• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.34 no.4
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• pp.312-317
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• 1991

The volatile components of Korean and Chinese Inulae flos were identified. It is made of dried Inulae flos from the components were collected by simultaneous steam distillation extract method. Those were analyzed by combined gas chromatography(GC) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometrt(GC/MS). Sixty two components, including 10 hydrocarbons, 7 aldehydes, 18 alcohols, 3 ketones, 5 esters, 13 acids and 6 miscellaneous components were identified. Volatile components in Inulae flos were fractinated into one hydrocarbon fraction and two oxygenated hydrocarbon fractions by using silica gel column chromatography. The volatile components consisted of 16.85% hydrocarbon and 83.15% oxygenated hydrocarbons in Korean Inulae flos, 23.46% hydrocarbon and 76.53% oxygenated hydrocarbons in Chinese Inulae flos.

• Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.19-25
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• 2018

Background: Inula japonica Thunb. is a plant belonging to the family compositae. Inulae flos (flower of I. britannica var. chinensis Regal.) is the dried flower of I. japonica Thunb. and contains various flavonoids (patulitrin, nepitrin and kaempferol), which have been utilized in traditional oriental medicine to treat nausea, phlegm, and coughs. However, ethanol extract of I. britannica (IJE) has not been previously studied for its use in cancer treatment, and its effects on oxidative stress, or inflammation. Thus, the present study investigated the anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-colorectal cancer effects of IJE using RAW264.7 and HCT-116 cells, which are human colorectal cancer cell line. Methods and Results: IJE contained flavonoids ($80.95{\pm}5.3mg/g$) and polyphenols ($310.53{\pm}10.6mg/g$). Moreover, it reduced lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced nitric oxide (NO) production and $H_2O_2$-induced oxidative stress by decreasing reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels. Additionally, the $500{\mu}g/m{\ell}$ IJE treatment increased caspase-3 activity and apoptotic cell death in HCT-116 cells. Conclusions: These results demonstrate that the anti-cancer effect of IJE against human colorectal cancer cells involves caspase-3 activation and apoptotic cell death. IJE also inhibited LPS-induced NO production, and $H_2O_2$-induced oxidative stress in RAW264.7 cells. However, further studies are required to explore how IJE treatment regulates signal transduction in NO and ROS production.