[Response of soil microbial necromass carbon to litter and root carbon inputs in a mid-subtropical plantation].

Microbial necromass carbon (MNC) is a crucial source for stable soil carbon pool, and understanding its response to carbon inputs from both aboveground (litter) and belowground (roots) in subtropical forest soils is essential for assessing soil carbon stocks in global ecosystems. In a plantation at the Sanming Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station in Fujian Province, we conducted an experiment with five treatments, including root removal (NR), aboveground litter removal (NL), no litter input (removals of both aboveground litter and roots, NI), double aboveground litter addition (DL), and control (CK). After seven years, we collected soil samples in the 0-10 cm soil layer to examine changes in MNC content and its contribution to soil organic carbon (SOC).

Endophytic Bacillus amyloliquefaciens YTB1407 elicits resistance against two fungal pathogens in sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.).

The endophytic Bacillus amyloliquefaciens YTB1407 was previously reported to promote the growth of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas cv. Yanshu 25). Here, we demonstrate in both in vitro and pot trial assays that pre-treatment with YTB1407 suspension could enhance resistance against root rot disease and black rot disease, caused by Fusarium solani Mart.

[Root promoting effect and its regulation mechanisms of endophytic Bacillus amyloliquefaciens YTB1407 in sweet potato].

We isolated the endophytic Bacillus amyloliquefaciens YTB1407 from the root of Panax quinquefolium, which has both biological control and growth promoting effects. To investigate its potential applications, a pot experiment of sweet potato was tested to assess the capacity of endophytic colonization of YTB1407 and the selection of its optimum concentration by investigating the performance of root characteristics on three time points in the whole early growth phase after irrigating with different concentrations of bacterial suspensions with treatment of sterile water as control. The activities of endogenous hormone IAA, ZR, t-ZR and IAA oxidase (IAAO, PPO, POD) were analyzed.

lncRNA MALAT1, HOTTIP and PVT1 as predictors for predicting the efficacy of GEM based chemotherapy in first-line treatment of pancreatic cancer patients.

This study evaluated the lnc-RNAs as biomarker to predict efficacy of gemcitabine (GEM) based chemotherapy as the first-line treatment for locally advanced or advanced pancreatic cancer patients. We selected 62 patients with GEM based chemotherapy and divided two groups according to the PFS. We found that the expression of MALAT1, HOTTIP, and PVT1 in serum had a significant difference among the two groups.

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids from Liparis nervosa with inhibitory activities against LPS-induced NO production in RAW264.7 macrophages.

Six pyrrolizidine alkaloids were isolated from the whole herb of Liparis nervosa together with two previously known ones. Their structures were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic analyses and chemical reactions. The cytotoxicity of the isolates was evaluated against A549, HepG2, and MCF-7 human cancer cell lines; however, no significant growth inhibition was observed.

New nervogenic acid derivatives from Liparis nervosa.

Ten new nervogenic acid derivatives (1-4, 6-11) and one known compound (5) have been isolated from Liparis nervosa. Their structures were determined using extensive spectroscopic analysis, including 1D and 2D NMR experiments. Compounds 3, 4, 9, 10, and 11 were evaluated for their cytotoxicity against A549, H460, Hela, MCF-7, Caco2, and HepG2 human cancer cell lines.

Eremophilane derivatives from Senecio dianthus.

From the aerial parts of Senecio dianthus, five eremophilane glucosides (1, 2, 4-6) and one new eremophilenolide (7) were isolated, together with sixteen known compounds (3, 8-22). Their structures and relative configurations were elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic analysis, including HR-ESI-MS, X-ray, CD, 1D- and 2D-NMR experiments.

Diaqua-bis-{3-[4-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)phenyl]-5-(pyridin-2-yl-κN)-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-ido-κN(1)}zinc.

The centrosymmetric mol-ecule of the title compound, [Zn(C(16)H(11)N(6))(2)(H(2)O)(2)], contains one Zn(2+) ion located on a center of symmetry, two 3-[4-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)phen-yl]-5-(pyridin-2-yl)-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-ide (Ippyt) ligands and two coordinating water mol-ecules. The Zn(II) ion is six-coordinated in a distorted octa-hedral coordination geometry by four N atoms from two Ippyt ligands and by two O atoms from two water mol-ecules. Adjacent units are inter-connected though O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds, forming a three-dimensional network.

A novel steroidal alkaloid from Fritillaria shuchengensis.

A novel steroidal alkaloid, suchengbeisine (1), along with two known steroidal alkaloids, N-oxide of verticinone (2) and zhebeininoside (3), were isolated from the bulbs of Fritillaria shuchengensis S. C. Chen et S.

[Association between CYP2B6, CYP2D6, GSTP1 genetic polymorphisms and urinary styrene metabolites in professional workers].

Objective: To evaluate the influence of individual genetic polymorphisms of metabolic enzymes on urinary styrene metabolites.

Methods: 58 workers occupationally exposed to styrene were divided into the high exposure group (≥ 100 mg/m³) and the low exposure group (< 100 mg/m³). The microfluidic chip technology was used to determine the SNPs of CYP2B6, CYP2D6 and GSTP1 and the influence of gene polymorphisms on the metabolism of styrene was statistically analyzed.

Aqua-azido-{3,3'-[o-phenyl-enebis(nitrilo-methyl-idyne)]di-2-naphtholato}manganese(III).

In the title complex, [Mn(C(28)H(18)N(2)O(2))(N(3))(H(2)O)], the Mn(III) ion adopts a distorted fac-MnO(3)N(3) octa-hedral geometry arising from the O,N,N',O'-tetra-dentate Schiff base ligand, an azide ion and a water mol-ecule. In the crystal, inter-molecular O-H⋯(O,O) and O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds and π-π inter-actions [centroid-centroid separation = 3.5535 (13) Å] link the mol-ecules into chains.

Di-μ-sulfato-bis-[diaqua-(1H-imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline)nickel(II)] dihydrate.

In the title compound, [Ni(2)(SO(4))(2)(C(13)H(8)N(4))(2)(H(2)O)(4)]·2H(2)O, the complete dimeric complex is generated by an inversion center. The Ni(II) atoms are octa-hedrally coordinated by two N atoms from one 1H-imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline (IP) ligand and two O atoms from two adjacent sulfate ions forming the equatorial plane, with two coordinated water mol-ecules in the axial sites. Both of the sulfate ions act as bidentate-bridging ligands connecting the two Ni(II) ions, thus generating a binuclear complex.

(2,2'-Bipyridine)(2-formyl-6-methoxy-phenolato)nickel(II) perchlorate.

In the title compound, [Ni(C(8)H(7)O(3))(C(10)H(8)N(2))]ClO(4), the Ni(II) atom is in a slightly distorted square-planar coordination by two N atoms from the 2,2'-bipyridine (bipy) ligand and two O atoms from the deprotonated 2-formyl-6-methoxy-phenolate (mbd) ligand. The bipy ligand is nearly coplanar with the Ni(II) square plane, the Ni atom being only 0.042 (2) Å from the mean plane, whereas the benzaldehyde plane is folded with respect to the square plane, making a dihedral angle of 19.

An investigation of the self-assembly of neutral, interlaced, triple-stranded molecular braids.

The synthesis and structures of six compounds prepared in two different systems have been explored with the purpose of isolating coordination polymers with interlaced triple-stranded molecular braid architectures. The dinuclear paddle-wheel units of [Cu(2)(maa)(4)2 H(2)O] can be rationally tuned to form three classes of isomorphous compounds, namely [Cu(2)(maa)(4)(bpp)] (1) (bpp=1,3-bis(4-pyridyl)propane, Hmaa=2-methylacrylic acid), [Cu(3)(maa)(6)(bpp)(2)] (2), and[Cu(4)(maa)(8)(bpp)(4)(H(2)O)(2)]2 H(2)O (3), with a bridging bpp ligand, at controlled ligand-to-metal molar ratios, and lead to three coordination polymers having similar one-dimensional characteristics but different mono- and dinuclear nodes. Compound 1, with a bpp:[Cu(2)(maa)(4)2 H(2)O] stoichiometry of 1:1, contains a zigzag chain containing dinuclear nodes, whereas polymer 2, with a bpp:[Cu(2)(maa)(4)2 H(2)O] stoichiometry of 1.