• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.205-211
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• 2007

The fruits and stems of Opuntia ficus-indica var. saboten have been reported to exhibit a variety of pharmacological actions, including antioxidant, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and anti-ulcer effects. In the present study, we evaluated effects of the butanol fraction (SK OFB901) prepared from the 50% ethanol extract of the stems on various types of neuronal injuries induced by oxidative stress, excitotoxins, and amyloid ${\beta}\;(A_{\beta})$ in primary cultured rat cortical cells. Its antioxidant and radical scavenging activities were also evaluated by cell-free bioassays. We found that SK OFB901 strongly inhibited the oxidative neuronal damage induced by $H_2O_2$ or xanthine/xanthine oxidase. In addition, it exhibited marked inhibition of the excitotoxic neuronal damage induced by glutamate, N-methyl-D-aspartic acid, or kainate. Furthermore, the $A_{\beta(25-35)}$-induced neurotoxicity was also significantly attenuated by SK OFB901. It was found to inhibit lipid peroxidation initiated by $Fe^{2+}$ and L-ascorbic acid in rat brain homogenates and scavenge 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl free radicals. These results indicate that the butanol fraction prepared from the stems of Opuntia ficus-indica var. saboten exerts potent antioxidant and neuroprotective effects through multiple mechanisms, implying its potential applications for the prevention or management of neurodegenerative disorders associated with oxidative stress, excitotoxicity, and $A{\beta}$.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.279-286
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• 2005

손바닥선인장 추출물은 한의학에서 항염증 작용, 화상, 부종, 소화 불량 등 몇 가지의 생리학적 기능이 확인되었다. 본 연구에서는 손바닥선인장 줄기를 메탄올을 이용하여 추출한 후 그 추출물을 이용하여 항균활성을 확인한 결과 병원균 등 일반 세균에서 항균활성을 확인하였다. 특히, 약제내성균 및 혐기성 균인 여드름 원인균 뿐만 아니라 효모, 곰팡이 등 진균류에서도 항균활성을 나타내어 넓은 항균 스펙트럼을 가지고 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 열 처리, 저장온도 및 저장기간이 항균활성에 영향을 미치지 않았으므로 온도 및 기간에 안정함을 확인할 수 있었고, 식품 보존제로서의 가능성 확인 시험에서도 기존의 식품 보존제보다 안전성이 있는 항균활성 물질로 평가되었다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제52권4호
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• pp.358-365
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• 2019

This study investigated the effects of dietary cactus Opuntia ficus-indica stem and fruit extract on the growth, flesh quality, lysozyme activity, and histological changes of growing Korean rockfish Sebastes schlegeli. Three replicates of fish (152 g/fish) were fed one of the following diets: containing 0 additions (control); 0.1, 0.5, or 1.0% cactus stem powder; or 1.0% fruit extract for 11 weeks. Growth performance did not differ significantly among treatments, including survival, final weight, feed efficiency, and daily feed intake. The experimental diets did not affect the proximate and fatty acid compositions, plasma biochemistry, or dorsal muscle texture of the fish. However, the plasma lysozyme activity of the fish fed the diet containing 0.1% cactus stem was significantly higher than that of the fish fed the control diet. These fish had variously sized lipid vacuoles in the liver tissue compared with the control. Distinct mucosal folds and mucus-secreting goblet cells developed in the fish fed the diet containing 1% cactus stem compared with the other dietary groups. These results suggest that feeding growing Korean rockfish cactus stem might increase the plasma lysozyme activity and induce histological changes in the gastrointestinal tract that might be related to digestion.

• 동아시아식생활학회지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.967-974
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• 2009

백년초 분말을 첨가한 발효유 제조의 기초 자료를 얻기 위하여 백년초 분말이 유산균의 생육에 미치는 영향을 조사하였으며, 또한 백년초 발효유를 저장하는 동안 유산균의 변화를 관찰하였다. 백년초 분말 0.1, 0.2, 0.5와 1.0%를 발효유에 첨가하여 배양하였고, 백년초 분말 첨가량이 증가할수록 발효유 지표가 되는 pH 4.5에 도달하는 배양 시간이 빨라졌으며, 대조구의 경우 배양 6시간 이후에 적정 산도 1.0%와 유산균수 $10^8\;CFU/mL$ 이상 되었고, 백년초 분말을 첨가한 발효유는 모두 6시간 전에 적정 산도 1.0%와 유산균수 $10^8\;CFU/mL$ 이상 도달하였다. 발효유의 점도는 백년초 분말의 첨가량이 증가할수록 증가하여 대조구가 620 cp인데 비하여 1.0% 첨가 발효유는 980 cp로서 상당한 차이를 볼 수 있었다. 백년초 발효유의 저장 중 유산균수는 대조구가 저장 20일 이후에 급속히 저하하여 $10^8\;CFU/mL$에서 $10^{6{\sim}7}\;CFU/mL$ 이하로 급격히 감소한 반면 모든 백년초 발효유에서는 저장 30일까지도 $10^8\;CFU/mL$이상의 유산균수를 유지하였다. 백년초를 첨가하여 제조한 발효유를 급여한 처리구는 대조구에 비해 월등히 높아 증체율이 대조구에 비하여 110% 이상 유의성 있는 증가 효과가 나타났다(p<0.05). 이유자돈의 분변 중 암모니아 가스 발생량은 발효유와 백년초를 첨가한 발효유를 급여한 처리구가 7.5 ppm 이하로 대조구에 비하여 80% 이상 감소하였다. 그러나 증체율, 사료 요구율 및 분변 중 암모니아 가스의 농도에서 발효유와 백년초 분말 발효유를 급여한 처리간의 유의성은 없었다(p<0.05). 백년초 분말을 첨가한 발효유의 관능검사 결과는 전반적으로 0.1과 0.2% 첨가구에서 대조구와 유사한 결과를 보여주었으나, 0.5%와 1.0% 첨가구에서는 낮은 관능검사 결과를 보여주었다. 이상의 결과에서 나타난 것처럼 백년초 분말을 첨가하여 발효유를 제조할 경우, 발효시간의 단축과 더불어 저장 기간을 상당히 연장할 수 있을 것으로 보여지며, 장내 환경 개선에도 효과적일 것으로 보여진다. 하지만 백년초 분말 첨가량을 증가할수록 관능에 따른 품질이 떨어지므로 향후 이를 개선하는 연구가 필요할 것으로 여겨진다.

• 동아시아식생활학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.112-118
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• 2005

Fig(Ficus carica L.) which belongs to Moraceae family has been used as digestion promoter, cure for ulcerative inflammation and eruption in Korea. Figs have very short preservation period and can be kept only 1 week even in the refrigeration system. The possibility of wine-making from Korean figs was tested by analyzing the fermentation characteristics, proximate analysis and free sugar contents of wine made of slices with 20% sugar addition. Ethanol fermentation of the figs by Saccharomyces cerevisiae was done rapidly. The ethanol contents, pH, total acidity and sugar content were 12.1%, 3.91, 0.42% and 9.9 °Brix, respectively. The results from the sensory evaluation were as follows. The wine made from the sliced figs were better than that from fig juices in their sensory scores. The wine made with frozen figs was not different from that made with fresh ones. To improve the quality of wine, the addition of dried leaf powder in the concentration of 100 ppm were tried and found it was superior to the one made without leaf.

• 생약학회지
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• 제32권4호통권127호
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• pp.330-337
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• 2001

Prickly pear(Opuntia ficus-indica var. saboten Makino, Cactaceae) is a tropical or subtropical plant, which is widely used as folk medicine for burned wound, edema and indigestion. Screening on the biological properties of the fruits(OFS-Fr) and stems(OFS-St) of the plant was carried out to prove the pharmacological significance. By hot plate and acetic acid-inducing writhing methods, significant analgesic effects of OFS-Fr and OFS-St were found in mice and anti-edemic effect was observed in carrageenin-induced inflammatory rats. However, the extracts showed no significant actions on central and autonomic nervous system and blood circulatory system, which imply no toxic effects to animal.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.38-41
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• 1997

The hypoglycemic effect of the extract of Ficus racemosa leaves was studied on streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Petroleum ether $(60-80^{\circ}C)$ extract of the plant obtained by soxhlet extraction from coarsely pulverised leaves was used. In the $LD_{50}$ determination of the extract no abnormalities were observed at the dose range of 3 g/kg (p.o.) of the extract. The extract (200 mg/kg and 400 mg/kg orally) caused a reduction of blood glucose levels in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats by 28.9% (P<0.00l) and 34.6% (P<0.001) respectively at the end of 9 days. The results. of this study indicate that the petroleum ether $(60-80^{\circ}C)$ extract of the leaves possesses significant hypoglycemic activity in hyperglycemic animals compared with glybenclamide as standard drug.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.192-195
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• 2015

An antibacterial benzoquinone, 2,6-dimethoxy-1,4-benzoquinone, isolated from Ficus foveolata stems was used as a standard marker for establishment of quantitative HPLC analysis for the stem extracts of F. foveolata. The method utilized a TSK-gel ODS-80Ts column (5 μm, 4.6 × 250 mm) with the mixture of methanol and 5% acetic acid in water (24:76, v/v) as the mobile phase at a flow rate of 1 mL/min, and quantitative detection at 289 nm. The parameters i.e. linearity, intraday and interday precision, accuracy, specificity and sensitivity of the method were evaluated for method validation. The recoveries of the method were 99.5 - 103.6% and good linearity (R² ≥ 0.9999) was obtained. A high degree of specificity, sensitivity as well as repeatability and reproducibility (RSD less than 2 and 5%, respectively) were also achieved. Chloroform was served as the most suitable solvent for extraction of 2,6-dimethoxy-1,4-benzoquinone. The optimised sample preparation and HPLC method can be practically used in the routine quality control process of F. foveolata stem extracts.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.362-364
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• 2000

Opuntia ficus-indca(Op) extract has been claimed to have several therapeutic properties in oriental medicine including anti-inflammatory and anti-rheumatoid arthritis effects. Little is known of its effect on the activation of immune cells such as T cells and macrophages. To evaluate the functional effect of Op extract on immune cells, we examined whether Op extract stimulates the proliferation of T cells and the secretion of cytokines including IL-1 beta, IL-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha in THP-1 cell lines by RT-PCR. Op extract significantly enhanced the proliferation of T cell clone(D10S). Transcription of cytokines including IL-1 beta, IL-6, and TNF-alpha peaked 6 hrs after exposure to Op extract(100g/ml) in the THP-1 cell line and declined and declined thereafter. In an experiment to test the dose dependency of transcription of cytokines, transcription increased at a dose of 10 g/ml and the maximum expression was obtained at 100 g/ml, 6 hrs after exposure to Op extract. These findings suggest that Op extract is a potent stimulant of immune cells including T cells and macrophages, which acts by stimulating T cell proliferation and upregulating cytokines. These phenomena imply that some edible plants may be beneficial to living animals through the activation of immune functions.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.29-34
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• 2008

손바닥선인장(Opuntia ficus-indica var. saboten Makino) 줄기 가수분해 분획물(MBT-01108)의 어병세균에 대한 in vitro 항균활성을 조사하였다. 실험에 사용한 어병세균은 Edwardsiella tarda, Listonella anguillarum, Vibrio sp., Lactococcus garvieae, L. raffinose, Streptococcus parauberis, S. iniae 등 총 18종이었다. 또한, oxytetracycline을 포함한 시판 항균제 disc를 MBT-01108의 항균활성에 대한 양성 대조군으로 하여 항균활성을 비교 조사하였다. 그 결과, MBT-01108은 실험에 사용한 어병세균들에 대하여 우수한 항균활성을 나타내었다.