• Title/Summary/Keyword: Prunus persica

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Inhibition of Enzymatic Browning of Apple Juices by Benzoic Acid Isolated From Peach (Prunus persica Batsch) Seeds (복숭아씨로부터 분리된 안식향산에 의한 사과주스의 효소적갈변억제)

  • 이준영;홍순갑;최상원
    • Food Science and Preservation
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.103-107
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    • 2000

  • Previously , the methanolic extract of peach sees was found to have a strong tyrosinase inhibitory activity in an in vitro assay. Several phenolic compunds were isolated from the seeds by solvent fractionation , Sephadex LH-20 chromatography, and preparative HPLC , and one of them showing strong tyrosinase inhibition was identified as benzoic acid by UV, IR, $^1$H/$^1$$^3$C-NMR, and EI-MS spectrsopy. Benzoic acid (IC50= 250$\mu\textrm{g}$/ml) and L-ascorbic acid (IC50=28$\mu\textrm{g}$/ml), well-known tyrosinase inhibitors. In particular , benzoic acid inhibited markedly the enzymatic browing (melanosis) of apple juices at low concentration of 0.01% and 0.05, comparable to that of L-ascorbic acid (P<0.05). these results suggest that benzoic acid, one of an effective food preservatives, may be potentially useful as a functional alternative to sulfites for the control of melanosis in fruit juices.

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Effect of Do-In (Prunus persica L. BATSCH) Water Extract (PPE) on Concentration of Extracellular Acetylcholine in the Rat Hippocampus

  • Gong Dae-Jong;Kim Geun-Woo;Koo Byung-Soo
    • The Journal of Korean Medicine
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2004

  • Objective : This study was designed to examine the effects of orally administered Prunus persica water extract (PPE), which is used as herbal medicine, for treatment of Yu Xue (stasis of blood) and tacrine on the basal concentration of extracellular acetylcholine in the hippocampus of rats. Methods: To investigate the effects of PPE and tacrine on concentration of extracellular acetylcholine in the hippocampus of rats, the microdialysis technique, under the same experimental conditions, was used. And we used male Wistar rats which were 7 weeks of age and 210-290 g. PPE was extracted with boiling water, and the rats were anesthetized with pentobarbital Na. Their skulls were exposed and a hole was drilled for implantation of a microdialysis probe. In order to increase the recovery of acetylcholine, a probe with a long membrane was used. One day after surgery, the microdialysis probe was perfused with Ringer's solution at a flow rate of 1.5 l/min. The acetylcholine concentration in dialysis samples was measured by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with electrochemical detection. AChE activity was measured using the radiometric method, as described by Sherman. Results : The comparative effects of PPE and tacrine on hippocampal extracellular acetylcholine concentration was that these cholinesterase inhibitors produced dose-dependent increases in the extracellular acetylcholine concentration. And the effect of PPE and tacrine on rat brain AChE activity was that PPE produced maximal inhibition at 1 h after administration, when AChE activity was 44% of the intact level. AChE activity gradually recovered thereafter, and reached 78% of the intact level at 12 h after administration. Conclusion : In this study, PPE has a potent activity and a long-lasting effect on the central cholinergic system, in terms of the basal concentration of extracellular acetylcholine in the hippocampus and the AChE activity in the brain of rats. And oral administration of PPE increased dose-dependently the basal concentration of extracellular acetylcholine in the hippocampus of rats. PPE may be one of the more useful cholinesterase inhibitors for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

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Induction of Callus from the Anther Culture of Prunus persica (복숭아(Prunus persica) 약배양(葯培養)에 의(依)한 Callus 유기(誘起))

  • Shin, Hey-suk
    • Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.239-253
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    • 1977

  • In order to establish the effective method of producing calluses of Prunus persica, anthers were cultured on Nitsch's medium supplemented with combinations of several growth regulators. Anthers of tetrad stage were preserved in the refrigerator at $4^{\circ}C$ for 50~60 days. Calluses were embeded on the Murashige and Skoog's medium supplemented with multiplicate and differentiate the calluses. Changes of anther color, callus formation, and proliferation of haploid callus were observed under the different medium conditions. The results obtained were summarized as fellows: 1) The cultured anthers were turned dark brown 2~6days after were explanted anthers into the medium. 2) The anthers which were not changed in color were observed more frequently in the medium not added the growth regulators. 3) Calluses were induced from anthers which were turned dark brown and liberated from the anther slit. 4) BA. was very effective to induce calluses and to form the chlorophyll. The medium supplied with BA 0.5ppm were best to induce calluses. 5) The best medium supplied with BA 0.5ppm+IAA or 2.4-D were best to proliferation of calluses. 6) The medium was adjusted to pH 4.5 and supplied with 250mg/l of $CaCl_2{\cdot}2H_2O$ were induced calluses from anthers.

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Effect of Hot Water Extracts of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge., Prunus persica Stokes, Angelica gigas Nakai and Pinus strobus on Lipid Oxidation (단삼, 도인, 당귀미 및 솔잎의 열수추출물이 지방산화에 미치는 영향)

  • 김수민;조영석;김은주;배만종;한준표;이신호;성삼경
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.399-405
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    • 1998

  • This study was carried out to investigate the effects of herb extracts on lipid oxidation and free radical reaction in iron sources reacted with active oxygen species. The catalytic effects of active oxygen on lipid oxidation in oil emulsion tended to show more active in the order of OH, H2O2 and KO2. Herb extracts tended to show a little catalytic effect and active oxygen scavenging ability of herb extracts didn't show. But herb extracts played role as a strong chelating agents to bind iron if Fe2+ ion exist in oil emulsion. The contents of Fe2+ ion and total iron in Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge. and Angelica gigas Nakai were higher than those of Prunus persica Stockes and pinus strobus. The content of asocrbic acid in Pinus strobus showed the highest (26.97ppm) among several herb extracts. Electron donating abilities of Pinus strobus and Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge. were 79.54% and 77.11%, respectively, which were higher contents than those of Prunus persical Stokes and Angelica gigas Nakai. The SOD-like activity of Prunus persca Stokes showed 0.16 optical density (O.D), which means the most strong antioxidant activity among other herb extracts. The nitrite scavening effects tended to be different depending on pH. Pinus strobus and Angelica gigas Nakai showed 99.8% and 98.6% nitrite scavening effects at pH 1.2. And the effects were decreased as pH was increased. Especially, they didn't show the nitrite scavenging effect in pH 6.0. In conculsin, the Prinus strobus extract among herb extracts were the most effective antioxidant by evaluating several functional tests.

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