• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제65권4호
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• pp.413-419
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• 2022

The applicability of Brussels sprouts, which are widely cultivated in Jeju, as a functional biomaterial in the cosmetics and food industries is investigated. The active ingredients (total phenols and flavonoids, β-carotene, vitamin C, free sugar, minerals, glucosinolates, and isothiocyanates) and antioxidant activities of 70% ethanol extracts of Brussels sprouts and cabbage were analyzed. The total phenol, flavonoid, vitamin C, and β-carotene contents of Brussels sprouts were approximately 36%, 2.5 times, 2.3 times, and 65% higher than those of cabbage, respectively. The total free sugar content of Brussels sprouts was 58%-72% lower than that of cabbage. The K content was the highest among the other minerals, and there was little difference between the two samples. The Na content was approximately three times higher in cabbage than in Brussels sprouts. The total glucosinolate content of Brussels sprouts was 34.5 mol SE/g DW, twice that of cabbage. The sinigrin content of Brussels sprouts was thrice (10.06 μmol/g DW) that of cabbage. The isothiocyanate (sulforaphane, I3C) content in Brussels sprouts was double that of cabbage. The antioxidant activity of Brussels sprout extract was 2.5 to 2.8 times higher in 1,1-Diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical scavenging capacity and 3.3 to 3.6 times higher in 2,2'-Azino-bis(3-ethybenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) radical scavenging capacity than those of cabbage extract. These are important basic data for the study of glucosinolates and isothiocyanates, which have anticancer activity, as well as antioxidant-related substances of Brussels sprout, which has high potential for use as a biomaterial in functional foods and cosmetics.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.329-338
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• 2006

The study of health promoting and disease preventing compounds in food or by themselves, so called nutraceuticals or functional foods, has become a major field of research in food science. Natural flavor compounds are usually present in food, essential oils, spices, and herbs. These compounds can produce aroma, not only by themselves, but also in combination with other compounds. Today, however, greater interest is being paid to the health promoting properties of natural flavor substances rather than their flavoring properties. In fact, a number of naturally occurring flavor compounds that possess health promoting and disease preventing properties have been extensively studied and identified. The beneficial properties of natural volatile flavor compounds as well as non-volatile substances in spices and herbs discussed in this review include antioxidant, anticarcinogenic, anti-inflammatory, and immune enhancing activities.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.56-60
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• 2002

느타리버섯을 이용하여 제조한 김치에 대한 항산화, 항돌연변이, 항암 및 면역활성 등의 기능적 특성을 구명하였다. 버섯김치의 항산화효과를 측정하기 위하여 linoleic acid에 대한 과산화물가 및 흰쥐의 간에 대한 TBA가를 측정한 결과 버섯김치가 배추김치보다 항산화 효과가 크게 나타났고, 데친버섯보다는 생버섯 김치의 효과가 훨씬 크게 나타났다. 버섯 김치의 메탄을 추출물은 농도에 의존적으로 항돌연변이 및 암세포 성장억제 효과를 나타내었으며, 특히 생버섯추출물의 경우 그 효과 더욱 크게 나타났다. 느타리버섯 김치 메탄올 추출물은 횐쥐의 비장에서 분리한 면역세포의 증식을 단독으로는 유도하지는 못하였지만, Con A 처리구에서는 비장세포의 증식을 유도하였고, 생 버섯김치가 데친버섯 김치보다 더 많은 증식을 유도하였다.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.691-698
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• 2013

식품 연구에서 흔히 사용되는 물과 주정(70% 에탄올)을 사용하여 추출된 발계(SCR)의 열수 추출물(SCRW)과 에탄올 추출물(SCRW)의 총 플라보노이드 및 폴리페놀 함량, 항산화 활성, 항암활성을 측정하였다. SCRW와 SCRE는 DPPH(SCRW; 72.9%, SCRE; 42.4%)와 ABTS(SCRW; 81.6%, SCRE; 50.3%) 자유 라디칼을 효과적으로 소거하였으며, 양성 대조군인 BHA(53.8% DPPH, 49.5% ABTS)보다 더 높은 소거활성을 나타냈다. 또한 인체 유래 신장 정상세포(HEK293)에 대해서는 높은 생존율을 나타내 독성이 없음을 확인한 반면, 인체 유래의 암세포(유방암세포; MCF-7, 폐암세포; A549, 위암세포; AGS)에 대해서는 대조군으로 사용된 항암제 CPA와 유사하거나 더 높은 세포성장 억제효과가 확인되었다. 특히 SCRE는 AGS에 대하여 $1,000{\mu}g/mL$ 농도에서 53.6%로 탁월한 위암 세포 성장저해 효과를 나타냈다. 본 연구 결과를 통해, 발계 추출물의 높은 항산화 및 항암 활성이 확인되어 약리활성에 대한 기초연구 자료로 제시 할 수 있을 것으로 사료되며, 기능성 소재로써의 이용 가치를 높일 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.599-604
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• 2005

본 연구는 인삼의 가공방법을 개발하고 제품을 다양화하기 위해 우리나라의 전통주인 탁주로 인삼을 증자한 후 홍삼의 항산화성 및 아질산염 소거능, 항암효과를 비교 연구하였다. $A1\~~A9$시료의 $60\%$ 에탄올 추출물에서의 DPPH 라디칼 소거효과는 1,000 ppm에서 인삼의 증자 횟수와 비례하여 증가하였고, 특히 A3에서 $79.5{\pm}3.3\%$로 라디칼 소거율이 뚜렷하게 증가함을 보였다. 아질산염 소거능은 pH 1.2에서 W.G는 $25.9{\pm}4.4\%$, R.G는 $12.9{\pm}1.1\%$, $A1\~A9$는 $26.2{\pm}0.1\~56.1{\pm}0.5\%$로 증자 횟수가 증가할수록 높은 아질산염 소거능을 나타냈다. 인체유래 간암세포(Hep3B)에서의 항암효과로 실험에서 W.G는 에탄올 추출물 5,000 ppm으로 처리했을 때, $19.6{\pm}4.5\%$로 나타나 증식 억제율이 미미하였으나, R.G는 에탄을 추출물 5,000 ppm으로 처리했을 때 $54.5{\pm}6.1\%$를 나타냈으며, A9에서는 $96.3{\pm}2.4\%$로 높은 항암효과 가 관찰되었다. 이상의 결과로 볼 때 탁주를 이용한 증자홍삼이 일반 홍삼 및 백삼보다 본 실험의 항산화 및 항암 system(in vitro)을 이용하여 실험한 결과 더 높은 항암 및 항산화 효과를 나타내었다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.389-415
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• 1996

Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer(Araliaceae) has been traditionally used as an expensive and precious medicine in oriental countries for more than 5, 000 years. Ginseng saponin isolated from the root of Panax ginseng have been regarded as the main effective components responsible for the pharmacological and biological activities. Such as antiaging effects. antidiabetic effects anticancer effects. Protection against physical and chemical stress. Analgesic and antipyretic effects. Effects on the central nervous system, tranquilizing action and others. Thirty kinds of ginsenosides have been so far isolated from ginseng saponin and their chemical structures have been elucidated since 1960's. Among which protopanaxadiol type is 19 kinds. protopanaxatriol type. 10 kinds and oleanane type, one. Since ginsenosides are generally labile under acidic conditions ordinary acid hydrolysis is always accompanied by many side reactions, such as epimerization. hydroxylation and cyclization of side chain of the sapogenins Especially. it is well known that C-20 glycosyl linkage of ginsenoside was hydrolysed on heating with acetic acid to give an equilibrated mixture of 20(S) and 20(R) epimers. And also, the chemical transformations of the secondary metabolites have appeared during the steaming process to prepare red ginseng. Indicating demalonylation of malonyl ginsenosides, elimination of glycosyl residue at C-20 and isomerization of hydroxyl configuration at C-20. But these studies have not provided a comprehensive picture in explaning how these ginsenosides showed val'iotas pharmacological activities of ginseng. Though some of them have been involved in the mechanism of pharmacological actions. Recently, non-saponin components have received a great deal of attention for their antioxidant, anticancer antidiabetic, immunomodulating. anticomplementary activities and so on. To meet the demand for such wide applications, studies on the non-saponin components play an important role in providing a good evidence of pharmacological and biol ogical activities. Among the non-saponin constituents of Korean ginseng, polyacetylenes, phenols. Sesquiterpenes, alkaloids. polysaccharides oligosaccharides, oligopeptides and aminoglycosides together with ginsenosides of terrestrial part are mainly described.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.308-314
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• 2012

Radish (Raphanus sativus L.) is a cruciferous vegetable, and its leaves have antioxidant and anticancer properties. This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of ethyl acetate extracts from radish leaves on hypertension in 11-week-old spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). The SHRs were randomly divided into 3 groups of 6 rats each on the basis of initial systolic blood pressure (SBP) and were treated with oral administration of radish leaf extract (0, 30, or 90 mg/kg body weight [bw], respectively) for 5 weeks. Six Wistar rats were used as normotensive controls. The amount of the radish leaf extract had no effect on body weight. The SBP of the SHRs showed a decreasing trend with the consumption of the radish leaf extract. In the third week, the SBP of the group fed 90 mg extract/kg bw reduced from 214 mmHg to 166 mmHg and was significantly lower than that of the normotensive and hypertensive controls. The extract did not show a significant effect on the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) activity in the serum, kidney, and lung. The extract increased the concentration of NO in serum and the activities of antioxidant enzymes such as glutathione peroxidase and catalase in red blood cells (RBCs). The serum concentrations of $Na^+$ and $K^+$ were not significantly different between all groups. However, the fecal concentrations of $Na^+$ and $K^+$ increased; the fecal concentrations of $Na^+$ and$K^+$for the normotensive and hypertensive controls were not different. Urinary excretion of $Na^+$ was higher in the normotensive Wistar rats than in the SHRs, while that of $K^+$ was not significantly different. These findings indicate that consumption of radish leaves might have had antihypertensive effects in SHRs by increasing the serum concentration of NO and fecal concentration of $Na^+$ and enhancing antioxidant activities.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.347-353
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• 2024

Ginsenosides in ginseng are known for their potential health benefits, including antioxidant properties and their potential to exhibit anticancer effects. Besides a various range of coding genes, ginsenosides impose their efficacy by targeting noncoding RNAs. Long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) has gained significant attention from both basic and clinical oncology fields due to its involvement in various cancer cell activities such as proliferation, apoptosis, metastasis, and autophagy. These events can be achieved either by lncRNA alone or in association with microRNAs or proteins. This review aims to summarize the diverse activities of lncRNAs that are regulated by ginsenosides, focusing on their role in regulating target genes through signaling pathways in human diseases. We highlight the results of studies on the expression profiles of lncRNAs induced by ginsenosides in efforts to inhibit cancer cell proliferation. Finally, we discuss the potential and challenges of utilizing lncRNAs as diagnostic markers for disease treatment.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.384-388
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• 2016

Reactive oxygen species are tumorigenic by their ability to increase cell proliferation, survival, and cellular migration. The purpose of the present study was to compare the antioxidant activity and cytotoxic effects of 3 berry extracts (strawberry, Korean raspberry, and mulberry) in A2780 human ovarian carcinoma cells. Except for raspberry, the ethyl acetate or methylene chloride fractions of berries containing phenolic compounds exerted dose dependent free radical scavenging activities. In the raspberry fractions, the hexane fraction also exhibited potent antioxidant activity. The cytotoxic effects of berries extracts in A2780 human ovarian carcinoma cells were measured using the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay. Surprisingly, co-treatment with n-butanol (BuOH) fractions of berries showed stronger cytotoxic effects compared to the other fractions. These findings suggest that potent anticancer molecules are found in the BuOH fractions of berries that have stronger cytotoxic activity than antioxidants.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.402-407
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• 1996

Effects of oxidative stress on the induction of apoptosis and the activity of antioxidant enzymes were investigated in HL-60 cells using $H_2O$$_2$and cisplatin which generate oxygen species in the cell. Various concentrations of oxidants were treated to cells and at different incubation time, cells were harvested for assays. Cell viability, morphology by propidium iodide staining and DNA fragmentation by agarose gel electrophoresis were observed to determine whether they induce apoptosis. The activity of antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase and catalase was also measured to evaluate the cellular response to the oxidative damage. The results are as follows: $H_2O$$_2$ induced apoptosis at 10 $\mu$M after 6h incubation, while it took 12h for cisplatin. Both oxidants induced the superoxide dismutase activity at a tolerable low concentration. However, at a concentration which causes apoptotic cell death, the enzyme level was dropped markedly at first and then recovered to the normal level after which it declined again, probably due to cell death. On the other hand, changes in the activity of catalase were not significant at most concentrations except the statistically significant decrease at 24h after 10 $\mu$M-$H_2O$$_2$treatment. In this study, $H_2O$$_2$- and cisplatintreated cells showed similar results in apoptotic response and enzyme activities, suggesting that anticancer activity of cisplatin may be related, at least in part, to the production of oxygen free radicals.