红景天属植物化学成分研究概述

本文据国内外近年来的研究成果,概述了红景天属植物的化学成分的分布、特有化学成分的结构、理化常数以及数种植物的制剂、红景天甙等的生理活性,并对其规律作了初步的归纳、总结。     

高原红景天

红景天,红满天 在夏秋的高原,当你在满是碎石的山岗上,看见一片片火红火红的茸垫般景观,那你一定是看到了高原的红景天! 提起红景天,可能有不少人知道或是曾经听说过,它们是一类有价值的药用植物。可是,红景天是什么样子,它们是如何在自然界中生存繁衍的呢?恐怕了解的人不会太多。 其实,红景天并不是指一种植物,而是指景天科红景天属的一类植物。这类植物在全世界共有90多种,主要分布在北半球的海拔3000—5600米的高山碎石带、沟谷水边、河滩湿地、高寒地带等处。     

红景天属植物的药用价值

红景天属(Rhodiola)植物属多年生草本或亚灌木。植株肉质,茎多分枝,基部为残枝和鳞片状叶,根茎肥厚,花具各种颜色。我国红景天属植物有80种,主要分布西南和西北地区高海拔山地岩石隙中和砾石堆上及林下、林缘草地等环境极端恶劣地段。大多在海拔1500～4000米左右。     

不同地区红景天植物红景天苷含量比较研究

采用高效液相色谱法(HPLC)测定了6种不同地区红景天植物红景天苷含量.以甲醇为提取溶剂,室温超声提取45 min,HPLC测定条件:岛津C18柱(4.6×250 mm,5 μm);流动相为甲醇∶水=3∶7;柱温25℃;检测波长为275 nm.结果表明,红景天苷含量分别为:大花红景天0.36%,狭叶红景天(狮子七)0.32%,宽果红景天0.14%,白三七0.04%,在小丛红景天、洮河红景天中未检测到红景天苷.     

圣地红景天的成分研究

圣地红景天(Rhodiola sacra)为景天科(Crassulaceae)植物,它是西藏民间常用中草药之一。我们首次从该植物的根茎中分得13种化合物,经化学方法和光谱数据确定为:咖啡酸(caffeic acid),伞形花内酯(ambelliferone),酪醇(tyrosal),没食子酸(gallic acid),没食子酸乙酯(gallic acid et-hyl ester),山奈酚(kaempfer01),β-谷甾醇(β-sitosterol),胡萝卜甾醇(daucosterol),红景天甙(rhodioloside or salidroside)。其余4个化合物有待进一步鉴定。     

喜马红景天的化学成分

喜马红景天Rhodiola himalensis(D. Don)S. H. Fu为景天科(Crassulaceae)植物,生长在海拔3000—4800米的高山流石滩和杂丛林下。广泛分布于西藏的吉隆、亚东、林周等地,在我国的云南和四川西部以及尼泊尔、锡金、不丹等地也有分布。此属植物的化学成分是苯酚类、黄酮类、香豆精、蒽醌、有机酸、甾醇和鞣质等。红景     

长鞭红景天中一个新的葡萄糖甙

从云南怒江产的长鞭红景天(Rhodiola fastigiata (Hook. f. et Thoms.) S. H. Fu)根茎中分离得到13个化合物,它们的结构通过波谱和化学方法得到鉴定.其中,化合物1被鉴定为新的葡萄糖甙(2-O-β-D-吡喃葡糖基-3-甲基-戊酸甲酯),命名为长鞭红景天素甲,化合物2和 5～9首次从该植物中分离得到.     

长鞭红景天中一个新的葡萄糖甙

从云南怒江产的长鞭红景天 (Rhodiolafastigiata (Hook .f.etThoms.)S .H .Fu)根茎中分离得到 13个化合物 ,它们的结构通过波谱和化学方法得到鉴定。其中 ,化合物 1被鉴定为新的葡萄糖甙 (2_O_β_D_吡喃葡糖基_3_甲基_戊酸甲酯 ) ,命名为长鞭红景天素甲 ,化合物 2和 5～ 9首次从该植物中分离得到     

四川阿坝产野生大花红景天不同器官中红景天苷含量的比较

大花红景天[Rhodiola crenulata（Hook.f.et Thoms）H．Ohba]为药材红景天的基原植物,是珍稀的药食兼用天然植物资源之一[1-2]。红景天具有益气活血、通脉平喘、扶正固本的作用[1],主要含黄酮类、有机酸类、多糖类、苷类、香豆素类和挥发性成分等,其中包含的重要生物活性成分有红景天苷、红景天素、酪醇、二苯甲基六氢吡啶和超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）等,还含有维生素及人体必需的多种大量和微量元素,营养价值极高[3-5]。红景天具有抗疲劳、抗缺氧、强壮机体、抗心肌缺血、抗肿瘤和保护神经细胞等作用,红景天药材或其提取物已成为多种中成药、食品、饮料和化妆品的重要原料旧[6]。     

红景天甙的生物合成及其关键代谢酶研究

红景天甙是红景天属植物的主要药效成分,是一种很有前途的环境适应药物,具有抗疲劳、抗衰老、抗微波辐射、抗病毒及抗肿瘤等特异功效,尤其在军事、航天、运动及保健医学上具重要应用价值,近年来备受关注。本文在介绍了红景天属植物的开发利用价值及资源现状的基础上,重点探索了红景天甙生物合成的可能途径。认为其甙元酪醇是经由莽草酸途径合成,再由UDP葡萄糖基转移酶（Glucosyltransferase）催化葡萄糖和酪醇合成红景天甙,而红景天甙又可能在β-D-葡萄糖苷酶作用下降解为甙元酪醇和葡萄糖。文章阐述了参与红景天甙代谢的上述两个关键酶的研究现状及前景。     

木本植物水力学结构之导管长度研究进展

导管作为多数被子植物木质部水分运输的主要通道, 了解其结构及功能对研究被子植物水力学特性及植物对环境的适应性有着重要的作用。导管长度作为导管解剖特征之一, 对水分运输的安全性及有效性有着重要的影响。该文概述了导管长度测量及计算的方法, 导管长度在种内及种间的分布, 导管长度与导管直径的关系, 导管长度与导水率的关系及导管长度对建立栓塞脆弱曲线的影响, 并对未来导管长度的研究工作重点提出了建议: 1)改进灌注物质, 使灌注更加充分且更利于观察、提高计算精度、发展活体动态测量技术; 2)建立导管在植物不同器官及整体的分布网络以及不同生活型、不同地区的导管长度数据库; 3)对导管直径在导管方向的变化, 导管长度与其他导管特性之间的关系进行研究; 4)光学测量建立栓塞脆弱曲线技术的兴起, 可为解决离心机法建立栓塞脆弱曲线的真实与准确与否的争议提供新的方向。更深入地了解导管长度在植物水力功能中担负的角色, 可以为耐旱、抗旱品种选育提供理论基础。     

Post-Golgi protein traffic in the plant secretory pathway

The Golgi apparatus in plants is organized as a multitude of individual stacks that are motile in the cytoplasm and in close association with the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) (Boevink et al. in Plant J 15:441–447, 1998). These stacks operate as a sorting centre for cargo molecules, providing modification and redirection to other organelles as appropriate. In the post-Golgi direction, these include vacuole and plasma membrane, and specialized transport routes to each are required to prevent mislocalization. Recent evidence in plant cells points to the existence of post-Golgi organelles that function as intermediate stations for efficient protein traffic, as well as to the influence of small GTPases such as Rabs and ARFs on post-Golgi trafficking. This review focuses on the latest findings on post-Golgi trafficking routes and on the involvement of GTPases and their effectors on the trafficking of proteins in the plant secretory pathway. Sally L. Hanton and Loren A. Matheson have contributed equally to this work.     

RESEARCH ON INSECTICIDES FROM PLANTS IN CHINA

Abstract  An overview is presented on recent (1989–19911 investigations on insecticidal plants in China, specially in South China. The main emphasis was laid on studies of Meliaceae including Azadirachta indica, Melia azedarach and M. toosendan , as well as on Rhododendron molle, Derris elliptica, Tephrosia voglii, Ajuga nipponensis, Plumbago idea and Celastrus anplatus . Research work on the bioactivities and application of essential oils from plants for the control of stored-grain insects is also discussed. The results of these investigations reveal a great potential of the active ingredients of a number of Chinese plants for integrated pest management, as well as for using these natural product models as guides for the synthesis of a novel class of insecticides.     

Addiction,Heroin‐Assisted Treatment and the Idea of Abstinence: A reply to Henden

In our previous article on the question whether heroin addicts are able to give informed consent voluntarily to research on heroin‐assisted treatment, we criticized the ongoing bioethical discussion of a flawed conceptualization of heroin addicts' options. As a participant in this discussion, Edmund Henden defends the conceptualization as sufficient for determining whether heroin addicts are able to give informed consent to the research on heroin‐assisted treatment voluntarily. This discussion on research on heroin‐assisted treatment seems to go astray in several respects. In his reply to our article Henden maintains some of the biases, such as the necessity of abstinence in recovery, that seem to prevail in addiction research on a more general level as well. These biases run the danger of having implausible ethical implications on stakeholders in addiction research and treatment. In our reply to him, we will further clarify and discuss the importance of describing the relevant issues in plausible terms that do justice to the realities of the cases of informed consent in research on heroin‐assisted treatment and also raise a wider issue of the ethics of wording as well as of the narrow scope, or ‘tunnel vision’, in addiction research as currently conducted.     

Integrating hormones into the floral-transition pathway of Arabidopsis thaliana

The transition from vegetative to reproductive growth is a major phase change in angiosperms. In annual plants such as Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis), this change is irreversible, and as such, the regulation of its timing must be tightly controlled. Plant hormone (phytohormone) signalling is known to regulate suites of morphogenic processes in Arabidopsis a role in flowering-time control is starting to emerge as one key-controlling step. This review focuses on experimental evidence in the Arabidopsis that both classical and newly described phytohormones serve within the signal network leading to a reproductive phase transition, as both positive and repressive elements, depending on the phytohormone and growth conditions. Examples of genetic and pharmacological experiments that implicate phytohormones as components of the floral-timing syndrome will be described. I hope that this review will serve as a primer for future research on the mechanisms of action for each respective phytohormone on the floral transition in Arabidopsis, and lead to further experimentation on the crosstalk that likely bridges between them.     

Impact Assessment of Biodiversity and Carbon Pools from Land Use and Land Use Changes in Life Cycle Assessment,Exemplified with Forestry Operations in Norway

There is a strong need for methods within life cycle assessment (LCA) that enable the inclusion of all complex aspects related to land use and land use change (LULUC). This article presents a case study of the use of one hectare (ha) of forest managed for the production of wood for bioenergy production. Both permanent and temporary changes in above‐ground biomass are assessed together with the impact on biodiversity caused by LULUC as a result of forestry activities. The impact is measured as a product of time and area requirements, as well as by changes in carbon pools and impacts on biodiversity as a consequence of different management options. To elaborate the usefulness of the method as well as its dependency on assumptions, a range of scenarios are introduced in the study. The results show that the impact on climate change from LULUC dominates the results, compared to the impact from forestry operations. This clearly demonstrates the need to include LULUC in an LCA of forestry products. For impacts both on climate change and biodiversity, the results show large variability based on what assumptions are made; and impacts can be either positive or negative. Consequently, a mere measure of land used does not provide any meaning in LCA, as it is not possible to know whether this contributes a positive or negative impact.     

Biotechnological studies in the Far-Eastern Region of Russia

Achievements and problems in both the studies on natural bioactive compounds from the Far-Eastern higher plants and marine invertebrates and development of the corresponding biotechnologies concerning new drugs and food supplements, as well as pharmaceutical leads are discussed. Special emphasis is made on recent results from the Far-eastern Institutions belonging to the Russian Academy of Sciences, and their application in both medicine and the food industry, as well as on peculiarities of biological and chemical diversity in the North-Western part of Asia and adjoining seas.     

灵长类卵母细胞体外发育潜能的调控

灵长类卵母细胞细胞质成熟调控研究较为滞后,使得体外成熟的灵长类卵母细胞的胚胎发育潜能十发低下。提高其潜能对治疗人类不育症有重要的应用价值,并可推动灵长类胚胎发育的研究。基于猕猴卵母细胞质成熟调控研究,讨论了无血清成熟培养基中雌激素和孕激素、能量物质、氨基酸对卵母细胞质成熟的影响,以及动物年龄和生殖周期与发育潜能的关系。从分子水平进一步解释这些因素的作用,阐明卵母细胞质成熟的机理将是今后工作的方向。     

The effect of acetate on population heterogeneity in different cellular characteristics of Escherichia coli in aerobic batch cultures

Acetate as the major by-product in industrial-scale bioprocesses with Escherichia coli is found to decrease process efficiency as well as to be toxic to cells, which has several effects like a significant induction of cellular stress responses. However, the underlying phenomena are poorly explored. Therefore, we studied time-resolved population heterogeneity of the E. coli growth reporter strain MG1655/pGS20PrrnBGFPAAV expressing destabilized green fluorescent protein during batch growth on acetate and glucose as sole carbon sources. Additionally, we applied five fluorescent stains targeting different cellular properties (viability as well as metabolic and respiratory activity). Quantitative analysis of flow cytometry data verified that bacterial populations in the bioreactor are more heterogeneous in growth as well as stronger metabolically challenged during growth on acetate as sole carbon source, compared to growth on glucose or acetate after diauxic shift. Interestingly, with acetate as sole carbon source, significant subpopulations were found with some cells that seem to be more robust than the rest of the population. In conclusion, following batch cultures population heterogeneity was evident in all measured parameters. Our approach enabled a deeper study of heterogeneity during growth on the favored substrate glucose as well as on the toxic by-product acetate. Using a combination of activity fluorescent dyes proved to be an accurate and fast alternative as well as a supplement to the use of a reporter strain. However, the choice of combination of stains should be well considered depending on which population traits to aim for.     

中国植物质杀虫剂的研究(英语)

本文主要集中反映及讨论中国植物质杀虫剂近年主要的研究成果.内容包括:印楝、苦楝、川楝、黄杜鹃、毛鱼藤、非州山毛豆、紫背金盘及其它杀虫植物.还讨论了植物质杀虫剂的活性及在害虫防治上的应用.