• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.603-616
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• 2006

The water extract of Gamiyaengshinhwan (GYH), has been used in vitro tests for its beneficial effects on neuronal survival and neuroprotective functions, particularly in connection with CT105-related dementias and Alzheimer's disease(AD). CT105 derived from proteolytic processing of the $\beta$-amyloid precursor protein (APP), including the amyloid-$\beta$ peptide ($A{\beta}$), plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's dementia. We determined that transfected overexpressing APP695 and $A{\beta}$ CT105 have a profound attenuation in the Increase in CT105 expressing neuro2A cells from GYH. Experimental evidence indicates that GYH protects against neuronal damage from cells, but its cellular and molecular mechanisms remain unknown. Using a neuroblastoma cell line stably expressing CT105-associated neuronal degeneration, we demonstrated that GYH inhibits formation of amyloid-$\beta$ fragment ($A{\beta}$ CT105). which are the characteristic, and possibly causative, features of AD. The decreased CT105 $A{\beta}$ in the presence of GYH was observed in the conditioned medium of this CT105-secreting cell line under in vitro. In the cells, GYH significantly attenuated mitochondrion-initiated apoptosis and decreased the activity of Bax, a key enzyme in the apoptosis cell-signaling cascade. These results suggest that neuronal damage in AD might be due to two factors: a direct CT05 toxicity and the apoptosis initiated by the mitochondria. Multiple cellular and molecular neuroprotective mechanisms, including attenuation of apoptosis and direct inhibition of CT105 aggregation, underlie the neuroprotective effects of GYH.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.617-624
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• 2006

Various plant phenolics were assessed for (${\beta}$-secretase (BACE1) inhibitory activity in order to screen for anti-dementia agents. Among 39 phenolics, eight compounds, 1,2,3-trigalloyl glucopyranoside, acetonyl geraniin, euphorscopin, furosine, helioscopinin A, helioscopinin B, jolkinin, and rugosin E exhibited strong inhibition of BACE1 with $IC_{50}$ values of $5.87{\times}10^{-8}-54.93{\times}10^{-6}\;M$. Among them, rugosin E was the most potent ($IC_{50}$ $5.87{\times}10^{-8}\;M$). The active compounds were shown to be non-competitive inhibitors by Dixon plot. All the phenolic BACE1 inhibitors except furosin also suppressed prolyl endopeptidase (PEP) activity. However, these phenolic compounds caused less inhibition of ${\alpha}$-secretase (tumor necrosis factor a converting enzyme; TACE) and no significant inhibition of other serine proteases such as trypsin, chymotrypsin, and elastase was seen, demonstrating that they are relatively specific to both BACE1 and PEP. No significant structure-activity relationships were found.

• 한국키틴키토산학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.220-227
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• 2018

Amyloid plaque is a product of aggregation of ${\beta}$-amyloid peptide ($A{\beta}$) and is an important factor in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease (AD). $A{\beta}$ is a major component of amyloid plaque and vascular deposits in the AD brain. The enzyme ${\beta}$-secretase is required for the production of $A{\beta}$; thus, prevention of the formation of $A{\beta}$ through the inhibition of ${\beta}$-secretase is a major focus in the study of the treatment of AD. In this study, we investigated ${\beta}$-secretase inhibitory activity of an Arctoscopus japonicus peptide. An Alcalase hydrolysate had the highest ${\beta}$-secretase inhibitory activity. A ${\beta}$-secretase inhibitory activity peptide was separated using ion exchange column chromatography (carboxy-methyl: CM, quaternary methyl ammonium: QMA) and reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) on a C18 column. The $IC_{50}$ value of the purified peptide was $248.2{\pm}1.73{\mu}g/mL$. The ${\beta}$-secretase inhibitory peptide was identified as a six amino acid residue of Gly-Pro-Val-Gly-Ala-Pro (MW: 497.27 Da). In cell viability experiments, the final purified fraction, the carboxy-methyl ion exchange column fraction (CM-F1) showed no significant cytotoxic effect in SH-SY5Y cells at concentrations below $100{\mu}g/mL$ in 24 h. The results of this study suggest that peptides separated from Arctoscopus japonicus may be beneficial as ${\beta}$-secretase inhibitor compounds in functional foods.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제28권12호
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• pp.1328-1332
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• 2005

In the course of screening for anti-dementia agents from natural products, two $\beta$-secretase (BACE1) inhibitors were isolated from the husk of pomegranate (Punica granatum) by activity-guided purification. They were identified as ellagic acid and punicalagin with $IC_{50}$ values of 3.9 $\times$$10^{-6}$ and 4.1$\times$$10^{-7}$ M and Ki values of 2.4$\times$$10^{-5}$and 5.9$\times$$10^{-7}$ M, respectively. The compounds were non-competitive inhibitors with a substrate in the Dixon plot. Ellagic acid and punicalagin were less inhibitory to $\alpha$-secretase (TACE) and other serine proteases such as chymotrypsin, trypsin, and elastase, thus indicating that they were relatively specific inhibitors of BACE1.

• 영미문화
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.27-50
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• 2018

Old age is often compared as climbing mountains which requires walking out of breath, yet with wider vision. And it is also likened to the estuary where the river flows slowly and broadly into the open sea. Socially, old age has been regarded as a symbol of wisdom and reflection, and elderly people often take the role of sage who leads the community. On the other hand, the dementia, gray hair and wrinkles of old age were sometimes perceived as the decline of intellect and vitality. Especially, in the digital age in which technology makes people more sensitive to physical artificiality, the evaluation of the old age becomes more complex and obscure. In other words, some elderly people can not escape from Confucious convention of the elders first, which causes the denouncement by younger generations. On the other hand, some elderly people are becoming more adaptable to the trend of young people, emerging as the new elderly people. The anti-aging movement, early adaptation of IT, bioengineering regimen also strong for the advanced age. However, as the new elderly people are active in many fields of society, they also face intergenerational conflicts in some areas where remains the overlap between young people and them due to the limited openings in economy and culture. This study is a transdisciplinary research which can be called old age humanities. First of all, this paper looks at the aspects of lifestyles and intergeneration conflicts in old age in four Korean and Western literary works about the old people, and also searches how to improve the quality of the later life of old people, Overall, this paper aims to explore the way the old people can achieve the full life with the help of intergenerational dependency through building aging humanities and new communities for old people.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.886-893
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• 2020

The seaweed Hizikia fusiformis is rich in protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals. This study investigated the antioxidant and physiological activities of H. fusiformis extracts prepared with 70% ethanol, 80% methanol, or distilled water. The extraction yields of these various solvent extracts were as follows: ethanol extract, 15.26%; methanol extract, 17.95%; and water extract, 45.62%. The methanol extract showed the highest total polyphenol content (24.06 mg GAE/g), but total flavonoid content was similar in all extracts. ABTS (2,2'-Azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid)) radical scavenging activity was highest in the ethanol extract (IC50: 0.90 mg/mL), while the methanol extract exhibited the strongest DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) radical scavenging activity (IC50: 8.09 mg/mL), reducing power (EC50: 0.40 mg/mL), and ferric reducing antioxidant power (0.28 mM). By contrast, tyrosinase and α-glucosidase inhibitory activities were higher in the ethanol extract than in the other extracts. The high BACE1 (β-secretase) inhibitory activity was observed in the ethanol extract (IC50: 1.03 mg/mL). These results indicate that H. fusiformis ethanol extracts may be useful for their antioxidant and functional properties in food and pharmaceutical materials.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.138-142
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• 2022

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common age-related neurodegenerative disease in industrialized countries. It is estimated that about 47 million people living with dementia and the number of cases will be tripled by 2050. However, the exact mechanism of AD is not known, and full therapy has still not been found. Various tryptophan-derived alkaloids have been reported as promising agents for the treatment of AD. In the present study, a series of tryptophan-derived alkaloids were isolated and characterized from the methanol extract of Hedera rhombea fruit. Based on the analysis of their observed and reported spectroscopic data, their structures were identified as N-[4'-hydroxy-(E)-cinnamoyl]-L-tryptophan (1), N-[3',4'-dihydroxy-(E)-cinnamoyl]-L-tryptophan (2), N-[4'-hydroxy-(E)-cinnamoyl]-L-tryptophan methyl ester (3), and N-[3',4'-dihydroxy-(E)-cinnamoyl]-L-tryptophan methyl ester (4). These compounds were screened for anti-Alzheimer activity via their inhibition of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) enzymes in vitro. As a result, compounds 3 and 4 showed moderate BChE inhibition with IC₅₀ values of 86.9 and 78.4 μM, respectively, compared to those of the positive control [berberine (IC₅₀ = 11.5 μM)]. However, all four compounds did not show significant inhibition of the AChE enzyme. This is the first time, the AChE and BChE inhibitory activities of these tryptophan-derived alkaloids were investigated and reported.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2024

Fresh ginseng is prone to spoilage due to its high moisture content. For long-term storage, most fresh ginsengs are dried to white ginseng (WG) or steamed for hours at high temperature/pressure and dried to form Korean Red ginseng (KRG). They are further processed for ginseng products when subjected to hot water extraction/concentration under pressure. These WG or KRG preparation processes affect ginsenoside compositions and also other ginseng components, probably during treatments like steaming and drying, to form diverse bioactive phospholipids. It is known that ginseng contains high amounts of gintonin lysophosphatidic acids (LPAs). LPAs are simple lipid-derived growth factors in animals and humans and act as exogenous ligands of six GTP-binding-protein coupled LPA receptor subtypes. LPAs play diverse roles ranging from brain development to hair growth in animals and humans. LPA-mediated signaling pathways involve various GTP-binding proteins to regulate downstream pathways like [Ca²⁺]_i transient induction. Recent studies have shown that gintonin exhibits anti-Alzheimer's disease and antiarthritis effects in vitro and in vivo mediated by gintonin LPAs, the active ingredients of gintonin, a ginseng-derived neurotrophin. However, little is known about how gintonin LPAs are formed in high amounts in ginseng compared to other herbs. This review introduces atypical or non-enzymatic pathways under the conversion of ginseng phospholipids into gintonin LPAs during steaming and extraction/concentration processes, which exert beneficial effects against degenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease and arthritis in animals and humans via LPA receptors.

• 식품과학과 산업
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• 제53권1호
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• pp.2-32
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• 2020

키토산은 천연에 존재하는 풍부한 고분자 다당류이며 동시에 항균작용, 항암작용, 면역 활성 증강 작용 등 다양한 생리 기능성을 가진 생체 물질(biomaterial)이다. 그러나 키토산은 수용액에 쉽게 용해되지 않고 체내 흡수율도 매우 낮은 고분자 물질이기 때문에 그 자체로는 생체 내에서 기능을 발휘하지 못한다. 따라서 체내 흡수율이 용이하고 보다 다양한 생리 활성을 나타내는 키토산올리고당으로 섭취할 필요가 있다. 키토산으로부터 키토산올리고당을 만드는 방법은 온화한 조건에서 부반응이 없는 효소분해가 가장 이상적이다. 그러나 키토산을 분해시킬 수 있는 효소의 가격이 매우 비싸고 효소 활성이 낮아 산업적으로 효소를 이용하여 키토산올리고당을 대량 생산하는데는 경제적으로 큰 문제가 있었다. 따라서 효소 분해에 의한 키토산올리고당의 생산을 산업적으로 적용시켰을 때 대량으로 소모되는 효소의 높은 생산 비용을 경감하기 위하여 효소의 재이용을 위한 생산 시스템을 도입하였고 한외여과막과 효소 반응기를 결합시킨 한외여과막 효소반응기를 키토산올리고당의 생산에 적용시킴으로써 대량 생산이 가능해졌다. 이 시스템은 사용하는 막의 종류에 따라 원하는 분자량의 키토산올리고당을 생산 할 수 있어 분자량 크기에 따라 생체 내에서 다른 생리기능을 나타내는 키토산올리고당을 각기 목적에 맞는 제품으로 대량 생산할 수 있다. 키토산올리고당은 암세포 성장에 영향을 미치는 면역을 증진시키고 암 전이 관련 효소인 MMP-2 및 MMP-9의 발현을 저지하여 암 전이를 억제할 뿐만 아니라 암세포의 신생 혈관형성을 억제하므로 암의 예방이나 치료에 활용될 수 있다. 또한 키토산올리고당은 생체 노화를 촉진시키는 초과산화 라디칼, 히드록시라디칼, 과산화 라디칼과 같은 활성산소종을 소거시킴으로써 활성산소종에 의해 유발되는 질환도 예방한다. 더 나아가서, 키토산올리고당은 양전하를 가진 아미노기를 갖고 있어 미생물 세포막의 음전하와 결합하여 세포막의 기능을 상실시킴으로써 막을 통해 출입하는 대사에 필요한 물질들을 봉쇄한다. 이것은 미생물의 성장과 증식을 감소시키는 효과가 있어 식품분야에서도 천연 보존제로서 활용될 것으로 기대된다. 지금까지 고혈압 및 심장 질환의 치료는 레닌엔지오텐신 시스템(RAS)경로의 치료조작(mani pulator) 및 ACE 저해에 초점이 맞추어져 왔다. Captopril, Enalapril, Alcacepril 및 Lisinopril같은 합성 ACE 저해제는 고혈압 치료 및 예방을 위해서도 널리 사용되고 있으나 기침, 알레르기 반응, 맛 장애 및 피부발진과 같은 부작용을 야기시킬 위험이 있다. 그러므로 고혈압의 치료나 관리를 위한 치료제로서 자연계에 존재하는 천연성분인 키토산올리고당이 바람직한 대안으로 사용될 수 있을 것이다. 고령 사회로 진입하면서 노인의 치매 발병률은 현저하게 증가하는 추세이나 아직까지 효과가 뛰어난 치매치료제는 개발되지 않고 있는 실정이다. 키토산올리고당이 치매유발효소인 베타-세크레테이즈뿐만 아니라 아세틸콜린 에스테르가수분해효소를 저해하고, 산화에 의한 뇌세포의 손상을 저해하는 효능이 있는 것으로 밝혀져 앞으로 치매 예방이나 치료에 적극적으로 활용되어야 한다. 최근에 소비자나 환자들은 다양한 부작용을 낳는 화학적으로 합성된 의약품을 기피하는 경향이 있어 자연식품이나 천연 생리기능성 물질과 자가치료에 대한 욕구가 높아지고 있다. 그러므로 의약품에 비해 다소 효능이 낮을지라도 특정한 질병의 예방이나 치료를 위해 특수한 생리 기능성 물질의 섭취는 더욱 더 인기를 끌게 될 것이다. 따라서 항암, 항산화, 항염증, 항균, 항고혈압, 항치매, 항당뇨, 항알레르기 등 다양한 생리활성을 나타내는 키토산올리고당을 활용한 건강기능성식품(nutraceuticals), 의약품(pharmaceuticals) 및 기능성 화장품(cosmeceuticals) 등 다양한 제품이 개발될 것으로 기대된다.

• 한방재활의학과학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.69-78
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• 2013

Objectives The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the Gongjin-dan (Gongchen-dan, here in after GJD) in order to obtain the evidence for clinical application. Methods The GJD-related articles published from 1990 to 2013 were searched using "Korean Traditional Knowledge Portal", "Oriental Medicine Advanced Searching Integrated System (OASIS)", "Korean Association of Medical Journal Edition (Koreamed)", "Research Information Services (RISS4U)", "Korean Medicine Database (KMbase)", "National Discovery for Science Leader (NDSL)", "PubMed", "China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI)". The search keywords were "Gongjin-dan", "Gongchen-dan". Thirty-nine articles were obtained. After excluding the eighteen article which did not meet inclusion criteria, finally twenty-one articles were included; five clinical articles and sixteen experimental articles. Results In clinical studies, GJD has the various effectiveness in cardiovascular diseases, alcoholic hepatitis, mild dementia, anemia. Also experimental studies related to the GJD show a variety of effects, such as anti-oxidative activity, neuroprotective activity, hepatoprotective activity, anti-inflammatory activity, immunological activity, reproductive recovery activity with fewer side-effects. Conclusions It has been suggested that there are various effects of GJD in treating a wide-range disease. However, in order to put GJD to use for many kinds of diseases in more reasonable ways, it is needed to publish well-design clinical trial based on the variety of results of experimental studies.