Inhibitory activities of phenolic compounds isolated from Chionanthus retusa flower on biological enzymes

This study was designed to determine the biological activities of Chionanthus retusus flower extracts. Water and 90% ethanol extracts of C. retusus flower were prepared. The inhibitory activities of water and ethanol extracts with a phenolic content of $200{\mu}g/mL$ against xanthine oxidase were 25.60% and 15.92%, respectively. Further, the water extract did not show any inhibitory activity against ${\alpha}$-glucosidase whereas the ethanol extract showed 100.00% inhibition of ${\alpha}$-glucosidase. The inhibitory activities of the extracts against tyrosinase were 17.27% (water extract) and 36.13% (ethanol extract), which suggest that the extracts may have a whitening effect. The water extract did not inhibit elastase activity but showed a collagenase-inhibitory activity of 20.21%. On the contrary, the ethanol extract showed 96.26% and 35.93% inhibition of collagenase and elastase, respectively. These findings suggest that the extracts may have an anti-wrinkle effect. Lastly, the extracts showed a hyaluronidase inhibitory activity of 36.96% (water extract) and 88.70% (ethanol extract), suggesting that they may have an anti-inflammatory effect. The results indicate that C. retusus flower extracts containing phenolic compounds can be used as functional resources because they have anti-gout, carbohydrate degradation-inhibitory, whitening, anti-wrinkle, and anti-inflammatory effects.

이팝나무 꽃에서 분리한 페놀 화합물의 생리활성 효소 억제효과

이팝나무 꽃으로부터 phenolic 화합물을 추출하기 위하여 열수와 90% 에탄올로 phenolic compounds를 추출하였다. Xanthine oxidase 저해 효과를 측정한 결과, 열수와 에탄올 추출물 $200{\mu}g/mL$ phenolics 농도에서 각각 25.60, 15.92%의 저해 효과를 나타내었다. ${\alpha}$-Glucosidase 저해 효과를 측정한 결과 $200{\mu}g/mL$ phenolics 농도의 에탄올 추출물에서 100.00%의 매우 높은 저해 효과를 나타내었다. 미백효과를 측정하는 tyrosinase 저해 효과를 측정한 결과, 열수와 에탄올 추출물 $200{\mu}g/mL$ phenolics 농도에서 각각 17.27, 36.13%의 저해 효과를 나타내었다. 주름개선 효과를 측정하는 collagenase, elastase 저해 효과를 측정한 결과 에탄올 추출물에서는 $200{\mu}g/mL$ phenolics 농도에서 각각 96.26, 35.93%의 저해 효과를 나타내었다. 항염증 효과를 측정하는 hyaluronidase 저해 효과를 측정한 결과, 열수와 에탄올 추출물 $200{\mu}g/mL$ phenolics 농도에서 각각 36.96, 88.70%의 저해 효과를 나타내었다. 따라서 이팝나무 꽃에서 분리된 phenolic compounds는 $50-200{\mu}g/mL$ phenolics 농도 범위에서 항통풍, 당분해 억제, 미백, 주름개선 및 항염증과 관련된 생리활성 효소를 농도 의존적으로 유의하게 저해하는 것을 확인하였고, 이를 이용한 건강기능성 식품 및 미용식품의 기능성 소재로 활용 가능하다고 판단되었다.