Polar Constituents from Sageretia Thea Leaf Characterized by HPLC‐SPE‐NMR Assisted Approaches

Nine glycosides ( 1–9 ) were characterized from the n‐butanol‐soluble fraction of the ethanolic extract of the leaves of Sageretia thea by the general approach. Among these, Compounds 6 and 7 were identified as a mixture. Application of HPLC‐SPE‐NMR in two selected fractions led to the separation of this mixture and the characterization of three additional minors ( 10–12 ). Among these, 7‐O‐methylmyricetin 3‐O‐α‐l ‐arabinofuranoside ( 8 ) is a new natural product and eight compounds, i.e. glucofragulin A ( 1 ), quercetin‐3‐O‐α‐l ‐arabinopyranoside ( 5 ), 3‐O‐β‐d ‐galactopyranoside ( 6 ), 3‐O‐β‐d ‐glucopyranoside ( 7 ), and 3‐O‐α‐l ‐arabinofuranoside ( 11 ), myricetin‐3‐O‐α‐l ‐arabinofuranoside ( 9 ) and 3‐O‐β‐d‐glucopyranoside ( 10 ), and quercetrin ( 12 ), are found for the first time from the title plant.     

玉米叶片的光谱响应及其氮素含量预测研究

以不同施肥水平下两年玉米田间试验为基础,利用高光谱技术探讨大喇叭口期不同层次玉米叶片光谱响应的敏感区域,并依据叶片氮素含量与原始光谱反射率及其一阶导数的相关性,最终构建了叶片氮素含量的预测模型。结果表明：不同施肥水平下叶片光谱反射率差别明显区域集中在550 nm附近波段、761～1 300 nm波段,不同层次间叶片光谱反射率差别明显区域集中在550 nm附近波段,叶片氮素含量与470～760 nm波段光谱反射率及其一阶导数呈极显著相关。经过对比筛选,以光谱指数DSI(564,681)和DSI(681,707)构建的指数预测模型效果最好,预测精度达93.43%和93.39%,能有效估测叶片氮素含量。     

基于近红外光谱技术的小麦条锈病和叶锈病的早期诊断

为实现小麦条锈病和叶锈病的早期诊断,利用近红外光谱技术结合定性偏最小二乘法(DPLS)建立了一种鉴别这两种病害的方法。试验将150片小麦叶片(健康叶片、条锈病潜育叶片、条锈病发病叶片、叶锈病潜育叶片、叶锈病发病叶片各30片)分为5类,扫描获得近红外光谱,建立小麦叶片DPLS近红外光谱鉴别模型。原始光谱数据经二阶导数处理后,在4 000～8 000 cm-1范围内,当利用不同建模比建模时,建模集的平均识别率为96.56％,检验集的平均识别率为91.85％,证明了模型的稳定性。当建模比为2∶1、主成分数为10时,模型识别效果较好,建模集的识别准确率为97.00%,检验集的识别准确率为96.00%。表明应用近红外光谱技术建立的小麦条锈病和叶锈病早期诊断的定性鉴别方法是可行的。     

Wind induced deformation and vibration of a Platanus acerifolia leaf

Deformation and vibration of twig-connected single leaf in wind is investigated experimentally.Results showthat the Reynolds number based on wind speed and lengthof leaf blade is a key parameter to the aerodynamic problem.In case the front surface facing the wind and with an increase of Reynolds number,the leaf experiences static deformation,large amplitude and low frequency sway,reconfiguration to delta wing shape,flapping of tips,high frequencyvibration of whole leaf blade,recovery of delta wing shape,and twig-leaf coupling vibration.Abrupt changes from onestate to another occur at critical Reynolds numbers.In casethe back surface facing the wind,the large amplitude andlow frequency sway does not occur,the recovered delta wingshape is replaced by a conic shape,and the critical Reynoldsnumbers of vibrations are higher than the ones corresponding to the case with the front surface facing the wind.Apair of ram-horn vortex is observed behind the delta wingshaped leaf.A single vortex is found downstream of theconic shaped leaf.A lift is induced by the vortex,and thislift helps leaf to adjust position and posture,stabilize bladedistortion and reduce drag and vibration.     

复配絮凝剂对荷叶水提液的絮凝工艺研究

为了克服传统中药提取工艺中有效成分损失率高的缺点,提高药液的澄清度和药效,优化生产工艺,采用絮凝法对中药水提液进行除杂,并在实验中将絮凝剂壳聚糖与单宁复合使用,以水提液的絮凝率和黄酮损失率为衡量指标.通过正交实验,得出最优操作条件为壳聚糖投加量为1.071 g·L-1,单宁投加量为5.3579 g·L-1,温度为30℃,搅拌转数为60 r·min-1.在此基础上研究了各个因素随絮凝工艺条件的变化趋势及对絮凝效果的影响.实验结果表明,用复配絮凝剂处理荷叶水提液能够有效去除杂质,降低黄酮损失率,缩短生产周期.     

重金属铅离子胁迫下玉米叶片光谱弱差信息的DSAT甄别模型

光谱间微弱信息测度是当今高光谱遥感研究难点之一,传统光谱测度方法难以区分光谱信息的微弱差异。研究设计了不同浓度的铅(Pb)污染实验,并测量了不同浓度铅离子(Pb2+)胁迫下玉米叶片的高光谱反射率、叶绿素含量及Pb2+含量,但是从所测结果得出,不同浓度Pb2+胁迫下的光谱相似性相关系数均达到0.999,难以区分不同浓度Pb2+胁迫引发的光谱间微弱信息差异和污染程度。针对这一情况,基于光谱微分处理、正切函数增强、光谱角量度与波谱分段检测等,提出了一种新型的相似光谱测度方法,即微分光谱角正切(derivative spectral angle tangent,DSAT)法。为了验证DSAT在区分相关系数达0.99以上相似光谱的可行性和有效性,将DSAT用于不同浓度Pb2+胁迫玉米叶片的整体波形与光谱区间子波形的信息差异性度量与检测。实验结果得到,波形差异信息与玉米叶片中叶绿素相对浓度与Pb2+含量显著相关。进而也证明DSAT法在甄别较高相似性光谱间差异上具有更好的实用性和优越性。     

叶片多角度偏振光谱特性影响因素的实验研究

通过测量绿萝、银杏、苹果三种叶片的多角度偏振光谱,采用斯托克斯矢量法计算了叶片的多角度光谱偏振度,并通过PROSPECT模型反演得到叶片的叶绿素、水分含量,进而分析了叶绿素、水分含量对叶片多角度光谱偏振度的影响,探索了观测几何条件与不同波段叶片偏振度间的关系。结果表明,相对于近红外波段,红光波段的偏振度受叶绿素含量变化的影响较小,而水分含量对这两个波段的偏振度基本均无明显影响。在反映叶片偏振度随观测几何变化方面,近红外波段较另外两个波段有着更好的敏感性和稳定性,但其偏振度值较另外两个波段偏小。     

Ultrasound-assisted extraction of functional compound from mulberry (Morus alba L.) leaf using response surface methodology and effect of microencapsulation by spray drying on quality of optimized extract

This study aimed to optimize the ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) condition of mulberry leaf extract (MLE) using response surface methodology and to microencapsulate MLE by spray drying using different coating materials and ratios of coating material and MLE. The extraction results showed that MLE from condition of 60 °C (X₁, temperature), 30 min (X₂, time) and 60% v/v (X₃, ethanol concentration) exhibited the highest bioactive compound and antioxidant activity (DPPH and FRAP assay). Based on this optimal condition, MLE was further encapsulated by spray drying. It was found that MLE encapsulated with resistant maltodextrin at ratio of MLE and resistant maltodextrin 1:1 (w/w) showed the highest encapsulation yield (%) and encapsulation efficiency (%). Water solubility, moisture content and water activity were non-significant (p > 0.05) among the microcapsules. The scanning electron microscope (SEM) revealed that the types of coating material affected their microstructures and microcapsules prepared by resistant maltodextrin as coating material had a spherical shape, smooth surface and less shrinkage than microcapsules prepared by maltodextrin and gum arabic which had rough surfaces. The highest antioxidant activity was obtained from microcapsule prepared by gum arabic at ratio of MLE and gam arabic 1:2 (w/w). In conclusion, optimal condition from UAE and encapsulation by spray drying suggest the critical potential for production of functional food with improved bioactive compound stability and maximized antioxidant activity.     

Processing tactics for low-cost production of pure nuciferine from lotus leaf

Nuciferine is an important drug candidate for the treatment of many diseases. However, there is no general method for its low - cost production. In this work, a feasible method for the production of nuciferine from lotus leaf, using ultrasonic-assisted extraction-solid phase extraction (UAE-SPE) as extraction and cleanup procedure, was developed. Petroleum ether and silica gel have been successfully used as extraction solvent and adsorbent to integrate UAE with SPE, respectively. Except for filtration, no treatment (e.g. concentration and redissolution, etc) was needed on UAE extract before SPE and the effluents obtained in the loading process of SPE could be used as UAE extraction solvent without purification. No obvious decline in the extraction efficiency of UAE and adsorption capacity of SPE was observed at least for 5 runs, which provides a feasible way for the continuous production of nuciferine in industry, i.e. Cyclic UAE-SPE. Moreover, SPE column could be conveniently regenerated and reused without significant decline in its adsorption capacity at least for 5 cycles, which can be used to reduce the cost of the whole system further. In comparison with other cleanup procedures, Cyclic UAE-SPE showed apparent advantages in energy conservation and emission reduction. LLE and crystallization were applied to separate nuciferine from other impurities further. Under optimum conditions, the total recovery rate of nuciferine with a purity over 90.0% from lotus leaf reached 50.1%. All in all, the developed method has advantages in convenient operation, low cost, and high efficiency, thus, is fitting for the production of high purity nuciferine.     

Surface-enhanced fluorescence and application study based on Ag-wheat leaves

Wheat leaves with natural microstructures as substrates were covered by the silver nanoislands by magnetron to prepare a low-cost, environment-friendly and mass production surface-enhanced fluorescence (SEF) substrate (Ag-WL substrate). The best SEF substrate was selected by repeatly certifying the fluorescence intensity of 10^-5 M Rhodamine B (RB) and 10^-5 M Rhodamine 6G (R6G) aqueous solutions. The abundant semi-spherical protrusions and flake-like structures on the surface of the Ag-WL substrate produce high-density hot spots, which provides a new and simple idea for the preparation of biomimetic materials. The results of 3D finite-different time-domain (FDTD) simulation show that the nanoisland gap of semi-spherical protrusions and flake-like structures has produced rich hotspots. By adjusting the time of magnetron sputtering, the enhancement factor (EF) was as high as 839 times, relative standard deviation (RSD) reached as low as 10.7%, and the substrate was very stable and repeatable, which shows that Ag-WL substrate is trustworthy. Moreover, semi-spherical protrusions provide stronger surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) effects compared to flake-like structure. What is more surprising is that the detection limit of the substrate for toxic substance crystal violet (CV) is as low as 10^-10 M.