Microcalorimetric Evaluation of the Effect of Kanamycin： An Analysis Based on the Median-Effect Principle

A study of the effect of drug, kanamycin, on the growth metabolism of recombinant Escherichia coli B 1 was carded out by microcalorimeter monitoring of the metabolic activity of treated cells. Power-time curves of growing recombinant Escherichia coli cell suspensions, treated with different kanamycin doses, were recorded. The extent of the effect was evaluated by changes in the slopes of the microcalorimetric curves and the kinetics of the drug action was interpreted from the time at which these changes reached their maximum values and maintained their maximum values. Experimental dose-effect relationships conform to the median-effect principle of the mass-action law： fa/（1-fa）=（D/D50）^m. A plot of y=lg[（fa）^1-1]^-1 versus x=lg D gives the slope m, D50 and R∞. The experimental results revealed that high concentration of kanamycin had an inhibitory effect on the growth of recombinant Escherichia coli B 1 in the lg phase, and had a promoting effect in the stationary period. Moreover, it was demonstrated that microcalorimetry was a reliable method for the detection of modulatory effects in biology.     

甜樱桃色素的提取及抗氧化活性

采用溶剂浸提法从成熟甜樱桃中提取了甜樱桃色素,并通过C18柱分离纯化,HPLC／光电二极管阵列检测器分析色素的主要成分,同时测定了甜樱桃色素体外清除二苯代苦味肼基自由基（DPPH）和羟基自由基的活性．结果表明,甜樱桃色素含有新绿原酸和对-香豆酰奎宁酸两个主要成分,对DPPH和·OH自由基具有较强的清除能力,且随色素浓度的增大而增强．研究认为,甜樱桃色素是一种具有良好抗氧化活性的功能性天然色素．