• 약학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.257-262
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• 2000

The roots of Cynanhum caudatum (Asclepiadaceae) have been used in folk medicine in Japan and China for the prevention and treatment of various geriatric diseases and also as a cardiotonic agent. Constituents of this plant have mainly been examined for glycosides: besides two steroidal alkaloids, gagaminine and gagamine which was firstly isolated by us, more than 35 polyoxypregnane glycosides and aglycones have also been identified. Gagaminine inhibits potently the hepatic aldehyde oxidase activity and lipid peroxidation in vitro. The present work deals with the comparison of antioxidative activities of gagamine, a new pregnane alkaloid, three isolated polyoxypregnanes containing a keto group at C-20 with those of gagaminine, a potent antioxidant, in order to explain the structure-activity relationships. The results of this study further prove that the cinnamoyl group of gagaminine is very important for the inhibition on the aldehyde oxidase activity while the nicotinoyl group is necessary for anti-lipid peroxidation. Besides that, the keto compounds having no ester group at C-12 were found to be more active than the others except gagaminine.

• 약학회지
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.391-396
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• 1999

In order to evaluate the protective effects of extracts of Mori cortex radicis on carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatotoxicity, glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase, glutamic pyruvic transaminase, lactic dehydrogenase, malondiadehyde values and glutathione S-transferase activity were measured in ICR mice. The activities of serum aminotransferase and the hepatic content of lipid peroxide after carbon tetrachloride-treatment were markedly increased than normal control but those levels were significantly decreased by the treatment of butanol fraction of Mori cortex radicis mathanol extract. Glutathione S-transferase activity was decreased by carbon tetrachloride than control, but that also inhibited by the treatment of butanol fraction of Mori cortex radicis methanol extract. These results demonstrate a possible hepatoprotective role of extract role of extract of Mori cortex radicis against ${CCl_4}-induced$ hepatoxicity in vivo.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제20권7호
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• pp.819-823
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• 1999

Antioxidant activities of various mushroom fruiting bodies were investigated in vitro. Among the mushroom extracts examined, Armillariella mellea, Daedalea dickinsi, Fomitella fraxinea and Pleurotus cornusopiae markedly exhibited inhibition on lipid peroxidaton of rat liver microsomes. Ergosterol peroxide (5,8-epidioxy-5α,8α-ergosta-6,22E-dien-3β-ol), antioxidant from A. mellea, was isolated by solvent extraction, silica gel column chromatography and recrystallization. The structure of the compound was determined by NMR, GC/MS and X-ray crystallography. Ergosterol peroxide showed potent inhibition on lipid peroxidation and exhibited higher antioxidant activity than well-known antioxidants, α-tocopherol and thiourea.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.13-17
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• 1993

Several naturally occurring furanocoumarins significantly inhibited microsomal lipid peroxidation not only mediated by endogeneous iron and NADPH but also initiated by $CCL_4$ metabolites, phellopterin, a potent inhibibitor of cytochrome p-450, exhibited an almost complete inhibition of $CCL_4$-induced hepatotoxicity as measured by sGPT activity 24 hr after $CCL_4$ intoxication, whereas other furanocoumarins such as imperation, byakangelicin and oxypeucedanin methanolate exerted no protective effect. When compared with other cytochrome P-450 inhibitors(SKF-52A, AIA) and silymarin given at the same dose level $(ED_{50})$, phellopterin still showed a significant inhibition of hepatotoxicity which was even stronger than that of AIA, known as a typical suicide inhibitor. Phellopterin was partially effective when given 30 min after $CCL_4$ treatment. Repeated administrations of phellopterin, however, resulted in a complete loss of the protection against $CCL_4$-induced hepatotoxicity.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.679-683
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• 2001

본 실험은 알코올 투여한 흰쥐를 대상으로 콩나물, 솔잎, 표고버섯과 오가피 추출물의 알코올 탈수소효소 활성과 항산화 효과를 비교하기 위해 수행되었다. 약 200g 정도의 Sprague-Dawley계 쥐들을 정상군, 알코올 단독투여군, 4가지 식물추출물 투여군으로 나우어서, 각 식물추출물을 알코올을 주입하기 전 8일 동안 200mg/kg b.w. 을 하루에 한번 경구투여하였다. 모든 동물은 알코올을 주입하고 90분 후에 도살시켰다. 콩나물과 솔잎추출물 투여군의 혈중 알코올 농도는 알코올 단독투여군, 표고버섯, 오가피군 보다 유의적으로 낮게 나타났다. 또한 콩나물과 솔잎 추출물 투여군의 알코올 탈수소효소활성은 알코올 단독투여군과 표고버섯, 오가파군보다 유의적인 증가를 보여주었다. Catalase 활성은 식물추출물 투여군이 알코올 단독투여군보다 다소 높게 나타났지만, 유의성 있는 차이는 보이지 않았다. 이러한 결과는 흰쥐에게 일회성으로 알코올을 다량 투여했을 때 알코올 탈수소효소가 catalase보다 우선적으로 알코올 대사에 반응함을 보여준다. 모든 식물추출물 투여군들의 지질과산화와 glutathione peroxidase 활성은 알코올 단독투여군보다 유의적으로 낮게 나타났다. 이 결과는 본 실험에 사용된 식물추출물들이 알코올의 산화에 대한 항산화 효과를 가진다는 것을 보여주며, 특히 콩나물과 솔잎 추출물 투여군이 알코올 탈수소효소의 활성증가오 항산화에 대한 효과가 높음을 보여주었다.