• 대한한의학방제학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.177-192
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• 2014

Objective : In order to investigate the effect of Curcumae Longae Rhizoma(CLR) extract on the hepatocellular carcinogenesis and acute liver damage induced by diethylnitrosamine(DENA) and $CCl_4$ in rats. Methods : Experimental groups were subdivided into four; normal group (Nor), acute liver damage and hepatocellular cancer inducing control group (Con), and CLR extract 200mg/kg/day (CAA) or 400mg/kg/day (CAB) administered groups to Con. Thereafter the changes of the body weight, the liver weight and the weight of liver/100g body weight, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, triglyceride, the activities of AST, ALT, ALP, LDH, AFP, SOD, catalase were measured. And we observed by optical and electron microscopy. Result : 1. The body weight was decreased in Con compared with Nor for 5 weeks, but increased in Con compared with Nor from 6 week to 9 week. During experimental period of total 9 weeks, CAA and CAB were increased compared with Con. 2. The liver weight was increased significantly (p<0.05) in Con compared with Nor. The weight of liver/100g body weight was increased significantly (p<0.05) in Con compared with Nor and decreased significantly (p<0.05) in CAB compared with Con. 3. The level of total cholesterol was increased in Con and CAA compared with Nor, but there was not statistically significant. The level of triglyceride was decreased in Con compared with Nor. But increased in CAA and CAB compared with Con. The level of HDL-cholesterol was significantly increased (p<0.05) in CAA and CAB compared with Con. 4. The activities of AST, ALT were increased in Con compared with Nor, but decreased in CAA compared with Con, significantly decreased (p<0.05) in CAB compared with Con. 5. The activities of ALP, LDH were increased in Con compared with Nor, but decreased in CAA and CAB compared with Con. 6. The activities of AFP was increased significantly (p<0.05) in Con compared with Nor, but decreased significantly (p<0.05) in CAA and CAB compared with Con. 7. The activities of SOD were increased in Con, CAA and CAB compared with Nor, but decreased in CAA and CAB compared with Con. The activities of Catalase was more increased in CAA and CAB compared than Con. 8. The results of light microscopical observation, a number of hepatocytes were damaged in Con compared with Nor and CAB. 9. According to the electron microscopical observation, irregular nuclear membrane, condensed nucleoplasm was observed in Con, the experimental group was observed in the nucleus of the well-preserved and evenly developed nucleoplasm. Conclusions : These results suggest that administration of CLR extract suppress or retard on the hepatocellular carcinogenesis and acute liver damage induced by DENA and $CCl_4$ in rats.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.655-663
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• 2002

Liver fibrosis is a prepathological state wherein damaged liver tissues in chronic liver diseases, such as hepatitis, are not repaired to normal tissues, but converted to fibrous tissue. 5-(2-Pyrazinyl)-4-methyl-1,2-dithiol-3-thione (oltipraz), a cancer chemopreventive agent, is effective against a wide variety of chemical carcinogens. Recently, we reported that oltipraz inhibits liver fibrogenesis (Kang et al., 2002). In the present study, the effects of oltipraz in combination with dimethyl-4,4'-dimethoxy-5,6,5',6'-dimethylene dioxybiphenyl-2,2'-dicarboxylate (DDb) on dimethylnitrosamine (DMN)-induced liver fibrogenesis were assessed in rats. Oltipraz (30 mg/kg body weight, po, 3 times per week for 4 weeks) was found to inhibit the increases in plasma ALT, AST and bilirubin by DMN, whereas DDB (30 mg/kg body weight, po, 3 times per week for 4 weeks) attenuated the increases in the plasma ALT and bilirubin. The lowered plasma protein and albumin contents in DMN-treated rats were completely restored by oltipraz, but not by DDB. DDB decreases liver cell injury and inflammation through inhibition of nuclear factor-kB. DMN increased the accumulation of liver collagen, as indicated by the increase in the 4-hydroxyproline content in liver homogenates, which was reduced by treatment with oltipraz, but not by DDB. Given the differential effect between oltipraz and DDB, the potential enhancement of antifibrotic efficacy by the drugs was assessed in the animal model. Despite the minimal effect of DDB on DMN-induced fibrogenesis, DDB (5-25 mg/kg), administered together with oltipraz (25-5 mg/kg), showed an additive protective effect against hepatotoxicity and fibrosis induced by DMN, which was shown by the blood chemistry parameters and histopathological analysis. The adequate composition ratio of oltipraz to DDB was 5:1. These results provide information on the pharmaceutical composition, comprising of oltipraz and DDB as the active components, for the treatment and/or prevention of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.108-113
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• 1996

The effect of aqua-acupuncture of total saponin on the recovery of liver function in -intoxicated rats was exemined. Rats were divided into normal, control and three experimental groups (As-I group : aqua-acupuncture of saline to Gansu locus and Aa-III group : aqua-a-cupuncture of total saponin to blank locus at the thigh). Changes of some serum biochemical parameters (ALT, AST and ALP, total protein and albumin, and albumin/globulin (A/G) ratio) were determined. Serum ALT activities were increased by $CCI_{4}$T and decreased in all aqua-acupuncture groups compared with the control group. Aa-I group showed significant decrease of ALT activities on the 2nd (P<0.05) and 3rd (P<0.05) day, respectively. Aa-II group showed significant decrease on the 3rd day (P<0.05) day. Serum AST activities were increased by $CCI_{4}$T and decreased in all apua-acupuncture groups compared with the control group. Aa-I group showed significant decrease on the 1st (P<0.05), 2nd (P<0.001) and 3rd (P<0.001) day, respectively. Aa-II group showed significant decrease on the 3rd (P<0.001) day. Aa-III group showed significant decrese on the 1st (P<0.05) and 3rd (P<0.001) day, respectrvely. Serum ALP activities were increased by $CCI_{4}$T and decreased in all aqua-a-cupuncture groups compared with the control group. Aa-I group showed significant decrease on the 3rd (P<0.01) day. Total protein, albumin and A/G ratio were decreased by $CCI_{4}$T and increased in all aqua-acupuncture groups compared with control group. Aa-I group showed significant increase only on the 3rd day in albumin (P<0.01). It was thought that the aqua-acupuncture of total saponin to Gansu locus was effective on the recovery of liver function in $CCI_{4}$T-intoxicated rats.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권14호
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• pp.5799-5804
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• 2014

Background: Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is the most widely used and studied method internationally for the local treatment of liver tumors. However, the extension of coagulation necrosis in one RFA procedure is limited and incomplete coverage of the damaged area can lead to a high local recurrence rate. Objective: In this study, we compared the effects of different solutions in enhancing hepatic radiofrequency by establishing a rabbit VX2 liver cancer model. We also determined the optimal solution to maximise effects on the extent of RFA-induced coagulation necrosis. Methods: Thirty VX2 tumor rabbits were randomly assigned to five groups: group A, RFA alone; group B, RFA with anhydrous ethanol injection; group C, RFA with 5% hypertonic saline injection; group D, RFA with lidocaine injection; and group E, RFA with a mixed solution. Routine ultrasound examinations and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) of the ablation areas were performed after RFA. Then, we measured the major axis and transverse diameter and compared the areas of coagulation necrosis induced by RFA. Results: The mean ablation area range increased in groups B, C and especially E, and the scopes were greater compared with group A. Preoperative application of anhydrous ethanol, hypertonic saline, lidocaine and the mixed solution (groups B, C, D and E, respectively) resulted in larger coagulation necrosis areas than in group A (p<0.05). Among the groups, the coagulation necrosis areas in group E was largest, and the difference was statistically significant compared with other groups (p<0.05). Pathological findings were consistent with imaging results. Conclusions: A mixture of dehydrated alcohol, hypertonic saline and lidocaine injected with RFA increases the extent of coagulation necrosis in the liver with a single application, and the mixed solution is more effective than any other injection alone.

• 생약학회지
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• 제37권1호통권144호
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• pp.28-32
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• 2006

Hepatoprotective effects of an aqueous extract prepared from the aerial part of Agrimonia eupatoria L., a species of agrimmony, were investigated in experimental liver-damaged models. To investigate hepatoprotective effects, the agrimmony extract were fed orally to experimental animals. Thereafter a single dose of hepatotoxin, carbon tetrachloride $(CCl_4)$ or D-galac-tosamine was orally administrated. Chronic liver damage was induced by oral administration of $CCl_4$ for 2 weeks (1 time/day). Hepatoprotective effects were monitored by estimating serum AST and ALT levels. The results showed that the agrimmony extract significantly reduced AST and ALT levels compared with those of control group in both acute and chronic animal models. It was concluded that the agrimmony extract have hepatoprotective effects against rat liver injury induced by $CCl_4$ or D-galactosamine.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.121-126
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• 1990

전신마취를 필요로 하는 무증상 HBsAg양성 간효소치가 증가된 환자 11명을 대상으로 enflurane으로 마취한후 술전, 술후 3일, 7일 및 10일에 간기능검사를 실시하여 그 변화를 비교 검사한 결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1) SGOT, SGPT SGOT, SGPT는 술후 3일에는 술전수치보다 약간 증가하였으나 7일, 10일에는 현저한 증가를 보였다. 8예에 있어서는 술후 3일에 술전치 보다 약간 증가한 양상을 보였고 7일, 10일에 술전치와 비슷하게 되었으나 3예에서는 3일에 SGOT, SGPT가 약간 증가하더니 7일, 10일에는 SGOT, SGPT가 300-500IU로 상당히 증가하여 간염치료를 하여 술후 2개월후에 술전치와 비슷하게 하강하였다. 2) Alkaline phosphatase, total protein, albumin, total bilirubin, and direct bilirubin은 술후 3일에 정상범위를 벗어난 변화를 보였으며 7일부터 정상범위내로 회복되었다. 이상의 결과를 보아 enflurane마취가 간기능에 큰 영향을 미치지 않는다고는 하나 HBaAg양성 간효소치가 증가한 환자에게는 마취시 간염으로 이행될 가능성이 높으므로 상당히 조심을 하여 마취를 시행하여야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한방비만학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.49-58
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• 2021

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of white pan bread added with Kamut (Triticum turgidum spp.) on high fat diet (HFD)-induced obese C57BL/6 mice. Methods: The white pan bread or white pan bread with Kamut (BK) were administered for 8 weeks in HFD-induced obese C57BL/6 mice. To evaluate the effect and its mechanisms of BK on obese mice, we measured body weight change, serum lipid profiles, histopathological analysis, and protein expression of CCAAT/enhancer binding protein-α (C/EBPα) in the liver. Results: Administration of BK significantly decreased body weight in HFD-induced obese mice. In addition, BK-administered group significantly reduced serum total cholesterol, glucose, and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels compared with the HFD-induced control group. The HFD-induced mice had damaged liver tissue and increased the size of adipose tissue, but BK-administered group attenuated liver damage and decreased the size of adipocyte. Furthermore, administration of BK significantly down-regulated C/EBPα in the liver compared with HFD-fed mice. In particular, BK-administered group has higher inhibited body weight, serum lipid profiles, and C/EBPα expressions than white pan bread-administered group. Conclusions: This study demonstrated that administration of BK attenuated HFD-induced obesity by regulation of C/EBPα than consumption of white pan bread. Therefore, BK could be developed as a bread for prevention of obesity.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.125-132
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• 2017

BPA는 내분비교란물질로 널리 알려져 있다. BPA를 세포와 실험동물에 처리하여 독성을 유도하고 이를 인삼 추출물들이 BPA로 유도된 독성에 어떠한 영향을 미칠 것인지 살펴보았다. WGE, DGE, RGE에 대한 항산화능을 DPPH 분석법으로 측정하였다. DGE 및 RGE는 DPPH 소거 항산화 활성을 증가시켰다. 간암세포주 HepG2에 BPA 처리하여 세포독성을 유도하고, 이를 인삼추출물에 의해 세포생존이 증가되는지 MTT법으로 측정하였다. BPA $200{\mu}M$ 처리하여 유도된 세포독성에 DGE 및 RGE는 세포 생존 능력을 증가시켰다. 실험동물에 BPA를 처리하여 독성을 유도하고 이를 인삼추출물들이 방어하는지 살펴보았다. 혈청에서 간 손상 생화학적 마커인 AST와 ALT가 RGE 투여군에서 증가했다. 또한, 손상된 간세포 재생및 증식이 RGE 투여군에서 현저하게 증가하였다. 또한, RGE 주변 영역 및 간 미세 구조의 중심 정맥의 문맥에서 간 섬유화를 억제하였다. 이상의 결과를 종합하면 RGE가 간 세포주에서 BPA로 유도된 세포독성을 유의적으로 저해하였으며, 동물실험을 통하여 BPA에 의해 손상된 간에서 RGE가 간의 보호와 간 조직 재생이 발생하는 것을 확인하였다. 이 결과는 RGE가 외부에서 유입된 화학물질에 대한 간 손상 개선제로 사용될 수 있음을 보여준다. 그러므로, RGE는환경독성 물질로 인한 질환치료약물에 대한 잠재적인 후보가 될 수 있을 것이라 사료된다.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.224-230
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• 2024

Pinitol (3-O-Methyl-D-chiro-inositol) has been reported to possess insulin-like effects and is known as one of the anti-diabetic agents to improve muscle, liver, and endothelial cells. However, the beneficial effects of pinitol on the skin are not well known. Here, we investigated whether pinitol had effects on human dermal fibroblasts (HDFs), and human dermal equivalents (HDEs) irradiated with ultraviolet A (UVA), which causes various damages including photodamage in the skin. We observed that pinitol enhanced wound healing in UVA-damaged HDFs. We also found that pinitol significantly antagonized the UVA-induced up-regulation of matrix metalloproteinase 1 (MMP1), and the UVA-induced down-regulation of collagen type I and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1 (TIMP1) in HDEs. Electron microscopy analysis also revealed that pinitol remarkably increased the number of collagen fibrils with regular banding patterns in the dermis of UVA-irradiated human skin equivalents. Pinitol significantly reversed the UVA-induced phosphorylation levels of ERK and JNK but not p38, suggesting that this regulation may be the mechanism underlying the pinitol-mediated effects on UVA-irradiated HDEs. We also observed that pinitol specifically increased Smad3 phosphorylation, which is representative of the TGF-β signaling pathway for collagen synthesis. These data suggest that pinitol exerts several beneficial effects on UVA-induced damaged skin and can be used as a therapeutic agent to improve skin-related diseases.

• 고려인삼학회:학술대회논문집
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• 고려인삼학회 1984년도 학술대회지
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• pp.63-74
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• 1984

한국산 인삼 (Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer) 뿌리에서 추출한 사포닌 분획이 쥐의 간에 미치는 에탄올 독성을 예방하는 효력이 있음을 생화학적 및 현미경적으로 관찰하였다. 본 연구실의 연구 결과에 의하면 적당량(반응액에서의 농도 : $10^{-5}\%$내외)의 인삼 사포닌은 여러가지 효소를 비 특이적으로 활성화하며 1mg의 사포닌 분획을 쥐에게 경구 투여하면 2시간후의 간에서의 인삼 사포닌 분획의 농도가 약 $10^{-5}\%$ 수준이고 간에서의 사포닌 분획의 반감기는 약 5시간으로 추정되었다. 본 연구에서도 인삼 사포닌 분획이 에탄올 대사에 관여하는 alcohol dehydrogenase, aldehyde dehydrogenase 그리고 microsomal ethanol oxilizing system을 시험관 내에서나 생체에서 다같이 촉진한다는 것을 알게 되었고 인삼 사포닌 분획이 에탄올 산화 과정에서 생성되는 유독한 acetadizing를 체내에서 신속히 제거하고 과량의 수소를 생합성에 효과적으로 이용함으로서 에탄올 독성으로부터 간을 보호하는 것으로 생각되었다. 전자현미경적 관찰도 물대신 $12{\%}$ ethanol만을 6일간 투여한 쥐의 간세포가 크게 손상되었는데 비하여 인삼 사포닌을 $12{\%}$ethanol과 함께 같은 기간 투여한 쥐의 간세포는 손상되지 않았음을 나타내고 있으며, 인삼 사포닌 분획이 에탄올 특성에 예방적 효력이 있음을 확인할 수 있었다.