Objective： American ginseng is a medicinal plant with large market demands,however,its producing areas are shrinking because of the continuous cropping obstacles in China.Therefore,it is urgent to establish a suitabl...Objective： American ginseng is a medicinal plant with large market demands,however,its producing areas are shrinking because of the continuous cropping obstacles in China.Therefore,it is urgent to establish a suitable model to determine the new producing areas.Here we evaluated and predicted the suitable areas of American ginseng using the maximum entropy model（Max Ent）.Methods： Based on the 37 environmental variables over thirty years from 1970 to 20 0 0 and 226 global distribution points of American ginseng,Max Ent was used to determine the global ecological suitable areas for American ginseng.The Receiver Operating Curve（ROC）was used to evaluate the model prediction accuracy.Meanwhile,an innovative ecological variable,the precipitation–temperature ratio,was established to indicate the climate characteristic in the American ginseng suitable areas based on the monthly precipitation and temperature.Results： The potential ecological suitable areas of American ginseng were primarily in Appalachian Mountain in America and Changbai Mountain in China,about in the range of 35 °N–50 °N,60 °W–120 °W and 35 °N–50 °N,110 °E–145 °E,respectively,including the United States,Canada,China,North Korea,South Korea,Russia and Japan.South Korea and Japan were the potential producing regions.The precipitation–temperature ratios were stable at（0.22,0.56）of the vigorous growth period（April–October）in the best suitable areas of American ginseng,serving as characteristic parameters to optimize the prediction model.The model showed that the common soil parameters were pH 4.5–7.2,Base Saturation（BS）above 80%,Cation Exchange Capacity（CEC）10–20 cmol/kg,organic carbon（OC）〈 1.4%,and the soil types were sandy loam or loam.Conclusion： An optimized Max Ent model was established to predict the producing area for American ginseng that needed to be validated by a field test.展开更多
Objective:To investigate the hypoglycemic components from the acid hydrolyzates of Panax quinquefolius total saponins,and screen the active compounds by in vitro inhibitory activities toα-glycosidase enzymes and prot...Objective:To investigate the hypoglycemic components from the acid hydrolyzates of Panax quinquefolius total saponins,and screen the active compounds by in vitro inhibitory activities toα-glycosidase enzymes and protein tyrosine phosphatase-1 B(PTP1 B).Methods:The hydrolyzates were chromatographed repeatedly over silica gel column,and the structures of the compounds were determined by means of NMR.The in vitro bioassay was performed through the inhibitory effects onα-glucosidase or/and PTP1 B.Results:Eight compounds were isolated,which identified as 20(S)-panaxadiol(1),(20 S,24 R)-dammarane-20,24-epoxy-3β,6α,12β,25-tetraol(2),20(R)-dammarane-3β,12β,20,25-tetraol(3),20(S)-dammarane-3β,6α,12β,20,25-pentol(4),20(R)-dammarane-3β,12β,20,25-tetrahydroxy-3β-O-β-D-glucopyranoside(5),β-sitosterol(6),oleanolic acid(7)and 20(S)-protopanaxadiol(8).Compound 5 was ginseng triterpenoid isolated from the acid hydrolysates of total saponins from P.quinquefolius for the first time.In this paper,the possible in vitro inhibitory activities were investigated.Compound 5 exhibited significantly inhibitory activity againstα-glucosidase,and the IC50 value[(0.22±0.21)μmol/L]was about 43-fold lower than positive control.For the PTP1 B inhibition assay,compound 5 indicated the strongest inhibitory effect with IC50 of(5.91±0.38)μmol/L,followed by compound 4 with IC50 of(6.21±0.21)μmol/L,which were all showed competitive inhibitory pattern by using a Lineweaver-Burk plot.Conclusion:These results supported the potential application of dammaranes from acid hydrolyzates of P.quinquefolius total saponins can be used as ingredients of ancillary anti-diabetic agent or functional factor.展开更多
Panax quinquefolius L.(American ginseng)and Panax ginseng C.A.Meyer are famous herbal medicines.Accurate authentication of the species has grown to be a significant impact.This study aims to develop a PCR kit for the ...Panax quinquefolius L.(American ginseng)and Panax ginseng C.A.Meyer are famous herbal medicines.Accurate authentication of the species has grown to be a significant impact.This study aims to develop a PCR kit for the authentication of Panax quinquefolius L.and Panax ginseng based on the nuclear internal transcribed spacer 2(ITS2)gene with the improved PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism(PCR-RFLP)method.The reagent components in the development work were prepared and determined by the kit consisting of the DNA extraction,PCR amplification,and restriction enzyme digestion systems.A total of 21 batches of Panax quinquefolius L.and Panax ginseng samples collected from different areas were validated.Their specificity,stability,and repeatability were evaluated.The purity of genomic DNA extracted was 1.73±0.13 according to the ratio of A_(260)/A_(280),and the mass concentration was 3.15±0.22μg/g(using the kit).PCR amplicons of Panax quinquefolius L.and Panax ginseng were 122 bp in length.After the PCR products were digested by restriction enzyme Hinf I,a distinct pattern exhibited in the species of Panax quinquefolius L.with two fragments of 40 bp and 80 bp respectively,whereas those from Panax ginseng in addition to adulterated samples could not.Evaluation confirmed that the DNA kit results were stable and repeatable after 10,15,and 20 freeze-thaw cycles:the evaluation was 100%specific.The DNA kit proposed in the study can be used for the identification of Panax quinquefolius L.展开更多
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (81473304)National Science and Technology Support Program (2015BAI05B01)
文摘Objective： American ginseng is a medicinal plant with large market demands,however,its producing areas are shrinking because of the continuous cropping obstacles in China.Therefore,it is urgent to establish a suitable model to determine the new producing areas.Here we evaluated and predicted the suitable areas of American ginseng using the maximum entropy model（Max Ent）.Methods： Based on the 37 environmental variables over thirty years from 1970 to 20 0 0 and 226 global distribution points of American ginseng,Max Ent was used to determine the global ecological suitable areas for American ginseng.The Receiver Operating Curve（ROC）was used to evaluate the model prediction accuracy.Meanwhile,an innovative ecological variable,the precipitation–temperature ratio,was established to indicate the climate characteristic in the American ginseng suitable areas based on the monthly precipitation and temperature.Results： The potential ecological suitable areas of American ginseng were primarily in Appalachian Mountain in America and Changbai Mountain in China,about in the range of 35 °N–50 °N,60 °W–120 °W and 35 °N–50 °N,110 °E–145 °E,respectively,including the United States,Canada,China,North Korea,South Korea,Russia and Japan.South Korea and Japan were the potential producing regions.The precipitation–temperature ratios were stable at（0.22,0.56）of the vigorous growth period（April–October）in the best suitable areas of American ginseng,serving as characteristic parameters to optimize the prediction model.The model showed that the common soil parameters were pH 4.5–7.2,Base Saturation（BS）above 80%,Cation Exchange Capacity（CEC）10–20 cmol/kg,organic carbon（OC）〈 1.4%,and the soil types were sandy loam or loam.Conclusion： An optimized Max Ent model was established to predict the producing area for American ginseng that needed to be validated by a field test.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81602983)。
文摘Objective:To investigate the hypoglycemic components from the acid hydrolyzates of Panax quinquefolius total saponins,and screen the active compounds by in vitro inhibitory activities toα-glycosidase enzymes and protein tyrosine phosphatase-1 B(PTP1 B).Methods:The hydrolyzates were chromatographed repeatedly over silica gel column,and the structures of the compounds were determined by means of NMR.The in vitro bioassay was performed through the inhibitory effects onα-glucosidase or/and PTP1 B.Results:Eight compounds were isolated,which identified as 20(S)-panaxadiol(1),(20 S,24 R)-dammarane-20,24-epoxy-3β,6α,12β,25-tetraol(2),20(R)-dammarane-3β,12β,20,25-tetraol(3),20(S)-dammarane-3β,6α,12β,20,25-pentol(4),20(R)-dammarane-3β,12β,20,25-tetrahydroxy-3β-O-β-D-glucopyranoside(5),β-sitosterol(6),oleanolic acid(7)and 20(S)-protopanaxadiol(8).Compound 5 was ginseng triterpenoid isolated from the acid hydrolysates of total saponins from P.quinquefolius for the first time.In this paper,the possible in vitro inhibitory activities were investigated.Compound 5 exhibited significantly inhibitory activity againstα-glucosidase,and the IC50 value[(0.22±0.21)μmol/L]was about 43-fold lower than positive control.For the PTP1 B inhibition assay,compound 5 indicated the strongest inhibitory effect with IC50 of(5.91±0.38)μmol/L,followed by compound 4 with IC50 of(6.21±0.21)μmol/L,which were all showed competitive inhibitory pattern by using a Lineweaver-Burk plot.Conclusion:These results supported the potential application of dammaranes from acid hydrolyzates of P.quinquefolius total saponins can be used as ingredients of ancillary anti-diabetic agent or functional factor.
基金The present project was financially funded by Jilin Provincial Department of Education,China(JJKH20180377KJ)Jilin Provincial Department of Science and Technology,China(20190304108YY,20200404152YY,20200403047SF)TCM Science and Technology Project of Jilin Province,China(2019132).
文摘Panax quinquefolius L.(American ginseng)and Panax ginseng C.A.Meyer are famous herbal medicines.Accurate authentication of the species has grown to be a significant impact.This study aims to develop a PCR kit for the authentication of Panax quinquefolius L.and Panax ginseng based on the nuclear internal transcribed spacer 2(ITS2)gene with the improved PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism(PCR-RFLP)method.The reagent components in the development work were prepared and determined by the kit consisting of the DNA extraction,PCR amplification,and restriction enzyme digestion systems.A total of 21 batches of Panax quinquefolius L.and Panax ginseng samples collected from different areas were validated.Their specificity,stability,and repeatability were evaluated.The purity of genomic DNA extracted was 1.73±0.13 according to the ratio of A_(260)/A_(280),and the mass concentration was 3.15±0.22μg/g(using the kit).PCR amplicons of Panax quinquefolius L.and Panax ginseng were 122 bp in length.After the PCR products were digested by restriction enzyme Hinf I,a distinct pattern exhibited in the species of Panax quinquefolius L.with two fragments of 40 bp and 80 bp respectively,whereas those from Panax ginseng in addition to adulterated samples could not.Evaluation confirmed that the DNA kit results were stable and repeatable after 10,15,and 20 freeze-thaw cycles:the evaluation was 100%specific.The DNA kit proposed in the study can be used for the identification of Panax quinquefolius L.
