• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.15 no.11
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• pp.285-295
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• 2017

This study aims to provide basic data on useful functional ingredients in red ginseng by studying the anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer effects of convergence of ginsenoside Rh2(Rh2) and compound K(CK) isolated from amplified red ginseng. Therefore we examined cytotoxicity in Hep3B, activity of IL-6 induced STAT3 luciferase and survival concentration of cells in B16F10 and HaCa T. According to the experimental results, when the Rh2 and CK mixture were 10 ug/ml, there was no cytotoxicity in Hep3B cells and the anti-inflammatory effect of IL-6 reduction ratio was 102%. In addition, Rh2 and CK mixture were observed to be toxic in melanoma cell line B16F10 and HaCa T (human keratinocyte) at 50 uM. FACS(fluorescence activated cell sorting) analysis showed that annexin V was not expressed and melanoma cells and keratinocyte were desorbed and killed. It can be assumed that the mechanism of killing through this phenomenon is due to the cell death of anoikis-type, and it is necessary to study the changes of cell adhesion proteins in the future in order to clarify the cell death signal system.