小鱼眼草三萜类化学成分研究

采用硅胶,Sephadex LH-20和半制备HPLC等色谱方法对小鱼眼草Dichrocephala benthamii全草的三萜类化学成分进行了研究,并运用质谱、核磁等波谱技术对分离得到的化合物进行了结构鉴定,结果从小鱼眼草中分离得到9个三萜类化合物,分别鉴定为β-香树脂醇甲酸酯(1),β-香树脂醇乙酸酯(2),β-香树脂醇(3),β-香树脂酮(4),3β-羟基, Δ^11,13(18)-齐墩果二烯(5),Δ¹²-齐墩果烯(6),木栓酮(7),达玛烷二烯醇乙酸酯(8)和表木栓醇(9)。化合物 1~8 为首次从鱼眼草属植物中分离得到,化合物 9 为首次从该种植物中分离得到,其中化合物 1 为新的天然产物。     

大血藤中1个新的木脂素类化合物

大血藤来源于木通科植物大血藤Sargentodoxa cuneata的干燥藤茎。该研究通过HPD-100 大孔树脂、反复硅胶柱色谱、Sephadex LH-20 和制备液相等方法,从采自安徽黄山的大血藤藤茎中分离出20个化合物;根据化合物的理化性质和波谱数据,分别鉴定为(7R,8S)-3,3'-5-三甲氧基-4,9-二羟基-4',7-环氧-5',8-木脂素-7'-烯-9'-酸 4-O-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖苷(1),1-O-香草酸-6-O-香草酰基吡喃葡萄糖苷(2),对羟基苯乙醇-6-O-香豆酰吡喃葡萄糖苷(3),枸橼苦素B(4),桂皮苷(5),(-)-异落叶松脂素4'-O-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖苷(6),(-)-异落叶松脂素4-O-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖苷(7),1-O-香草酸-6-(3",5"-二甲氧基-没食子酰)-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖苷(8),对羟基苯乙醇-6-O-(E)-咖啡酰吡喃葡萄糖苷(9),(-)-丁香树脂醇4'-O-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖苷(10),(-)-丁香树脂醇双葡萄糖苷(11),野菰苷(12),木通苯乙醇苷B(13),4-羟基-3-甲氧基苯乙酮-4-O-α-L-鼠李糖-(1→6)-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖苷(14),4-羟基-3-甲氧基苯乙酮-4-O-β-D-芹糖-(1→6)-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖苷(15),(-)-表儿茶素(16),毛柳苷(17),3,4-二羟基苯乙醇吡喃葡萄糖苷(18),绿原酸(19),原儿茶酸(20),其中化合物1为新化合物,化合物2~7首次从该植物中分离得到。     

赤小豆的化学成分研究

通过大孔吸附树脂D101,正相硅胶,Sephadex LH-20,ODS,反相HPLC等多种色谱分离方法相结合,从赤小豆70%乙醇提取物中分离得到8个化合物;借助ESI-MS,NMR等光谱技术鉴定其结构为2β,15α-二羟基-贝壳杉-16-烯-18,19-二羧酸(1),2β-O-β-D-葡萄吡喃糖-15α-羟基-贝壳杉-16-烯-18,19-二羧酸 (2),2β-(O-β-D-葡萄吡喃糖)atractyligenin (3),3R-O-[β-L-阿拉伯吡喃糖基-(1→6)-β-D-葡萄吡喃糖] 辛-1-烯-3-醇 (4),(6S,7E,9R)-6,9-二羟基-megastigman-4,7-二烯-3-酮-9-O-β-D-葡萄吡喃糖苷 (5),刺五加苷D(6),白藜芦醇(7)和麦芽酚(8).结论:化合物1~7均为首次从该属植物中分离得到,化合物8为首次从该种植物中分离得到.     

小果蔷薇三萜酸类化学成分的研究

采用柱色谱技术对小果蔷薇Rosa cymosa Tratt.根的95%乙醇提取物进行化学成分的研究,从小果蔷薇中分离得到11个化合物,根据波谱数据结合理化性质确定各化合物的结构,分别鉴定为坡模酸(1), 覆盆子酸(2), 乌苏酸(3), 蔷薇酸(4), 阿江榄仁尼酸(5), 委陵菜酸(6), 3β-E-feruloyl corosolic acid(7), 1β-羟基蔷薇酸(8), 千花木酸(9), 2,3-断-19α-羟基-12-稀-乌苏-2,3,28-三羧酸(10), 冬青苷 B(11)。化合物 3, 6~8, 10, 11 为首次从该植物中分离得到, 其中化合物 7, 10 为首次从蔷薇属分离得到。     

蒙药长松萝的化学成分研究

目的: 研究长松萝的化学成分。 方法: 用正相硅胶、Sephadex LH-20、制备高效液相色谱等方法进行分离纯化, 根据理化性质、光谱数据以及结合文献报道的波谱数据鉴定化合物的结构。 结果: 分离得到10个化合物, 分别鉴定为(4aR,9bS)-2,6-二乙酰基-3,4a,7,9-四羟基-8,9b-二甲基-1-氧代-1,4,4a,9b-四氢二苯骈呋喃酮(1), (+)-松萝酸(2),苔黑酚(3),18R-hydroxydihydroalloprotolichensterinic acid(4),3β-羟基-5α,8α-桥二氧麦角甾-6,22-二烯(5), 扁枝衣酸乙酯(6),阿拉伯糖醇(7), 芹菜素-7-O-β-D-葡萄糖醛酸苷(8), 3-羟基-5-O-甲基-2-甲基苯甲酸(9),木栓酮(10)。 结论: 化合物1为新化合物,化合物8为首次从松萝属地衣分离得到,化合物3,4,7为首次从长松萝中分离得到。     

秦岭地区鸡屎藤中的化学成分

目的: 研究太白山地区鸡屎藤Paederia scandens全草的化学成分,为其药效成分及作用机制的深入研究奠定基础. 方法: 采用硅胶柱色谱、Sephadex LH-20凝胶柱色谱、重结晶等方法分离纯化化合物,并通过化合物的理化性质和波谱分析鉴定其结构. 结果: 从鸡屎藤中分离并鉴定了13个化合物,分别为β-谷甾醇(1),3,7-二羟基-5-豆甾烯(2),熊果酸(3),3-氧代-12-烯-28-乌苏酸(4),齐墩果酸(5),正三十二烷(6),胡萝卜苷(7),蒲公英赛醇(8),水杨酸(9),3-O-乙酰齐墩果酸(10),琥珀酸(11),杜鹃花酸(12),鸡屎藤苷(13). 结论: 化合物 2,4,6,8~10, 12均为首次从该植物中分离得到.     

中药千年健的化学成分研究

采用正相硅胶柱色谱、葡聚糖凝胶SephadexLH-20柱色谱、重结晶等方法对中药千年健进行了化学成分研究,并运用波谱方法对所分离得到的化合物进行结构鉴定。结果从中药千年健中分离并鉴定了12个化合物,分别为5-pentylresorcinol-β-glucoside(1),原儿茶酸(2),对羟基苯甲酸(3),香草酸(4),5-羟甲基-2-呋喃甲酸(5),2-呋喃甲酸(6),5-羟甲基-2-糠醛(7),(R)-苹果酸(8),(R)-苹果酸二甲酯(9),1,2,3-丙烷三羧酸三甲酯(10),4-羟基-四氢呋喃-2-酮(11)和三羟基薄荷烷(12)。其中,化合物1为新的天然产物,化合物4~12为首次从该属植物中分离得到。     

鸭跖草的化学成分研究

利用常规柱色谱及半制备高效液相色谱等手段相结合对鸭跖草化学成分进行分离纯化,从鸭跖草中分离得到15个化合物,根据其NMR和MS等光谱数据以及理化性质鉴定化合物结构,所分化合物分别鉴定为柯伊利素-7-O-β-D-葡萄糖苷(1),没食子酸甲酯(2),对香豆酸(3),原儿茶酸(4),咖啡酸(5),对羟基苯甲酸(6),2-苯乙基-β-D-葡萄糖苷(7),土大黄苷(8),(7S,8R)-dihydrodehydrodiconiferyl alcohol-9-O-β-D-glucoside(9),异牡荆素(10),芹菜素-6-C-α-L-鼠李糖苷(11),isorhamnetin-3-O-β-D-glucoside(12),槲皮素-3-O-α-L-鼠李糖苷(13),异槲皮素(14),1,2-dihydro-6,8-dimethoxy-7-1-(3,5-dimethoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl)-N¹,N²-bis-[2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethyl]-2,3-naphthalene dicarboxamide(15).化合物 2,5-9,11,13 等8个化合物为首次从鸭跖草属中分离得到.     

苦参中非生物碱类成分研究

该文采用硅胶和HPLC等色谱手段,从苦参茎叶中分离得到5个化合物,从苦参根中分离得到10个化合物;根据化合物的波谱数据,分别鉴定为corchionoside C(1),丁香苷(2),2'-脱氧胸腺嘧啶核苷(3),松柏苷(4),benzyl O-β-D-glucopyranoside(5),番石榴酸(6),三叶豆紫檀苷(7),苦参酮(8),三叶豆紫檀苷-6'-单乙酸酯(9),槐属二氢黄酮G(10),异腐醇(11),降脱水淫羊藿素(12),4'-甲氧基异黄酮-7-O-β-D-芹糖-(1→6)-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖苷(13),kushenol O(14) 和6"-木糖-染料木素葡萄糖苷(15),其中化合物 1~6 为首次从该属植物分离得到。     

藏飞廉中酚酸类成分研究

通过大孔吸附树脂,MCI 树脂,正相硅胶,Sephadex LH-20,ODS和反相HPLC 等多种色谱分离方法相结合,从藏飞廉乙醇提取物中分离得到14个化合物;利用多种谱学技术鉴定它们的结构分别为红景天苷(1),2-(3,4-二羟苯基)-乙基-O-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖苷(2),3,5-二羟苯基-乙醇-3-O-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖苷(3),对羟基桂皮酸(4),3-hydroxy-1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl) propan-1-one(5),3-hydroxy-1-(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl) propan-1-one(6),紫丁香苷(7),对羟基苯甲醛(8),水杨酸(9),tachioside(10),香草酸-4-O-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖苷(11),丁香醛(12),2, 6-二甲氧基-4-羟基苯酚-1-O-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖苷(13),2, 6-二甲氧基-对苯二酚-4-O-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖苷(14)。除化合物4和7外,其余均为首次从飞廉属植物中分离得到。     

Effect of feeding Mucuna pruriens on helminth parasite infestation in lambs

Ethnopharmacological relevance

Mucuna pruriens is a tropical legume anecdotally reputed to have anthelmintic properties. This study was conducted to examine the validity of such claims.

Aim of the study

The aim of this study was to determine if ingestion of Mucuna seeds reduces helminth parasite infestation in lambs.

Materials and methods

Thirty-six Dorper × Katahdin ram lambs were assigned to three treatments, a cottonseed meal based control diet, a diet in which Mucuna replaced cottonseed meal and the control diet with levamisole (7.5 mg/kg body weight) administration. All diets were isonitrogenous and isocaloric. The 12 lambs in each treatment were assigned randomly to 4 pens, each containing 3 lambs. Lambs were trickle infected three times per week by gavage with infectious Haemonchus contortus larvae (2000 larvae/lamb) for 3 weeks.

Results

Levamisole treatment decreased fecal egg counts by 87% and abomasal worm counts by 83%. Mucuna intake did not statistically affect fecal egg counts or abomasal worm counts, though numerical (P > 0.10) reductions of 7.4% and 18.1%, respectively were evident. Anemia indicators, feed intake, and lamb growth were unaffected by treatment.

Conclusions

Levamisole reduced the Haemonchus parasite burden in lambs significantly but feeding Mucuna reduced the burden by levels unlikely to eliminate the clinical effects of parasitism.     

厚朴与凹叶厚朴群体遗传学研究

目的:对厚朴与凹叶厚朴的群体遗传学进行研究,为中药厚朴的质量控制提供分子生药学方面的依据。方法:对厚朴与凹叶厚朴15个居群应用2个叶绿体基因间序列psbA-trnH和trnL-trnF进行PCR扩增并测序,计算厚朴与凹叶厚朴单倍型频率,用程序HaploNst分析遗传多样性和遗传结构,应用TCS version 1.13软件构建单倍型网状进化树。结果:厚朴与凹叶厚朴均无特有单倍型存在,但单倍型频率存在显著差异,已开始出现遗传分化的趋势,NST略大于GST。结论:厚朴与凹叶厚朴在遗传上已出现遗传分化的趋势,但尚未完全分化成彼此独立的单系。     

真菌的中药干预研究近5年进展

近年来真菌感染率逐年上升,传统抗真菌药物易产生耐药性,而中药在防治真菌感染方面具有一定的优势。本文就近5年来中药对白念珠菌、皮肤癣菌、曲霉菌、马拉色菌、串珠镰孢菌、申克孢子丝菌、新生隐球菌及真菌生物膜的干预研究进展进行综述。     

Investigation of plant extracts in traditional medicine of the Brazilian Cerrado against protozoans and yeasts

Aim of the study

To investigate the activities of the 217 plant extracts in traditional medicine of the Brazilian Cerrado against protozoans and yeasts.

Materials and methods

Plant extracts were prepared by the method of maceration using solvents of different polarities. The growth inhibition of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum strain (FcB1) was determined by measuring the radioactivity of the tritiated hypoxanthine incorporated. Activity against Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi and Trypanosoma cruzi was measured by the MTT colorimetric assay. The antifungal tests were carried out by using the CLSI method. The active extracts were tested also by cytotoxicity assay using NIH-3T3 cells of mammalian fibroblasts.

Results

Two hundred and seventeen extracts of plants were tested against Plasmodium falciparum. The eleven active extracts, belonging to eight plant species were evaluated against L. (L.) chagasi, Trypanosoma cruzi, yeasts and in NIH-3T3 cells. The results found in these biological models are consistent with the ethnopharmacological data of these plants. The ethyl acetate extract of Diospyros hispida root showed IC₅₀ values of 1 μg/mL against Plasmodium falciparum. This extract demonstrated no toxicity against mammalian cells, resulting in a significant selectivity index (SI) of 435.8. The dichloromethane extract of Calophyllum brasiliense root wood was active against Cryptococcus gattii LMGO 01 with MIC of 1.95 μg/mL; and Candida albicans ATCC 10231 and Candida krusei LMGO 174, both with MIC of 7.81 μg/mL. The same extract was also active against Plasmodium falciparum and L. (L.) chagasi with IC₅₀ of 6.7 and 27.6 μg/mL respectively. The ethyl acetate extract of Spiranthera odoratissima leaves was active against Cryptococcus gattii LMGO 01 with MIC of 31.25 μg/mL, and against Plasmodium falciparum with IC₅₀ of 9.2 μg/mL and Trypanosoma cruzi with IC₅₀ of 56.3 μg/mL.

Conclusion

The active extracts for protozoans and human pathogenic yeasts are considered promising to continue the search for the identification and development of leading compounds.     

α-Glucosidase inhibitory activity of selected Philippine plants

Ethnopharmacological relevance

Antidesma bunius Spreng. (Phyllantaceae), Averrhoa bilimbi L. (Oxalidaceae), Biophytum sensitivum (L.) DC. (Oxalidaceae), Ceriops tagal (Perr.) C.B. Rob. (Rhizophoraceae), Kyllinga monocephala Rottb. (Cyperaceae), and Rhizophora mucronata Lam. (Rhizophoraceae) are used as remedies to control diabetes. In the present study, these plants were screened for their potential α-glucosidase inhibitory activity.

Materials and methods

The 80% aqueous ethanolic extracts were screened for their α-glucosidase enzyme inhibitory activity using yeast alpha glucosidase enzyme.

Results

Except for A. bilimbi with IC₅₀ at 519.86±3.07, all manifested a significant enzyme inhibitory activity. R. mucronata manifested the highest activity with IC₅₀ at 0.08±1.82 μg mL⁻¹, followed by C. tagal with IC₅₀ at 0.85±1.46 μg mL⁻¹ and B. sensitivum with IC₅₀ at 2.24±1.58 μg mL⁻¹.

Conclusion

This is the first report on the α-glucosidase inhibitory effect of the six Philippine plants; thus, partly defining the mechanism on why these medicinal plants possess antidiabetic properties.     

European medicinal polypores – A modern view on traditional uses

Ethnopharmacological relevance

In particular five polypore species, i.e. Laetiporus sulphureus, Fomes fomentarius, Fomitopsis pinicola, Piptoporus betulinus, and Laricifomes officinalis, have been widely used in central European folk medicines for the treatment of various diseases, e.g. dysmenorrhoea, haemorrhoids, bladder disorders, pyretic diseases, treatment of coughs, cancer, and rheumatism. Prehistoric artefacts going back to over 5000 years underline the long tradition of using polypores for various applications ranging from food or tinder material to medicinal–spiritual uses as witnessed by two polypore species found among items of Ötzi, the Iceman. The present paper reviews the traditional uses, phytochemistry, and biological activity of the five mentioned polypores.

Materials and methods

All available information on the selected polypore taxa used in traditional folk medicine was collected through evaluation of literature in libraries and searches in online databases using SciFinder and Web of Knowledge.

Results

Mycochemical studies report the presence of many primary (e.g. polysaccharides) and secondary metabolites (e.g. triterpenes). Crude extracts and isolated compounds show a wide spectrum of biological properties, such as anti-inflammatory, cytotoxic, and antimicrobial activities.

Conclusions

The investigated polypores possess a longstanding ethnomycological tradition in Europe. Here, we compile biological results which highlight their therapeutic value. Moreover, this work provides a solid base for further investigations on a molecular level, both compound- and target-wise.     

Antiplasmodial activity of extracts from seven medicinal plants used in malaria treatment in Cameroon

Aim of the study

In a search for new plant-derived biologically active compounds against malaria parasites, we have carried out an ethnopharmacological study to evaluate the susceptibility of cultured Plasmodium falciparum to extracts and fractions from seven Cameroonian medicinal plants used in malaria treatment. We have also explored the inhibition of the Plasmodium falciparum cysteine protease Falcipain-2.

Materials and methods

Plant materials were extracted by maceration in organic solvents, and subsequently partitioned or fractionated to afford test fractions. The susceptibility of erythrocytes and the W2 strain of Plasmodium falciparum to plant extracts was evaluated in culture. In addition, the ability of annonaceous extracts to inhibit recombinant cysteine protease Falcipain-2 was also assessed.

Results and discussion

The extracts showed no toxicity against erythrocytes. The majority of plant extracts were highly active against Plasmodium falciparumin vitro, with IC₅₀ values lower than 5 μg/ml. Annonaceous extracts (acetogenin-rich fractions and interface precipitates) exhibited the highest potency. Some of these extracts exhibited modest inhibition of Falcipain-2.

Conclusion

These results support continued investigation of components of traditional medicines as potential new antimalarial agents.     

Screening of the topical anti-inflammatory activity of the bark of Acacia cornigera Willdenow, Byrsonima crassifolia Kunth, Sweetia panamensis Yakovlev and the leaves of Sphagneticola trilobata Hitchcock

Ethnopharmacological relevance

An investigation of topical anti-inflammatory activity was undertaken on plants used in Central America traditional medicine.

Aim of study

Four herbal drugs used in the folk medicine of Central America to treat inflammatory skin affections (Acacia cornigera bark, Byrsonima crassifolia bark, Sphagneticola trilobata leaves and Sweetia panamensis bark) were evaluated for their topical anti-inflammatory activity.

Materials and methods

Petroleum ether, chloroform and methanol extracts were obtained for herbal medicines and then extracts were tested on Croton oil-induced ear dermatitis model in mice.

Results

Almost all the extracts reduced the Croton oil-induced ear dermatitis in mice and the chloroform ones showed the highest activity, with ID₅₀ (dose giving 50% oedema inhibition) values ranging from 112 μg/cm² (Byrsonima crassifolia) to 183 μg/cm² (Sphagneticola trilobata). As reference, ID₅₀ of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug indomethacin was 93 μg/cm².

Conclusions

Lipophilic extracts from these species can be regarded as potential sources of anti-inflammatory principles.     

贝母类药材湖北贝母Fritillaria hupehensis系统位置的探讨——来自ITS,rpl16,matK序列的证据

湖北贝母为传统中药,然而《Flora of China》将其基原植物湖北贝母Fritillaria hupehensis归并于天目贝母F.monantha项下。该实验采用分子系统学方法,以川百合Lilium davidii为外类群,用核基因ITS序列和叶绿体基因rpl16序列、matK序列等3个片段对湖北贝母及其近缘类群天目贝母F.monantha、安徽贝母F.anhuiensis等进行联合建树分析,对湖北贝母植物的系统位置进行了探讨,为湖北贝母药材的安全使用提供分子证据。结果显示,分子系统树上,3种贝母各自的居群聚为一支,之后天目贝母与安徽贝母聚为一支,最后与湖北贝母聚为一支。表明湖北贝母与天目贝母的亲缘关系可能要远于安徽贝母与天目贝母之间的关系,因此不适宜将湖北贝母归并于天目贝母。     

中国石斛属植物文献计量研究

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