• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.951-957
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• 2004

Hypoglycemic effect of Prunus mume (PM) extract containing in Sangjinyangheul-tang and Hwangkeumtang, one of the diabetic herbal medicines, was determined by investigating insulin-like action, insulin sensitizing action and a-glucoamylase suppressing action. Insulin-like activity of 3T3-L1 fibroblast was not shown with the treatment of PM methanol extracts. However, treatment with 20% or 40% PM methanol extracts and differentiation inducers significantly decreased the differentiation of 3T3-L1 fibroblasts to adipocytes. A significant insulin sensitizing activity was observed in 3T3-L1 adipocytes, giving PM extracts (60%, 80% and 100%) with 1 ng/mL insulin to reach glucose uptake level increased by 50 ng/mL of insulin alone. In addition, 20% and 40% methanol extracts of PM suppressed the a-glucoamylase activity by 30% in vitro. However, there was no significant differences in the peak of serum glucose levels and area under the curve in Sprague Dawley male rats treated with PM ethanol extract or cellulose and 2 g maltose or dextrin/kg body weight. These data suggested that PM extracts contain effective insulin sensitizing compounds, lipid synthesis suppressing compounds and possibly a-glucoamylase suppressing compounds. Therefore, PM extracts are beneficial for anti-diabetic treatment in obese diabetic patients.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.81-86
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• 2007

This study was conducted to evaluate the quality characteristics of pork jerky added with the extracts of paprika (Capsicum annuum L.) and Japanese apricot (Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc.). Color stability, lipid oxidation, texture, and consumer acceptability of the pork jerky were also compared before and after storage of 70 days. The pork jerky added with 0.5% paprika extract and 3.5% Japanese apricot extract had the highest score for overall acceptability. The redness (a-value) of the pork jerky added with the natural extracts had a similar level as the one with nitrite. The extracts of paprika and Japanese apricot were also effective in inhibiting the lipid oxidation of the pork jerky during storage. In texture measurement, the total shear force of the natural extracts-treated sample was lower than that of control (the natural extracts-untreated samples). All sensory properties of the pork jerky were significantly (p<0.05) improved by the addition of the natural extracts. The results of this study indicated that the extracts of paprika and Japanese apricot could be used as natural agents for retarding color and lipid oxidations.

• Herbal Formula Science
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.85-98
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• 2009

The fruits of Schisandra chinensis and Prunus mume have been traditionally used in the Oriental countries as an astringent against diarrhea and abdominal pain, a protectant for liver disease, an antimicrobial, and a blood tonic. However, little is known about the extract of Schizandrae Fructus and Mume Fructus (SMF-Ex) on dextran-sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis in mice. In this study, we investigated the protective effects of SMF-Ex on DSS-induced colitis in mice. An experimental colitis was induced by daily treatment with 5% DSS. SMF-Ex was orally administrated the single dose (80 mg/kg, body weight/day) for 7 days with one time per day. SMF-Ex reduced significantly clinical sign of DSS-induced colitis, including body weight loss, shorten colon length, increased disease activity index (DAI), and histological colon injury. SMF-Ex also inhibited significantly nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandine $E_2$ ($PGE_2$) productions in DSS-induced colitis mice. Furthermore, SMF-Ex increased significantly an superoxide anion (SOD), catalase, and glutathione peroxidase (Gpx) activity of the colon tissue in DSS-induced colitis mice. These results suggest that SMF-Ex administration could reduce significantly the clinical signs and inflammatory mediators, and increase antioxidant activity in DSS-induced colitis model mice and is a good candidate for further evaluation as an effective anti-ulcerative agent.

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.183-187
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• 2007

The antimicrobial properties of methanolic extract (PML) from Prunus nune byproducts after liquor manufacturing weremeasured using various putrefactive and food spoilage microorganisms. PML showed remarkable antimicrobial effects against various putrefactive and food spoliage microorganisms when used at 500g/mL. The antimicrobial properties were stable for 30 min at 100C and at pH 3 11. PML seems to be a natural antimicrobial agent with high effectiveness, and shows both thernal and pH stability. In addition, the mode of antimicrobial action suggests that the active components may synergistically perturb microbial membrane functions.

• Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.163-169
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• 2017

The purpose of this study was to estimate the antimicrobial activity of Maesil (Japanese apricot, Prunus mume) extract against Vibrio vulnificus. The strains tested in the study were 28 V. vulnificus isolates originated from fish, seawater, mud flat and seawater in fish restaurant. The vvhA gene was detected using real-time PCR and biochemical identification expressed above good identification in 28 isolates of V. vulnificus. All of V. vulnificus used in this study was susceptible to tetracycline and chloramphenicol antibiotics. These two antibiotics were considered to be useful for the treatment of patients. Maesil extracts 2.5% and 5% showed antimicrobial activity against V. cholerae NCCP 13589 and V. parahemolyticus NCCP 11143. V. vulnificus isolate and V. vulnificus NCCP 11135 showed growth inhibition at 1.25%, 2.5% and 5% of Maesil extract, respectively. Compared with V. cholerae and V. parahemolyticus, the antibacterial activity of Maesil extract against V. vulnificus was high. The minimum bactericidal concentration of Maesil extract for V. vulnificus was 1.6%. These results revealed that Maesil extract was found to be very useful for inhibiting the growth of V. vulnificus and can be expected to prevent food poisoning caused by V. vulnificus.

• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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• 2018.04a
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• pp.84-84
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• 2018

인공재배 매실나무겨우살이의 의약 화장품의 소재 및 산업화 가능성을 검토하기 위해 80% 에탄올 및 증류수 초음파추출물의 Tyrosinase 저해활성을 측정하였다. 인공재배한 매실나무겨우살이(PM, 동결건조) 및 자연산 굴참나무겨우살이(QM, 열풍건조, $30^{\circ}C$, 7day)의 80% 에탄올, 증류수 초음파추출물에 대한 tyrosinase 저해활성을 측정한 결과, 물 추출물의 경우 100 ppm의 농도에서 PM과 QM 모두 5분이 경과 하였을 때 PM은 88.37%, QM은 87.69%로 최대치를 나타내었고, 농도와 시간이 증가함에 따라 tyrosinase 저해활성이 감소하는 경향을 보여주었다. PM 80% 에탄올 추출물은 5분이 경과하였을 때 2,500ppm이 92.08%로 최대값을 보여주었고 이후 시간이 지남에 따라 저해활성이 감소되는 경향을 나타내었다. 반면 5,000ppm은 5분이 경과하였을 때 66.38%로 최소값을 나타낸 반면, 20분까지 저해활성이 증가하였고 10분이 경과한 이후로 거의 일정하게 유지되어 지속적으로 감소되는 1,000ppm보다 높은 저해효과를 보여 주었다. QM 80% 에탄올 추출물은 5분이 경과하였을 때 1,000ppm이 88.14%로 가장 높았고 5,000ppm은 63.49%로 가장 낮은 저해활성을 보여주었다. 15분까지 1,000ppm이 가장 높은 저해활성을 보여주었으나 꾸준히 감소한 반면, 2,500ppm의 경우 시간이 경과함에 따라 비교적 일정한 저해활성을 보여주어 15분이 경과한 이후로 2,500ppm의 저해활성이 가장 높게 나타났다. 25분이 경과하였을 때 2,500ppm은 70.27%로 가장 높은 저해활성을 나타내었고, 5,000ppm은 30.09%로 가장 낮은 저해활성을 보여주었다. 본 연구 결과에 따르면, 물 추출물의 경우 겨우살이의 농도가 낮을수록 더 높은 tyrosinase 저해활성을 나타내었고, 80% 에탄올 추출물의 경우 2,500ppm에서 가장 높은 저해활성을 나타내어 의약 화장품의 소재 및 산업화 가능성이 높음을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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• 2018.04a
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• pp.83-83
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• 2018

최근 매실나무를 기주로 한 겨우살이의 인공재배에 성공함에 따라, 식 의약품과 화장품의 소재 및 산업화 가능성을 확인하기 위해 80% 에탄올 및 증류수 초음파추출물의 총 폴리페놀 플라보노이드 함량 및 DPPH free radical 소거능을 측정하였다. 경기도 남양주시에서 인공재배한 매실나무겨우살이(동결건조) 및 강원도 홍천에서 채취한 자연산 굴참나무겨우살이(열풍건조, $30^{\circ}C$, 7day)의 80% 에탄올, 증류수 초음파추출물에 대한 총 폴리페놀 및 플라보노이드함량 그리고 DPPH free radical 소거능을 측정한 결과, 시료의 농도에 비례하여 총 폴리페놀과 플라보노이드 함량 그리고 DPPH free radical 소거능이 증가하였다. 총 폴리페놀 함량은 매실나무겨우살이의 80% 에탄올 추출물이 5,000ppm에서 $192.63{\mu}g/ml$로 가장 많았으며, 굴참나무겨우살이의 물 추출물이 100ppm에서 $4.86{\mu}g/ml$로 가장 낮고 매실나무겨우살이가 모든 용매에서 더 많은 폴리페놀을 함유한 것으로 확인되었다. 총 플라보노이드 함량은 굴참나무겨우살이의 80% 에탄올 추출물이 5,000ppm에서 $83.59{\mu}g/ml$로 가장 높았으며, 매실나무겨우살이 물 추출물이 $4.6{\mu}g/ml$로 가장 낮았고 굴참나무겨우살이가 모든 용매에서 더 많은 플라보노이드를 함유한 것으로 확인되었다. DPPH free radical 소거능은 80% 에탄올 추출물 5,000ppm에서 매실나무겨우살이 81.75%로 시료 중 가장 높았고, 굴참나무겨우살이 물 추출물 100ppm이 3.55%로 가장 낮음을 확인할 수 있었다. 본 연구 결과에 따르면, 겨우살이를 초음파추출법으로 추출할 때, 80% 에탄올 초음파추출물이 더 많은 폴리페놀을 함유하여 80% 에탄올 추출물이 물 추출물보다 비교적 적합하였다. 80% 에탄올로 초음파추출 하였을 때 동결건조 한 매실나무겨우살이가 열풍건조한 자연산 굴참나무겨우살이보다 더 많은 폴리페놀을 함유하고 있고, 더 높은 DPPH free radical 소거능을 보여줌에 따라 식 의약품 그리고 화장품의 소재화 및 산업화의 가능성이 높음을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Korea Journal of Cosmetic Science
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.1-9
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• 2019

The identification of compounds with anti-senescence activity in cell culture system is a first step in aging research. Given that pyruvate can be used energy source by conversion to acetyl-CoA in mitochondria, and protects cultured cell from various stress-induced cell damage and cell death, synthetic media (e.g., DMEM) often includes 1 mM pyruvate, which is very higher than the pyruvate concentration in human blood (approximately 30 ��M). However, the use of medium containing high concentration of pyruvate is not suitable for screening anti-senescence compounds, because pyruvate also protects against the cellular senescence of primary human dermal fibroblasts (NHDFs) through NAD+ generated during conversion to lactate. In this study, four extracts, i.e., Sprouted seed and fruit complex, Poncirus trifoliata fruit extract, Jaum balancing complex, and Prunus mume extract were used for evaluation of different anti-senescence effect in the absence or presence of 0.1 mM pyruvate, similar to the physiological pyruvate concentration. The senescence in NHDFs cultured with DMEM in the presence of 0.1 mM pyruvate (approximately the physiological concentration in human blood) is accelerated, as observed in pyruvate deprivation conditions. The cytotoxicity of the Poncirus trifoliata fruit extract was protected by pyruvate, and Jaum balancing complex and Prunus mume extract had anti-senescence activity in the presence of 0.1 mM pyruvate, but not in the absence of pyruvate. Given that pyruvate is a powerful protector against both cytotoxicity and cellular senescence, the screening of candidate agents for anti-senescence in high pyruvate conditions using an in vitro cell culture system is not valid. Therefore, we recommend the use of a low concentration of pyruvate to evaluate the anti-senescence effects of candidates, which is more similar to in vivo aging conditions than excessive stress-induced senescence models, to exclude the effect of excessive pyruvate in vitro.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.41 no.10
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• pp.1409-1416
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• 2012

This study examined the effects of four herbal sports drinks containing Prunus mume, Liriope platyphylla, and Acanthopanax senticosus fruit extracts on body fat and endurance of rats trained by a progressive loaded exercise program. Forty male Sprague-Dawley rats (6 weeks old) were divided into five groups and fed experimental diets for 6 weeks according to the following protocol: C, exercise-trained control group (n=8); A, exercise group with Acanthopanax senticosus extract (n=8); L, exercise group with Liriope platyphylla extract (n=8); PA, exercise group with Prunus mune fruit extract plus Acanthopanax senticosus extract (n=8); PL, exercise group with Prunus mune fruit extract plus Liriope platyphylla extract (n=8). Endurance was measured by a progressive loaded exercise test using a treadmill. PA and PL supplementation significantly extended time to exhaustion compared to the control group (p<0.05). Further, the four herbal sports drinks all significantly reduced epididymal and interscapular white adipose tissue weights compared to the control group (p<0.05). Plasma triglyceride concentration was significantly lower in the A group compared to the control group. Plasma free fatty acid concentration was higher in the A group compared to the control group. On the other hand, Acanthopanax senticosus fruit extract supplementation tended to reduce the plasma glucose concentration compared to the control group. PA and PL supplementation significantly increased gastrocnemius muscle LDH activities compared to the control group (p<0.05). These results show that sports drink containing Acanthopanax senticosus improved endurance capacity, plasma lipids, and glucose concentrations. Sports drink with Prunus mume and Liriope platyphylla or Acanthopanax senticosus was synergistically improved endurance.

• Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.88-94
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• 2000

The purpose of this presents is to investigate, using natural food extracts(Green tea; Camellia sinesis, Du'chung; Eucommia ulmoides Oliver, Eu sung cho; Houttuynia cordate Thunb, Sam back cho; Saurus Chinensis, Baek hwa sa seal oho; Oldenladia diffusa Roxb., Laver; Porphyra tenera, Sea mustard; Undaria pinnatifda and Sea staghorn; Condium fragile) and juices(Sweet pepper; Capsicum annuum var. angulosum, Kale; Brassia oleracea var. acephala, Cucumber; Cucumis sativus, Onion; Allium cepa, Tomato; Lycopericon esculentum, Maesil; Prunus mume, Plum; Prunus salicina and Grape; Vitis spp.), the effect of natural plant components on the nitrite-scavenging under the different levels of pH. From the above mentioned extracts and juices, the content of vitamin C was detected, containing 65.1∼77.1 mg/100g, at the highest level in the Green tea, and followed by vegetables and fruits in order. The nitrite scavenging effect of teas, medicinal plants, and seaweed extracts, in the reaction system under the condition of pH 1.2, were 57.0∼100%, 50.0∼100%, and 18.0∼99.0%, respectively. Especially, the nitrite was scavenged to the level of 100%1 when 10 ml of kale and 5 ml of maesil Juice