Isolation of three sesquiterpene lactones from the roots of Cichorium glandulosum Boiss. et Huet. by high-speed counter-current chromatography

Because of the skeletal complexity and similarity of the polarity, little research was reported on the isolation of sesquiterpene lactones by high-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC). Herein, three sesquiterpene lactones were successfully purified from the ethyl acetate extract of the roots of the traditional Uyghur medicinal plant Cichorium glandulosum Boiss. et Huet. by HSCCC. The separation was performed in two steps with two solvent systems: n-hexane-ethyl acetate-methanol-water (1.5:5:2.75:5, v/v/v/v) and ethyl acetate-methanol-water (20:1:20, v/v/v). From 166 mg of the ethyl acetate extract, 19 mg of lactucopicrin was isolated with the first solvent system and 10 mg of 11beta,13-dihydrolactucin and 16 mg of lactucin were obtained with the second solvent system. All purified compounds were over 94% purity as determined by HPLC analysis, and these chemical structures were confirmed by (1)H NMR and (13)C NMR.     

Effect of particle size distribution on magnetic behavior of nanoparticles with uniaxial anisotropy

The effect of particle size distribution on the field and temperature dependence of the hysteresis loop features like coercivity(H_C), remanence(M_R), and blocking temperature(T_B) is simulated for an ensemble of single domain ferromagnetic nanoparticles with uniaxial anisotropy. Our simulations are based on the two-state model for T T_B and the metropolis Monte-Carlo method for T T_B. It is found that the increase in the grain size significantly enhances H_C and T_B. The presence of interparticle exchange interaction in the system suppresses H_C but causes MRto significantly increase.Our results show that the parameters associated with the particle size distribution(D_(d,δ)) such as the mean particle size d and standard-deviation δ play key roles in the magnetic behavior of the system.     

红景天苷分子结构与光谱的密度泛函理论分析

随着科学技术不断发展,中药质量控制和质量评价出现了越来越多的新技术。在中药标准化过程中,现代药学研究已经取得了许多令人瞩目的成果,检测方法和技术取得了很大的进展,由过去单一指标检测发展到多指标检测,但由于中草药成分复杂,作用机制不明等因素制约了中药的发展。红景天是一种少数民族药,是中医药发展不可或缺的组成部分。红景天苷是红景天中的主要有效成分之一,其提取、分离和纯化等方法报道甚多,但其分子键长键角二面角、前线轨道分布、表面静电势等分子参数却鲜有报道,这些都是决定其化学性质和反应机理的重要因素。采用Gaussian09W化学计算软件的密度泛函理论DFT/B3LYP方法和6-31(d)基组优化红景天苷分子,得到其稳定结构的键长、键角和二面角参数。在此稳定构型的基础上,计算其表面静电势（ESP）、最低空轨道（LUMO）、最高占据轨道（HOMO）、红外光谱（IR）和核磁共振波谱数据（NMR）。分别对IR和NMR峰位置进行了归属并与文献报道数据进行了对比,结果表明：计算结果的红外吸收频率没有出现虚频说明该优化结果是合理可靠的,最高占据轨道能量E=-5.82 eV,最低空轨道能量E=-0.000 42 eV,二者差值为5.81 eV。通过绘制了轨道的电子云分布图可以看出HOMO轨道主要分布于苯环,为π电子的成键轨道有一个节面;LUMO轨道也主要分布在苯环上,为π电子的反键轨道有两个节面。表面静电势的绘制可以直观地反映出分子中哪部分易发生亲核取代、哪部分易发生亲电取代反应。通过绘制第一激发态和基态电子差值,可以直观地得到电子的迁移方向。对红景天苷分子计算理论研究可以为进一步探索其化学反应机理、结构修饰和活性位点的确认等提供重要的参考依据和新思路。     

A quantitative structure-activity relationship study of antifungal analogues of 3,4-substituted 5-((1H-1, 2, 4-triazol-1-yl)methyl)-4H-1,2,4-triazole

A series of 5-((1H-1, 2, 4-triazol-1-yl)methyl)-4H-1,2,4-triazole derivatives were prepared and evaluated for their antifungal activities. Quantitative structure–activity relationship studies were performed on these compounds using physicochemical parameters as independent parameters and antifungal activity as a dependent parameter, where antifungal activity correlated best (correlation coefficient r > 0.8) with physicochemical parameters (Hammett’s constants σ _p , F) and van der Waals volume V ₁. Results are interpreted on the basis of multiple regression and cross-validation methodology. Furthermore, the domain of applicability which indicates the area of reliable predictions is defined. Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Chemical structures of A1–26 and A39; synthetic procedures; synthesis schemes; mps, yields, ¹H NMR; elemental analyses of compounds and single crystal X-ray diffraction of compounds.     

Rupestines F-M, new guaipyridine sesquiterpene alkaloids from Artemisia rupestris

Eight new guaipyridine sesquiterpene alkaloids, rupestines F-M (1-8) were isolated from the leaves of Artemisia rupestris and their structures were elucidated on the basis of 2D-NMR data. The absolute configurations of 1-8 have been assigned by comparison of their experimental and calculated circular dichroism (CD) spectra.     

新型一枝蒿酮酸异噁唑衍生物的合成及其抗A,B型流感病毒活性研究

为了提高一枝蒿酮酸的生物活性,以一枝蒿酮酸和3-取代苯基-5-氨甲基-异噁唑为原料,在偶合试剂DCC,HOBt/DMAP的作用下,合成了6个未见文献报道的含异噁唑的一枝蒿酮酸酰胺衍生物3a～3f.所合成的化合物均经过IR,1H NMR,13C NMR,ESI-MS等分析方法表征及初步体外抗A(H3N2,H1N1)型和B型流感病毒活性研究.初步实验结果表明:化合物3c同时具有抗A(H3N2)型和B型流感病毒活性,化合物3c和3e表现出比母体化合物强的抗B型流感病毒活性.