• 약학회지
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• 제58권3호
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• pp.181-189
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• 2014

The aim of this was to evaluate the effects of Rhus Verniciflua Stoke (RVS) extract powder on the endurance capacity for the forced swimming mice. Thirty mice were divided into 3 groups including negative control, 250 (RVS-250) and 500 (RVS-500) mg/kg RVS extract powder groups for 4-times swimming exercises. The swimming times to exhaustion in RVS-250 and RVS-500 mice were prolonged 1.6- and 2.0-fold at 4 weeks compared with negative control mice, respectively. Blood biochemical parameters for AST, ALT, T-CHO and TG were not significantly different between RVS fed or negative control mice. However, blood concentration of creatinine was significantly increased in RVS-250 mice, but not in RVS-500 mice. During the longer swimming exercise in RVS group, blood glucose and lactate levels were significantly decreased, but free fatty acid not changed. And also LDH levels were significantly decreased in RVS groups compared to negative control mice. Hepatic lipid peroxidation was not affected by RVS, but SOD and catalase activity were significantly increased in RVS groups. Interestingly, the levels of testosterone and free testosterone were significantly increased in RVS groups before swimming exercise, but they were not significantly changed among groups after swimming exercise. The present results suggest that RVS extract powders may enhance swimming exercise performance by recovering the exercise-fatigue via reduction of blood LDH activity and by burning blood glucose as an energy source. These results imply that RVS-produced testosterone may act as an energy buster to enhance physical activity.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.467-474
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• 2000

Male mice (ddY strain) were fed a laboratory chow diet containing the water extract from stem bark of Rhus verniciflua Stokes (RVS) for 14 days. There were no significant difference in body weight gain, feed intake, the hepatic lipid profile and serum total cholesterol and phodpholipid concentrations. The concentration of triglyceride in serum was significantly lower in the RVS group than that in the control group. The concentration of high-density-lipoprotein cholestrol in serum was significantly higher in the RVS group than that in the control group. The methanol extract from RVS stem bark effectively inhibited the formation of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances as a marker of lipid peroxidation of liver microsomes in a concentration-dependent manner. This study showed that the water extract from stem bark of RVS decreased the serum triglyceride concentration and methanol extract has an antioxidative activity.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.210-217
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• 2005

아질산염을 배제한 상태에서 옻 급여 돈육과 옻 추출액을 이용하여 제조한 소시지들의 품질을 비교함으로서 옻나무의 기능성을 구명하고자 실시하였다. 원료육으로 일반 개량종 암돈과 도축 전 5주 동안 옻나무 사료를 $4\%$ 급여한 암돈의 뒷다리 부위를 각각 이용하였다. 처리구로 일반 돈육에 물을 첨가하여 제조한 소시지를 T1(대조구)으로 하였으며, 옻 급여 돈육에 물로 제조한 소시지를 T2, 일반 돈육에 옻 추출액으로 제조한 소시지를 T3, 옻 급여 돈육에 옻 추출액으로 제조한 소시지를 T4로 구분하였다. 옻 급여 원료육이 대조구육에 비해 조지방 함량이 낮았으며(p<0.01),육색이 검붉고 pH가 높았다(p<0.001). 옻 추출액으로 제조한 소시지(T3, T4)는 어둡고 갈색을 나타냈지만, 옻 급여 돈육과 물을 첨가하여 제조한 소시지(T2)의 육색은 저장기간 동안 자고 붉은 색을 나타내었다. 옻 급여 돈육으로 제조된 소시지(T2)의 저장 중 TBARS와 VBN은 대조구보다 억제되었으며, 옻 추출액을 첨가하여 제조한 소시지(T3, T4)에서 현저하게 억제되었다. 조직감은 처리구마다 저장기간에 따른 변화는 없었지만 옻 급여 돈육(T2)으로 제조한 소시지에서 높은 경도, 점착성, 뭉침성, 씹힘성을 나타내었다(p<0.05). 결론적으로 옻 급여 돈육에 물을 첨가하여 제조한 소시지(T2)가 저장 중 색깔이 가장 붉고 지방산화 및 단백질의 부패가 억제되었으며 조직감이 단단하여 품질이 가장 우수한 것으로 나타났다.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.156-160
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• 2008

The methanolic extract of Rhus verniciflua Stokes (RVS-T) and its fractions (RVS-H, RVS-C, RVS-E and RVS-B) showed significant neuroprotective activity against glutamate-induced toxicity in primary cultures of rat cortical cells. RVS-B, which showed the most potent neuroprotective activity, was further fractionated to yield RVS-B5. Treatment of cortical cells with the RVS-T, RVS-B and RVS-B5 reduced the cellular ROS level and restored the reduced activities of glutathione reductase and SOD induced by glutamate. Although, the activity of glutathione peroxidase was not virtually changed by glutamate, RVS-B5 increased the glutathione peroxidase activity. In addition, these three tested fractions significantly restored the content of GSH which was decreased by glutamate insult in our cultures. Taken together, it could be postulated that RVS extract, in particular its fraction RVS-B5, protected neuronal cells against glutamate-induced neurotoxicity through acting on the antioxidative defense system.

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.112-117
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• 2009

Objective: Rhus verniciflua Stokes (RVS) has anticancer effect confirmed by preclinical studies and historical records. We thus tried to evaluate retrospectively the effect of RVS as a complementary medicine for patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) showing refractory to conventional chemotherapy. Patients and Methods: From June 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007, patients with advanced NSCLC who received both the standardized RVS extract and a standard course of second or more line therapy such as pemetrexed ($Alimta^{(R)}$), erlotinib ($Tarceva^{(R)}$), and gefitinib ($Iressa^{(R)}$) were checked. A total of 13 patients were eligible for the final analysis after fulfilling inclusion/exclusion criteria. Time to progression (TTP) of these patients treated with the standardized RVS extract was checked in the aftercare period. Results: Patients received RVS treatment for a median period of 296 (range 84-698) days. The median TTP was 220.5 (range 36-489) days, and three patients (23.1%) had TTP values of 15 more months. No significant side effects from RVS treatment have been observed. Conclusion: The standardized RVS extract might have synergetic effects by assisting apoptosis in advanced NSCLC with concurrent standard therapy agents, since it prolonged TTP without significant adverse effects. This study suggests that the standardized RVS extract is beneficial to patients with chemotherapy-refractory NSCLC. Further clinical trials and preclinical studies are necessary to determine the efficacy and safety of the standardized RVS extract in NSCLC.

• 생약학회지
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• 제34권4호통권135호
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• pp.339-343
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• 2003

We investigated the effects of Rhus verniciflua Stokes (RVS) on high fat diet- induced obesity in C57BL/6 that received ad libitum exposure to a high fat diet for 8 weeks. Male C57BL/6 mice weighing $20.1{\pm}0.95\;g$ were divided into four groups and the body weight and food intake were weighed for 8 weeks. After the administration of RVS extract, the liver, subcutaneous and retroperitoneal adipose tissue in the mice were weighed and common blood count in whole blood and biochemical parameters in plasma were measured. It was founded that body weight increase was significantly suppressed by the oral administration of RVS extract in group with high fat diet. Weight of subcutaneous adipose tissue and concentration of triglyceride in plasma from mice which were administrated RVS extract were lower than obesity control group. These results suggest that RVS extract may effect on inhibition of diet-induced obesity.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.701-709
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• 2006

The Rhus verniciflua Stokes (乾漆-RVS) has been used in traditional East Asia medicine for the therapy of gastritis, stomach cancer, although the mechanism for the biological activity is unclear. In the present study aims to investigate RVS extract contributes to growth inhibitory effect and it's the molecular mechanism on the human gastric cancer cells. AGS (gastric cancer cells) and RIEI (normal cells) were treated to different concentrations and periods of RVS extract $(10{\;}{\sim{{\;}100{\;}ug/mil)$. Growth inhibitory effect was analyzed by measuring FACS study and MTS assay. Cell cycle inhibition was confirmed by measuring CDK2 kinase activity by immunoprecipitation and kinase assay. And apoptosis was confirmed by surveying caspase cascades activation using a pan caspase inhibitor Exposure to RVS extract (50 ug/mll) resulted in a synergistic inhibitory effect on cell growth in AGS cells. Growth inhibition was related with the inhibition of proliferation and induction of apoptosis. The extract induces Gl -cell cycle arrest through the regulation of cyclins, the induction of p27kip1, and the decrease CDK2 kinase activity. And upregulated p27kip1 level is caused by protein stability increment by the reduction of S-phase kinase-associated protein 2 (Skp2), a key molecule related with p27kip1 ubiquitination and degradation, and do novo protein synthesis. Besides, 乾漆 extract induces apoptosis through the expression of Bax, poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) and activation of caspase-3. RVS extract induces Gl -cell cycle arrest via accumulation of p27kip1 and apoptosis in human gastric cancer cells but not in normal cells, therefore we suggest that the extract can be used as a novel class of anti-cancer drugs.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제98권6호
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• pp.681-689
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• 2009

8주간 옻나무 추출액을 섭취하며 운동을 병행하였을 때 혈중 지질 성분, 인슐린 저항성에 미치는 영향에 대해 연구하였다. 6주된 SD계 수컷 쥐를 대상으로 CON(대조군), RVS(추출액 섭취군), EXE(운동군), 그리고 RVS-EXE(추출액 섭취와 운동 병행군)로 구분하였다. 각 집단의 체중은 EXE(202%)와 RVS-EXE(203%)가 CON(253%)과 RVS(239%)에 비해 통계적으로 유의하게 낮은 증가를 보였다. 저장지방은 옻나무 추출액 혹은 운동에 의해 유의하게 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 혈중 지질성분은 RVS와 RVS-EXE에서 CON에 비하여 통계적으로 유의하게 개선되는 것으로 나타났다. 혈중 글루코스는 CON에 비하여 다른 집단에서 유의하게 낮은 것으로 나타났으며, 인슐린 역시 동일하였으나, RVS-EXE에서 유의한 상승작용이 나타났다. HOMA 지수는 인슐린과 동일한 결과를 나타내었다. 이와 같은 결과를 종합해 볼 때 옻나무 추출액 섭취와 함께 운동의 병행은 저장지방을 감소시키고 혈중 지질을 억제하며, 인슐린 저항성을 개선시키므로 대사증후군 즉, 당뇨병, 비만, 고지혈증 등을 효과적으로 억제할 수 있다는 점을 시사한다.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.189-195
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• 2005

본 연구는 모델시스템과 가열우육에서 옻나무 추출물의 항산화 효과를 구명함으로서 육제품에 이용 가능성을 검토하고자 실시하였다. DPPH에 대한 소거력$(\%)$은 옻나무 에탄올 추출물을 1, 10, 100, 1,000 ppm으로 증가시킴에 따라 14.79, 75.08, 82.02, $83.97\%$로 증가하였다(p<0.05). 옻나무 에탄올 추출물(10 ppm)을 liposome과 육균질물에 첨가하면 대조구보다 높은 항산화 효과를 나타냈으며, 단독 첨가보다 $\alpha-tocopherol$(2 ppm) 혼용 첨가가 억제율이 증가되었다. 육균질물은 pH 6.0에서, liposome은 pH $5.0\~6.0$에서 최대 산화 억제율을 보였다. 또한 옻나무 열수 추출물의 첨가로 인해 가열 우육의 냉장저장 중 TBARS와 POV가 대조구보다 낮은 수준으로 유지되었으며(p<0.05), 소금을 첨가하여 산화를 촉진시켰어도 강력한 항산화 효과를 나타내었다. 따라서 육제품 제조 시 옻나무 추출물이 천연 항산화제로서 이용 가능성이 있다고 판단된다.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.825-831
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• 2016

본 연구는 옻씨의 물과 에탄올 추출물의 항산화 활성을 평가하고, 옻씨 에탄올 추출물을 첨가한 발효유의 품질특성에 대해 조사하였다. 옻씨의 수분은 $4.76{\pm}0.28%$, 조단백질 $11.10{\pm}0.67%$, 조지방 $5.33{\pm}0.58%$, 조회분 $1.40{\pm}0.07%$ 및 탄수화물은 77.41%의 함량을 보였다. 총 폴리페놀 및 총 플라보노이드 함량은 물 추출물은 $145{\pm}3.47mg$ GAE/g 및 $37{\pm}2.30mg$ QE/g으로 나타났으며, 에탄올 추출물의 총 폴리페놀 및 총 플라보노이드 함량은 $554{\pm}2.64mg$ GAE/g 및 $1103{\pm}6.42mg$ QE/g으로 나타났다. 옻씨의 urushiol은 물 추출물과 에탄올 추출물 모두에서 urushiol 성분이 검출되지 않았다. 옻씨의 DPPH 라디칼 소거활성은 각 추출물의 농도가 높을수록 라디칼 소거능이 높았고 추출물들 간의 유의적인 차이가 나타났다. ABTS 라디칼 소거활성은 물 추출물의 농도가 높을수록 라디칼 소거능이 높았고, 에탄올 추출물은 농도에 따른 유의적 차이를 보이지 않았다. 옻씨 추출물을 첨가한 발효유의 배양 시간에 따른 pH 변화는 배양이 진행됨에 따라 급격히 낮아져 pH 4.4~4.5로 나타났고, 적정 산도는 발효 과정에 따라 지속적으로 증가하여 발효 완료 후 TA가 0.7%에 도달하였으며, 유산균수는 첨가농도에 따른 차이를 보이지 않았다. 이상의 결과들을 종합할 때, 옻씨를 첨가한 발효휴 제조시 옻씨 에탄올 추출물 첨가가 발효유의 품질변화에 큰 영향을 미치지 않음을 알 수 있었다.