Properties of a Cationic Peroxidase from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Citrus jambhiri</Emphasis> cv. Adalia

The major pool of peroxidase activity is present in the peel of some Egyptian citrus species and cultivars compared to the juice and pulp. Citrus jambhiri cv. Adalia had the highest peroxidase activity among the examined species. Four anionic and one cationic peroxidase isoenzymes from C. jambhiri were detected using the purification procedure including ammonium sulfate precipitation, chromatography on diethylaminoethanol-cellulose, carboxymethyl-cellulose, and Sephacryl S-200 columns. Cationic peroxidase POII is proved to be pure, and its molecular weight was 56 kDa. A study of substrate specificity identified the physiological role of POII, which catalyzed the oxidation of some phenolic substrates in the order of o-phenylenediamine > guaiacol > o-dianisidine > pyrogallol > catechol. The kinetic parameters (K (m), V (max), and V (max)/K (m)) of POII for hydrolysis toward H2O2 and electron donor substrates were studied. The enzyme had pH and temperature optima at 5.5 and 40 degrees C, respectively. POII was stable at 10-40 degrees C and unstable above 50 degrees C. The thermal inactivation profile of POII is biphasic and characterized by a rapid decline in activity on exposure to heat. The most of POII activity (70-80%) was lost at 50, 60, and 70 degrees C after 15, 10, and 5 min of incubation, respectively. Most of the examined metal ions had a very slight effect on POII except of Li+, Zn2+, and Hg2+, which had partial inhibitory effects. In the present study, the instability of peroxidase above 50 degrees C makes the high temperature short time treatment very efficient for the inactivation of peel peroxidase contaminated in orange juice to avoid the formation of off-flavors.     

Gas Chromatographic Method for Analysis of p-Synephrine in Citrus aurantium L. Products

A method has been developed and validated for the identification and quantification of p-synephrine in Citrus aurantium L. products. The approach comprises GC-FID analysis followed by GC-MS confirmation after clean-up by solid phase extraction with a strong cation-exchange phase and derivatization with cyclohexanone. Oxazolidine derivative of p-synephrine was subjected to analysis by nuclear magnetic resonance (¹H and ¹³C NMR), GC-FID and GC-MS. The GC method was validated and was found to be linear in the range of 125–500 mg%. Intra-day and inter-day precisions were 3.60 and 3.59%, respectively. Mean recovery from extract of C. aurantium was 78.1 ± 3.64%. The selectivity of the method was further improved by confirmation of oxazolidine derivative of p-synephrine by GC-MS.     

Erratum to: Catalytic Properties of Two Rhizopus oryzae 99-880 Glucoamylase Enzymes Without Starch Binding Domains Expressed in Pichia pastoris

Catalytic properties of two glucoamylases, AmyC and AmyD, without starch binding domains from Rhizopus oryzae strain 99-880 are determined using heterologously expressed enzyme purified to homogeneity. AmyC and AmyD demonstrate pH optima of 5.5 and 6.0, respectively, nearly one unit higher than the Rhizopus AmyA glucoamylase enzyme. Optimal initial activities are at 60 and 50 °C for AmyC and AmyD, respectively. Inactivation of both enzymes occurs at 50 °C following 30 min pre-incubation. The two enzymes demonstrate substantially slower catalytic rates toward soluble starch relative to AmyA. AmyC has similar k _cat and K _m for oligosaccharides to other Rhizopus and Aspergillus glucoamylases; however, the enzyme has a 2-fold lower K _m^maltose. AmyD has a 3-fold higher K _m and lower k _cat for maltooligosaccharides than AmyC and other glucoamylases. AmyC (but not AmyD) exhibits substrate inhibition. K _i for substrate inhibition decreases with increasing length of the oligosaccharides. Data from pre-steady-state binding of AmyC to maltose and maltotriose and pre-steady-state to steady-state catalytic turnover experiments of AmyC acting on maltotriose were used to interrogate models of substrate inhibition. In the preferred model, AmyC accumulates an enzyme-maltose-maltotriose dead-end complex in the steady state.     

The Viscous Properties of Anionic/Cationic and Cationic/Nonionic Mixed Surfactant Systems

The behavior of mixed cationic/anionic and cationic/nonionic surfactants solutions have been studied by viscosimetry. The systems studied were sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)/cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and CTAB/Brij (polyoxyethylene lauryl ether, n = 10 and 23) in aqueous and sodium chloride solutions. The relative viscosity of single nonionic surfactant solutions is larger than that of SDS or CTAB solutions. It increases with the number of ethylene oxide groups. In the mixed systems, viscosity deviates from ideal behavior. The deviation results from electrostatic interactions. The surfactant mixture composition affects the self-assembled microstructure and rheology. A new mixed system that forms clear micellar solution above CMC was detected. In CTAB/Brij systems, the experimental data also deviate from ideal behavior due to mixed micelle formation and electroviscous effect. This effect is less pronounced than that of SDS/CTAB system and could be suppressed by adding an electrolyte (NaCl).     

辣根过氧化物酶／聚邻苯二胺膜电极的制备与性能研究

辣根过氧化物酶（ＨＲＰ）／聚邻苯二胺（ＰＰＤ）膜电极由ｐＨ７．０磷酸盐缓冲溶液介质中邻苯二胺在玻碳电极上的电聚合而制得。讨论了ＨＲＰ电化学固定化的过程。所得酶电极呈现生物催化活性,可在没有电子传递体存在的情况下催化Ｈ＿Ｏ＿２还原。该反应发生在聚邻苯二胺氧化还原的电位区,聚合物参与了酶的电子转移过程。分析了旋转ＨＲＰ／ＰＰＤ电极上酶反应的动力学,讨论了动力学常数的影响因素。     

Predicting Properties of Iron(III) TAML Activators of Peroxides from Their III/IV and IV/V Reduction Potentials or a Lost Battle to Peroxidase

A cyclic voltammetry study of a series of iron(III) TAML activators of peroxides of several generations in acetonitrile as solvent reveals reversible or quasireversible Fe^III/IV and Fe^IV/V anodic transitions, the formal reduction potentials (E°′) for which are observed in the ranges 0.4–1.2 and 1.4–1.6 V, respectively, versus Ag/AgCl. The slope of 0.33 for a linear E°′(IV/V) against E°′(III/IV) plot suggests that the TAML ligand system plays a bigger role in the Fe^III/IV transition, whereas the second electron transfer is to a larger extent an iron-centered phenomenon. The reduction potentials appear to be a convenient tool for analysis of various properties of iron TAML activators in terms of linear free energy relationships (LFERs). The values of E°′(III/IV) and E°′(IV V⁻¹) correlate 1) with the pK_a values of the axial aqua ligand of iron(III) TAMLs with slopes of 0.28 and 0.06 V, respectively; 2) with the Stern–Volmer constants K_SV for the quenching of fluorescence of propranolol, a micropollutant of broad concern; 3) with the calculated ionization potentials of Fe^III and Fe^IV TAMLs; and 4) with rate constants k_I and k_II for the oxidation of the resting iron(III) TAML state by H₂O₂ and reactions of the active forms of TAMLs formed with donors of electrons S, respectively. Interestingly, slopes of log k_II versus E°′(III/IV) plots are lower for fast-to-oxidize S than for slow-to-oxidize S. The log k_I versus E°′(III/IV) plot suggests that the manmade TAML catalyst can never be as reactive toward H₂O₂ as a horseradish peroxidase enzyme.     

一种阳离子Gemini型沥青乳化剂的合成及性能

以苯胺、环氧氯丙烷和十四烷基二甲基叔胺为原料,合成了含有苯环的阳离子Gemini型沥青乳化剂3,3'-苯基亚氨基-(二(2-羟基丙基-十四烷基二甲基)氯化铵)(G-T)。 采用傅里叶红外光谱(FT-IR)、质谱(MS)和核磁共振谱(¹H NMR)对产物进行了结构表征。 研究了其Krafft点、乳化性能和乳化沥青时的相关性能,并测定了25~40 ℃的临界胶束浓度(cmc)、平衡表面张力(γ_cmc)及计算了相应的热力学函数。 结果表明,G-T的Krafft点低于0 ℃,乳化分水时间为309 s。 25 ℃时,cmc为1.269×10^-3 mol/L,γ_cmc为38.33 mN/m。 随着温度的升高,cmc增大、γ_cmc减小、饱和吸附量(Γ_max)减小、极限占有面积(A_min)增大。 乳化沥青测试表明,G-T拌和时间为255 s,是慢裂型沥青乳化剂。 所制备的乳化沥青满足微表处技术规范。     

Alkaloids from stemmadenia species-I The alkaloids of S. Donnell-Smithii and S. Galeottiana

—From Stemmadenia Donnell-Smithii and S. Galeottiana, the following new alkaloids were isolated: (+)-quebrachamine (IV), an optical isomer of the known (−)-quebrachamine; isovoacangine (IIIa), a position isomer of voacangine (Ia), voacamine, tabernanthine (IIIb) and ibogamine.     

Characterization of Citrus aurantifolia bioactive compounds and their inhibition of human pancreatic cancer cells through apoptosis

In the current study, we have isolated and purified five putative compounds from lime (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle) seeds using Soxhlet extraction and chromatographic separation. The purity and structures of the isolated compounds were identified by TLC, HPLC and mass spectra as limonin, limonexic acid (LNA), isolimonexic acid (ILNA), β-sitosterol glucoside (SG) and limonin glucoside (LG). These putative compounds exhibited significant inhibition of Panc-28 cells with IC₅₀ values in the range of 18–42 µM in MTT assay after incubation for 72 h, which was confirmed by viable cell count. Further, induction of apoptosis was confirmed through annexin-FITC staining of the cells and expression of apoptosis related proteins was also studied to understand the mechanism. Expression of apoptosis related protein showed apoptosis through induction of p53 by, p21 dependent manner and cytochrome-c mediated caspases driven intrinsic pathway. Expression of apoptosis favoring proteins in cells treated with isolated compounds were in the order of ILNA > LNA > SG > Limonin > LG based on the expression ratio of bax/bcl2. These results were further supported through fluorescent probed microscopic images. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on isolation and identification of LNA, SG and LG from lime and their mechanism of inhibition of human pancreatic cancer cells.     

含铋配合物与奈瑟氏菌铁结合蛋白的反应性质研究

铁结合蛋白(Fbp)是致病菌获取Fe3+的关键蛋白。本文采用氨三乙酸(H3NTA)和硝酸铋反应制备BiNTA.2H2O,并运用元素分析、NMR等手段进行表征。通过在大肠杆菌中克隆表达和分离纯化出奈瑟氏淋病双球菌的Fbp,测定不同计量比nBiNTA/napo-Fbp下反应的紫外可见光谱,确定BiNTA与apo-Fbp的反应为一级反应,反应速率常数约为(0.175±0.064)min-1(10 mmol.L-1 Hepes/HPO42-pH 7.4缓冲溶液,310 K)。NH4BiCit与apo-Fbp的反应也为一级反应,反应速率与BiNTA相近。Bi3+与apo-Fbp的饱和结合计量比为1∶1,形成三元配合物Fbp-Bi-NTA的结合常数(lgK)为(21.43±0.20),形成Fbp-Bi-Cit的结合常数(lgK)为(16.03±0.03)。实验结果表明,致病菌中运输Fe3+的蛋白铁结合蛋白可作为含铋抗菌药物的潜在靶分子。     

新型季铵型阳离子表面活性剂的合成及性能

以环氧大豆油为基本原料合成了一种季铵型阳离子表面活性剂,通过红外光谱和核磁共振氢谱对其结构进行了表征,并对其表面张力和临界胶束浓度进行了测定.     

冻地银莲花中三萜皂苷的HPLC/MSn分析

药用植物冻地银莲花(Anemone rupestris ssp. gelida)的全草中含有丰富的三萜皂苷, 经HPLC-MSⁿ分析, 发现其总皂苷中共含有10余个三萜皂苷成分. 除由总离子流色谱图给出各皂苷成分的相对含量外, 从每个色谱峰的正负离子ESI-MS获得相应皂苷的分子量, 进而由多级质谱给出糖链连接的信息, 结合文献报道, 将11个主要三萜皂苷成分分别鉴定为革叶常春藤皂苷F (1), 牡丹草皂苷D (2), 刺楸皂苷B (3), 革叶常春藤皂苷E (4), 红毛七皂苷D (5), 常春藤皂苷B(6), 刺五加皂苷C₃ (7), 牡丹草皂苷B (8), 刺楸皂苷A (9), 木通皂苷D (10)和齐墩果酸-3-鼠李糖基-(12)-[葡萄糖基-(14)]-阿拉伯糖苷(11). 其中微量成分2, 5, 7, 10和11为首次从冻地银莲花中分离鉴定. 最后通过与标准品的HPLC保留时间对照证实了他们的存在.     

一种新型阳离子三硅氧烷表面活性剂的合成及其表面性能

以1,2-环氧-9癸烯(ED)和1,1,1,3,5,5,5-七甲基三硅氧烷(MDHM)为原料,在氯铂酸催化下,经硅氢加成反应先制得烷基环氧基三硅氧烷(AETS),再将AETS与二乙醇胺(DEA)进行开环反应合成了一种新型阳离子三硅氧烷表面活性剂(CTSS)。 通过IR和1H NMR对CTSS的结构进行了表征,测定了CTSS的表面张力、润湿性和对pH值的稳定性。 同时对AETS及CTSS的合成条件进行了优化,优化后的工艺条件为:合成AETS的最佳条件为n(ED)∶n(MDHM)(n为物质的量)为1.1∶1,催化剂用量为n(MDHM)的0.075%,反应时间为5 h,反应温度为80 ℃;合成CTSS的最佳条件为n(AETS)∶n(DEA)=1∶1.05,反应时间3 h,反应温度80 ℃。 性能测试结果表明,CTSS在临界胶束浓度(CMC)为1.3×10-3 mol/L时,可以将水的表面张力降低至20.0 mN/m,同时具有良好的润湿性,另外,CTSS在pH值为6.5~8.0时稳定存在。     

The chemical constituents from Schisandra propinqua var. intermedia

A new cinnamic acid monoterpenoid ester, intermedin C （1）, was isolated from the aerial parts of Schisandra propinqua var. interthedia. The structure of 1 was elucidated by spectroscopic methods including extensive ^1D and 2D NMR techniques.     

Polysaccharides ofUngernia. VI. A mannan from the bulbs ofUngernia vvedenskyi

The results of a study of the structure of ungeromannan-V fromUngernia vvedenskii Khamidkh by oxidation with chromic oxide and with sodium periodate and by methylation have shown that the monosaccharide residues in it are linked by -1 4 glycosidic bonds. The macromolecule of ungeromannan-V has slight branching.Deceased.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 770–775, November–December, 1980.