• Toxicological Research
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.365-374
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• 2004

Inhalation toxicity, mutagenicity, and immunotoxicity tests were performed using a smoke generation system to investigate the safety of Herbrette, a tobacco substitute made with the leaves of Perilla frutescens. ICR mice were exposed to nicotine-free Herbrette smoke with concentrations of 0 (control), 4.08 $\pm$ 1.32 mg/$m^3$ (low dose), 7.72 $\pm$ 2.14 mg/$m^3$ (medium dose) and 12.83 $\pm$ 1.69 mg/$m^3$ (high dose) total particulate matters (TPM) for 4 weeks. When compared to the control group, the body weights, organ weights in the exposed groups did not show any significant differences. However, certain change of several serum chemical data and biochemical parameters were observed, however, the changes were within normal physiological ranges. Moreover, no changes in organ weight, and no gross/microscopic changes were observed between the exposed and control groups. Salmonella typhimurium reverse mutation, in vivo chromosomal aberration and micronucleus assays revealed that Herbrette did not induce mutagenicity. Upon evaluation of peripheral cellular immunity of mice through in vitro lymphocyte proliferation assay, no significant difference was observed in mean stimulation index between the exposed and control groups. Taken together, our results strongly suggest that Herbrette may not cause toxicity on mice under current condition.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.910-916
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• 2002

생약재의 식품ㆍ생물 산업적 이용증대에 따라 생약재의 안전한 위생화 기술이 요구되고 있다 본 연구에서는 생약재의 위생화 기술로서 방사선 조사기법의 활용 가능성을 검토하기 위하여, 감마선을 조사한 생약재 3종에 대한 유전독성학적 안전성을 평가하고자 하였다. 공시 재료는 오염유기체 완전 구제선량인 10 kGy의 감마선을 조사시킨 황기, 백출 및 승마로 하였으며, 각각의 열수 추출물의 유전독성을 in vitro 시험으로 평가하였다. 유전독성 평가는 Salmonella typhimurium TA98 및 TA100 균주를 이용한 복귀 돌연변이 시험(Ames test)과 Chiilese hamster ovary(CHO) 세포를 이용한 in vitro 소핵 유발 시험으로 시행하였다. 각각의 시험은 59 nix를 첨가한 대사 활성화 시스템과 첨 가하지 않은 비활성화 시스템으로 구분하여 실시하였으며, 시료의 최고 처리 농도는 복귀돌연변이 시험에서는 5mg/plate로, 소핵유발시험에서는 50%의 세포증식 억제를 나타내는 농도(1 mg/mL)로 하였다. 복귀 돌연변이 시험 결과 대사 활성화 및 비활성화의 경우 모두에서 각 시료에 의한 복귀변이 집락수의 증가를 인정할 수 없었으며, 각 용량단계에서 감마선 조사군과 비조사군 간의 차이도 볼 수 없었으므로 음성으로 판정하였다. 소핵 유발시험에서도 음성 대조군 및 감마선 조사군과 비조사군 모두 각 용량 단계에서 세포 내에 생성된 소핵의 빈도가 3% 이하로 나타남에 따라, 시료에 의한 소핵의 유발을 인정할 수 없었으므로 음성으로 판정하였다 따라서 감마선이 조사된 각각의 시료는 직접 및 간접 돌연변이원으로 작용하지 않으며 세포유전 독성을 나타내지 않음을 확인할 수 있었다. 향후, 생체내 유전독성 시험, 만성독성 시험 및 생식독성 시험 등의 추가적인 in vivo실험이 행하여진다면 감마선 조사 생약재의 안전성을 보다 명확히 밝힐 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.1115-1122
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• 2002

시판되고 있는 두류 22 종류의 70% 에탄올 추출물을 제조하여, 이들의 항산화 활성, 화학적 변이원 mitomycin C에 대한 항변이원성, 세포독성, 변이원성 등을 포함하는 생리활성 효과를 비교 검정하였다. DPPH radical에 대한 전자공여능, hydroxy radical 소거능 및 지질 자동산화 억제효과 등은 모든 두류 품종이 거의 유사한 효과를 나타내었다. 예팔, 완두, 녹두, 백편두 등은 변이원 mitomycin C에 대해 유의할만한 수준의 항변이원성을 보였으며, 녹색나물콩, 녹두, 속피리 등은 지시 세포의 성장을 촉진하는 효과가 있었고, 속청과 청태는 변이원성을 억제하는 특성이 있었다. 백편두는 세포 성장과 돌연변이 유발 모두를 억제하는 것으로 나타나 추출물 자체가 독성을 가질 수도 있을 것으로 생각되었다. 결과적으로 본 연구의 목적이었던 기능성 밥 및 떡 제조를 위한 부재료로서의 두류 이용을 위해서는 예팥, 녹두 등을 이용하는 것이 바람직하리라고 생각된다.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.68-73
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• 2000

These experiments were performed to investigate the safety of two herbs-Houttuynia cordata Thunberg and Lycium chinese Miller-irradiated with gamma-rays in respect of genotoxicity. Water extracts from the 10 kGy gamma-irradiated herbs were examined in two short -term in vitro tests ; (1) Salmonella typhimurium reversion assay (Ames test) in strain TA 98 and Ta100 and (2) Micronuclues test on clutured Chinese hamster ovary(CHO) cells. No mutagenicity was detected in the two assays with or without metabolic activation . From these results , the safety of the herbs irradiated with gamma-rays at practical doses could be revealed in further tests of genotoxicity in vivo, chronic and reproductive toxicity.

• 약학회지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.328-333
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• 1988

Based on the following tests with fractions extracted from organic solvents such as benzene, chloroform, ethyl acetate and methanol, this study is to analyse the antimutagenicity of Lonicerae Flos. When carrying out Ames test with Salmonella typhimurium strain, it seemed that there was stronger antimutagenicity in TA 100 treated by MNNG than did one in TA 98 by NPD, and that there was stronger antimutagenicity through base pair exchange than one through frame shift. In the umu test, each fraction tended to inhibit the activity of ${\beta}-galactosidase$ induced by AF-2. As shown in these above tests, the ethyl acetate fraction was the strongest among four fractions. On the other hand, its component consisted of luteolin, apigenin, chlorogenic acid and five unknown ingredients. Of these unknown ingredients, E, F strongly tended to inhibit the activity of ${\beta}-galacosidase$. In addition,there was also the decrease in its activity of apigenin, luteolin and chlorogenic acid.

• 한국잠사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국잠사학회 2003년도 International Symposium of Silkworm/Insect Biotechnology and Annual Meeting of Korea Society of Sericultural Science
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• pp.128-129
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• 2003

Cricket (Gyilus bimacutus) is mass-bred in 6 time cycles per one year in insect farms. They are used as dry or live foods for animals, tropical fish, reptile and amphibians. Therefore, it is necessary to study the genotoxicity of whole bodies of G. bimaculatus. The aim of this present study was to evaluate the genotoxicity of the G bimaculatus extract with three methods, Ames test, chromosome aberration test in Chinese hamster ovary cells in vitro and micronucleus (MN) test in vivo which involve the different test systems (bacteria, mammalian cells and mice nuclei). (omitted)

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.193-198
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• 2001

Gamma irradiation at 20 kGy was apploed to salted and fermented shrimps to evaluate its possible genotoxicity. The genotoxicity of irradiated salted and fermented shrimps was evaluated by Salmonella typhimurium reversion assay, chromosomal aberration test and in vivo micronucleus assay. The results were negative in the bacterial reversion assay with S. typhimurium TA98, TA100. No mutagenicity was detected in the assay both with and without metabolic activation. In chromosomal aberration tests with CHL cells and in vivo mouse micronucleus assay, no significant difference in the incidences of chromosomal aberration and micronuclei was observed between nonirradiated and 20 kGy-irradiated salted and fermented shrimps. These results indicate that salted and fermented shrimps irradiated at 20 kGy did not show any genotoxic effects under these experimental conditions.

• 한국환경성돌연변이발암원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경성돌연변이발암원학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.46-46
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• 2003

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.2257-2261
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• 2012

Pinocembrin (5, 7-dihydroxyflavanone) is a flavanone extracted from the rhizome of Boesenbergia pandurata. Our previous studies demonstrated that pinocembrin had no toxicity or mutagenicity in rats. We here evaluated its effects on the initiation and promotion stages in diethylnitrosamine-induced rat hepatocarcinogenesis, using short- and medium-term carcinogenicity tests. Micronucleated hepatocytes and liver glutathione-S-transferase placental form foci were used as end point markers. Pinocembrin was neither mutagenic nor carcinogenic in rat liver, and neither inhibited nor prevented micronucleus formation as well as GST-P positive foci formation induced by diethylnitrosamine. Interestingly, pinocembrin slightly increased the number of GST-P positive foci when given prior to diethylnitrosamine injection.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.952-957
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• 1997

The three medicinal herbs-Curcuman longa Linne, Paeonia japonica Miyabe, Scutellaria baikalensis George-irradiated with gamma rays were tested for their possible genotoxicity. The methanol-soluble and water-soluble fractions of the 10kGy gamma-irradiated herbs were examined in cultured Chinese hamster ovary(CHO) cells for their ability to induce micronuclei. No mutagenicity of each test material was detected in the assay with or without metabolic activation. The safety of the herbs irradiated with gamma rays at practical doses needs further investigations using in vivo genotoxicity and chronic and reproductive toxicity tests.