassium channel is currently one of the few membrane proteins where functional roles have been mapped onto specific segments of sequence. Although high-resolution structures of the transmembrane portions of three bacterial potassium channels, the tetramerization domain and the cytoplasmic ball are available, their relative spatial arrangement in mammalian channels remains a matter of ongoing debate. Cryo-electron microscopic images of the six transmembrane voltage-gated Kv channel have been reconstructed at up to 18 Å resolution, revealing that the T1 domain tetramerizes and is suspended below the transmembrane segments. However, the resolution of these images is insufficient to reveal the location of the third piece of the puzzle, the inactivating ball domain. We have used the aberrant interactions observed in a series of chimæric channels to establish that an assembled T1 domain restricts access to the cytoplasmic face of the channel, suggesting that the N-terminal ball and chain may be confined in the space between the T1 domain and the transmembrane portion of the channel.     

Feeding the vertebrate retina from the Cambrian to the Tertiary

The retina of the vertebrate eye is metabolically active and requires nutritive support. During the last 540 million years it has evolved into forms as complicated and nutritionally demanding as those found in avian or primate eyes. Diffusion from the choroid is generally able to supply the metabolic needs of thin retinae. However, when the thickness exceeds the limits of diffusion, structures are needed to supplement the vascular supply from the choroid. These supplemental nutritive devices include the choroidal gland, the falciform process and preretinal vascular plexus of fish, the conus papillaris of lizards, the pecten oculi of birds, the intraretinal vessels of mammals and a few novel systems that remain difficult to classify. These vascular systems are among the most variable features of the vertebrate eye. Here, we review classical and recent findings regarding such retinal nutrition systems, propose a three category classification for them based on histologic origins and speculate on the evolutionary forces which drove their development.     

Observations on the permeability of the choriocapillaris of the eye

Summary The choriocapillaris is a fenestrated capillary bed located posterior to the retinal pigment epithelium. It serves as the main source of supply to the photoreceptors, retinal pigment epithelium, and other cells of the outer retina. The permeability of these capillaries to intravenously injected ferritin (MW — approx. 480,000; mol. diam. 11 nm) was examined in the mouse, rabbit, and guinea pig, each of which is characterized by a different type of retinal vascularization. In all three species, the bulk of the ferritin remained in the capillary lumina, where it appeared to be blocked at the level of the diaphragmed fenestrae. Some ferritin was present in endothelial cell vacuoles. The results confirm previous work on the rat choriocapillaris and indicate that the barrier function of the choriocapillary endothelium is present even among species in which the retinal circulation differs significantly.Supported by NIH grant EY03418     

Separation of the pineal vesicle from the wall of the third ventricle during the post-hatching development of the chicken

Summary According to light- and electron-microscopic observations the pineal organ of the 3-day-old chicken consists of a prominent end vesicle and a tapering parenchymal stalk. During this stage the pineal lumen is in open communication with the third ventricle. However, in the 40-day-old chicken, which still possesses a well-developed end vesicle, the proximal portion of the pineal stalk displays regressive changes leading to local fragmentation. At this stage the pineal stalk is reduced, and the pineal lumen is missing. In 1-year-old chickens the parenchyma of the proximal portion of the stalk is further diminished, and in 3-year-old domestic fowl is completely displaced by bundles of collagenous fibers, only some nerve fibers being present. This post-hatching pineal development may reflect the sequence of changes leading from pineal sense organs to pineal glands.This work was supported by a grant-in-aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan