普通油茶皂素累积动态的初步研究

本文研究了油茶在生长发育期间,种子和果壳皂素累积动态以及种子皂素和油、脂肪酸累积之间的关系。     

油茶皂素化学和物理特性及其开发利用研究

油茶皂素学名茶皂角甙,结构糖是由葡萄糖醛酸,阿拉伯糖,木糖及半乳糖组成,结构酸是由反（顺）白芷酸及醋酸组成。茶皂角甙是由结构相似５─７种三萜类皂甙元构成。油茶皂素的表面活性主要是结构一端为疏水的脂肪酸基团,另一端为结构糖,结构酸亲水基团,吸附和胶团化,使皂素可用来做乳化剂,洗涤剂,发泡剂,分散剂,润湿剂,洗发剂,清洗剂,柔软剂等。     

一种提纯粗茶皂素的简易方法

对粗茶皂素的提取纯化工艺进行了研究。以质量分数为70％的粗茶皂素为原料,经2％NaOH溶解、盐酸酸析、95％乙醇溶解、丙酮沉析工艺得到精制茶皂素。检测结果表明,茶皂素质量分数大于95％,提取率大于80％,这种简便易行的工艺得到的茶皂素可作为开发新型植物灭螺剂的原料。     

从皂荚壳中提取皂荚皂素的工艺研究

本试验以皂荚壳为原料,以皂素提取得率及皂素百分含量为评价指标,对皂素提取工艺进行了优化,结果:当原料粒径为40目、乙醇浓度为70%、提取温度为60℃、提取时间为2 h、提取次数3次、料液比为1∶20时,皂荚壳提取皂素的提取得率为49.12%、皂素百分含量为52.86%。     

肝素钠精制工艺研究

为提高肝素钠粗品效价,改善产品色泽,采用二次盐解、双氧水氧化和脱色等工艺对肝素钠粗品进行精制,并探讨工艺条件对产品效价、收率的影响。结果得到最佳精制工艺条件:盐解质量浓度为2％,盐解pH为8.0,醇沉体积浓度45％,氧化剂(双氧水)体积分数为3％。该精制工艺能够有效地提高效价(平均比粗产品提高1.5倍),收率较高,并具有操作简便、省时等特点。     

肝素钠精制工艺研究

为提高肝素钠粗品效价,改善产品色泽,采用二次盐解、双氧水氧化和脱色等工艺对肝素钠粗品进行精制,并探讨工艺条件对产品效价、收率的影响。结果得到最佳精制工艺条件：盐解质量浓度为2％,盐解pH为8．0,醇沉体积浓度45％,氧化剂(双氧水)体积分数为3％。该精制工艺能够有效地提高效价(平均比粗产品提高1．5倍),收率较高,并具有操作简便、省时等特点。     

无患子皂素无水乙醇提取工艺及提纯方法比较研究

采用无水乙醇对无患子果皮中的皂素进行提取分离。提取工艺研究表明,当固液比为1:6,在50℃,150r/min摇床中提取6 h后,无患子皂素的得率为37.5%。通过向提取液中分别加入丙酮和无水乙醚可将皂素析出分离,皂素得率分别为17.9%和32.0%。丙酮析出分离出的皂素得率较低,但疏松洁白,颗粒较细,纯度为90.5%。无水乙醚析出分离的皂素颜色微黄,颗粒较大,纯度为84.7%,得率高达85.3%,是理想的无患子皂素提纯溶剂。     

超声辅助低水比提取无患子皂素工艺过程研究

无患子皂素是一种天然的表面活性剂,具有良好的乳化、分散、发泡、湿润等功效。采用超声波辅助法低水比无患子皂素提取优化工艺为:超声频率20 kHz,超声时间20 min,料液比1∶6,超声功率800 W,提取温度60℃,皂素提取得率为37.27%。超声波辅助法提取无患子皂素可以减少过程用水量,降低能耗,提高皂素得率。     

油茶林生态系统中营养元素循环的研究

本文研究了两种优化经营措施油茶林中营养元素的含量、净积累和循环,以综合措施的油茶林作一实例,分析了生态系统中营养元素的循环过程,并提出了氮、磷、钾元素的循环局部动态模型。结果表明:(1)油茶林各器官的营养元素的含量呈现出氮>钾>镁>钙>磷的趋势,最高的是果或叶,最低的是树干。(2)当油茶林采取优化经营管理后,器官养分随之增高。如综合措施一年生叶氮、磷、钾含量分别高于对照的32.5％、26.5％、8.6％;而一年生枝中氮、磷、钾含量分别高于对照的26.5％、33.9％、1.7％。这更进一步证实了优化措施之所以产果量高,就是因为积累了充分养分,保证了生长发育的需要这一点。     

薯蓣皂素对小麦幼苗抗旱性的影响

用不同浓度的薯蓣皂素喷施处理小麦幼苗叶片,研究薯蓣皂素在干旱胁迫下对小麦幼苗影响。结果表明,喷施一定浓度的外源薯蓣皂素,在干旱胁迫下可保持小麦幼苗叶片相对含水量,提高SOD和POD活性,降低MDA含量,对小麦幼苗抗旱有一定的作用。且薯蓣皂素最佳质量浓度为0.5 mg.L-1。     

Comparative studies of acidic and enzymatic hydrolysis for production of soyasapogenols from soybean saponin

Abstract

Soyasapogenols, aglycones of soyasaponins, can be produced from crude soybean saponin extract by acid or enzymatic hydrolysis. Soyasapogenol B is known to have hepatoprotective, antimutagenic, antivirus, and anti-inflammatory activities. Hydrolysis of soyabean saponin extract for 72 h with 2 M HCl in methanol gave three soyasapogenols, namely: soyasapogenol D, soyasapogenol B₁ and soyasapogenol A. However, the microbial hydrolysis of soybean saponin extract by Aspergillus terreus led to isolation of soyasapogenol B as a major product. A systematic evaluation of the effect of key operational parameters on the microbial transformation was performed. Maximum production of soyasapogenol B (about 152.3 mg/50ml) was observed using 1.5% (w/v) soybean saponin and 1.5% (w/v) glucose, 32°C after 72 h at pH 7 using phosphate buffer. Under these optimal conditions, the cells’ bioconversion efficiency increased from 20.5 to 85.3%. The isolation of soyasapogenols was performed using chromatographic methods and their structures identified on the basis of spectroscopic tools.     

Saponin effects of prolactin-like stimulation of ornithine decarboxylase activity in mouse mammary gland explants.

Saponin, a naturally occurring plant glycoside, was found to elicit a prolactin-like stimulation of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity in mouse mammary gland explants. A dose-response activation of ODC was observed with saponin at concentrations between 2 and 10 micrograms/ml. At concentrations of 10 and 15 micrograms/ml, saponin effected a response similar to that of PRL; when tested in concert, PRL and saponin caused a nonadditive response. The time-course of the saponin and PRL effects on ODC activation were not different; a maximum response occurred 2-4 hours after addition of saponin. The saponin and PRL responses were abolished by antibiotics (puromycin and cyclohexamide) that inhibit protein synthesis, but not by actinomycin D which inhibits RNA synthesis. Finally, saponin, by itself, did not affect the rate of milk product formation, but at higher concentrations (above 0.5 microgram/ml) impaired the PRL stimulation of lipid and casein synthesis.     

Design,synthesis, and immunologic evaluation of vaccine adjuvant conjugates based on QS-21 and tucaresol

Immunoadjuvants are used to potentiate the activity of modern subunit vaccines that are based on molecular antigens. An emerging approach involves the combination of multiple adjuvants in a single formulation to achieve optimal vaccine efficacy. Herein, to investigate such potential synergies, we synthesized novel adjuvant conjugates based on the saponin natural product QS-21 and the aldehyde tucaresol via chemoselective acylation of an amine at the terminus of the acyl chain domain in QS saponin variants. In a preclinical mouse vaccination model, these QS saponin–tucaresol conjugates induced antibody responses similar to or slightly higher than those generated with related QS saponin variants lacking the tucaresol motif. The conjugates retained potent adjuvant activity, low toxicity, and improved activity–toxicity profiles relative to QS-21 itself and induced IgG subclass profiles similar to those of QS-21, indicative of both Th1 cellular and Th2 humoral immune responses. This study opens the door to installation of other substituents at the terminus of the acyl chain domain to develop additional QS saponin conjugates with desirable immunologic properties.     

Differential permeabilization of membranes by saponin treatment of isolated rat hepatocytes. Release of secretory proteins.

Monolayer cultures of rat hepatocytes were treated with increasing concentrations of saponin (prepared from Gypsophila plants) for 30 min at 6 degrees C. Differential permeabilization of the intracellular membranes could be demonstrated: at 0.040 mg of saponin/ml the plasma membrane was permeabilized, as assessed by the release of 50% of the total cellular amount of lactate dehydrogenase, and at 0.20 mg/ml the endoplasmic reticulum was permeabilized, as measured by the release of 50% of pulse-35S-labelled albumin. The Golgi complex was permeabilized at an intermediate saponin concentration, as indicated by the release of homogeneously 35S-labelled albumin; about half the intracellular albumin is located in this organelle. At 1.0 up to 5.0 mg of saponin/ml 90-95% of the radioactively labelled albumin was released. Even at 5.0 mg/ml less than 10% of the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum was solubilized, as judged by the degree of release of a membrane-bound enzyme specific for this organelle. These results demonstrate the usefulness of saponin as a tool for investigating the interior of different intracellular compartments.     

Fluorescent analog of OSW-1 and its cellular localization

OSW-1 is a steroidal saponin, which has emerged as an attractive anticancer agent with highly cancer cell selective activity. A fluorescent analog was prepared from the natural product to analyze its cellular uptake and localization. We found that the fluorescent analog is rapidly internalized into cells and is primarily distributed in endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus.     

脱乙酰壳多糖处理增加人参细胞皂苷的累积和皂苷合成关键酶基因的转录

脱乙酰壳多糖处理可以诱导人参细胞产生H2 O2 ,增加人参皂苷的累积 ,提高鲨烯合酶 (squalenesynthase,GSS)与鲨烯环氧酶 (squaleneepoxidase,GSE)基因的转录水平。质膜NADPH氧化酶的抑制剂DPI,H2 O2 的淬灭剂DMTU与DHC可以抑制脱乙酰壳多糖的这些效应 ,暗示脱乙酰壳多糖可以活化质膜NADPH氧化酶而产生H2 O2 ,H2 O2 进而作为第二信使诱导gss与gse基因转录以及皂苷的合成。质膜钙通道抑制剂LaCl3与内质网钙通道抑制剂RR ,以及蛋白激酶抑制剂K2 5 2a都能削弱脱乙酰壳多糖促进皂苷积累和gss、gse转录的效应 ,说明胞内Ca2 浓度的升高与蛋白质磷酸化都参与了脱乙酰壳多糖诱导的gss、gse的转录以及皂苷的合成     

Regulation of fungal elicitors on the cell growth and biosynthesis of saponin of Panax ginseng cell suspension culture]

Adding fungal elicitors to the Panax ginseng cell suspension cultures, the biosynthesis of saponin was obviously induced, the total productivity of saponin in cultures could increase more than 30% of the control. During elicitation, the accumulation patterns of saponin in suspension cultured cells were changed, the culture time for maximum biosynthesis of saponin was shortened 2-4 days comparing with that of the control, and about 80% of biosynthetic saponin in elicited cells was secreted into medium, meanwhile the uptake for sucrose in medium of cells was enhanced, and the disturbing of pH in medium was observed, which predicated that an ion exchange occurred between elicited cells and medium.     

A fixation method for improved antibody penetration in electron microscopical immunoperoxidase studies.

A fixation method for electron microscopical immunoperoxidase staining has been developed, which (a) allows penetration of antibodies through cell membranes to intracellular antigen sites, (b) provides a reasonable cell preservation and (c) does not alter the antigenic structure in too great an extent. Penetration of the antibodies has been achieved by using saponin as a cell membrane attacking agent. The best results could be obtained after pretreatment of cell monolayers with a mixture of 0.05% saponin, 0.0125%-0.05% glutaraldehyde and 1% paraformaldehyde for 5 min at 4 degrees C, and postfixing them with the corresponding fixative without saponin for 45 min at 4 degrees C.