• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.806-822
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• 2023

In the current study we assessed a new crystallized compound, 5-(1-hydroxybutyl)-4-methoxy-3-methyl-2H-pyran-2-one (C-HMMP), from the endophytic fungus Colletotrichum acutatum residing in the medicinal plant Angelica sinensis for its in vitro antimicrobial, antibiofilm, antioxidant, antimalarial, and anti-proliferative properties. The promising compound was identified as C-HMMP through antimicrobial-guided fraction. The structure of C-HMMP was unambiguously confirmed by 2D NMR and HIRS spectroscopic analysis. Antimicrobial property testing of C-HMMP showed it to be effective against a variety of pathogenic bacteria and fungi with MICs ranging from 3.9 to 31.25 ㎍/ml. The compound displayed excellent antibiofilm activity against C. albicans, S. aureus, and K. pneumonia. Furthermore, the antimalarial and radical scavenging activities of C-HMMP were clearly dosedependent, with IC50 values of 0.15 and 131.2 ㎍/ml. The anti-proliferative activity of C-HMMP against the HepG-2, HeLa, and MCF-7 cell lines in vitro was investigated by MTT assay, revealing notable anti-proliferative activity with IC50 values of 114.1, 90, and 133.6 ㎍/ml, respectively. Moreover, CHMMP successfully targets topoisomerase I and demonstrated beneficial anti-mutagenicity in the Ames test against the reactive carcinogenic mutagen, 2-aminofluorene (2-AF). Finally, the compound inhibited the activity of α-glucosidase and α-amylase with IC50 values of 144.7 and 118.6 ㎍/ml, respectively. To the best of our knowledge, the identified compound C-HMMP was obtained for the first time from C. acutatum of A. sinensis, and this study demonstrated that C-HMMP has relevant biological significance and could provide better therapeutic targets against disease.

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.33-41
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• 2022

Objectives: Drug-induced blockade of the human ether-à-go-go related gene (hERG) potassium ion channel causes acquired long QT syndrome, which is known to cause cardiac arrhythmias and be fatal. To establish safety evidence of herbal formulae, we evaluated the effects of 31 herbal formulae on hERG channel activity. Methods: The current through hERG channel was measured by changing the membrane voltage before and after treatment with 31 herbal formulae in HEK 293 cell overexpressing hERG channel using a whole-cell patch clamp system. The current-voltage curves and the activity curves were fitted, and the hERG activity and 50% inhibitory concentration (IC₅₀) according to each herbal formula were calculated. Results: Chokyungjongok-tang, Oncheong-eum, and Cheongsangbangpung-tang strongly inhibited the hERG activity, with IC₅₀ values of 67.67, 141.2, and 296.3 ㎍/mL, respectively. Yeonkyopaedok-san, Eunkyo-san, Ukgan-san gajinphibanha, Daegunjoong-tang (except Oryzae gluten), Insamyangyoung-tang, Banhahubak-tang, SokyungHwalhyul-tang, Jodeung-san, Hyeonggaeyeongyo-tang, and Bangkeehwangkee-tang weakly inhibited hERG activity, with IC₅₀ values ranging from 400 to 1000 ㎍/mL. The other 18 herbal formulae showed very weak hERG activity inhibition of less than 50% at the highest concentration (1000 ㎍/mL). Conclusion: This study provided safety information on cardiotoxicity by cardiac arrhythmia risk assessment of herbal formulae, and is expected to be a reference data for predicting the safety and risk of herbal formulae.

• 약학회지
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.334-341
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• 1999

Thyroid peroxidase is a biochemical target protein for the antithyroid drugs. Ethanol extracts from one hundred and thirty seven natural products were screened for the inhibition of thyroid peroxidase activity. Thyroid peroxidase was purified from porcine thyroids, and the inhibition of peroxidase activity was evaluated using guaiacol oxidation (C-C coupling) assay. Twenty one natural products expressed a remarkable inhibition (>50%) of peroxidase activity at $330{\mu\textrm{g}}$ solid weight/m. The 50% inhibitory concentration ($IC_{50}$) of 70% ethanol extract from six potent natural products ranged from 3.1 to $31.2{\;}{\mu\textrm{g}}$ solid weight/m, in contrast to the range ($0.33~0.54{\;}{\mu\textrm{g}}/ml$) of $IC_{50}$ values fro catechin and epigallocatechin gallate as positive controls. Noteworthy, the extract of Camellia taliensis showed irreversible inhibition of the enzyme. It is suggested that extract from some natural products such as Camellia taliensis, Rheum undulatum or Euphorbia perinensis, exhibiting a potent inhibition of peroxidase activity, may be developed as sources of potent antithyroid agents.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.155-160
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• 2017

The dye decolorization rate in a cell-free culture broth of the white-rot fungus Trametes versicolor CBR43 was studied, including the effects of inhibitors of NaCl, Zn(II), and Cd(II) on dye decolorization activity. The maximum rates of dye decolorization in cell-free culture broth were 1,410, 44.7, 41.2, and $0.19{\mu}mol{\cdot}l^{-1}{\cdot}min^{-1}$ for Acid Blue 62, Acid Black 175, Reactive Blue 4, and Acid Red 114, respectively. The inhibition effects of NaCl, Zn(II), and Cd(II) on dye decolorization were quantitatively compared using the half maximal inhibition concentration ($IC_{50}$), which indicates the concentration of an inhibitor required for 50% inhibition. Based on $IC_{50}$ values, dye decolorization in the cell-free culture broth of CBR43 was most potently inhibited by Cd(II), whereas the inhibitory effect of NaCl was relatively low. The dye decolorization rates and $IC_{50}$ data can be used in the design and development of a dye-wastewater treatment process using T. versicolor CBR43 and its operating factors.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.218-222
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• 2007

The anticoagulant properties of Cinnamomum cassia bark-derived materials were evaluated against platelet aggregation induced by arachidonic acid (AA), collagen, platelet activating factor (PAF), or thrombin, and these effects were then compared to those of three commercially available compounds (cinnamic acid, cinnamyl alcohol, and aspirin). The active constituent obtained from C. cassia barks was isolated by silica gel column chromatography and high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC), and was characterized as trans-cinnamaldehyde by MS, $^1H-NMR$, $^{13}C-NMR$, and IR spectroscopy. With regard to 50% inhibitory concentration ($IC_{50}$) values, cinnamaldehyde was found to effectively inhibit platelet aggregation induced by AA ($IC_{50},\;43.2\;{\mu}M$) and collagen ($IC_{50},\;3.1\;{\mu}M$). By way of comparison, cinnamaldehyde proved to be a significantly more potent platelet inhibitor against platelet aggregation induced by collagen than aspirin. The effect exerted by cinnamaldehyde against platelet aggregation induced by AA was 1.2 times less than that of aspirin. These results indicate that cinnamaldehyde may prove useful as a lead compound for the inhibition of platelet aggregation induced by AA and collagen.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.638-647
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• 1998

Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), bryostatin, dioctanoyl glycero1 (DiC8)과 같은 Protein Ki-nase C (PKC)의 활성제는 세포질로부터 막이나 핵으로 PKC 동위효소의 전위를 유도한다. 활성화된 PKC는 일반적으로 암을 유발시키는 역할을 하지만 그와 반대로 사람유방암세포의 성장을 약화시키는 기능을 가지고 있다. PKC의 항증식효과와 전위가 MCF-7 세포에서 조사되었다. PMA, bryostatin, DiC8로 활성화된 PKC 동위효소의 전위는 MCF-7 세포의 여러 장소에서 나타났다. PMA는 PKC $\alpha$ 와 $\beta$는 핵이나 핵막 그리고 PKC $\delta$와 $\varepsilon$은 세포막으로 일부 전위시켰고, 반면 DiC8과 bryostatin은 PKC $\alpha$와 $\beta$를 각각 핵과 핵막으로 전위를 유도하였다. PKC 활성제의 항증식 효과에 있어서 PMA ($IC_{50}$/ values of 1.2$\pm$0.3nM)와 DiC8 ($IC_{50}$/ values of 5.0$\pm$1.1$\mu$M)는 세포의 성장을 억제시켰다. Bryostatin 역시 세포의 성장을 억제시켰지만, PMA로 관찰된 것보다는 낮은 수준이었다. 즉 100nM bryostatin에 의해 16% 정도 성장이 감소되었다. 그러나 PMA는 bryo-stalin과 함께 처리하였을 때 PMA의 항증식 효과는 낮았으나, 10$\mu$M DiC8과 함께 처리하였을 때는 효과가 없었다. 이러한 결과들은 각 PKC 동위효소들이 다른 특이한 위치로 전위되었으며, 특히 PKC $\alpha$ 동위효소가 세포성장의 항증식 기능을 조절하는데 중요한 역할을 함을 시사한다.

• 한국응용약물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국응용약물학회 2003년도 Annual Meeting of KSAP : International Symposium on Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences on Obesity
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• pp.63-63
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• 2003

Opuntia ficus-indicavar. saboten Makino (Cactaceae) is a tropical or subtropical plant that has been widely used as folk medicine for the treatment of diabetes, asthma, burn, edema and gastritis. The purposes of the present study were to identify antioxidant constituents from fruits and stems of the plant cultivated in Cheju island, Korea, and examine their in vitro neuroprotective activities. Using a chromatographic fractionation method, ten chemical constituents were isolated from ethyl acetate extracts. By means of chemical and spectroscopic methods, those were identified as eight flavonoids such as kaempherol (a), quercetin (b), kaempferol 3-methyl ether (c), quercetin 3-methyl ether (d), narcissin (e), dihydrokaernpferol (f), dihydroquercetin (g) and erioclictyol (h), and two terpenoids such as 3-oxo-${\alpha}$-ionol-${\beta}$-d-glucopyranoside (i) and roseoside (j). Among the isolated compounds, comrounds c~e and h~j were those reported for the first titre from the plant. Compounds b, d and g showed DPPH free radical scavenging activities with IC$\sub$50/ values of 28, 19 and 31, ${\mu}$M respectively. Compounds d and g also inhibited iron-dependent lipid peroxidation with IC$\sub$50/ values of 2.4 and 3.5 ${\mu}$M. In a primary rat cortical neuronal cell culture system, compounds b, d and g inhibited xanthine/xanthine oxidase-induced (IC$\sub$50/ values of 18.2, 2.1 and 54.6 ${\mu}$M) and H$_2$O$_2$-induced (IC$\sub$50/ values of 13.6, 1.9 and 25.7 ${\mu}$M) cytotoxicities. In addition, compounds d and g inhibited NMDA-induced excitotoxicity by 21 and 33%, and only compound d inhibited growth factor withdrawal-induced apoptosis by 31% at a tested concentration of 3 ${\mu}$M. The results suggest that the antioxidant constituents with in vitroneuroprotective activities may serve as lead chemicals for the development of neuroprotective agent.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.33-39
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• 2009

본 연구는 천연 미백소재 개발을 위하여 광곽향 추출물과 광곽향 추출물에서 분리한 활성물질의 멜라닌 생성에 연관된 생리활성을 분석하였다. 광곽향 추출물은 $100{\mu}g/mL$ 이하에서 세포 독성이 없는 것으로 확인되었으며 free radical 소거능(DPPH)과 superoxide radical 소거능 결과는 각각 $IC_{50}=24.2{\pm}2.85{\mu}g/mL$, $IC_{50}=118{\pm}0.43{\mu}g/mL$을 나타내었다. B16 melanoma 세포에서의 멜라닌 생합성 저해 효과는 $20{\mu}g/mL$ 농도의 광곽향 추출물을 72 h 동안 처리한 세포에서 멜라닌 억제율이 23 %로 나타났으며, $50{\mu}g/mL$ 농도에서 세포 내 tyrosinase의 활성을 18 % 저해하였다. 이러한 광곽향 추출물의 활성물질을 분리하여 $^{1}H$-NMR, $^{13}C$-NMR, Mass analysis 등의 기기분석을 실시한 결과 sesquiterpene 계열의 활성물질인 patchouli alcohol으로 동정되었고, patchouli alcohol의 free radical 소거능과 superoxide radical 소거능 결과는 각각 $IC_{50}=3.14{\pm}0.12{\mu}g/mL$, $IC_{50}=49{\pm}3.24{\mu}g/mL$을 나타내었다. 또한 멜라닌 저해효과를 확인한 결과 $IC_{50}=3.9{\mu}g/mL$으로 나타났으며, $10{\mu}g/mL$ 농도에서 세포 내 tyrosinase의 활성을 40 % 저해하였다. Western blot을 이용하여 tyrosinase와 tyrosinase related protein-2 (TRP-2) 단백질의 발현 감소를 확인하였다. 그러므로 광곽향 추출물과 patchouli alcohol은 우수한 미백 효능을 갖는 화장품 소재로서 개발 가능성이 클 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.652-658
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• 2012

본 연구는 유단백질 유래 카제인염을 상업용 단백질가수분해 효소로 처리하여 효소의 종류와 가수분해 시간에 따른 ACE 저해효과를 살펴보고 주요 성인병인 고혈압의 예방을 위한 혈압강하 효과가 높은 가수분해물을 제조하고자 수행하였다. 카제인염을 6종의 단백질 분해효소로 기질대 효소비 1000:1로 첨가하여 8시간 가수분해했을 때 가수분해도는 2.54-4.25%로 나타났고, 다시 가수분해물을 기질대 효소비 500:1로 처리하여 4시간 동안 2차 가수분해하였을 때 4.30-5.22%의 가수분해가 일어났다. 효소별 가수분해물의 ACE 저해효과는 가수분해가 진행됨에 따라 $IC_{50}$의 수치는 감소하였고 저해율을 증가하였다. 1차 가수 분해시 8시간 가수분해한 가수분해물의 $IC_{50}$ 수치는 Protamex 처리군이 $516{\mu}g/mL$로 가장 낮았고 Flavourzyme이 $866{\mu}g/mL$로 가장 높았다. 1차 가수분해물을 Flavourzyme로 4시간 2차 가수분해를 하였을 때 1차 가수분해물 보다 $IC_{50}$ 수치가 감소되어 ACE저해 효과가 증가하였으며 Neutrase로 처리하였을 때 $282{\mu}g/mL$로 가장 낮았고 Protease M이 $570{\mu}g/mL$로 가장 효과가 적었다. 가장 효과가 좋은 Neutrase 2차 가수분해물을 소화효소인 pepsin, trypsin, ${\alpha}$-chymotrypsin으로 가수분해 하였을 경우 $IC_{50}$ 수치는 $597{\mu}g/mL$로 1차 가수분해물보다 저해효과가 유의적으로 감소되었다(p<0.05). Neutrase 2차 가수분해물을 MW 10,000로 한외여과하였을 때 MW 10,000 미만 permeate의 $IC_{50}$ 수치는 $273{\mu}g/mL$로 저해효과는 유의차가 없었으나, 10,000 이상의 retentate는 $IC_{50}$ 수치가 $635{\mu}g/mL$로 유의적 수준에서 저해효과가 감소하였다(p<0.05). 이에 효소의 종류와 가수분해 시간의 조합에 의한 ACE 저해활성을 측정하고 분리공정을 최적화하기 위한 추가 연구를 수행한다면 주요 유단백질인 카제인 유래 기능성 식품의 산업적 대량생산이 가능할 것으로 사료된다.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.176-182
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• 2021

The phytochemical investigation of Broussonetia kazinoki roots led to the isolation of ten compounds, including six flavonoids (1-6), two lignans (7 and 8), and two coumarins (9 and 10) by comparing their ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectra with reference values. To the best of our knowledge, compounds 9 and 10 were isolated from this plant for the first time. Among the ten isolates, compounds 2, 4, and 6 exhibited inhibitory effects against lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced nitric oxide (NO) production in macrophage RAW264.7 cells with IC₅₀ values of 11.98, 10.16, and 24.06 μM, respectively. Furthermore, compounds 2, 4, and 6 reduced LPS-induced inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression in a dose-dependent manner. Pre-incubation of cells with these compounds also significantly suppressed LPS-induced COX-2 protein expression. Compounds 2, 4, and 6 also showed cytotoxic activity against HL-60 cells with IC₅₀ values ranging between 46.43 and 94.06 μM.