Cannabiripsol: a novel Cannabis constituent.

Cannabiripsol [(-) (6aR, 9S, 10S, 10aR)9,10-dihydroxy-hexahydrocannabinol] (1), a new cannabinoid was isolated from a South African Cannabis variant. The structure was determined by spectral means and by synthesis.     

Brain adenylate cyclase activation in the jaundiced rat.

Adenylate cyclase responses of brain cortex and neostriatum to noradrenaline and dopamine are increased in rats with jaundice in proportion to its severity. In comparing the situation with uraemia, the relevance of phenols has to be considered.     

Isolation of a potent allergen from house dust mite by interaction with the lectin tridacnin

Summary Tridacnin, the lectin from the clamTridacna maxima, precipitates with house dust mite extracts and provides a simple procedure for obtaining a potent, purified mite allergen. Allergenic activity was investigated using the radioallergosorbent test (RAST).We thankKarin Williams, Jill Butler, Elizabeth Quinn andGisela Steinhausen for technical help. This work was supported by the Princess Margaret Children's Medical Research Foundation, the Asthma Foundation of Western Australia, the National Health and Medical Research Council and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.     

Helium isotope compositions of Machangqing copper deposit in western Yunnan, China

Helium isotopic composition of inclusion fluid in pyrites from Machangqing copper deposit, China, has been measured. The measurements, with³He/⁴He ratios ranging from 0.46–2.08 Ra, indicate that the helium in ore-forming fluid is a mixture of crust and mantle, and are consistent with the fact that the parental magma responsible for the formation of ore-forming fluid of the deposit is of crust-mantle provenance.     

氧化钒簿膜电极在锂充电电池中的应用(英文)

鉴于氧化钒是应用于锂充电电池的最有希望的电极材料之一，采用等离子体增强化学气相沉积法（ＰＥＣＶＤ）和激光溅射沉积法（ＰＬＤ），制备了不同的氧化钒薄膜，并研究了它们的电化学性质。这些薄膜具备较高的充放电容量和优良的充放电稳定性。晶体和非晶体的Ｖ２Ｏ５薄膜都可以用ＰＬＤ方法在２００℃和不同的气氛下制备。这些薄膜的充电容量可达３８０ｍＡ·ｈ／ｇ。所制备的最稳定的薄膜是用ＰＥＣＶＤ方法得到的。这些薄膜的Ｏ／Ｖ比很接近Ｖ６Ｏ１３（厚度约为０．５ｕｍ）。它们的放电容量可达４０８ｍＡ．ｈ／ｇ或１２６５ｍＡｈ／ｃｍ３，其能量密度可达９６０．３Ｗ．ｈ／ｋｇ。即使经过４４００次的充放电后，这些薄膜的放电容量仍基本不变。因此，ＰＥＣＶＤ方法及其用它所制备的氧化钒薄膜将是锂充电电池工业很有希望的一种选择。     

‘The accomplishment of many years’: Three notes towards a history of the sand-glass

The first note examines current assumptions about the medieval origins of the sand-glass and underlines the defective nature of our knowledge. The second note suggests a possible etymology for an unusual fifteenth-century English term for the instrument. The third note assembles such evidence as can be found on the price of sand-glasses and the structure of the trade that produced them.