• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.315-321
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• 2010

비듬균(Malassezia furfur) 는 두피 질환을 일으키는 중요한 요소로써 오늘날 이러한 균들을 치료하는 치료제는 거의 없다. 몇몇의 전의 연구에서 오일들의 다양한 생물학적 활성이 보고되어졌지만 그것들의 항비듬균 활성은 거의 연구되지 않았고, 특히 Malassezia furfur에 대한 저해 활성은 보고되어 있지 않다. 따라서, 이 연구에서는 Malassezia furfur에 대한 식물 오일들의 저해활성을 평가하고, 이러한 오일 중에서 가장 활성이 좋은 오일을 가스 크로마토그래피(Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry)에 의해 성분을 분석하였다. 1차적으로 108개 오일의 스크리닝 과정에서 17개 오일[Allium sativum L., Carum carvi L., Coriandrum sativum L., Myroxylon balsamum var. pereirae Royle, Nepeta cataria L., Origanum vulgare L., Mentha pulegium L., Satureja hortensis L., Thymus vulgaris L. Thymus vulgaris L., Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume, Pimenta dioica(L.) Merr., Eugenia caryophyllata Thumb.(Clove bud), Eugenia caryophyllata Thumb.(Clove leaf), Cymbopogon nardus L., Cymbopogon martinii Stapf., Citrus aurantifolia Swing. and Pimenta racemosa(Mill.) J.W.Moore] 이 2 mg/mL 의 농도에서 대조구인 이크라코나졸(itraconazole)과 비슷한 활성을 나타내었다. 이러한 17개 오일 중에서 Citrus auranifolia 오일이 가장 활성이 좋았으며, 처리농도 (1.5 mg/mL, 1.0 mg/mL, 0.5 mg/mL와 0.1 mg/mL) 에 따라 활성이 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 또한 Citrus auranifoli 오일의 가스크로마토그래피(GC-MS) 성분분석 결과 limonene, ${\gamma}$-terpinene and terpinolene의 함유율이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 그러므로 Citrus auranifolia 오일은 곰팡이 유래 질병들을 치료하기 위한 활성성분을 함유하고 있는 것으로 보인다.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.99-103
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• 2006

티트리오일 2종과 편백나무에서 추출한 천연오일을 합성방부제인 methylparaben과 항균력을 비교하였다. 대상 균주로 그람양성균인 S. aureus (KCTC 1916)와 그람음성균인 E. coli (KCTC 2571)와 P. aeruginosa (KCTC 2513)를 사용하였으며, 진균류인 C. albicans (KCTC 7965)와 A. niger (KCTC 6911), 그리고 여드름균인 P. acnes (KCTC 3314)를 사용하였다. 그람양성균의 항균력실험에서 천연오일은 합성방부제보다 우수한 항균활성을 보였으며, 그람음성균에서는 유사한 정도의 활성을 나타내었다. 특히, 진균과 여드름균에 대해서는 합성물질에 비해 천연오일에서 월등한 활성을 볼 수 있었다. 실험군에서 항균력은 티트리오일 > methylparaben > 편백정유의 순으로 나타났다. 또한, DPPH 법에 의한 항산화실험과 lipoxygenase를 이용한 항염증실험을 통해 천연오일의 항산화 및 항염증 효과를 볼 수 있었다. 실험결과, 천연오일은 널리 사용되고 있는 화학적인 방부제나 항산화제를 충분히 대체할 수 있으리라 기대된다.

• 약학회지
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• 제52권6호
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• pp.494-499
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• 2008

The role of antibody in the fungal infections is controversial. However, our previous reports showed a certain epitope in Candida albicans cell wall (CACW) induces protective antibody. A major problem is that the epitope isolation requires tremendous time with high cost. This aspect led us to investigate a simple way inducing protective antibodies against C. albicans. In the present study, we determined if $18{\beta}$-glycyrrhetinic acid ($18{\beta}$-GA) from Glabrae Radix (a family of Leguminosae) has immunoadjuvant activity. Data displayed that the $18{\beta}$-GA suppressed proliferations of both T- and Blymphocytes at high concentrations, whereas below 20 ${\mu}M$ concentration the compound supported the proliferations. These observations indicate that $18{\beta}$-GA has immunoregulatory activity. Based on this observation, an immunoadjuvant effect was examined at the low concentration. Results from animal experiments showed that CACW combined with or without $18{\beta}$-GA produced the anti-C. albicans antiserum in mice. Nevertheless, the CACW combined with $18{\beta}$-GA formula only protected mice against disseminated candidiasis (P<0.05). These data implicate that $18{\beta}$-GA has immunoadjuvant activity, which may provoke the CACW antigen to induce protective antibody. Currently, we are investigating possible mechanism of how the $18{\beta}$-GA provokes such protective immunity against the disseminated disease.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제34권7호
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• pp.1452-1463
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• 2024

Fungi generate different metabolites some of which are intrinsically bioactive and could therefore serve as templates for drug development. In the current study, six endophytic fungi namely Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus tubigenesis, Aspergillus oryzae, Penicillium oxalicum, Aspergillus niger, and Aspergillus brasiliensis were isolated and identified from the medicinal plant, Silybum marianum. These endophytic fungi were identified through intra transcribed sequence (ITS) gene sequencing. The bioactive potentials of fungal extracts were investigated using several bioassays such as antibacterial activity by well-diffusion, MIC, MBC, anti-biofilm, antioxidant, and haemolysis. The Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 was used to determine the antibiofilm activity. The ethyl acetate extract of Aspergillus flavus showed strong to moderate efficacy against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, P. aeruginosa, and Bacillus spizizenii. Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus brasiliensis exhibited significant antibiofilm activity with IC₅₀ at 4.02 and 3.63 mg/ml, while A. flavus exhibited maximum antioxidant activity of 50.8%. Based on HPLC, LC-MS, and NMR experiments kojic acid (1) and carbamic acid (methylene-4, 1-phenylene) bis-dimethyl ester (2) were identified from A. flavus. Kojic acid exhibited DPPH free radical scavenging activity with an IC₅₀ value of 99.3 ㎍/ml and moderate activity against ovarian teratocarcinoma (CH1), colon carcinoma (SW480), and non-small cell lung cancer (A549) cell lines. These findings suggest that endophytic fungi are able to produce promising bioactive compounds which deserve further investigation.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.201-206
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• 2014

IL-33 is a member of the IL-1 cytokine family and plays a role in the host defense against bacteria, viruses, and fungi. In this study, we investigated the function of IL-33 and its receptor in in vitro macrophage responses to Candida albicans. Our results demonstrate that pre-sensitization of isolated peritoneal macrophages with IL-33 enhanced their pro-inflammatory cytokine production and phagocytic activity in response to C. albicans. These macrophage activities were entirely dependent on the ST2-MyD88 signaling pathway. In addition, pre-sensitization with IL-33 also increased ROS production and the subsequent killing ability of macrophages following C. albicans challenge. These results indicate that IL-33 may increase anti-fungal activity against Candida through macrophage-mediated resistance mechanisms.

• 약학회지
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• 제47권5호
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• pp.293-299
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• 2003

Structure-activity relationship studies of allylamine type of antimycotics were carried out to evaluate the effect of naphthyl and methyl portion of naftifine. Compounds with 4-fluorophenyl(2a-5a), 2-fluorophenyl(2b-5b), 2,4-dichlorophenyl(2c-5c), 2,6-dichlorophenyl(2d-5d), 4-nitrophenyl(2e-5e), and 2,3-dihydro-benzo[1,4]dioxan-6-yl( 2f-5f) instead of naphthyl group with hydrogen(3a-3f), methyl(4a-4f), and ethyl(5a-5f) in the place of methyl in naftifine were synthesized and tested their in vitro anti-fungal activity against five different fungi. Eight compounds(3a, 5a, 3c, 4c, 4d, 5d, 5e, and 4f) showed significant antifungal activity against T. mentagrophytes. (E)-N-Ethyl-(3-phenyl-2-propenyl)-4-nitro-benzenemethaneamine(5e) displayed moderate antifungal activity against all five different fungi.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.228-234
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• 2022

Helianthus tuberosus is perennial plant as Compositae family and is shown various physiological activities such as analgesic, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal, anti-spasmodic, aperient, cholagogue, diuretic, spermatogenic, stomachic, and tonic effects. In this study, we investigated the antidiabetic and anti-inflammatory effects of pancake mixture powder (PM) supplemented with H. tuberosus (PMH) in rat skeletal muscle L6 cells and murine macrophage RAW 264.7 cells, respectively. PM and PMH inhibited in vitro α-glucosidase activity. Glucose consumption was increased by PM and PMH without cytotoxicity in rat myoblast L6 cells. Western blot analysis revealed that PM and PMH down-regulated glycogen synthase kinase (GSK)-3β activation in L6 cells. PM and PMH inhibited inflammatory mediator, nitric oxide (NO) production without cytotoxicity in LPS-induced RAW 264.7 cells. The anti-diabetic and anti-inflammatory effects of PMH was more stronger than those of PM. Anti-diabetic and anti-inflammatory effects of PMH would be due to functional characteristics of the supplemented H. tuberosus and the presence of garlic and onion used as ingredients of PM. Taken together, our results that addition of functional materials such as H. tuberosus in product has synergic effects and PMH is potential candidate for treatment of diabetes through inhibiting inflammation.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.543-551
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• 2023

In this study, five endophytic fungi belonging to the Aspergillus and Alternaria genera were isolated from Lagopsis supina. The antimicrobial activity of all fungal fermented extracts against Staphylococcus and Fusarium graminearum was tested using the cup-plate method. Among them, Aspergillus ochraceus XZC-1 showed the best activity and was subsequently selected for large-scale fermentation and bioactivity-directed separation of the secondary metabolites. Four compounds, including 2-methoxy-6-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone (1), 3,5-dihydroxytoluene (2), oleic acid (3), and penicillic acid (4) were discovered. Here, compounds 1 and 4 displayed anti-fungal activity against F. graminearum, F. oxysporum, F. moniliforme, F. stratum, Botrytis cinerea, Magnaporthe oryzae, and Verticillium dahlia with diverse MIC values (128-512 ㎍/ml), which were close to that of the positive control antifungal, actidione (64-128 ㎍/ml). Additionally, compounds 1 and 4 also exhibited moderate antibacterial activity against S. aureus, Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli, and Salmonella enterica, with low MIC values (8-64 ㎍/ml). Moreover, compounds 1 and 4 displayed selective cytotoxicity against cancer cell lines as compared with the normal fibroblast cells. Therefore, this study proposes that the endophytic fungi from L. supina can potentially produce bioactive molecules to be used as lead compounds in drugs or agricultural antibiotics.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.9-14
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• 2018

Bacterial species, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and Lactobacillus species (L. sp.5-1), are known to inhibit the growth of pathogenic bacteria and fungi. Metarhizium anisopliae is a pathogenic fungal species which causes fatal damage to P. brevitarsis populations. Therefore, we investigated the inhibitory effect of B. amyloliquefaciens and L. sp. 5-1 on M. anisopliae induced fatality rates in P. brevitarsis. Samples of M. anisopliae-infected sawdust were treated with strain B. amyloliquefaciens KACC10116, strain L. sp. 5-1 KACC19351, and a combination of the two. P. brevitarsis were fed treated sawdust samples, and their subsequent fatality rate was monitored. The fatality rate fell below 1.5% after 10 days and decreased by approximately 40% after 15 days. On average, the fatality rate decreased by 20%, compared to the control. The difference in the decrease in fatality rate between B. amyloliquefaciens treatment and L. sp. 5-1 treatment was not significant. Results indicate that both strains exhibit high anti-fungal activity, which may be useful in environmental purification efforts. These strains may be used for effective prevention of fungal infection in P. brevitarsis.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.172-176
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• 2004

Bacterial isolates TRL2-3 and TRK2-2 showing anti-fungal activity in vitro test against some plant pathogens were identified as Pseudomonas putida and Micrococcus luteus, respectively. Pre-treatment with both bacterial isolates at the concentration 1.0$\times$ $10^7$ and $10^6$cfu/ml in the rhizosphere could trigger induced systemic resistance in the aerial part of cucumber plants against anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum orbiculare. However, the pre-treatment with the higher concentration at 1.0 $\times$ $10^8$ cfu/ml of both isolates could not induce resistance after challenge inoculation with C. orbiculare. As a positive control, the treatment with DL-3 amino butyric acid caused a remarkable reduction of disease severity whereas the lesions on the leaves of untreated plants developed apparently after the fungal inoculation. From these results, it was recomended that disease control using both bacterial isolates inducing systemic resistance in the field where chemical application is forbid.