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Stability and in Vivo UV-Protecting Efficacy of Emulsions Stabilized with Cinnamoyl Surfactants

  • Park, Seok Ho;Kwon, Kyeongnan;Kim, Jin-Chul
    • Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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    • v.56 no.2
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    • pp.143-150
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    • 2018
  • Oil-in-water emulsion was prepared using cinnamoyl surfactants as emulsifiers. Cinnamoyl surfactants used in the present study were polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan monolaurate-cinnamic acid conjugate (TW20CA), polyoxyethylene (20) cetyl ether-cinnamic acid conjugate (CE20CA), and polyoxyethylene(20) oleyl ether-cinnamic acid conjugate (OE20CA). The emulsion stabilized with TW20CA was the most stable, possibly because the polyoxyethylene segment of TW20CA would sterically stabilize the oil droplets effectively. In vivo UV protecting efficacy of surfactant and emulsion was investigated by determining the minimum amount of UV light (MAUL) to induce a black point on the back of hairless mice (HRM2). The mean MAUL of PARSOL, OE20CA, and emulsion stabilized with TW20CA was $1046.5mJ/cm^2$, $1163mJ/cm^2$, and $1308.5mJ/cm^2$, respectively. The high UV-protecting efficacy of the emulsion could be ascribed to not only the UV-absorbing property of cinnamoyl group but also the UV-scattering property of the oil droplets.

Analysis of Aromatic Acids in Panax Ginseng by Gas Chromatography (GC에 의한 인삼 중의 방향족 산성 성분 분석)

  • Park, Man-Ki;Park, Jeong-Hill;Kim, Kyoung-Ho;Han, Sang-Bum;Han, Byung-Hoon
    • YAKHAK HOEJI
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    • v.38 no.4
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    • pp.389-393
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    • 1994
  • Eight aromatic acids in Panax ginseng were determined by GC. Ultra-1 $(25\;m{\times}0.2\;mm{\times}0.33\;{\mu}M)$ capillary column was employed with temperature programming from $150^{\circ}C$ to $240^{\circ}C$ at a rate of $3^{\circ}C/min$. The mean contents of eight aromatic acids in 8 white ginseng samples were as follows; salicylic acid: 4.30 ppm, cinnamic acid: 18.2 ppm, vanillic acid: 4.22 ppm, gentisic acid: trace, syringic acid: 6.69 ppm, p-coumaric acid: 13.3 ppm, ferulic acid : 21.9 ppm, caffeic acid: 24.3 ppm, respectively.

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Studies on Quality Control of Crude Drugs Preparations, Chemical Analysis of 'Gal Gun Tang' (생약제제의 이화학적 품질평가에 관한 연구 갈근탕(葛根湯)의 연구)

  • Jung, Jee-H.;Kim, Jin-Soo;Park, Hee-Juhn;Park, Jong-Hee
    • Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.42-47
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    • 1997
  • The prescription of Gal Gun Tang, which has been used for treatment of cold, fever, and muscular pain in Chinese herb medicine, is produced in the form of decoction However, the storage problem for this dosage form remains unsettled. Using HPLC and GC, we examined quantitative change of major constituents caused by time-progress and temperature-change. Nine major constituents, such as cinnamaldehyde, cinnamic acid, ephedrine, puerarin, paeoniflorin, daidzin, benzoic acid, glycyrrhizin and liquiritin, were selected as references. The content of cinnamaldehyde significantle decreased by the increase of temperature. While that of cinnamic acid increased. Benzoic acid showed the most significant change of the content in three months at $40^{\circ}C$. It is suggested that most of constituents are considerably stable when kept frozen.

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Assessment on Antioxidant Properties of Oplopanax elatus Nakai in vitro

  • Kim, Jun-Heong;Eom, Seok-Hyun;Lee, Han-Shin;Kim, Jae-Kwang;Yu, Chang-Yeon;Kwon, Yong-Soo;Lee, Ju-Kyong;Kim, Myong-Jo
    • Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.112-119
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    • 2007
  • Effects of Oplopanax elatus have known to various pharmaceutical therapies. However, chemical prosperities in the plant are rarely investigated. In order to detect biological activity, we evaluated the antioxidant activity of five fractions from methanolic extracts in each part of O. elatus. Also, contents of polyphenols and polysaccharides were measured. Five fractions were of sub-fractions using n-hexane, ethyl-acetate, n-butanol, and water from methanolic extracts. Ethylacetate and n-butanol fractions from stem and root exhibited strong antioxidant activity and high total phenolics content. On the HPLC analysis, ten free phenolics, including p-hydroxybenzoic acid, chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, syringic acid, p-cou maric acid, ferulic acid, naringin, hesperidin, quercetin and trans-cinnamic acid, were identified from the fractions and were shown to different quantitative proportions. Furthermore, ethylacetate and n-butanol fraction had the highest amount of chlorogenic acids, one of the cinnamic acid derivatives possessing pharmacological properties. These results indicated that the fractions of O. elatus, as well as methanolic extracts, could be used as natural antioxidative ingredients.

Differences in Phenolic Compounds between Korean Ginseng and Mountain Ginseng (고려인삼과 장뇌삼의 페놀성 성분 비교 연구)

  • 유병삼;이호재;변상요
    • KSBB Journal
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.120-124
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    • 2000
  • Differences in phenolic $\infty$mpounds were observed between cultured and mountain ginsengs. Cinnamic acid and p-hydroxy­b benzoic acid in Korean mountain ginseng and Chinese mountain ginseng were much higher than those in Korean ginseng. C Contents of the esculetin in Korean cultured ginseng and Korean mountain ginseng were higher than that in Chinese m mountain ginseng. The highest contents of esculetin in Korean mountain ginseng was$47.2\mu\textrm{g}/g$. Contents of the ferulic acid a and caffeic acid in red $\infty$lored Korean mountain ginseng were higher than any other ginseng.

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Elicitor-induced Phenylalanine-Ammonia Lyase, Cinnamic Acid 4-Hydroxylase and $rho-Coumaroyl$ transferase Activity in Ephedra Distachya Cultures

  • Song, Kyung-Sik;Yutaka Ebizuka
    • Archives of Pharmacal Research
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.219-222
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    • 1996
  • Ephedra olistachya cultures have been known to accumulate $rho-coumaroylamino$ acids by elicitor treatment. Based on their chemical structures, the biosynthetic pathway of$rho-coumaroylamino$acids was postulated and phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL), cinnamic acid 4-hydroxylase (4-CH) and p-coumaroyl CoA: D-Ala p-coumaroyltransferase ($rho-CT$) were supposed to be involved in the pathway. The time course inductions of these enzymes were investigated after treatment of yeast extract, yeast-derived mannan glycopeptide and D-Ala. They were detectable at only 4 hours and reached to their maximum level at 9 hours after onset of elicitor treatment. The activities of PAL and 4-CH were almost disappeared within 24 hours, however, that of $rho-CT$was remained up to 48 hours irrespective of the kind of elicitors. $rho-CT$ showed substrate specificity to D-Ala at crude enzyme extract level.

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The Antibacterial Component from Cinnamomi Cortex against a Cariogenic Bacterium Streptococcus matans OMZ 176

  • Bae, Ki-Hwan;Ji, Jong-Myung;Park, Kyung-Lae
    • Archives of Pharmacal Research
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.239-241
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    • 1992
  • The methanol extract of Cinnamoni Cortex showed antibacterial action against cariogenic bacterium, Streptococcus mutans OMZ 176. The active principle of the extract was identified to be trans-cinnamaldehyde, which was bactericidal in the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of $100\;\mu$g/ml against the strain. From the results of antibacterial activity of cinnamaldehyde and its derivatives, the acrolein group in the cinnamaldehyde was elucidated to be an essential element for the activity.

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Biochemistry of Salicylic Acid and its Role in Disease Resistance

  • Lee, Hyung-Il;Raskin, Ilya
    • Korean Journal of Plant Tissue Culture
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.233-238
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    • 1997
  • Salicylic acid (SA) is involved in the establishment of systemic acquired resistance (SAR) in many plant including tobacco. Considering the important role of SA in disease resistance, biosynthetic and metabolic pathways of SA in tobacco have been studied extensively: The initial step for biosynthetic pathway of SA is conversion of phenylalanine to trans-cinnamic acid, followed by decarboxylation of trans-cinnamic acid to benzoic acid and ie subsequent ring hydroxylation at the C-2 position to form SA. In TMV inoculated tobacco, most of the newly synthesized SA is glucosylated or methylated. Methyl salicylate has been identified as a biologically active, volatile signal. In contrast, the two glucosylated forms accumulate in the vicinity of lesions and consist of SA glucoside, a major metabolite, and SA glucose ester, a relatively minor from. Two enzymes involved in SA biosynthesis and metabolism have been purified and characterized : benzoic acid 2-hydroxylase which catalyzes conversion of benzoic acid to SA; UDP-Glucose: SA 1-O-D glucosyltransferase which converts SA to SA glucose ester. Further studies of the biosynthetic and metabolic pathways of SA will help to elucidate the SAR signal transduction pathway and provide potential tools for the manipulation of disease resistance.

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