采用微波技术提取桑叶多糖的工艺研究

本试验以干燥桑叶粉为材料,在单因素实验的基础上,采用Box-Benhnken中心组合实验和响应面分析法,研究了提取时间、微波功率和料液比对桑叶多糖提取率的影响,确定了微波提取桑叶多糖的最佳工艺条件;与热水浸提法相比,微波法提取率高,且所得桑叶多糖更能明显提高四氧嘧啶糖尿病小鼠的糖耐量,是一种更好的桑叶多糖提取方法。     

基于果实类型的海南长臂猿食用树种适宜性分布预测

食物资源是灵长类动物栖息地选择的重要因素,了解海南长臂猿食物资源的分布对海南长臂猿栖息地保护和恢复具有重要意义。基于研究区180块样地,获得了海南长臂猿105种食用树种分布数据,采用MaxEnt模型对6种果实食用树种进行了空间分布预测,并探讨了不同果实类型树种与气候、地形等环境因子的相关关系。结果表明:6种果实类型的模型检验结果AUC值均超过0.90,模拟精度较高;8月降水量在浆果、榕果和坚果类树种中的贡献率为43.8%、27.8%和19.6%,哈格里夫斯参考蒸发量在核果、球果和聚花果类树种的贡献率为23.6%、51.1%和58.8%,最冷月平均温度在6种果实类型贡献率均超过12%;果实类型发生概率随最冷月最低温度、哈格里夫斯参考蒸发量呈单调递减趋势;果实类型集中分布区主要在斧头岭、黑岭、雅加大岭一带,面积达2392.19 hm~2,其中2346.88 hm~2位于保护区内,比例达98.11%,表明保护区有效保护了不同果实类型的食用树种。本研究可为海南长臂猿栖息地保护和植被恢复提供参考。     

自交可育甜荞、金苦荞、米苦荞不同品系总黄酮、粗蛋白及其蛋白组分含量研究北大核心CSCD

为探究荞麦新品种的营养保健价值,该文对自交可育甜荞、金苦荞、米苦荞共56个不同品系荞麦种子的粗蛋白、总黄酮、蛋白组分含量及其果实性状的变异进行了研究。结果表明:(1)甜荞、金苦荞、米苦荞种子中粗蛋白含量平均值分别为13.19%、15.44%、11.75%,总黄酮含量平均值分别为0.14%、2.50%、2.09%,清蛋白含量的平均值分别为5.22%、6.13%、4.56%,球蛋白含量的平均值分别为1.29%、1.15%、0.91%,醇溶蛋白含量的平均值分别为0.42%、0.58%、0.55%,谷蛋白含量的平均值分别为2.66%、3.36%、2.80%,三种荞麦的蛋白组分均符合清蛋白>谷蛋白>球蛋白>醇溶蛋白。(2)果实性状中,甜荞果实千粒重、果实面积、果实直径的变异系数最大,米苦荞果实周长、果实长宽比、果实长、果实宽和50 mL容重的变异系数最大。(3)相关分析表明甜荞种子粗蛋白含量与果实长宽比、果实长,金苦荞种子粗蛋白含量与果实周长、果实长,米苦荞种子粗蛋白含量与果实宽、总黄酮含量与果实面积、果实宽、果实直径、50 mL容重的相关性均达到了显著或极显著水平。(4)该研究筛选出甜荞(1808-166贵甜2号优系)、金苦荞(多苦74、多苦78)、米苦荞(1906-136黑米荞麦、43-2)等高蛋白含量或高黄酮含量的荞麦品系。该研究结果对荞麦优良品种的选育和荞麦新产品的开发具有一定指导意义。     

Epidemiological and molecular study on ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum’ in Austria and Hungary

The epidemiology of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum’ was studied in Austria and Hungary from 2014 to 2018. Testing of root samples showed average infections rates of 61 and 40% of the Austrian Prunus spinosa and Prunus domestica spp. insititia samples, respectively. In Hungary, on average 21% of the P. spinosa and 13% of the feral Prunus cerasifera samples were infected. The pathogen was found in 18 out of 19 apricot orchards and PCR positive Cacopsylla pruni were observed at 11 out of 17 sampling locations in both countries. In cage experiments with C. pruni remigrants successful pathogen transmission to Prunus armeniaca, P. domestica and P. spinosa seedlings in budding and foliated developmental stages was recorded, an inoculation access period of 4 hr was sufficient for transmission. A field experiment with ungrafted apricot seedlings planted in 2012 and 2014 indicated a prominent role of the insect vectors for disease spread. In 2017, 40 and 28% of the trees planted in 2012 and 2014, respectively, were infected. Molecular characterisation based on the genes aceF and imp allowed the discrimination between 10 phytoplasma types in apricots. Around 70% of the phytoplasma types in apricots were also common in P. spinosa, in P. domestica spp. insititia and in remigrant C. pruni pointing to a possible pathogen exchange by insects between wild and cultivated Prunus spp. For disease control, vector management over the entire flight period of the remigrants seems necessary; when selecting active compounds, the short inoculation access period of not more than 4 hr should be considered.     

Allyl‐2,6‐dimethoxyphenol,a female‐biased compound,is robustly attractive to conspecific males of Bactrocera dorsalis at close range

Insect cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) play important roles in mate recognition and chemical communication. To explore the cues regulating courtship and mating behaviour in the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae), CHCs were extracted from mature virgin female and male oriental fruit flies using n‐hexane. Nine compounds – i.e., 4‐allyl‐2,6‐dimethoxyphenol (designated ‘compound 3’) and eight ester compounds – had significantly greater abundance in female samples than in males. Of these nine compounds, six (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 8) elicited electrophysiological responses from the antennae of male flies. Compound 3 did not elicit a detectable male antennal response, but in Y‐tube olfactometer bioassays, it exhibited robust attractiveness to conspecific males at close range. We speculate that compound 3 is a close‐range sex pheromone in B. dorsalis. A mating competition experiment revealed that compound 3 significantly increased the competitiveness of males, which implied that compound 3 might be used in control programs of B. dorsalis.     

Impact of environmental conditions on fruit production patterns of shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa C.F.Gaertn) in West Africa

A better knowledge of the impact of environmental conditions on shea tree’s fruit production is critical to improve the species management. Fruit production of 237 shea trees was monitored over five successive years (2014–2018) to understand how climatic variables, shea tree population and land use could affect fruit production patterns of the species in Burkina Faso. Data were collected in 12 shea tree populations distributed in three climatic zones with two contrast land use systems. The results showed that fruit production was negatively correlated with mean annual temperature, temperature seasonality, rainfall seasonality and solar radiation, while it was positive with annual rainfall. Therefore, fruiting modelling is needed to predict the impact of future climate change on reproductive ability of the species. In each climatic zone, fruit production was significantly different among shea tree populations (p < 0.05). Within populations, fruit production greatly varies among years with specific patterns of variation. Land use had significant effect on fruit production of shea tree (p < 0.05). Annually, shea trees produced about 12 times more in agroforestry parklands than in protected areas. Interannual variation in fruit production at individual tree level was higher in protected areas. The cultivation of shea tree is recommended to improve its fruit productivity.     

Effect of piceatannol-rich passion fruit seed extract on human glyoxalase I–mediated cancer cell growth

Passion fruit seed extract (PFSE), a product rich in stilbenes such as piceatannol and scirpusin B, has various physiological effects. It is unclear whether PFSE and its stilbene derivatives inhibit cancer cell proliferation via human glyoxalase I (GLO I), the rate-limiting enzyme for detoxification of methylglyoxal. We examined the anticancer effects of PFSE in two types of human cancer cell lines with different GLO I expression levels, NCI–H522 cells (highly-expressed GLO I) and HCT116 cells (lowly-expressed GLO I). PFSE and its stilbenes inhibited GLO I activity. In addition, PFSE and its stilbenes supressed the cancer cell proliferation of NCI–H522 cells more than HCT116 cells. These observations suggest that PFSE can provide a novel anticancer strategy for prevention and treatment.     

基于网络药理学的柿果药理功能定位及作用机制

基于网络药理学,通过国内外文献检索获取柿果中的化合物,采用Swiss target prediction数据库对化合物进行潜在靶点垂钓以探讨柿果的药理功能定位及作用机制。以Cytoscape软件构建化合物-靶点网络,靶点-疾病名称-疾病分类网络,同时对靶点进行蛋白相互作用(PPI)网络构建,采用DAVID数据库对靶点进行通路富集分析。本研究共收集到柿果中16个化合物,可作用于68个靶点,这些靶点主要作用于心血管疾病、神经精神性疾病等。PPI网络图包含84个节点,226条边,其中degree值排前10的关键蛋白分别为ERS1、PGS2、MMP2、TIMP1、MMP9、MMP1、AR、SLC6A3、PRKCB、CYP19A1。上述靶点可调节氮素代谢、血清素能突触以及TRP通道炎症介质的调节等信号通路。本研究为阐明柿果的药理功能定位及其作用机制研究提供了可靠的依据。