Screening potential α-glucosidase inhibitors from Anemarrhena asphodeloides using response surface methodology coupled with grey relational analysis

Objective: To screen potential α-glucosidase inhibitors from Anemarrhena asphodeloides.Methods: Response surface methodology employing Box-Behnken design was used to optimize conditions for the extraction of α-glucosidase inhibitory active compounds from A. asphodeloides. The powders(20.0 g) of A. asphodeloides were extracted under the optimized conditions. The extract was applied to a D-101 macroporous resin column. It was eluted with ethanol and water to give six fractions. Compounds from the active fraction were identified by UPLC-Q-TOF-MS. The structure-activity relationship was discussed based on grey relational analysis.Results: The optimum extraction conditions were as follows: ethanol concentration, 100%; extraction temperature, 51 ℃; and solvent to solid ratio, 23 mL/g. It indicated that the active compounds were concentrated into 80% ethanol fraction. Twenty five steroid saponins from 80%ethanol fraction were identified by UPLC-Q-TOF-MS. Peaks 19 and 23 were tentatively identified as new structures. The predicted α-glucosidase inhibitory activities of the compounds were 7 > 2 > 1 > 22 > 23 > 3 > 9 > 21 > 24 > 4 > 13 > 8 > 14 > 16 > 17 > 25 > 6 > 19.Conclusion: The fraction eluted by 80% ethanol showed the best inhibitory activity. After analyzing the data of UPLC-Q-TOF-MS, 25 steroid saponins were tentatively identified in this fraction.

Preparation and Characterization of Multi-layer Poly(arylene sulfide sulfone) Nanofibers Membranes for Liquid Filtration

Owing to the excellent filtration performance and low energy cost,polymeric nanofibers microfiltration(MF)membranes have attracted increasing attentions.Poly(arylene sulfide sulfone)(PASS),as one of the structurally modified polymers based on poly-(phenylene sulfide)(PPS),has been selected as the raw material to fabricate nanofibers MF membranes via electrospun techniques.The effects of PASS solution and the electrospinning processing parameters on the structural morphology of nanofibers were investigated in detail.The average diameter of PASS nanofibers was(296±46)nm under the optimal condition:polymer concentration of 0.27 g·m L^–1 PASS/DMI,applied voltage of 20 kV,and speed of collector drum of 300 r·min^–1.And then the multi-layer PASS nanofibers MF membranes were fabricated from cold-pressing the optimized PASS nanofibers(as-prepared PASS nanofibers)membrane.The morphology,porosity,pore size,mechanical properties,and surface wettability of the multi-layer PASS nanofibers MF membranes could be tuned by the layers of as-prepared nanofibers membrane.The results demonstrated that the membrane with 6 layers(marked as PASS-6)exhibited the smallest porosity,smallest pore size,highest mechanical property,and best surface wettability.Meanwhile,the multi-layer PASS nanofibers MF membranes showed that the rejection ratio gradually increased,while the pure water flux decreased with increasing membranes thickness.The PASS-6 membrane exhibited large water flux of 747.76 L·m^–2·h^–1 and high separation efficiency of 99.9%to 0.2μm particles,making it a promising candidate for microfilter.