• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.427-436
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• 2012

Targeted therapy has been a very promising strategy of drug development research. Many molecular mechanims of diseases have been known to be regulated by abundance of proteins, such as receptors and hormones. Chemoprevention for treatment and prevention of diseases are continuously developed. Pre-clinical and clinical studies in chemoprevention field yielded many valuable data in preventing the onset of disease and suppressing the progress of their growth, making chemoprevention a challenging and a very rational strategy in future researches. Natural products being rich of flavonoids are those fruits belong to the genus citrus. Ethanolic extract of Citrus reticulata and Citrus aurantiifolia peels showed anticarcinogenic, antiproliferative, co-chemotherapeutic and estrogenic effects. Several examples of citrus flavonoids that are potential as chemotherapeutic agents are tangeretin, nobiletin, hesperetin, hesperidin, naringenin, and naringin. Those flavonoids have been shown to possess inhibition activity on certain cancer cells' growth through various mechanisms. Moreover, citrus flavonoids also perform promising effect in combination with several chemotherapeutic agents against the growth of cancer cells. Some mechanisms involved in those activities are through cell cycle modulation, antiangiogenic effect, and apoptosis induction.Previous studies showed that tangeretin suppressed the growth of T47D breast cancer cells by inhibiting ERK phosphorylation. While in combination with tamoxifen, doxorubicin, and 5-FU, respectively, it was proven to be synergist on several cancer cells. Hesperidin and naringenin increased cytotoxicitity of doxorubicin on MCF-7 cells and HeLa cells. Besides, citrus flavonoids also performed estrogenic effect in vivo. One example is hesperidin having the ability to decrease the concentration of serum and hepatic lipid and reduce osteoporosis of ovariectomized rats. Those studies showed the great potential of citrus fruits as natural product to be developed as not only the source of co-chemotherapeutic agents, but also phyto-estrogens. Therefore, further study needs to be conducted to explore the potential of citrus fruits in overcoming cancer.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.266-272
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• 1993

우리들의 식이중에 함유되어 있는 플라보노이드 화합물들이 니트로소화합물의 생성에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위하여 생체내에서 일어나는 니트로소화 과정을 아질산염, 프로린과 시료를 동시에 투여하여 생성된 니트로소프로린 함량을 시험관 및 생체조건하에서 HPLC로서 측정하였다. 그 결과, 잘 알려진 ascorbic acid, KSCN과 더불어 catechin, chlorogenic acid, morin, luteolin, luteolin-7-O-glucoside, naringenin 등은 아질산염 소거에는 상당한 효과가 있는 것으로 나타났으나, 니트로소프로린 생성에 대해서는 ascorbic acid와 chlorogenic acid를 제외한 나머지 화합물들은 거의 영향을 미치지 않거나 오히려 그 생성을 촉진시키는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.451-461
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• 2020

본 연구는 황색 방울토마토의 일반성분, 생리활성 성분의 분포를 규명함으로써 식품재료로서의 활용가치를 알아보기 위해 실험하였다. 17종의 유리아미노산이 발견되었고 그 중 L-글루탐산(45.15%), L-글루타민(22%) 및 L-아스파르트산(11%)이 주된 아미노산이었다. 또한, 필수아미노산 중 L-트립토판을 제외한 8종의 필수아미노산이 포함되어 있었다. 아미노산 대사산물 중 생리활성이 잘 알려진 γ-aminobutyric acid(GABA)가 258.58 mg/100 g 다량 포함되어 있었다. Lycopene(2.18 mg/100 g) 함량은 붉은 토마토에 비해 상대적으로 적었으나 β-carotene(9.90 mg/100 g)은 상대적으로 많이 함유되어 있었다. 또한, naringenin chalcone, quercetin-3-rutinoside(rutin), 5-caffeoylquinic acid, 3-caffeoylquinic acid, quercetin-3-apiosylrutinoside 등 다양한 기능성을 갖는 폴리페놀 화합물이 발견되었다. 이와 같은 결과를 통해 황색 방울토마토가 영양적으로 우수한 식품소재이며 생리활성 성분의 급원으로 기능성 식품 소재로서의 활용성도 매우 크다는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.237-244
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• 1998

A study was carried out to elucidate the relation between the production of flavonol glycosides and the change of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase activity in cell suspension cultures of Ginkgo biloba by the unassisted and synergistic effects of various factors. The quercetin production showed a mixed-growth-associated pattern in cell suspension cultures. Fluorescent light and UV radiation increased phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) activity, and resulted in the increase of the production of quercetin and kaempferol ten- and four-fold, respectively, as compared to that obtained in the normal culture condition. The cell growth of Ginkgo biloba was enhanced .at higher temperatures whereas the quercetin production was at its maximum at low temperatures. Moreover, the quercetin production was increased by temperature change during the culture period. In particular, the quercetin production was at the highest level when the culture temperature was elevated from $10^{\circ}C\;to\;30^{\circ}C$. The addition of phenylalanine as a precursor in the culture medium stimulated an 8-fold increase in the production of quercetin; the addition of naringenin caused a l0-fold increase. The quercetin production was also greatly increased by feeding enzyme cofactors such as 2-ketoglutarate and ascorbic acid in the culture medium, but specific PAL activity was not increased except with phenylalanine feeding. The synergistic effect of UV radiation and naringenin feeding was observed, resulting in the increase of flavonol glycoside production at a rate higher than in any other case investigated.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.577-582
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• 1997

감귤류에 포함되어있는 성분중, 생리활성물질로 거론되어지고 있는 citrus flavonoid 즉, hesperidin, hesperetin, naringin 및 naringenin 4종류를 가지고 간장triglyceride합성의 율속효소로 알려져 있는 phosphatidate phosphohydrolase 활성에 대하여 in vitro계에 미치는 영향과 이들 flavonoid가 HepG2 세포의 생존율 및 증식에 미치는 영향에 대해서도 함께 검토하였다. 그 결과 본 실험에 사용된 모든 flavonoid 는 $10{-4}M$ 농도까지는 세포생존율 및 증식이 최고에 도달하였으나, $10{-3}M$ 농도에서 aglycone flavonoid는 현저한 저해효과를 나타냈다. naringin 및 hesperidin의 glycoside flavonoid는 첨가한 모든 농도에서 PAP활성을 촉진시키는 경향을 나타내었다. 그러나, aglycone flavonoid인 hesperetin은 PAP활성을 농도 의존적으로 저해하였으며, naringenin은 $10{-2}M$ 농도에서 강한 저해효과를 나타내었다. 이러한 결과로 미루어 볼 때 aglycone flavonoid가 생체내에서 세포 생존율, 증식 및 지질대사에 강한 영향을 미칠 것으로 생각되어진다.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제13권3_4호
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• pp.105-115
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• 1998

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are highly reactive molecules due to their unpaired electron. They have been suspected as one of the major tissue damage inducers in biological metabolic systems. Antioxidant enzymes, such as catalase and superoxide dismutase, could not repair all the oxidative damages resulting from those excessive toxic ROS. It is, therefore, urgent to develop effective antioxidants to relieve from the oxidatire damages. In this study antioxidative effects were investigated by using two flavonoids such as quercetin and naringenin and a flavonoid-rich extract, Ginkgo biloba extract in combination with paraquat that is known as a strong generator of oxygen radicals. The results are summeringed as follows: 1. To assess radical scavenging ability reduction concentrations (IC$_{50}$) of 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazine (DPPH) within 15 minutes were measured. The values of the IC$_{50}$ of quercetin and Ginkgo biloba extract were 15.4 $\mu$M and 13.2$\mu$g/ml, respectively. Their radical removing activities showed concentration-dependent manners. 2. In the hydrogen peroxide assay by using PMS-NADH system, quercetin, naringenin and Ginkgo biloba extract led to removing hydrogen peroxide in concentrationdependent manner whose removing abilities at 100$\mu$M or 100 $\mu$g/ml were 75.6, 25.8 and 26.0%, respectively. 3. In the hydrogen peroxide-induced rat blood hemolysis assay all three compounds led to similar effects whose hemolysis inhibition ratios at 100$\mu$M or 100$\mu$g/ml were 68.0, 5.14 and 55.8%, respectively. 4. In the xanthinee oxidase assay by measuring degree of NADH oxidation in the presence of hypoxanthine and xanthinee oxidase, both quercetin and Ginkgo biloba extract showed excellent activities showing 42.8 and 24.2% inhibiting xanthine oxidase activity at 100$\mu$M or 100$\mu$g/ml concentrations, respectively.

• 화훼연구
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.308-315
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• 2009

본 실험에서 Lilium longiflorum 과 11 나리품종에 대한 생화학적, 효소학적 방법을 적용하여, 화색생합성조절 유전자 flavonoid 3'hydroxylase(F3'H)와 dihydroflavonol 4-reductase(DFR)의 활성을 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. L. longiflorum에서 F3'H가 dihydrokaempferol(DHK) 기질을 촉매하여 dihydroquercetin(DHQ) 산물을 생성하였고, 그 외 실험에 사용한 모든 8품종에서도 F3'H 활성이 확인되었다. 나리의 F3'H는 기질특이성이 있어 naringenin(NAR)에서는 eridictiol(ERI)를 생성하지 않았다. L. longiflorum에서 DFR은 DHQ를 기질로 사용하여, leucocyanidin(LCy) 산물을 생성하였고 'Montreux', 'Monte Negro', 'Star Gazer', 'Acapulco', 'Etude', 'Le Reve'품종에서도 DFR의 활성이 나타났다. 또한 'Siberia', 'Royal Race', 'Nove Cento', 'Elite', 'Cannes' 품종에서는 DFR의 활성이 나타나지 않았다. 나리의 DFR는 기질특이성이 있어 DHK에서는 leucopelargonidin(LPg)를 생성하지 않았다.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제64권1호
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• pp.19-23
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• 2021

전통생약으로서 다양한 효능과 향신료, 조미료로서 사용되어온 초과(草果)의 항알레르기 성분연구를 위해 80% 에탄올 추출물 중 CH2Cl2, 분획으로부터 3 종의 flavonoid를 단리하였으며, 이들의 물리화학적 성상과 분광분석 데이터로부터 구조를 확인한 결과 naringenin-5-O-methyl ether (1), helichrysetin (2) 및 cardamomin (3)로 각각 동정하였다. 이들 화합물 중 화합물 2는 Amomum 속으로부터 처음 규명되었고, 화합물 3은 이 식물에서 처음 보고되는 화합물이다. 또한 화합물 2와 3은 RBL-2H3 세포로부터 β-hexosaminidase assay를 수행한 결과 탈과립 억제효과를 나타내었다. 따라서 초과의 chalcone 성분은 탈과립 억제효능을 통하여 알러지 질환에 유용할 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.56-62
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• 2002

분버들 수피를 아세톤-물(7:3)로 추출한 후 농축하고 헥산, 클로로포름, 에틸아세테이트 및 수용성으로 분획하여 동결건조하였다. 각 추출물은 메탄올 수용액 및 에탄올-헥산 혼합액을 사용하여 Sephadex LH-20 칼럼크로마토그래피로 화합물을 분리한 후 TBA 및 6% 초산에 전개하는 셀룰로오스 박층크로마토그래피로 단리물질을 확인하였다. 단리물질의 화학적 구조는 ¹H-NMR, ¹³C-NMR 및 질량 분석으로 결정하였으며, 단일의 화합물로 정제된 물질은 flavonoid와 그 배당체 화합물인 (+)-catechin, naringenin, salipurposide, aromadendrin, isosalipurposide, aromadendrin-7-O-𝛽-D-glucopvranoside 및 taxifolin-7-O-𝛽-D-glucopy- ranoside였다.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.955-964
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• 2023

Bee pollen is a valuable apitherapeutic product and has been known to have diverse biological activities, including antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and even anticancer activity. However, its effect on the immune system is not well studied and is rather controversial. This study intended to elucidate the biological activity of bee pollen on immunity. For this purpose, we used lyophilized bee pollen after wet grinding, which shows increased extraction of bioactive components and enhanced biological activity. First, lyophilized bee pollen after wet grinding significantly increased the proliferation of splenocytes isolated from normal mice. On the other hand, lyophilized bee pollen after wet grinding dose-dependently reversed splenocyte proliferation by concanavalin A or lipopolysaccharide. To clarify the activity of bee pollen on immunity lyophilized bee pollen after wet grinding was administered daily to mice for five weeks and isolated splenocytes. In this study, there was no significant difference in the population of immune cells and the size of spleen between bee pollen- and sterile water-treated groups. However, proliferation of splenocyte isolated from bee pollen-administered animals was boosted by both concanavalin A and lipopolysaccharide. Finally, kaempferol, a well-known flavonoid from bee pollen, dose-dependently increased splenocyte proliferation by both Con A and LPS. On the other hand, naringenin, another flavonoid in the bee pollen, dose-dependently inhibited the proliferation of splenocytes by Con A and LPS. Together, these data indicate that bee pollen may be able to prime the immunity to boost immune reaction after inflammation.