基于豆甾醇衍生物的超分子凝胶的合成与性能

设计合成出两种含有不同结构单元的新型豆甾醇衍生物凝胶因子（化合物1和2）。通过扫描电子显微镜（SEM）、傅里叶变换红外光谱（FT-IR）和紫外-可见光谱（UV-Vis）等技术手段对形成凝胶的结构和性能进行研究。结果表明,两种凝胶因子可分别在二甲基亚砜及甲醇溶剂中形成稳定的凝胶。其中化合物1还可在二甲基亚砜/水混合溶液体积比分别为9∶1、8∶2和7∶3中形成稳定的凝胶。当化合物1和2在DMSO溶剂中以质量浓度均为12 mg/mL形成凝胶时,二者的凝胶-溶胶相转变温度（T_gel）分别为51和46 ℃,表明随着凝胶因子中甾体结构单元的增加,其形成凝胶的热稳定性显著下降。在此基础上,以化合物1制备的凝胶为载体,通过紫外-可见光谱对罗丹明B、亚甲基蓝和阿霉素的包封与释放应用进行了研究。结果表明,制备的凝胶可以作为药物载体,并在240 min时在水中达到的最大释放值为84％。本文为豆甾醇衍生物凝胶的制备,及将其作为药物载体在药物输送领域的应用提供了有益的思路。     

Separation of phytosterol oxidation products by combination of different polarity gas chromatography capillary columns

The number of characterized phytosterol oxidation products (POPs) from both ring- and side-chain structures has increased during recent decades, resulting in difficulties in the separation of POPs on different gas chromatography (GC) capillary columns. The main objective of this study was to separate a mixture of 29 purified and characterized oxidation products from sito-, campe- and stigmasterol using GC capillary columns with different polarity. For the first time in the area of POPs analysis, the separation efficiency of the combination of two capillary GC columns with different polarities was investigated. A non-polar 5% phenyl coated (DB5-MS) and a mid-polar 35% phenyl coated (DB35-MS) column was combined with a pressfit connector. The main improvement was enhanced base line separation for many of the analyzed POPs, compared with the separations achieved using the individual columns. However, three pairs of POPs co-eluted: 24-hydroxysitosterol/campesterol-5beta,6beta-epoxide, stigmasterol-5beta,6beta-epoxide/campesterol-5alpha,6alpha-epoxide and stigmasterol-5alpha,6alpha-epoxide/campestanetriol.     

豆甾醇分子印迹聚合物的合成及性能研究

以豆甾醇(stig.)为印迹分子、甲基丙烯酸甲酯(MMA)为功能单体、二乙烯基苯(DVB)为交联剂、碳酸钙及十二烷基硫酸钠(SDS)混合物为分散剂、过硫酸钠为引发荆、极性较低的甲醇(tolu.)为致孔剂,采用悬浮聚合法合成豆甾醇分子印迹聚合物.并对试验合成的分子印迹聚合物的形貌、粒径及选择吸附性能分别采用高效液相、电镜和光学显微镜进行分析和评价.试验结果表明,最佳配方为3g stig.:40mL MMA:15mL DVB:4g CaCO3 2g SDS:0.4mLNa2S2O8:14mL tolu.,其中引发荆过硫酸钠应分多次加入,在聚合反应初期采用高速搅拌,随着聚合反应的进行搅拌速度应逐渐减小.该条件下合成的分子印迹聚合物平均粒径小于100μm、分布较窄,对豆甾醇表现出快速和稳定的特异吸附性能,其分离因子超过1.65,吸附容量约为1.2mg/g.     

长枝沙菜Hypnea Charoides次级代谢物的分离与结构鉴定

对采自中国南海的红藻长枝沙菜 Hypnea Charoides的次级代谢物进行研究 ,从中分离得到 4个化合物 ,通过核磁共振、质谱等现代波谱分析技术确定其结构为 :豆甾 - 5 ,2 2 -二烯 - 3β-醇 - 3- o- β- D-吡喃葡萄糖甙 ( Ⅰ)、1 - o-十六碳酰基 -甘油酯 ( Ⅱ )、棕榈酸 ( Ⅲ )、正二十四烷 ( Ⅳ ) ,这些化学成分均首次从长枝沙菜中分离得到。     

Metathesis reactions of Δ-steroids

Metathesis reactions of Δ²²-steroids are studied. The cross metathesis reactions of model Δ²²-steroids with excess of simple alkenes are sluggish or do not occur at all. In contrast, derivatives of both trans- and cis-Δ²²-cholesterol undergo ring closing metathesis reactions but the former reacts faster. However, the side chain double bond in stigmasterol and ergosterol is too crowded for metathesis reactions promoted by currently available catalysts.     

N-(ethoxycarbonyl)ferrocenecarboxamide: Synthesis and use as the pronucleophile in the Mitsunobu reaction

The title compound has been synthesized in the reaction of ferrocene with ethoxycarbonyl isocyanate in methanesulfonic acid. It has been found that it undergoes N-alkylation with benzyl alcohols under classical Mitsunobu conditions (PPh₃/DEAD). However, in the reaction with cholesterol and stigmasterol O-alkylation with inversion of configuration occurred (confirmed by hydrolysis of the product obtained from cholesterol to epicholesterol). The structure of the product obtained from p-nitrobenzyl alcohol was determined by X-ray diffraction.     

Biosynthesis of β-sitosterol and stigmasterol proceeds exclusively via the mevalonate pathway in cell suspension cultures of Croton stellatopilosus

Cell suspension cultures of Croton stellatopilosus were fed with [1-¹³C]glucose and [2-¹³C]sodium acetate and cultured under control conditions. β-Sitosterol and stigmasterol were isolated and their ¹³C-labeling patterns examined using quantitative NMR spectroscopy. Analysis of the patterns of ¹³C-enrichment revealed that all the isoprene units in the molecules of both phytosterols originated exclusively from the mevalonate pathway. These results were in contrast with our previous study using callus cultures of C. stellatopilosus, which showed that the isoprene units of β-sitosterol and stigmasterol were supplied equally from both the deoxyxylulose phosphate (DXP) pathway and the mevalonate pathway. Observation by transmission electron microscopy of sub-cellular structures of both cell types revealed that the callus cells contained partially differentiated chloroplasts, whereas the suspension cultured cells did not. Since the DXP pathway is known to be located in the chloroplasts, it was suggested that the presence of chloroplasts is essential for expression of the DXP pathway. Therefore, the sole operation of the phytosterol biosynthesis by the mevalonate pathway observed in this study was likely to be the result of non-expression of the DXP pathway in the chloroplast-free cell suspension cultures of C. stellatopilosus.     

Anti-leptospiral activities of an endemic plant Glyptopetalum calocarpum (Kurz.) Prain used as a medicinal plant by Nicobarese of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Leaves of an endemic plant Glyptopetalum calocarpum are used by Nicobarese tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, to prepare traditional medicine for treating fever. In the present investigation, pharmacologically active compounds were isolated from this plant and their antimicrobial efficacy was evaluated against the leptospiral strains. The anti-leptospiral activity of six plant-derived compounds was determined by both microdilution and macrodilution methods. Two out of six compounds, namely lupenone and stigmasterol, showed anti-leptospiral activity. The minimum inhibitory concentrations of the two compounds tested against pathogenic leptospiral strains belonging to 10 serovars were in the range of 100–200 μg/mL. The range of minimum bactericidal concentrations was 400–800 μg/mL. Compounds lupenone, stigmasterol, lupeol, β-amyrin and β-amyrin acetate had negligible or no haemolytic activity, exhibiting IC₅₀ values of greater than 5 mg/mL. Further in vivo studies are needed to investigate the pharmacological and toxicological properties of G. calocarpum before it can be considered as a new anti-leptospiral agent.     

A monolayer study on three binary mixed systems of dipalmitoyl phosphatidyl choline with cholesterol, cholestanol and stigmasterol

The monolayer behavior of three mixed systems of dipalmitoyl phosphatidyl choline (DPPC) with sterols; cholesterol (Ch), stigmasterol (Stig), and cholestanol (Chsta) formed at the interface of air/water (phosphate buffer solution at 7.4 with addition of NaCl) was investigated in terms of surface pressure (π) and molecular occupation surface area (A) relation. A series of π–A curves at every 0.1 mol fraction of each sterol for the three combinations of mixed systems were obtained at 25.0 °C.

On the basis of the π–A curves, the additivity rule in regard to A versus sterol mole fraction (X_st) was examined at discrete surface pressures such as 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 mN m⁻¹, and then from the obtained A–X_st curves the partial molecular areas (PMA) were determined. The A–X_st relation exhibited a marked negative deviation from ideal mixing in the pressure range below 10 mN m⁻¹, i.e. in the expanded liquid film region (below the transition pressure of DPPC).

The PMA of Ch at π=5 mN m⁻¹, for example, was found to be conspicuously negative in the range of X_Ch=0–0.2 (about −0.4 nm² per molecule) and slightly positive (ca. 0.1 nm² per molecule) in the range X_Ch=0.2 to 0.4. Above X_Ch=0.5, Ch’s PMA was almost the same as the surface area of pure Ch, while DPPC’s PMA was reduced to 60% of that of the pure system.

Excess Gibbs energy (ΔG_(ex)) as a function of X_st was estimated at different pressures. Applying the regular solution theory to thermodynamic analysis of ΔG_(ex), the activity coefficients (f₁ and f₂) of DPPC and the respective sterols as well as the interaction parameter (I_p) in the mixed film phase were evaluated; the results showed a marked dependence on X_st.

Compressibility C_s and elasticity C_s⁻¹ were also examined. These physical parameters directly reflected the mechanical strength of formed monolayer film.

Phase diagrams plotting the collapse pressure (π_c) against X_st were constructed, and the π_c versus X_st curves were examined for the respective mixed systems in comparison with the simulated curves of ideal mixing based on the Joos equation.

Comparing the monolayer behavior of the three mixed systems, little remarkable difference was found in regard to various aspects. In common among the three combinations, the mole fraction dependence in monolayer properties was classified into three ranges: 0<X_st<0.2, 0.2<X_st<0.4 and 0.5<X_st<1. How the difference in the chemical structure of the sterols influenced the properties was examined in detail.