Anti-glycation Activities from Various Agricultural Products

The ethanolic extracts of 83 kinds of agricultural products, including cereals, vegetables, and Chinese herbs, were tested for their inhibitory activities on protein cross-linking using the $[^{14}C]$-N-formyl-lysine incorporation method. Most of the extracts inhibited, but some extracts accelerated, the cross-linking of protein. Of those items with relatively high activities, we selected 20 samples to test for activity against AGE fonnation using the fluorophotometric method. The ethanol extract of buckwheat that was genninated for 1 day (GB-01) was detennined to have the highest activity with both methods. The ethanol extract of GB-01 was further fractionated by organic solvents, including chloroform, ethyl acetate, butanol, and water, in order of increasing polarity. The fraction that was extracted with ethyl acetate presented the highest protein glycation inhibitory activity (95.2% inhibition at the 100 ug/mL addition level). Polyphenol content analysis by HPLC showed that the amounts of rutin and quercetin were increased with the separation procedures. Finally, there was a significant relationship between activity and polyphenol content in the partially purified samples (p<0.05).

단백질 glycation 저해효과가 있는 식품소재

식품소재의 단백질 glycation 저해효과를 조사하기 위하여 곡류, 채소류 및 생약재 등 83종 에탄올 추출물에 대한 단백질 가교결합 저해효과를 $[^{14}C]$-N-formyl-lysine incorporation method를 이용하여 측정하였다. 대부분의 추출물에서 저해효과가 나타났으나 일부 추출물은 단백질의 가교를 촉진하는 것으로 나타났다. 상대적으로 높은 활성을 나타낸 시료 중 20개를 선별하여 형광광도법을 이용한 AGE형성 억제능을 조사한 결과, 1일 발아한 메밀의 추출물 (GB-l)이 가장 높은 저해활성을 가지는 것으로 나타났다. 차후 GB-0l은 콜로로포름, 에틸아세테이트, 부탄올 및 물로 분획되었으며 그 중 에틸아세테이트 분획이 가장 높은 단백질 glycation 저해활성(95.2% inhibitory activity at 100 ug/mL addi- tion level)을 보였다. HPLC를 이용한 폴리페놀 분석결과 발아 및 추출, 분획과정을 거친 메밀의 아세테이트 분획은 rutin 및 quercetin 함량이 상당히 증가한 것으로 나타나서 부분정제물의 rutin 및 quercetin 함량과 저해활성사이에 높은 상관성을 나타내었다.