• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.110-114
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• 1997

This research was performed to screen the cytotoxic activities of some pharmaceutical insect relatives. Cytotoxic activities of total extract and fractions of hexane, ethyl acetate, methanol, water and boiling water were extracted from four pharmaceutical insect relatives: the Chinese gall, the cicada slough, the hornet nest and the batryticated silkworm. These extracts were investigated against the cancer cell lines of L1210, P388 and SNU-1 in vitro tests. Results showed that, ED, , against the cancer cell lines of L1210, P388 and SNU-1 were 0.55, 0.50, and $0.83{\mu}g/ml$ in the ethyl acetate fraction from the Chinese gall; 1.07, 2.19, and $2.24{\mu}g/ml$in the ethyl acetate fraction, 1.51, 1.26, and $1.45{\mu}g/ml$ in the water fraction and 1.48, 2.29, and $1.29{\mu}g/ml$in the boiling water fraction from the cicada slough; 3.31, 2.00, and $6.61\mug/ml$ in the water fraction from the hornet nest and 13.80, 19.95, and $31.62{\mu}g/ml$in the hexane fraction and 33.88, 21.88, and $25.12{\mu}g/ml$in the ethyl acetate fraction from the batryticated silkworm, respectively. All of the fractions mentioned above showed high cytotoxic activities and could be suggested for further studies in vivo tests.

• 약학회지
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.253-258
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• 2007

Bombycis corpus, a batryticated silkworm and white-stiff silkworm, is an oriental drug consisting of the dried larva of silkworm, dead and stiffened due to the infection of Beauveria. An peptidyl antimicrobial molecule was purified from B. corpus by reverse phase-column chromatography and HPLC. Its molecular weight was determined to be 2295.45 by using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry. Its antimicrobial activity was diminished by trypsin digestion. It exhibited a broad antimicrobial spectrum against not only Gram-negative, but also Gram- positive bacteria. Furthermore, it was found to have an antimicrobial activity against vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), methicillin-resistant S. arureus (MRSA), and vancomycin-intermediate resistant S. arureus (VISA). It may be a useful molecule for a new antibiotic development, especially against antibiotic resistant microbe. This substance may play a role in the defense system of this animal against Beauveria bassiana. This is the first report of a peptidyl antimicrobial substance from B. corpus.