A new species of Meliolinites associated with Buxus leaves from the Oligocene of Guangxi, southern China.

A new species of Meliolinites (fossil Meliolaceae), M. buxi sp. nov., is reported from the Oligocene Ningming Formation of Guangxi, South China. The fungus has hyphopodia characteristics of extant Meliolaceae, such as thick-walled, branching hyphae with appressoria and phialides. However, these fossils entirely lack mycelial or perithecial setae and have only a few phialides, thereby distinguishing the new species from most known species. The fungus was discovered on the adaxial and abaxial cuticles of several fossilized Buxus leaves. Thickening and twisting of cell walls in the Buxus leaf cuticle, along with the parasitic feeding strategy of the extant Meliolaceae, suggest that a parasitic interaction between Buxus and M. buxi seems feasible. The distribution of modern Meliolaceae suggests that they live in warm, humid subtropical-tropical climates. It is possible that the presence of M. buxi indicates a similar climatic condition. The co-occurrence of large-leaf Buxus and floristic comparisons of the Ningming assemblage also corroborate this conclusion.

[Extract process of cyclic adenosinemonophosphate (cAMP) in Ziziphus jujuba].

OBJECTIVE: To study the extract process of Cyclic adenosinemonophosphate (cAMP) in Ziziphus jujuba. METHODS: CAMP was extracted with water, separated and purificated by ion exchange and silica gel G column chromatography. RESULTS: Thin layer chromatography (TLC) of the extracts and control cAMP showed the same Rf 0.75; The UV-absorption of the extracts and control cAMP had maximal absorb peak at 260 nm and the least absorb value at 230 nm; Infra-red spectrum of the extracts was indistinguishable from that of control cAMP; Retention time of the extracts by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) determinate was 5.237 minute,unsettled impurity peak,content was 97%. Control cAMP was 5.350 minute,their retention time were of little difference. CONCLUSION: Chemistry structure of this extract with that of control cAMP is the same.