Simultaneous isolation and determination of esculin and rutin in natural materials using SPE and HPLC

Summary Esculin (ESC) and rutin (RUT) have been simultaneously isolated from pharmaceutical natural materials by solid phase extraction (SPE). Determination of both substances was performed by reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography (RPHPLC) with UV detection. Optimization of the separation conditions showed that simultaneous isolation and determination of rutin and esculin from pharmaceutical material was possible. The recovery obtained was not lower than 95±2%.     

一种新型织绵芋螺毒素可增强神经元钙电流

从中国南海织绵芋螺中分离出生物活性强、电生理效应特异的新的芋螺毒素。通过毒素分离纯化,并经生物活性测定,氨基酸测序,电生理效应等研究。分离到1种新的织绵芋螺毒素Tx7,它是由27个氨基酸组成。其序列为GCSSVCNSHTDCVTHCICTFRGCGAVN,并能引起小鼠痉挛,能增强海马神经元钙电流和提高兴奋性突触后电流的发放频率。实验表明Tx7具有较高的潜在应用价值。1实验部分1.1材料与仪器织绵芋螺,昆明种小鼠(20±2g),Bio-rad凝胶HPLC柱,BIFLEXⅢ型飞行时间质谱仪,491型蛋白质自动测序仪。     

Genome-inspired search for new antibiotics. Isolation and structure determination of new 28-membered polyketide macrolactones, halstoctacosanolides A and B, from Streptomyces halstedii HC34

During the search for polyketide synthase (PKS) in the genome of Streptomyces halstedii HC34, we found clustered new genes which appeared to encode typical Type 1 PKSs beyond the cluster harboring the genes for the biosynthesis of antitumor antibiotic vicenistatin. The deduced domain configuration of these putative PKS genes allowed to predict a corresponding partial structure of polyketide, which was in turn materialized by isolation of new polyketide macrolactone halstoctacosanolides A and B from the fermentation broth of S. halstedii HC34. The structures of these metabolites were determined by spectroscopic means to have a novel 28-membered macrolactone structure. The partial structure deduced from the genetic data was completely compatible to the structures of halstoctacosanolides A and B. This success clearly demonstrates the present new approach of genome-inspired search for new antibiotics promising. Halstoctacosanolides A and B showed moderate antimicrobial activity against several microorganisms.     

大孔网状吸附剂在微生物制药分离纯化上的应用

本文介绍了20世纪末高分子吸附剂在β-内酰胺类，肽类、糖苷类，醌类，含氮杂环类，多烯类、蒽环类，大环内酯类，聚醚类和其它新抗生素，免疫抑制剂，酶抑制剂以及蛋白质类药物分离纯化上的应用发展状况。     

Concavine, an unusual diterpenic alkaloid produced by the fungus Clitocybe concava

A novel alkaloid with an unprecedented ring system consisting of a dodecahydro-7-oxa-9a-aza-benzo[a]azulene ring (1), has been isolated from cultures of Clitocybe concava (Basidiomycetae). Its structure and relative stereochemistry were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic data. Concavine presents a weak antibacterial activity.     

PAN共沉淀富集原子吸收测定饮水和人发中的微量锰

使用PAN-Ni(Ⅱ)共沉淀体系分离富集、微量流向进样火焰原子吸收光谱测定饮水和人发中的微量锰。样品中的共存元素不干扰测定，锰的标准加入回收率90%-108%之间。12次重复测定锰含量为0.15μg/mL的试样溶液的变异系数为4.6%,本法简便快捷,取得了较满意的结果.     

Plasmid DNA isolation using amino-silica coated magnetic nanoparticles (ASMNPs)

A simple and efficient approach for the rapid isolation of plasmid DNA from crude cell lysates has been described. The approach took advantage of the amino-modified silica coated magnetic nanoparticles (ASMNPs) with positive zeta potential at neutral pH and superparamagnetism under the external magnetic fields. As a demonstration, the pEGFP-N3 plasmid has been concentrated and isolated from the E. coli DH5α transformed with pEGFP-N3 plasmid through electrostatic binding between the positive charge of the amino group of ASMNPs and the negative charge of the phosphate groups of the plasmid DNA. Then the pEGFP-N3 plasmid has been released easily and quickly from the pEGFP-N3 plasmid-ASMNPs complexes with 3 M NaCl. The entire procedure could be carried out by the aid of external magnetic fields in 15 min and eliminate the need of phenol, cesium chloride gradients or other noxious reagents and complexes operation. Moreover, the pEGFP-N3 plasmid obtained by this approach retains biological activity that can be suitable for restriction enzyme digestion and cells transfection with expression of green fluorescence protein.     

Acetylenic/cyanoacetylenic complexes: simulation of the Titan’s atmosphere chemistry

The structures and energies of the 1:1 acetylene/cyanoacetylene, acetylene/dicyanoacetylene and cyanoacetylene/dicyanoacetylene complexes in solid argon matrices have been investigated using FT-IR spectroscopy and ab initio calculations, at the B3LYP/6-31G** level of theory. For the three complexes, predicted frequency shifts for the L shaped structures, characterized by a hydrogen bond between the nitrogen of the cyano group and the acetylenic proton, were found to be in good agreement with those experimental. Only in the case of acetylene/cyanoacetylene complex, we obtained a second minimum with a T shaped structure characterized by an interaction between the proton of cyanoacetylene and the Π system of acetylene. It appears clearly that HC₃N acts as an electrophile or as a nucleophile in these complexes.     

The Photochemistry of Ch3I in Various Matrices at Low Temperature

The photodissociation of methyl iodide in various matrices at low temperature was studied. The observed Raman spectra excited by 514.5 nm laser radiation showed that there were two different photolytically produced iodine species isolated in the matrices after illumination by a medium pressure mercury lamp. One species which was dominant at lower iodine concentrations and exhibited a progression with an ωe of 201 cm^?1, belonged to the matrix isolated iodine monomer (I₂). The other species, which was dominant at higher iodine concentrations with an ω_e of approximately 180 cm^?1, belonged to the iodine aggregate ((I₂)_n). Five progressions of resonance Raman or resonance fluorescence of these two species were also observed in the other matrices. The iodine aggregate in the methyl iodide matrix at 77 K was formed in a crystalline structure, while the photolytically generated iodine aggregate from CH₃I/Ar (2/3) matrix at 10 K, after illumination with a mercury lamp, was in amorphous form. The rearrangement of photolytically produced iodine aggregate in methyl iodide matrix was observed as a function of the duration of illumination. Local heating effects of the laser radiation might induce the iodine monomer to aggregate in matrices. The photodissociation mechanism of methyl iodide in matrices is also proposed.     

Infrared Spectrum of the Cyclopentylmethyl Free Radical

Abstract

The cyclopentylmethyl free radical has been generated in argon matrices by UV irradiation of the corresponding diacyl peroxide at T = 20K. The infrared spectrum of the radical reveals an out-of-plane deformation of the radical center at 563 cm^?1 characteristic of primary alkyl radicals.