• 대한한방피부미용학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.91-97
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• 2005

(1) Objectives: To discover natural skin-lightening agents, we have evaluated the inhibitory activity of EtOH extracts from 20 medicinal plants against mushroom tyrosinase. (2) Methods: Tyrosinase activity was determined by the dopachrome method using L-tyrosine as the substrates. (3) Results: Of the plant extracts tested, the extracts of 4 plants, Albizzia julibrissin, Curcuma longa, Anethum graveolens and Sophora flavescens, exhibited potent inhibitory activity (> 50%) in mushroom tyrosinase assay. Four plant extract, extracts of Agrimonia pilosa, Paeonia moutan, Magnolia obovata and Eugenia caryophyllata also showed relatively strong inhibitory (> 40%) against mushroom tyrosinase. (4) Conclusion: These active medicinal plants may be useful for the development of skin-whitening agents. Since the active medicinal plants may contain effective tyrosinase inhibitors even more than kojic acid, further study to identify the active constituents from the plants is expected.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.171-176
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• 2002

본 연구는 천연 항산화제를 찾아내기 위해 42종의 한약재를 대상으로 항산화능을 검색하였으며 그 결과 DPPH에 대해서는 가자, 소목, 지유, 복분자, 초두구 등이 Linoleic Acid 과산화에 대해서는 정향, 양강, 건강, 창이자, 괴화, 마두령, 초두구 등이 높은 항산화력을 나타내었다. 또한 DPPH에 대해 높은 소거활성을 보였던 가자, 소목, 지유, 복분자, 초두구 등의 LDL 산화에 대한 저해 효과를 실험한 결과 5가지 한약재 모두 알파토코페롤보다 높은 효력을 나타내었다. 특히 가자는 실험된 42종의 한약재 중에서 DPPH 소거능 $(3.08\;{\mu}g/ml)$이 가장 높았으며 이 값은 알파-토코페롤의 $(13.52\;{\mu}g/ml)$보다 4배 이상 높은 수치였고 LDL 산화 억제 효능에 있어서도 21.55 및 $(43.10\;{\mu}g/ml)$의 농도에서 각각 53% 및 73%로서 알파-토코페롤의 21% 및 23%보다 $2{\sim}3$배 이상 높은 수치였다.

• 보존과학연구
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• 통권22호
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• pp.5-25
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• 2001

The germicidal and insecticidal properties of volatile components extracted from star anise(Illicium verum Hooker filius) and clove (Eugenia caryophyllata THUNBERG)were evaluated against five microorganisms and three insects for the purpose of developing biocidal active substances from medicinal plants. The volatile components of star anise and clove showed strong antimicrobial effect against Aspergillus niger, Penicillium funiculosum, Mucor hiemalis, Trichoderma viride, and Aureobasidium pullulans. The extracts of each medicine also showed insecticidal effects against Sitophilusoryzae L., Lyctus linearis GOZE, and Reticulitermes spertus kyushuensis Morimoto. Fumigant toxicities to adult insects were determined. In the case of fumiganttoxicity, the extract of star anise showed 100% mortality against R. spertus, S.oryzae, and L. linearis at rates of $2.5\mu\ell$, $50\mu\ell$, $250\mu\ell$/filter paper, respectively but showed no killing effects by clove. The volatile components of star anise and clove were investigated by means of GC/MS. The main constitute, anethole among 20components from star anise and eugenol among 9 components from clove were identified. The mixture of star anise and clove as the volume ratio of 2 : 1 showed higher properties for antimicrobial and insecticidal effect than each volatile component. A. niger was inhibited by the mixture(125ml/$m^3$) for up to 10 days of exposure. Also, from the result of observing state change of organic materials by volatile extracts of star anise and clove, volatile extracts effects have no effect on natural organic materials of organic cultural properties and can be used as biological control agent. As research contents as above, the insecticidal and germicidal agents from star anise and clove and the mixture of them were more efficient and high level to prevent biological damage for conservation of organic cultural properties. So they may be used in new development of biologicalinsecticidal and germicidal agents for conservation of cultural properties.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.178-182
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• 2008

Five essential oils and 15 herbal extracts were evaluated to control Bursaphelenchus xylophillus in laboratory. The essential oils from clove plant (Syzygium aromaticum), mustard (Brassica integrefolia), thyme (Thymus vulgaris), and Pelargonium inquinans were found to be highly promising and gave excellent control of the nematodes at all the time of exposure. Among them, the least one gave 91.3% mean mortality rate at 24 hours of exposure time, which is highly significant from the control. While in the second study, most of the methanol (Desmodium caudatum, Paulownia coreana, Auckulandia lappa, Sophota flavescens, Aloe sp., Rheum palmatum, Zingiber officinale, Magnolia officinalis, and Eugenia caryophyllata), hexane (Torreya nucifera, Pharbitis nil, Prunus mume, Melia azedarach, and Xanthium strumarium), and hot water (Cinnamomum cassia) herbal extracts killed the nematodes, but in varying degrees compared to the control. Only one extract was found to be promising viz Magnolia officinalis which found to be statistically different from the control and gave mean mortality of 72, 82.3, and 85.3 % for 24, 48, and 72 hours exposure, respectively. Further screening was conducted for M. officinalis with concentrations of 1,000, 100, and 10 ppm against the same species of nematode with the same time of exposure. However, it gave an excellent result for 1,000 ppm for all time of exposure, whereas for the 100 and 10 ppm it gave mean mortality of 39.5 and 25.8% for the time 72hrs, respectively that were statistically different from the control.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.206-213
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 32종 생약재로부터 70% 에탄올과 물 추출물을 제조하고, 이들의 항균, 항곰팡이, 항암, 항고혈압활성을 조사하였다. 생약재외 추출물 제조는 32종의 생약재를 100에서 2시간동안 추출한 후 동결 건조하였다. 항균활성은 6종의 병원성 미생물을 사용하여 32종 생약재의 물 추출물과 70% 에탄올추출물에 대해 조사하였다. 그중 가자의 물 추출물과 70% 에탄올 추출물을 $125{\mu}g$ 첨가했을 때 14mm 이상의 항균 억제환을 나타내어 가장 좋은 항균활성을 보였다. 항곰팡이 활성은 5종의 곰팡이를 사용하여 32종 생약재의 물 추출물과 70% 에탄올추출물에 대해 paper disc확산법으로 조사하였다. 그 결과 계피의 70% 에탄올추출물을 $1000{\mu}g$ 첨가했을 때 10mm이상의 항균 억제환을 보여 가장 좋은 항곰팡이 활성을 나타내었다. 32종의 생약재 물 추출물과 70% 에탄을 추출물에 대한 ACE저해 활성을 조사하였다. 그 결과 파고지의 물 추출물이 10mf/mL의 농도에서 65.2%의 억제율을 나타내었으며, 파고지의 물 추출물로부터 sephacryl S-300 컬럼으로 분획한 Fr I의 분획물이 5mg/mL의 농도에서 81.1%의 억제율을 나타내었다. 생약재의 물 추출물과 70%에탄올 추출물의 세포독성을 조사하였다. 선정된 6종의 생약재중 정향의 에탄올 침전분획이 암세포에 대해 가장 우수한 세포독성을 나타내었다.