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Antifungal Activity of Methylene Chloride Fraction of Pimpinella brachycarpa Against Aspergillus niger

참나물 Methylene Chloride 분획의 Aspergillus niger에 대한 항진균 활성

  • Received : 2011.05.12
  • Accepted : 2011.05.30
  • Published : 2011.06.28
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Abstract

In order to develop safe and economic novel antifungal agents, we prepared 73 methanol extracts from medicinal and edible herbs and examined their 365 solvent fractions using n-hexane, methylene chloride, ethylacetate, butanol and water residue based on the sequential organic solvent fraction method. When using the various fractions in the screening step for antifungal activity, we discovered ethylacetate fraction of Morus alba L., methylene chloride fraction of Pimpinella brachycarpa (MCPB), and n-hexane fraction of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge, which all have activities in methanol extracts, as potential sources of antifungal agents. Amongst these, the antifungal activity of P. brachycarpa has not to date been reported on. In addition, the mycelial growth inhibition and spore germination inhibition activities of MCPB against A. niger were confirmed by disc-diffusion assay in a 10 day culture. The MIC and MFC of MCPB were determined as 0.25 and 0.5 mg/ml, respectively. The MCPB has no hemolytic activity against human RBC at 0.5 mg/ml and glycoside-flavonoids are theorized to be active constituents. These results suggest that MCPB has a prominent antifungal activity and that the application of sequential organic solvent fractions, instead of simple natural product extracts, is useful in the screening process of novel bioactive substances.

본 연구에서는 안전하고 효율적인 항진균제 개발 연구의 일환으로 73종의 약용 및 식용식물의 메탄올 추출물을 조제하고 이들의 hexane, methylene chloride, ethylacetate, butanol 분획물 및 water 잔류물 365종을 각각 조제하여 Aspergillus niger에 대한 항진균력을 조사하였다. 활성 선별단계에서 비교적 경제적이면서도 손 쉬운 순차적 유기용매 분획물을 제조하여 항진균 천연물 탐색을 시도함으로서 기존에 천연물 추출물에서 검색되지 않은 참나물, 뽕나무, 단삼의 항진균 활성을 확인하였다. 특히 항진균 활성이 보고된 바 없는 참나물의 경우 methylene chloride 분획에서 A. niger에 대한 MIC, MFC 가 각각 0.25 및 0.5 mg/mL임을 확인하여 강력한 항진균 활성을 확인하였으며, 0.25 mg/mL 농도에서 포자발아 억제활성도 나타냄을 확인하였다. 또한 활성분획은 0.5 mg/mL농도까지 인간 적혈구에 대해 용혈활성을 나타내지 않았으며, 활성물질은 당이 결합된 flavonoid로 추측되었다. 본 연구결과는 참나물 methylene chloride 분획의 우수한 항진균 활성을 제시하며, 비교적 간단한 유기 용매 분획법을 이용한 천연물 시료제조 및 이를 이용한 활성탐색이 새로운 활성물질 선별에 효과적임을 제시하고 있다.

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