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According to Chinese Pharmacopoeia (2020 edition), Abelmoschi Corolla (AC) is the dried corolla of Flos Abelmoschus manihot (FAM). Market research has found that AC is often mixed with the non-medicinal parts in FAM, including calyx, stamen, and pistil. However, previous studies have not clarified the relationship between the medicinal and non-medicinal parts of FAM. In this study, in order to investigate whether there is any distinction between the medicinal and non-medicinal parts of FAM, the characterization of the constituents in calyx, corolla, stamen, and pistil was analyzed by UFLC-Triple TOF-MS/MS. Multivariate statistical analysis was used to classify and screen differential constituents between medicinal and non-medicinal parts of FAM, and the relative contents of differential constituents were compared based on the peak intensities. Results showed that 51 constituents in medicinal and non-medicinal parts of FAM were identified, and the fragmentation pathways to different types of constituents were preliminarily deduced by the fragmentation behavior of the identified constituents. Furthermore, multivariate statistical analysis revealed that the medicinal and non-medicinal parts of FAM differed significantly; 20 differential constituents were screened out to reveal the characteristics of metabolic differences. Among them, the relative contents of 19 differential constituents in the medicinal part were significantly higher than those in non-medicinal parts. This study could be helpful in the quality evaluation of AC as well as provide basic information for the improvement of the market standard of AC. Full article

Taxilli Herba (TH) is a well-known traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) with a wide range of clinical application. However, there is a lack of comprehensive research on its chemical composition in recent years. At the same time, Taxillus chinensis (DC) Danser is a semi parasitic plant with abundant hosts, and its chemical constituents varies due to hosts. In this study, the characterization of chemical constituents in TH was analyzed by ultra-fast liquid chromatography coupled with triple quadrupole-time of flight tandem mass spectrometry (UFLC-Triple TOF-MS/MS). Moreover, partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) was applied to reveal the differential constituents in TH from different hosts based on the qualitative information of the chemical constituents. Results showed that 73 constituents in TH were identified or tentatively presumed, including flavonoids, phenolic acids and glycosides, and others; meanwhile, the fragmentation pathways of different types of compounds were preliminarily deduced by the fragmentation behavior of the major constituents. In addition, 23 differential characteristic constituents were screened based on variable importance in projection (VIP) and p-value. Among them, quercetin 3-O-β-D-glucuronide, quercitrin and hyperoside were common differential constituents. Our research will contribute to comprehensive evaluation and intrinsic quality control of TH, and provide a scientific basis for the variety identification of medicinal materials from different hosts. Full article

In the past decades, the energy consumption of nonrenewable fossil fuels has been increasing, which severely threatens human life. Thus, it is very urgent to develop renewable and reliable energy storage devices with features of environmental harmlessness and low cost. High power density, excellent cycle stability, and a fast charge/discharge process make supercapacitors a promising energy device. However, the energy density of supercapacitors is still less than that of ordinary batteries. As is known to all, the electrochemical performance of supercapacitors is largely dependent on electrode materials. In this review, we firstly introduced six typical transition metal oxides (TMOs) for supercapacitor electrodes, including RuO₂, Co₃O₄, MnO₂, ZnO, XCo₂O₄ (X = Mn, Cu, Ni), and AMoO₄ (A = Co, Mn, Ni, Zn). Secondly, the problems of these TMOs in practical application are presented and the corresponding feasible solutions are clarified. Then, we summarize the latest developments of the six TMOs for supercapacitor electrodes. Finally, we discuss the developing trend of supercapacitors and give some recommendations for the future of supercapacitors. Full article

Recently, perovskite light-emitting diodes (PeLEDs) are seeing an increasing academic and industrial interest with a potential for a broad range of technologies including display, lighting, and signaling. The maximum external quantum efficiency of PeLEDs can overtake 20% nowadays, however, the lifetime of PeLEDs is still far from the demand of practical applications. In this review, state-of-the-art concepts to improve the lifetime of PeLEDs are comprehensively summarized from the perspective of the design of perovskite emitting materials, the innovation of device engineering, the manipulation of optical effects, and the introduction of advanced encapsulations. First, the fundamental concepts determining the lifetime of PeLEDs are presented. Then, the strategies to improve the lifetime of both organic-inorganic hybrid and all-inorganic PeLEDs are highlighted. Particularly, the approaches to manage optical effects and encapsulations for the improved lifetime, which are negligibly studied in PeLEDs, are discussed based on the related concepts of organic LEDs and Cd-based quantum-dot LEDs, which is beneficial to insightfully understand the lifetime of PeLEDs. At last, the challenges and opportunities to further enhance the lifetime of PeLEDs are introduced. Full article

An integrated zircon geochronological, elemental geochemical, and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopic investigation was carried out on a suite of dioritic–granitic rocks at Zalute in the southern Great Xing’an Range (SGXR), NE China, in order to probe the source and petrogenesis of these granitoid rocks and further constrain the geodynamical setting of early Early Cretaceous magmatism. The results of Sensitive High-Resolution Ion Micro Probe (SHRIMP) zircon U–Pb dating reveal that the Zalute dioritic–granitic rocks have a consistent crystallization age of ca. 137–136 Ma, consisting of quartz diorite (136 ± 1.4 Ma), monzogranite (136 ± 0.8 Ma), and granite porphyry (137 ± 1.3 Ma), which record an early Early Cretaceous magmatic intrusion. Geochemically, the quartz diorites, monzogranites, and granite porphyries are mostly high-K calc-alkaline and show features of typical I-type affinity. They possess uniform and depleted Sr–Nd–Hf isotopic compositions (e.g., initial ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios of 0.7035 to 0.7049, ε_Nd(t) of −0.02 to +2.61, and ε_Hf(t) of +6.8 to +9.6), reflecting a common source, whose parental magma is best explained as resulting from the partial melting of juvenile source rocks in the lower crust produced by underplating of mantle-derived mafic magma, with minor involvement of ancient crustal components. Evidence from their close spatio–temporal relationship, common source, and the compositional trend is consistent with a magmatic differentiation model of the intermediate-felsic intrusive suite, with continued fractional crystallization from quartz diorites, towards monzogranites, then to granite porphyries. Combined with previously published data in the SGXR, our new results indicate that the Zalute intermediate-felsic intrusive suite was formed during the post-collisional extension related to the closure of the Mongol–Okhotsk Ocean and subsequent slab break-off. Full article