• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제25권7호
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• pp.1036-1046
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• 2015

Extracts from Asian medicinal herbs are known to be successful therapeutic agents against cancer. In this study, the effects of three types of herbal extracts on anti-tumor growth were examined. Among the three types of herbal extracts, H9 showed stronger anti-tumor growth effects than H5 and H11 in vivo. To find the molecular mechanism by which H9 inhibited the proliferation of breast cancer cell lines, the levels of apoptotic markers were examined. Proapoptotic markers, including cleaved PARP and cleaved caspases 3 and 9, were increased, whereas the anti-apoptotic marker Bcl-2 was decreased by H9 treatment. Next, the combined effect of H9 with the chemotherapeutic drugs doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide (AC) on tumor growth was examined using 4T1-tumor-bearing mice. The combined treatment of H9 with AC did not show additive or synergetic anti-tumor growth effects. However, when tumor-bearing mice were co-treated with H9 and the targeted anti-tumor drug trastuzumab, a delay in tumor growth was observed. The combined treatment of H9 and trastuzumab caused an increase of natural killer (NK) cells and a decrease of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC). Taken together, H9 induces the apoptotic death of tumor cells while increasing anti-tumor immune activity through the enhancement of NK activity and diminishment of MDSC.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.642-650
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• 2006

As an effective non-pharmacological method of pain relief, hydrotherapy was widely used. And bath additive has been used for enhancing the efficacy of hydrotherapy, In the present study, as a bath additive, the analgesic activity of HAC, which composed of Corydalis turtschaninovii, Atractylodes japonica, and Harpagophytum procumbens(HAC), was investigated in the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray (VIPAG), lateral PAG (IPAG), central nuclei of amygdala (CeA), and the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN) in mice, using writhing test and immunohistochemistry for c-Fos. Male C57BU6 mice weighing $25{\;}{\pm}{\;}2g$ (8 weeks of age) were used for this experiment. The animals were divided into five groups: the control group, the acetic acid treatment group, the acetic acid treatment and 0.01 g/L HAC-immersed group, the acetic acid treatment and 0.1 g/L HAC-immersed group, and the acetic acid treatment and 1.0 g/L HAC-immersed group. To induce somato-visceral pain in the experimental animals, a single intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection of acetic acid was administrated to each animal, and the animals of the control group received injections of equivalent doses of normal saline. The animals of the HAC-immersed groups were immersed the water with HAC powder at the respective doses deep enough to cover the mice body, and those of the control group and the acetic acid treatment group immersed the water without HAC powder at 10 min immediately after the acetic acid injection. Our present study has shown that the HAC reduced the acetic acid-induced abdominal constrictions and the acetic acid-Induced increase of numbers of c-Fos-positive cells in the VIPAG, IPAG, PVN, and CeA. The most potent analgesic effect appeared with the treatment of 1.0 g/L KB-immersed group. Based on our present results, it is very possible that HAC can be a potent therapeutic bath additive for alleviating pain without the fear of addiction to the drugs and side-effects associated with the prescription of multiple analgesic drugs.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.74-79
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• 2004

Dietary flavonoids are currently receiving considerable attention in developing novel cancer-preventive approaches because of their potential capacities to actively induce apoptosis of cancer cells. In our previous report, a flavonoid fraction, which consisted mainly of protocatechuic acid, fustin, fisetin, sulfuretin, and butein and named RCMF (RVS chloroform-methanol fraction), was prepared from a crude acetone extract of Rhus verniciflua Stokes (RVS) that is traditionally used as food additive and herbal medicine. In this study, we evaluated the effects of the RCMF on cell proliferation and apoptosis using SV40-transformed tumorigenic hepatocytes, BNL SV A.8. Tritium uptake assay showing the proliferative capacity of the cells was strongly suppressed in the presence of RCMF. This anti-proliferative effect was further confirmed through trypan blue exclusion. RCMF-mediated suppression of cell growth was verified to be apoptotic, based on the increase in DNA fragmentation, low fluorescence intensity in nuclei after propidium iodide staining, and the appearance of DNA laddering. Collectively, this study demonstrated that RCMF can be approached as a potential agent that is capable of significantly inhibiting cell growth of hepatic cancer cells.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제60권5호
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• pp.8.1-8.9
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• 2018

Background: Indiscriminate use of antibiotics in livestock and poultry farming has caused emergence of new pathogenic strains. The situation has warrented the development of safe and alternative growth promoters and immunity enhancers in livestock. Herbal additives in animal and bird feed is a centuries-old practice. Thus, the present study investigated the efficacy of a standardized formulation of lipophilic turmeric extract containing curcumin and turmerones, (TF-36), as a natural growth promoter poultry feed additive. Methods: The study was designed on 180 one-day old chicks, assigned into three groups. Control group ($T_0$) kept on basal diet and supplemented groups $T_{0.5}$ and $T_1$ fed with 0.5% and 1% TF-36 fortified basal diet for 42 days. Each dietary group consisted of six replicates of ten birds. Body weight, food intake, food conversion ratio, skin colour, blood biochemical analysis and antioxidant status of serum were investigated. Results: Body weight improved significantly in $T_1$ with a 10% decrease in FCR as compared to the control. TF-36 supplementation in $T_1$ enhanced the antioxidant enzyme activity significantly (p < 0.05) with a decrease (p < 0.05) in lipid peroxidation. It also caused a slight yellow skin pigmentation without any change in meat color, indicating the bioavailability of curcumin from TF-36. However, no significant change in the concentration of serum creatinine, total protein and liver enzyme activities were observed, indicating the safety. Conclusion: In summary, we concluded that TF-36 can be a natural feed additive to improve growth performance in poultry, probably due to the better antioxidant activity and antimicrobial effects contributed by the better bioavailability of curcuminoids and turmerones. Besides, curcuminoids and turmerones were also known to be gastroprotective and anti-inflammatory agents.

• 한국버섯학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.9-21
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• 2009

곰보버섯의 자실체 색은 갈색 또는 회갈색이고 갓의 형태는 원뿔모양이며, 대의 색은 흰 크림색 또는 흰색이다. 자실체를 반으로 잘라보면 갓과 대는 속은 비어있다. 자실체의 현미경 관찰에서 자낭의 크기는 $113.5{\sim}114.2{\times}9.3{\sim}10.3{\mu}m$, 자낭포자의 크기는 $17.6{\sim}20.9{\times}9.4{\sim}10.7{\mu}m$, 측사는 $40.0{\sim}45.2{\times}5.8{\sim}6.4{\mu}m$, 대의 안쪽세포는 $7.5{\sim}15.1{\mu}m$이었다. 곰보버섯 자실체 발생지 환경조건은 온도 $13.8^{\circ}C$, 습도 75.8%, 광 538룩스이며, 토성은 sand 72.7%, silt 21.0%, clay 6.3%로 silt loamy 이며, 유기물 함량은 10.0%로 밭 토양보다 많고 인산함량은 낮았다. 균주별 균사배양 최적배지는 PDB 배지이며, 배양최적 온도는 $25^{\circ}C$, pH는 5.0이었으며, 합성배지인 Czapek에 배지에 조정된 무기태 성분의 최적농도는 potassium phosphate 1%, sodium nitrate 2%, potassium chloride은 대조구에서 좋았다. 영양원 선발에서 최적 탄소원은 mannose이었으며, 최적농도는 5%이었다. 질소원은 대조구에 비하여 균사생육이 극히 저조하였다. 곰보버섯 균핵 형성 촉진배지 선발시험에서 균사생장과 균핵형성이 좋은 배지는 폐면 이었으며, 톱밥에서는 참나무톱밥에서 균사생장이 빨랐다. 폐면과 참나무톱밥의 혼합비율은 참나무톱밥 20%+폐면 80% 혼합수준에서 균핵 형성이 좋았고 첨가제인 밀기울의 혼합비율은 15-20%, 황산칼슘은 2% 수준에서 균핵 형성이 좋았다. 토양종류별 균핵 형성은 피트모스 처리구에서 균사생장 및 균핵 형성이 가장 좋았으며, 피트모스의 혼합비율은 60-80%이나, 참나무를 혼합하면 50:50으로 혼합 처리한 구에 밀기울을 30% 첨가하면 균핵 형성이 가장 좋았다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제25권10호
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• pp.1115-1123
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• 2015

본 연구는 연잎 추출물의 미백 화장품 첨가물로서 사용이 가능한지를 연구하였다. 연잎 추출물의 항산화 활성을 측정하게 위해 전자공여능 측정, xanthine oxidase 억제 효과 실험을 실시하였고, 미백활성을 알아보기 위하여 tyrosinase 저해활성을 측정하여 1,000 μg/ml의 농도에서 42.7%의 효과를 나타내었다. 또한 연잎 추출물에 대한 세포생존율을 MTT assay로 측정한 결과 1,000 μg/ml 농도에서 81.61%를 이상의 세포생존율을 확인할 수 있었다. 미백 관련 인자인 MITF, TRP-1, TRP-2 및 tyrosinase의 단백질 발현과 mRNA 발현 억제를 25, 50, 100 μg/ml 농도에서 측정하였다. MITF, TRP-1, TRP-2 및 tyrosinase의 단백질 발현은 100 μg/ml 농도에서 각각 69.6%, 27.7%, 67.3%, 67.8%의 저해 효과를 나타내었고, MITF, TRP-1, TRP-2 및 tyrosinase의 mRNA발현은 100 μg/ml 농도에서 각각 67.5%, 71.4%, 85.7%, 83.6%의 억제를 나타내었다. 이러한 연구결과를 보았을 때, 연잎 추출물이 항산화 및 미백활성에 효과를 나타내었고, 화장품 첨가물로서의 가능성을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국버섯학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.145-149
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• 2017

느타리버섯 재배에서 영양원으로 가장 많이 사용하고 있는 면실박 대체용 유기성자원을 선발한 결과 보리가루가 대체 배지재료로 충분할 것으로 판단된다. 면실박대체용 보리가루가 5% 첨가된 배지에서는 11.4 cm로 균사생장이 가장 빨랐으며, 보리가루가 30% 첨가된 배지에서는 9.0 cm로 균사생장이 가장 느렸다. 보리가루 첨가량에 따른 균사밀도는 보리가루 첨가량이 5%와 10%에서 균사밀도가 조금 낮았지만 다른 처리간에는 뚜렷한 차이가 없었다. 자실체 수량은 대조구가 155.9 g/850 ml였고, 보리가루와 면실박이 10% 첨가된 처리가 158 g/850 ml으로 가장 높았고, 보리가루만 첨가된 처리에서는 수량이 대조구보다 낮았다. 갓의 직경과 대경도는 보리가루 10%와 면실박 10% 처리에서 가장 높았고, 대의 굵기와 갓 경도는 보리가루만 10% 첨가된 처리에서 가장 높았다. 갓의 색도를 측정한 결과 L값은 보리가루만 10% 첨가된 처리에서 가장 높았고, a, b 값은 처리간에 뚜렷한 차이를 보이지 않았다. 느타리 종균 접종전 혼합배지의 pH는 4.7~5.0, 총질소함량은 1.7~2.2로 대조구에 비해 약간 낮은 경향을 보였고, 총탄소함량은 44.6~45.0로 대조구와 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았으며, 처리간에도 뚜렷한 차이를 보이지 않았다. 반면에 Cu, Fe 등 미량원소 함량은 대조구에 비해 낮은 경향을 보였다.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.125-129
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• 2005

This experiment was conducted for the development of oriental feed additives in broiler chicks. It conducted experiment to investigate the effect of $1\%$ dietary supplementation of oriental feed additives containing oriental herbal medicines such as Saururus Chnensis B.(S. chnensis) and Carthamus Tinctorius L.(C. tinctorius) on growth performance, and physicochemical properties in broiler chicks. The results of this study demonstrated that chicks feed $1\%$ oriental feed additives decreased feed gain, and death rates compared with control treatment. Weight gain and meat color were higher in the $1\%$ supplement group than control. The supplementation of $1\%$ oriental feed additives increased unsaturated fatty acid, and reduced crude fat in the broiler chicks compared with those of control. In conclusion, this study implied that oriental feed additives containing oriental herbal medicines such as S. Chnensis and C. Tinctorius were effective in improving broiler chicks on growth performance, physical-chemical properties and is highly recommended for increasing economic returns.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.296-301
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• 2004

Previously, a flavonoid fraction, which consisted mainly of protocatechuic acid, fustin, fisetin, sulfuretin, and butein, here named RCMF $({\underline{R}}VS\;{\underline{c}}hloroform-{\underline{m}}ethanol\;{\underline{f}}raction)$, was prepared from a crude acetone extract of Rhus verniciflua Stokes (RVS) which is traditionally used as a food additive and as an herbal medicine. In this study, we evaluated the effects of RCMF on the antioxidant defense system using embryonic normal hepatic cell line (BNL CL.2) and its SV40-mediated transformed cell line (BNL SV A.8). This study demonstrates that RCMF selectively stimulated the antioxidant defense system of normal cells, as BNL CL.2 cells proved to be more sensitive to RCMF-mediated increases of superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione, and glutathione reductase than BNL SV A.8 cells. In particular, RCMF caused a significant increase in the malonaldehyde content of BNL SV A.8 cells, which is believed to be closely associated with cytotoxicity of RCMF and RCMF-mediated growth inhibition. Collectively, our findings suggest that the flavonoid fraction, RCMF, selectively stimulates the antioxidant defense system in normal rather than hepatic tumor cells.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제6권6호
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• pp.491-498
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• 2012

Glycyrrhiza uralensis (or licorice) is a widely used Oriental herbal medicine from which the phenylflavonoids dehydroglyasperin C (DGC), dehydroglyasperin D (DGD), and isoangustone A (IsoA) are derived. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the antioxidant properties of DGC, DGD, and IsoA. The three compounds showed strong ferric reducing activities and effectively scavenged DPPH, $ABTS^+$, and singlet oxygen radicals. Among the three compounds tested, DGC showed the highest free radical scavenging capacity in human hepatoma HepG2 cells as assessed by oxidant-sensitive fluorescent dyes dichlorofluorescein diacetate and dihydroethidium bromide. In addition, all three compounds effectively suppressed lipid peroxidation in rat tissues as well as $H_2O_2$-induced ROS production in hepatoma cells. This study demonstrates that among the three phenylflavonoids isolated from licorice, DGC possesses the most potent antioxidant activity, suggesting it has protective effects against chronic diseases caused by reactive oxygen species as well as potential as an antioxidant food additive.