五种胡椒属来源的海风藤挥发油成分的比较研究

本文对四种及一变种胡椒属植物的茎叶进行了挥发油的GC比较。并以GC-MS研究了毛Piper puberulum(Benth.)Maxim.的挥发油成分,共鉴定了54个化合物,其中主要成分为倍半萜。结果表明,毛的挥发油成分与其它四种样品差异很大。     

阿魏属挥发油成分及其分类学意义

利用ＧＣＭＳ计算机联用方法从我国阿魏属（ＦｅｒｕｌａＬ．）１５种１变种根部挥发油中分离鉴定出２１４种成分,其中广布成分有２２种。挥发油成分中８０％是萜类,其次是多硫化合物。萜类中主要有单萜和倍半萜两大类,均以环化结构成分为主。通过全成分和萜类成分的多种聚类分析,对样品进行归类,结合形态特征、核型、黄酮成分等已有资料以及地理分布,讨论了挥发油成分在阿魏属分类中的意义,同时对所分析种类进行了类群划分和调整     

三种北极石竹科植物中的环肽及石竹科环肽的化学分类和分布意义

用HPLC等现代分离技术,从各样少于100g的北极3种石竹科(Caryophyllaceae)植物Stellaria crassipes Hult.、Cerastium arcticum Lange和C.regelii Ostenf.中分得5个新环肽,分别命名为arcticumin A(1)、arcticumin B(2)、arcticumin C(3)、regelin A(4)和crassipin B(5),并通过FAB -MS和氨基酸组成分析初步鉴定了它们的结构;通过对北极石竹科环肽与青藏高原石竹科环肽的比较,证明了环肽是石竹科的特征成分以及北极地区是石竹科植物分布中心的一个区域.     

10味山姜属药物挥发油成分的气相-质谱联用分析

采用水蒸气蒸馏法提取挥发油,用气相-质谱联用法(GC-MS),对高良姜等10味山姜属药物的挥发油成分进行比较分析,了解亲缘关系、辛温药性与挥发油成分的关系。结果表明,10种挥发油中有9种含有桉叶油醇。此外,γ-杜松烯、γ-萜品烯、芳樟醇、莰烯、石竹素、4-萜烯醇、4,7,10-Cycloundecatriene,1,1,4,8-tetramethyl-,cis,cis,cis-也是它们的主要成分。这说明山姜属药物辛温性味与挥发油成分具有一定的相关性。     

陕西南部地区茶叶挥发性成分的研究

用水蒸气蒸馏法分别从陕西南部不同产地的茶叶中提取挥发油,利用气相色谱-质谱联用技术对挥发油中的化学成分进行分离和结构鉴定,运用气相色谱面积归一化法确定各个成分的相对百分含量。从南郑县茶叶挥发油中鉴出51种成分,从宁强县茶叶挥发油中鉴出47种成分,从西乡县茶叶挥发油中鉴出46种成分,各挥发油成分存在着一定的差异。对陕南不同产地茶叶的挥发油做了抗氧化试验,结果表明各挥发油对.OH均有明显的清除作用。     

鄂西香茶菜中挥发油成分分析

采用水蒸汽蒸馏法分别从鄂西香茶菜的叶、花和果实中提取挥发油,并用气相色谱-质谱联用技术（GC-MS）对其挥发油中的化学成分进行分离和结构鉴定,运用气相色谱峰面积归一化法确定各成分的相对百分含量。从鄂西香茶菜的3种挥发油中共鉴定出39种成分,分别从叶、花及果实中鉴定出18、19和23种成分,其中只有6种成分在这3个部位都被鉴出,3种不同部位得到的挥发油成分差异较大。它们的挥发油中主要成分为单萜、倍半萜和二萜类化合物。     

新鲜艾叶与陈化艾叶挥发油化学成分研究

目的：通过提取新鲜艾叶和陈化艾叶的挥发油成分,检测其挥发油的化学成分并比较两者成分的异同,为艾叶资源的综合利用提供科学数据支撑。方法：通过GC-MS技术对挥发油进行化学成分检测。结果：从陈化艾叶挥发油中鉴定出124种化合物,从新鲜艾叶挥发油中鉴定出117种化合物。结论新鲜艾叶与陈化艾叶的化学成分较为相似,但挥发油成分的种类及其含量变化较大。     

中国繁缕属的一些分类问题

研究了36种中国产繁缕属(Stellaria)植物,根据模式材料或仅根据原描述,将已合格发表的1组、l系、12种、4变种和1变型首次归并到有关各类,依次列举人异名录中,其中有1移属。讨论了各种错误鉴定,同时对于选择性状、设想进化过程和分布记录均有讨论.     

辽宁卷耳属(石竹科)一新变种

本文发表了卷耳属一新变种, 即短果卷耳Cerastium glomeratum thuill. var. bbrachycarpum L. H. Zhou et Q. Zh. Han     

缬草挥发油化学成分的研究

采用气相色谱-质谱联用仪对产于太白县的缬草根和茎叶中的挥发油成分分别进行分析,从根中鉴定出45种成分,以茎叶中鉴定出67种成分,并用GC测定了每一成分在该挥发油中的含量。     

Purification and properties of a polymorphic high activity equine erythrocyte carbonic anhydrase.

A polymorphic form of the high activity or C-type of horse erythrocyte carbonic anhydrase has been isolated. It has been designated C2 and differs from the usual C1 form by having a cysteine replacement for arginine at residue 180. This second cysteine, unlike the other, is highly reactive. Isolation of the C2 isozyme by the usual methods results in most of it forming a mixed disulfide with glutathione and this product designated as C3 has an increased anodic mobility. The enzymatic activity and immunologic reactivity of both the C2 and C3 components are the same as for the usual C1 form of the enzyme. The C2 form can be stabilized by alkylation and the carboxamidomethyl derivative has been isolated in crystalline form.     

The purification and properties of the second component of guinea-pig complement.

A method has been developed for the purification to homogeneity of guinea-pig complement component C2. Contrary to previous reports, guinea-pig C2 is a single polypeptide chain with apparent mol.wt. of 102000, the same as human C2. It is cleaved by C1s to yield fragments C2a (apparent molwt. 74000) and C2b (apparent mol.wt. 34000). The amino acid composition and N-terminal sequences of these fragments are similar to those of human C2a and C2b. Human and guinea-pig C2 show more extensive sequence homology to Factor B than previously identified. The known homology around the sites of cleavage by C1s and Factor D has now been extended by a stretch of ten identical or conservatively substituted residues. Sequence homology has now been identified at the N-terminal of C2b and Factor Ba. The properties of the classical-pathway C3 convertases assembled from human C4b, C1s and human or guinea-pig C2 have been compared. The rates of cleavage of human and guinea-pig C2 by C1s (and therefore the rates of assembly of the C3 convertases) are similar. The rate of decay of the activity of the C3 convertase formed from guinea-pig C2 is 10-fold lower than for human C2. This greater stability reflects a higher affinity of guinea-pig C2a for human C4b. The presence of C2b is not necessary for C3 convertase activity.     

Antigenic determinants expressed by human C4 allotypes; a study of 325 families provides evidence for the structural antigenic model

The antigenic determinants of human C4 have been defined by human IgG antisera, Rodgers (Rg) and Chido (Ch), in hemagglutination-inhibition assays (HAI). Eight (2 Rg and 6 Ch) are of high frequency, > 90% , and 1, WH, is of low frequency, 15 %. The phenotypic combinations are complex; generally, C4A expresses Rg, and C4B has Ch, but reverse antigenicities have been established both by HAI and by sequence data of selected C4 allotypes. A study of 325 families provides data on the antigenic expression of each C4 allotype and demonstrates strong associations. A structural model for the antigenic determinants of C4 proteins has been proposed and is completely supported by the family material. Of the 16 possible antigenic combinations for C4 proteins, only 3 are undetected. A new Ch combination has been recorded in two French families. The reported sequence variation within the C4d region can account for the antigenic determinants but leaves the location of electrophoretic variation in C4 still unclear.     

Demonstration in human plasma of a form of C3 that has the conformation of "C3b-like C3".

Disruption of the thioester in native C3 yields a C3 molecule that functionally resembles C3b. It has been proposed that this C3 molecule (iC3) plays a key role in initiation of the alternative pathway of the C system. However, its presence in plasma has never been demonstrated. We investigated the presence of iC3 in plasma, using mAb that recognize iC3 as well as C3 activation products but not native C3. One of these mAb, anti-C3-5, which binds iC3 via its C3a moiety, was used together with polyclonal 125I-anti-C3c to develop a RIA for iC3. Plasma incubated with methylamine yielded a strong response in this RIA, whereas neither fresh plasma nor serum in which the C system had been activated by incubation with aggregated IgG, did show this strong response. The specificity of this RIA was further demonstrated by additional experiments including experiments with purified preparations of the various forms of C3. Mean level of iC3 in freshly obtained plasma samples from 10 normal donors was 27 nmol/liter, which is 0.49% of total C3. Analysis by SDS-PAGE of C3 species that had been immunoprecipitated by mAb antiC3-5, revealed that some iC3 consisted of C3 molecules with an intact alpha-chain whereas another part consisted of iC3 molecules with an alpha-chain that had been cleaved by factor I. Thus, this study shows that fresh human plasma contains a C3 species with the conformation of "C3b-like C3" (iC3).     

Characterization of monoclonal antibodies against human protein C specific for the calcium ion-induced conformation or for the activation peptide region

Three monoclonal antibodies have been produced that are specific for the activation peptide region in human protein C. These antibodies inhibited the activation of protein C by thrombin and by the thrombin-thrombomodulin complex. A fourth monoclonal antibody specifically recognized the Ca2+-stabilized conformation in protein C. This antibody bound both intact protein C and protein C from which the gamma-carboxyglutamic acid-containing region had been removed by limited proteolysis. These results indicate that this antibody recognizes the conformation in protein C stabilized by Ca2+ bound to the single binding site that is independent of gamma-carboxyglutamic acid.     

Genetic variation of the sixth component of complement (C6) in the Manx shearwater (Puffinus p. puffinus)

A polymorphism in the sixth complement component (C6) has been investigated by isoelectric focusing. The results indicate that C6 is coded by genes at a single autosomal locus. Six structural alleles have been identified, a null allele is also postulated. Five island colonies of Shearwater were investigated, two alleles C6 A and C6 B predominate in all sites.
The ability of rabbit C5 and C7 to combine successfully with avian C6 indicates the functional sites of these molecules are highly conserved.     

Progress on molecular breeding and metabolic engineering of biosynthesis pathways of C(30), C(35), C(40), C(45), C(50) carotenoids

At least 700 natural carotenoids have been characterized; they can be classified into C(30), C(40) and C(50) subfamilies. The first step of C(40) pathway is the combination of two molecules of geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate to synthesize phytoene by phytoene synthase (CrtB or PSY). Most natural carotenoids originate from different types and levels of desaturation by phytoene desaturase (CrtI or PDS+ZDS), cyclization by lycopene cyclase (CrtY or LYC) and other modifications by different modifying enzyme (CrtA, CrtU, CrtZ or BCH, CrtX, CrtO, etc.) of this C(40) backbone. The first step of C(30) pathway is the combination of two molecules of FDP to synthesize diapophytoene by diapophytoene synthase (CrtM). But natural C(30) pathway only goes through a few steps of desaturation to form diaponeurosporene by diapophytoene desaturase (CrtN). Natural C(50) carotenoid decaprenoxanthin is synthesized starting from the C(40) carotenoid lycopene by the addition of 2 C(5) units. Concerned the importance of carotenoids, more and more attention has been concentrated on achieving novel carotenoids. The method being used successfully is to construct carotenoids biosynthesis pathways by metabolic engineering. The strategy of metabolic engineering is to engineer a small number of stringent upstream enzymes (CrtB, CrtI, CrtY, CrtM, or CrtN), then use a lot of promiscuous downstream enzymes to obtain large number of novel carotenoids. Two key enzymes phytoene desaturase (CrtI(m)) and lycopene cyclase (CrtY(m)) have been modified and used with a series of downstream modifying enzymes with broad substrate specificity, such as monooxygenase (CrtA), carotene desaturase (CrtU), carotene hydroxylase (CrtZ), zeaxanthin glycosylase (CrtX) and carotene ketolase (CrtO) to extend successfully natural C(30) and C(40) pathways in E. coli. Existing C(30) synthase CrtM to synthesize carotenoids with different chain length have been engineered and a series of novel carotenoids have been achieved using downstream modifying enzymes. C(35) carotenoid biosynthesis pathway has been constructed in E. coli as described. C(45) and C(50) carotenoid biosynthesis pathways have also been constructed in E. coli, but it is still necessary to extend these two pathways. Those novel acyclic or cyclic carotenoids have a potential ability to protect against photooxidation and radical-mediated peroxidation reactions which makes them interesting pharmaceutical candidates.     

The genera Cribrilina and Collarina (Bryozoa, Cheilostomatida) in the British Isles and North Sea Basin, Pliocene to present day

Seven species assigned to the genus Cribrilina are illustrated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and redescribed. At the present day, three species occur in the area studied: C. punctata (Hassall), C. cryptooecium Norman and C. annulata (Fabricius). The presence of Collarina balzaci (Audouin), which has previously been confused with Cribrilina punctata , is also reported. The following species of Cribrilina are known as Pliocene and Pleistocene fossils: C. punctata, C. cryptooecium, C. watersi Andersson, C. puncturata (Wood) and C. mucronata Canu & Lecointre. In addition, C. annulata and C. spitsbergensis Norman have been reported as fossils, but these occurrences could not be confirmed here by the examination of actual material. Lectotypes are selected for C. spitsbergensis, C. watersi, C. puncturata and C. mucronata. Type material of the American fossil C. marylandica , which has been synonymised with C. punctata , is illustrated.     

Influence of hydrogeographic history and hybridization on the distribution of genetic variation in the pupfishes Cyprinodon atrorus and C. bifasciatus

The evolutionary importance of hybridization in animals has been subject of much debate. In this study, we examined the influence of hydrogeographic history and hybridization on the present distribution of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA variation in two pupfish species, Cyprinodon atrorus and Cyprinodon bifasciatus. Results presented here indicate that there has been limited introgression of nuclear genes; however, mtDNA introgression has been substantial, with complete replacement of the C. bifasciatus mitochondrial genome by that of C. atrorus. Subsequent to this replacement, there has been diversification of mitochondrial haplotypes along major geographic regions in the basin. Evidence was also found that mitochondrial replacement follows a predictable, cyclical pattern in this system, with isolation and diversification followed by re-contact and replacement of C. bifasciatus mitochondrial haplotypes by those of C. atrorus. This pattern is best explained by a combination of a numeric bias towards C. atrorus and mating site selection rather than selection for C. atrorus mitochondrial genome. These results demonstrate the important role hybridization can play in evolution.     

gamma-Glutamyl dipeptides in Petiveria alliacea

Three gamma-glutamyl dipeptides have been isolated from Petiveria alliacea L. roots. These dipeptides include (S(C2)R(C7))-gamma-glutamyl-S-benzylcysteine together with two diastereomeric sulfoxides, namely (S(C2)R(C7)R(S))- and (S(C2)R(C7)R(S))-gamma-glutamyl-S-benzylcysteine S-oxides (gamma-glutamyl-petiveriins A and B, respectively). Their structures and absolute configurations have been determined by NMR, MALDI-HRMS, IR and CD spectroscopy, and confirmed by comparison with authentic compounds obtained by synthesis.