New glycosylsphingolipids from L.

In clinical, L. was often substitute for to treat cancer in China. Meanwhile, EtOAc and n-BuOH fractions of MeOH extract of L.

Bioactive triterpenoids from the leaves of Eriobotrya japonica as the natural PDE4 inhibitors.

The ethanolic extract of the leaves of Eriobotrya japonica exhibited inhibitory activity against phosphodiesterase-4D (PDE4D), which is a therapeutic target of inflammatory disease. Subsequent bioassay-guided fractionation led to the isolation of a new triterpene (1), together with seven known triterpenoids, methyl corosolate (2), ursolic acid (3), oleanolic acid (4), methyl maslinate (5), α-amyin (6), 3β,19α,23-trihydroxy-urs-12-ene (7) and uvaol (8). The structure of compound 1 was established as 3β-hydroxyl-21β-acetoxyl-urs-12-en-28-carboxylate on the basis of interpretation of its 1D and 2D NMR and HR-ESI-MS spectroscopic data.

New cyclic tetrapeptide from the coral-derived endophytic bacteria Brevibacterium sp. L-4 collected from the South China Sea.

One new cyclic tetrapeptide cyclic-(Tyr-Ala-Leu-Ser) (1) along with four natural compounds firstly obtained 3H-imidazole-4-carboxylic acid (2), 2-methyl-3H-imidazole-4-carboxylic acid (3), 3-ethylidene-6-isopropyl-piperazine-2,5-dione (4), and 3-isobutylidene-6-methyl piperazine-2,5-dione (5) have been isolated from the coral derived endophytic bacteria Brevibacterium sp. L-4 collected from the South China Sea. Their structures were elucidated through spectroscopic techniques including NMR (1D and 2D), MS, and EA, and their relative configurations were also assigned by NMR analysis.

Pelopuradazole, a new imidazole derivative alkaloid from the marine bacteria Pelomonas puraquae sp. nov.

One new imidazole derivative alkaloid pelopuradazole (1), together with three known alkaloids as in 3H-imidazole-4-carboxylic acid (2), 1H-pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid (3) and 2-methyl-3H-imidazole-4-carboxylic acid (4) and two known cyclo-dipeptides pelopurin A (5) and pelopurin B (6), has been isolated from the marine bacterium Pelomonas puraquae sp. nov. Pelopuradazole (1) was a new imidazole derivative alkaloid, while compounds 2, 3, 5 and 6 were firstly obtained as natural products.

Successful micropropagation of the cadmium hyperaccumulator Viola baoshanensis (Violaceae).

Viola baoshanensis is one of the most rare cadmium (Cd) hyperaccumulators, however, it is hard to propagate. Micropropagation has been applied to solve the problems with propagation of a few heavy metal hyperaccumulators. Therefore there is a high likelihood that micropropagation may offer a suitable method for large-scale propagation of V.

[Study on the sterols from a brown alga endophytic fungus (NO. ZZF36) from the South China Sea].

Four sterols were isolated from a brown alga endophytic fungus NO. ZZF36 from the South China Sea. Their structures were identified as brassicaterol(2), ergosterol(2), ergosterol peroxide(3),7,22(E)-ergostadiene-beta,5alpha,6beta-triol(4) by spectroscopic methods.

Lactones from a brown alga endophytic fungus (No. ZZF36) from the South China Sea and their antimicrobial activities.

Two new metabolites named 6-oxo-de-O-methyllasiodiplodin (1) and (E)-9-etheno-lasiodiplodin (2), with three known compounds lasiodiplodin (3), de-O-methyllasiodiplodin (4), and 5-hydroxy-de-O-methyllasiodiplodin (5), were isolated from the mycelium extracts of a brown alga endophytic fungus (No. ZZF36) obtained from the South China Sea. Their structures were elucidated using spectroscopic methods, mainly 1D and 2D NMR.