A decomposition experiment of Populus purdomii litter,a commonly used afforestation species in the Qinling Mountains,China,was conducted.Water extracts of five conifer litters were used to treat P.purdomii litter and ...A decomposition experiment of Populus purdomii litter,a commonly used afforestation species in the Qinling Mountains,China,was conducted.Water extracts of five conifer litters were used to treat P.purdomii litter and its soil.The P.purdomii litter was incubated at room temperature(20–25℃)and constant soil moisture for 6 months.During the decomposition period,the dynamics of litter mass and nutrient contents were detected to investigate the impacts of plant secondary metabolites.The results indicate that litter extracts of Pinus tabuliformis,Platycladus orientalis,Pinus armandii and Larix principisrupprechtii significantly inhibited the overall nutrient release of P.purdomii litter,while the last three types of litter extracts simultaneously inhibited its decomposition.Conversely,the litter extracts of Picea asperata significantly accelerated the overall nutrient release of P.purdomii.Generally,most of the conifer species,whose litter released terpenoids,phenolics,steroids,and aliphatic acids,will inhibit the decomposition and/or nutrient release from P.purdomii litter.Their negative effects on the decomposers and soil enzymatic activities indicates that planting diversity should be lower when mixed planted with P.purdomii.展开更多
Eight species of brown algae(Phaeophyceae)from the coast of Madagascar have been investigated for their chemical constituents.Fucosterol(3)was obtained as the most abundant compound.The brown alga Sargassum ilicifoliu...Eight species of brown algae(Phaeophyceae)from the coast of Madagascar have been investigated for their chemical constituents.Fucosterol(3)was obtained as the most abundant compound.The brown alga Sargassum ilicifolium was the source for the first isolation of the terpenoid C27-alcohol 1,10,2-trinorsqualenol(1)from marine sources.From S.incisifolium we isolated the highly unsaturated glycolipid 1-O-palmitoyl-2-O-stearidonoyl-3-O-β-D-galactopyranosylglycerol(4)and we report the first full assignment of its ^(1)H and ^(13)C NMR data.Apo-90-fucoxanthinone(8)along with 24-ketocholesterol(5),(22E)-3b-hydroxycholesta-5,22-dien-24-one(6),and saringosterol(7)were obtained from Turbinaria ornata.The crude extracts of all eight species of brown algae exhibited a pronounced antimicrobial activity against the Gram-positive bacteria Bacillus cereus,Staphylococcus aureus,and Streptococcus pneumoniae.展开更多
基金supported by the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Yan’an University(YDBK2017-26)the Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China(2018JQ4047)the Young Talent fund of University Association for Science and Technology in Shaanxi,China(20170704)
文摘A decomposition experiment of Populus purdomii litter,a commonly used afforestation species in the Qinling Mountains,China,was conducted.Water extracts of five conifer litters were used to treat P.purdomii litter and its soil.The P.purdomii litter was incubated at room temperature(20–25℃)and constant soil moisture for 6 months.During the decomposition period,the dynamics of litter mass and nutrient contents were detected to investigate the impacts of plant secondary metabolites.The results indicate that litter extracts of Pinus tabuliformis,Platycladus orientalis,Pinus armandii and Larix principisrupprechtii significantly inhibited the overall nutrient release of P.purdomii litter,while the last three types of litter extracts simultaneously inhibited its decomposition.Conversely,the litter extracts of Picea asperata significantly accelerated the overall nutrient release of P.purdomii.Generally,most of the conifer species,whose litter released terpenoids,phenolics,steroids,and aliphatic acids,will inhibit the decomposition and/or nutrient release from P.purdomii litter.Their negative effects on the decomposers and soil enzymatic activities indicates that planting diversity should be lower when mixed planted with P.purdomii.
文摘Eight species of brown algae(Phaeophyceae)from the coast of Madagascar have been investigated for their chemical constituents.Fucosterol(3)was obtained as the most abundant compound.The brown alga Sargassum ilicifolium was the source for the first isolation of the terpenoid C27-alcohol 1,10,2-trinorsqualenol(1)from marine sources.From S.incisifolium we isolated the highly unsaturated glycolipid 1-O-palmitoyl-2-O-stearidonoyl-3-O-β-D-galactopyranosylglycerol(4)and we report the first full assignment of its ^(1)H and ^(13)C NMR data.Apo-90-fucoxanthinone(8)along with 24-ketocholesterol(5),(22E)-3b-hydroxycholesta-5,22-dien-24-one(6),and saringosterol(7)were obtained from Turbinaria ornata.The crude extracts of all eight species of brown algae exhibited a pronounced antimicrobial activity against the Gram-positive bacteria Bacillus cereus,Staphylococcus aureus,and Streptococcus pneumoniae.