• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제35권8호
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• pp.2460-2464
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• 2014

Recently studies indicate that the microcalorimetry is a suitable measurement for metabolic activities of organisms by recording the rate of heat outputs. In this work, we investigated the growth thermogenic curves of Escherichia coli (E. coli) affected by three kinds of Glycyrrhiza extracts by microcalorimetry. The power-time and exponential phase power-time curves of the E. coli growth at various concentrations of extracts were generated. The kinetic parameters such as the growth rate constants (C), maximum power outputs (Pm), peak times (Tm), and inhibition ratios were calculated and the relationships between Pm or Tm and C were established. Also, the clear correlations among the antimicrobial effects, Pm and C were obtained. The results revealed the Glycyrrhiza extracts had inhibitory activities towards E. coli while the Glycyrrhiza polysaccharides showed the most potent effects.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.29-35
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• 2014

In this study, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of ethanolic crude extract and its five different solvent subfractions (namely, ethyl acetate fraction, n-butanol fraction, chloroform fraction, n-hexane fraction and the aqueous fraction) from a mixture of four different medicinal herbs (Galla rhois, Achyranthes japonica Nakai, Terminalia chebula Retz and Glycyrrhiza uralensis) were investigated. Among all the tested mixture combination of four medicinal herbs, 5:3:1:1 ratio of Galla:Achyranthes : Terminalia : Glycyrrhiza had the best antimicrobial effects against four strains of microorganisms (Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli) and exhibited the highest DPPH radical-scavenging activity. Further sub-fractions with solvents were screened for antioxidant and antimicrobial activities. Antioxidant activity in order was ethyl acetate fraction > n-butanol fraction > chloroform fraction > nhexane fraction > aqueous fraction. The n-butanol extracted fraction showed the highest level of antimicrobial activity in com- parison to other fractions. In addition, all those fractions did not show any cytotoxicity against human skin cell CCD-986sk. These results suggest that 5:3:1:1 combination extracts of medicinal herbs (Galla : Achyranthes : Terminalia : Glycyrrhiza) may be potentially used as a safe natural antimicrobial preservative.

• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.95-99
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• 2004

The ethanolic extract of some medicinal plants having anti-asthmatic activity such as Solanum xanthocarpum, Curcuma longa, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Piper longum, A. vasica, A. lebbeck, and Tinospora cordifolia was evaluated for antihistaminic and anti-cataleptic activity. The aqueous solution of ethanolic extract of S. xanthocarpum and G. glabra potentiated histamine-induced tracheal chain contractions. Whereas, C. longa, P. longum, and T. cordifolia, and A. lebbeck were without any significant effect on histamine. Only A. vasica inhibited histamine-induced tracheal chain contraction. G. glabra per se produced contraction of the tracheal chain, which was blocked by pretreatment with atropine. Single dose of S. xanthocarpum potentiated clonidine-induced catalepsy but on repeated doses (once in a day for 3 days) inhibited catalepsy. Pretreatment with ethanolic extract of C. longa, P. longum, T. cordifolia inhibited catalepsy whereas G. glabra and A. lebbeck significantly potentiated clonidine-induced catalepsy. None of the extracts inhibited haloperidol-induced catalepsy. Thus the extracts having antihistaminic activity or mast cell stabilizing activity inhibited clonidineinduced catalepsy.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제54권1호
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• pp.67-70
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• 2011

The roots of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. were extracted with 30% aqueous ethanol (EtOH), and the concentrated extract was partitioned with n-hexane, chloroform ($CHCl_3$), ethyl acetate (EtOAc), n-butanol (n-BuOH), and $H_2O$, successively. From the $CHCl_3$ fraction, four flavonoids were isolated through the repeated silica gel ($SiO_2$), octadecyl silica gel (ODS), and Sephadex LH-20 column chromatographies (c.c.). According to the results of spectroscopic data including nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry (NMR), electron ionization mass spectrometry (EI/MS), and infrared spectroscopy (IR), the chemical structures of the compounds were determined as glabrol (1), abyssinone II (2), glabridin (3), and isoliquiritigenin (4). The flavonoids were evaluated for cytotoxic effect against human cancer cell lines, HCT-116, HepG2, HeLa, SK-OV-3, SK-BR-3, MCF-7, and SK-MEL-5. Especially, glabrol (1) and glabridin (2) showed $IC_{50}$ values of lower than $25{\mu}M$.

• 농약과학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.141-147
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• 2014

Fenpyroximate는 생약 재배시 살응애제로 사용되는 피라졸계 살충제이다. 본 실험은 HPLC-PDA와 HPLC-MS/MS를 이용하여 생약 중 fenpyroximate의 잔류분석법 확립을 위해 수행하였다. 생약(감초와 홍화) 중 잔류하는 fenpyroximate를 아세톤으로 추출하고, 추출액을 다시 포화식염수와 dichloromethane을 이용하여 액-액 분배한 후 아미노프로필 카트리지와 florisil로 정제한 것을 HPLC-PDA와 HPLC-MS/MS로 정량하였다. 생약별로 fenpyroximate를 2 또는 3 수준으로 첨가하여 수행한 회수율 범위는 72.0~106.4%이었으며 이때의 변이계수는 0.2~4.4였다. 따라서 본 분석법은 생약 중의 fenpyroximate 잔류 분석법으로서의 충분한 재현성과 감도를 나타내었다.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.259-265
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• 2009

숙취해소효과가 우수한 제품을 개발하기 위하여, 약용식물 25종의 열수추출물에 대하여 in vitro에서 ADH와 ALDH의 저해 및 활성작용이 우수한 약용식물 12종을 선발, 일정 비율로 혼합한 약용식물 추출액에 대하여 발효를 행한 후 in vitro 및 in vivo실험을 통하여 숙취해소효과를 검토하였다, 그 결과, 감초 -0.3%, 갈근 -3.2%, 구기자 -1.7%, 맥문동 4.8%, 속새 8.3%, 오가피 3.5%, 및 지구자 -2.1%를 보여 지구자를 비롯한 7종의 추출물이 90%이상의 강한 저해활성을 보였고, ALDH활성에서는 오가피가 166.3%로 활성이 가장 촉진되었고, 뒤이어 구기자, 속새 및 백복령도 1.5배 이상의 활성을 촉진하였으며 이 외에 맥문동, 인진쑥, 작약, 차전초, 지구자, 홍삼 및 흑두에서도 효소활성을 촉진하는 것으로 나타나는 등 갈근을 포함하여 약 10여종의 약용식물에서 130%이상의 활성을 증가시키는 결과를 보여주었다. 12종으로 조성 혼합된 약용식물 추출물에서는 ADH활성이 -20.22%인데 비하여 추출발효액은 -62.63%정도 ADH저해활성이 높았으며, ALDH활성은 추출물에서는 173.20%이었으며, 추출발효액은 280.17%로 ALDH활성이 추출액보다 약 1.6배가 증가됨을 볼 수 있었다. 또한 흰쥐를 이용하여 약용식물 추출발효물의 숙취해소효과를 보기 위해 알코올 투여 후 시간에 따른 혈중 알코올과 아세트알데히드의 농도를 측정한 결과, 알코올 섭취 후 3시간 경과시 추출 발효물 400 mg/kg 처리군이 시판 숙취개선음료 처리군보다 24.1% 정도 우수한 효능을 보였고, 추출발효물 공급 3시간 경과 시부터 7시간까지 혈중 아세트알데히드의 감소폭은 추출 발효물 400 mg/kg 처리군에서 -65.1%로 시판 숙취개선음료를 공급한 군에서 -57.5%를 나타냈다.