Studies on Antitumor Components of Flammulina velutipes of Korea (I)

팽나무 버섯의 항암(抗癌) 성분(成分)에 관한 연구(硏究)(제 1보)(第 1報)

To find antitumor components with low toxicity in the Basidiomycetes of Korea, the carpophores of Flammulina velutipes (Fr.) Singer were extracted with hot water for eight hours. The extract was purified by dialyzing through Visking tube and a protein-bound polysaccharide fraction was obtained as pale brownish amorphous powder after freeze-drying. The fraction was examined for antitumor activity against sarcoma 180 implanted subcutaneously in the left groin in ICR mice. The inhibition ratio of this fraction against the tumor was 62.3% at the dose of 10mg/kg/day for the period of ten days. The tumors in three of the ten treated mice were completely regressed. The chemical analysis of the antitumor component by anthrone and Lowry-Folin methods showed that it consisted of a polysaccharide (42.4%) and a protein (24.5%). The hydrolysis of the polysaccharide moiety with 3% HCl-MeOH and trimethysilylation of the hydrolyzate yielded five monosaccharides which were identified by G.L.C. Several amino acids were identified by an amino acid autoanalyzer in the acid hydrolyzate of the protein moiety.

한국산(韓國産) 담자균류(擔子菌類)의 항암(抗癌) 성분(成分)을 탐색하기 위하여, 팽나무버섯의 자실체(字實體)를 온수(溫水)로 추출한 후, visking tube로 투석 및 냉동건조하여 단백성 다당류를 분리하였다. 이 성분을 ICR마우스에 이식한 sarcoma 180에 대한 종양억제작용을 실험하였던 바, 10mg/kg/day 용량(用量)을 10일간 투여한 군(群)에서 그 종양억제율이 대조군에 비하여 62.3%이었다. 처치군의 10마리중 3마리에서 그 종양이 완전히 퇴행하였다. 이 항암성분을 분석하였던 바, 42.4%의 다당류와 24.5%의 단백질을 함유하고 있었다. 그 다당류를 가수분해하여 분석하여 본 바, glucose, galactose, mannose, xylose 및 fucose의 5종의 단당류를 검출하였다. 그 단백질을 가수분해하여 16종의 아미노산을 확인하였다.