• Nutritional Sciences
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.127-132
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• 2004

The current study examined the effects of mulberry fruit on the antioxidative defense systems and oxidative stress in the erythrocytes of diabetes-induced rats. Sprague-Dawley male rats were randomly assigned to one normal and three streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic groups. 1be diabetic groups were fed a mulberry fruit-free diet (DM-group), 0.3% mulberry fruit diet (DM-F group) or 0.6% mulberry fruit diet (DM-2F group). Diabetes was induced with STZ after three weeks of the experimental diets. 1be rats were sacrificed 9 days later for examination of the antioxidative defense systems and oxidative stress in the erythrocytes. Means of cy-3-Ο-glucopyranoside, cy-3-Ο-rutinoside, rutin, isoquercitrin, quercetin, morin and dehydroquercetin contents were 230.45, 131.5, 142.5, 10.3, 5.8, 1.6 and 3.83mg per l00g dry weight, respectively, in the mulberry fruit. Mulberry fruit strengthened the antioxidative defense systems through increased activity of the antioxidant enzymes, such as glutathione peroxidase (GSH-px) and catalase (CAT), in the erythrocytes of the diabetes-induced rats. Accrdingly, mulberry fruit was found to reduce the accumulation of thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (WARS). Therefore, mulberry fruit was found to be excellent for strengthening the antioxidative defense system and reducing damaging oxidative substances in the erythrocytes of the diabetes-induced rats.

• Nutritional Sciences
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.201-207
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• 2004

The current study examined the effects of freeze-dried mulberry fruit on disaccharidase activity in the small intestine and the lowering of blood glucose in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. Sprague-Dawley male rats were randomly assigned to one normal and three streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic groups. The diabetic groups were fed a mulberry fruit-free diet (DM-group), 0.3% mulberry fruit diet (DM-F group) or 0.6% mulberry fruit diet (DM-2F group). After they were fed the experimental diets for three weeks, diabetes was induced with an intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin 50 mg/kg b.w before sacrificing 9 days later using the same experimental treatments. Analyses of anthocyanins, flavonoid and 1-deoxynojirimycin (DNJ) of lyophilized mulberry fruit were carried out and the major anthocyanins were rutin (142.5 mg), isoquercitrin (10.3 mg), quercetin (5.8 mg), morin (1.6 mg) dihydroquercetin (3.83 mg), cy-3-O-glucopyranoside (230.45 mg) and cy-3-O-rutinoside (131.5 mg) on the basis of 100 g dry weight. Total DNJ content was 2.39 mg/g dry weight of lyophilized mulberry fruit. Blood glucose level decreased in the diabetic mts fed the mulberry fruit supplement. The content of the liver glycogen increased in the diabetic mts fed the mulberry fruit supplement. Disaccharidase activity in the proximal part of the intestine, such as that of maltase, sucrase and lactase in the mulberry fruit supplementation groups, were lower than that of the DM group. These results suggest that mulberry fruit possess a suppressive effect on hyperglycemia, possibly by inhibiting the activity of disaccharidase in the small intestine of rats.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.162-169
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• 2015

Hamamelis japonica (Hamamelidaceae), widely known as Japanese witch hazel, is a deciduous flowering shrub that produces compact clumps of yellow or orange-red flowers with long and thin petals. As a part of our ongoing search for phenolic constituents from this plant, eleven phenolic constituents including six flavonol glycosides, a chalcone glycoside, two coumaroyl flavonol glycosides and two galloylated compounds were isolated from the flowers. Their structures were elucidated as methyl gallate (1), myricitrin (2), hyperoside (3), isoquercitrin (4), quercitrin (5), spiraeoside (6), kaempferol 4'-O-β-glucopyranoside (7), chalcononaringenin 2'-O-β-glucopyranoside (8), trans-tiliroside (9), cis-tiliroside (10), and pentagalloyl-O-β-D-glucose (11), respectively. These structures of the compounds were identified on the basis of spectroscopic studies including the on-line LCNMR-MS and conventional NMR techniques. Particularly, directly coupled LC-NMR-MS afforded sufficient structural information rapidly to identify three flavonol glycosides (2 - 4) with the same molecular weight in an extract of Hamamelis japonica flowers without laborious fractionation and purification step. Cytotoxic effects of all the isolated phenolic compounds were evaluated on HCT116 human colon cancer cells, and pentagalloyl-O-β-D-glucose (11) was found to be significantly potent in inhibiting cancer cell growth.

• 생약학회지
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.149-154
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• 2011

Seventeen 30% EtOH extracts from the Compositae plants collected in Gangwon-do, Korea during autumn season were analyzed by HPLC using three standard caffeoylquinic acids (chlorogenic acid, 3,5-di-O-caffeoylquinic acid, 3,5-di-Omuco-quinic acid) and six flavonoids (rutin, isoquercitrin, astragalin, quercitrin, quercetin and kaempferol) to find the composition of phenolic compounds and also assayed to evaluate the peroxynitrite (ONOO$^-$) scavenging effect. The extracts with $IC_{50}$ values less than 2.0 ${\mu}g/ml$ were as follows: Aster tartaricus ($IC_{50}$, $1.26{\pm}0.10\;{\mu}g/ml$), A. maaki ($1.45{\pm}0.03\;{\mu}g/ml$), Solidago virga-aurea, ($1.45{\pm}0.03\;{\mu}g/ml$), Picris hierraciodes var. glabrescens ($1.45{\pm}0.04 \;{\mu}g/ml$), Lactuca triangulata ($1.50{\pm}0.09\;{\mu}g/ml$), Chrysanthemum zawadskii ssp. acutilobum, ($1.79{\pm}0.14\;{\mu}g/ml$). Particularly, the proportion of total phenolic compounds measured in the extract of L. triangulata was highest as the value 54.51%.

• 약학회지
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.414-421
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• 1998

In order to compare the suppressive effect of quercetin and its glycosides, such as quercitrin (quercetin-3-rhamnoside), isoquercitrin (quercetin-3-glucoside), hyperin (querceti n-3-galactoside)and rutin (quercetin-3-rhamnosyl glucoside), on the genotocicity by benzo(a)pyrene(B(a)P), in vitro sister chromatid exchange(SCE) test using mouse spleen lymphocytes and in vivo micronucleus test using mouse peripheral blood were performed. B(a)P-induced SCEs in vitro were slightly decreased by the simultaneous treatment of quercetin and its glycosides, although there was no significant decrease. On the other hand, MNU induced micronucleated reticulocytes(MNRL7s) in vivo were significantly decreased with a dose-dependent manner in all compounds tested. However, there were no differences between quercetin aglycone and glycosides in the suppressive effects under experimental condition of this study. To elucidate, the action mechanism of quercetin aglycone and its glycosides against B(a)P-induced genotoxicity, the assay of DNA binding with B(a)P was studied. Quercetin aglycone and its glycosides inhibited B(a)P metabolism in the presence of S-9 mix and decreased the B(a)P/DNA binding in the calf thymus DNA with S-9 mix. These results suggest that antigenotoxicity of quercetin antiglycosides on B(a)P-induced genotoxicity is due to decrease of DNA binding with B(a)P through the inhibition of metabolism with B(a)P in the calf thymus DNA. Therefore, quercetin and its glycosides may act as an antigenotoxicity agent and may be useful as a chemopreventive agent of polycyclic aromaic hydrocarbons like B(a)P.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.471-479
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• 2020

The aim of this study was to investigate the anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of the Rhododendron weyrichii flower extract fermented using Shindari, a traditional Jeju barley Nuruk-based fermentation. In this study, we examined the antioxidant potential of R. weyrichii flower extracts (RF) and R. weyrichii flower extracts fermented with Nuruk or Shindari (RFFN or RFFS, respectively) using various in vitro antioxidant assays including DPPH and ABTS radical scavenging assays, total phenol content and FRAP assays. We also evaluated the anti-inflammatory activity of the RF and RFFS on murine RAW 264.7 cells. The anti-inflammatory activity was evaluated by treating the RAW 264.7 cells with various concentrations (6.25, 12.5, 25, and 50 ㎍/ml) of RF or RFFS. As a result, we observed that the ABTS radical scavenging activity and total phenol content of RFFS was higher than that of RF and RFFN. Additionally, lipopolysaccharide-induced nitric oxide (NO) production was significantly lower in RFFS-treated cells when compared to the LPS-treated control. In addition, RFFS-treated cells exhibited decreased expression of inducible NO synthase (iNOS) proteins and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) fingerprinting showed that both the quercetin and quercetin glucoside (quercitrin and isoquercitrin) levels were affected by the fermentation process. In conclusion, our data suggests that traditional fermentation could be an important strategy in improving the biological properties of raw materials including their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. Finally, RFFS may be a candidate for developing topical antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agents.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.317-325
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• 2020

A new dimer stilbene [Monalittorin (1)] and ten known compounds [engeletin (2), aurantiamide acetate (3), lupeol (4), friedelin (5), quercetin (6), tiliroside (7), rutoside (8), astragalin (9), isoquercitrin (10) and quercimeritroside (11)] have been isolated from the leaves of Monanthotaxis littoralis (Annonaceae). The structures of these compounds were established by interpretation of their data, mainly, HR-TOFESIMS, 1-D NMR (1H and 13C) and 2-D NMR (1H-1H COSY, HSQC, HMBC and NOESY) and by comparison with the literature. The evaluation of their antimicrobial activities against three bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923, Escherichia coli S2 (1) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01) and three fungal strains (Candida albicans ATCC10231, Candida tropicalis PK233 and Cryptococcus neoformans H99) using broth micro dilution method, showed the largest antimicrobial activities of EtOAc fraction and compounds 1, 5, 6, 8 and 11 (MIC = 8 - 64 ㎍/mL). In addition, EtOAc fraction presented synergistic effect with Vancomycin and fluconazole against the tested microorganisms.

• 한국자원식물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국자원식물학회 2023년도 임시총회 및 춘계학술대회
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• pp.54-54
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• 2023

Nypa fruticans Wurmb (N. fruticans) is a plant that belongs to Araceae and N. fruticans is mainly found in tropical mangrove systems. The parts (leaves, stems, and roots) of N. fruticans are traditionally used for asthma, sore throat, and liver disease. N. fruticans contains flavonoids and polyphenols, which are substances that have inhibitory effects on cancer and oxidant. In previous studies, some pharmaceutical effects of N. fruticans on melanogenesis and inflammation have been reported. The present study is conducted to investigate the effect of the ethyl acetate fraction of N. fruticans (ENF) on oxidative DNA damage and UVB-induced DNA damage. DNA damage response (DDR) pathway is important in research on cancer, apoptosis, and so on. DDR pathways are considered a crucial factor affecting the alleviation of cellular damage. ENF could reduce oxidative DNA damage derived from reactive oxygen species by the Fenton reaction. Also, ENF reduced the intensity of intracellular ROS in the live cell image by DCFDA assay. UVB is known to cause skin and cellular damage, then finally contribute to causing the formation of tumors. As for the strategies of reducing DNA damage by UVB, inhibition of p53, H2AX, and Chk2 can be important indexes to protect the human body from DNA damage. As a result of confirming the protective effect of ENF for UVB damage, MMPs significantly decreased, and the expression of apoptosis-related factors tended to decrease. In conclusion, ENF can provide protective effects against double-stranded DNA break (DSB) caused by oxidative DNA damage and UVB-induced DNA damage. These results are considered to be closely related to the protective effect against radicals based on catechin, epicatechin, and isoquercitrin contained in ENF. Based on these results, it is thought that additional mechanism studies for inhibiting cell damage are needed.

• 공업화학
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.696-704
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 마가목 가지 비발효 추출물과 발효균주 Lactobacillus pentosus를 이용하여 발효시킨 발효 추출물에 대하여 항산화 및 MMPs 발현 억제 효과를 조사하고 유효 성분을 분석하였다. 마가목 가지 비발효 추출물과 발효 추출물의 자유 라디칼 소거 활성($FSC_{50}$)에서 비발효 추출물은 $41.0{\mu}g/mL$, 발효 추출물은 $58.2{\mu}g/mL$이었다. $Fe^{3+}-EDTA/H_2O_2$계에서 활성산소 소거 활성($OSC_{50}$)은 각각 2.6, $3.0{\mu}g/mL$로 나타났다. 진피 섬유아세포에서 세포내 활성산소 소거활성은 $10{\mu}g/mL$에서 각각 35.3, 40.2%를 나타났다. 진피 섬유아세포에서 MMPs (MMP-1, MMP-2 및 MMP-3) 발현은 $10{mu}g/mL$에서 비발효 추출물은 각각 68.3, 35.0 및 24.2%이었고, 발효 추출물은 각각 84.3, 70.5 및 69.2% 억제되었다. 마가목 발효 전후 추출물의 성분 변화는 TLC, HPLC 및 LC/ESI-MS/MS를 이용하였다. 그 결과, caffeic acid, (-)-epicatechin, isoquercitrin 및 quercetin을 확인하였다. 이상의 결과들은 L. pentosus를 이용한 마가목 가지 발효 추출물은 비발효 추출물보다도 ROS 소거 활성이 크게 나타났고 또한 MMPs 발현 억제 효능도 보여주었다. 따라서 마가목 가지 발효 추출물은 항노화 화장품 소재로서 응용 가능성이 있음을 시사하였다.

• 공업화학
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.452-460
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 어성초(Houttuynia cordata)의 추출물 및 분획물을 제조하고 이들에 대한 생리활성과 성분분석을 하였다. 어성초는 50% 에탄올 추출물 및 에틸아세테이트 분획물을 제조하여 실험에 사용하였다. 항균활성 측정결과, S. aureus, B. subtilis에 대한 에틸아세테이트 분획의 MIC 값은 각각 78, $312{\mu}g/mL$으로 나타나 그람 양성균에 대하여 높은 활성을 보이는 것으로 나타났다. 1,1-Diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH)에 대한 자유라디칼 소거활성($FSC_{50}$)은 50% 에탄올 추출물($27.15{\mu}g/mL$) 및 에틸아세테이트 분획($12.00{\mu}g/mL$)을 측정한 결과 에틸아세테이트 분획에서 활성이 더 크게 나타났다. Luminol-의존성 화학발광법을 이용한 $Fe^{3+}-EDTA/H_2O_2$계에서 생성된 활성산소종(reactive oxygen species, ROS)에 대한 총항산화능($OSC_{50}$)은 50% 에탄올 추출물($2.91{\mu}g/mL$), 에틸아세테이트 분획($0.983{\mu}g/mL$) 측정 결과 DPPH에 대한 소거활성과 같은 경향성을 보였다. 어성초 추출물의 HaCaT 세포보호효과를 확인하기 위해 UVB 조사 후 세포 내 ROS 소거활성을 확인한 결과, 어성초 에틸아세테이트 분획은 $1.6{\mu}g/mL$부터 농도 의존적으로 ROS 소거활성을 나타내었으며, 최고 농도인 $12.5{\mu}g/mL$에서 54.3%의 감소율을 보였다. 과산화수소로 유도된 세포보호효과 또한, 어성초 에틸아세테이트 분획은 $0.8{\mu}g/mL$부터 세포생존율을 유의적으로 증가시켜 최대 86.9%까지 증가시켰다. 실험에 사용된 어성초 추출물의 에틸아세테이트 분획을 가지고 TLC와 HPLC를 이용한 성분분석을 수행하였다. 그 결과 quercitrin, isoquercitrin, hyperoside, chlorogenic acid, neochlorogenic acid, cryptochlorogenic acid, rutin 및 afzelin이 있음을 확인하였다. 이상의 결과들로부터, 어성초 추출물 및 분획물은 ROS를 소거하고 항균효과를 나타냄으로써 외부 환경으로부터 세포막을 보호할 수 있는 천연 항산화제 및 천연 방부제로서 화장품 분야에서 응용가능성이 있음을 시사하였다.