• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.64-70
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• 2010

Soybean is of particular interest as a food supplement of isoflavones for inhibiting bone resorption in postmenopausal woman. These beneficial effects of isoflavones are caused by functioning as partial agonists or antagonists of estrogen, of which anti-resorptive effect is mediated indirectly through paracrine factors produced by osteoblasts that act on osteoclasts. In this study, the indirect effect of soybean on osteoclastic differentiation of RAW264.7 cells were investigated. The conditioned medium was collected from MC3T3-E1 osbeoblasts treated with 0.001 mg/mL~0.1 mg/mL soybean extracts for 6 days, mixed in 1:1 ratio with osteoclast medium, and then added into RAW264.7 cells with receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa B ligand (RANKL), a differentiation inducer for 3 days. Of paracrine factors in the conditioned medium, the protein expression of osteoprotegerin (OPG) with soybean extract was specifically higher in a dose dependent manner than with $10^{-9}$ M~$10^{-6}$ M of estrogen, genistein or daidzein standards. In RAW264.7 cells, the conditioned medium with soybean inhibited RANKL induced osteoclastic differentiation as total number of multinucleated tartrateresistant alkaline phosphatase (TRAP)-positive osteoclasts and protein expression of MMP-9 were significantly decreased. Coupled with the low expression of estrogen receptor $\alpha$ and $\beta$ proteins in RANKL treated RAW264.7 cells, we demonstrate that the conditioned medium of soybean treated osteoblasts inhibits RANKL induced differentiation of osteoclasts with the selective expression of OPG in osteoblasts.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.44 no.12
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• pp.1905-1911
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• 2015

Melanin is one of the most important factors affecting skin color. Melanogenesis is the bioprocess of melanin production by melanocytes in the skin and hair follicles and is mediated by several enzymes, such as tyrosinase, tyrosinase related protein (TRP)-1, and TRP-2. Convenient enzymatic transformation of the simple phenol pyrogallol with polyphenol oxidase originating from pear to an oxidative product, purpurogallin, was efficient. The structure of the pyrogallol oxidation product was identified on the basis of spectroscopic methods. The biotransformation product purpurogallin showed significant inhibitory effects against both melanin synthesis and tyrosinase activity in a dose-dependent manner in B16 melanoma cells. In addition, purpurogallin significantly attenuated melanin production by inhibiting TRP-1, and TRP-2 expression through modulation of their corresponding transcription factors, and microphthalamia- associated transcription factor in B16 cells. Consequently, purpurogallin derived from convenient enzymatic transformation of pyrogallol might be a beneficial material for reducing skin hyperpigmentation.

• Korean journal of applied entomology
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• v.50 no.3
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• pp.227-233
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• 2011

Crysochroa fulgidissima (Bidan-beole, Spanish fly) is traditionally used as a crude drug and insecticide in the East Asia and Korea, respectively. This study investigated the effect of ethanol extract of C. fulgidissima on the NO production activity. The C. fulgidissima extract was a potent inducer of NO production in CPAE cells and a stimulator of endothelial nitric oxide synthase in a dose-dependent manner. This study also evaluated the anti-inflammatory activity of this extract by determining the level of ICAM-1, VCAM-1, and prostaglandin $E_2$ from HUVEC cells. Although C. fulgidissima extract was a potent inducer of NO production in the CPAE cells, it showed weak inhibitory effects on vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) production in HUVEC cells. HPLC and GC-MS analysis of the ethanol extract of C. fulgidissima revealed the presence of cantharidin.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.21 no.7
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• pp.1046-1051
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• 2011

Diallyl disulfide (DADS), the most prevalent oil-soluble organosulfur compound in garlic, is known to have diverse biological activities, including anticarcinogenic, antiatherosclerotic, antiinflammatory, and antioxidant actions. In this study, we investigated the effect of DADS on the expression of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) in human liver hepatoma cell line HepG2. Treatment of HepG2 cells by DADS evoked a dose-dependent growth inhibition without significant toxicity to the cells, and also induced the expression of transcription factor Nrf2. However, DADS did not have any enhancing effect on transcription and translation of HO-1 expression in HepG2 cells. In addition, DADS efficiently blocked protein synthesis of HO-1 in HepG2 cells stimulated by CoPP or hemin. But, DADS did not decrease the content of transcripts of HO-1 gene stimulated by CoPP, with accumulation of Nrf2 and small Maf in the nucleus. Based on these results, we conclude that DADS inhibits HO-1 expression by modulation of translational level of CoPP or hemin-induced HO-1 expression in HepG2 cells.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.8-13
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• 2014

The moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam.) plant is used as food and as an anti-allergic agent. In this study, we studied the inhibitory effect of moringa root extract on the expression of PMA-induced matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9), which is the main factor implicated in the invasion and metastasis of cancer cells in MCF-7 cells. At first, various moringa extracts were examined in the MCF-7 cells. Both moringa root extract and leaf extracts inhibited PMA-induced MMP-9 activity, but the root extract suppressed PMA-induced MMP-9 activity to a greater extent than the leaf extract. The moringa root extract also inhibited PMA-induced MMP-9 protein expression and cell invasion. According to RT-PCR, the treatment of the MCF-7 cells with moringa root extract decreased levels of PMA-induced MMP-9 mRNA expression, but not the expression of TIMP-1 and -2, indicating that moringa root extract prevents the transcription of MMP-9 in response to PMA. In addition, moringa root extract specifically suppressed the phosphorylation of ERK/JNK, but not p38. We suggest that moringa root extract abolishes MMP-9 activity/expression through ERK/JNK. In conclusion, moringa root extract suppressed PMA-induced MMP-9 activity/expression by inhibiting the phosphorylation of ERK/JNK in MCF-7 cells. These results indicate that moringa root extract may be a potential antimetastatic and anti-invasive agent. Future clinical research is needed on the anticancer properties of moringa root extract.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.903-910
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• 2003

Phospholipase D (PLD) plays an important role as a signaling molecule in the activation of neutrophils. In this study, effect of nitric oxide (NO) and cGMP on the activation of PLD in human neutrophils was investigated. Sodium nitroprusside (SNP), an agent to produce NO spontaneously in cells, alone increased PLD activity and the maximal activation was obtained with 0.5 mM SNP. Dibutyryl-cAMP, an agent to increase an intracellular cAMP concentration inhibited formyl-Met-Leu-Phe (fMLP)-stimulated PLD activity but 8-bromo-cGMP (300 $\mu$M), an agent to increase an intracellular cGMP concentration did not affect basal and fMLP-stimulated PLD activity. NO-induced activation of PLD was not blocked by KT 5823, an inhibitor of cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG), suggesting that NO-induced PLD activation is not mediated by cGMP. NO also stimulated p38 mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) in human neutrophils, indicated by increased phosphorylation of p38 MAPK in Western blotting. NO-induced phosphorylation of p38 MAPK was not inhibited by KT 5823 or n-butanol. RhoA, an regulatory factor of PLD activation was trans-located from cytosolic fraction to plasma membranes by fMLP or phorbol ester, and fMLP-stimulated but not phorbol ester-stimulated translocation of RhoA was inhibited by cGMP. These results suggest that NO stimulates PLD activity through other unidentified facto.(s) than cGMP even though cGMP inhibits the artivation of RhoA.

• Journal of Conservation Science
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.1-11
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• 2014

Stabilization of iron artifacts is focused on desalination than corrosion inhibitors. However artifacts are not condition of desalination treatment must be applied to corrosion inhibitors. But iron artifacts is not representative of inhibitors which drug is most effective qualities have not been identified. Therefore in this study validates the effectiveness of existing inhibitors and its purpose is to suggest corrosion inhibitors for iron artifacts. In this study, Comparative experiment of corrosion inhibitors is selected BTA, DAN and MEA, TEA. This study was studied using Corrosion resistance test, Contact angle, XPS. As a result, all the samples treated with corrosion inhibitors was formed hydrophobic coating and was rising corrosion resistance. Also, the concentration of corrosion inhibitors was 3% better than 0.3%. BTA in the XPS experiment, the corrosive material to block the CH bond of the peak concentration was highly. This is considered corrosion potential is very high to see out the effect in the polarization experiment. Ethanolamine was superior to the MEA rather than in the TEA. MEA is likely to be appropriate in an outdoor iron artifacts seem to be suitable as corrosion inhibitors.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.41 no.12
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• pp.1663-1670
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• 2012

The inhibitory effects of rose hip (Rosa canina L.) water extracts from two different manufactures on osteoarthritis was comparatively investigated in primary cultures of rat cartilage cells. To identify the effects of rose hip extracts against $H_2O_2$ (300 ${\mu}M$, 2 hr) treatment, cell survival was measured by the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. Cell survival increased by rose hip extracts in the range of 100 to 600 ${\mu}g/mL$ of $H_2O_2$ treatment. To determine the anti-inflammatory effects of rose hip extracts, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-${\alpha}$), nitric oxide (NO), and Cox-2 expression were measured after lipopolysaccharide (LPS) activation. TNF-${\alpha}$ level with rose hip extract treatment was decreased by 27.4% and 31.9% at 600 ${\mu}g/mL$ of $H_2O_2$ treatment. Nitric oxide was inhibited by rose hip extract at 100~600 ${\mu}g/mL$ of $H_2O_2$ treatment in a dose-dependent manner. In addition, Cox-2 protein expression was dose-dependently decreased while Cox-1 had no change in expression level. The severity of osteoarthritis is controlled by a balance between anabolic and catobolic factors in an articulation, therefore the expression of these factors plays a critical role in preventing osteoarthritis. In measuring anabolic factors, the genetic expression of collagen type I increased with rose hip treatment, while the genetic expression of collagen II did not change. In addition, the genetic expression of aggrecan (proteoglycan core protein) was significantly increased. while the genetic expression of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) 3, 7 and 13, known catabolic factors, was significantly inhibited by treatment with rose hip extract. The expression of MMP13 was especially highly influenced. In conclusion, rose hip water extracts show inhibitory effects on cell death by $H_2O_2$ mediated oxidative stress, which is related to inhibitory effects on inflammation due to TNF-${\alpha}$, NO, and Cox-2. The ability of rose hip extracts to ameliorate inflammation in primary cultures of cartilage cells seems to associate with an increased genetic expression of specific anabolic factors, collagen type I and aggrecan, and a decreased expression of catabolic factors, MMPs (3, 7, and 13). However, there were no significant differences between rose hip extracts from the two manufacturers.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2003.06a
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• pp.320-321
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• 2003

최근 천연물을 중심으로 한 학문이 발전하면서 천연물이 가지는 생리활성 물질에 대한 관심이 중대되고 있다. 또한 인공합성품의 일부가 안정성의 문제가 제기되면서 천연물의 이용분야는 더욱 확대되고 있다. 급속한 경제발전과 생활수준의 향상으로 식생활을 포함한 생활방식의 다양화로 인하여 과거 감염 위주의 질병이 감소하고 선진국형의 만성퇴행성 질환이 증가하는 추세이다. 혈소판은 혈전증(thrombosis)과 지혈증(haemstasis)에서 중요한 역할을 담당하고 있는 인자로서 현관 내 병적 이상으로 인한 과도한 혈전의 생성은 뇌 -심혈관계 질환의 중요한 유발인자로 작용하므로 뇌ㆍ심혈관계 질환이나 항고지혈증을 연구하는데 유용하게 이용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 토끼 혈액에서 분리한 세정 혈소판 부유액을 이용하여 작약 MeOH 추출물에서 분리한 천연생리활성물질들을 대상으로 혈소판 응집억제활성에 대하여 연구하였다. 작약 MeOH 추출물의 혈소판 응집억제활성 측정에서 강한 혈소판 응집억제활성 작용을 보였다. 따라서 작약 MeOH 추출물을 크로마토그라피법을 이용하여 분리하였고, NMR을 이용한 분광학적 방법으로 지금까지의 분리한 자료와 비교ㆍ분석하였다. Monoterpene glycoside 계열의 성분들인 15개의 compound와 다수의 fraction들을 HPLC를 이용하여 분리하였으며, collagen으로 유도된 혈소판 응집억제활성측정 방법에서 뛰어난 응집억제활성을 보였다. 표준물질을 이용한 HPLC 분석과 ¹H-NMR 관련 자료의 검색을 통하여 최종적으로 compound 1b가 benzoyloxy-paeoniflorin(2.6％). compound 1d가 paeond(1.3％), compound 2c가 albiflorin(3.2％), compound 2e가 paeoniflorin(33.6％)임을 확인할 수 있었다. Compound 3a의 분석결과 benzoyloxypaeoniflorin과 구조적 유사성은 있으나 동일한 구조식으로 확인할 수 없었다. 그러나 collagen에서 응집억제활성이 90％ 이상으로 뛰어난 활성을 나타내므로 benzoyloxypaeoniflorin과 유사한 구조에서 benzoyl group이 다른 작용기로 치환되었거나 R₁ group이 다른 작용기로 치환된 형태로 추측하였다. Benzoyloxypaeoniflorin은 collagen＞thrombin＞U46616＞A.A(arachidonic acid)＞PAF의 순으로 활성을 보였다. 이는 paeoniflorin의 glycoside 5-carbon위치에 위치한 OH기 대신에 benzoyl기로 치환된 benzoyl 기가 혈소판 억제 산물로 작용한 것으로 추측했다. Paeoniflorin.은 U46619＞thrombin＞collagen＞A.A＞PAF순으로 억제를 보였다. Paeoniflorin이 collagen보다 thrombin에서 강한 억제를 보이는 것으로 Ca/sup 2＋/ chelate를 형성함으로 인해 calciu 대사를 저해하는 것으로 추축했다. Compound 3a는 U46619＞collagen＞A.A＞thrombin＞PAF순으로 억제율을 보이므로 이 화합물은 paeoniflorin의 benzoyl기에 OH기가 다른 치환기로 바뀌거나 paeoniflorin의 glycoside 5-carbon 위치의 OH기 대신에 다른 작용기로 치환된 것으로 추정하였다. 이러한 결과로 작약의 주성분인 paeoniflorin과 유사한 구조를 가진 다른 monoterpene glycoside 계열의 화합물들과 비교 분석하고 구조를 화인하고 이들 성분이 어떻게 혈소판 응집억제활성에 작용하는지를 연구하였다.

• The Journal of the Korean Society for Microbiology
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.33-39
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• 1970

정상혈청과 면역혈청의 존재하에 있어서 균의 생존율이 호흡율과 어떠한 관계가 있는가 Brucella 균을 사용하여 실험해보았다. 혈청의 원액에 균을 $37^{\circ}C$ 3시간 방치했다가 흔히 쓰는 평판주입법에 의하여 생존균수를 측정했고, 균호흡은 Warburg 장치를 사용하여 측정했다. 그 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 혈청의 살균작용과 균호흡억제작용 간에는 극히 대조적인 현상을 엿볼 수 있었는데, 그것은 균호흡이 억제되면 될 수록 생존균수는 그만큼 증가되었다는 사실이다. Brucella 면역혈청의 살균계수가 $1.4{\sim}1.6$이었는데 반해 정상혈청은 2.7나 되었으며, 그 차는 무려 $log_{10}$ 일단위 이상이나 되었다. 그러나 면역혈청내에서의 균호흡율은 정상혈청중에서의 호흡율의 반도 안되었다. 면역체가 보체와 더불어 이러한 호흡억제 작용을 나타낸 것 같으며 이렇게 호흡이 억제된 상태에 있는 균은 혈청의 살균인자에 보다 무감각한 것 같다. 즉 in vitro에서 Brucella 면역체는 어느 일정량 이상 존재하면 균호흡을 억제하고 동시에 혈청의 살균인자로부터 균을 보호해 준 역할을 한다고 볼 수 있다.