天然植物多糖分离纯化技术研究现状和进展

植物多糖因具有抗肿瘤、增强免疫、抗氧化等功效而备受关注,多糖的分离纯化是多糖结构和生物活性研究的首要前提。本文系统介绍了传统的水提醇沉法以及酶提取法、超声波辅助提取法、超临界流体萃取法、超高压提取技术微波辅助提取法和双水相萃取等新技术,对其分离原理、处理方式和效果进行分析比较和综述;从物理分离方式、分子间作用力及化学性质分离的角度,综述植物粗多糖分离和纯化方法及途径,为天然植物中多糖的分离纯化和综合利用提供参考。     

石蒜属植物多糖的分离纯化

对五种石蒜属植物,安徽石蒜、中国石蒜、忽地笑、换锦花、石蒜多糖的提取、分离、纯化及其理化性质进行了研究。为石蒜属植物多糖开发利用提供依据,更为相关石蒜属植物多糖的最佳提纯过程和探讨该属种间亲缘关系提供资料。     

植物多糖在化妆品中的应用研究进展

植物多糖是从植物组织中提取得到的一类高分子聚合物,其生物活性高、功能全面、使用安全。我国植物多糖资源丰富、开发潜力巨大,根据近年来的研究成果,整合概述了植物多糖的提取、分离、纯化工艺,及其在化妆品中保湿补水、抗衰老、美白祛斑、抗敏抑菌、愈创修复等方面的应用,以期为后续研究提供参考。     

若羌大枣多糖提取及分离工艺研究

目的：确定大枣多糖提取分离工艺的参数。方法：采用热水浸提法取多糖,乙醇沉淀法分离多糖。对液固比、浸提时间、浸提温度进行了单因素和L9（3^3）正交实验,并对提取过程中影响提取率的因素进行了统计分析。对多糖浸提液浓缩倍数、乙醇沉淀体积、醇沉时间对大枣多糖得率的影响进行了研究。结果：最佳提取工艺条件为：提取时间6h,料水比1：24,提取温度90℃。最佳分离工艺：浓缩倍数为8倍,4倍体积乙醇,醇沉12h,大枣多糖的得率最大。结论：实验结果为新疆次级大枣的深加工提供了可参数据。     

刺五加多糖研究进展

刺五加多糖(Acanthopanax senticosus polysacharide ASPS)是从五加科植物刺五加(Aaanthopanax senticosus(Rupr.et Mxia)Harns)的根、根皮及果中提取分离的多糖.它是刺五加中除甙类外的另一类活性成分.报报道,刺五加中含有2%～6%碱溶性多糖及2.3%～5.7%水溶性多糖.本文就刺五加多糖的化学及药理学研究做一综述.     

一种高效提取棉花RNA的改良方法

与其他植物相比,棉花组织中含有较多的酚类、萜类和多糖等次生代谢物,这些物质严重影响棉花细胞中RNA的分离。针对棉花富含次生代谢物的特点,同时简化操作步骤,摸索出一种高效提取棉花RNA的方法,该方法具有提取RNA完整性好、纯度高和操作简单等特点,可适用于提取棉花等多糖多酚类植物的RNA。     

一种广泛适用的RNA提取方法

分离提取高质量的RNA是基因表达、调控与基因工程等研究的基础,而RNase、多糖及多酚类物质严重干扰RNA的分离提取过程.现利用硅藻土对RNase的吸附性,结合PVP、高盐及乙二醇丁醚沉淀等处理,建立了一种广泛适用的RNA提取方法.在富含多糖的玉米胚乳,富含RNase的动物肝脏,多酚多油脂的银杏、麻疯树以及木霉、酵母等10多种RNA提取困难的动、植物与微生物材料中都提取出完整性好,得率高的RNA.RT-PCR实验表明,提取的RNA能够用于后续的分子生物学研究.硅藻土-苯酚法提取RNA的得率是异硫氰酸胍法的3倍多.此外,将分离提取的总RNA经过LiCl与PEG8000加NaCl沉淀步骤有效地去除了大片段RNA,以水稻Osa-mir-156的成熟序列设计特异引物做茎环RT-PCR,结果证明,富集得到的小RNA可以用于miRNA克隆等后续实验.     

药用昆虫多糖的研究进展

中医以昆虫入药,在两千多年里积累了丰富的临床经验。近年来,随着天然药物研究技术不断的发展,昆虫多糖的生物学活性被不断发现,人们对于药用昆虫多糖的研究也越来越广泛和深入。本综述通过查阅近年来有关药用昆虫多糖的资料文献,从提取分离、结构研究、药理活性三个方面总结、分析了近年来有关药用昆虫多糖的研究成果,希望可以为相关研究人员提供借鉴。目前,昆虫多糖提取分离的方法包括水提醇沉法、碱液提取法和酶解法。尽管药用昆虫多糖的结构研究报道较少,但已发现,昆虫多糖的结构比植物多糖和真菌多糖更复杂,大多为蛋白聚糖,组成的单糖种类较多。昆虫多糖具有多种药理活性,在免疫调节、抗氧化、抗肿瘤、抗血栓及抗过敏等方面作用突出。     

桦褐孔菌子实体多糖提取研究

目的:为了获得桦褐孔菌多糖最大量的多糖收率,研究了影响多糖提取的最佳条件.方法:对影响桦褐孔菌胞内水溶性多糖提取效果的6个因素进行了单一因素影响实验,并对多糖提取影响因子的3个因素进行正交试验,对多糖提取工艺参数进行了优化.结果:正交试验确定桦褐孔菌子实体多糖的最佳提取条件是:料水比为1∶40,温度80℃,提取1.5h,多糖收率达2.53％.结论:确立了桦褐孔菌子实体多糖提取工艺,建立了一套简便、高效的桦褐孔菌胞内多糖的提取方法.     

中国生漆化学成分研究

生漆作为天然高分子材料在我国应用已有6000多年的历史.其主要化学成分为漆酚、漆酶和漆多糖.提取分离并研究这些物质的化学组成、生物活性功能是多年来生漆化学研究的热点之一.总结了20多年来国内外关于漆酚、漆酶和漆多糖分离提取方法及漆多糖生物活性的最新研究进展.     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

Selection with two alleles and complete dominance

For a plant selection model with frequency-independent viabilities, fertilities and selfing rates, it is shown that apart from global fixation, for certain parameter combinations a protected polymorphism and facultative fixation (either allele may become fixed according to initial frequencies) may both occur. Facultative fixation requires different selling rates for the dominant and recessive type. Protection of the polymorphism requires resource allocation for male and female function. In this connection the problem of purely genetically caused population extinction is discussed.
For general frequency dependence and regular segregation, the chances for establishment of a completely recessive gene are compared to those of a completely dominant gene. It is proven that the process of establishment of the recessive gene, despite a fitness advantage, may be considerably endangered by drift effects if random mating prevails. The recessive gene may reach the same effectivity in establishment as a dominant gene, only if the recessive homozygote mates exclusively with its own type during the period of establishment.     

Composition and diversity of bird communities in Swedish farmland–forest mosaic landscapes

CapsuleThe amount of forest (at local and landscape scales) and occurrence of residual habitats at the local scale are shown to be the major factors influencing bird community composition in farmland–forest landscapes in central Sweden.

Aims To investigate the importance of local habitat and landscape structure for breeding birds in farmland–forest landscapes in central Sweden.

Methods Breeding birds were censused at 292 points. A detailed habitat mapping was made within 300 m of the points. Within a 300–600 m radius only two major habitats (forests and arable fields) were identified.

Results Cluster analyses of bird communities identified three site types that also differed in habitat composition: (i) partially forested sites in forested landscapes; (ii) heterogeneous sites with residual habitats in mosaic landscapes; and (iii) field-dominated farmland sites in open landscapes. A total of 19 of 25 farmland bird species (restricted to farmland or using both farmland and forest) had the highest abundance in farmland sites with mosaics of forest and farmland, while only six farmland species had the highest abundance in field-dominated sites. The bird community changed from being dominated by farmland species to being dominated by forest species (common in forest landscapes without farmland) at small proportions (10–20%) of forest at the local scale. A major difference in habitat composition between heterogeneous and field-dominated sites was the occurrence of different residual habitats (e.g. shrubby areas and seminatural grasslands). These habitats seemed to influence bird community composition more than land-use, despite covering <10% of the area. Seminatural grasslands were important for bird community composition and species-richness, but grazing seemed to be less important. Among different land-use types, cereal crops were the least preferred fields. Set-asides with tall vegetation and short rotation coppices were positively associated with species-richness of farmland birds.

Conclusion In general, the composition of the landscape was important for bird community composition, although amount and distribution of forests, occurrence of residual habitats and land-use of fields at the local scale had the strongest influence on bird community composition. The possible implications of these patterns for managing farmland–forest landscapes are discussed.     

Chemical constituents from the fruits of Rhus typhina L. and their chemotaxonomic significance

This work describes the isolation and characterization of twenty-nine compounds from the fruits of Rhus typhina L., including eleven flavonoids (1–11), eleven phenols (12–22), two pentacyclic triterpenes (23–24), two organic acids (25–26), one lumichrome (27), one courmarin (28) and one pyrimidine (29) on the basis of their spectroscopic data. Compounds apigenin (1), daidzein (4), orobol (5), 3′, 5, 5′, 7-tetrahydroxyflavanone (6), naringenin (7), butein (8), (-)-catechin (9), quercetin-3-O-α-L-(3″-O-galloyl)-rhamnoside (11), 2-hydroxybenzoic acid (13), 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde (14), vanillin (15), methyl 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate (16), 3,5-dihydroxybenzamide (18), tyrosol (19), caffeic acid (20), 3-(2,4,6-trihydroxyphenyl)-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-propan-1-one (21), phlorizin (22), friedelin (23), oleanolic acid (24), 4,4-dimethyl-heptanedioic acid (25), anthranilic acid (26), lumichrome (27), scoparone (28) and uracil (29) have not been recorded before in this plant. This is the first report on the occurrence of compounds 4–7, 9, 11, 13–14, 16, 18–21, 25–29 from the genus Rhus. Moreover, the chemotaxonomic significance of these isolated compounds was also summarized.