以α-葡萄糖苷酶活性抑制率为指标优化山茱萸果肉的提取条件

山茱萸(Cornus officinalis Sieb.et Zucc.)的干燥成熟果肉是三大名贵木本药材之一[1].新鲜山茱萸果肉中含有单糖、多糖、有机酸、苷类、环烯醚萜类、黄酮、蒽醌、甾体和内酯等成分[2],临床上多用山萸肉和酒山萸肉;山茱萸是常用的降血糖药物[3],常出现在中医降血糖的组方中.现代药理研究结果表明:山茱萸所含的糖蛋白、熊果酸、齐墩果酸、多糖、苷类、鞣质和环烯醚萜类等成分都具有降血糖效果[4-11].α-葡萄糖苷酶抑制剂通过抑制小肠黏膜刷状缘α-葡萄糖苷酶对食物中淀粉和糖类的降解,延迟并减少葡萄糖的吸收,从而降低餐后血糖;目前常用的此类降糖药物有阿卡波糖、伏格列波糖和米格列醇,但价格高、副反应和毒副作用较大,因此从天然动植物和矿物中寻找低毒、高效的α-葡萄糖苷酶抑制剂具有广阔的应用前景.     

美味猕猴桃品种‘金魁爷离体叶片不定芽诱导及生根培养基筛选

猕猴桃( Actinidia spp.)果实酸甜适中,含丰富的VC和多种矿质元素及氨基酸,其种子中还含有大量的亚麻酸、不饱和脂肪酸等成分[1],被誉为“水果之王”。湖北省农业科学院果茶蚕桑研究所从野生猕猴桃品种‘竹溪2号'(‘Zhuxi No.2')中实生驯化选育出美味猕猴桃也Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa ( A. Chev.) A. Chev.页品种‘金魁'(‘Jinkui')[2],其果实耐贮性强[3]、植株较抗涝,适宜在易涝地区种植。     

舟山群岛2种中国新记录植物

报道了发现于浙江舟山群岛的2种中国分布新记录植物,分别是芸香科(Rutaceae)的日本花椒[Zanthoxylum piperitum(L.)DC.]和山茱萸科(Cornaceae)的日本四照花(Cornus kousa subsp.kousa F.Buerger ex Hance),并提供了形态描述与图片。凭证标本存于浙江农林大学植物标本馆(ZJFC)。     

陕西洋县药用植物群落土壤种子库特性研究

采用种子萌发法对洋县药用植物群落土壤种子库物种组成、单位面积种子密度、物种丰富度及与地上群落结构的关系进行了研究。结果显示,研究区内共有种子植物50种(包括药用植物21种),隶属于28科47属,其中草本植物45种、乔木5种;不同药用植物群落间土壤种子库种子密度差异显著,从大到小依次为:2年生凹叶厚朴(Magnolia officinalis Rehd.et Wils.subsp.biloba(Rehd.et Wils.)Law)4年生凹叶厚朴7年生凹叶厚朴11年生凹叶厚朴杜仲-凹叶厚朴(Eucommia ulmoides Oliver-Magnolia officinalis Rehd.et Wils.subsp.biloba(Rehd.et Wils.)Law)7年生厚朴(Magnolia officinalis Rehd.et Wils.)杜仲山茱萸(Cornus officinalis Sieb.et Zucc.)山茱萸-凹叶厚朴;土壤种子库具有表聚性,土层深度与种子数量成负相关;药用植物群落土壤种子库与地上群落结构相似性普遍较低。低林龄群落的土壤种子库密度大于高林龄群落,因此低林龄群落有利于天然更新,它们在植被恢复和生物多样性保护中的潜在价值更大。本研究结果可为洋县药用植物群落天然更新提供理论指导。     

山茱萸果实的化学成分

山茱萸(Cornus officinalis Sieb. et Zucc.)的肉质果皮称为萸肉,是我国特有的传统珍贵的中药材之一。占果实重量30％以上的果核则通常在加工萸肉的过程中被弃之。我们采用贝克曼System 6300型氨基酸自动分析仪、光谱半定量法及其他常规方法分别对萸肉和果核进行了氨基酸、微量元素、维生素B_2和维生素C的分析测定,并对新、陈萸肉中的氨基酸、维生素B_2和维生素C的含量进行了比较。周兆祥等对萸肉中的有机化学物质等也进行了分析测定。主要结果如下:     

山茱萸果皮及果核化学成分的研究

山茱萸(Cornus officinalis Sieb et Zucc.)的果皮—萸肉,是我国的传统中药材之一,经分析含有16种氨基酸和丰富的维生素B_2、维生素C,以及24种矿物质。存放三年后的萸肉,其氨基酸及维生素B_2的含量均有明显的下降,因此,萸肉作为一种中药材不宜存放太久,否则要影响药材的质量。在山茱萸果皮的加工过程中其果核弃之烧毁,但果核中含有丰富的营养物质,可以综合利用。     

山茱萸种质资源数量性状分析及核心种质库评价

对从全国收集的75份山茱萸种质资源,从叶长、叶宽、果实横径、果实纵径、鲜果百粒重、种子千粒重、种子含水量、枣皮灰分、枣皮水分、水溶性浸出物和马钱素含量等表型性状,通过分析其变异系数和各性状间的相关性,采用欧氏系统聚类法抽取核心种质,并对构建的核心种质库进行评价。分析结果显示,75份山茱萸种质资源在叶长、叶宽、鲜果百粒重、种子千粒重、枣皮灰分和马钱素含量等性状上的变异系数均高于10%,说明这些性状变化范围较大,个体间性状不稳定,易受环境因素的影响;而果实横径、果实纵径、种子含水量、枣皮水分和水溶性浸出物的变异系数均低于10%,说明这些性状变异较小,表型性状比较稳定。相关性分析结果显示,各性状间都存在一定的相关性,其中果实纵径和果实横径与鲜果百粒重呈显著正相关(0.396b和0.312b),说明果实纵横径是影响果实重量的关键因素;水溶性浸出物大小与果实横径、果实纵径、马钱素含量呈现显著性正相关(0.481b、0.280a和0.372b),表明水溶性浸出物含量的高低与山茱萸有效成分马钱素含量和果实大小及形状密切正相关,这将为种质的筛选和评价提供依据。通过最小距离逐步抽样法抽出22份种质构成核心种质库（占初始种质库的29.33%）,采用欧氏距离聚类对抽样构成的初级核心种质库进行评价,结果显示,各性状均值t检验均不显著,并且极差符合率（CR%= 90.63%）大于80%,说明抽取的初级核心种质库能够很好地代表原有种质,从而达到了提高种质保存效率的目的,这将为进一步研究山茱萸核心种质库构建和其它药用植物构建核心种质提供参考。     

燕山山脉不同居群豆茶决明的种子形态及营养成分比较

豆茶决明也Cassia nomame ( Sieb.) Kitag.页为云实科( Caesalpiniaceae)决明属( Cassia Linn.)一年生草本植物[1],其地上部分及种子可入药,主治水肿、肾炎、慢性便秘、咳嗽和痰多等,并具有驱虫、健胃之功效,也可代茶饮用[2],在药理和保健方面具有多重功效,是极具开发潜力的野生植物资源。目前仅燕山山脉的河北省青龙满族自治县每年就有近1000 t的豆茶决明全草出口,而且燕山山脉民间还有用豆茶决明种子做酱的习惯,致使豆茶决明野生资源面临枯竭的境地。目前,对豆茶决明的研究还非常有限,尤其在资源调查、引种、栽培和开发等方面。     

广东省种子植物分布新资料(三)

报道广东省种子植物分布新记录5种,即土佐景天(SedumtosaenseMakino.)、浙江木蓝(Indigoferaparkesii Craib)、墙草(Parietaria micrantha Ledeb.)、寻乌阴山荠[Yinshania sinuata subsp. qianwuensis (Y. H. Zhang) Al-Shehbaz et al.]和浙江乳突果[Biondia microcentra (Tsiang) P. T. Li],其中墙草属(Parietaria L.)为新分布属,均发现于广东丹霞山国家级自然保护区。新记录的发现丰富了广东省种子植物种质资源,同时为丹霞山的植物多样性与区系发生研究提供依据。     

基于模糊数学的秦岭地区山茱萸生境适宜性评价

山茱萸(Cornus officinalis)是我国传统常用药材,本文采用模糊数学分析方法,对采自秦岭地区的山茱萸中马钱苷含量与21个评价因子的隶属函数进行拟合,同时采用最大信息熵模型确定各个评价因子的权重,利用ArcGIS 10空间分析模块模拟研究区域适宜山茱萸生长的潜在分布生境。结果表明,在山茱萸生境的21个评价因子中,主要影响因子为气候,其次是土壤和地形因子;所有评价因子中,土壤质地(TTEX)的权重最大,其次是果实生长期降水量(PG)、年降水量(AP)和降水季节性变化(PS)。研究区内山茱萸高适宜区面积占总面积的19.94%,主要分布在甘肃东南部、陕西南部和河南西部,这些区域温度适中、气候湿润、光照充足,适宜山茱萸生长;适宜区面积占总面积的11.85%,低适宜区面积占总面积的16.31%,不适宜区面积占总面积的51.90%。本研究基于GIS与模糊数学的生境适宜性评价模型,对秦岭地区山茱萸生境适宜性做出了科学划分,同时量化了不同生境区的评价因子对山茱萸的影响,可为山茱萸的管理和保护以及人工种植提供科学依据。     

Lipids and fatty acid composition of developing winged bean seeds

The moisture, lipids and fatty acid composition of developing winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) seeds were studied. The moisture content decreased steadily as the seeds matured. The lipid content increased gradually and reached a maximum ca 6 weeks after flowering (WAF). In the early stage (2 WAF) of the developing seeds there were more polar lipids (glycolipids and phospholipids) than neutral lipids but, as the seeds developed, neutral lipids gradually accumulated while the polar lipids decreased until 6 WAF. Thereafter, both the neutral lipid and polar lipid levels remained little changed. The amounts of palmitic and stearic acids decreased, but the level of behenic acid increased as the seeds matured. On the other hand, the oleic acid content increased while that of linolenic acid decreased rapidly as the seeds matured. The concentration of linoleic acid, however, fluctuated during the development of the seeds.     

The oil of Adenanthera pavonina L. seeds and its emulsions

The oil of Adenanthera pavonina L. seeds was analysed by chromatographic and instrumental means. The oil was found to be rich in neutral lipids (86.2%), and low in polar lipids (13.8%). The neutral lipids consisted mainly of triacylglycerols (64.2%). Unsaturated fatty acids were found as high as 71%, while the percentage of saturated fatty acids was only 29%. GC and GC/MS analyses revealed linoleic, oleic and lignocerotic acid to be predominant among all fatty acids in the A. pavonina oil, whereas stigmasterol was the major steroid identified within this study. Subsequently, the oil was used for preparation of submicron oil-in-water (o/w) lipid emulsions. Lipid emulsions were formulated by using soybean lecithin (SL) to investigate their particle size, Zeta potential and stability at the different oil and SL ratios. The results obtained indicate possible applications of the tested oil in pharmaceutical and medical fields as drug and cosmetic active ingredient carriers.     

Lipid analysis of Greek walnut oil (Juglans regia L.)

The walnut oil (Juglans regia L.) total lipids (TL) were extracted by the Bligh-Dyer method and the lipid classes have been isolated by chromatographic techniques and they were analyzed by high performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC)/FID and GC-MS. The oil was found to be rich in neutral lipids (96.9% of total lipids) and low in polar lipids (3.1% of total lipids). The neutral lipid fraction consisted mainly of triacylglycerides whereas the polar lipids mainly consisted of sphingolipids. GC-MS data showed that the main fatty acid was linoleic acid. Unsaturated fatty acids were found as high as 85%, while the percentage of the saturated fatty acids was found 15%. Two types of liposomes were prepared from the isolated walnut oil phospholipids and characterized as new formulations. These formulations may have future applications for encapsulation and delivery of drugs and cosmetic active ingredients.     

Genetic possibilities for altering sunflower oil quality to obtain novel oils

The sunflower is one of the four most important oilseed crops in the world, and the nutritional quality of its edible oil ranks among the best vegetable oils in cultivation. Typically up to 90% of the fatty acids in conventional sunflower oil are unsaturated, namely oleic (C 18:1, 16%-19%) and linoleic (C 18:2, 68%-72%) fatty acids. Palmitic (C 16:0, 6%), stearic (C 18:0, 5%), and minor amounts of myristic (C 14:0), myristoleic (C 14:1), palmitoleic (C 16:1), arachidic (C 20:0), behenic (C 22:0), and other fatty acids account for the remaining 10%. Advances in modern genetics, most importantly induced mutations, have altered the fatty acid composition of sunflower oil to a significant extent. Treating sunflower seeds with gamma- and X-rays has produced mutants with 25%-30% palmitic acid. Sunflower seed treatment with X-rays has also resulted in mutants having 30% palmitoleic acid, while treatments with mutagenic sodium azide have produced seeds containing 35% stearic acid. The most important mutations have been obtained by treatment with dimethyl sulfate, which produced genotypes with more than 90% oleic acid. Mutants have also been obtained that have a high linoleic acid content (>80%) by treating seeds with X-rays and ethyl methanesulfonate. Of the vitamin E family of compounds, sunflower oil is known to predominantly contain alpha-tocopherol (>90%). Spontaneous mutations controlled by recessive genes have been discovered that significantly alter tocopherol forms and levels. The genes in question are tph(1) (50% alpha- and 50% beta-tocopherol), tph(2) (0%-5% alpha- and 95%-100% gamma-tocopherol), and tph(1)tph(2) (8%-40% alpha-, 0%-25% beta-, 25%-84% gamma-, and 8%-50% delta-tocopherol). The existence of (mutant) genes for increased levels of individual fatty acids and for different forms and levels of tocopherol enables the development of sunflower hybrids with different oil quality. The greatest progress has been made in developing high-oleic hybrids (>90% oleic acid). There has been considerable work done recently on the development of high-oleic hybrids with altered tocopherol levels, the oil of which will have 10-20 times greater oxidative stability than that of conventional sunflower oil. While sunflower breeders work on developing hybrids with altered oil quality, medical scientists in general and nutritionists in particular will determine the parameters for the use of these novel types of oil that can improve human nutrition and be used in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases.     

Mitochondrial lipids in Bufo arenarum full-grown oocytes

Both the content and composition of polar and neutral lipids from the mitochondrial fraction of ovarian full-grown Bufo arenarum oocytes were analysed in the present study. Triacylglycerols (TAG) represent 33% of the total lipids, followed by phosphatidylcholine (PC), free fatty acids (FFA) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE). Diphosphatidylglycerol (DPG) or cardiolipin, a specific component of the inner mitochondrial membrane, represents about 4% of the total lipid content. Palmitic (16:0) and arachidonic (20:4n6) acids are the most abundant fatty acids in PC and PE, respectively. DPG is enriched in fatty acids with carbon chain lengths of 18, the principal component being linoleic acid. In phosphatidylinositol (PI), 20:4n6 and stearic acid (18:0) represent about 72 mol% of the total acyl group level. The main fatty acids in TAG are linoleic (18:2), oleic (18:1), and palmitic acids. The fatty acid composition of FFA and diacylglycerols (DAG) is similar, 16:0 being the most abundant acyl group. PE is the most unsaturated lipid and sphingomyelin (SM) has the lowest unsaturation index.     

Biodegradation of solar by Candida guilliermondii strain 1

Summary Candida guilliermondii strain 1 was grown on solar as a sole carbon source for 14 days, and the lipid classes were investigated. The yeast showed high affinity towards hydrocarbons of short chain length, and within 6 days the cellular lipid classes represented 39.69%, 27.50%, 15.35%, 2.23%, 16.20% of hydrocarbons, neutral lipids, free fatty acids, sterols and polar lipids respectively. Undecanoic and hexadecanoic acids were the major fatty acids of the cellular neutral lipids and oleic acid was the major component of the polar lipids.     

Lipids in Cruciferae IX. The Effect of Growth Temperature and Stage of Development on the Fatty Acid Composition of Leaves, Siliques and Seeds of "Zero-erucic-acid" Breeding Lines of Brassica napus

Two breeding lines of “zero-erucic-acid” rapeseed (Brassica napus) were grown in climate chambers at a constant night temperature (12°C) and constant photoperiod (16 hours) but with different day temperatures (15, 20 and 25°C). Samples of leaves, siliques and immature seeds were analysed for total fatty acid pattern. The content of different acyl lipids and the fatty acid pattern of these lipids were also determined in some of the samples by use of preparative TLC followed by GLC of the fatty acids. The mature seeds produced by ten plants of each selection in each climate were analysed separately for total fatty acid composition. Mono- and digalactosyl diglycerides (MGDG, DGDG) were the predominant acyl lipids in leaves and siliques. In developing seeds they also were more abundant than the phospholipids, but in this case the neutral lipids, mainly triacylglycerols, contained about 95% of the total fatty acids. Large variations were found in the fatty acid composition of monogalactosyl diglyceride and digalactosyl diglyceride, isolated from leaves, siliques and immature seeds. The palmitic acid content of leaf MGDG was about 15 %, atypically high for MGDG from photosynthetic tissue. The linolenic acid content of the MGDG was about 45 %, 30 % and 10 % in the leaf, silique and seed tissues respectively. A hexadecatrienoic acid (16: 3) was found almost exclusively in the MGDG samples of leaves, siliques and immature seeds (about 25 %, 10 % and 3 % 16:3 respectively). The lipids of siliques — mainly photosynthetising tissue — were different from those of leaves and had especially high contents of stearic acid (6–12 % in the different lipids). For all lipid classes studied, leaves grown at the lowest day temperature had a slightly lower oleic and higher linolenic acid content than those grown at the highest temperature. On the other hand, increasing the day temperature caused a decreased level of oleic, an increased level of linoleic and an essentially unchanged level of linolenic acids in the mature seeds from both selections.     

世界红花种质的籽油脂肪酸组分评价

对引自 48个国家和地区在北京栽培的 2 0 48份红花 (CarthamustinctoriusL .)种质资源的籽油脂肪酸分析表明 ,棕榈酸、硬脂酸、油酸和亚油酸的平均含量分别为 7.30 %、1.2 8%、15 .76 %和 75 .33% ,其含量范围分别为 0 .99%～ 2 9.0 3%、0 .0 1%～ 5 .71%、5 .0 0 %～ 81.84%和 11.13%～ 88.30 %。来自不同地区的红花种质 ,各种脂肪酸的含量有较大的差异。来源于孟加拉国的红花 ,亚油酸平均含量为 5 0 .6 8% ,来源于奥地利的红花 ,亚油酸平均含量高达79.0 4%。通过评价 ,分别筛选出 10个高亚油酸和 10个高油酸的品种 ,高油酸的品种中有 3个来自孟加拉国 ,而高亚油酸的品种大多来自中国     

Fatty acid,lipid and cyanein production byPenicillium cyaneum

Summary The lipid constituents ofPenicillium cyaneum during the production phase of the macrolide antibiotic cyanein have been studied. Triglycerides were the main components of the neutral lipids and phosphatidyl ethanolamine was the major constituent of the polar lipids. The fatty acid pattern showed a similarity to those of several other fungi. No unusual fatty acids as possible precursors of the cyanein molecule were found. Palmitic, stearic, oleic and linoleic acids were the major fatty acids present. The course of linoleic acid production was very similar to that of cyanein, while the relative percentages of the other major fatty acids showed only slight variations during the cyanein production phase.     

同步抑制FAD2与FatB基因提高烟草种子油酸组分含量的研究

该研究以烟草品系NC89的无菌苗叶片为受体材料,采用前期构建的能同步抑制种子中FAD2(Δ12-油酸去饱和酶基因)与FatB(酰基转移酶基因)表达的RNAi载体,通过农杆菌介导转化获得了转基因烟草植株,分析转基因植株种子中的脂肪酸组分。结果显示:与对照相比,转基因植株种子中FAD2和FatB基因的表达水平分别降低了23%和11%;转基因植株种子的脂肪酸组分中,饱和脂肪酸棕榈酸和硬脂酸平均含量分别为8.02%和4.45%,多不饱和脂肪酸亚油酸平均含量为76.82%,较对照分别降低了2.91%、9.92%和3.47%;而转基因植株种子中单不饱和脂肪酸油酸含量高达7.48%,比对照提高46.38%。研究表明,同步抑制FAD2和FatB基因的表达能够显著提高烟草种子中油酸组分的含量,为进一步改良油料作物品质奠定了基础。