Sarracenia alata (Alph.Wood) Alph.Wood Microcuttings as a Source of Volatiles Potentially Responsible for Insects’ Respond

Rare carnivorous plants representing the genus Sarracenia are perceived as very interesting to scientists involved in various fields of botany, ethnobotany, entomology, phytochemistry and others. Such high interest is caused mainly by the unique capacity of Sarracenia spp. to attract insects. Therefore, an attempt to develop a protocol for micropropagation of the Sarracenia alata (Alph.Wood) Alph.Wood, commonly named yellow trumpets, and to identify the specific chemical composition of volatile compounds of this plant in vitro and ex vivo was undertaken. Thus, the chemical volatile compounds excreted by the studied plant to attract insects were recognized with the application of the headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) coupled with the GC-MS technique. As the major volatile compounds (Z)-3-hexen-1-ol (16.48% ± 0.31), (E)-3-hexen-1-ol acetate (19.99% ± 0.01) and β-caryophyllene (11.30% ± 0.27) were identified. Further, both the chemical assumed to be responsible for attracting insects, i.e., pyridine (3.10% ± 0.07), and whole plants were used in in vivo bioassays with two insect species, namely Drosophila hydei and Acyrthosiphon pisum. The obtained results bring a new perspective on the possibilities of cultivating rare carnivorous plants in vitro since they are regarded as a valuable source of bioactive volatile compounds, as including ones with repellent or attractant activity.     

金属配位化合物在生物分析、成像以及染色方面的应用

由于优越的光物理和光化学特性,很多金属配合物长期以来被用于生物传感器、生物探针和医学诊断等领域。本文综述了近年来已经或有望成功应用于生命科学基础研究和临床医学诊断众多领域中的多种金属配位化合物,包括几种在成功商业化的体外诊断系统中作为分子探针、生物标记物或蛋白染色剂而广泛应用的金属钌配位化合物和稀土金属配位化合物,在核磁共振成像技术中作为造影剂或影像增强剂的系列金属钆配位化合物,以及在细胞成像、生物标记和蛋白质分析应用中极具商业化应用前景的一些新型环金属铱配位化合物等。此外,本文还对金属配合物结合纳米结构及技术在生物医学领域中的应用作了简单介绍和展望。