八角茴香与其伪品莽草的红外光谱三级鉴定研究

采用红外光谱三级鉴定的方法区分和鉴别了八角茴香及其伪品莽草。红外光谱三级鉴定即依次采用一维红外光谱、二阶导数谱和二维相关红外光谱,分辨率逐渐提高,谱图的差别也进一步放大。一维谱图中,两者整体峰形比较相似,但在3 400 cm-1附近八角茴香只出现一个特征峰3 392 cm-1,而莽草则出现3 482和3 387 cm-1两个特征峰。二阶导数谱在850～1 180 cm-1波段八角茴香的几个强峰峰强相对比较接近,其中1 015 cm-1为图中最强峰,而莽草的最强峰在1 070 cm-1附近;在1 180～1 500 cm-1波段八角茴香在1 469,1 454,1 442 cm-1附近的３个特征峰峰强明显强于1 292,1 276,1 266 cm-1附近的特征峰,而莽草则刚好相反。二维相关红外光谱中差异更明显,850～1 165 cm-1波段八角茴香在主对角线上的自动峰较强峰出现在1 153和1 000 cm-1,而莽草峰强较强的自动峰出现在911和878 cm-1;1 165～1 500 cm-1波段八角茴香呈现2个自动峰,而莽草则出现5个自动峰。可见红外三级鉴定方法是一种快速有效的鉴定中药材的方法。     

中国八角科植物的分类研究和地理分布

本文通过对国产八角科植物的分类和地理分布的研究,首次确认国产八角科有28种,2变种(包括作者先后发表的3新种:地枫皮,假地枫皮,闽皖八角),1新交种:(百山祖八角),1个新等级,2个新记录,并报道了分种检索表和地理分布.     

毛细管区带电泳测定八角中莽草酸含量

建立了八角中莽草酸的毛细管区带电泳-紫外检测分析新方法．在单一磷酸盐和硼砂溶液中由于电扩散现象,莽草酸峰宽并严重前倾或脱尾,采用磷酸盐-硼砂混合溶液为缓冲液改善了峰形并提高了检测灵敏度,通过优化获得其最佳分离条件为pH8．63,10mmol／L NaH2PO4-9mmol／L硼砂,分离电压25kV．该条件下莽草酸的峰面积与浓度呈良好的线性关系,线性方程的相关系数为0．9998,检测限（S／N=3）为0．12μg／mL,比文献报道的方法约高10倍．该方法成功用于八角壳和籽中莽草酸的定量分析,其加标回收率分别为98．9％和104．6％．     

Phytoquinoids and Secoprezizaane‐Type Sesquiterpenes from Illicium arborescens

A phytochemical investigation of the MeOH extract of Illicium arborescens yielded the two new phytoquinoid epimers, 2,3‐didehydro‐5‐O‐methyl‐11‐epiillifunone E ( 1 ) and 2,3‐didehydro‐5‐O‐methylillifunone E ( 2 ), as well as five new sesquiterpene lactones (8,9‐secoprezizaane‐type sesquiterpenes). Two of them, i.e., 3 and 4 , were minwanensin‐type sesquiterpenes, the other two, i.e., 5 and 6 , had the anisatin‐type (or floridanolide type) skeleton, and the fifth, i.e., 7 , was a dunnianin‐type sesquiterpene. Their structures were established by analyses of 1D‐ and 2D‐NMR, HR‐MS, and chemical evidence. The in vitro cytotoxic activity of compounds 1 – 7 was tested against four human tumor cell lines, including HeLa (cervical epitheloid), WiDr (colon), Daoy (medulloblastoma), and Hep2 (liver carcinoma) human‐tumor cells.     

大茴香有效成分提取条件优化研究

采取水蒸气蒸馏法和索氏提取法,分别对大茴香提取从时间、破碎度、料剂比和乙醇浓度等方面进行条件优化,以精油的得率为指标,选用正交表L9(34)设计三因素三水平九个实验.结果表明:索氏提取法优于水蒸气蒸馏法,且在索氏提取法中,将大茴香干果粉碎过20目筛,加10倍量95%乙醇,回流提取3h,得油率最高,可达0.185%。     

Sesquiterpenes and prenylated C_6–C_3 compounds from the stems of Illicium henryi

One new sesquiterpene compound, namely, illihenlactone A(1), and one new prenylated C_6–C_3 compound, illihenryione H(2), along with three known sesquiterpenes(3–5) were isolated from the stems of Illicium henryi. The structures of 1 and 2 were elucidated by spectroscopic evidence including NMR, HRESIMS and circular dichroism(CD). Compound 2 exhibited a weak inhibitory ratio for bglucuronidase release induced by platelet-activating factor(PAF) in rat polymorphonuclear leukocytes(PMNs) in vitro.     

反相高效液相法测定八角茴香果实中的莽草酸

用反相高效液相法在Waters Symmetry C18柱(5 μm,4.6 mm×150 mm i.d)上测定八角茴香果实中的莽草酸.工作参数为：流速0.5 mL/min;进样体积2 μL;检测波长220 nm;柱温30 ℃±1 ℃;流动相0.01 mol/L　K2HPO4磷酸盐缓冲液(pH值为3,用磷酸调配)和体积分数3%甲醇.平均回收率为97.76 %,RSD为1.937 %(n=5).     

Cinnamomum verum J. Presl Bark Contains High Contents of Nicotinamide Mononucleotide

The global population is aging, and intervention strategies for anti-aging and the prevention of aging-related diseases have become a topic actively explored today. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD⁺) is an important molecule in the metabolic process, and its content in tissues and cells decreases with age. The supplementation of nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN), an important intermediate and precursor of NAD⁺, has increased NAD⁺ levels, and its safety has been demonstrated in rodents and human studies. However, the high content of NMN in natural plants has not been fully explored as herbal medicines for drug development. Here, we identified that the leaf of Cinnamomum verum J. Presl (C. verum) was the highest NMN content among the Plant Extract Library (PEL) with food experience, using ultra-performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS). To validate this result, the extraction and quantitative analysis of bark, leaf, root, and stem of fresh C. verum was conducted. The results revealed that the bark had the highest NMN content in C. verum (0.471 mg/100 g). Our study shed light on the prospects of developing natural plants in the context of NMN as drugs for anti-aging and prevention of aging-related diseases. The future should focus on the development and application of C. verum pharmaceutical formulations.     

Rapid analysis of the essential oils from dried Illicium verum Hook. f. and Zingiber officinale Rosc. by improved solvent-free microwave extraction with three types of microwave-absorption medium

A new method of extracting essential oils from dried plant materials has been studied. By adding a microwave-absorption medium (MAM) to a reactor, solvent-free microwave extraction (SFME) was improved and can be used to extract essential oils from dried plant material without pretreatment. With a microwave irradiation power of 85 W it took only approximately 30 min to extract the essential oils completely. The whole extraction process is simple, rapid, and economical. Three types of MAM, iron carbonyl powder (ICP), graphite powder (GP), and activated carbon powder (ACP), and two types of dried plant material, Illicium verum Hook. f. and Zingiber officinale Rosc., were studied. The results were compared with those obtained by use of conventional SFME, microwave-assisted hydrodistillation (MAHD), and conventional hydrodistillation (HD), and the conclusion drawn was that improved SFME was a feasible means of extracting essential oils from dried plant materials, because there were few differences between the composition of the essential oils extracted by improved SFME and by the other methods.