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AIM To study the phenols from Plantaginis Semen.METHODS The 65％ and 95％ ethanol extracts of Plantaginis Semen were isolated and purified by macroporous resin,silica,ODS,Sephadex and preparative column,then the structures of obtained compounds were identified by physicochemical properties and spectral data.RESULTS Nine compounds were isolated and identified as (+)-(7R,7'R,8S,8'S)-neo-olivil (1),erythro-guaiacylglycerol-β-ferulic acid ether (2),eriodictyol (3),luteolin (4),chrysoeriol (5),hydroxytyrosol (6),4-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-(E)-3-buten-2-one (7),ferulic acid (8),5,7-dihydroxychromone (9).CONCLUSION Compounds 2-3,6-7 and 9 are isolated from genus Plantago for the first time,compound 5 is first obtained from this plant.
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Hepcidin are small cationic peptides with antibacterial activity expressed mainly in the liver of living organisms, and they play important roles in the host's immune response against microbial invasion and regulation of iron metabolism. Thus, they are considered to be good substitutes for traditional antibiotics. It is a good choice that the antimicrobial peptides are prepared by recombinant DNA expression. In the present study, two hepcidin mature peptide cDNAs from channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) (mCH) and tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) (mTH) were connected by SOE-PCR in order to obtain more recombinant hepcidin with broad antimicrobial spectrum, and EcoR I and Not I sites were added to 5'- and 3'- ends of the fragment, respectively. The recombinant eukaryotic expression vector "pPIC9K-mCH-mTH" was successfully constructed, and transformed into Pichia pastoris GS115. The transformants containing multicopy gene insertion were selected by using different concentrations of G418 and other specific mediums, and identified by PCR for yeast genomic DNA. Expression was induced by adding 1% methanol at 30 degrees C for different times. Tricine-SDS-PAGE analysis demonstrated that the most appropriate expression time was 72 h, at which a high expression yield (77 mg/L) for the target protein was exhibited. The highly purified target protein was obtained from the fermentation supernatant by SP-Sepharose cation exchange chromatography. Bacteriostatic activity assay demonstrated that the fermentation supernatant containing the target protein and purified recombinant target protein had bacteriostatic activities against gram-positive and gram-negative bacterium. The present result provides the important initial value for industrial production of hepcidin antimicrobial peptide.