• 사상체질의학회지
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.10-22
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• 2023

Objectives The aim of this study is to explore the mechanism of action and target diseases of Sasang constitutional prescriptions using a multiscale interactome approach. Methods The compound and target information of Sasang constitutional prescriptions were retrieved from various databases such as the TM-MC, STITCH, and TTD. Key targets for Sasang constitutional prescriptions were identified by selecting the top 100 targets based on the number of simple paths within the constructed network. Diffusion profiles for Sasang constitutional prescriptions and diseases were calculated based on a biased random walk algorithm. Potential diseases and key mechanisms of Sasang constitutional prescriptions were identified by analyzing diffusion profiles. Results We identified 144 Sasang constitutional prescriptions and their targets, finding 80 herbs with effective biological targets. A cluster analysis based on selecting up to 100 key targets for each prescription revealed a more cohesive grouping of prescriptions according to Sasang constitution. We then predicted potential diseases for 62 Sasang constitutional prescriptions using diffusion profiles calculated on a multiscale interactome. Finally, our analysis of diffusion profiles revealed key targets and biological functions of prescriptions in obesity and diabetes. Conclusions This study demonstrates the effectiveness of a multiscale interactome approach in elucidating the complex mechanisms and potential therapeutic applications of prescriptions in Sasang constitutional medicine.

• 분석과학
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.171-178
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• 2018

Recently, for successful lactation, many breastfeeding mothers seek various products, including herbal medicine, dietary supplements, and prescribed medicines, to improve milk production. As demand for galactogogues grows, it is highly possible that pharmaceutical galactogogues may be adulterated with illegal products to maximize their efficacy. For continuous control and supervision of illegal products, we developed and validated a simple and sensitive LC-MS/MS method capable of simultaneously determining five galactogogues. Chromatographic separation was conducted using an Agilent Poroshell $120SB-C_{18}$ column with a mobile phase consisting of 20 mM ammonium formate (pH 5.4) and 100 % acetonitrile. The total run time was 13 min per analyte. The proposed method was performed according to the guidelines of the International Conference of Harmonization and it produced reliable results. This method showed high sensitivity and specificity, with a limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantitation (LOQ) of 0.01-0.82 ng/mL and 0.02-2.45 ng/mL, respectively, for the solid- and liquid-type samples. Specificity was evaluated by analyzing matrix-blank samples spiked with the target compounds at LOQ levels, which provided a good separation of all peaks without interference. Additionally, the repeatability and intermediate precision were typically <15 %, whereas the recovery was 80-120 % of the values obtained using blank samples. Thus, we concluded that this method could be used for the identification and quantification of galactogogues in food or herbal products.

• 대한한의학방제학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.179-191
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• 2017

Objectives : Increased oxidative stress by reactive oxygen species (ROS) has been suggested as a major cause of muscle fatigue. Although several studies have demonstrated the various biological properties of Sophora flavescens Aiton, Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fischer and Dictamnus dasycarpus Turcz, but the antioxidative potentials have not been clearly demonstrated. The present study was designed to investigate the protective effects of their water and ethanol extract mixtures (medicinal herbal mixtures, MHMIXs) on hydrogen peroxide ($H_2O_2$)-induced cell damage and apoptosis in C2C12 myoblasts. Methods : Cytotoxicity was assessed by an MTT assay. Quantitative evaluation of apoptosis induction and ROS production was evaluated by flow cytometry analysis. Expression levels of apoptosis regulatory and DNA-damage proteins were detected by Western blotting. Result : The inhibition of $H_2O_2$-induced cell proliferation was effectively blocked in extracts of 3: 1: 1 (EMHMIXs-1) or 2: 2: 1 (EMHMIXs-2) of S. flavescens, G. uralensis and D. dasycarpus Turcz, ethanol extracts from various complex extracts in C2C12 myoblasts. EMHMIXs-1 and EMHMIXs-2 also effectively attenuated $H_2O_2$-induced C2C12 cell apoptosis, which was associated with the restoration of the upregulation of Bad and death receptor 4, and downregulation of XIAP and cIAP-1 induced by $H_2O_2$. In addition, these herbal mixtures significantly blocked the $H_2O_2$-induced ROS generation and phosphorylation of $p-{\gamma}H2A.X$, which suggests that they can prevent $H_2O_2$-induced cellular DNA damage. Conclusions : The results suggest that EMHMIXs-1 and EMHMIXs-2 could block the DAN damage and apoptosis of C2C12 myoblasts by oxidative stress through blocking ROS generation.

• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.189-200
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• 2016

Objectives : The purpose of this study is to report the clinical effect of Korean medical treatment on spinal cord infarction. Methods : We treated a patient who was diagnosed with spinal cord infarction. We used acupuncture, bee venom pharmacopuncture, herbal medicine, moxibustion and physical therapy. We evaluated the patient through Manual Muscle Testing (MMT) and International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI) score. Results : MMT grade improved grade from 1 to 5 and ISNCSCI score increased from 2 to 14. Conclusion : According to these results, this report suggests that Korean medical treatment could be effective for spinal cord infarction.

• 대한한의학방제학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.41-55
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• 2002

There are total 403 prescriptions containing Radix Scutellariae in Donguibogam and among them, 106 prescriptions treat Radix Scutellariae as a principal medicine. This report describes the study on therapeutic range, symptom, pathology and composition of 106 Radix Scutellariae-main blended Prescriptions from Donguibogam. The frequency and percentage of Radix Scutellariae-main blended prescriptions for the therapeutic range are as follows; cold symptom-complex is the most frequent(11 prescriptions, 10.37%) and gynecology is second(10 prescriptions, 9.43%). The symptoms that Radix Scutellariae-main blended prescriptions are made out for are 70 prescriptions of 28 therapeutic ranges, for example, minor Eum physical appearance, fire of triple burners jaundice, etc. The main pathologies that Radix Scutellariae-main blended prescriptions are being affected by cold, fire triple burners, dampness and heat, wind and heat, heat of heart and lung, heat of liver, heat of spleen, etc. Through the research into the composition of Radix Scutellariae-main blended prescriptions, the kind of medicines and certain rules of compounding medicines centering on Radix Scutellariae are deduced as follows: The main combinations of herbal medicines are Radix Scutellariae and Fructus Gardeniae, Radix Scutellariae and Rhizona Rhei, and Radix Scutellariae, Rhizona coptidis and Fructus Gardeniae. The main combinations of prescriptions are Yihwanghwan(Radix Scutellariae, Rhizoma Cotidis, Radix Glycyrrhizae), Boanbaekchulsan(Radix Scutellariae. Rhizoma Atractylodis macrocephalae), Sambohwan(Radix Scutellariae, Rhizoma Cotidis, Cortex Phellodendrj), Samhwangwon(Radix Scutellariae, Rhizoma Cotidis, Rhizoma Rhei), Hwangryeonhaedoktang(Radix Scutellariae, Cortex Phellodendri, Rhizoma Cotidis. Fructus Gardeniae), Daegumhwahwan(Radix Scutellariae, Rhizoma Cotidis, Cortex Phellodendri. Rhizoma Rhei). Sanyeolumja(Radix Scutellariae. Rhizoma Cotidis. Radix Osterici koreani. Radix Ledebouriellae), etc.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.127-135
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• 2007

본 연구는 한방화장품의 원료로써 사용이 되는 약용식물들의 부위별 및 추출용매에 따른 추출물의 효능의 차이를 기술하였다. 기존의 단일성분 분석법보다 실제로 성분의 복합체인 추출물에 대하여 항산화와 UV흡수 관련 효능효과 시험법을 적용하였다. 약효를 가지는 약용식물들을 추출할 때 고려해야 할 조건이 있다. 같은 약용식물이라도 채취시기, 채취장소, 채취부위와 같은 채취조건들과 용매의 종류, 추출시간, 추출온도와 같은 추출조건들을 고려하여야 한다. 조건 중에서 추출용매와 채집부위는 효과에 있어서 매우 중요한 요인이다. 약용식물에 대한 관심이 증가하면서 여러 가지의 채취조건과 추출조건을 연구하여 한방원료의 개발에 있어 좀더 다양한 적용이 요청되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 약용과 식용으로 널리 사용되는 식물(Terminalia chebula, Syzygium aromaticum, Paeonia lactiflora, Morus alba, Scutellaria baicalensis)을 선정하여 추출용매와 채집부위를 변경시킴으로써 용매와 부위에 따른 효능의 차이를 확인하였다. 이 결과로 추출시 적당한 조건을 선택한다면 사용되는 약용식물의 양을 줄이거나 좀더 효과적인 결과를 얻을 수 있다.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.987-992
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• 2008

This study was carried out to understand the macroscopic aspects of the digestive system symptoms occurring after taking oriental herb complex decoction as observing morphological changes in esophagus, stomach and duodenal bulb by endoscopy of upper gastrointestinal tract when these symptoms developed. The subjects of this study were 46 patients (male 22, female 24, mean age : $54.72{\pm}14.26$ years) who were chosen among ones who took oriental herb complex decoction for medical care and developed symptoms related to the gastrointestinal tract while taking an oriental herb decoction, which were assumed that the digestive symptoms were newly developed because of administration. The subjects were given morphological examination by endoscopy of the upper gastrointestinal tract. As a result of the endoscopy operated due to the digestive symptoms developed during the administration of oriental herb decoction, there were 2 cases of esophagitis, 5 cases of acute gastritis, 1 case of chronic gastritis A type, 15 cases of chronic gastritis B type, 1 case of duodenitis, 1 case of gastric ulcer, 1 case of gastric polyp, 2 cases of intestinal metaplasia, 1 case of gastric ptosis and 17 cases of normal findings which didn't have any abnormality macroscopically with endoscopy. With regards to the patients who complained of the digestive symptoms after taking oriental herb decoction, it has been found that the symptoms occurred as the oriental herbal medicine taken by the patients who had the digestive symptoms at ordinary times influenced on the gastrointestinal tract. Especially, many of them were had chronic gastritis and functional dyspepsia in the past. The disease accompanying macroscopic lesions at endoscopy which occurred due to the oriental herb decoction as direct cause, was acute gastritis, and it was the prescription to cure the pains and inflammations of skeletomuscular disease.

• 대한약침학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.18-22
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• 2012

Panax ginseng is a well-known herbal medicine in traditional Asian medicine. Although wild ginseng is widely accepted to be more active than cultivated ginseng in chemoprevention, little has actually been reported on the difference between wild ginseng and cultivated ginseng. Using suppressive subtraction hybridization, we cloned the p-psbB gene as a candidate target gene for a wild ginseng-specific gene. Here, we report that one of the clones isolated in this screen was the chloroplast p-psbB gene, a chlorophyll a-binding inner antenna protein in the photosystem II complex, located in the lipid matrix of the thylakoid membrane. Real-time results showed that the expression of the p-psbB gene was significantly up-regulated in wild ginseng as compared to cultivated ginseng. Thus, the p-psbB gene may be one of the important markers of wild ginseng.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.73-78
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• 2001

After examining and analysing the medicinal herbs of fifty-three experimental papers, we studied their effects on immediate tumors in specific cancers. We did not study the influence on the life span of general cancerous cells. We looked to see if the combined usage of medicinal herbs and anticancer agents inhibited the tumor cell's growth. The serum test and blood cell count test showed if the medicinal herbs inhibited the side effects of the anticancer agent. The test showed that more than 80 percent of used medicinal herbs, brought anticancer activities. However, anticancer experimental studies using medicinal herbs have draw-backs. First, it is difficult to choose a prescription using the standards of Oriental Medicine because we are testing a mouse not a man. Second, because we only observed the indirect effect on the whole physiological regulation caused by the synergic effects of the complex prescription, we are not able to understand the detailed mechanism of the herbs. Therefore; if the anticancer effect of the herbs is proved by the experiment, we need to research the concrete medical action of medicinal herbs and the immunological analysis of herbal medicines on the body.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.289-295
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• 2011

3종의 식물성 추출물 및 포르말린의 시험관 내에서의 백점충에 대한 살충효과를 조사하였다. 복합생약제는 500배 희석액에서 1시간 이내에 충을 완전히 죽일수 있었으나, 여지초발효액은 100배의 희석액에서 1시간 이내에 모든 충을 죽일 수 있었다. 은행잎 추출물은 5,000배의 희석액으로 1시간 이내에 모든 충을 죽일 수 있었다. 대조약제로서 포르말린은 100ppm의 농도로 1시간 이내에 충을 모두 죽일 수 있었다. 이 결과로 은행잎 추출물이 살충효과가 가장 좋았다. 충에의 밀도에 따른 살충효과의 차이는 없었다. 또한 은행잎 추출물의 5,000배 희석액으로 2시간 동안 약욕한 후의 어류의 아가미 조직에 있어서 변화가 없었다.