Fifteen compounds were extracted and purified from the leaves of Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. cv. Rosa-plena. These compounds include liriodenine (1), lysicamine (2), (-)-anonaine (3), (-)-asimilobine (4), (-)-caaverine (5), (-)-N-methylasimilobine (6), (-)-nuciferine (7), (-)-nornuciferine (8), (-)-roemerine (9), 7-hydroxydehydronuciferine (10) cepharadione B (11), β-sitostenone (12), stigmasta-4,22-dien-3-one (13) and two chlorophylls: pheophytin-a (14) and aristophyll-C (15). The anti-oxidation activity of the compounds was examined by antiradical scavenging, metal chelating and ferric reducing power assays. The results have shown that these compounds have antioxidative activity. The study has also examined the antiproliferation activity of the isolated compounds against human melanoma, prostate and gastric cancer cells. The results shown that 7-hydroxydehydronuciferine (10) significantly inhibited the proliferation of melanoma, prostate and gastric cancer cells. Together, these findings suggest that leaves of Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. cv. Rosa-plena are a good resource for obtaining the biologically active substances with antioxidant properties.

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In high-voltage power systems, overload or short-circuit accidents occur frequently owing to the failure of the user equipment, leading to the occurrence of power accidents. Therefore, protective relays must be installed before and after each feeder to isolate the occurrence of faults and thus reduce damage to the power system. However, when the working power supply of the protective relay loses power, it will not be possible to isolate the accident feeder, and the failure of the power system will expand, severely affecting the reliability of the system power supply. Therefore, it is expressly stated by the Taiwan Power Company that a capacitor trip device (CTD) must be installed to ensure a power supply to the protective relay for highvoltage users. However, CTDs currently on the market often fail to ensure the proper operation of the protective relay owing to an insufficient capacitance or a low output operating voltage. Therefore, we propose a high-capacity CTD capable of performing self-tests and instant notification for network monitoring. Compared with the conventional CTD, our CTD can prevent instantaneous large current transfer to the powered device, ensuring that the power supply of the powered device is uninterrupted. It can accomplish the real-time monitoring of the power status, provide a stable power supply, prevent overcurrent, and protect equipment. It is a very important contribution to the protection of the relay system.

Twelve compounds, including three flavonoids, 5-hydroxy-4¢,7- dimethoxyflavone (1) [22], luteolin-7,3¢,4¢-trimethyl ether (2) and 5,3¢- dihydroxy-7,4¢-dimethoxyflavone (3), five benzenoids, methylparaben (4), vanillic acid (5), p-hydroxybenzoic acid (6), syringic acid (7), and isovanillic acid (8) and four steroids, b-sitosterol (9), stigmasterol (10), b-sitostenone (11) and stigmasta-4,22-dien-3- one (12) were isolated from the leaves of Aquilaria agallocha (Thymelaeaceae). All of these compounds (1-12) were obtained for the first time from the leaves of this plant.