• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.988-999
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• 2008

Objectives : The study was conducted to evaluate antioxidative, anti-atherosclerotic and anti-hypertensive effects of natural remedies. Alisma Rhizome (AR) has been used for a long time in Asia in folk remedies for treatment of hypertension and stroke and has been used in Korean traditional medicine for the treatment of glycosuria, gonorrhea, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, and jaundice and its diuretic effect. These pharmacological effects of AR might come from antioxidant properties of phytochemicals in these materials. Methods : In this study, the antioxidant activity of extract from AR was studied with in vitro methods by measuring the antioxidant activity by TEAC, measuring the scavenging effects on reactive oxygen species (ROS) [superoxide anion, hydroxyl radical] and on reactive nitrogen species (RNS) [nitric oxide and peroxynitrite] as well as measuring the inhibitory effect on $Cu^{2+}$ induced human LDL oxidation and on ACE. Results : The AR extracts were found to have a potent scavenging activity, as well as an inhibitory effect on LDL oxidation and on ACE against all of the reactive species tested, with the water extract showing particularly strong antioxidant activities. Conculsions : The AR extracts have antioxidative, anti-atherosclerotic and anti-hypertensive effects in an in vitro system, which can be used for developing pharmaceutical drugs against oxidative stress and atherosclerosis.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.587-593
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• 1995

택사로부터 황산암모늄 분별 침전, DEAE-cellulose ion exchange chromatography, Sephadex G-150 chromatography 등의 방법을 이용하여 렉틴을 분리, 정제하였다. 정제한 렉틴의 분자량은 gel filtration법에 의해 측정한 결과 90,500 dalton이었으며, SDS polyacrylamide gel 전기영동을 실시한 결과 subunit 분자량은 각각 42,000, 27,000, 22,500 dalton으로 나타나므로 택사 렉틴이 heterotrimer임을 알았다. 정제된 택사 렉틴은 사람 적혈구의 경우 모든 혈액형에 대하여 응집현상을 나타내었으며 돼지, 쥐 및 개 등의 적혈구에 대해서도 모두 응집현상이 나타나 혈구 비특이성임을 보여주었다. 또한 이 렉틴은 sialic acid, glucose, ribose, sucrose, lactose, galactose 등 당에 의해서, 그리고 $Hg^{2+},\;Fe^{2+},\;Cu^{2+}$ 이온 등에 의해 적혈구 응집력이 저해되었다.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.191-200
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• 2019

Alismatis rhizoma (AR), the dried rhizome of Alisma orientale (Sam.) Juzep, is a well-known, traditional medicine that is used for the various biological activities including as a diuretic, to lower cholesterol and as an anti-inflammatory agent. The present study was carried out to investigate the potential toxicity of the Alismatis rhizoma aqueous extract (ARAE) following 90-day repeated oral administration to Sprague-Dawley rats. ARAE was administered orally to male and female rats for 90 days at 0 (control), 500, 1,000 and 2,000 mg/kg/day (n = 10 for male and female rats for each dose). Additional recovery groups from the control group and high dose group were observed for a 28-day recovery period. Chromatograms of ARAE detected main compounds with four peaks. Treatment-related effects including an increase in the red blood cells, hemoglobin, hematocrit, albumin, total protein, and urine volume were observed in males of the 2,000 mg/kg/day group (p < 0.05). However, the diuretic effect of ARAE was considered, a major cause of hematological and serum biochemical changes. The oral no-observed-adverse-effect level (NOAEL) of the ARAE was > 2,000 mg/kg/day in both genders, and no target organs were identified.