Rapid Simultaneous Determination of Andrographolides in Andrographis paniculata by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

The potential of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) for the quality control of traditional Chinese medicine has been evaluated. Seven quantitative parameters, andrographolide, deoxyandrographolide, dehydroandrographolide, neoandrographolide, moisture, ash content, and alcohol-soluble extract of Andrographis paniculata, were evaluated by NIRS. The reference values of andrographolides were determined by high-performance liquid chromatography, and the others were obtained using the standard methods of the 2015 Chinese Pharmacopoeia. The predicted values were determined by a quantitative model using NIRS based on partial least square regression. Different spectral preprocessing methods, spectral ranges, and optimum number of factors were selected to optimize the models. All models were estimated by the combination of various parameters, including the correlation coefficient of calibration for andrographolide, deoxyandrographolide, dehydroandrographolide, neoandrographolide, moisture, ash content, alcohol-soluble extract (values of 0.980, 0.984, 0.989, 0.983, 0.987, 0.988, 0.979, respectively), root mean square error of calibration (values of 0.156, 0.038, 0.050, 0.029, 0.604, 0.431, 0.135, respectively), root mean square error of prediction (values of 0.169, 0.041, 0.050, 0.033, 0.280, 0.493, 0.140, respectively), root mean square error of cross-validation (values of 0.626, 0.114, 0.158, 0.046, 1.145, 0.774, 0.508, respectively), and ratio of standard deviation to standard error of prediction (values of 4.583, 4.690, 4.796, 4.899, 4.899, 4.690, 5.099, respectively). The results show that the calibration models by NIRS are reliable and can be applied for the quantification for seven parameters from A. paniculata for quality control in traditional Chinese medicine production and processing.     

Optical resolution methods

Despite the large number of elaborate enantioselective syntheses for the preparation of a single enantiomer to achieve industrial and scientific goals, the separation and purification of enantiomers (components of racemic compounds) is also necessary. Hence, we present the most often used thought-provoking modern methods based on momentous recognitions (e.g. spontaneous resolution, induced crystallization, resolution by formation of diastereomers, resolution by formation of non-covalent diastereomers, resolution by diastereomeric salt formation, resolution by diastereomeric complex formation, "half equivalent" methods of resolution, separation by crystallization, separation by distillation, separation by supercritical fluid extraction, resolution with mixtures of resolving agents, resolution with a derivative of the target compound, enantioselective chromatography, resolution by formation of covalent diastereomers, resolution by substrate selective reaction, kinetic resolution without enzymes, kinetic resolution by enzyme catalysis, hydrolytic and redox enzymes, kinetic and thermodynamic control, resolutions combined with 2nd order asymmetric transformations, enrichment of partially resolved mixtures, role of the solvent and methods of optimization in the separation of diastereoisomers, non-linear effects and selected examples of resolution on an industrial scale).     

西安市老年人末梢血铜、锌、铁、镁、钙元素含量分析

为调查60岁以上老年人体内微量元素及钙、镁的含量,采用原子吸收光谱法对西安市60岁以上的老年人末梢血中的铜、锌、铁、镁、钙的含量进行了测定,观察了5元素的缺乏率及随年龄的增长5元素的缺乏情况.结果表明,60岁以上老年人,元素过量的情况鲜见;铜、锌、铁、镁、钙的缺乏率分别为37.87%0,11.76%,21.51%,2....     

中药微量元素数据（11）

“中药微量元素数据”分为植物药、动物药、生物甲壳药、矿物药和中成药刊出,其中又细分为解表药、泻下药、清热药、利水渗湿药、祛风湿药、温里祛寒药、芳香化湿药、理气药、理血药、补养药、固涩药、化痰止咳药、消导药、熄风镇痛药、养心安神药、芳香开窍药、外用药、驱虫药、各类中药煎煮液。检测的中药747种,共6780味。每种药包括药名、学名、科属、部位、产地、元素含量、分析方法和文献来源等8个内容。以表格形式表示。每味药物最多测定38种元素,最少测定4种元素,平均测定17种元素,共展示出的元素数据约12万个。每一个数据含义非常深刻,如序号为113的黄芩,共测定河北、山西、辽宁、黑龙江、山东、云南、四川、河南、吉林、陕西、甘肃、内蒙古、江苏等50个不同产地黄芩中的20种元素。又如序号为114的猕猴桃,共测定其中花、果、叶、枝、茎、根、皮、汁等8个不同部位中的23种元素。从元素的角度去研究中药不同产地、不同部位的药用功效,很有科研价值和实用意义。还可以用模式识别法去研究微量元素与中药的解表、清热、理气、理血等药性的关系,指导合理用药和配伍,深入研究中药与元素数据的关系,可以发现其中许多意想不到的科学规律。“数据”所参考的1036条文献,全是公开发表的论文和专著,是中国科研人员使用34种先进的分析测试方法所得的分析测试数据,是研究课题的“数据”,有高度的可靠性。对中药进行“解剖”测试,不但测定其“全身”中的元素,还测定其不同“器官”中的元素含量,如人参,既测定全参,又测定人参子、人参叶、人参皮、人参花、人参芦、人参茎、人参果、人参须等8个不同部位的元素含量,用元素功能指导临床用药很有帮助,甚至有些可用替代药,而且用中药治疗的阴虚、阳虚、气虚、阴阳两虚与中药中的元素的种类和含量息息相关。中医药不再是验方,是科学“数据”方。     

正常妊娠与妊高征患者血清中8种必需微量元素水平的研究

７８例正常妊娠妇女和４０例妊高征患者血清中铁、锌、铜、锰、硒、铬、钴和镍的含量与健康未孕妇女比较，正常妊娠妇女和妊高征患者均是铜和锰的含量升高，铁、锌、硒、铬、钴和镍含量降低；妊高征患者与正常妊娠妇女比较，则是铁、铜和锰的含量升高，锌、硒、铬、钴和镍的含量降低。     

Investigation of the electrophoretic composition of the proteins of cottonplant pollen grains

We have studied the proteins of the pollen and ovules of the cotton plant. No differences were observed in the electrophoregrams of the proteins from Gossypium hirsutum L. and from G. barbadense L. In the spectrum of the pollen proteins, the main components quantitatively were polypeptides with molecular masses of 34, 44, 47, and 52 kDa. The species G. raimondii Ulbr. differed considerably, with the main polypeptides quantitatively having molecular masses of 27, 36, 46, and 58 kDa. In representatives of genomic group C, interspecies differences were observed in the protein spectra of the pollen. No appreciable differences were observed spectrally in the proteins of the cottonplant ovules.Biolog Scientific Production Combine, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Republic of Uzbekistan, Institute of Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent ul. F. Khodzhaeva, 28. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 454–456, May–June, 1995. Original article submitted September 13, 1994.     

中药微量元素数据（9）

“中药微量元素数据”分为植物药、动物药、生物甲壳药、矿物药和中成药刊出,其中又细分为解表药、泻下药、清热药、利水渗湿药、祛风湿药、温里祛寒药、芳香化湿药、理气药、理血药、补养药、固涩药、化痰止咳药、消导药、熄风镇痛药、养心安神药、芳香开窍药、外用药、驱虫药、各类中药煎煮液.检测的中药747种,共6 780味.每种药包括药名、学名、科属、部位、产地、元素含量、分析方法和文献来源等8个内容.以表格形式表示.每味药物最多测定38种元素,最少测定4种元素,平均测定17种元素,共展示出的元素数据约12万个.每一个数据含义非常深刻,如序号为113的黄芩,共测定河北、山西、辽宁、黑龙江、山东、云南、四川、河南、吉林、陕西、甘肃、内蒙古、江苏等50个不同产地黄芩中的20种元素.又如序号为114的猕猴桃,共测定其中花、果、叶、枝、茎、根、皮、汁等8个不同部位中的23种元素.从元素的角度去研究中药不同产地、不同部位的药用功效,很有科研价值和实用意义.还可以用模式识别法去研究微量元素与中药的解表、清热、理气、理血等药性的关系,指导合理用药和配伍,深入研究中药与元素数据的关系,可以发现其中许多意想不到的科学规律.“数据”所参考的1 036条文献,全是公开发表的论文和专著,是中国科研人员使用34种先进的分析测试方法所得的分析测试数据,是研究课题的“数据”,有高度的可靠性.对中药进行“解剖”测试,不但测定其“全身”中的元素,还测定其不同“器官”中的元素含量,如人参,既测定全参,又测定人参子、人参叶、人参皮、人参花、人参芦、人参茎、人参果、人参须等8个不同部位的元素含量,用元素功能指导临床用药很有帮助,甚至有些可用替代药,而且用中药治疗的阴虚、阳虚、气虚、阴阳两虚与中药中的元素的种类和含量息息相关.中医药不再是验方,是科学“数据”方.     

中药微量元素数据（10）

“中药微量元素数据”分为植物药、动物药、生物甲壳药、矿物药和中成药刊出,其中又细分为解表药、泻下药、清热药、利水渗湿药、祛风湿药、温里祛寒药、芳香化湿药、理气药、理血药、补养药、固涩药、化痰止咳药、消导药、熄风镇痛药、养心安神药、芳香开窍药、外用药、驱虫药、各类中药煎煮液。检测的中药747种,共6780味。每种药包括药名、学名、科属、部位、产地、元素含量、分析方法和文献来源等8个内容。以表格形式表示。每味药物最多测定38种元素,最少测定4种元素,平均测定17种元素,共展示出的元素数据约12万个。每一个数据含义非常深刻,如序号为113的黄芩,共测定河北、山西、辽宁、黑龙江、山东、云南、四川、河南、吉林、陕西、甘肃、内蒙古、江苏等50个不同产地黄芩中的20种元素。又如序号为114的猕猴桃,共测定其中花、果、叶、枝、茎、根、皮、汁等8个不同部位中的23种元素。从元素的角度去研究中药不同产地、不同部位的药用功效,很有科研价值和实用意义。还可以用模式识别法去研究微量元素与中药的解表、清热、理气、理血等药性的关系,指导合理用药和配伍,深入研究中药与元素数据的关系,可以发现其中许多意想不到的科学规律。“数据”所参考的1036条文献,全是公开发表的论文和专著,是中国科研人员使用34种先进的分析测试方法所得的分析测试数据,是研究课题的“数据”,有高度的可靠性。对中药进行“解剖”测试,不但测定其“全身”中的元素,还测定其不同“器官”中的元素含量,如人参,既测定全参,又测定人参子、人参叶、人参皮、人参花、人参芦、人参茎、人参果、人参须等8个不同部位的元素含量,用元素功能指导临床用药很有帮助,甚至有些可用替代药,而且用中药治疗的阴虚、阳虚、气虚、阴阳两虚与中药中的元素的种类和含量息息相关。中医药不再是验方,是科学“数据”方。     

Study of complex mixtures of natural substances by the defocusing and dadi methods. VI. Components of the secretion of the pre-anal gland of some poisonous snakes

By mass-spectrometric methods, cholesterol and docosanoic, heneicosanoic, cicosanoic, octadecanoic, cis-octadec-9-enoic, heptadecanoic, hexadecanoic, and pentadecanoic acids have been identified in the odoriferous secretion of the pre-anal glands of the females and males of the common adder and the saw-scaled viper and in those of females of the common mamushi. It has been established that the chemical compositions of the secretions of these glands of the females of the adder, the viper, and the mamushi and of the males of the adder and of the viper are not identical.Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 421–423, July–August, 1986.     

Sur la thermogravimétrie des précipités analytiques: Dosage du calcium

With the object of determining the best conditions of temperature to be used by the analyst for weighing to constant weight precipitates containing calcium, the authors made a detailed study of the curves of pyrolysis which they have recorded by means of the Chevenard thermobalance. The following were studied : oxalate, carbonate, oxide, precipitated sulphate and gypsum, fluoride, iodate, arsenate, molybdate, tungstate, nickel-hexanitrite, tartrate, 8-hydroxyquinolate, and picrolonate. They suggest a rapid method for the analysis of the sulphate and carbonate of calcium in gypsum, a. new gravimetric determination by electrolysis of nickel-hexanitrite of calcium-potassium, of which the structural formula has been established. Finally, they recommend, in the case of precipitation of calcium as the tartrate, weighing as carbonate rather than oxide.     

Berberis alkaloids. XXIX. An investigation of the alkaloids ofBerberis sibirica

The alkaloid compositions of the roots, young shoots, and leaves of Berberis sibirica have been studied, and berberine, palmatine, columbamine, berberrubine, oxyacanthine, berbamine, 8-oxoberberine, 8-oxoberrberubine, pakistanine, and pronunciferine, and also the new base N-acetylhomoveratrylamine have been isolated. This is the first time that any of these alkaloids, except berberine, have been isolated from this plant. Andizhan State Medical Institute. Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbekistan Republic, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 424–428, May–June, 1993.     

脑血管疾病患者头发微量元素含量检测分析

研究了脑血管疾病患者头发微量元素与疾病发生的关系。采用电感耦合高频等离子体发射光谱法定量测定脑血管疾病男性患者头发中铁、铜、钙、锰、钴、镍、锶、镁八种微量元素含量,并与健康成年男性相比,差异有显著性;女性患者头发中锌、钙、镍、钼、锶、鳄、钛七种微量元素含量与健康成年女性相比,差异有显著性。提示微量元素对维持血管正常结构、保持血管完整性、抗凝及对抗自由基有重要作用。     

Metastable-ion mass spectra of insect pheromones

The laws of the fragmentation of the metastable molecular and key fragmentary ions of mono- and dienic alcohols, acetates, aldehydes, hydrocarbons, and epoxy compounds forming components of the pheromones of the turnip, tomato, and bollworm moths and other pests of agricultural crops are discussed, and the use of the laws found in the identification of compounds of this class has been demonstrated.Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, FAX 62 70 71. Tashkent State University, FAX 46 24 72. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 455–470, July–August, 1994.     

中药微量元素数据（20）

＂中药微量元素数据＂分为植物药、动物药、生物甲壳药、矿物药和中成药刊出,其中又细分为解表药、泻下药、清热药、利水渗湿药、祛风湿药、温里祛寒药、芳香化湿药、理气药、理血药、补养药、固涩药、化痰止咳药、消导药、熄风镇痛药、养心安神药、芳香开窍药、外用药、驱虫药、各类中药煎煮液。检测的中药747种,共6 780味。每种药包括药名、学名、科属、部位、产地、元素含量、分析方法和文献来源等8个内容。以表格形式表示。每味药物最多测定38种元素,最少测定4种元素,平均测定17种元素,共展示出的元素数据约12万个。每一个数据含义非常深刻,如序号为113的黄芩,共测定河北、山西、辽宁、黑龙江、山东、云南、四川、河南、吉林、陕西、甘肃、内蒙古、江苏等50个不同产地黄芩中的20种元素。又如序号为114的猕猴桃,共测定其中花、果、叶、枝、茎、根、皮、汁等8个不同部位中的23种元素。从元素的角度去研究中药不同产地、不同部位的药用功效,很有科研价值和实用意义。还可以用模式识别法去研究微量元素与中药的解表、清热、理气、理血等药性的关系,指导合理用药和配伍,深入研究中药与元素数据的关系,可以发现其中许多意想不到的科学规律。＂数据＂所参考的1 036条文献,全是公开发表的论文和专著,是中国科研人员使用34种先进的分析测试方法所得的分析测试数据,是研究课题的＂数据＂,有高度的可靠性。对中药进行＂解剖＂测试,不但测定其＂全身＂中的元素,还测定其不同＂器官＂中的元素含量,如人参,既测定全参,又测定人参子、人参叶、人参皮、人参花、人参芦、人参茎、人参果、人参须等8个不同部位的元素含量,用元素功能指导临床用药很有帮助,甚至有些可用替代药,而且用中药治疗的阴虚、阳虚、气?     

Orbital structure of vibrations of nanoparticles, clusters, and coordination polyhedra

The necessity of the development of the orbital structure of vibrations of nanoparticles, clusters, and coordination polyhedra is dictated by synthesis of clusters, supermolecules, and other structures of nanoscale dispersion for which translational symmetry is absent and the crystal system is inapplicable. The composition of complicated molecules, polynuclear complexes, and clusters is described, in addition to the chemical formula, by the composition equations derived from analysis of the symmetry properties of molecular structures. This analysis enables the derivation of analytical formulas for the types of molecular orbitals of structures with arbitrary groups of symmetry. Here, we use the representation of nanoscale structures described by the orbital system as a set of concentric nested spherical orbits of atoms, orbits of faces of different order, and orbits of edges. The orbits are grouped into shells shaped as polyhedra with vertices, edges, or faces accommodating atoms with different types of packing. In such a way, the sets of molecular orbitals of all high-, intermediate-, and low-symmetry groups have been determined depending on the number of atoms in the axial, planar, and primitive orbits.     

亚胺类共价有机骨架材料在样品前处理中的应用

亚胺类共价有机骨架(I-COFs)是有机单体根据席夫碱(Schiff-base)反应原理缩合形成的一类新型多孔晶体有机材料.I-COFs具有骨架密度低、比表面积大、孔隙率高、单体种类丰富、孔径尺寸可控、结构可功能化、合成方法多样和物化稳定性好等优点.近年来,I-COFs已成为材料科学领域的研究前沿,并广泛用于气体吸附、...     

高能偏振能量色散X射线荧光光谱法分析古陶瓷

以国家地质标准样品制作工作曲线,用粉末压片法制样,高能偏振能量色散X射线荧光光谱法测定古陶瓷中包括15种稀土元素在内的56种元素,通过对6个陶瓷胎标准样品分析,结果表明:钪、钒、锰、铬、锌、镓、锗、铷、锶、钇、锆、铌、镉、锡、铯、钡、镧、铈、镨、钕、钆、钬、铒、铥、镱、镥、钍、铀等28种痕量元素测定值均在参考值的不确定度3～4倍范围,其他痕量元素如镍、铜、钼、锑、钐、铕、铽、铪、铅、铋等10种元素合格率为50%～83%。钠、镁、钾、钙、铁的氧化物和钛等6个项目均在允许误差范围内。氯、硫、磷的合格率均为66.6%。二氧化硅和三氧化二铝测定值和波长色散X射线荧光光谱熔融法测定结果相比,绝对误差分别在0.95%～4.46%和0.60%～1.66%之间。     

Multielement standards in routine reactor neutron activation analysis

The application of multielement standards (MES) in routine neutron activation analysis brings a whole range of advantages. This paper deals with the experience obtained during many years of application of these MES. Nine of these MES contain a total of 50 elements in suitable combinations and concentrations; thus, the determination of most of the common elements by NAA can be carried out simultaneously. This refers to the following elements: Na, Mg, Al, Cl, K, Ca, Sc, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, As, Se, Br, Rb, Sr, Mo, Ag, Cd, In, Sb, Te, Cs, Ba, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Hf, W, Re, Au, Hg, Th and U. For the determination of the remaining elements such as Zr, Ta, Ir etc., single element standards (SES) are used.     

Chemical Variability and Pharmacological Potential of Propolis as a Source for the Development of New Pharmaceutical Products

This review aims to analyze propolis as a potential raw material for the development and manufacture of new health-promoting products. Many scientific publications were retrieved from the Scopus, PubMed, and Google Scholar databases via searching the word "propolis". The different extraction procedures, key biologically active compounds, biological properties, and therapeutic potential of propolis were analyzed. It was concluded that propolis possesses a variety of biological properties because of a very complex chemical composition that mainly depends on the plant species visited by bees and species of bees. Numerous studies found versatile pharmacological activities of propolis: antimicrobial, antifungal, antiviral, antioxidant, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, etc. In this review, the composition and biological activities of propolis are presented from a point of view of the origin and standardization of propolis for the purpose of the development of new pharmaceutical products on its base. It was revealed that some types of propolis, especially European propolis, contain flavonoids and phenolic acids, which could be markers for the standardization and quality evaluation of propolis and its preparations. One more focus of this paper was the overview of microorganisms’ sensitivity to propolis for further development of antimicrobial and antioxidant products for the treatment of various infectious diseases with an emphasis on the illnesses of the oral cavity. It was established that the antimicrobial activity of different types of propolis is quite significant, especially to Gram-negative bacteria and lipophilic viruses. The present study could be also of interest to the pharmaceutical industry as a review for the appropriate design of standardized propolis preparations such as mouthwashes, toothpastes, oral drops, sprays, creams, ointments, suppositories, tablets, and capsules, etc. Moreover, propolis could be regarded as a source for the isolation of biologically active substances. Furthermore, this review can facilitate partially overcoming the problem of the standardization of propolis preparations, which is a principal obstacle to the broader use of propolis in the pharmaceutical industry. Finally, this study could be of interest in the area of the food industry for the development of nutritionally well-balanced products. The results of this review indicate that propolis deserves to be better studied for its promising therapeutic effects from the point of view of the connection of its chemical composition with the locality of its collection, vegetation, appropriate extraction methods, and standardization.