Engineering tropane alkaloid production and glyphosate resistance by overexpressing AbCaM1 and G2-EPSPS in Atropa belladonna.

Atropa belladonna is an important industrial crop for producing anticholinergic tropane alkaloids (TAs). Using glyphosate as selection pressure, transgenic homozygous plants of A. belladonna are generated, in which a novel calmodulin gene (AbCaM1) and a reported EPSPS gene (G2-EPSPS) are co-overexpressed.

Effect of microstructures on temperature and stress distributions of an irradiated alumina surface.

Three types of alumina surface irradiated by laser are simulated in this study to investigate stray light ablation. Results indicate that temperature fields of triangular and rectangular microstructures exhibit the "head effect," while overall still exhibit Gaussian distributions. For the stress, there is a notable difference between the microstructure surface and the ideal surface.

Development of L. Plants with High-Yield Hyoscyamine and without Its Derivatives Using the CRISPR/Cas9 System.

L. is one of the most important herbal plants that produces hyoscyamine or atropine, and it also produces anisodamine and scopolamine. However, the hyoscyamine content is very low, and it is difficult and expensive to independently separate hyoscyamine from the tropane alkaloids in .

Risk assessment of groundwater environmental contamination: a case study of a karst site for the construction of a fossil power plant.

This paper presents a demonstration of an integrated risk assessment and site investigation for groundwater contamination through a case study, in which the geologic and hydrogeological feature of the site and the blueprint of the fossil power plant (FPP) were closely analyzed. Predictions for groundwater contamination in case of accidents were performed by groundwater modeling system (GMS) and modular three-dimensional multispecies transport model (MT3DMS). Results indicate that the studied site area presents a semi-isolated hydrogeological unit with multiplicity in stratum lithology, the main aquifers at the site are consisted of the filled karst development layer with a thickness between 6.

Synthesis, Anti-inflammatory Activities and Mechanisms of 3,5- dihydroxycinnamic Acid Derivatives.

Background: 3,4-dihydroxycinnamic acid and its derivatives exhibit numerous biologic activities. Such activities have not previously been reported for 3,5-dihydroxycinnamic acid derivatives. In this study, ten derivatives of 3,5- dihydroxycinnamic acid were synthesized and their anti-inflammatory activities were tested in 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate-induced mouse ear edema.

Synthesis, structural characterization and anion-sensing studies of metal(II) complexes based on 3,3',4,4'-oxydiphthalate and N-donor ligands.

Using a multicarboxylate ligand, 3,3',4,4'-oxydiphthalic acid (H(4)ODPA), and N-donor ligands, five metal(II)-ODPA complexes formulated as Cu(4)(ODPA)(2)(L1)(4)(H(2)O)(10)·2H(2)O (L1 = 4-(2-(pyridin-4-yl)vinyl)pyridine) (1), Co(H(2)ODPA) (L1)(H(2)O) (2), Zn(2)(ODPA)(2)(H(2)PIP)(2)·H(2)O (PIP = 1,3-bis(4-piperidinyl)propane) (3), Mn(2)(ODPA)(phen)(H(2)O)(2) (phen = phenanthroline) (4) and Cu(2)(H(2)ODPA)(2)(phen)(4)·H(2)O (5) have been hydrothermally synthesized and structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Complex 1 shows a three dimensional (3D) framework with an unprecedented (4.6(4).

Assessment of site conditions for disposal of low- and intermediate-level radioactive wastes: a case study in southern China.

Near surface disposal of low- and intermediate-level radioactive wastes (LILW) requires evaluating the field conditions of the candidate site. However, assessment of the site conditions may be challenging due to the limited prior knowledge of some remote sites, and various multi-disciplinary data requirements at any given site. These situations arise in China as in the rest of the industrialized world, particularly since a regional strategy for LILW disposal has been implemented to protect humans and the environment.

Reversible color changes of metal(II)-N(1),N(3)-di(pyridin-4-yl)isophthalamide complexes via desolvation and solvation.

Four metal(ii)-N(1),N(3)-di(pyridin-4-yl)isophthalamide (L) complexes formulated as [Cu(L)(2)Cl(2)]·5.5H(2)O (1), [Ni(L)(2)Cl(2)]·5.5H(2)O (2), [Co(L)(m-BDC)]·DMF (3) (m-BDC = 1, 3-benzenedicarboxylic dianion) and [Cd(2)(L)(2)(m-BDC)(2)]·DMF·0.

Bis{4,4'-[oxalylbis(aza-nedi-yl)]dipyridinium} octa-molybdate.

In the crystal structure of the title compound, (C(12)H(12)N(4)O(2))(2)[Mo(8)O(26)], the amino and pyridinium groups of the N(1),N(2)-di(pyridinium-4-yl)oxalamide cations are hydrogen bonded to the O atoms of the centrosymmetric isopolyoxometalate β-[Mo(8)O(26)](4-) anions, forming a three-dimensional supra-molecular architecture.

Di-μ-sulfato-κO:O'-bis-[diaqua-(1H-imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline-κN,N)cobalt(II)] dihydrate.

In the centrosymmetric dinuclear title compound, [Co(2)(SO(4))(2)(C(13)H(8)N(4))(2)(H(2)O)(4)]·2H(2)O, the Co(II) atom is coord-in-ated by two N atoms from two 1H-imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline ligands, two O atoms from two sulfate anions and two O atoms from water mol-ecules in a distorted octa-hedral geometry. The Co⋯Co separation is 5.1167 (7) Å.

Bis(μ-3,5-dimethyl-1,2,4-triazol-4-amine-κN:N)bis-[dichlorido-cobalt(II)].

In the centrosymmetric dinuclear compound, [Co(2)Cl(4)(C(4)H(8)N(4))(2)], the Co(II) atom is coordinated by N atoms from two 3,5-dimethyl-1,2,4-triazol-4-amine ligands and two Cl atoms in a distorted tetra-hedral geometry. A six-membered ring is formed by four N atoms from two ligands and the two Co(II) centers; the Co⋯Co distance is 3.756 (9) Å.