Two Novel ent‐Kaurene Diterpenoids from Isodon rubescens

A novel 20‐nor‐ent‐kaurene diterpenoid, rubescensin N ( 1 ), and a new 7,20‐epoxy‐ent‐kaurene diterpenoid, rubescensin O ( 2 ), along with the seven known diterpenoids rabdoternins A–F and xerophilusin N, were isolated from Isodon rubescens collected in Jiyuan prefecture, Henan Province, China. Their structures were established by extensive spectroscopic analysis. Compound 1 is the first example of a naturally occurring 20‐nor‐ent‐kaurene diterpenoid from the Isodon genus plants.     

铁磁Pr1-xSrxMnO3外延薄膜的输运性质与负磁电阻行为

利用脉冲激光淀积法生长了外延Pr_1-xSr_xMnO₃薄膜(其中x=0.1,0.2,0.3,和0.4).测量了薄膜样品在零场中与外加磁场下电阻率随温度的变化.对X≥0.2的样品在磁场下观察到负磁电阻效应.在logρ-l/T的坐标中,零磁场下的数据在很宽的温区显现很好的线性关系,具有热激活载流于输运特征.由实验数据线性拟合得到在样品成分0.1≤ X≤0.3范围的热激活能约为0.1eV.从对掺杂锰氧化物的电子结构分析出发,对这一材料的绝缘-金属相变,输运性质和负磁电阻行为进行了讨论.     

稀土与5-苯基吡唑啉二硫代甲酸固态配合物的合成与表征

在干燥氮气氛中 ,以 5 苯基吡唑啉二硫代甲酸钠和无水稀土氯化物为原料 ,乙腈为溶剂 ,制备出稀土与 5 苯基吡唑啉二硫代甲酸形成的 9个新型固态配合物 ,产率达 40 %以上。经元素分析、红外光谱、差热 热重分析和电导测定 ,确定其组成为 :Na[RE(S2 CNC9H9N) 4·xH2 O](RE =La～Dy ,Y ,除Ce和Pm外 ) ,配体是通过两个硫原子以双齿形式与稀土离子配位。热分析表明 ,配合物开始分解温度均低于配体的分解温度 ,说明配合物的热稳定性不如配体。配合物的乙腈溶液 (浓度为 1 2 4～ 1 32× 10 - 3mol·dm- 3)的摩尔电导值在 86～ 10 4Ω- 1 ·cm- 2 ·mol- 1 范围 ,配合物为 1∶1型电解质     

Coil Combination of Multichannel Single Voxel Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy with Repeatedly Sampled In Vivo Data

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), as a noninvasive method for molecular structure determination and metabolite detection, has grown into a significant tool in clinical applications. However, the relatively low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) limits its further development. Although the multichannel coil and repeated sampling are commonly used to alleviate this problem, there is still potential room for promotion. One possible improvement way is combining these two acquisition methods so that the complementary of them can be well utilized. In this paper, a novel coil-combination method, average smoothing singular value decomposition, is proposed to further improve the SNR by introducing repeatedly sampled signals into multichannel coil combination. Specifically, the sensitivity matrix of each sampling was pretreated by whitened singular value decomposition (WSVD), then the smoothing was performed along the repeated samplings’ dimension. By comparing with three existing popular methods, Brown, WSVD, and generalized least squares, the proposed method showed better performance in one phantom and 20 in vivo spectra.     

Precise engineering and visualization of signs and magnitudes of DNA writhe on the basis of PNA invasion

It is demonstrated that the right and left handedness of DNA supercoils can be engineered precisely and readily at the molecular level in vitro through utilization of the invading property of peptide nucleic acid.     

Simultaneous detection of two lung cancer biomarkers using dual-color fluorescence quantum dots

Quantum dots (QDs) have the potential to simplify the performance of multiplexed analysis. In this work, a novel protocol for performing a simultaneous dual-protein immunoassay, i.e. two lung cancer biomarkers, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and neuron-specific enolase (NSE), based on dual-color QDs, is described. First, two capture antibodies (both with biotin tags), two antigens and two detection antibodies were mixed together and the sandwich complexes were thus formed in the homogeneous solution, and then streptavidin coated polystyrene beads were directly added into the resultant system. Bead aggregation can be made self-limiting by controlling the shaker speed during the immunoassay. A distinct transition occurs between limited and complete aggregation as a function of the shaker speed during the immunoassay. Second, dual-color QDs with emission maxima at 525 and 655 nm were added after washing and reacted with the corresponding detection antibodies. Third, the bead-QD conjugates were dissociated in the dissociation buffer and then free QDs were directly used for the fluorescence detection of CEA and NSE. The results show that CEA and NSE could be sensitively determined with a common 96-well fluorescence plate reader and with equal detection limits down to the 1.0 ng mL(-1) level. Within the calibrated amount, the protocol had excellent precision within 0.53% for each target and was comparable in performance to commercial single-analyte ELISAs. Furthermore, the proposed method has been successfully applied to the determination of dual markers in real samples without cross-reaction, and a good correlation was achieved after comparison with the conventional assay for CEA and NSE in 25 human serum samples.     

Instability of flame in micro-combustor under different external thermal environment

This experiment investigates the performance of a micro-combustor made of a quartz tube. Its surface heat loss is controlled by external wind, the wind temperature ranges from 277 to 1001 K. Compared with the cold wind at 277 K, warm wind at intermediate temperature of 380 K helps stabilize the flame. Because it decreases the surface heat loss, thus inhibits extinction. However, extremely hot wind of 1001 K makes blowout happen easily. The phenomenon is analyzed. The micro-flame retreats to the combustor inlet due to the enhanced heat recirculation at extremely hot wind, which induces insufficient preheating. Subsequently, blowout occurs.     

Baeckeins A and B,Two Novel 6‐Methylflavonoids from the Roots of Baeckea frutescens

A pair of novel isomeric 6‐methylflavonoids, named baeckeins A ( 1 ) and B ( 2 ), were isolated from the roots of Baeckea frutescens. The two compounds possess a unique C₂₃ skeleton, resulting from the 6‐methylation and 8‐arylation of a flavonol (=3‐hydroxy‐2‐phenyl‐4H‐1‐benzopyran‐4‐one) framework and the formation of an unusual lactone ring E. Their structures were elucidated by detailed spectroscopic analyses, including HR‐ESI‐MS and 1D‐ and 2D‐NMR data (HSQC, HMBC, and ROESY). A plausible biogenetic pathway for compounds 1 and 2 is also proposed (Scheme).     

Enantiomeric separation of (R, S)-naproxen by recycling high speed counter-current chromatography with hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin as chiral selector

Recycling high speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC) was successfully applied to resolution of (R, S)-naproxen (NAP) using hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HP-β-CD) as chiral selector. The two-phase solvent system composed of n-hexane-ethyl acetate-0.1 mol L(-1) phosphate buffer solution with pH=2.67 (8:2:10, v/v/v) was selected. Influence factors for the chiral separation process were investigated, including concentration of HP-β-CD, equilibrium temperature and pH of aqueous phase. Suitable elution mode was selected for HSCCC enantioseparation of (R, S)-NAP. Under optimum separation conditions, 29 mg of (R, S)-NAP was separated using preparative recycling HSCCC with the molar ratio HP-β-CD/NAP racemate 83:1. Technical details for recycling elution mode were discussed as for chiral HSCCC separation. The purities of both (S)-NAP and (R)-NAP were over 99.5% as determined by HPLC. Enantiomeric excess of (S)-NAP and (R)-NAP reached 99.4%. Recovery for NAP enantiomers from HSCCC fractions was 82-89%, yielding 13 mg of (S)-NAP and 12 mg of (R)-NAP.