Kaempferia parviflora Rhizome Extract as Potential Anti-Acne Ingredient

Kaempferia parviflora (Black ginger) is used widely in medical fields as an anti-microorganism and anti-inflammation. In this study, the aim was to evaluate the in vitro and in vivo anti-acne efficacy of black ginger extract. The results indicate that the methanol and ethanol extracts showed the highest total phenolic contents, without a significant difference, whereas the n-hexane extract showed the highest total flavonoid content. Nine flavones were detected using UPLC−QTOF−MS, and the ethyl acetate extract showed the highest amount of 5,7-dimethoxyflavone (DMF) according to HPLC. Antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus, S. epidermidis, and Cutibacterium acnes was observed. All the extracts showed antimicrobial activity against C. acnes, revealing MICs in the range of 0.015 to 0.030 mg/mL, whereas the ethyl acetate extract inhibited the growth of S. epidermidis with a MIC of 3.84 mg/mL. In addition, the ethyl acetate extract showed the highest activity regarding nitric oxide inhibition (IC50 = 12.59 ± 0.35 µg/mL). The ethyl acetate extract was shown to be safe regarding cell viability at 0.1 mg/mL. The anti-acne efficacy was evaluated on volunteers. The volunteers were treated in two groups: one administered a 0.02% ethyl acetate extract gel-cream (n = 9) and one administered a placebo (n = 9) for 6 weeks. The group treated with the gel-cream containing the extract showed 36.52 and 52.20% decreases in acne severity index (ASI) after 4 and 6 weeks, respectively, and 18.19 and 18.54% decreases in erythema, respectively. The results suggest that K. parviflora could be a potent active ingredient in anti-inflammatory and anti-acne products.     

Water Status and Predictive Models of Moisture Content during Drying of Soybean Dregs Based on LF-NMR

To explore the drying characteristics of soybean dregs and a nondestructive moisture content test method, in this study, soybean dregs were dried with hot air (80 °C), the moisture content was measured using the drying method, water status was analyzed using low-field nuclear magnetic resonance (LF-NMR) and the moisture content prediction models were built and validated. The results revealed that the moisture contents of the soybean dregs were 0.57 and 0.01 g/g(w.b.), respectively, after drying for 5 and 7 h. The effective moisture diffusivity increased with the decrease in moisture content; it ranged from 5.27 × 10⁻⁹ to 6.96 × 10⁻⁸ m²·s⁻¹. Soybean dregs contained bound water (T₂₁), immobilized water (T₂₂) and free water (T₂₃ and T₂₃’). With the proceeding of drying, all of the relaxation peaks shifted left until a new peak (T₂₃’) appeared; then, the structure of soybean dregs changed, and the relaxation peaks reformed, and the peak shifted left again. The peak area may predict the moisture content of soybean dregs, and the gray values of images predict the moisture contents mainly composed of free water or immobilized water. The results may provide a reference for drying of soybean dregs and a new moisture detection method.     

Solid‐State Active Elements Based on Dyes and Prepared by a Sol‐Gel Method

A new method is suggested for producing the solgel matrices with the molecules of laser dyes introduced into them. The curves of tuning lasing in Rhodamine 6G, Rhodamine 4S, Rhodamine 101, and phenylamine 430 in these matrices are obtained. The total range of tuning is 550–650 nm at a pumping energy of 4 mJ. The halfwidth of the generation spectrum is independent of the pumping energy to 4 mJ and comprises 0.3 ± 0.1 nm. The main factors forming the generation spectrum are noted.     

全透射近红外光谱的苹果整果糖度在线检测模型优化

光谱质量、样本个体差异、检测系统和建模算法等多种因素共同决定水果糖度检测模型的预测精度和稳定性。采用自主研发的短积分全透射近红外在线检测系统以5 ms积分时间和0.5 m·s-1运行速度在线获取了“富士”苹果全透射光谱信号。不同姿态获取的透射光谱强度差异明显,但曲线走势相近,均在920 nm波段具有最大的光谱强度,在850 nm波段存在波谷。采用移动平均平滑、标准正态变量变换和多元散射校正等预处理方法有效去除原始光谱的随机噪声和基线偏差,减小了样本检测姿态引起的光谱差异。为分析不同检测姿态对苹果整果糖度预测模型的影响,构建了单一姿态局限模型和多姿态通用模型,结果表明基于全位点平均透射光谱构建的单一姿态局限模型对检测姿态具有很大的局限性,而多姿态通用模型预测能力较单一检测姿态相当,但却对不同的检测姿态具有更强的适用能力。为进一步提高光谱信号质量,优化模型预测能力,采用信号强度阈值优选方法实现了苹果整果糖度预测模型优化,发现移除中央位点获取的透射光谱信号,有利于提高苹果整果糖度预测模型精度。多姿态通用信号强度优化模型综合考虑不同姿态获取的光谱信息有效性,有效提升了通用信号强度优化模型的预测能力和稳定性,当多姿态通用模型中信号强度阈值为5 000时,模型预测性能最佳,其预测参数R_p,RMSEP和RPD分别为0.79,0.84%和1.58。表明短积分全透射近红外在线检测系统用于不同姿态苹果糖度预测是可行的,多姿态通用模型的建立,扩大了模型在不同姿态的预测稳健性,短积分光谱采集方式结合信号强度阈值优选方法提升了光谱信号的质量和模型的预测能力。     

Increase in the Intracellular Bulk Water Content in the Early Phase of Cell Death of Keratinocytes,Corneoptosis, as Revealed by 65 GHz Near-Field CMOS Dielectric Sensor

While bulk water and hydration water coexist in cells to support the expression of biological macromolecules, how the dynamics of water molecules, which have long been only a minor role in molecular biology research, relate to changes in cellular states such as cell death has hardly been explored so far due to the lack of evaluation techniques. In this study, we developed a high-precision measurement system that can discriminate bulk water content changes of ±0.02% (0.2 mg/cm³) with single-cell-level spatial resolution based on a near-field CMOS dielectric sensor operating at 65 GHz. We applied this system to evaluate the temporal changes in the bulk water content during the cell death process of keratinocytes, called corneoptosis, using isolated SG1 (first layer of stratum granulosum) cells in vitro. A significant irreversible increase in the bulk water content was observed approximately 1 h before membrane disruption during corneoptosis, which starts with cytoplasmic high Ca²⁺ signal. These findings suggest that the calcium flux may have a role in triggering the increase in the bulk water content in SG1 cells. Thus, our near-field CMOS dielectric sensor provides a valuable tool to dissect the involvement of water molecules in the various events that occur in the cell.     

基于逐步回归法的近红外光谱信息提取及模型的研究

基于多元线性回归的逐步分析算法 ,依据小麦粉的近红外吸收特性机理 ,对小麦粉的近红外光谱(10 0 0～ 2 5 0 0nm)划分三波段 (Ⅰ :10 0 0～ 14 0 0nm ;Ⅱ :14 0 0～ 186 0nm ;Ⅲ :186 0～ 2 5 0 0nm) ,并进行了各波段的光谱信息提取 ,确定了回归特征波长 ,对不同波段建立的回归模型进行了比较 ,给出了各段回归的最佳数学模型。通过对小麦粉近红外谱的信息提取及蛋白质成分的定量分析 ,比较和讨论了不同波段所建模型对小麦粉蛋白质含量的近红外分析结果 ,在应用中有一定的参考价值。     

可变增益放大器在脉冲振幅调制式藻类光合活性荧光测量中的应用

微弱信号探测中信号幅度很宽会导致幅度小的信号分辨率低,结合脉冲振幅调制叶绿素光合活性荧光仪中不同强度光源激发下光电倍增管光电流响应,采用多路选择开关D5201G芯片选择I/V转换电路中不同阻值的反馈电阻实现了对输入信号可变增益放大.0～118mV以下输入信号的理论增益值最高可达28.25 dB,同时输入信号的电压幅值最...     

太赫兹光谱技术用于干旱胁迫下大豆冠层含水量检测研究

近年来水资源短缺问题日益严重,部分地区由于农业灌溉用水不足导致庄稼减产农民利益受损。大豆是一种需水量较大的农作物,一旦水分亏缺将直接影响大豆植株的形态和生长发育,从而造成大豆品质降低和产量减少。大豆叶片的水分状况可真实地反映植株水分受土壤水分亏缺的影响程度,因此,大豆冠层叶片水分含量的快速获取成为一种需要。太赫兹辐射在水中的强烈衰减使其成为一种非常灵敏的非接触式探针,可以快速、无损地检测叶片含水量。因此基于太赫兹光谱这一新技术进行大豆冠层叶片含水量的检测研究,用于实时监测田间大豆的健康状况。实验选用中黄13号大豆进行栽培,为尽可能模拟田间不同程度的干旱胁迫状况,将开花期大豆进行5个不同梯度：正常供水、轻度干旱胁迫、中度干旱胁迫、重度干旱胁迫、严重干旱胁迫(分别占田间最大持水量的80%,65%,50%,35%,20%)的水分灌溉,每个梯度设置3个重复。利用人工称重法与便携式土壤水分速测仪结合将土壤含水量调控到各水分梯度要求。然后,将实验大豆植株运回实验室并利用透射式太赫兹时域光谱仪进行样本扫描,每个梯度采集18片冠层叶片,共90个样本,以2∶1的比例分为校正集和预测集。在获取各样本时域光谱数据后,根据Dorney和Duvillaret提出的模型进行了光学参数的提取,得到各样本的吸收系数谱以及折射率谱。定性分析了太赫兹时域光谱、吸收系数、折射率随水分胁迫程度不同的变化情况。实验发现：随着水分胁迫程度的降低,时域光谱的峰值呈不断衰减趋势,且均低于空白参考峰值,同时有明显的时间延迟。吸收系数值随干旱胁迫程度的加剧逐渐降低;折射率值同样随干旱胁迫程度的加剧逐渐降低。并利用偏最小二乘(PLS)和多元线性回归(MLR)方法定量研究了时域光谱、吸收系数、折射率光谱数据与叶片含水率的相关关系。结果表明,太赫兹波对大豆叶片水分差异十分敏感,基于时域光谱最大值和最小值的MLR预测精度最高,预测集相关性(r_p)达-0.939 3,均方根误差(RMSEP)为0.049 5。研究表明太赫兹光谱技术应用于大豆冠层叶片含水量观测具有良好的可行性,为开展大豆冠层含水量信息快速获取,实现科学节水管理与灌溉决策提供了新的检测手段和实验依据。     

基于高光谱技术的土壤水分无损检测

利用高光谱成像仪(光谱范围400～1 000 nm)对土壤含水率进行了无损检测。比较了208个土样不同天数下土壤含水率与光谱变化、不同质量含水量光谱的差异;对比分析了不同光谱预处理方法、不同方法提取特征波长、采用多元线性回归(multiple linear regression,MLR)、主成分回归(principal component regression,PCR)与偏最小二乘回归(partial least squares regression,PLSR)建模,优选出最佳模型。结果表明：光谱曲线的反射率随着土壤含水率的增加而减小。当超过田间持水率时,光谱曲线的反射率会随着土壤含水率的增加而增大。对比分析了不同预处理方法,近红外波段优选出单位向量归一化预处理方法。采用无信息变量消除法(UVE)、竞争自适应加权采样(CARS)、β系数法、连续投影算法(SPA)方法提取特征波长为49,30,5和7。为了减少数据冗余,对UVE与CARS提取的特征波长进一步采用SPA方法进行特征提取,UVE+SPA,CARS+SPA提取特征波长数分别为5和8个。在此基础上,利用MLR,PCR和PLSR方法对400～1 000 nm范围的特征波长建立模型,对比分析不同建模效果,优选出β系数提取的特征波长的MLR模型。最优的特征波长为411,440,622,713和790 nm,最优模型的预测相关系数R_p=0.979,预测均方根误差RMSEP为0.763。因此,今后可采用不同波段对土壤含水率进行定量分析。     

探地雷达测定地基土含水量的实验研究

利用室内模型槽,采用探地雷达开展了测定地基土含水量的室内实验研究。通过对探地雷达反射波法测定的介电常数和烘干法测定的含水量之间的曲线拟合,提出了实验用粉土的含水量与介电常数之间的经验公式。与实测含水量的对比分析表明,Topp公式在一定含水量范围内有良好的适用性,而本文提出的经验公式较Topp公式具有更宽的含水量适用范围和更高的预测精度;针对不同类型土建立相应的含水量和介电常数之间的经验公式是必要的,将有助于提高探地雷达测定地基土含水量的精度。