An amorphane sesquiterpene and a benzofuran glucoside from Eupatorium coelestinum

A phytochemical investigation of the aerial parts of Eupatorium coelestinum led to the isolation of an amorphane sesquiterpene and a benzofuran glucoside. By means of spectroscopic methods, their structures were determined as 5α,8α-epoxy-4α,6β-dihydroxyamorphan-2-one (1) and 2R*,3S*-toxol-7-O-β-d-glucopyranoside (2). Compounds 1 significantly inhibited NF-κB activity in TNF-α-stimulated HeLa cells with the IC₅₀ of 12.4 μM.     

Essential oils composition of Eupatorium species growing wild in the Amazon

The essential oils of six Eupatorium species were obtained by hydrodistillation and analysed by GC-MS. The oil of E. macrophyllum was rich in sabinene (46.7%) and limonene (23.3%). The oil of E. laevigatum was mainly constituted by a mixture of aristolone+laevigatin (23.6%), globulol (16.2%) and germacrene D (8.6%). The principal constituents of the oils of the chemotypes A and B of E. squalidum, E. amygdalinum and E. conyzoides were caryophyllene oxide (17.4–30.1%), globulol (25.1%), germacrene D (10.4–21.6%), spathulenol (14.2%) and β-caryophyllene (7.1–12.3%). The oils of the chemotypes A and B of E. marginatum were dominated by α-zingiberene (57.5%), α-gurjunene (19.5%), germacrene D (14.8%), (E)-8-bisabolene (9.7%) and α-selinene (9.0%).     

不同地理种群紫茎泽兰生长繁殖特征的比较研究

对云南省9个不同地理种群紫茎泽兰的野外生长繁殖特性进行了调查,并采集各种群种子在温室内培植,观测比较它们在同质环境下的种子萌发、幼苗生长发育及植株开花结实情况.研究结果显示,(1)野外不同地理种群紫茎泽兰之间其植株生长和繁殖特征均存在显著差异,从南到北各种群植株的生长发育特征均呈现出先升后降的趋势,符合从高温边缘区到适生区再到低温边缘区的分布格局规律.(2)在温室同质环境下不同地理种群紫茎泽兰之间除植株根冠比和种子发芽指数差异显著外(P＜0.05),植株生长繁殖的其他指标的差异均不显著,说明野外不同地理种群紫茎泽兰的生长繁殖特性差异基本还不具有遗传性,局域适应对紫茎泽兰入侵能力的影响还较小,而较强的表型可塑性对紫茎泽兰入侵能力可能起到主要作用,这可能与其入侵时间较短有关.表明在分布区边缘,紫茎泽兰仍具有较强的繁殖能力,将随着其生理抗性的适应性分化而具有更宽的入侵范围.     

Differential responses of the activities of antioxidant enzymes to thermal stresses between two invasive Eupatorium species in China

The effect of thermal stress on the antioxidant system was Investigated in two invasive plants, Eupatorlum adenophorum Spreng. and E. odoratum L. The former is sensitive to high temperature, whereas the latter is sensitive to low temperature.Our aim was to explore the relationship between the response of antioxidant enzymes and temperature In the two Invasive weeds with different distribution patterns in China. Plants were transferred from glasshouse to growth chambers at a constant 25 ℃ for 1 week to acclimatize to the environment. For the heat treatments, temperature was Increased stepwise to 30, 35, 38 and finally to 42 ℃. For the cold treatments, temperature was decreased stepwise to 20, 15,10 and finally to 5 ℃.Plants were kept In the growth chambers for 24 h at each temperature step. In E. adenophorum, the coordinated Increase of the activities of antioxidant enzymes was effective In protecting the plant from the eccumulatlon of active oxygen species (AOS) at low temperature, but the activities of catalase (CAT), guaiacol peroxidase (POD), ascorbate peroxidase (APX),glutathione reductase (GR), and monodehydroascorbate reductase (MDAR) were not accompanied by the Increase of super-oxide dismutase (SOD) during the heat treatments. As a result, the level of lipid peroxidation in E. adenophorum was higher under heat stress than under cold stress. In E. odoratum, however, the lesser degree of membrane damage, as indicated by low monodehydroascorbate content, and the coordinated Increase of the oxygen. Dstoxlfying enzymes were observed in hest-treated plants, but the antioxidant enzymes were unable to operate in cold stress. This indicates that the plants have a higher capacity for scavenging oxygen radicals in heat stress than in cold stress. The different responses of antloxidant enzymes may be one of the possible mechanisms of the differences in temperature sensitivities of the two plant species.     

链格孢菌毒素对紫茎泽兰的致病机理

以叶圆片法分析链格孢菌[Alternaria alternata(Fr.)Keissler]毒素对紫茎泽兰（Eupatorium adenophorum Spreng.)叶组织细胞膜透性、过氧化物酶（POD）、抗坏血酸过氧化物酶（APX）和过氧化氢酶（CAT）活性以及丙二醛（MDA）含量的影响,结果表明,链格孢菌毒素使紫茎泽兰叶组织细胞膜透性上升,Na^ 和K^ 渗漏量增加,膜脂过氧化加强,MDA含量上升;链格孢菌毒素处理的紫茎泽兰叶片中POD、APX和CAT的活性均较对照降低。     

Characteristics of the microbial community in rhizosphere of Camptotheca acuminata cultured with exotic invasive plant Eupatorium adenophorum

The traditional culture-dependent plate counting and culture-independent small-subunit-ribosomal RNA gene-targeted molecular techniques, Single-Strand Conformation Polymorphism (SSCP) and terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (tRFLP) combined with 16S rDNA clone library were adopted to investigate the impacts of secretion from Camptotheca acuminata (abbreviated to Ca) roots on the quantities and structure of eukaryotic microbes and bacteria in the rhizosphere, and the possibility that Ca controls exotic invasive plant Eupatorium adenophorum (Ea). The counting results indicated that the number of bacteria increased in turn in rhizospheres of Ea, Ca-Ea mixed culture and Ca, while that of eukaryotic microbes decreased. PCR-SSCP profiles showed eukaryotic microbial bands (corresponding to biodiversity) in rhizosphere of Ea were more complex than those of Ca and CE. Meristolohmannia sp., Termitomyces sp. and Rhodophyllus sp. were the dominant populations in the rhizosphere of Ca. Bacterial terminal restriction fragments (TRFs) profiles showed no difference among three kinds of rhizospheres, and the sequences of the 16S rDNA clone library from Ca rhizospheres were distributed in 10 known phyla, in which phylum Proteobacteria were the absolute dominant group and accounted for 24.71% of the cloned sequences (δ-Proteobacteria accounted for up to 17.65%), and phyla Acidobacteria and Bacteroidetes accounted for 16.47% and 10.59% of the cloned sequences, respectively. In addition, high performance liquid chromatography detected a trace amount of camptothecin and hydroxycamptothecin in the rhizospheric soil of Ca and CE, but examined neither camptothecin nor hydroxycamptothecin in rhizospheric soil of Ea. Therefore, invasion and diffusion of Ea evidently depended on distinguishing the eukaryotic community structure, but not on that of the bacterial pattern. Ca was able to alter the eukaryotic community structure of invasive Ea by secreting camptothecin and hydroxycamptothecin into rhizospheres, and may benefit the control of overspread of Ea. This study provided theoretical evidence for rhizospheric microbial aspects on substituting Ca for Ea. Supported by the Excellent Young Teacher’s Innovation Foundation of Northeast Forestry University to Yang FengJian, the Key Research Fund of Ministry of Education of China (Grant No. 104191) and the Forestry Noxious Plant Investigation Fund of State Forestry Administration of China to Zu YuanGang     

紫茎泽兰提取物对美洲大蠊和米蛾的忌避活性

应用“Y”型嗅觉仪和培养皿用紫茎泽兰(Eupatorium adenophorum Spreng)提取物对美洲大蠊Periplaneta americana(L.)和米蛾Corcyra cephalonica(Stainton)的忌避效果进行生物测定。结果表明,紫茎泽兰精油0·028g/L剂量对美洲大蠊忌避活性最高,平均忌避活力为78·28%,显著高于粗提物各剂量的忌避活力,而对米蛾幼虫生物测定的结果表明,10g/kg粗提物的剂量对其忌避效果最好,平均忌避活力为80·86%。