Bioactive Components of Sea Buckthorn <Emphasis Type="Italic">Hippophae rhamnoides</Emphasis> L. Foliage

The composition of lipophilic components of sea buckthorn leafy shoots, a large tonnage waste in the production of sea buckthorn oil and during renewing the cultural plantings of sea buckthorn, was studied. Hexane was used as an extraction solvent for raw materials; it provides a high degree of lipophilic component extraction and is an analogue of extraction gasoline used in the food and perfume industries. The chemical composition of the hexane extract of sea buckthorn leafy shoots was studied by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry and high-performance liquid chromatography. Sixty-seven neutral and twenty-nine acidic components, including polyprenols, dolichols, triterpene alcohols and acids, sterols, were identified. β-Sitosterol was the main component of the sterol fraction. Its content was 6.9% of the extract mass, which is much higher than in the essential extracts of leaves and pulp of sea buckthorn fruit. It is mostly found in the free form in the extract. The acidic fraction contains highly active triterpene acids (up to 5% of the extract mass) along with the major aliphatic acids. Components with the chain length of 11 and 17 isoprene units predominate in the fraction of polyprenols and dolichols (up to 4.2%). The results allow us to consider sea buckthorn leafy shoots as a promising source of biologically active compounds.     

沙棘果油对过氧化氢诱导氧化损伤的保护作用

沙棘(Hippophae rhamnoides)是一种具有药用价值的植物,沙棘果油具有抗氧化、抗炎症及抗肿瘤等多种药理作用。为了探讨沙棘果油对H₂O₂造成氧化性损伤的细胞生长的影响及其抗氧化性,该研究选择H₂O₂对RAW264.7细胞氧化损伤模型,通过DPPH(1,1-二苯基-2-三硝基苯肼)自由基清除实验检测沙棘果油体外抗氧化能力,用[3-(4,5-二甲基噻唑-2)-2,5-二苯基四氮唑溴盐]MTT法和流式细胞仪检测超氧化物阴离子荧光探针(DHE)信号,分别检测不同浓度沙棘果油对H₂O₂损伤细胞的存活率和超氧化物阴离子水平。结果表明:(1)在DPPH自由基清除实验中,当沙棘果油浓度小于4.9%时,沙棘果油的抗氧化能力大于维生素C。(2)通过MTT法发现,浓度为3.125%的沙棘果油对H₂O₂损伤细胞的存活率显著升高(P<0.01)。(3)从DHE检测发现,在同一检测时间点,随着沙棘果油浓度增加,DHE阳性细胞比例显著下降(P<0.01); 在不同检测时间点,随着沙棘果油浓度增加,DHE阳性细胞比例显著升高(P<0.01)。沙棘果油对过氧化氢诱导的RAW264.7细胞氧化损伤模型有一定修复作用,可能与细胞内超氧化物阴离子水平受到抑制有关,它具有抗氧化性损伤的潜能。     

Neighborhood effects on soil properties,mycorrhizal attributes,tree growth,and nutrient status in afforested zones

A harmonious interspecies relationship is the key to the success of mixed afforestation. This study was conducted to assess the responses of afforestation species to their neighboring trees. We examined five types of stands—monocultures of Chinese pine (Pinus tabuliformis), black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), sea‐buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides), and two mixtures (Chinese pine × black locust mixture and Chinese pine × sea‐buckthorn mixture)—in the Loess Plateau, northwestern China. The height and diameter at breast height of each tree species were measured, and rhizosphere soil, shoot, and root were sampled. In monocultures, black locust was taller than Chinese pine and sea‐buckthorn, while the height of Chinese pine and sea‐buckthorn was similar. In mixtures, Chinese pine grew better with sea‐buckthorn than alone as a result of modified soil properties and plant nutrition, but not with black locust. When Chinese pine was used as neighbors, it affected the level of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) colonization of black locust, soil properties and AM fungal spore density of black locust and sea‐buckthorn, but did not significantly affect their growth. Our results suggest that the reciprocal effects between tree species in mixture are not symmetric, and thus planning for efficient mixed afforestation requires knowledge of species‐specific growth rate, nutrient requirements, and species interactions.     

Rhythms of volatile release from female and male sea buckthorn plants and electrophysiological response of sea buckthorn carpenter moths

The sea buckthorn, Hippophae rhamnoides L., is a thorny, nitrogen-fixing, dioecious, and deciduous shrub which has been attacked by a catastrophic outbreak of Holcocerus hippophaecolus in the ‘Three North Areas’ of China recently. The behavioral responses of female individuals to their dioecious host sea buckthorn, H. rhamnoides ssp. sinensis, were tested by Y-tube bioassay, and intraspecific emission variations and the circadian rhythm of male and female sea buckthorn plants were compared, together with the electrophysiological responses of sea buckthorn carpenter moths to these parameters. Y-tube olfactometry indicated that mated female H. hippophaecolus individuals did not display a significant preference for either sex of sea buckthorns. Additionally, no unique chemical compound was found. Female antennae significantly responded to 1-octene, methyl salicylate, and (Z)-3-Hexen-1-ol acetate, among which methyl salicylate was more abundant in females than in males. In addition, the circadian variation of (Z)-3-Hexen-1-ol acetate suggested that it was an effective compound for host location.     

Influence of sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) flavone on dermal wound healing in rats

The present investigation was undertaken to determine the efficacy of topical administration of flavone of sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) on cutaneous wound healing in rats. Four full-thickness excision wounds were created on the back of rat and 1.0% w/v flavone prepared in propylene glycol was applied topically. Control animals received the vehicle alone in an identical manner. The healing of the wound was assessed by the rate of wound contraction, period of epithelialization, hydroxyproline, hexosamine, antioxidants estimation and histopathology of the granulation tissue. The sea buckthorn flavone promoted the wound healing activity as indicated by improved rate of wound contraction, decreased time taken for epithelialization (16.3 days versus 24.8 days in controls) and significant increase in hydroxyproline (26.0%) and hexosamine (30.0%) content. These findings were also confirmed by histopathological examinations. In addition, it was observed that sea buckthorn flavone possesses potent antioxidant properties as evidenced by significant increase in reduced glutathione (55.0%), vitamin C (70.0%) and catalase (20.0%) activities in wound granulation tissue. The flavone treatment also resulted in significant decrease in lipid peroxide levels (39.0%). The results suggest that the sea buckthorn flavone promotes wound healing activity.     

Mechanisms underlying host plant selection by Holcocerus hippophaecolus adults

We determined the mechanisms underlying host selection by adults of the seabuckthorn carpenterworm, Holcocerus hippophaecolus Hua, Chou, Fang et Chen. Four sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) subspecies (varieties) with different degrees of resistance to H. hippophaecolus were chosen for artificial insect infection in cages. The results showed that olfactory and visual cues are very important for the selection of host plants by H. hippophaecolus, but that olfactory stimuli play a more vital role in this process. The relative abundance of branches and leaves had no effect on the likelihood that adults landed on plants from four subspecies (varieties), but did influence landing rates within the same subspecies (varieties). When considering only the most resistant sea buckthorn subspecies (varieties), the presence of luxuriant branches and leaves led to lower landing rates. These results provide a theoretical basis for the understanding of H. hippophaecolus damage to sea buckthorn and the means to implement effective measures of control.     

中国沙棘HrANR基因及黄酮类累积与抗旱的关系

花青素还原酶(anthocyanidin reductase, ANR)是合成黄酮类物质的关键酶之一,为明确其编码基因结构及干旱胁迫下的表达模式和黄酮类物质含量及二者之间的相关性,该文从中国沙棘转录组数据中筛选获得1个ANR基因,命名为HrANR基因。采用生物信息学软件对基因序列及编码蛋白进行分析,并对不同胁迫下各组织中HrANR基因的表达量和叶中黄酮类化合物含量进行相关性分析。结果表明:(1)中国沙棘HrANR基因ORF为1 017 bp,编码338个氨基酸,为稳定的亲水性蛋白,其ANR同源蛋白具有明显的科属特性。(2)干旱胁迫下HrANR基因在中国沙棘根、茎、叶中均有表达,但表达趋势不同,其中在根中的表达呈先升高后降低再升高的趋势,在茎中呈持续下降的趋势,在叶中呈先升高后持续降低的趋势。(3)通过芦丁标准曲线获得不同胁迫程度下中国沙棘叶内黄酮类的含量,表明黄酮类含量呈先持续上升,随后略有下降,复水后上升至最高点的变化趋势,表明干旱胁迫初期叶黄酮类含量与干旱胁迫呈正相关,在严重胁迫下黄酮类含量与胁迫呈负相关。(4)叶和茎的HrANR基因表达量与黄酮类含量呈负相关(P_叶=-0.751,P_茎=-0.934),根中呈正相关(P_根=0.444)。综上表明,中国沙棘HrANR基因的表达及黄酮类含量变化与其抗旱性密切相关,其结果为中国沙棘抗旱机制的阐明提供了依据。     

沙棘果渣总黄酮提取工艺优化及抗氧化活性研究

利用果胶酶协同超声波法,对沙棘果渣有效成分总黄酮的提取工艺及其抗氧化活性进行了研究.以提取率为指标,通过酶用量、液料比、乙醇浓度、提取时间、提取温度、超声功率等单因素分析,选定酶用量、液料比、超声提取时间3个因素进行响应面试验,确定提取优化工艺条件为:果胶酶用量5.1％,液料比41∶1,超声提取时间81 min,此条件...     

锰胁迫和性别竞争交互处理下沙棘雌雄幼苗生理响应特征

沙棘(Hippophae rhamnoides)是重要的雌雄异株人工林防护树种,但对其环境胁迫的性别响应差异研究不足,性别竞争与胁迫因子的交互效应响应特征尚不清楚。为了探讨锰胁迫和性别竞争交互处理下沙棘雌雄植株的生理响应特征和耐受能力,旨在为沙棘修复土壤重金属污染提供实践指导,该文研究了锰胁迫(4 000 mg·kg^-1)和3种不同性别组合模式(雌雄、雌雌、雄雄)处理下沙棘的生理响应,分别测定雌雄沙棘叶片中叶绿素、过氧化物酶(peroxidase,POD)、超氧化物歧化酶(superoxide dismutase,SOD)、丙二醛(malondialdehyde,MDA)、总酚(total phenols, TP)、游离脯氨酸(free proline,Pro)、可溶性糖(soluble sugar,SS)、甜菜碱(glycine betaine, GB)以及锰含量。结果表明:(1)锰胁迫下,在所有竞争组合中,性间竞争的雄株(M/FM)SOD活性最高,而MDA含量与对照相比未有明显升高,表明雄株的抗氧化能力更好,膜氧化损伤程度更小。(2)锰胁迫时M/FM积累了更多的游离脯氨酸,表现出更好的渗透调节能力和耐受能力。(3)交互效应分析显示性别互作和锰胁迫交互处理显著影响了沙棘雌雄叶片的光合色素、抗氧化酶活性和渗透调节能力; 主成分分析显示SOD、POD、MDA、叶绿素b(chlorophyll b, Chlb)、SS、Pro可作为重要的生理响应指示参数。该研究结果对于利用沙棘修复土壤重金属污染可提供一定的参考。     

Inhibitory Efficiency of the Lipid Component of Plant Objects Depending on the Polarity of the Eluent

Biophysics - The antioxidant properties, spectral characteristics and the composition of lipids isolated from marigold flowers and sea buckthorn fruits and from their 50% water-propyleneglycol...     

Advances in improvement of quality and resistance in a multipurpose crop: sea buckthorn

Sea buckthorn is a berry crop with multiple uses. The berries are highly appreciated for their unique taste but are also very rich in bioactive compounds with powerful nutritional and medicinal values. In addition, the plants grow well under adverse conditions, and are often used to fight soil erosion. Utilization of sea buckthorn has therefore increased around the world but serious problems have, nevertheless, been encountered due to drought, salinity, diseases and insect pests. This review covers important aspects of sea buckthorn research, such as heritable and environmentally induced variation in biochemical compounds, causes and effects of the devastating dried-shrink disease, susceptibility to insect pests, methods for conventional breeding, and the utilization of DNA markers for taxonomical and population genetic analyses, and for investigating the inheritance of quality and resistance traits. We also present possibilities to implement innovative biotechnological breeding methods, especially metabolite profiling and MAS/GRC-based markers, for fast and efficient development of elite genotypes with specific nutritional- and health-related bioactive compounds and strong resistance to biotic and abiotic stress.     

Effect of pre-sowing γ-irradiation of sea buckthorn seeds on the content and fatty acid composition of total lipids in the seeds of the first plant generation

Russian Journal of Plant Physiology - Absolute content and FA-composition of sea buckthorn (Hippophaë rhamnoides L.) seed lipids were studied. The seeds of cvs. Vitaminnaya and Zyryanka...     

沙棘hrh-miRn458靶向转录因子WRI1调控油脂合成

转录因子WRI1 (WRINKLED 1)在油脂合成过程中发挥重要调控作用, 其转录和翻译水平调控机理以及下游的靶基因现已基本明确, 但尚未见其转录后调控的报道。为探讨沙棘(Hippophae rhamnoides) hrh-miRn458与转录因子WRI1之间的靶向关系, 并阐明其在果肉和种子发育过程中的表达模式, 通过生物信息学方法预测hrh-miRn458成熟体序列及其与候选靶基因WRI1的结合位点, 采用双荧光素酶报告基因检测和RNA pull down技术相结合的方法验证hrh-miRn458与WRI1基因之间的靶向关系, 并应用qRT-PCR方法分析hrh-miRn458与WRI1在沙棘不同发育期果肉和种子油脂合成过程中的表达变化。结果表明, 生物信息学预测WRI1基因的CDS区第309-327位与hrh-miRn458成熟体序列的15个碱基互补; 荧光检测显示pmirGLO-WRI1-WT+hrh-miRn458 mimics显著抑制荧光素酶活性(P<0.001); RNA pull down实验证实hrh-miRn458与WRI1存在互作关系; 不同发育期果肉和种子中hrh-miRn458的表达量总体呈先下降后上升趋势, 其靶基因WRI1的表达量则呈先上升后降低趋势; 同一时期, 果肉中hrh-miRn458的表达量明显低于种子, 而果肉中的WRI1表达量则明显高于种子。综上, 沙棘hrh-miRn458靶向转录因子WRI1, 且二者在果肉和种子油脂合成过程中存在负调控关系。研究结果为深入理解沙棘种子油脂合成机制及培育高油品种提供了参考依据。     

沙棘刺和芽的组织解剖与转录组分析北大核心CSCD

该研究通过组织切片分析比较了沙棘刺与芽的组织染色差异,通过转录组测序分析比较了刺和芽的基因表达谱差异,通过qRT-PCR验证候选基因的表达水平,为进一步通过基因工程手段调控沙棘刺的发育提供候选基因。结果表明:(1)沙棘芽横切面的组织边界层次分明,而沙棘刺横切面的组织边界模糊,且刺尖中心的红色区域较大,木质素自发荧光结果表明刺中木质化程度显著增强。(2)转录组分析组装得到81560个单基因(unigenes),其中包含9385个差异表达基因(DEGs)。(3)GO和KEGG富集分析表明,富集程度最高的基因主要与细胞壁、表皮、气孔发育有关,尤其是与木质素合成途径相关;芽刺相关DEGs分析结果表明,木质素合成相关DEGs共20个,角质、木栓质和蜡质生物合成相关DEGs共29个,植物表皮发育和气孔复合体发育的相关DEGs相同共14个;结合文献分析推测,部分热头蛋白基因参与控制沙棘刺顶端分生组织消失,木质素合成相关基因则与刺硬化过程密切相关。(4)qRT-PCR分析验证显示,与芽相比,挑选的6个木质素合成相关DEGs中有3个分别上调了9.5倍、41.1倍和13.7倍,3个下调至5%、14%和24%;挑选的4个角质、木栓质和蜡质生物合成相关DEGs中有2个分别上调3.6倍和22.1倍,另外2个下调至3%和6%;挑选的4个表皮和气孔发育相关DEGs均下调至6%、13%、3%和4%;关键基因的相对表达水平与转录组测定的TPM值可相互印证,表明验证结果与转录组分析结果一致。研究发现,沙棘刺和芽具有明显的形态和组织差异,二者间的DEGs主要与木质素合成以及细胞壁、表皮和气孔发育有关。     

Effect of a traditional Chinese medicine preparation Xindi soft capsule on rat model of acute blood stasis: a urinary metabonomics study based on liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry

Xindi soft capsule is a traditional Chinese medicine preparation which consists of sea buckthorn flavonoids and sea buckthorn berry oil. In this study, a urinary metabonomics method based on the ultra-performance liquid chromatography combined with quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC Q-TOF MS) was used to evaluate the efficacy and study the mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine preparation to blood stasis. With pattern recognition analysis (principal component analysis and partial least squares-discriminate analysis) of urinary metabolites, a clear separation of acute blood stasis model group and healthy control group was achieved, the dose groups were located between acute blood stasis model group and healthy control group showing a tendency of recovering to healthy control group, high dose and middle dose were more effective than low dose. Some significantly changed metabolites like cholic acid, phenylalanine and kynurenic acid have been found and identified and used to explain the mechanism. The work shows that the metabonomics method is a valuable tool in the research mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine.     

紫色红曲霉对沙棘青稞复合酵素性能的影响研究

【目的】为了对比分析紫色红曲霉是否对沙棘青稞酵素具有促进作用。【方法】以对照组、沙棘组、沙青组、沙青红曲组4种发酵液为研究对象,对其pH、总糖、总酸、可溶性固形物、总酚、总黄酮、抗坏血酸和洛伐他汀、超氧化物歧化酶、脂肪酶和蛋白酶含量、1,1-二苯基-2-苦苯肼自由基清除能力、2,2ʹ-联氮双(3-乙基苯并噻唑啉-6-磺酸)阳离子自由基清除能力、酵母菌活菌数和乳酸菌活菌数进行比较分析。【结果】沙青红曲组的总酚、总黄酮、抗坏血酸和洛伐他汀、超氧化物歧化酶、脂肪酶和蛋白酶含量、1,1-二苯基-2-苦苯肼自由基清除率、2,2ʹ-联氮双(3-乙基苯并噻唑啉-6-磺酸)阳离子自由基清除率、酵母菌活菌数和乳酸菌活菌数均显著高于沙棘组和沙青组(P<0.05)。【结论】该研究证明了紫色红曲霉的添加可提高酵素的性能,对酵素行业的多元化发展有潜在的促进作用。     

超声辅助低共熔溶剂提取沙棘籽粕多酚的工艺优化

以一系列低共熔溶剂为提取剂,采用超声波辅助法从沙棘籽粕中提取多酚。在单因素试验结果基础上,利用Box-Behnken实验设计,运用响应面分析法对影响沙棘籽粕多酚得率的主要因素（超声功率、超声时间、超声温度）进行优化。结果表明,沙棘籽粕多酚最佳提取工艺条件为：以含水量为30%的氯化胆碱-草酸低共熔溶剂为最佳提取剂,液料比为14∶1,超声功率420 W,超声时间56 min,超声温度44℃。在此条件下,多酚得率为3.31±0.008%。对比试验发现：氯化胆碱-草酸低共熔溶剂对沙棘籽粕多酚的得率明显优于传统溶剂;与热回流提取相比,超声提取法具有明显的优势。     

Molecular Genetic Variation in Chinese Populations of Three Subspecies of Hippophae rhamnoides

To provide a population-level genetic profile for investigation and conservation of genetic diversity of the sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.), 300 individuals of fifteen natural populations of sea buckthorn in China were analyzed by using ISSR (inter-simple sequence repeats) markers. On the basis of Shannon's index and Nei's genetic diversity, the mean genetic diversity detected in the natural populations of Hippophae rhamnoides ssp. yunnanensis, ssp. sinensis, and ssp. gyantsensis was 0.1944, 0.2169, and 0.1372, respectively. The coefficient of gene differentiation (Gst) of seven ssp. yunnanensis populations is 0.2790, and that of seven ssp. sinensis populations is 0.4184. This means that 28% of the total molecular variance of seven ssp. yunnanensis populations existed among populations, and 42% for seven ssp. sinensis populations, suggesting that the subspecies have different genetic structures. No significant correlation between genetic and geographic distances of the populations was found using ISSR markers.