白山草乌中二萜生物碱的电喷雾串联质谱分析

利用电喷雾串联质谱 ( ESI-MS2 )对吉林省白山市地产草乌的乙醇提取液进行了直接分析 ,方法简便 ,直观 ,用样量少。ESI-MS可以给出分子量信息 ,MS2 方法则可以从复杂体系中获得结构信息。在该植物中发现中乌头碱、次乌头碱乌头碱及中乌头碱的水解产物和脂类生物碱等九种二萜生物碱

刺五加叶中黄酮类化合物的分析

利用电喷雾多级串联质谱 (ESI MSn)技术 ,分析了刺五加叶中黄酮类化合物 ,并根据黄酮类化合物的特征显色反应 ,采用紫外 可见分光光度法 ,对刺五加叶中总黄酮的含量进行了测定。分析结果表明 :刺五加叶含有槲皮素及其相关的黄酮甙类化合物 ,其含量达 37.2 5 %。

电喷雾多级串联质谱快速鉴定木鳖子皂苷

利用电喷雾正负离子多级串联质谱相结合的方法 ,并结合皂苷部分醇解产物和皂苷元的质谱数据 ,鉴定了木鳖子皂苷的结构 ,推断了木鳖子皂苷的电喷雾质谱机理

乌头碱类生物碱的质谱研究进展

本文简述质谱方法在乌头碱型 C19二萜生物碱的分析和结构鉴定等方面的应用以及不同电离方式下乌头碱的断裂行为 ,并总结我们近来利用电喷雾串联质谱技术分析几种乌头属植物中生物碱的研究结果 ,提出脂类生物碱 ( lipo-alkaloids)存在于其它乌头属植物中的可能性

人参四逆汤抗休克作用的有效组分成分分析

分析人参四逆汤抗失血性休克作用的提取组分 S- 1和 S- 7的组成成分。方法　结合硅胶色谱柱分离 ,利用 ESI/MSn、MAL DI- TOF/MS等技术分析鉴定 S- 1和 S- 7的化学成分。结果　从人参四逆汤水煎液的抗休克作用的有效组分 S- 7中分析和鉴定了人参皂苷 - Ra1 、- Ra2 、- Rb1 、- Rb2 、- Rb3、- Rc、- Rd、- Re、- Rg1 、- Rg2 、- Rg3、- Rf等 12种人参皂苷 ;从有效组分 S- 1中检出下列二萜生物碱成分 :苯甲酰次乌头碱油酸酯 (14 - benzoylhypaconine- 8-linoleate,HAL )、苯甲酰去氧乌头碱油酸酯 (14 - benzoyldeoxyaconine- 8- oleate,HAO )、苯甲酰次乌头碱棕榈酸酯(14 - benzoylhypaconine- 8- palmitate,HAP)、苯甲酰中乌头碱 (benzoylmesaconitine,BM)、苯甲酰乌头碱 (benzoyla-conitine,BA)、苯甲酰次乌头碱 (benzoylhypaconitine,BH)。结论...

人参四逆汤成分的研究

利用ESI/MS~n、LC/MS、MALDI-TOF/MS等技术,从人参四逆汤水煎液中分析和鉴定了10种二萜生物碱:苯甲酰中乌头碱benzoylmesaconitine、苯甲酰乌头碱henzoylaconitine、苯甲酰次乌头碱benzoylhypacoitine、尼奥灵neoline、附子灵fuziline、14-乙酰基塔拉地萨敏14-acetyl-talatisamine、苯甲酰次乌头碱亚油酸酯14-benzoylhypaconine-8-linoleate、苯甲酰去氧乌头碱亚油酸酯14-benzoydeoxyaconine-8-oleate、苯甲酰次乌头碱棕榈酸酯14-benzoylhypaconine-8-palmitate、塔拉地萨敏talatisamine和人参皂甙R_(a1)、R_(a2)、R_(b1)、R_(b2)、R_(b3)、R_c、R_d、R_e、R_(g1)、R_(g2)、R_(g3)、R_f等12种人参皂甙。脂肪酸酯型生物碱和苯甲酰类生物碱的提取组分有抗失血性休克作用和弱的正性肌力作用。人参皂甙的提取组分具有明显的负性肌力作用。

Phase transition and transition kinetics of a thermotropic poly(amide-imide) derived from 70% pyromellitic dianhydride, 30% terephthaloyl chloride, and 1,3-bis[4-(4 '-aminophenoxy)cumyl]benzene

The phase transition and transition kinetics of a liquid crystalline copoly(amide-imide) (PAI37), which was synthesized from 70 mol% pyromellitic dianhydride, 30 mol% terephthaloyl chloride, and 1,3-bis[4-(4'-aminophenoxy)cumyl]benzene, was characterized by differential scanning calorimetry, polarized light microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and rheology. PAI37 exhibits a glass transition temperature at 182 degreesC followed by multiple phase transitions. The crystalline phase starts to melt at similar to 220 degreesC and forms smectic C (S-C) phase. The Sc phase transforms into smectic A (S-A) phase when the temperature is above 237 degreesC. The S-C to S-A transition spans a broad temperature range in which the S-A phase vanishes and forms isotropic melt. The WARD fiber pattern of PAI37 pulled from the anisotropic melt revealed an anomalous chain orientation, which was characterized by its layer normal perpendicular to the fiber direction. The transition kinetics for the mesophase and crystalline phase formation was also studied.

Formation of mesophase mono-domains and micro-structures in thin films of a series of copolyethers containing both odd-numbered methylene units

The structural and morphological evolution of mono-domains in thin films has been investigated for a series of liquid crystalline (LC) copolyethers. The copolyethers studied were synthesized by the reaction of 1-(4-hydroxy-4 ' -biphenylyl)-2-(4-hydroxyl-phenyl)propane (TPP) with 1,7-dibromoheptane and 1,11-undecane at different compositions (coTPPs-7/11). In contrast to the solution-cast thin films without annealing, which exhibit the isotropic homogeneous molecular orientation, mono-domains with a homeotropic alignment were found in coTPP-7/11(5/5) after the thin films were annealed in the high-temperature columnar phase (Phi '). Similar to the nucleation process in polymer crystallization, transmission electron microscopic observations show that small mono-domains appear in the initial stage of annealing, where molecules form a uniaxial in-plane chain orientation. With increasing annealing time, the molecular orientation gradually became tilted with respect to the substrate surface, and finally, a uniaxial homeotropic molecular orientation was achieved after a prolonged annealing time. The lateral size of mono-domains was found to increase continuously with annealing time and grew into a circular shape, indicating an isotropic lateral growth scheme which implies a hexagonal molecular packing proved by the electron diffraction experiments.

Self-assembled monolayer of ssDNA on Au(111) substrate

Self-assembled monolayer of natural single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) from dl:natured plasmid DNA and pBR322/PstI marker was first observed on Au(111) by low-current STM (Lc-STM). The width of ssDNA stripe measured is 0.9 +/- 0.1 nm, which is just half of the theoretical width of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA). Each ssDNA stripe consists of bright and dark parts. alternatively; the period of two adjacent bright parts in the same ssDNA stripe measured is 0.4 +/- 0.1 nm, which is consistent with the theoretical distance between two adjacent base pairs in ssDNA. The stripe orientations in ssDNA domains are predominately at angles of 0 degrees, 60 degrees or 120 degrees relative to crystallographically faceted steps on the gold surface. The electrochemical experiment indicated that it was ssDNA but not dsDNA that was absorbed on Au(111)surface. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Preparation and mass spectrometric study of egg yolk antibody (IgY) against rabies virus

Rabies virus was used as the antigen to immunize laying chickens. Anti-rabies virus immunoglobulin Y(IgY) was isolated from yolks of the eggs laid by these chickens using a two-step salt precipitation and one-step gel filtration protocol. The purified IgY was reduced with dithiothreitol, and heavy chains (HC) and light chains (LC) were obtained. In addition, the purified IgY was digested with pepsin and the fragment with specific antigen binding properties (Fab) was produced. Using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOFMS), the average molecular weights of IgY, HC, LC, and Fab were determined as 167 250, 65 105, 18 660, and 45,359 Da, respectively. IgY has two structural differences compared with mammalian IgGs. First, the molecular weight of the heavy chain of IgY is larger than that of its mammalian counterpart, while the molecular weight of the light chain of IgY is smaller. Second, upon pepsin digestion, anti-rabies virus IgY is degraded into Feb, in contrast to mammalian IgG, which has been reported to be degraded into F(ab')(2) under the same conditions. Copyright (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Metal ion adducts in the structural analysis of ginsenosides by electrospray ionization with multi-stage mass spectrometry

The effect of metal (Li+, Na+, K+, Ag+) cationization on collision-induced dissociation of ginsenosides was investigated by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry combined with multi-stage mass spectrometry (ESI-MSn). The fragments of sodiated and lithiated molecules give valuable structural information regarding the nature of the aglycone and the sequence and linkage information of sugar moieties. However, the number and relative abundances of fragment ions from lithiated ginsenosides are significantly greater than for the sodiated species, The K+ adducts undergo glycosidic cleavages and very limited cross-ring reactions. The silver ion adducts fragment mainly through glycosidic cleavages. Copyright (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Electrostatic-field-induced chain alignment of liquid crystalline copolyether TPP thin films

A liquid crystalline (LC) copolyether has been synthesized from 1-(4-hydroxy-4'-biphenyl)-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane with 1,7-dibromoheptane and 1,11-dibromoundecane with a 50/50 (both in %) equal composition of the 7- and 11-methylene monomers [coTPP-7/11(5/5)]. A mono-domain with a homeotropic alignment can be induced by a thin film surface in the LC phase. When an electrostatic field is applied to the surface-induced mono-domains parallel to the thin film surface normal, the molecular alignment undergoes a change from the homeotropic to uniaxial homogeneous arrangement. However, when the field is applied to a direction perpendicular to the thin film surface normal. the molecular alignment is about 10 degrees -tilt with respect to the homeotropic alignment toward the a*-axis. This is because the permanent dipole moment of the copolyether is not right vertical to the molecular direction. The calculation of molecular dipoles indicates that the permanent dipole moment of this copolyether is about 70 degrees away from the molecular axis, which leads to a negative dielectric anisotropy. It is speculated that the 10 degrees- rather than 20 degrees -tilt is due to a balance between the alignment induced by the electrostatic field and the surface. In the electrostatic field, molecules are subjected to a torque tau, which is determined by the permanent dipole moment P and the electrostatic field E: tau = P x E. The molecular realignment in both parallel and perpendicular directions to the thin film surface normal is determined by satisfying the condition of tau = P x E = 0. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

Double twist in helical polymer "soft" crystals

In natural and synthetic materials having non-racemic chiral centers, chirality and structural ordering each play a distinct role in the formation of ordered states. Configurational chirality can be extended to morphological chirality when the phase, structures possess low liquid crystalline order. In the crystalline states the crystallization process suppresses the chiral helical morphology due to strong ordering interactions, In this Letter, we report the first observation of helical single lamellar crystals of synthetic non-racemic chiral polymers. Experimental evidence shows that the molecular chains twist along both the long and short axes of the helical lamellar crystals, which is the first time a double-twist molecular orientation in a helical crystal has been observed.

Helical single-lamellar crystals thermotropically formed in a synthetic nonracemic chiral main-chain polyester

Phase structures and transformation mechanisms of nonracemic chiral biological and synthetic polymers are fundamentally important topics in understanding their macroscopic responses in different environments. It has been known for many years that helical structures and morphologies can exist in low-ordered chiral liquid crystalline (LC) phases. However, when the chiral liquid crystals form highly ordered smectic liquid crystal phases, the helical morphology is suppressed due to the crystallization process. A double-twisted morphology has been observed in many liquid crystalline biopolymers such as dinoflaggellate chromosomes (in Prorocentrum micans) in an in vivo arrangement. Helical crystals grown from solution have been reported in the case of Bombyx mori silk fibroin crystals having the beta modification. This study describes a synthetic nonracemic chiral main-chain LC polyester that is able to thermotropically form helical single lamellar crystals. Flat single lamellar crystals can also be observed under the same crystallization condition. Moreover, flat and helical lamellae can coexist in one single lamellar crystal, within which one form can smoothly transform to the other. Both of these crystals possess the same structure, although translational symmetry is broken in the helical crystals. The polymer chain folding direction in both flat and helical lamellar crystals is determined to be identical, and it is always along the long axis of the lamellae. This finding provides an opportunity to study the chirality effect on phase structure, morphology, and transformation in condensed states of chiral materials. [S0163-1829(99)01042-5].

Electrospray ionization multiple-stage tandem mass spectrometric analysis of diglycosyldiacylglycerol glycolipids from the bacteria Bacillus pumilus

Electrospray ionization (ESI) combined with multiple-stage tandem mass spectrometry (MSn) was used to directly analyze the glycolipid mixture from bacteria Bacillus pumilus without preliminary separation. Full scan ESI-MS revealed the composition of picomole quantities of glycerolglycolipid species containing C-14-C-19 fatty acids, some of which were monounsaturated, Two main components were identified from their molecular masses and fragmentation pathways. The fragmentation pathway of the known compound compared with the investigated compound verified the proposed structure as 1(3)-acyl-2-pentadecanoyl-3(1)-O-[beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->6)-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl]-sn-glycerols. A comparison of the multiple tandem mass spectra of the different alkali-metal cation adducts indicates that the intensity of fragments and the dissociation pathways are dependent on the alkali-metal type, The basic structures of glycerolglycolipids were reflected clearly from the fragmentation patterns of the sodium cations, The intense fragments of the sugar residue from the precursor ions were obtained from the lithiated adduct ions. ESI-MSn spectra of [M + K](+) ions did not provide as much fragmentation as [M + Na](+) and [M + Li](+) adducts, but their spectra allow the position of glycerol acylation to be determined. On the basis of MS2 spectra of[M + K](+) ions, it was established that all components have a C-15:0 fatty acid at the sn-2 position of the glycerol backbone and C-14-C-19 acids at the sn-1 position of the glycerol backbone. Copyright (C) 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.