The effect of strain, growth stage, and cultivating condition of Ganoderma lucidum on 5α-reductase inhibition

The inhibitory effects of 102 methanol extracts of 40 mycelia, 9 culture fluids, and 53 fruiting bodies of 40 strains of Ganoderma lucidum on 55.gif" alt="agr" align="BASELINE" BORDER="0">-reductase were investigated. The methanol extract of the fruiting body of each strain was found to show the strongest 55.gif" alt="agr" align="BASELINE" BORDER="0">-reductase inhibitory activity among the extracts tested.     

Reaction behavior of lignin in supercritical methanol as studied with lignin model compounds

 The reaction behavior and kinetics of lignin model compounds were studied in supercritical methanol with a batch-type supercritical biomass conversion system. Guaiacol, veratrole, 2,6-dimethoxyphenol, and 1,2,3-trimethoxybenzene were used as model compounds for aromatic rings in lignin. In addition, 5-5, β-1, β-O-4, and ^5;-O-4 types of dimeric lignin model compounds were used as representatives of linkages in lignin. As a result, aromatic rings and 5-5 (biphenyl)-type structures were stable in supercritical methanol, and the β-1 linkage was not cleaved in the β-1-type structure but converted rapidly to stilbene. On the other hand, β-ether and ^5;-ether linkages of β-O-4 and ^5;-O-4 lignin model compounds were cleaved rapidly, and these compounds decomposed to some monomeric compounds. Phenolic compounds were found to be more reactive than nonphenolic compounds. These results indicate that cleavages of ether linkages mainly contribute to the depolymerization of lignin, whereas condensed linkages such as the 5-5 and β-1 types are not cleaved in supercritical methanol. Therefore, it is suggested that the supercritical methanol treatment effectively depolymerizes lignin into the lower-molecular-weight products as a methanol-soluble portion mainly by cleavage of the β-ether structure, which is the dominant linkage in lignin. Received: December 19, 2001 / Accepted: April 30, 2002 Acknowledgments This research has been done under the research program for the development of technologies for establishing an ecosystem based on recycling in rural villages for the twenty-first century from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan; by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)(2) (no.12460144, 2001.4–2003.3) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan; and under the research program from Kansai Research Foundation for Technology Promotion, Japan. The authors thank them for their financial support. This study was presented in part at the 45th Lignin Symposium, Ehime, Japan, October 2000 and the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, Gifu, Japan, April 2002 Correspondence to:S. Saka     

Determination of nitrobenzene oxidation products by GC and1H-NMR spectroscopy using 5-iodovanillin as a new internal standard

The nitrobenzene oxidation method was modified to obtain more reproducible data and more structural information about lignin, not only by gas chromatography (GC) but also by proton nuclear magnetic resonance (¹H-NMR) spectroscopy for quantitative determination of the oxidation products and to simplify the procedures. The nitrobenzene oxidation mixture was directly extracted after acidification without preextraction of by-products. The direct extraction made the extractive step easy and gave reproducible data. 5-Iodovanillin was selected as a new internal standard. The reason for this selection was that 5-iodovanillin did not exist in the nitrobenzene oxidation products from any plant species and had an aldehyde group whose peak did not overlap with the other aldehyde peaks on an¹H-NMR spectrum. Thus, the use of 5-iodovanillin enabled us to quantifyp-hydroxybenzaldehyde, vanillin, and syringaldehyde in oxidation products on the basis of¹H-NMR analysis as well as GC. Furthermore, more information about the condensed structure of lignin was derived by comparing the¹H-NMR and GC analyses.Part of this work was presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Lignin Symposium, Sapporo, October 1997     

木质素合成酶基因F5H的RT-PCR引物筛选

据EMBL核酸序列库中发表的白杨杂种F5H的cDNA序列,利用Primer 5.0软件设计3组扩增引物。通过PCR及RT-PCR扩增反应,筛选出一组比较合适的引物,确定该引物对的最适反应体系和程序参数。利用该引物对,从正在分化的2年生欧美杨107茎的次生木质部提取的mRNA中RT-PCR扩增出一个867bp的木质素合成特异表达的f5h基因片段。将其克隆到pGM-T载体上,构建了f5h在大肠杆菌中的表达载体,并对引物筛选进行讨论。     

基于星站差分GPS及DEM的林区SPOT5数据正射校正

通过星站差分GPS采集高精度的地面控制点(GCP),结合林区1∶1万DEM数据和SPOT5物理模型对SPOT5数据进行正射校正。结果表明,采用该方法校正所有GCP总体中误差为1.337个像元,能够满足林业资源调查规划设计的要求。     

Effects of a severe typhoon on forest dynamics in a warm-temperate evergreen broad-leaved forest in southwestern Japan

The effects of a typhoon on forest dynamics and the response of major tree species were studied in a warm-temperate evergreen broad-leaved forest in southwestern Japan. The strongest typhoon on record (T9313) passed through this region in 1993. Return periods of typhoons over 30 ms⁻¹ in instantaneous wind velocity and T9313 were estimated to be 2.2 and 104.5 years, respectively. Approximately 10% of all stems suffered some damage from T9313 and annual stem mortality rose from 1.3 to 2.7%. The estimated period that the number of stems would fall below 10% of the initial was four years shorter with T9313-class typhoons than without them. Thus, the disturbance by T9313 was not catastrophic at the site although T9313 was an episodic typhoon. The short-term responses of major tree species to T9313 were classified into four types: 1) blunt-response type with little decrease and recruitment of stems in the DBH Ͱ5; 5 cm class (Distylium racemosum), 2) retreat type with larger decrease than recruitment (e.g. Quercus acuta), 3) sharp-response type with a large decrease and much recruitment (e.g. Cinnamomum japonicum), and 4) advance type with less decrease than recruitment (Eurya japonica). Among the four regeneration types classified by previous studies (climax, light-demanding, subcanopy, and few-sapling), the climax and few-sapling types each showed a specific short-term response, the blunt-response and retreat types, respectively, that explains one aspect of the regeneration strategies of each type. On the other hand, the light-demanding or sub-canopy type showed multiple short-term responses, indicating that each regeneration type contains species with various regeneration strategies. In this paper, I analyzed data from the database that was compiled by the Aya Research Team.     

Determination of drought tolerance using root activities in Robinia pseudoacacia ''Idaho'' transformed with mtl-D gene

Idaho locust (Robinia pseudoacacia 'Idaho') is an exotic multi-purpose tree used in landscaping, soil and water conservation, fodder sources and others. To improve its drought tolerance for reclaiming arid land, five lines of transformed mtl-D gene, as osmotic regulator in plant cells, have been selected and managed to determine their drought tolerance under experimental conditions.Qualitative and quantitative variables of transformed plants were studied. The critical value of drought tolerance was determined by detecting the 2,3,5-triphenyl tetrazolium chloride (TTC) reductants in roots and soil water content (SWC). The critical value for drought tolerance was SWC 6% while for the control plants the critical SWC was 8%; a moderate level of SWC is 13% and the highest SWC for plant endurance was 18%. The method proved to be reliable and sensitive in the evaluation of drought tolerance for forest trees.     

基于SPOT5遥感影像的样地判读

利用SPOT5卫星遥感资料在沾益县大坡乡进行了森林资源二类调查试点。共布设目视判读样地7711个、野外实测样地290个,其总体抽样精度为87 29%。介绍了工作方法,分析了判读结果和存在问题,提出了今后工作的思路。     

1-(3-Hydroxy-4-methoxy-5-methylphenyl) ethanone, a new compound from the stem bark of Lamprothamnus zanguebaricus

The chloroform extract of the stem bark of Lamprothamnus zanguebaricus has yielded two ethanones; 1-(3-hydroxy-4-methoxy-5-methylphenyl)ethanone (I) (a new compound) and 1-(3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)ethanone (II). The structures of both compounds were established by spectroscopic methods.     

香樟木屑真空热解蒸气催化前后产物对比分析(英文)

在两段式反应器上开展了对香樟木屑真空热解蒸气的在线催化提质研究。对比分析了催化前后各相产物产率和气体组成的变化,以及催化前后液相产物理化特性和化学组成。结果表明,催化后液相产物产率降低,但生物油出现分层,上层为油相,下层为水相。油相的H/C物质的量之比、pH值和高位热值(湿基)分别为1.712、4.93和37.15 MJ/kg;油相中烃类和轻质酚类等目标产物含量明显增加,而酸类、醛类和酮类等具有腐蚀性和不稳定性的化合物含量则显著降低,燃料品质较生物原油有显著提升;水相中仍含有少量腐蚀性和不稳定化合物,但其干基的高位热值达32.98 MJ/kg,除去水分后亦可将其用作替代燃料。热解蒸气中非目标产物在HZSM-5分子筛的活性位点上发生转化反应生成期望化合物,各类反应遵循碳正离子反应机理。