贵州鼠尾草化学成分研究

为了解贵州鼠尾草(Salvia cavaleriei)的化学成分,运用色谱分离技术,从其95%乙醇提取物中分离得到16个化合物,经波谱数据分析分别鉴定为：β-倍半水芹烯 (1)、6R-(7R,11-二甲基-10-乙烯亚基)-环己烯酮 (2)、β-没药烯 (3)、α-姜黄烯 (4)、3,4-二羟基苯乙酸甲酯 (5)、香草醛 (6)、姜油酮 (7)、6-姜烯酚 (8)、阿魏酸十八烷酯 (9)、维生素E醌 (10)、5-羟甲基-2-糠醛 (11)、硫代乙酸酐 (12)、吲唑 (13)、棕榈酸 (14)、角鲨烯 (15)和二十六烷 (16)。其中,化合物2为新天然产物,除化合物3、4和6外,所有化合物均为首次从贵州鼠尾草中分离得到,此外,化合物2、5、9和12为首次从唇形科(Lamiaceae)植物中分离得到,化合物1和15为首次从鼠尾草属植物中分离得到。     

异叶三宝木的二萜成分及抗菌活性研究

为研究异叶三宝木(Trigonostemon heterophyllus)的二萜成分及其抗菌活性,采用硅胶柱层析、凝胶柱层析、高效液相色谱对萃取物进行分离纯化,结合现代波谱技术对所得化合物进行结构鉴定,并通过牛津杯法和2倍稀释法检测化合物对革兰氏阴性菌大肠杆菌(Escherichia coli)以及革兰氏阳性菌肺炎双球菌(Pneumococcus)的生长抑制活性和MIC值。从异叶三宝木中分离得到了6个化合物,包括5个二萜类, 1个木脂素类,分别鉴定为trigonochinene E (1)、neoboutomannin (2)、6,9-O- dedimethyltrigonostemone (3)、stelltian B (4)、3,4-secosonderianol (5)、biondinin A (6)。化合物1、2、3、5对大肠杆菌有抑制作用,MIC值分别为9.375、18.75、18.75、18.75 μg/mL。化合物2、3、4、6为首次从该种植物中分离得到,化合物4为首次从该属植物中分离得到。除化合物4外,其他化合物都有一定的抗菌活性,且化合物1、2、3对大肠杆菌抑制作用强于阳性对照硫酸卡那霉素。     

大叶山楝根化学成分与细胞毒活性的研究

为了解大叶山楝(Aphanamixis grandifolia Bl.)根中的抗肿瘤活性成分,利用各种色谱技术从其95% 乙醇提取物中分离得到9 个化合物,经波谱分析分别鉴定为:7-hydroxycadalene (1)、dregeana-1 (2)、4-oxopinoresinol (3)、4-ketopinoresinol (4)、6-deoxyjacareubin (5)、schleicheol 1 (6)、豆甾醇 (7)、β-谷甾醇 (8)和胡萝卜苷 (9).其中化合物1~6 为首次从山楝属植物中分离得到,并首次报道了化合物1的碳谱数据.生物活性测试结果表明,化合物1和5对慢性髓原白血病细胞K562 有生长抑制活性,化合物1、5 和6 对人胃癌细胞SGC-7901 有生长抑制活性.     

广藿香内生真菌Ogataea sp. RW-S10次级代谢产物研究

为挖掘广藿香(Pogostemon cablin)内生真菌活性代谢产物,采用多种柱色谱分离方法从广藿香内生真菌Ogataea sp.RW-S10的次级代谢产物中分离得到7个化合物,根据波谱数据分别鉴定为ogataearin (1)、phenylalaninol (2)、对羟基苯乙酮(3)、bis(dethio)bis(methylsulfanyl) gliotoxin (4)、N-苯乙基乙酰胺(5)、lumichrome (6)和dehydroxypaxilline (7),其中化合物1为新化合物。化合物1具有α-葡萄糖苷酶抑制活性,其IC₅₀值为39.38 μmol/L。     

南美蟛蜞菊中二萜化学成分的定性与定量分析研究

为了解南美蟛蜞菊[Sphagneticola trilobata (L.) Pruski]植物的化学成分,从其全株乙醇提取物中分离得到8个二萜类化合物。经光谱分析,分别鉴定为ent-16β,17-dihydroxy-9(11)-kauren-19-oic acid (1)、cussovantonin B (2)、ent-16-kauren-19-oic acid(3)、ent-3β-hydroxy-16-kauren-19-oic acid (4)、16α-hydroxy-ent-kauran-19-oic acid (5)、2β,16α-dihydroxy-ent-kauran-19-oic acid (6)、3α-angeloyloxypterokaurene L₃ (7)和pterokaurene L₃ (8)。化合物4为首次从蟛蜞菊属植物中分离获得,化合物1、2 和6为首次从南美蟛蜞菊中分离得到。化合物3具有显著的抗菌活性和显著抑制α-葡萄糖苷酶活性。采用五氟苄溴进行底物五氟苄基衍生化并结合GC-MS 分析表明,化合物3在南美蟛蜞菊茎和叶中的含量分别为(1.00±0.21) mg g^-1 FW和(0.78±0.04) mg g^-1 FW。     

紫茎泽兰的化学成分研究

为了解紫茎泽兰(Eupatorium adenophorum Spreng.)的化学成分,从其乙醇提取物中分离得到7 个化合物。通过波谱分析,分别鉴定为万寿菊苷(1)、7-O-(6-methoxykaempferol)-β-D-glucopranoside (2)、4'-甲基醚万寿菊苷(3)、3-O-(6-methoxykaempferol)-β-D-glucopranoside (4)、邻苯二甲酸二丁酯 (5)、邻苯二甲酸二(2-乙基)己酯 (6)、1,4-bis(2-benzoxazolyl)naphthalene (7)。其中化合物1~4 为首次从紫茎泽兰中分离得到。     

南美蟛蜞菊中的酚酸类化学成分

为了解南美蟛蜞菊[Wedelia trilobata (L.) Hitchc.]的化学成分, 从其全株中分离得到9 个酚酸类化合物。经光谱分析, 分别鉴定为6-乙酰基-7-羟基-2,3-二甲基色原酮 (1)、七叶内酯 (2)、丁香醛 (3)、5-羟甲基糠醛 (4)、对羟基苯甲酸 (5)、水杨酸 (6)、反式对羟基桂皮酸 (7)、咖啡酸甲酯 (8) 和反式咖啡酸 (9)。化合物1~8 为首次从该植物中分离得到。     

姜状三七根茎的皂苷类化学成分研究

为了解姜状三七(Panax zingiberensis)根茎的皂苷类化学成分,采用正相硅胶、反相硅胶和凝胶等色谱方法从其根茎的乙醇提取物中得到9个皂苷类化合物,根据理化性质和波谱数据,其结构分别鉴定为人参皂苷SL₁ (1)、人参皂苷Rh₁ (2)、三七皂苷R₈ (3)、竹节参皂苷IVa (4)、越南人参皂苷R₁₀ (5)、人参皂苷Rg₁ (6)、菠菜皂苷A 28-O-β-d-葡萄糖苷 (7)、齐墩果酸28-O-β-d-葡萄糖苷 (8)和姜状三七苷R₁ (9)。化合物1、3、5、7和8为首次从该植物中分离得到, 其中化合物5为奥克梯隆醇型皂苷,此类皂苷在该植物中未见报道。     

全缘叶紫珠化学成分研究

全缘叶紫珠(Callicarpa integerrima)具有祛风散结和治风湿瘰疬的功效,但目前对其化学成分的报道较少。为探究全缘叶紫珠根、茎的化学成分,该研究利用硅胶柱层析色谱、Sephadex LH-20葡聚糖凝胶柱层析色谱、ODS反相硅胶柱层析色谱以及高效液相色谱等现代分离方法对全缘叶紫珠根和茎的95%乙醇提取物进行系统的分离纯化,并运用NMR和ESI-MS等现代波谱技术对化合物进行结构鉴定。结果表明:从全缘叶紫珠根和茎的95%乙醇提取物中共鉴定了15个化合物分别为豆甾烷-4-烯-3-酮(1)、(24R)-5α-豆甾烷-3,6-二酮(2)、2''-羟基-4''-甲氧基二氢查尔酮(3)、α-香树脂醇(4)、 β-谷甾醇(5)、熊果酸(6)、对羟基间甲氧基苯甲酸(7)、4-羟基吡啶(8)、对羟基苯甲酸(9)、连翘酯苷B(10)、nepetifosides D(11)、异毛蕊花苷(12)、毛蕊花苷(13)、pedicularioside M(14)、 β-甲氧基连翘酯苷B(15)。除化合物4-6、12和13外,其他化合物均为首次从全缘叶紫珠植物中分离得到,其中化合物1、2、3、8、11和14为首次从紫珠属植物中分离得到。该研究结果丰富了全缘叶紫珠植物的化合物库,为该药用植物的进一步开发利用奠定了科学基础。     

白木香果实化学成分研究

运用柱色谱技术从白木香(Aquilaria sinensis (Lour.) Gilg)果实中分离得到7个化合物,经波谱解析和理化性质分别鉴定为: 3-吲哚甲酸(1)、6-羟基-2-[2-(4-羟基苯基)乙基]色原酮(2)、芫花素(3)、4', 5-二羟基-3',7-二甲氧基黄酮(4)、洋芹素-7,4'-二甲醚(5)、 β-谷甾醇(6)和胡萝卜苷(7)。其中化合物1为首次从瑞香科沉香属植物中分离得到。     

Foreign exploration for Scirtothrips perseae Nakahara (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and associated natural enemies on avocado (Persea americana Miller)

Scirtothrips perseae Nakahara was discovered attacking avocados in California, USA, in 1996. Host plant surveys in California indicated that S. perseae has a highly restricted host range with larvae being found only on avocados, while adults were collected from 11 different plant species. As part of a management program for this pest, a “classical” biological control program was initiated and foreign exploration was conducted to delineate the home range of S. perseae, to survey for associated natural enemies and inventory other species of phytophagous thrips on avocados grown in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Trinidad, and Brazil. Foreign exploration efforts indicate that S. perseae occurs on avocados grown at high altitudes (>1500 m) from Uruapan in Mexico south to areas around Guatemala City in Guatemala. In Costa Rica, S. perseae is replaced by an undescribed congener as the dominant phytophagous thrips on avocados grown at high altitudes (>1300 m). No species of Scirtothrips were found on avocados in the Dominican Republic, Trinidad, or Brazil. In total, 2136 phytophagous thrips were collected and identified, representing over 47 identified species from at least 19 genera. The significance of these species records is discussed. Of collected material 4% were potential thrips biological control agents. Natural enemies were dominated by six genera of predatory thrips (Aeolothrips, Aleurodothrips, Franklinothrips, Leptothrips, Scolothrips, and Karnyothrips). One genus each of parasitoid (Ceranisus) and predatory mite (Balaustium) were found. Based on the results of our sampling techniques, prospects for the importation of thrips natural enemies for use in a “classical” biological control program in California against S. perseae are not promising.     

Phylogeny of cardinalfishes (Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Apogonidae) and the evolution of visceral bioluminescence

The cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) are a diverse clade of small, mostly reef-dwelling fishes, for which a variety of morphological data have not yielded a consistent phylogeny. We use DNA sequence to hypothesize phylogenetic relationships within Apogonidae and among apogonids and other acanthomorph families, to examine patterns of evolution including the distribution of a visceral bioluminescence system. In conformance with previous studies, Apogonidae is placed in a clade with Pempheridae, Kurtidae, Leiognathidae, and Gobioidei. The apogonid genus Pseudamia is recovered outside the remainder of the family, not as sister to the superficially similar genus Gymnapogon. Species sampled from the Caribbean and Western Atlantic (Phaeoptyx, Astrapogon, and some Apogon species) form a clade, as do the larger-bodied Glossamia and Cheilodipterus. Incidence of visceral bioluminescence is found scattered throughout the phylogeny, independently for each group in which it is present. Examination of the fine structure of the visceral bioluminescence system through histology shows that light organs exhibit a range of morphologies, with some composed of complex masses of tubules (Siphamia, Pempheris, Parapriacanthus) and others lacking tubules but containing chambers formed by folds of the visceral epithelium (Acropoma, Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia). Light organs in Siphamia, Acropoma, Pempheris and Parapriacanthus are distinct from but connected to the gut; those in Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia are simply portions of the intestinal tract, and are little differentiated from the surrounding tissues. The presence or absence of symbiotic luminescent bacteria does not correlate with light organ structure; the tubular light organs of Siphamia and chambered tubes of Acropoma house bacteria, those in Pempheridae and the other Apogonidae do not.     

Molecular phylogeny of Phebalium (Rutaceae: Boronieae) and related genera based on the nrDNA regions ITS 1+2

Parsimony analyses of the internal transcribed spacer regions of nuclear ribosomal DNA (ITS 1 & ITS 2) for 38 taxa sampled from the Phebalium group (Rutaceae: Boronieae) and two outgroups confirm that, with the exception of Phebalium sensu stricto and Rhadinothamnus, six of the currently recognised genera within the group are monophyletic. The data indicate that Phebaliums. str. is paraphyletic with respect to Microcybe, and Rhadinothamnus is paraphyletic with respect to Chorilaena. Rhadinothamnus and Chorilaena together are the sister group to Nematolepis. Drummondita, included as an outgroup taxon, clustered within the ingroup as sister to Muiriantha and related to Asterolasia.The phylogeny suggests that the evolution of major clades within a number of these genera (e.g. Phebalium) relates to vicariance events between eastern and south-western Australia. Leionema is an eastern genus, with the most basal taxon being the morphologically distinct Leionema ellipticum from northern Queensland. Leionema also includes one species from New Zealand, but this species (as with some others) proved difficult to sequence and its phylogenetic position remains unknown. Taxonomic changes at the generic level are recommended.The authors wish to thank Paul G.Wilson, PERTH, for advice and discussion, and Paul Forster, BRI, for collecting and providing material of Leionema ellipticum. The project was supported by a Melbourne University Postgraduate Award (to BM), the Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS), Australian Systematic Botany Society and Wolf Den (Australia) Investments.     

Tracking down the "head blob": comparative analysis of wingless expression in the developing insect procephalon reveals progressive reduction of embryonic visual system patterning in higher insects

The evolution of larval head morphology in holometabolous insects is characterized by reduction of antennal appendages and the visual system components. Little insight has been gained into molecular developmental changes underlying this morphological diversification. Here we compare the expression of the segment polarity gene wingless (wg) in the pregnathal head of fruit fly, flour beetle and grasshopper embryos. We provide evidence that wg activity contributes to segment border formation, and, subsequently, the separation of the visual system and protocerebrum anlagen in the anterior procephalon. In directly developing insects like grasshopper, seven expression domains are formed during this process. The activation of four of these, which correspond to polar expression pairs in the optic lobe anlagen and the protocerebral ectoderm, has shifted to postembryonic stages in flour beetle and Drosophila. The remaining three domains map to the protocerebral neuroectoderm, and form by disintegration of a large precursor domain in flour beetle and grasshopper. In Drosophila, the precursor domain remains intact, constituting the previously described “head blob”. These data document major changes in the expression of an early patterning gene correlated with the dramatic evolution of embryonic visual system development in the Holometabola.     

中国石蕊科地衣研究之四石蕊属地衣新种及中国新记录

摘要:本文报道了中国横断山地区石蕊属地衣12种,其中新种1个:贡嘎石蕊(Cladonia ngganensis S.Y. Guo & Wei),中国新记录11种:类黄粉石蕊(Cl. bacilliformis),比蒙氏石(Cl. beaumontii),小棍棒石蕊(Cl. clavulifera),圆筒石蕊(Cl. cylindrica),具粉石蕊(Cl. farinacea),北海道石蕊(Cl. hokkaidensis),厚叶石蕊(Cl. incrassata),大叶石蕊(Cl. macrophylla),丛杯石蕊( Cl. mateocyatha),多孔石蕊(Cl. multiformis)和亚石蕊(Cl. subrangiformis)。对于每一种的化学成分及地理分布进行了测定和分析。     

Molecular identification of Taenia spp. in wolves (Canis lupus), brown bears (Ursus arctos) and cervids from North Europe and Alaska

Taenia tapeworms of Finnish and Swedish wolves (Canis lupus) and Finnish brown bears (Ursus arctos), and muscle cysticerci of Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus), Alaskan Grant's caribou (Rangifer tarandus granti) and Alaskan moose (Alces americanus) were identified on the basis of the nucleotide sequence of a 396 bp region of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene. Two species were found from wolves: Taenia hydatigena and Taenia krabbei. The cysticerci of reindeer, caribou and one moose also represented T. krabbei. Most of the cysticercal specimens from Alaskan moose, however, belonged to an unknown T. krabbei-like species, which had been reported previously from Eurasian elks (Alces alces) from Finland. Strobilate stages from two bears belonged to this species as well. The present results suggest that this novel Taenia sp. has a Holarctic distribution and uses Alces spp. as intermediate and ursids as final hosts.     

A molecular phylogeny of Hebeloma species from Europe

In order to widen the scope of existing phylogenies of the ectomycorrhizal agaric genus Hebeloma a total of 53 new rDNA ITS sequences from that genus was generated, augmented by sequences retrieved from GenBank, and analysed using Bayesian, strict consensus and neighbour joining methods. The lignicolous Hebelomina neerlandica, Gymnopilus penetrans, and two species of Galerina served as outgroup taxa. Anamika indica, as well as representatives of the genera Hymenogaster and Naucoria, were included to test the monophyly of Hebeloma, which is confirmed by the results. Hebeloma, Naucoria, Hymenogaster and Anamika indica cluster in a strongly supported monophyletic hebelomatoid clade. All trees largely reflect the current infrageneric classification within Hebeloma, and divide the genus into mostly well-supported monophyletic groups surrounding H. crustuliniforme, H. velutipes, H. sacchariolens, H. sinapizans, and H. radicosum, with H. sarcophyllum being shown at an independent position; however this is not well supported. The section Indusiata divides with strong support into three groups, the position of the pleurocystidiate Hebeloma cistophilum suggests the possible existence of a third subsection within sect. Indusiata. Subsection Sacchariolentia is raised to the rank of section.     

Fungal Thyroiditis: An Overview

The authors review the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of fungal thyroiditis cases previously reported in the medical literature. Aspergillus was by far the most common cause of fungal thyroiditis. Immunocompromised patients, such as those with leukemia, lymphoma, autoimmune diseases, and organ-transplant patients on pharmacological immunosuppression were particularly at risk. Fungal thyroiditis was diagnosed at autopsy as part of disseminated infection in a substantial number of patients without clinical manifestations and laboratory evidence of thyroid dysfunction. Local signs and symptoms of infection were indistinguishable from other infectious thyroiditis and included fever, anterior cervical pain, thyroid enlargement sometimes associated with dysphagia and dysphonia, and clinical and laboratory features of transient hyperthyroidism due to the release of thyroid hormone from follicular cell damage, followed by residual hypothyroidism. Antemortem diagnosis of fungal thyroiditis was made by direct microscopy and culture of a fine-needle aspirate, or/and biopsy in most cases. Since most patients with fungal thyroiditis had disseminated fungal infection with delay in diagnosis and treatment, the overall mortality was high.