• 생약학회지
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.15-22
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• 2018

The aim of this study was to develop a UPLC method for simultaneous analysis of 8 phenolic compounds including gallic aicd (1), protocatechuic acid (2), methyl gallate (3), ellagic acid (4), kaempferol-3-arabinofranosyl-7-rhamnoside (5), kaempferitrin (6), afzelin (7) and kaempferol-7-rhamnoside (8) isolated from Geranium thunbergii which has been traditionally used as anti-diarrheal agent. The UPLC method was optimized and validated using Halo C18 column ($4.6{\times}100mm$, $2.7{\mu}m$) consisting of MeOH and 0.1% formic acid at 260 nm in 25 minutes. In quantitative analysis of 8 compounds in MeOH extract of G. thunbergii, contents of 4-6 were 12.39, 20.52 and 21.45 mg/g, respectively. These compounds were measured as major phenolic compounds in G. thunbergii and can be useful as marker compounds for its quality control. These results suggest that the UPLC method can be contributed as basic data for quality evaluation of herbal preparations.

• 한국자원식물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국자원식물학회 2018년도 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.62-62
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• 2018

Inhibition of aldose reductase (AR) has been shown to prevent the onset and progression of many diabetic complications wherein several AR inhibitors were isolated from plants abundant in polyphenolic compounds. Lespedeza cuneata (Fabaceae), a perennial plant indigenous in East Asian countries, is shown to be abundant in these polyphenolic substances such as flavonoids and tannins. However, there are no studies to date regarding its effects on AR. In this study, the inhibitory activity of the methanol extract and stepwise polarity fractions of Lespedeza cuneata on AR was investigated. The bioactive compounds purified from L. cuneata by repeated column chromatography were also tested for AR inhibition. Results show that the ethyl acetate and n-butanol fractions of L. cuneata exhibited potent inhibition against AR with $IC_{50}$ values of 0.57 and $0.49{\mu}g/mL$, respectively. Further analysis led to the isolation of acacetin (1), afzelin (2), astragalin (3), kaempferol (4), and scutellarein 7-O-glucoside (5). The AR inhibitory effects these five compounds were also determined in which compounds 2, 3, and 5 showed potent AR inhibitory effects with $IC_{50}$ values of 2.20, 1.91, and $12.87{\mu}M$, respectively. Quantitative analysis of astragalin (3) by HPLC-UV was also performed in the leaves and roots of L. cuneata (0.626 and 0.671 mg/g, respectively). This study reports that the flavonoids isolated from L. cuneata show promising AR inhibitory activities which can be further developed as natural therapies for treating and managing diabetic complications.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제61권4호
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• pp.449-454
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• 2023

Free-living amoebae (FLA) rarely cause human infections but can invoke fatal infections in the central nervous system (CNS). No consensus treatment has been established for FLA infections of the CNS, emphasizing the urgent need to discover or develop safe and effective drugs. Flavonoids, natural compounds from plants and plant-derived products, are known to have antiprotozoan activities against several pathogenic protozoa parasites. The anti-FLA activity of flavonoids has also been proposed, while their antiamoebic activity for FLA needs to be emperically determined. We herein evaluated the antiamoebic activities of 18 flavonoids against Naegleria fowleri and Acanthamoeba species which included A. castellanii and A. polyphaga. These flavonoids showed different profiles of antiamoebic activity against N. fowleri and Acanthamoeba species. Demethoxycurcumin, kaempferol, resveratrol, and silybin (A+B) showed in vitro antiamoebic activity against both N. fowleri and Acanthamoeba species. Apigenin, costunolide, (-)-epicatechin, (-)-epigallocatechin, rosmarinic acid, and (-)-trans-caryophyllene showed selective antiamoebic activity for Acanthamoeba species. Luteolin was more effective for N. fowleri. However, afzelin, berberine, (±)-catechin, chelerythrine, genistein, (+)-pinostrobin, and quercetin did not exhibit antiamoebic activity against the amoeba species. They neither showed selective antiamoebic activity with significant cytotoxicity to C6 glial cells. Our results provide a basis for the anti-FLA activity of flavonoids, which can be applied to develope alternative or supplemental therapeutic agents for FLA infections of the CNS.

• 공업화학
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.452-460
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 어성초(Houttuynia cordata)의 추출물 및 분획물을 제조하고 이들에 대한 생리활성과 성분분석을 하였다. 어성초는 50% 에탄올 추출물 및 에틸아세테이트 분획물을 제조하여 실험에 사용하였다. 항균활성 측정결과, S. aureus, B. subtilis에 대한 에틸아세테이트 분획의 MIC 값은 각각 78, $312{\mu}g/mL$으로 나타나 그람 양성균에 대하여 높은 활성을 보이는 것으로 나타났다. 1,1-Diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH)에 대한 자유라디칼 소거활성($FSC_{50}$)은 50% 에탄올 추출물($27.15{\mu}g/mL$) 및 에틸아세테이트 분획($12.00{\mu}g/mL$)을 측정한 결과 에틸아세테이트 분획에서 활성이 더 크게 나타났다. Luminol-의존성 화학발광법을 이용한 $Fe^{3+}-EDTA/H_2O_2$계에서 생성된 활성산소종(reactive oxygen species, ROS)에 대한 총항산화능($OSC_{50}$)은 50% 에탄올 추출물($2.91{\mu}g/mL$), 에틸아세테이트 분획($0.983{\mu}g/mL$) 측정 결과 DPPH에 대한 소거활성과 같은 경향성을 보였다. 어성초 추출물의 HaCaT 세포보호효과를 확인하기 위해 UVB 조사 후 세포 내 ROS 소거활성을 확인한 결과, 어성초 에틸아세테이트 분획은 $1.6{\mu}g/mL$부터 농도 의존적으로 ROS 소거활성을 나타내었으며, 최고 농도인 $12.5{\mu}g/mL$에서 54.3%의 감소율을 보였다. 과산화수소로 유도된 세포보호효과 또한, 어성초 에틸아세테이트 분획은 $0.8{\mu}g/mL$부터 세포생존율을 유의적으로 증가시켜 최대 86.9%까지 증가시켰다. 실험에 사용된 어성초 추출물의 에틸아세테이트 분획을 가지고 TLC와 HPLC를 이용한 성분분석을 수행하였다. 그 결과 quercitrin, isoquercitrin, hyperoside, chlorogenic acid, neochlorogenic acid, cryptochlorogenic acid, rutin 및 afzelin이 있음을 확인하였다. 이상의 결과들로부터, 어성초 추출물 및 분획물은 ROS를 소거하고 항균효과를 나타냄으로써 외부 환경으로부터 세포막을 보호할 수 있는 천연 항산화제 및 천연 방부제로서 화장품 분야에서 응용가능성이 있음을 시사하였다.