黄鼬肛腺分泌物的挥发性成分

利用顶空取样、溶剂解吸附和气质联用技术分析了黄鼬（Mustela sibirica)肛腺分泌物的挥发性成分。鉴定出的六种化合物均为含硫的环状有机物：（1）2,2－二甲基硫代环丁烷;（2）顺或反2,4－二甲基硫代环丁烷;（3）反－2,3－二甲基硫代环丁烷;（4）2－乙基硫代环丁烷;（5）2－丙基硫代环丁烷;（6）3,3－二甲基－1,2－二硫代环戊烷。尽管黄鼬肛腺成分的组成和鼬鼠其它种存在很大的相似性,但是成分组成的种间差异很明显。另外,2－乙基硫代环丁烷仅存在于雌性黄鼬中。很多研究已经证明对鼠类有驱赶作用的2,2－二甲基硫代环丁烷和2－丙基硫代环丁烷在黄鼬肛腺分泌物同时存在,说明黄鼬肛腺分泌物对鼠类可能有很强的驱避作用。     

灰黑拟牛肝菌的化学成分

从担子菌灰黑拟牛肝菌（Boletopsis grisea)新鲜子实体的乙醇提取物中首次分离得到10个化合物,包括8个酚性成分,1个含硫成分和1个脑苷脂,它们的结构经各种波谱数据分别鉴定为3－（4－乙酰氧基苯）－1,2,4,7,8－五乙酰氧基二苯并呋喃（1）,3－（4－乙酰氧基苯）－1,2,4－三乙酰氧基－7,8－二羟基二苯并呋喃（2）,3－（4－羟基苯）－1,2－二乙酰氧基－4,7,8－三羟基二苯并呋喃（3）,2,3－二乙酰氧基－4′,4″,5,6－四羟基对联三苯（4）,对苯二酚（5）,对羟基苯甲酸（6）,茴香酸（7）,对羟基苯甲醛（8）,硫代乙酐（9）和1－O－吡喃葡萄糖基－（2S,3R,4E,8E,2′R）-2-N-(2′-羟基棕榈酰）－9－甲基－4,8－sphin-gadienine(10)。其中化合物1,2,3有报道对5－脂氧化酶具有选择性抑制活性。4,9,10均为首次从该属真菌中分离得到。     

Feast and famine: previous defoliation limiting survival of pine processionary caterpillar Thaumetopoea pityocampa in Scots pine Pinus sylvestris

This study analyses the consequences of previous defoliation on the survival of the larvae of the pine processionary moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Denis and Schiffermüller) feeding on relict Scots pine Pinus sylvestris (L.) ssp. nevadensis Christ in the Sierra Nevada mountains (SE Spain). Egg batches of the pine processionary moth were placed on four groups of Scots pines that underwent different periods of herbivory. The larval survival was related to the nitrogen content, fibre, phenolics and terpenes in the needles. Larval survival was higher in undefoliated pines, lower in pines defoliated two consecutive years, and intermediate in pines defoliated only one year, suggesting a direct relationship between previous defoliation and larval survival. In contrast, none of the characteristics of the needles showed a clear relationship with larval survival. The resulting reduction in larval number also affects the capacity of the larvae to develop during winter, because it hampered nest warming. Thus, previous defoliation limits, although it does not impede, the possibility of repeated defoliation on Scots pine.     

Ion‐Exchange and Adsorption of Fe(III) by Sepia Melanin

Sepia eumelanin is associated with many metal ions, yet little is known about its metal binding capacity and the chemical nature of the binding site(s). Herein, the natural concentrations of metal ions are presented and the ability to remove metals by exposure of the melanin granules to EDTA is quantified. The results reveal that the binding constants of melanin at pH 5.8 for Mg(II), Ca(II), Sr(II) and Cu(II) are, respectively, 5, 4, 14 and 34 times greater than the corresponding binding constants of these ions with EDTA. By exposing Sepia eumelanin to aqueous solutions of FeCl₃, the content of bound Fe(III) can be increased from a natural concentration of ～180 ppm to a saturation limit of ～80 000 ppm or 1.43 mmol/g of melanin. Similar saturation limits are found for Mg(II) and Ca(II). Exposure of Sepia melanin granules to aqueous solutions containing Ca(II) results in the stoichiometric replacement of the initially bound Mg(II), arguing that these two ions occupy the same binding site(s) in the pigment. The pH‐dependent binding of Mg(II) and Ca(II) suggests coordination of these ions to carboxylic acid groups in the pigment. Mg(II) and Ca(II) can be added to a Fe(III)‐saturated melanin sample without affecting the amount of Fe(III) pre‐adsorbed, clearly establishing Fe(III) and Mg(II)/Ca(II) occupy different binding sites. Taking recent Raman spectroscopic data into account, the binding of Fe(III) is concluded to involve coordination to o‐dihydroxyl groups. The effects of metal ion content on the surface morphology were analyzed. No significant changes were found over the full range of Fe(III) concentration studied, which is supported by the Brunauer–Emmett–Teller surface area analysis. These observations imply the existence of channels within the melanin granules that can serve to transport metal ions.     

A Laboratory study on the visual and chemical orientation of the gastropod Nerita Fulgurans Gmelin, 1791

Behavioural responses of the gastropod Nerita fulgurans Gmelin, 1791 to flat black rectangles and intraspecific mucus trails were measured in a circular arena. Snails were tested in water either in the presence or absence of chemicals generated from a predator gastropod, Chicoreus brevifrons (Lamarck, 1822). The test hypothesis was that this snail has different behavioural responses as result of visual and chemical cue integration. Nerita fulgurans has the capacity to orient to solid targets subtending angles larger than 10° and follow its own mucus trails. In water conditioned by the predator C . brevifrons , snails exhibited an avoidance response when 10°, 20° and 45° sectors were presented, demonstrating an integration of chemical and visual information. The simultaneous presentation of two orienting cues (black sectors and mucus trails) was tested to determine the nature of the interaction. When the two cues were oriented in the same direction there was no effect. When the two cues were presented from directions 180° apart a preference for visual cues over mucus trail cues was evident when the visual angle of the visual cue subtended angles greater than 90°. This result demonstrates a hierarchical usage of the orienting references.     

余甘子的化学成分和保健功能作用

余甘子是一种具有较高的食用和药用价值的野生植物资源．风味独特．营养丰富,保健功能强,含有多种对人体有益的活性物质,具有补益、抗肿瘤、抗衰老等保健作用,这一特性使余甘子得到广泛关注,成为联合国卫生组织指定在全世界推广种植的三种保健植物之一。本文介绍余甘子的化学成分和保健功能作用,旨在促进余甘子的开发利用。     

A rationally designed oligopeptide shows significant conformational changes upon binding to sulphate ions

Oligopeptides that interact with oxoanions were developed by rational design methods. The substrate-binding site of the enzyme purine nucleoside phosphorylase served as a model for the design of the ionophores. The amino acids involved in the complexation of oxoanions were linked through flexible spacer residues. These spacers were chosen such that the relative orientation of the interacting amino acids was conserved. Several peptide sequences were preselected based on intermolecular H-bond frequencies. These frequencies were calculated from molecular dynamics trajectories of the corresponding peptide–anion complexes and used to score the binding properties of the peptides. The most promising peptides were prepared using solid phase peptide synthesis. Anion binding of the peptide ionophores was screened using circular dichroism (CD) and confirmed by NMR spectroscopy. CD measurements performed in methanol revealed a significant conformational change of a linear undecapeptide upon binding to sulphate ions. Two-dimensional-NMR experiments confirmed that a conformation with high helical content is formed in the presence of sulphate ions. These conformational changes induced by the anion stimulate the development of new transduction mechanisms in chemical sensors.     

Evidence of oxidative damage in Alzheimer's disease brain: central role for amyloid β-peptide

Amyloid β-peptide (Aβ) is heavily deposited in the brains of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. Free-radical oxidative stress, particularly of neuronal lipids, proteins and DNA, is extensive in those AD brain areas in which Aβ is abundant. Recent research suggests that these observations might be linked, and it is postulated that Aβ-induced oxidative stress leads to neurodegeneration in AD brain. Consonant with this postulate, Aβ leads to neuronal lipid peroxidation, protein oxidation and DNA oxidation by means that are inhibited by free-radical antioxidants. Here, we summarize current research on phospholipid peroxidation, as well as protein and DNA oxidation, in AD brain, and discuss the potential role of Aβ in this oxidative stress.     

松嫩平原碱斑进展演替实验群落的比较分析

本文对松嫩平原碱化草地碱斑上建植的羊草（Ｌｅｙｍｕｓｃｈｉｎｅｎｓｉｓ）群落、星星草（Ｐｕｃｃｉｎｅｌｉａｔｅｎｕｉ－ｆｌｏｒａ）＋羊草群落、星星草群落、野大麦（Ｈｏｒｄｅｕｍｂｒｅｖｉｓｕｂｕｌａｔｕｍ）群落、虎尾草（Ｃｈｌｏｒｉｓｖｉｒｇａｔａ）群落５个实验群落的土壤化学特性、种类组成、生产力,以及各种群的营养繁殖特征作了比较分析。结果表明,５个实验群落在０～３０ｃｍ的土壤均为ｐＨ值＞１０,仍处于碱土生境,各群落均随着土层深度的增加电导率呈递增趋势,有机质含量呈递减趋势。实验群落土壤电导率与ｐＨ值之间呈极显著的正相关,与土壤有机质之间呈极显著的负相关。经过５年种子的自然传播和营养繁殖,虎尾草在各群落中广泛生长,羊草已在星星草群落和野大麦群落中定居,星星草已侵入羊草群落中。群落总生物量以野大麦群落最高,羊草群落最低。各群落冬性芽和冬性蘖的数量远远多于现存种群数量。５个群落均将沿着进展演替方向继续发展。     

中国珍稀植物裸芸香精油化学成分研究

裸芸香（ＰｓｉｌｏｐｅｇａｎｕｍｓｉｎｅｎｓｅＨｅｍｓｌ．）又名山麻黄,为芸香科裸芸香属多年生宿根草本植物,是我国特有的单种属植物。裸芸香生长在海拔１００～３８０ｍ的草丛和荒坡上,主要分布在鄂西、川东等地区,资源稀少,属我国第二批公布的珍稀保护植物〔１～３〕,全草入药,主治疟疾、感冒发烧、支气管炎、跌打损伤,其精油化学成分未见报道。为寻找新的药用活性成分,合理地开发利用裸芸香,并为该植物的化学分类提供科学资料,我们对其枝叶精油化学成分进行了研究。１　实验部分１．１　样品来源裸芸香采自湖北省巴东县…