Between Two Chairs: Combination of Theory and Experiment for the Determination of the Conformational Dynamics of Xylosides

The conformational properties of monosaccharides constitute fundamental features of oligosaccharides. While the energy landscape of monosaccharides can be altered by a specific biochemical environment or by chemical modifications, the analysis of resulting dynamic conformational equilibria is not feasible by experimental means alone. In this work, a series of β-d -xylopyranosides is used to outline how a combination of experimental NMR parameters and computed molecular properties can be used to determine conformers and quantify the composition of conformational equilibria. We demonstrate that identifying the most stable conformers using energy calculations is challenging and computing of NMR shieldings is typically not sensitive enough. On the other hand, computed spin-spin coupling constants for the xyloside ring can be used to unambiguously assign experimental NMR data of dynamic conformational equilibria and quantify the ratio of different conformers in the mixture. As a proof of principle, this procedure allowed to analyze a hitherto unknown dynamic equilibrium of a diamino-xyloside as a precursor of a molecular switch.     

柱前衍生超高效液相色谱-串联四极杆质谱法测定仙草多糖组成及其含量

建立了测定仙草多糖组成及其含量的超高效液相色谱-串联四极杆质谱分析方法。仙草样品在碱性条件下用沸水提取,提取液经固相萃取小柱净化后加三氟乙酸在110℃水解,然后采用1-苯基-3-甲基-5-吡唑啉酮(PMP)衍生。以Waters ACQUITY UPLC BEH C18(2.1 mm i.d.×50 mm,1.7μm)为分析柱,乙腈和缓冲盐溶液(0.5 mmol/L乙酸铵-0.05%乙酸)为流动相进行梯度洗脱分离,流速0.5 mL/min,电喷雾正离子多反应监测模式检测,内标法定量。结果显示8种单糖在1～100μmol/L浓度范围内呈良好的线性关系,相关系数r2均大于0.96,方法的回收率为84%～112%,相对标准偏差(RSD)不高于4.7%。仙草多糖由甘露糖、鼠李糖、核糖、葡萄糖醛酸、半乳糖醛酸、葡萄糖、半乳糖和木糖8种单糖组成,其摩尔百分比为7.4%、5.7%、4.2%、0.9%、28.4%、26.5%、16.4%和10.6%。该法简单、快速、灵敏高、重现性好,可用于仙草多糖的单糖组成分析和含量测定。     

柱前衍生化-高效液相色谱法分析木糖结晶母液的单糖组成

采用1-苯基-甲基-吡唑啉酮(PMP)柱前衍生化-反相高效液相色谱(HPLC)法建立了8种常见单糖的分离模式,并用于木糖结晶母液单糖组成的定量分析.结果表明:木糖结晶母液至少由甘露糖、鼠李糖、纤维二糖、葡萄糖、半乳糖、木糖、阿拉伯糖及岩藻糖8种单糖组成,其中以葡萄糖、半乳糖、木糖和阿拉伯糖为主.以峰高定量,8种单糖的浓...     

N-(3,5-二甲基苯基)氨基甲酸酯单糖及二糖作为高效液相色谱 手性固定相研究

广泛使用的环糊精和多糖手性固定相是由吡喃型葡萄糖结构单元构成, 将D-葡萄糖、D-半乳糖、D-甘露糖、D-木糖、麦芽糖、蔗糖、乳糖、纤维二糖的N-(3,5-二甲基苯基)氨基甲酸酯经过3-异氰酸丙基三乙氧基硅烷键合到硅胶上作为高效液相色谱的手性固定相, 结果表明它们也具有好的手性分离能力, 并且它们之间的手性识别能力还具有好的互补性. 该研究表明, 在高效液相色谱中寡糖能成为一类新型的手性固定相.     

Synthesis and evaluation of new lipomonosaccharide-imprinted polymers as MISPE supports

Molecular imprinted polymers (MIP) were prepared by the copolymerization of styrene (S) or methyl methacrylate (MMA) and methacrylic acid (MAA) using ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) as the crosslinker with molar ratios of [monomer]/[crosslinker] and [MAA]/[template] of 3:7 (to obtain a rigid structure) and 1:6 (to optimise hydrogen interactions), respectively. The polymerizations occurred in presence of the template molecule (MIP) - GlcNcouma - an amphiphilic monosaccharide. The same materials, non-imprinted polymers (NIP), were also prepared in absence of the template. These MIPs were characterized and used as SPE supports for selective enrichment. The results showed the correlation between retention efficiency and the porogen character of the polymerization solvent.     

手性单双糖Schiff碱的合成及抑菌活性研究

多糖、寡糖、Schifr碱及其配合物具有抗癌、抗病毒、杀菌等生物活性。酰肼类化合物可与生物体中的微量元素作用达到抗结核和抗肿瘤效果。在酰肼Schiff碱分子中引入单双糖分子，不仅可增加水溶性，降低毒性，引入手性源，     

加压毛细管电色谱法高效分离分析葛根多糖中的单糖

葛根多糖具有抗氧化、抗肿瘤等众多生物活性,对葛根多糖进行单糖组成分析对其活性研究具有重要意义。该研究利用响应面分析法考察了超声辅助提取法中液料比、超声温度、超声时间和超声功率对葛根多糖提取率的交互影响,并拟合数据得到多元二次回归方程。同时建立了柱前衍生加压毛细管电色谱检测糖类的方法,对分离8种中性单糖的色谱条件进行了探索与优化,并将此方法应用于两种葛根实际样品的单糖组成测定。响应面分析结果表明,4个试验因素中,超声温度对两种葛根多糖提取率的影响程度最大,其次为液料比,超声时间和超声功率影响程度较小。结合软件预测分析得到的最佳条件及设备实际情况,确定葛根多糖的最佳提取工艺条件为：超声温度90℃,粉葛多糖液料比20 mL/g,柴葛多糖液料比40 mL/g,超声时间30 min,超声功率180 W。优化后的色谱分离条件为：采用Halo-2.7 μm核壳型C18填料毛细管色谱柱,以乙腈-50 mmol/L pH 4.1的醋酸铵水溶液（18：82,v/v）为流动相,在250 nm波长下检测,施加电压-20 kV。在此条件下可以实现24 min内对葡萄糖等8种中性单糖衍生物的快速分离,相比传统液相色谱方法大大提升了分离检测速度和分离柱效。方法学考察表明此方法具有较好的线性关系和良好的重复性。对实际样品分离鉴定表明,粉葛多糖主要由葡萄糖、甘露糖、鼠李糖和岩藻糖组成,4种单糖物质的量之比为1.00：0.16：0.14：0.07;柴葛多糖主要由葡萄糖和甘露糖组成,2种单糖物质的量之比为1.00：0.70。该研究为单糖化合物快速高效分离检测提供了新方法,并为葛根多糖单糖组成分析提供了参考。     

Exploration of an arabinogalactan isolated from Odina wodier Roxb.: Physicochemical,compositional characterisations and functional attributes

Exudate gum polysaccharides have a diverse range of functionalities in food, cosmetics, textiles, biomedical, pharmaceutical and other industries for centuries. The potentiality of gum odina as tablet binder, coacervates (chitosan‐gum odina complex) for colon‐targeted drug delivery system and also as prebiotic with immunomodulating properties was reported earlier. Since no detail study of the physicochemical, functional properties of the gum has been reported, the present investigation deals with physicochemical, compositional and functional characterisations of purified gum odina (PGO) for adopting in food and pharmaceutical industry. PGO, an arabinogalactan, was obtained by ethanol precipitation from exudates (gum odina) of tropical deciduous plant Odina wodier Roxb. Colour profiling of PGO including L* (87.74 ± 0.42), a* (1.73 ± 0.65) and b* (7.79 ± 0.58) was determined. Physicochemical parameters revealed good flow ability and compressibility desired for an excipient. Concentration‐dependent surface tension was measured by du Noüy ring method. Rheological study showed pseudoplastic behaviour of PGO dispersion. Sugar analysis by gas liquid chromatography indicated presence of arabinogalactan in PGO. Size exclusion chromatography of PGO revealed two high‐molecular‐weight components PGO‐I (95%, Arabinose:Galactose :: 1:1.6) and PGO‐II (5%, Arabinose:Galactose :: 1:4). Further characterisations of PGO by means of CHNS, FTIR, differential scanning calorimetry, X‐ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and energy‐dispersive X‐ray diffraction, conductivity, pH, zeta potential analysis and antioxidant activity indicated typical polysaccharide characteristics. Collectively, this work established the fundamental properties of PGO and the results presented here will facilitate the applications of PGO as sustainable food additive, pharmaceutical excipient for commercial adoption.     

A new lipophilic monosaccharide from Erigeron annggs

A new lipophilic monosaccharide,erigearide A(1),was isolated from the aerial parts of Erigeron annuus(Lima.)Pers.Its structure was elucidated by analysis of spectroscopic evidence.     

Saccharide Sensing Using Gold and Silver Nanoparticles-A Review

We review new methodologies for glucose sensing from our laboratories based on the specific biological interactions between Con A, dextran-coated gold nanoparticles and glucose, and the interactions between dextran, glucose, and boronic-acid capped silver nanoparticles in solution. Our new approaches promise new tunable glucose sensing platforms. Dextran-coated gold nanoparticles were aggregated with the addition of Con A resulting in increase an in absorbance of nanoparticles at 650 nm, where the post-addition of glucose caused the dissociation of the aggregates and thus a decrease in the absorbance at 650 nm. The interaction of glucose and dextran with boronic acid-capped silver nanoparticles in solution resulted in enhanced luminescence intensity cumulatively due to surface-enhanced fluorescence and the decrease in absorbance at 400 nm, with an increase in absorbance at 640 nm. Lifetime measurements were used to distinguish the contribution from the surface-enhanced fluorescence. TEM was employed to assess the aggregation of nanoparticles.