• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.33-42
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• 2011

Background : Despite recent advances in cancer management, prognosis of ovarian cancer is poor. Anticancer effects of herbal medicine, such as Euonymus alatus Sieb, Oldenlandia diffusa (Willd.) Roxburgh, and Orostachys japonicus A. Berger, have been reported in treatment of ovarian and cervical cancers, but the systematic approaches to explain their molecular mechanism(s) have not yet been established. Objectives : To establish a basis of understanding for anti-cancer mechanisms of herbal medicine, we profiled protein expression in human ovarian and cervical cancer cells treated with the extracts from Euonymus alatus Sieb, Oldenlandia diffusa (Willd.) Roxburgh and Orostachys japonicus A. Berger. Methods : Human ovarian cancer cell line NIH:OVCAR-3, and human cervical cancer cell line HeLa were employed in the present study. Whole protein was obtained from the cells harvested at 48 hours after the treatment with herbal water-extract, and analyzed by 2DE-based proteomic approach. Results : Various changes of protein expression induced by the herbal treatment were monitored : down-regulation of molecular chaperone (calreticulin variant), glycolytic enzymes (D-3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase, glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase and alpha-enolase), RNA processing molecules (hnRNP A2/B1), and antioxidant protein (peroxiredoxin 1). Conclusions : Repression of glycolysis has been accepted as the mechanism to increase anticancer reagent's effect. Thus, down-regulation of glycolytic enzymes by the herbal extracts suggested a possible synergistic effect of herbs in the presence of platinum-based therapeutics. In further study, as well as the synergistic effect of the herbs, it has to be further validated whether artificial regulation of hnRNP A2/B1 in ovarian cancer cells affects various cancer survival factors, since RNA processing can be interrupted by deranged expression of hnRNP subtypes, and it results in an inhibition of cancer cell growth.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.153-169
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• 2011

Objectives : This study was performed to investigate the anti-fibrogenic effect and the effect on cell growth and apoptosis in YJCGT, YJCGT YSO and YJCGT YSCO on thioacetamide-induced rat liver tissue and the immortalized human hepatic cell line LX2. Materials and Methods : LX2 cells were treated with various concentrations (0, 50, 150, 300 ug/ml) of YJCGT, Y+YSO, and Y+YSCO extract for 24, 48 and 72 hours. After the treatment, cell viability was measured by using MTT assay. Caspase inhibitor assay, and cell viability were determined by a colorimetric assay with PMS/MTS solution. Rat liver fibrosis was induced by intraperitoneal thioacetamide injection 150 mg/kg 3 times a week for 5 weeks. After the treatment, body weight, liver & spleen weights, liver function test, the complete blood cell count and the change of portal pressure were studied. After YJCGT, Y+YSO, and Y+YSCO treatment, percentages of collagen in thioacetamide-induced rat liver tissue were measured. Results : The viability of the LX2 cell decreased in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Exposure of LX2 cells to YJCGT, YJCGT+YSO and YJCGT+YSCO induced caspase-3 activation, but co-treatment of YJCGT, YJCGT+YSO and YJCGT+YSCO with the pan-caspase inhibitor Z-VAD-FMK, and the caspase-3 inhibitor Z-DEVE-FMK, blocked apoptosis. There was no difference in rat body weight between the thioacetamide only group and the YJCGT, YJCGT+YSO and YJCGT+YSCO groups. In the YJCGT, YJCGT YSO and YJCGT YSCO groups, the serum level of GPT significantly went down compared with the thioacetamide only group. In the YJCGT, Y+YSO, Y+YSCO groups, white blood cell elevated by thioacetamide injection decreased but RBC, Hgb, and Hct increased. In the Y+YSO group, the portal pressure elevated by thioacetamide injection significantly decreased. In the histological finding, thioacetamide injections caused severe fibrosis, but YJCGT, Y+YSO, and Y+YSCO treatment significantly reduced the amounts of hepatic collagens. Conclusions : YJCGT, Y+YSO, and Y+YSCO inhibit the growth of LX2 cells by inducing apoptosis through caspase activity. YJCGT, Y+YSO, and Y+YSCO have beneficial effects on the treatment of cirrhotic patients as well as patients with chronic hepatitis.

• 대한한의학방제학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.135-143
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• 2017

Objectives : This trial aimed to determine if Wasong (Orostachys japonicus) extract can enhance immune system and is safe enough to be approved as a health functional food. Methods : Total 62 people, aged 45 and older, will be recruited to participate in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial. This study will compare Wasong extract and placebo. Wasong group will take 1g of Wasong extract, once a day, for 8 weeks. Placebo group will take 1g of crystalline cellulose as placebo, once a day, for 8 weeks. Outcomes will be measured at the baseline, the end of 4th week, and 8th week. Primary outcomes are the ratio of NK cells/total lymphocytes and the ratio of T-helper cells/T-suppressor cells. Secondary outcomes are total white blood cell count, the ratio of neutrophils, lymphocytes, and monocytes in total leukocytes, the ratio of total T cells, T-helper cells, T-suppressor cells, and B cells to lymphocytes, the amount of blood IgM, IgG, IgA, and cytomegalovirus (CMV) IgG, and blood metabolite target &global analysis. Results : This trial was approved by institutional review board of Pusan National University Korean Medicine Hospital (registry number: 2016006), and registered in Clinical Research information Service, one of WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (registry number: PRE20161006-002). Recruitment opened in February 2017 and is supposed to be completed by August 2017. The result is expected to be published by June 2018. Conclusion : This trial will provide clinical information to determine the efficacy and safety of Wasong in enhancing immune system of middle-aged and older people.

• 한국식품조리과학회지
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.748-756
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• 2008

This study was conducted to investigate the antioxidant activity of hot water extracts of wa-song (Orostachys japonicus A. Berger) dried using hot air (HWE) and frozen (FWE). Varying levels (0.1, 0.5 and 1.0 g/100 g) of HWE and FWE were added to soybean oil and lard. Chromaticity, anisidine value, acid value, peroxide value (POV) and thiobarbituric acid (TBA) value in oils were measured periodically during their storage for 28 days at $60^{\circ}C$. The chromaticity of edible oils showed a general increas with prolonged storage as well increasing levels of extracts. The anisidine value was not significantly increased during storage for 14 days, but was significantly increased after storage for 21 days in soybean oil and lard. The anisidine value of HWE on soybean oil was $12.60{\pm}0.92{\sim}13.82{\pm}0.68$ after storage for 28 days its value was lower than that of the control and buthylated hydroxy anisol (BHT). The antioxidant activity of HWE was found to be more effective than that of FWE. The acid value of HWE was significantly increased during storage from 14 to 21 days in soybean oil and from 7 to 14 days in lard. The antioxidant activity of FWE was particulary effective at the primary stage of the reaction system of lard storage. POV was highly increased during the storage periods between 7 and 14 days in soybean oil. The antioxidant activity in all the samples tested did not significantly increase after storage for 14 days, except when 0.1 g/ 100 g of FWE added to lard. TBA values of all the samples were lower than that of control and 0.02% BHT during their storage. The antioxidant activities of wa-song within the reaction system of oils were more effective in soybean oil than in lard.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.201-208
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• 2008

장수상황버섯(Phellinus baumii) 균사체를 이용한 한약재의 고체발효를 통한 기능성 강화 한약재 생산을 목적으로, 항산화 활성 또는 혈류 개선활성이 우수하다고 알려진 36종의 한약재를 멸균 후, 장수상황버섯 균사체를 접종하여 고체발효 가능성을 검토하였다. $2^{\circ}C$, 상대습도 90% 배양기에서 20일간 발효시킨 결과, 감국, 대추, 백부자, 신이 및 황정을 제외한 31종에서 양호한 발효가 진행되었으며, 발효 가능여부는 한약재 식물체의 사용부위의 구조적 견고성, 영양조건 및 항진균 활성 등과 연관되리라 판단된다. 한약재의 고체발효 이후, 발효전과 비교하였을 때 평균 수분함량은 $30.84{\pm}15.67%$에서 $67.21{\pm}11.43%$로 2.2배 증대되었으며, 평균 메탄올 추출효율과 평균 pH는 $13.91{\pm}12.22%$ 및 $5.06{\pm}0.87$에서 각각 $11.16{\pm}7.06%$ 및 $4.83{\pm}0.73$ 다소 감소하는 경향을 나타내었다. 각각의 메탄올 추출물을 이용한 항혈전 활성 및 항산화 활성을 측정한 결과, 골쇄보, 천련자, 도엽, 와송의 경우에는 트롬빈 저해 활성이 각각 발효전에 비하여 31.38, 23.63, 22.57, 13.85% 증가되었으며, 원지, 현삼, 백지, 향부자, 골쇄보 및 육종용에서는 DPPH 소거능이 발효전에 비해 각각 58.9, 49.8, 48.1, 32.8, 24.1, 20.7% 증가되어 장수상황버섯 균사체 발효 한약재의 긍정적 생리활성 증가를 확인하였다. 본 연구결과는 상황버섯 균사체를 이용한 한약재의 고체발효를 통해, 특정 기능성의 강화 원재료를 생산할 수 있으며, 골쇄보의 경우와 같이 항혈전 활성 및 항산화 활성이 동시에 증대된 한약재 생산이 가능함을 제시하고 있다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제20권8호
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• pp.1268-1275
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• 2010

본 연구에서는, 장수상황버섯(Phellinus baumii) 균사체를 이용한 한약재 고체발효 추출물의 암세포 성장억제 효과를 확인하고자 36종의 한약재 및 이들의 고체발효 한약재 추출물을 대상으로, 인간 대장암세포(HCT116) 성장억제능, 정상세포(HEK-293, 3T3-L1 및MC3T3-E1)에 대한 세포독성 및 인간 적혈구 용혈활성을 평가하였다. 선별된 36종의 한약재 추출물은 100 ${\mu}g/ml$ 농도에서, 사인, 천궁, 석곡, 백선피, 시체, 두충, 백과, 신이, 와송, 삼칠, 견우자, 원지 및 괄루인의 13종에서 암세포 성장률이 50% 이하를 나타내었으며, 균사체 추출물은 46.3%의 성장률을 나타내었다. 반면 25종의 발효한약재 추출물은 대부분 암세포 성장억제능의 변화가 미미하였으나, 백선피, 백과, 신이, 황부자, 산약, 현삼 및 괄루인은 암세포 증식억제능이 유의적으로 감소하였으며, 도인, 골쇄보, 구기자 및 패모에서는 암세포 성장억제능이 유의적으로 증가하였다. 특히 골쇄보, 구기자 및 패모 추출물의 대장암세포에 대한 $IC_{50}$는 각각 394, 917 및 149 ${\mu}g/ml$이었으나, 발효 후 각각 28, 85 및 80 ${\mu}g/ml$를 나타내었다. 또한 발효 골쇄보, 구기자 및 패모 추출물은 200 ${\mu}g/ml$ 농도까지 정상세포에서 미미한 세포독성을 나타내었다. 이러한 결과는 장수상황버섯 균사체를 이용한 한약재 고체발효가 새로운 항암 활성물질 개발 및 신규의 생리활성물질 생산에 이용될 수 있음을 제시하고 있다.