Thermodynamic control of the carbon budget of a peatland

Fred Worrall, Catherine S. Moody, Gareth Clay, Timothy P. Burt, Nicholas Kettridge, Rob Rose

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Abstract

Seven serratane-type triterpenoids isolated from the cuticle of Picea jezoensis (Sieb. et Zucc.) Carr. jezoensis (Pinaceae) and the stem bark of Picea jezoensis (Sieb. et Zucc.) Carr. hondoensis (Mayer) Rehder (Pinaceae) were studied their possible inhibitory effects on Epstein-Barr virus early antigen (EBV-EA) activation induced by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA). All compounds showed strong inhibitory effects on the EBV-EA activation, being stronger than that of oleanolic acid, which exerts on cancer preventive activity in animal carcinogenesis models. Among these compounds, 13α, 14α-epoxy-3β-methoxyserratan-21β-ol and 3β-methoxy-21α-hydroxyserrat-14-en-29-al were investigated for the inhibitory effects in a two-stage mouse skin carcinogenesis test on mouse skin using 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene as initiator and TPA as promoter. 13α,14α-Epoxy-3β-methoxyserratan-21β-ol was found to exhibit the excellent anti-tumor promoting activity in the in vivo carcinogenesis test. © 2001 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1863-1878
Number of pages16
JournalJournal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
Volume123
Issue number6
Early online date17 May 2018
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jun 2018

Keywords

  • CH
  • CO
  • DOC
  • oxidation
  • peatlands

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