• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.149-156
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• 1971

Variations of carotenoid and chlorophyll during the course of after-ripening in hotpepper fruits were studied: 1. Carotenoid pigments were fractionized into six fragments by means of column chromatography and each of six were applied to the TLC. By these procedures 30 kinds of carotenoids were identified among 54 kinds of different separations. 2. Total carotenoids increased very rapidly in cli. stage. And when compared group by group, Diol showed highest in amounts as well as in increasing index. 3. Decrease of phytoene in post-cli. stage and notable increase of capsanthin, capsorubin and violaxanthin amounts in carotenoid, as major pigments, were remarkable one. 4. Total amounts of chlorophyll a and b showed decreasing tendency during after-ripening and, finally, disappeard at the post-cli. stage.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.378-383
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• 2007

Phenathrene derivatives, such as batatasins, are well-known constituents in Dioscorea Rhizoma. Although phenanthrenes have been reported as representative compounds in this plant, standard markers for quality control have been focused on the polar constituents (saponins and purine derivatives). Herein, simple, rapid and reliable HPLC method was developed to determine 3,5-dimethoxyphenanthrene-2,7-diol (DMP) and batatasin-I (BA-I) as non-polar standard maker compounds of Dioscorea Rhizoma. DMP and BA-I were analyzed under optimized HPLC conditions [column: Columbus $5{\mu}$ C18 100A ($30{\times}4.6mm$ i.d., $5{\mu}m$; mobile phase: $H_2O$ with 0.025% $CH_3COOH$ (v/v) for solvent A and $CH_3CN$ with 0.025% $CH_3COOH$ (v/v) for solvent B, gradient elution; flow rate: 2 mL/min; detection: 260 nm), and each experiment was finished within 13 min. Good linearity was achieved in the range from 0.5 to $10.0{\mu}g/mL$ for each compound, and intra- and inter-day precision were in the acceptable levels. The recovery test were performed with three different Dioscorea Rhizoma samples (D. opposita, D. batatas and D. japonica), and showed its accuracy values in the range of 97.2 - 102.8% for three different concentrations of DMP and BA-I. The content levels of DMP and BA-I were ranged under 0.0020%. These results demonstrated that amounts of DMP and BA-I are easily determined with conventional HPLC-UV-DAD method although the content levels were lower than those of saponins and allantoin in Dioscorea Rhizoma. This HPLC method could be used for quality control of various Dioscorea preparations.

• BMB Reports
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.1-5
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• 1995

The effect of 6-sulfooxymethyl benzo(a)pyrene (SMBP) on conformational changes of calf thymus DNA was investigated. As SMBP is a strong electrophile, the covalent binding of SMBP to DNA should distort three dimensional conformation of DNA at the binding sites. A formaldehyde-unwinding methods were used to determine the rate of DNA denaturation. The increase in absorbance at 251nm was detected by addition of formaldehyde following treatment with SMBP. SMBP changed supercoiled DNA to relaxed and linear DNA as determined by electrophoresis, which was similar to the change in DNA due to in vitro treatment with benzo(a) pyrene diol epoxide. Treatment with SMBP completely denatured DNA under alkaline conditions. However, DNA was nicked or partially denatured under neutral condition. The absorption band of DNA was increased by the treatment with SMBP in V79 cells, which may be explained by the formation of stabilized SMBP-DNA adduct.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.221-226
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• 2013

Phytochemical investigation of the 80% MeOH extract from the leaves of Allium victorialis var. platyphyllum resulted in the isolation of seventeen compounds; two terpenes, three norsesquiterpenes, one furofuran lignan, and eleven phenolic derivatives. Their chemical structures were characterized by spectroscopic methods to be trans-phytol (1), phytene-1,2-diol (2), icariside B2 (3), (6S,9S)-roseoside (4), sedumoside G (5), pinoresinol-4-O-glucoside (6), 2-methoxy-2-(4'-hydroxyphenyl)ethanol (7), 2-hydroxy-2-(4'-hydroxyphenyl)ethanol (8), Benzyl ${\beta}$-D-glucopyranoside (9), methyl ferulate (10), trans-ferulic acid (11), methyl-p-hydroxycinnamate (12), glucosyl methyl ferulate (13), linocaffein (14), siringin (15), 2-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-ethyl-O-${\beta}$-Dglucopyranoside (16), and pseudolaroside C (17). All compounds were isolated for the first time from this plant.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.71-75
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• 1989

A new polyyne, panaxyne, was isolated from the Korean red ginseng. The structure was determined as tetradeca-13-ene-1, 3-diyne-6, 7-diol by comparison of spectral data. The $ED_{50}\;value$ of panaxyne as cytotoxicity against L1210 cell was $11.0\;{\mu}g/ml$. The lower cytotoxic activity of the substance relative to other ginseng polyynes is presumably due to lack of the essential structural part of hept-1-en-4, 6-diyne-3-ol.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.46 no.1
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• pp.1-5
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• 2015

In the course of screening tyrosinase inhibitory activity, EtOAc-soluble fraction of Nelumbinis Semen (Seeds of Nelumbo nucifera) showed significant inhibition. Further fractionation of the EtOAc-soluble fraction resulted in 12 compounds, which were identified as 4-(hydroxymethyl)phenol (1), tyrosol (2), 4-(hydroxymethyl)benzaldehyde (3), 4-hydroxybenzoic acid (4), 4-(2-methoxyvinyl)benzene-1,2-diol (5), 2,6-dihydroxybenzoic acid (6), (2R-trans)-2,3-dihydro-3,5,7,8-tetrahydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one (7), (+)-catechin (8), elephantorrhizol (9), (+)-dehydrovomifoliol (10), (-)-boscialin (11) and uridine (12). Compounds 5 and 7 were first reported from this plant. Among the isolated compounds, compound 7 showed strong inhibition on tyrosinase activity with mixed mechanism of competitive and noncompetitive inhibition.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.105-112
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• 1981

Various $3{\alpha}$, $5{\alpha}$-cyclocholestan-6${\beta}-yl$ ethers were synthesized from solvolysis reactions of cholesteryl tosylate. ${3\alpha}$, $5{\alpha}$-Cyclocholestan-6${\beta}-yl$ sulfides were the sole products when cholesteryl tosylate was solvolyzed in thiol solvents. Diol solvolysis products were derivatized to aromatic esters, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic method was used to show that aromatic rings can approach C-18 methyl group and the side chain.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.22 no.7
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• pp.753-757
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• 2001

1-(2'2'3'-Tricyano-3-carbomethoxycyclopropyl)-34-di-(2'-hydroxyethoxy)benzene, (4) was prepared by the reaction of bromomalononitrile with methyl 3,4-di-(2'-hydroxyethoxy)benzylidenecyanoacetate (3). Diol 4 was condensed with tolylene-2,4-diisocyanate, 3,3'-dimethoxy-4,4'-biphenylenediisocyanate, and 1,6-hexamethylenediisocyanate to yield polyurethanes 5, 6, and 7 containing tricyanocyclopropane functionalities in the pendant group. The resulting polymers 5-7 were soluble in common organic solvents and the inherent viscosities were in the range of 0.25-0.30 dL/g. Polyurethanes 5-7 showed a thermal stability up to 300 $^{\circ}C$ in TGA thermograms. Solution-cast films showed Tg values in the range of 100-125 $^{\circ}C$ and piezoelectric coeffcients (d31) of the poled polymer films were 1.3-2.0 pC/N, which are acceptable for piezoelectric device applications.

• Journal of Integrative Natural Science
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.211-214
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• 2013

In this study, in order to investigate how consecutive treatments of glass surface with HF acid and water vapor/Ar plasma affect the quality of 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane self-assembled monolayer (APS-SAM), poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) thin films were vapor phase-polymerized immediately after spin coating of FeCl3 and poly-urethane diol-mixed oxidant solution on the monolayer surfaces prepared at various treatment conditions. For the film characterization, various poweful tools were used, e.g., FE-SEM, an optical microscope, four point probe, and a contact angle analyzer. The characterization revealed that HF treatment is not desirable for the synthesis of a high quality PEDOT thin film via vapor phase polymerization method. Rather, sole treatment with plasma noticeably improved the quality of APS-SAM on glass surface. As a result, a highly dense and smooth PEDOT thin film was grown on uniform oxidant film-coated APS monolayer surface.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.424-430
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• 1976

Isocyanate-terminated SBR-prepolymers were prepared from SBR-diol and excess toluene diisocyanate. These prepolymers were then used as initiators for the sodium-catalyzed polymerization of ${\varepsilon}$-caprolactam. The resulting block copolymers, presumably the structure of nylon 6-SBR-nylon 6, were confirmed from their IR spectra. The viscosities of these polymers were measured in phenol/tetrachloroethane and the molecular weights were estimated. The polymerization reaction was not affected by the change in concentration of catalyst, but significantly faster at $185^{\circ}C$ than at $150^{\circ}C$. And the initiator concentration of 0.5 mole % gave good results.