• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.173-178
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• 1996

Aerobic cells are normally protected from the damage of free radicals by antioxidative on , zymes such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase, glutathione (GSH) peroxidase, GSH S- transferase and GSH reductase which scavenge free radicals as well as nonenzymatic antioxidants such as ceruloplasmin, albumin and nonprotein-SH including GSH. The effects of each component (ginsenoside $Rb_1$, $Rb_2$, Rc, Rd, Re, $Rb_1$, Rf, $Rh_1$ and $Rh_2$) of red ginseng on the antioxidative enzyme activities were investigated in the liver in order to screen antioxidative components of red ginseng. Ginsenoside $Rb_1$ and Rc showed a tendency to increase GSH peroxidase activity, while ginsenoside Rc significantly decreased Cu,Zn-SOD activity. Especially, ginsenoside $Rh_2$ significantly increased catalase activity. These results suggest that ginsenoside $Rh_2$ is an important active component among total saponins of red ginseng.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제47권6호
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• pp.874-881
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• 2014

A laboratory experiment was conducted to determine chronic effects of waterborne copper exposure on rock bream Oplegnathus fasciatus using a panel of enzymes. The activities of the following biochemical biomarkers were determined at different concentrations of $CuSO_4$ for 10 and 20 days: alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in plasma; antioxidant enzymes including glutathione (GSH), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) in liver and gills; and acethylcholinesterase (AChE) in brain and muscle. After exposure to two $CuSO_4$ concentrations (200 and $400{\mu}g/L$), the activities of plasma ALT in the fish showed a tendency to increase with AST and LDH, depending on $CuSO_4$ concentration. Additionally, GSH levels and SOD activities significantly increased, depending on $CuSO_4$ concentrations in liver and gills. This involved the inactivation of reactive molecules formed during oxidative stress, which could provide protection against oxidative damage induced by $CuSO_4$. However, GPx and AChE activities significantly decreased with $CuSO_4$ in liver and gills. In conclusion, these enzymes may represent convenient biomarkers for monitoring heavy metal pollution in coastal areas. Such chronic exposure studies are necessary for improving our understanding of complementary or deleterious effects of pollutants, and for developing metal toxicity biomarkers.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.105-110
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• 2007

The study was designed to observe antioxidant activities of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) by determining antioxidant enzyme protein levels [cytochrome P4502 El (CYP2E1), Copper, Zinc-superoxide dismutase (CuZn-SOD), glutathione peroxidase (CSH-Px), glutathione S-transferase (GST)] by Western blot analysis and the levels of ${\alpha}$-tocopherol and 2-thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) in the liver of chronically ethanol-treated rats. Sixty Sprague Dawley male rats were divided into 3 groups (Control, EtOH, EtOH+CLA). All rats were fed Lieber-DeCarli liquid diet for 4 weeks by pair-feeding against the EtOH group. The liquid diet was supplemented with 1.77g CLA mixture per kg diet in the EtOH+CLA group. Isocaloric maltose dextrin was added in replace of 50g ethanol (36%kcal) for the Control group. Ethanol ingestion significantly increased the levels of CYP2E1 protein and TBARS, but significantly reduced CuZn-SOD protein level and increased GST protein level. There was no significant effect on the level of GSH-Px protein and ${\alpha}$-tocopherol in the liver by ethanol. CLA supplementation with ethanol significantly increased the levels of CuZn-SOD, GSH-Px and GST and also significantly attenuated TBARS level, whereas there was no significant effect on the levels of CYP2E1 protein and ${\alpha}$-tocopherol by CLA. Overall, the CLA supplemented to ethanol could significantly increase the levels of CuZn-SOD, GSH-Px and GST proteins and reduce the level of TBARS in the liver of chronically ethanol-treated rats.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.104-111
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• 1993

연구배경 : 그람 음성균의 내독소는 ARDS를 유발하는 제일 흔한 원인으로 알려져 있으며 그 기전중에 내독소에 의해서 폐로의 유입이 증가되고 활성화된 호중구에서 분비하는 산소기가 증가하여 모세혈관 내피세포등에 손상을 입히기 때문이라는 설이 유력하다. 그러한 증가된 산소기를 처리하는 항산화효소가 내독소를 대량 투여하거나 소량 반복투여시 어떻게 변화하는지 알아보고자 본 실험을 하였다. 방법 : 250~300g 되는 쥐에 내독소 대량투여군은 7mg/kg body weight로 내독소를 1회 복강내 주사하였고 소량 반복투여군은 1 mg/kg body weight로 10일간 매일 복강내 주사하였다. 대량투여군은 주사후 6, 12, 24시간후에, 소량 반복투여군은 주사후 3, 7, 10일에 각각 기관지 폐포세척술을 시행하고 살해하였다. 폐동맥을 통하여 생리 식염수를 주입하여 적혈구를 제거한후 양측 폐를 들어내고 무게를 잰후 무게의 5배되는 용량의 50 mM potassium phosphate 완충액하에 3분 간 homogenize시켰다. 이들 $4^{\circ}C$ 에서 60분간 100,000g의 속도로 원심분리하여 상충액을 $-70^{\circ}C$에 보관하였다가 Cu, Zn SOD, Mn SOD, catalase, GSH-Px와 albumin 농도를 측정하였다. 결과: 1) 폐의 wet/dry 무게비 및 기관지 폐포세척액내 albumin 농도는 내독소 대량투여후 12시간에 최고로 증가하였고 기관지 폐포세척액내 호중구는 내독소 대량투여후 6 시간에 최고로 증가하였다. 2) Cu, Zn SOD (IU/mg protein)는 대조군 ($66.7{\pm}26.3$)에 비해 대량투여군에서 6시간후 ($21.86{\pm}5.79$)와 12시간후 ($31.96{\pm}9.54$)에 각각 의의있는 감소를 나타냈으며 소량 반복투여군에서는 큰 변화가 없었다. 3) Mn SOD, catalase, GSH-Px의 양은 대량 또는 소량투여군 모두에서 특별한 변화를 관찰할 수 없었다. 결론: 내독소를 대량투여시 급성 폐부종의 소견과 함께 폐조직내 Cu, Zn SOD가 6시간 및 12시간후에 현저히 감소함을 관찰할 수 있었는데 이러한 현상은 내독소에 의해서 폐의 세포가 손상을 받은 때문으로 생각된다. 따라서 SOD를 외부에서 보충해주거나 폐내에서 합성을 증가시키는 방법으로 급성 폐손상의 진행을 막을수 있는지에 대한 연구가 진행되어야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.1215-1219
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• 2001

In vitro 항산화 활성이 확인된 참취가 생체 내에서도 활성을 나타내는 지를 확인하기 위해 대조군과 5%및 10% 참취 분말을 첨가한 식이를 4주간 횐쥐에 투여하면서 마지막 1주간 알콜로 산화적 스트레스를 유발한 후 희생시킨 흰쥐의 체중 증가량과 함께 체중에 대한 장기의 상대 중량, 간, 신장에서의 지질과산화, 항산화효소 활성, glutathione 및 혈청 알부민의 함량을 분석하였다. 4주간의 사육 후 체중 증가량은 대조군, 5% 참취첨가군 그리고 10% 참취첨가군의 순으로 높았으나 유의적인 차이는 없었으며 체중에 대한 상대적인 장기 중량 중에서 간, 비장은 대조군에 비해 참취 첨가군의 경우 더 낮은 비율을 나타내었다. 간에서 지질과산화로 생성되는 TBARS 함량은 대조군(66 $\mu\textrm{g}$)에 비해 5%(45 $\mu\textrm{g}$) 및 10% 참취 분말 식이군(35 $\mu\textrm{g}$)에서 참취 첨가량이 증가할수록 낮았다. Mn-SOD와 catalase활성은 참취 첨가군들에서 대조군보다 낮았으나 Cu, Zn-SOD와 glutathione peroxidase 활성 및 glutathione 함량은 실험군들간에 유의적인 차이를 나타내지 않았다. 신장에서는 Mn-SOD와 glutathione peroxidase 활성이 대조군보다 참취 첨가군에서 유사하거나 낮은 경향을 나타내었으나 Cu, Zn-SOD와 catalase의 활성 및 TBARS, glutathione의 함량은 실험군들간에 유의적인 차이를 보이지 않았다. 한편, 혈청 알부민의 함량은 실험군들간에 큰 차이가 없었다. 이상과 같은 실험 결과를 종합할 때 참취는 에탄올에 의해 유발된 산화적인 스트레스를 적절하게 방어하여 특히 간장에서의 지질과산화 및 Mn-SOD활성의 감소를 가져왔으며 그 효과는 참취의 첨가량에 비례하는 경향을 나타내었으므로 생체 안에서 알코올과 같은 산화적 스트레스에 대한 항산화제로서의 역할을 효과적으로 수행할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.396-404
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• 2007

Increased oxidative stress contributes to the progression of atherosclerosis. We measured serum antioxidant mineral concentrations, capacities of serum antioxidant enzymes and fasting lipid profile in 97 male patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and 21 male controls. Nutrient intake was assessed by the semi-quantitative food frequency method. CAD patients were divided into single-vessel disease (SVD, n=66) and multi-vessel disease (MVD, n = 31) groups on the coronary angiography. The ratio of serum LDL- to HDL-cholesterol elevated with an increasing number of diseased vessels compared to the control (control < SVD < MVD, p < 0.05). Patients with SVD and MVD had higher levels of serum lipoprotein (a) than the control (p < 0.05). The mean intake of carbohydrate, protein and cholesterol was higher in MVD patients and the intakes of vitamins C and E were lower in MVD and SVD patients than in the control (p < 0.05). Serum copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn) levels were higher in MVD and SVD patients than in the control (Cu: control $75.8{\pm}5.07$, SVD $99.2{\pm}2.90$, MVD $100.1{\pm}2.32{\mu}g/dL$, p<0.01; Zn: $76.8{\pm}5.36$, $119.0{\pm}5.95$, $129.1{\pm}2.70{\mu}g/dL$, p < 0.01). And the ratio of Zn to Cu was higher in SVD and MVD patients than in the control (control $0.78{\pm}0.06$, SVD $0.88{\pm}0.05$, MVD $0.99{\pm}0.04$, P < 0.05). The activity of glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) was lower in MVD than in SVD and the control (control $35.13{\pm}1.34$, SVD $35.30{\pm}1.01$, MVD $31.00{\pm}1.04 U/mg$ protein, p < 0.05). The ratio of the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) to GSH-Px was higher in MVD than in control and SVD (p < 0.05). In groups with CAD, serum Cu and Zn concentrations and their ratio were changed compared to the control. GSH-Px activity was decreased and the ratio of SOD to GSH-Px was increased in the patients with MVD. The balances between the activities of SOD and GSH-Px should also be considered a risk factor in CAD patients.

• 고려인삼학회:학술대회논문집
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• 고려인삼학회 1993년도 학술대회지
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• pp.30-32
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• 1993

In biological system, there are enzymes such as superoxide dismutase(SOD), catalase and glutathione(GSH) peroxidase which scavenge reactive oxygen species as well as antioxidants such as ceruloplasmin, albumin and nonprotein-bound SH including GSH related to defense mechanism. In the present study, the protective effects of ginsenoside $Rb_2$ against oxidative stress were investigated in the SAM-R/1 mice. Treatment with ginsenoside $Rb_2$ significantly increased Cu, Zn-SOD and Mn-SOD in the liver. Ginsenoside $Rb_2$ tended to increase hepatic catalase activity and significantly increased serum albumin and nonprotein-bound SH levels in the liver. But treatment with ginsenoside $Rb_2$ showed a significant decrease in hepatic malondialdehyde(MDA) levels compared to control group. Furthermore, we compared the effects in the hepatic SOD, MDA and serum albumin. These findings suggest that the increase of antioxidants by ginsenoside $Rb_2$ results in the protective effects against reactive oxygen species.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.14-22
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• 2001

In this study, we examined the effects of dietary fatty acids and vitamin E supplementation on antioxidant systems in the rat brain regions. The Sprague Dawley rats were fed the experimental diets 3-4 wks prior to the conception. Experimental diet consisted of 10% fat(wt/wt) which were safflower oil(SO, poor in $\omega$3 fatty acids), mixed oil(MO, P/M/S ratio=1.03:1.45:1,$\omega$6/$\omega$3 ratio=6.3) and mixed oil supplemented with vitamin E(ME:MO+500mg vitamin E/kg diet). At 3 and 9 weeks of age of the newborn rats, frontal cortex(FC), corpus striatum(CS), hippocampus(H) cerebellum(CB) were dissected out from the whole brain. Activities of glutathione peroxidase(GSH-P(sub)x, superoxide dismutase(SOD) concentrations of malondialdehyde(MDA) were mesaured. Dietary fatty acids were not effective in antioxidative system for rat brain. However, when vitamin E was supplemented to the diet(ME), the activities of GSH-P(suh)x tended to increase in comparison to MO group. Therefore, the activites of GSH-P(suh)x of FC and H at the age of 3 weeks showed significant differences(p<0.05). The activities of Total-SOD tended to decrease in ME group compared to MO group. There were significant differences(p<0.05) in FC and CS at the age of 3 weeks. The activities of Mn-SOD tended to increase and Cu, Zn-SOD tended to decrease when vitamin E was supplemented. The activity levels of antioxidative enzymes at the age of 3 weeks and 9 weeks were similar. This suggested that the activity level of antioxidative enzymes reached to the adult level at the age of 3 weeks which is the end point of lactation period. The concentrations of MDA were not altered by experimental diets. When the activities of antioxidant enzymes were compared, the activities of antioxidant enzymes were the lowest in H and FC. In conclusion, the antioxidative system were not altered by dietary fatty acid at the age of 3 weeks and 9 weeks, but the supplementation of vitamin E altered the antioxidative systems. Therefore, these findings should be considered comprehensively in scope of the balance of various antioxidative systems and their interactions(Korean J Nutrition 34(1):14-22, 2001)

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.229-236
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• 2002

Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness worldwide and are characterized by increased opacity of the lens that significantly diminishes visual acuity. It has been suggested that increased risk of lens opacities are associated with age, exposure to sunlight, diabetes, smoking, and poor nutrition. Antioxidant nutrients have born demonstrated to protect the lens membrane and protein against damage due to oxidative stress. The purpose of this study was to investigate the antioxidant system in the blood of cataract patients. The status of the blood antioxidant system was evaluated based on the levels of antioxidant vitamins and minerals as well as glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and malondialdehyde (M7A) activity in 34 patients with cataracts (17 male and 17 female) and 45 control subjects (20 male and 25 female). After adjusting for age, the results showed significantly lower levels of antioxidant vitamins such as lycopene (M : p < 0.05, F: p < 0.01), zeaxanthin (F: p < 0.01), ${\gamma}$-tocopherol (F: p < 0.01) and ascorbic arid (M: p < 0.05) in the cataract patients than in the control subjects. In contrast, the concentration of cryptoxanthin (F : p < 0.07) showed a significantly higher value in the cataract patients. The serum level of the antioxidant mineral Zn (M : p < 0.01) was found to be significantly lower in the cataract patients while the ratio of cu/zn appeared significantly higher (M : p < 0.05). Significantly higher (M : p < 0.01, F: p < 0.05) concentrations of MDA in serum was found in the cataract patients as compared to the control subjects. GSH-Px activity was significantly lower (F: p < 0.05) in 71e cataract patients. In conclusion, the antioxidant system may play an important roll in cataract creation. Further studies are needed to clarify the mechanisms underlying these findings and to establish preventive measures with an emphasis on antioxidant nutrition for cataract patients.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.900-907
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• 2000

The antioxidant effects of dichloromethane, ethylacetate or water fraction of kimchi added to the 1% cholesterol diet were studied. Six New Zealand white rabbits in each group were fed either control diet (basal diet containing 1% cholesterol) or experimental diet containing dichloromethane (CH$_2$Cl$_2$), ethylacetate (EtOAc) or water ($H_2O$) fraction of kimchi in the control diet for 16 weeks. The amount of each solvent fraction of kimchi added to the experimental diet was equivalent to 5% of freeze-dried kimchi. Levels of hepatic lipid oxidation expressed as TBARS or peroxide value for the experimental groups were lower than that of control (p<0.05). Liver homogenated of the experimental group containing dichloromethane fraction of kimchi inhibited LDL oxidation in the presence of Cu++ by 46% (p<0.05). The activities of catalase, Glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), Cu, Zn-superoxide (Cu, Zn-SOD) and Mn-superoxide (Mn-SOD) of experimental groups were lower than those of control group. Low enzyme activities observed from the kimchi solvent fraction groups might be due to the level of lipid oxidation progressed less in these groups. The most significant antioxidant effects were observed from dichloromethane fraction of kimchi among the experimental groups. The major fatty acids of hepatic phospholipid of rabbit were C18:2 and C18:0. But the major fatty acid profile was changed into C16:0, C18:0, C18:1, and C18:2 when rabbit was fed 1% cholesterol diet for 16 weeks, and this profile was almost the same as in rabbit fed diet containing kimchi solvent fraction. The ratio for unsaturated fatty acid to saturated fatty acid decreased by cholesterol induced diet and it was not corrected by kimchi solvent fractions.