UPLC-Q/TOF-MS coupled with multivariate analysis for comparative analysis of metabolomic in Dendrobium nobile from different growth altitudes

Dendrobium nobile alkaloids (DNLA) and glycosides are the main active components extracted from Dendrobium nobile Lindl. (D. nobile) used for thousands of years in China. The pharmacological effects of the above chemical components are significantly different. D. nobile is mainly grown at an altitude ranging from 230 to 800 m in Chishui City, Northwest Guizhou Province. However, it is unclear whether the metabolite in D. nobile is influenced by the planting altitude. Hence, to reveal the different metabolite in D. nobile cultivated at the altitude of 336 m, 528 m, and 692 m, ultra-high performance liquid chromatography with Q/TOF-MS couple with multivariate analysis were developed. Using the orthogonal partial least squares-discriminant analysis, 19 different metabolites were discovered and then tentatively assigned their structures as alkaloids and glycosides by comparing mass spectrometry data with in-house database and literature. Moreover, the result of semiquantitative analysis showed the content of dendrobine that was belonged to alkaloids significantly increased at the altitude of 692 m, whereas the content of glycosides demonstrated an accumulation trend at the altitude of 528 m. The results could provide valuable information for the optimal clinical drug therapeutics and provide a reference for quality control.     

Recent advances in analytical methodologies based on mass spectrometry for the environmental analysis of halogenated organic contaminants

Halogenated organic contaminants, including legislated and potential persistent organic pollutants and their precursors, represent a major environmental concern due to their hazardous effects in humans and wildlife as well as their ability to bioaccumulate through the food chain, their high resistance to environmental degradation, and their long-range atmospheric transport potential. The monitoring of these compounds in the environment at ultra-trace concentration levels requires highly selective and sensitive analytical methodologies. The lack of reference step-by-step methods led to a high number of reliable determinations depending on analytes, the complexity of the sample, and available instrumentation. Thus, this review article is mainly focused on the last advances in the analytical methodologies for the determination of halogenated organic contaminants. Methodologies regarding sample treatment, chromatographic separation, and mass spectrometry analysis have been reviewed to finally highlight the future perspectives for the improvement of the analytical determinations of these compounds and the throughput of environmental control laboratories in this field.     

Anti-Chudakov effect in high-energy electron–positron pair ionization loss in thin target

The problem of electron–positron pair ionization loss on different distances from its creation point in substance is considered. It is shown that together with the Chudakov effect of pair loss reduction the opposite effect of exceeding by the pair loss of the doubled value of single electron (positron) loss may take place. It is demonstrated that for pair ionization loss in the same substance where the pair is created such effect is rather small but can enhance by the order of magnitude if consider the pair loss in thin plate situated in the direction of pair motion on some distance from this substance. It is pointed out that such effect should be most significant at relatively low pair energies of several hundreds MeV.     

Recent developments in synchrotron vacuum ultraviolet photoionization coupled to mass spectrometry

In recent years, increasing attention has been paid to “soft” photoionization (PI), which will potentially become a standard, universal ionization method. Tunable synchrotron vacuum ultraviolet (SVUV) light, a quasi-continuous light with good energy resolution and high photon flux, has proved an ideal source for “soft” PI in various research fields (e.g., combustion chemistry and molecular imaging).This review focuses on combinations of SVUV light with commonly used techniques (e.g., molecular-beam sampling, laser desorption, ion desorption, and thermal vaporization). These couplings have successful applications in flame chemistry, organic analysis, chemical imaging and aerosol mass spectrometry.     

伞形花内酯的荧光量子产率与电离常数

研究了伞形花内酯在不同酸度下的荧光光谱,测量了荧光量子产率和电离常数。伞形花内酯有2种荧光型体,分别存在于弱酸性和弱碱性溶液中。在pH 3～6的溶液中,伞形花内酯以中性分子型体存在,最大激发波长λex=325nm,最大发射波长λem=455nm;在pH 9～10.5的溶液中,伞形花内酯主要以阴离子型体存在,λex/λe...     

Comparison of Fe and Ni opacity calculations for a better understanding of pulsating stellar envelopes

Opacity is an important ingredient of the evolution of stars. The calculation of opacity coefficients is complicated by the fact that the plasma contains partially ionized heavy ions that contribute to opacity dominated by H and He. Up to now, the astrophysical community has greatly benefited from the work of the contributions of Los Alamos [1], Livermore [2], [2a] and [2b] and the Opacity Project (OP) [3]. However unexplained differences of up to 50% in the radiative forces and Rosseland mean values for Fe have been noticed for conditions corresponding to stellar envelopes. Such uncertainty has a real impact on the understanding of pulsating stellar envelopes, on the excitation of modes, and on the identification of the mode frequencies. Temperature and density conditions equivalent to those found in stars can now be produced in laboratory experiments for various atomic species. Recently the photo-absorption spectra of nickel and iron plasmas have been measured during the LULI 2010 campaign, for temperatures between 15 and 40 eV and densities of ∼3 mg/cm³. A large theoretical collaboration, the “OPAC”, has been formed to prepare these experiments. We present here the set of opacity calculations performed by eight different groups for conditions relevant to the LULI 2010 experiment and to astrophysical stellar envelope conditions.     

Preconcentration of trace nickel lons from aqueous solutions by using a new and low cost chelating polystyrene adsorbent

A simple and reliable method has been developed using chelating polymeric adsorbent (PSAHSB) to preconcentration of trace amount of Ni(II) ions from aqueous solutions under static loading conditions, and their determination by Ultraviolet and visible (UV–Vis) absorption spectroscopy. The influences of some analytical adsorption parameters, such as pH, temperature and contact time, the ionization constants of chelating groups in the adsorbent and desorption process were investigated. Maximum adsorption ≥98% was achieved at pH 3–7 after 20 min of contact time and the relative standard-deviation values were ≤5%. Adsorbed metal ions have been desorbed with 10 mL of 2 M HCl acid with the detection limit of 0.0157 μg m⁻¹. The Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm equations were used to describe adsorption behavior of the system at different temperatures. Kinetic and thermodynamic behavior of the adsorbent for Ni(II) ion preconcentration was also studied. The possible adsorption mechanism of Ni (II) ions onto modified adsorbent is also discussed. This method was applied efficiently to remove Ni (II) ions from environmental water samples.     

利用阿秒激光追踪和控制原子分子内部电子的运动

随着强激光技术的快速发展, 在物质与激光相互作用下,实验上发现了很多新奇的物理现象。这些现象成功地被各种理论模型和数值模拟所解释和证明。一种很重要的现象就是所谓的高次谐波产生：在原子和分子与强激光相互作用时, 能够放出能量为基频光子能量几倍到几百倍的大能量光子。在实验上, 人们已经可以通过合成截止频率附近的几个谐波来产生脉冲长度在阿秒量级的激光脉冲（1阿秒=10-18秒）。阿秒脉冲的获得开启了超快科学一个全新的领域：人们可以在电子运动的自然时间尺度上去探测和操控原子分子内部电子的运动,这是继飞秒科学后人们操控微观世界物质运动的又一大飞跃。在本文中,我们就最近几年我们在理论上所开展的阿秒物理做一个简单的综述,重点强调利用阿秒光去控制电子的电离动力学以及探测分子内部电子运动.