MgSO4处理对西兰花芽苗菜生理活性物质和抗氧化能力的影响

本实验研究了外源喷施0、25、50、75 mmol/L的MgSO4对西兰花芽苗菜生长状况、生理活性物质含量和抗 氧化能力的影响。结果表明：MgSO4处理对西兰花芽苗菜造成了生长胁迫效应;叶绿素和总酚含量随着MgSO4浓度 的增大而增加,抗坏血酸含量却随着MgSO4浓度的增加而降低。发芽5 d的西兰花芽苗菜中总硫代葡萄糖苷（简称 硫苷）和萝卜硫素含量显著高于发芽8 d的,但发芽8 d的黑芥子酶活力高于发芽5 d的;MgSO4处理后,总硫苷和萝 卜硫素含量及黑芥子酶活力显著提高,但50 mmol/L和75 mmol/L MgSO4处理组之间差异不显著。MgSO4处理显著提 高了西兰花芽苗菜的抗氧化能力,但1,1-二苯基-2-三硝基苯肼自由基清除率在50 mmol/L和75 mmol/L处理组之间无 显著差异,H2O2清除率随MgSO4浓度的增加逐渐增强。因此,综合考虑,50 mmol/L MgSO4对于提高西兰花芽苗菜 的营养价值和保健功能是较适合的浓度。     

硫脲法测定菜籽饼粕中的硫代葡萄糖甙

证实了Wetter和Youngs硫脲紫外法用于中国菜籽饼粉(包括未脱毒和用双液相萃取脱毒饼粉)总硫甙测定是合适的,其最小检出量以丁烯基异硫氰酸酯计可达0.3～0.4 mg/g。对硫甙含量不是太小的样品用白芥子粉替代芥子酶可大大简化手续。宁油七号菜籽饼粉最适宜测定波长为241nm,此时校正光密度与硫甙含量(mg/g)间的换算因子用酶时为2.5～2.6,用青海白芥子粉时为3.0～3.1,而用245nm校正光密度则相应为3.2～3.5和3.9～4.0。     

Biological activity of the shrubBoscia senegalensis (PERS.) LAM. ex Poir. (Capparaceae) on stored grain insects

Biological activity of leaves, fruits and extract of the African shrubBoscia senegalensis (PERS.) LAM. ex Poir. was evaluated against five stored-grain insects. When added to cowpeas at 2–4% (w/w), fresh ground fruits and leaves caused 80–100% mortality inCallosobruchus maculants (F.) adults and significantly reduced both emergence and damage of the F₁ progeny. Acetone fruit extract exhibited a potent fumigant effect onProstephanus truncatus Horn, C.maculatus, andSitotroga cerealella OLIV.; with LT₅₀ values of 3.8, 2.3, and below 1.5 hr, respectively. LC₅₀ determination forB. senegalensis fruits and leaves as well as pure methylisothiocyanate (MITC) onTribolium castaneum HERBST,Sitophilus zeamais MOTSCH. andC. maculatus showed a differential response of the insects to plant parts or MITC. Quantitative dosage ofBoscia active components and LC₅₀ values obtained for the plant tissues, compared to those of pure molecules, indicate that the biological activity ofB. senegalensis is due to the liberation of MITC from a glucosinolate precursor glucocapparin contained inBoscia fruits and leaves.     

A chemical basis for differential acceptance ofErysimum cheiranthoides by twoPieris species

Wormseed mustard,Erysimum cheiranthoides, is unacceptable as a host for the cabbage butterfly,Pieris rapae. However, it is preferred for oviposition byPieris napi oleracea in the greenhouse. Isolation and identification of the oviposition stimulants toP. napi oleracea were accomplished by C₁₈ open-column chromatography, TLC, ion-exchange chromatography, HPLC, UV, and NMR spectroscopy. Glucoiberin and glucocheirolin were identified as the most active stimulants. The extracted glucoiberin was as stimulatory as glucocheirolin, although its concentration in theErysimum plants was about 10 times lower than that of glucocheirolin. These glucosinolates were only weak stimulants toP. rapae. Furthermore,P. rapae was strongly deterred by the cardenolides, erysimoside and erychroside, fromE. cheiranthoides, andP. napi oleracea was less sensitive to these compounds. No other deterrent toP. napi oleracea was detected in this plant species. The results explain the differential acceptance ofE. cheiranthoides by these twoPieris species.     

微生物发酵改善菜籽粕品质的研究

采用实验室筛选的菌种混合固态发酵菜籽粕,比较菜籽粕发酵前后硫甙、粗蛋白质、菜籽肽、乳酸含量以及蛋白质体外消化率的变化.结果表明,菜籽粕中的硫甙降解率为53.4%,粗蛋白质含量从39.99%提高到45.84%,菜籽肽含量由2.48%提高到10.58%,氨基酸的组成和含量也有一定的变化和提高,蛋白质的快速体外消化率提高了1.94%,有益代谢产物乳酸的含量由1.03%提高到2.53%.     

Effects of Allelochemicals from First (Brassicaceae) and Second (Myzus persicae and Brevicoryne brassicae) Trophic Levels on Adalia bipunctata

Three Brassicaceae species, Brassica napus (low glucosinolate content), Brassica nigra (including sinigrin), and Sinapis alba (including sinalbin) were used as host plants for two aphid species: the generalist Myzus persicae and the specialist Brevicoryne brassicae. Each combination of aphid species and prey host plant was used to feed the polyphagous ladybird beetle, Adalia bipunctata. Experiments with Brassicaceae species including different amounts and kinds of glucosinolates (GLS) showed increased ladybird larval mortality at higher GLS concentrations. When reared on plants with higher GLS concentrations, the specialist aphid, B. brassicae, was found to be more toxic than M. persicae. Identification of GLS and related degradation products, mainly isothiocyanates (ITC), was investigated in the first two trophic levels, plant and aphid species, by high-performance liquid chromatography and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry, respectively. While only GLS were detected in M. persicae on each Brassicaceae species, high amounts of ITC were identified in B. brassicae samples (allyl-ITC and benzyl-ITC from B. nigra and S. alba, respectively) from all host plants. Biological effects of allelochemicals from plants on predators through aphid prey are discussed in relation to aphid species to emphasize the role of the crop plant in integrated pest management in terms of biological control efficacy.     

Desulfation followed by sulfation: metabolism of benzylglucosinolate in Athalia rosae (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)

The sawfly species Athalia rosae (L.) (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) is phytophagous on plants of the family Brassicaceae and thus needs to cope with the plant defence, the glucosinolate-myrosinase system. The larvae sequester glucosinolates in their haemolymph. We investigated how these compounds are metabolized by this specialist. When larvae were fed with ([(14) C]-labelled) benzylglucosinolate, one major degradation metabolite, with the same sum formula as benzylglucosinolate, was defecated. This metabolite was also found in the haemolymph along with desulfobenzylglucosinolate, which continuously increased in concentration. NMR spectroscopy in conjunction with LC-TOF-MS measurements revealed the major degradation metabolite to be desulfobenzylglucosinolate-3-sulfate, probably converted from desulfobenzylglucosinolate after sulfation at the sugar moiety. The enzymes responsible must be located in the haemolymph. Additionally, a putative sulfotransferase forms benzylglucosinolate sulfate in the gut from intact, non-sequestered glucosinolate. The corresponding desulfoglucosinolate sulfates were also detected in faeces after feeding experiments with phenylethylglucosinolate and prop-2-enylglucosinolate, which indicates a similar degradation mechanism for various glucosinolates in the larvae. This is the first report on glucosinolate metabolism of a glucosinolate-sequestering insect species.     

Sulfur-containing metabolites in radishes. Further exploration of glucoraphenin desulfation

Glucoraphenin (GRE), found in radishes, holds the unique structural specificity of a Michael acceptor vinyl sulfoxide site. For this reason, desulfo-GRE resulting from enzymatic desulfation is converted into thioimidate N-oxides. Under longer reaction times, a new sulfur-containing compound was isolated and characterized as a cyclic thiohydroximate.