• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.44 no.5
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• pp.681-686
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to measure total phenolic compounds as a measure of antioxidant activity as well as ${\alpha}$-amylase inhibitory and ${\alpha}$-glucosidase inhibitory activities as a measure of anti-diabetic efficacy in methanol extracts from 23 kinds of medicinal plants. Extracts of three medicinal plant species showing high total polyphenol contents were selected (Euonymus alatus stem, Taxus cuspidata fruit, and Eucommia ulmoides leaf). Extracts of six medicinal plant species showing over 60% DPPH radical scavenging activity were also selected [Eucommia ulmoides barks (80.10%), Lycium chinense roots (64.25%), Euonymus alatus stem (73.59%), Lespedeza cuneata (78.20%), Taxus cuspidata fruits (70.52%), and Tilia taquetii leaf and stem (67.81%)]. Regarding ${\alpha}$-glucosidase and ${\alpha}$-amylase inhibitory activities acarbose showing approximately 80% inhibitory activity was selected as a control group, and six species (Eucommia ulmoides heartwood, Eucommia ulmoides bark, Euonymus alatus stem, Dioscorea batatas, Coix lachryma-jobi, and Phaseolus radiatus) showed greater than 80% ${\alpha}$-glucosidase inhibitory activity. Extracts of nine medicinal plant. species showing over 80% ${\alpha}$-amylase inhibitory activity (Pueraria thunbergiana root, Eucommia ulmoides bark, Eucommia ulmoides leaf, Lycium chinense fruits, Euonymus alatus leaf and stem, Euonymus alatus stem, Sasa borealis whole, Dioscorea batatas leaf and stem, and Tilia taquetii leaf and stem). Based on these results, medicinal plants showing high antioxidant and antidiabetic activities can be used as fundamental products in developing new medicines, as well as functional foods to prevent adult disease.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.492-495
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• 1990

In succession to the previous paper(Korean J. Food Sci. and Techn., 21(2), 300, 1989), to investigate effect of salting process on physico-chemical properties of Korean radish cubes processed for kakdugi Ascorbic acid content, ${\alpha}-amylase$ activity, the penetration rate of glucose and red-pepper juice into the radish cubes, and aerobic microbial counts (bacteria, yeast and mold) were investigated during salting (packout ratio : 1:1g/ml) of radish-cube$(2{\times}2{\times}2cm)$ for kakdugi in the 15%(w/v) sodium chloride solution. For 6hr salting, ascorbic acid was reduced from 38.5mg% to 15.7 mg%, ${\alpha}-amylase$ activity was gradually increased until 5hr salting, and then deceased, Amount and rate of penetration of glucose and red-pepper juice(on base of redness) into the salted radish cube were both higher than raw cubes, and microbial counts were decreased, and mostly within one hour of salting.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.209-215
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• 1990

The activities of s-amylase, ${\alpha}-amylase$ and protease of three combination products containing digestive enzymes, antacids and herbal drugs on the Korean market were estimated. The effects of antacids and herbal drugs on the activities of digestive enzymes were investigated. Starch-saccarifying activity of s-amylase, starch-dextrinizing activity of ${\alpha}-amylase$ and protein-peptic activity of protease were estimated by Somogy, Mc'Credy, and Casein-Folin method, respectivley. The optimal pH of s-amylase, ${\alpha}-amylase$ and protease were pH 5.0, 4.8 and 7.0, rcspectively. The digestive activities at optimal pH continued about eight hours. The digestive activities of individual enzymes were reduced to 40-90% by antacids and were affected somewhat positively or negatively by herbal drugs. Enzyme activities of the combination products were also affected by pH and reaction time.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.183-189
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• 2010

In the course of screening for anti-acidosis and anti-diabetes agent from natural products, the inhibitory activities of Nepales plant extracts against microbial $\alpha$-amylase and $\alpha$-glucosidase were evaluated. Among the 100 different kinds of ethanol extracts, Cedrus deodara (Roxb.) G. Don and Myrica nagi Thunb showed strong inhibition activities against $\alpha$-amylase. The $IC_{50}$ values of C. deodara (Roxb.) G. Don, M. nagi Thunb and acarose, a commercial available anti-diabetes agent, were 44.5, 47.5 and $50.5\;{\mu}g/mL$, respectively. Considering the crude extract of C. deodara (Roxb.) G. Don, and M. nagi Thunb, these extracts have strong potentials as anti-acidosis or anti-diabates agent. In a while, Cleistocalyx operculatus (Roxb.) extract showed a good inhibition activity to $\alpha$-amylase and $\alpha$-glucosidase, even it was recently reported. The selected three extracts did not show any hemolysis activity against human red blood cell up to 1 mg/mL, and the inhibition activities were maintained by heat or acid treatment. Moreover, treatment of HCl (0.01N) for 1 h into C. operculatus (Roxb.) and M. nagi Thunb increased the inhibition activity from 50% to 70%. Our results suggest that C. deodara (Roxb.) G. Don, M. nagi Thunb, and C. operculatus (Roxb.) are potential as anti-acidosis and anti-diabetes agents.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.36-41
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• 2003

In order to increase the production and secretion rate of mouse salivary $\alpha$-amylase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, various experiments were attempted. A plasmid pCNNinv (AMY) was constructed by the substitution of ADCl promoter and native signal sequence of mouse salivary $\alpha$-amylase cDNA gene with PRBI promoter and yeast invertase leader sequence, which resulted in 25% increase in the production of $\alpha$-amylase in the culture medium. The respiratory deficient transformant carrying pCNNinv (AMY) were obtained by treating yeast cells with ethidium bromide, and the $\alpha$-amylase activities in the culture brothes of the respiratory-deficient transformants were 5-8 times higher than that of parental wild type strain. $\alpha$-Amylase activity was also increased 3 times when the 0.015% (w/v) of 2-mercaptoethanol was added to the culture medium.

• Korean Journal of Weed Science
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.13-19
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• 1982

The effect of metolachlor [2-chloro-N-(2-ethyl 1-6-methylphenyl)-N-(2-methoxy-l-methylethyl)-acetamide] on starch, sugar and protein content in relation with ${\alpha}$-amylase activity, and its interaction with GA in the germinating stage of rice were determined. The distinctive phytotoxic symptom was the failure of the primary leaf of rice to break the coleoptile. An inhibitory effect of metolachlor was nullified by the external application of GA $10^{-3}$M. A significantly slower starch degradation accompanying the lower content of sugars was observed in the gain of the metolachlor treated seedlings. Further, the total ${\alpha}$-amylase activity was significantly lower in the grain of rice seedlings treated with metolachlor than that of the untreated one, and the lower total ${\alpha}$-amylase activity could be due to an inhibition of ${\alpha}$-amylase formation.

• The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.32-36
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• 1995

Changes in the w-amylase activity and free sugar contents were Investigated during buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) germination at 1$0^{\circ}C$ for 7 days. The a-amylase activity in ungerminated seeds was 1.66 U. It increased for the 1st day of germination, but then decreased until 3rd day, and thereafter Increased. The free sugar contents In ungerminated seeds were as follows. The maltose, fructose, glucose and rhamnose were 1.81mg%, 0.42mg%, 7.71mg%, 6.80mg% on dry weight basis, respectively. The maltose and fructose contents decreased in the initial stage of germination, but then gradually increased. The glucose contents decreased for the 3rd day, but sharply Increased afterwords. The rhamnose contents decreased until 1 day, and then there was no significant change for the 6 days.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.47 no.3
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• pp.412-422
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• 2019

The present study reports the morphological and molecular characterization of the fungal strain, CMSS06 and evaluates its raw starch hydrolyzing ability in four different agricultural substrates (rice bran, banana peel, cassava tubers, and coconut water). The potential use of each agricultural substrate to replace the expensive fermentation media was evaluated with six different fermentation media: rice bran (RB), banana peel (BP), cassava starch (CS), cassava in coconut water (CSCW), cassava in modified coconut water (CMCW), and pure Coconut water (CW). The fungal strain CMSS06 was identified as Thielaviopsis ethacetica by the analysis of the ITS sequences. The T. ethacetica alpha amylase enzyme exhibited maximum alpha amylase activity at 72 h, pH 7.0, and $40^{\circ}C$ on soluble starch. This species resulted in the highest enzyme activity (mU/ml) of 26.06, 10.89, 58.82, 14.2, and 54.67 with the RB, BP, CS, CSCW, and CMCW fermentation media, respectively. The results indicate that CS can be used as a carbon substrate and CMCW can be used to accelerate the fermentation by T. ethacetica. The enzyme was partially purified by 40-60% ammonium sulphate fraction, and it showed total enzyme activity, total protein content, specific activity, purification fold, and a recovery of 2400 mU, 30 mg, 80 mU/mg, 2.7, and 71.1%, respectively. The molecular mass of the T. ethacetica alpha amylase was estimated on SDS-PAGE, and two bands around 50 kDa and 70 kDa were identified. The present study implies that T. ethacetica can produce alpha amylase, and it can be used to hydrolyze raw starch during the fermentation processes.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.338-343
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• 1990

MB4-03, an $\alpha$-amylase inhibitor was isolated from the culture broth of Streptomyces sp. DMCJ-49 and purified through ion-exchange chromatography, adsorption, and gel filtration. The results of various instrumental analyses showed that the inhibitor was one of oligosaccharides that had glucoses as its major component and that its molecular weight was about 2000. And one methyl group which seemed to be related with the inhibitory activity of this compound was identified. From the CMR spectrum, it was elucidated that this compound was composed of $\alpha$ -D-glucopyranoses which were linked together by $\alpha$ (I -, 4) bond configuration. As the inhibitory effect of this compound was reduced after incubation with $\beta$-amylase, the maltose units was seemed to exist at non-reducing terminal side of it.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.97-102
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• 2008

Four hundred and forty 1-day-old Arbor Acre broilers were fed commercial starter diets with 0, 250, 750 and 2,250 mg/kg of an alpha-amylase preparation from 1 to 21 days of age to investigate the effects of an exogenous enzyme on growth performance, activities of digestive enzymes in the pancreas and anterior intestinal contents and pancreatic amylase mRNA expression. Body weight gain (BWG) and average daily gain (ADG) increased linearly (p<0.01) with increasing levels of supplementary amylase but feed conversion ratio (FCR) was not affected. There was a negative quadratic change of protease and amylase in the small intestinal contents with the increase of supplementary amylase level. The activity of intestinal trypsin was also increased (p<0.05). Lipase was unaffected by amylase supplementation (p>0.05). The pancreatic protease, trypsin, and lipase were not affected by exogenous amylase levels. Consistent with the tendency for a linear depression of amylase activity, pancreatic ${\alpha}$-amylase mRNA was down-regulated by dietary amylase supplementation. The present study suggested that oral administration of exogenous amylase affected activities of intestinal enzymes and the production of pancreatic digestive enzymes in a dose-dependent manner.