• 생명과학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.298-304
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 실새풀(Calamagrostis arundinacea)의 열수 추출물(Ca-HW)과 70% 에탄올에 추출된 추출물(Ca-E70)을 이용한 항노화 및 항염증 활성을 조사하였고, 또한 이들의 생리 활성 능력을 무세포와 세포 기반 시스템으로 조사하였다. 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical decolorization 방법으로 항산화 활성 평가를 실시한 결과, Ca-HW와 Ca-E70은 각각 27%와 48%의 DPPH 라디칼 소거능으로 항산화 활성을 나타냈다. 각 추출물에서는 RAW 264.7, B16F10 및 CCD986-sk 세포에서 독성, 세포증식 및 증진 효과는 없는 것으로 확인되었다. 멜라닌 생성과 관련 있는 B16F10 세포주에서 100 mg/ml 농도의 Ca-HW와 Ca-E70 처리구는 abutin 처리구에 비해 멜라닌 생성 억제 효과가 높은 것을 확인하였다. 인간의 섬유아세포인 CCD986-sk를 통한 pro-collagen 생합성에 미치는 Ca-HW와 Ca-E70의 영향을 조사하였더니 각각 24.69%와 12.55%가 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. LPS를 처리하여 염증반응을 유도 한 RAW264.7 세포에서 실새풀 추출물의 효과를 조사하였다. Ca-E70은 LPS에 의한 산화질소의 생성과 전염증성 사이토카인인 IL-6의 생성을 억제함으로써 염증 반응에 관여하는 것으로 보인다. 이러한 결과는 실새풀 추출물이 피부와 관련하여 항노화 및 항염증 능력이 있는 것을 제시한다.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.257-266
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• 2014

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: Licorice has been shown to possess cancer chemopreventive effects. However, glycyrrhizin, a major component in licorice, was found to interfere with steroid metabolism and cause edema and hypertension. The roasting process of licorice modifies the chemical composition and converts glycyrrhizin to glycyrrhetinic acid. The purpose of this study was to examine the anti-carcinogenic effects of the ethanol extract of roasted licorice (EERL) and to identify the active compound in EERL. MATERIALS/METHODS: Ethanol and aqueous extracts of roasted and un-roasted licorice were prepared. The active fraction was separated from the methylene chloride (MC)-soluble fraction of EERL and the structure of the purified compound was determined by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The anti-carcinogenic effects of licorice extracts and licochalcone A was evaluated using a MTT assay, Western blot, flow cytometry, and two-stage skin carcinogenesis model. RESULTS: EERL was determined to be more potent and efficacious than the ethanol extract of un-roasted licorice in inhibiting the growth of DU145 and MLL prostate cancer cells, as well as HT-29 colon cancer cells. The aqueous extracts of un-roasted and roasted licorice showed minimal effects on cell growth. EERL potently inhibited growth of MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 breast, B16-F10 melanoma, and A375 and A2058 skin cancer cells, whereas EERL slightly stimulated the growth of normal IEC-6 intestinal epithelial cells and CCD118SK fibroblasts. The MC-soluble fraction was more efficacious than EERL in inhibiting DU145 cell growth. Licochalcone A was isolated from the MC fraction and identified as the active compound of EERL. Both EERL and licochalcone A induced apoptosis of DU145 cells. EERL potently inhibited chemically-induced skin papilloma formation in mice. CONCLUSIONS: Non-polar compounds in EERL exert potent anti-carcinogenic effects, and that roasted rather than un-roasted licorice should be favored as a cancer preventive agent, whether being used as an additive to food or medicine preparations.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.139-148
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 (E)-2-(substituted benzylidene)-2,3-dihydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]naphthalen-1-one 유도체들을 합성했으며, 합성된 유도체들이 멜라닌 생성과정의 주요 효소인 tyrosinase 활성을 저해할 수 있는지에 대하여 확인하였다. 19종류의 유도체들의 tyrosinase 저해활성을 측정해본 결과, MHY3655 ($IC_{50}=0.1456{\mu}M$)가 가장 큰 저해활성을 나타냈으며 이는 대조군인 코직산($IC_{50}=17.2{\mu}M$) 보다 큰 효능을 보였다. 게다가, Lineweaver-Burk 분석법을 이용하여 MHY3655가 경쟁적 저해 기전으로 tyrosinase 활성을 저해하였고, docking simulation으로 MHY 3655가 tyrosinase에 직접 결합함을 재확인하였다. 마지막으로, B16F10 melanoma 세포에서 MHY3655의 세포독성을 평가한 결과 $1-20{\mu}M$ 사이의 MHY3655는 세포독성을 나타내지 않았다. 이상의 결과에서, 신물질 MHY3655은 우수한 tyrosinase 저해활성을 나타내며, 이는 미백 화장품 소재로서 활용할 가치가 있으리라 사료된다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.550-555
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 한방이화주의 피부 생리기능 활성을 알아보기 위해 70% EtOH 추출물의 피부 미백, 주름 개선 및 항염증 효과를 조사하였다. HEE은 tyrosinase 활성 억제 및 tyrosine을 기질로 melanin이 형성되는 pathway에 관여하는 주요한 인자인 TRP-1과 TRP-2를 저해하는 작용 기전을 통해 피부 색소침착의 주요 원인 물질인 melanin 생합성을 농도 의존적으로 저해하는 것을 확인하였다. HEE은 피부 진피 내 피부 탄력을 유지하는 elastin을 분해하는 효소인 elastase의 활성을 저해하였고, 피부의 keratinocyte가 생성 분비하는 MMP-2와 MMP-9의 단백질 발현과 proteolytic 활성을 억제하여 노화에 따른 피부 주름 생성 억제할 수 있는 가능성을 확인하였다. 또한 세포 독성 없이 LPS에 의해 유도된 염증 반응을 50% 저해하는 HEE의 농도($IC_{50}$)는 $24.9{\mu}g/mL$이며, $50{\mu}g/mL$ 농도로 처리하였을 때 염증 반응 저해 효과가 70%로 높은 효과를 가지는 것을 확인하였다. 이상의 결과를 종합하면 HEE의 피부 미백, 주름 개선 및 항염증에 우수한 효과를 나타내고 있으므로 기능성 화장품의 주요한 소재로 이용 가치가 높을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.260-274
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• 2015

본 논문은 한국과 중국에서는 전통 한방약재로 오랫동안 사용된 꾸지뽕나무(Cudrania tricuspidata)의 잎, 줄기, 뿌리부분의 에탄올추출물의 물, 에탄올, 에칠아세테이트 용해성 분획물에 대한 피부 생리활성에 관한 실험결과이다. 대식세포인 macrophage(RAW 264.7 cell)에 대하여 이들 분획물들의 nitric oxide 및 염증성 사이토카인 분비 억제효과를 검토한 결과, nitric oxide 생성 억제에는 잎부위의 에칠아세테이트 분획물과 에탄올분획물이, 염증성 사이토카인인 $IL-1{\beta}$ 생성 억제에는 모든 분획물들이 효과가 있고, 염증성 사이토카인인 IL-6 생성 억제에는 잎, 줄기, 뿌리부위의 에칠아세테이트 분획물들이 효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 흑색종세포인 melanoma cell(B16-F10 cell)에서 멜라닌 생성억제효과를 측정한 결과, 잎의 에틸아세테이트 분획물 처리에서만 유의성 있는 억제효과를 나타내었다. 주름 개선 효과를 확인하기 위해 인체 정상 피부 섬유아세포( CCD986sk cell)에 대하여 콜라겐의 합성 촉진 효과를 측정한 결과. 잎, 줄기, 뿌리부위의 물 분획물과 잎, 줄기의 에탄올 분획물에서 콜라겐 합성 촉진 효과를 보였다.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.261-266
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• 2015

본 연구에서 짚신나물(A. pilosa)의 뿌리부분에 대한 다양한 생리활성을 조사하여 기능성소재 응용가능성을 검토하였다. 짚신나물 뿌리 추출물은 멜라노마 세포에 대하여 낮은 세포독성을 나타냈다. 세포독성이 거의 없는 농도에서 짚신나물 뿌리 추출물 처리 시 항산화($ID_{50}$, 20.70 mg/L) 및 항균활성이 매우 우수하게 나타났으며 특히 그람양성세균에 대한 항균활성이 높았다. 또한, 짚신나물 뿌리 추출물 처리시 높은 tyrosinase 활성저해($ID_{50}$, 90.18 mg/L) 및 멜라닌 함량 저하를 보여주었다. 이는 짚신나물 추출물이 세포내 tyrosinase 발현을 억제시킴으로서 멜라닌 합성을 저해하는 것으로 판단된다. 이와 같은 결과로 미루어 볼 때 짚신나무 뿌리 추출물은 피부미백 소재 등 피부개선 효과를 비롯한 기능성 화장품에 활용하기 위한 매우 효과적인 재료가 될 수 있다고 판단된다.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2005년도 생물공학의 동향(XVI)
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• pp.31-32
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• 2005

Neoagaro-oligosaccharides are produced only by enzymatic degradation of agarose by ${\beta}-agarase.^{1)}$ Neoagaro-oligosaccharides inhibit the growth of bacteria, slow the rate of degradation of starch, are used as low-calorie additives to improve food quality, and have macrophage-stimulating activity. Furthermore, neoagarobiose is a rare reagent that has both moisturizing effect on skin and whitening effect on melanoma $cells.^{2)}$ An agar-degrading marine bacterium was isolated from the sea water at the northeast coast in Cheju island, Korea. The strain was gram negative, aerobic, and motile rod. The 16S rRNA of the strain had the closest match of 98% homology, with that from Agarivorans albus. On the basis of several phenotypic characters and a phylogenetic analysis, this strain was designated Agarivorans sp. JA-1. In solid agar plate, Agarivorans sp. JA-1 produced a diffusible agarase that caused agar softening around the colonies. Agarivorans sp. JA-1 was cultured for 36 hr in marine broth 2216 (Difco, USA) and the supernatant that containing an extracellular ${\beta}-agarase$ was prepared by centrifugation of culture media. The enzyme exhibited relatively strong activity at $40^{\circ}C$ and was stable up to $60^{\circ}C$. Using PCR primers derived from the ${\beta}-agarase$ gene of Vibrio sp., the gene encoding ${\beta}-agarase$ from Agarivorans sp. JA-1 was cloned and sequenced. The structural gene consists of 2931 bp encoding 976 amino acids with a predicted molecular weight of 107,360 Da. The deduced amino acid sequence showed 99% and 34% homology to $agaA^{2)}$ and $agaB^{2)}$ genes for ${\beta}-agarase$ from Vibrio sp., respectively. The expression plasmid for ${\beta}-agarase$ gene of Agarivorans sp. JA-1 is being constructed and the recombinant enzyme will be biochemically characterized.

• 대한본초학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.17-26
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• 2005

Objectives : Antioxidant, Anticancer and Antibacterial Activities of Naesohwangryntang and its composition oriental medicines. Methods : We were experimented anti-oxidation effect and growth inhibition ability on cancer cells and antibacterial activity on various kinds of bacteria of skin. Results : The results were obtained as follows : Electron donating ability(EDA) of water extract Naesohwangryntang and ethanol extract Naesohwangryntang was 60% and 70% at 1000 ppm concentration. In the test of SOD-like activity, ethanol extract showed more activity with 27.4% in 700 ppm, while water extract was low in 19.6%. Clear zones formed by sample against the human skin-resident microflora indicated that anti-microbial activity of ethanol extract Naesohwangryntang was higher than that of water extract Naesohwangryntang. The growth inhibition rates of each sample on lung-cancer(A549), at 1000 ppm cancer cell was over 40%. The growth inhibition rate of the each sample melanoma-cancer(B16F10, G361), at 1000 ppm was over 80%. Conclusions : The results indicated that, ethanol extract which is superior in its anti-oxidation and antibacterial effect is useful to be applied in cosmetic industry.

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.62-81
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• 2017

Objectives: As interests in the beauty of skin is growing continuously, more people are focusing on white and clean skin. Melanin is the major factor that determines skin color. The abnormal concentration of melanin causes various skin diseases such as vitiligo, freckles, and melasma. This study investigated the inhibitory effect of Eriobotryae Folium extracts (EF) with phreatic water (PW) on the melanin synthesis. Methods: The effect of EF on melanin synthesis was evaluated by using mouse melanoma cells (B16F10). To define the mechanisms, real-time PCR and western blot were used. We also evaluated the inhibitory effects of EF and PW on melanin synthesis by using HRM-2 melanin-possessing hairless mice. After UVB irradiation, melanin differences between the skin parts that were treated and untreated with EF and PW. Levels of mRNA were measured by real-time quantitative PCR and histological analysis of the dorsal skin was conducted by hematoxylin and eosin staining. Results: EF inhibited various mechanisms of melanogenesis, and the effect was increased when combined with PW. In vitro experiments have shown that EF inhibited the expressions of tyrosinase related protein-1 (TRP-1) mRNA, tyrosinase mRNA, microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF) mRNA and the tyrosinase inhibitory activation, but it stimulated the extracellular regulated kinase (ERK) mRNA expression. In vivo experiments have shown that EF prevented melanogenesis in the mice dorsal skin and inhibited TRP-1 mRNA expression. Also these effects were increased when combined with PW. Conclusions: EF and PW might be a new and effective treatment for whitening and treating pigmentation of skin.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.163-169
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• 2008

Liposomes are spherical vesicles composed of lipid bilayer membranes. However, the conventional liposomes have been found to be plagued by rapid opsonization and taken up by the reticuloendothelial system (RES), resulting in shortened circulation time and limited intracellular uptake to target cell. In this study, polyethyleneglycol-cationic liposomes (PCL) containing cationic lipid and DSPE-mPEG were prepared by thin film cast-hydration method. The PEG liposomes had approximately $97.0{\pm}1.3\;nm$ of mean particle diameter and $-21.7{\pm}1.2\;mV$ of zeta potential value. PCL had $96.4{\pm}1.8\;nm$ of mean particle diameter and $-8.7{\pm}1.1\;mV$ of zeta potential value with a decrease of about 10 mV compared to the PEG liposomes. Loading of model drug, doxorubicin (DOX), in liposomes were carried out by using remote loading method and the loading efficiency of DOX in liposomes was about $95.0{\pm}1.9%$. Intracellular uptake and cytotoxicity of PCL were higher than that of PEG liposomes to murine B16F10 melanoma cells. In addition, anti-tumor activity of PCL was similar to that of PEG liposomes on growth of A549 human lung carcinoma in BALB/c mice. Consequently, PCL modified with cationic lipid may be applicable as anticancer drug carriers that can increase intracellular uptake and therapeutic efficacy.