滇产薄荷的化学研究

研究了滇产３８个薄荷样品,测定了样品的得油率及化学成分。滇产薄荷的得油率在０．１８％￣０．５２％之间。从挥发油中鉴定出了１００多种化学成分,主要含醇、酮、酯、萜烯类化合物。栽培的家薄荷挥发油富含香芹酮、柠檬烯,其化学分类属于香芹酮系列。野生薄荷挥发油富含薄荷醇和薄荷酮,属于薄荷酮系列;部分野薄荷样品,富含香芹酮、环氧辣薄荷烯酮或芳樟醇,属于混合系列。     

布鲁杆菌性化脓性关节炎1例

布鲁菌病是系统性感染性疾病,临床表现多样,在非流行区易被忽视。本病以骨关节受累常见,关节症状多数为反应性关节炎,以单关节化脓性关节炎为首发表现的病例少见。本文报道1例布鲁杆菌性化脓性单膝关节炎的临床表现和诊疗情况。     

Detection of bloom-forming dinoflagellates Karenia mikimotoi and Prorocentrum donghaiense using qPCR assays

Journal of Applied Phycology - The dinoflagellates Karenia mikimotoi and Prorocentrum donghaiense are both important causative species of harmful algal blooms (HABs) in the East China Sea. The...     

假瘤蕨属 (水龙骨科) 植物叶表皮特征的比较研究

在光镜和扫描电镜下观察了假瘤蕨属2系、5亚系的24种植物的叶表皮。结果表明,叶表皮细胞形状不规则,垂周壁波曲状。下生气孔,气孔类型有极细胞型、共环极细胞型、腋下细胞型、聚腋下细胞型和不规则型,常伴生出现。在扫描电镜下,叶表皮气孔器外拱盖内缘为浅波状、少平滑;一些种的保卫细胞两端有“T”型加厚;角质膜波状有条纹,有时附有颗粒。叶表皮的一些特征对该属部分种的区分有一定的参考价值。叶表皮的微形态特征,如气孔器类型和垂周壁类型特征不能用来界定假瘤蕨属的系和亚系。     

Synthesis and antitumor activity of two natural N-acetylglucosamine-bearing triterpenoid saponins: lotoidoside D and E

Two natural triterpenoid saponins bearing N-acetylglucosamine, lotoidoside D and lotoidoside E, which had been available only from Glinus lotoides growing in Egyptian desert, were facilely synthesized from readily available oleanolic acid. Preliminary pharmacological research showed their antitumor activity against HeLa cell.     

观察植物叶迹、叶隙立体结构的实验方法

通过实验研究提出了观察植物叶迹、叶隙立体结构的方法。对观察节处维管组织的变化, 有重要意义。     

粘虫中肠α-淀粉酶活性的敏感性研究

研究了不同酶反应缓冲体系、pH值、氯离子浓度以及噁唑哒嗪对5龄2日粘虫 Pseudaletia separata Walker 中肠α－淀粉酶活性的影响。结果表明,乙酸-乙酸钠缓冲体系（pH 5.8）和磷酸氢二钠-磷酸二氢钠缓冲体系（pH 8.0）有利于增强α-淀粉酶活性,比活力最高分别达到4.49和4.97。在乙酸-乙酸钠缓冲体系（pH 5.8）中,5、10、20、40和80 mmol/L氯离子浓度引起α-淀粉酶活性呈现先减弱后增强的变化规律,而在磷酸氢二钠-磷酸二氢钠缓冲体系（pH 8.0）中仅呈现减弱的趋势。1.4 mmol/L噁唑哒嗪对α-淀粉酶活性的抑制率可达70%,但抑制程度随着反应体系中蛋白含量的增加而逐渐降低。     

Neuroprotection by Kukoamine A against oxidative stress may involve N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors

Background

Accumulative evidences have indicated that oxidative-stress and over-activation of N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) are important mechanisms of brain injury. This study investigated the neuroprotection of Kukoamine A (KuA) and its potential mechanisms.

Methods

Molecular docking was used to discover KuA that might have the ability of blocking NMDARs. Furthermore, the MTT assay, the measurement of LDH, SOD and MDA, the flow cytometry for ROS, MMP and Annexin V-PI double staining, the laser confocal microscopy for intracellular Ca^2 + and western-blot analysis were employed to evaluate the neuroprotection of KuA.

Results

KuA attenuated H₂O₂-induced cell apoptosis, LDH release, ROS production, MDA level, MMP loss, and intracellular Ca^2 + overload (both induced by H₂O₂ and NMDA), as well as increased the SOD activity. In addition, it could modulate the apoptosis-related proteins (Bax, Bcl-2, p53, procaspase-3 and procaspase-9), the SAPKs (ERK, p38), AKT, CREB, NR2A and NR2B expression.

Conclusions

All the results indicated that KuA has the ability of anti-oxidative stress and this effect may partly via blocking NMDARs in SH-SY5Y cells.General significance: KuA might have the potential therapeutic interventions for brain injury.