Efficient Elicitation of Ginsenoside Biosynthesis in Cell Cultures of Panax notoginseng by Using Self-chemically-synthesized Jasmonates

Jian-Jiang Zhong,Wei Wang,Zhen-Jiang Zhao,Yufang Xu,Xuhong Qian 한국생물공학회 2005 Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering Vol.10 No.2

A series of fluorine and hydroxyl containing jasmonate derivatives, which were chemically synthesized in our institute, were investigated for their effects on the biosynthesis and heterogeneity of ginsenosides in suspension cultures of Panax notoginseng cells. Compared to the control (without addition of elicitors), 100 M of each of the jasmonate was added on day 4 to the suspension cultures of P. notoginseng cells. It was observed that, jasmonates greatly enhanced the ginsenoside content and the ratio of Rb group to Rg group (i.e. (Rb1 + Rd)/(Rg1 + Re)) in the P. notoginseng cells. Some of the synthetic jasmonates, such as pentafluoropropyl jasmonate (PFPJA), 2-hydroxyethyl jasmonate (HEJA) and 2-hydroxye-thoxyethyl jasmonate (HEEJA), could promote the ginsenoside content to 2.55 0.11, 3.65 0.13 and 2.94 0.06 mg/100 mg DW, respectively, compared to that of 0.64 0.06 mg/100 mg DW for the control and 2.17 0.04 mg/100 mg DW by the commercially available methyl jasmonate (MJA); and they could change the respective Rb:Rg ratio to 1.60 0.04, 1.87 0.01 and 1.56 0.05, compared to that of 0.47 0.01 for the control and 1.42 0.06 by MJA. The results suggest that suitable esterification of MJA with fluorine or hydroxyl group could increase the elicitation activity to induce plant secondary metabolism. The information obtained from this study is useful for hyper-production of heterogeneous products by plant cell cultures.

A New ent-Kaurane type Diterpenoid Glycoside from Inula japonica Thunb

Jiang Jiang Qin,Jia Xian Zhu,Wei Dong Zhang1,2,Yan Zhu,Jian Jun Fu,Xiao Hua Liu,Hui Zi Jin 대한약학회 2009 Archives of Pharmacal Research Vol.32 No.10

A new ent-kaurane type diterpenoid glycoside, 17-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-16α-ent-kauran-19-oic acid (1), together with 17-hydroxy-16α-ent-kauran-19-oic acid (2), 16α,17-dihydroxyl-ent-kauran-19-oic acid (3), and 16α-hydroxy-17-acetoxy-ent- kauran-19-oic acid (4) were isolated from the aerial parts of Inula japonica Thunb. The structure of 1 was determined mainly by use of 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopic techniques including HSQC, 1H-1H COSY, HMBC, and NOESY. In addition, 4 exhibited significant inhibitory activity on NO production in LPS-stimulated RAW264.7 cells with IC50 value of 14.3 μg/mL.

Systematic influence of different building spacing, height and layout on mean wind and turbulent characteristics within and over urban building arrays

Jiang, Dehai,Jiang, Weimei,Liu, Hongnian,Sun, Jianning Techno-Press 2008 Wind and Structures, An International Journal (WAS Vol.11 No.4

Large eddy simulations have been performed within and over different types of urban building arrays. This paper adopted three dimensionless parameters, building frontal area density (${\lambda}_f$) the variation degree of building height (${\sigma}_h$), and the staggered degree of building range ($r_s$), to study the systematic influence of building spacing, height and layout on wind and turbulent characteristics. The following results have been achieved: (1) As ${\lambda}_f$ decrease from 0.25 to 0.18, the mean flow patterns transfer from "skimming" flow to "wake interference" flow, and as ${\lambda}_f$ decrease from 0.06 to 0.04, the mean flow patterns transfer from "wake interference" flow to "isolated roughness" flow. With increasing ${\lambda}_f$, wind velocity within arrays increases, and the vortexes in front of low buildings would break, even disappear, whereas the vortexes in front of tall buildings would strengthen and expand. Tall buildings have greater disturbance on wind than low buildings do. (2) All the wind velocity profiles and the upstream profile converge at the height of 2.5H approximately. The decay of wind velocity within the building canopy was in positive correlation with ${\lambda}_f$ and $r_s$. If the height of building arrays is variable, Macdonald's wind velocity model should be modified through introducing ${\sigma}_h$, because wind velocity decreases at the upper layers of the canopy and increases at the lower layers of the canopy. (3) The maximum of turbulence kinetic energy (TKE) always locates at 1.2 times as high as the buildings. TKE within the canopy decreases with increasing ${\lambda}_f$ and $r_s$ but the maximum of TKE are very close though ${\sigma}_h$ varies. (4) Wind velocity profile follows the logarithmic law approximately above the building canopy. The Zero-plane displacement $z_d$ heighten with increasing ${\lambda}_f$, whereas the maximum of and Roughness length $z_0$ occurs when ${\lambda}_f$ is about 0.14. $z_d$ and $z_0$ heighten linearly with ${\sigma}_h$ and $r_s$, If ${\sigma}_h$ is large enough, $z_d$ may become higher than the average height of buildings.

A GENERALIZATION OF LOCAL SYMMETRIC AND SKEW-SYMMETRIC SPLITTING ITERATION METHODS FOR GENERALIZED SADDLE POINT PROBLEMS

Jian-Lei Li,Dang Luo,Zhi-Jiang Zhang 한국전산응용수학회 2011 Journal of applied mathematics & informatics Vol.29 No.5

In this paper, we further investigate the local Hermitian and skew-Hermitian splitting (LHSS) iteration method and the modified LHSS (MLHSS) iteration method for solving generalized nonsymmetric saddle point problems with nonzero (2,2) blocks. When A is non-symmetric positive definite, the convergence conditions are obtained, which generalize some results of Jiang and Cao [M.-Q. Jiang and Y. Cao, On local Hermitian and Skew-Hermitian splitting iteration methods for generalized saddle point problems, J. Comput. Appl. Math., 2009(231): 973-982] for the generalized saddle point problems to generalized nonsymmetric saddle point problems with nonzero (2,2) blocks. Numerical experiments show the effectiveness of the iterative methods.

Systematic influence of different building spacing, height and layout on mean wind and turbulent characteristics within and over urban building arrays

Dehai Jiang,Weimei Jiang,Hongnian Liu,Jianning Sun 한국풍공학회 2008 Wind and Structures, An International Journal (WAS Vol.11 No.4

Large eddy simulations have been performed within and over different types of urban building arrays. This paper adopted three dimensionless parameters, building frontal area density (λf), the variation degree of building height (σh), and the staggered degree of building range (rs), to study the systematic influence of building spacing, height and layout on wind and turbulent characteristics. The following results have been achieved: (1) As λf decrease from 0.25 to 0.18, the mean flow patterns transfer from “skimming” flow to “wake interference” flow, and as λf decrease from 0.06 to 0.04, the mean flow patterns transfer from “wake interference” flow to “isolated roughness” flow. With increasing σh, wind velocity within arrays increases, and the vortexes in front of low buildings would break, even disappear, whereas the vortexes in front of tall buildings would strengthen and expand. Tall buildings have greater disturbance on wind than low buildings do. (2) All the wind velocity profiles and the upstream profile converge at the height of 2.5H approximately. The decay of wind velocity within the building canopy was in positive correlation with λf and rs. If the height of building arrays is variable, Macdonald’s wind velocity model should be modified through introducing σh, because wind velocity decreases at the upper layers of the canopy and increases at the lower layers of the canopy. (3) The maximum of turbulence kinetic energy (TKE) always locates at 1.2 times as high as the buildings. TKE within the canopy decreases with increasing λf and rs but the maximum of TKE are very close though σh varies. (4) Wind velocity profile follows the logarithmic law approximately above the building canopy. The Zero-plane displacement zd heighten with increasing λf, whereas the maximum of and Roughness length z0 occurs when λf is about 0.14. zd and z0 heighten linearly with σh and rs, If σh is large enough, zd may become higher than the average height of buildings.

A GENERALIZATION OF LOCAL SYMMETRIC AND SKEW-SYMMETRIC SPLITTING ITERATION METHODS FOR GENERALIZED SADDLE POINT PROBLEMS

Li, Jian-Lei,Luo, Dang,Zhang, Zhi-Jiang The Korean Society for Computational and Applied M 2011 Journal of applied mathematics & informatics Vol.29 No.5

In this paper, we further investigate the local Hermitian and skew-Hermitian splitting (LHSS) iteration method and the modified LHSS (MLHSS) iteration method for solving generalized nonsymmetric saddle point problems with nonzero (2,2) blocks. When A is non-symmetric positive definite, the convergence conditions are obtained, which generalize some results of Jiang and Cao [M.-Q. Jiang and Y. Cao, On local Hermitian and Skew-Hermitian splitting iteration methods for generalized saddle point problems, J. Comput. Appl. Math., 2009(231): 973-982] for the generalized saddle point problems to generalized nonsymmetric saddle point problems with nonzero (2,2) blocks. Numerical experiments show the effectiveness of the iterative methods.

Production of value-added (bio)chemicals from cellulosic biomass: integration of microbiology and engineering

Jian-Jiang ZHONG,Kai QI,Xiao-Xia XIA,Tan-Che ZHOU 한국생물공학회 2014 한국생물공학회 학술대회 Vol.2014 No.10

Two New Monoterpene Alkaloid Derivatives from the Roots of Incarvillea arguta

Jian Jun Fu,Hui Zi Jin,Jiang Jiang Qin,Qi Zeng,Ying Huang,Wei Dong Zhang 대한약학회 2011 Archives of Pharmacal Research Vol.34 No.2

Two new monoterpene alkaloid derivatives, incargutosines C (1) and D (2), together with a known compound, argutine A (3) have been isolated from the roots of Incarvillea arguta Royle. The structures of 1 and 2 were established on the basis of 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopic analysis, while the absolute configurations of 1 and 2 were determined by a synthetic method. In addition, the cytotoxicity of 3 was evaluated using four tumor cell lines, A549, LOVO, 6TCEM, and MDA-MB-435 (MDA) by the MTT assay.

Statics variation analysis due to spatially moving of a full ocean depth autonomous underwater vehicle

Jiang, Yanqing,Li, Ye,Su, Yumin,Cao, Jian,Li, Yueming,Wang, Youkang,Sun, Yeyi The Society of Naval Architects of Korea 2019 International Journal of Naval Architecture and Oc Vol.11 No.1

Changes in gravity and buoyancy of a Full Ocean Depth Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (FOD-AUV) during its descending and ascending process must be considered very carefully compared with a Human Occupied Vehicle (HOV) or a Remotely Pperated Vehicle (ROV) whose activities rely on human decision. We firstly designed a two-step weight dropping pattern to achieve a high descending and ascending efficiency and a gravity-buoyancy balance at designed depth. The static equations showed that gravity acceleration, seawater density and displacement are three key aspects affecting the balance. Secondly, we try our best to analysis the gravity and buoyancy changing according to the previous known scientific information, such as anomaly of gravity acceleration, changing of seawater states. Finally, we drew conclusion that gravity changes little (no more than 0.1kgf, it is impossible to give a accurate value). A density-depth relationship at the Challenger Deep was acquired and the displacement changing of the FOD-AUV was calculated preciously.

A New Triterpenoid from Brucea javanica

Jian Hua Liu,Jiang Jiang Qin,Hui Zi Jin,Xiao Jia Hu,Ming Chen,Yun Heng Shen,Shi Kai Yan,Wei Dong Zhang 대한약학회 2009 Archives of Pharmacal Research Vol.32 No.5

A new triterpenoid, bruceajavanin C (1), together with bruceosides A and B (2 and 3), bruceines D and E (4 and 5), yadanziosides A and G (6 and 7), (20R)-O-(3)-α-L-arabinopyranosylpregn- 5-ene-3β,20-diol (8), and α-D-glucopyranoside, (3β, 20R)-3-hydroxypregn-5-en-20-yl (9) were isolated from the aerial parts of Brucea javanica. The structure of 1 was elucidated on the basis of 2D-NMR spectroscopic analysis. In addition, compounds 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6 exhibited mild inhibitory effect on NO production in LPS-stimulated RAW264.7 cells.