• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.94-99
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• 2006

This study investigated the protective effect of the butanol (BuOH) fraction from Laminaria japonica (BFLJ) extract on high glucose-induced oxidative stress in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). Freeze-dried L japonica was extracted with distilled water, and the extracted solution was mixed with ethanol then centrifuged. The supernatant was subjected to sequential fractionation with various solvents. The BuOH fraction was used in this study because it possessed the strongest antioxidant activity among the various solvent fractions. To determine the protective effect of the BFLJ, oxidative stress was induced by exposing of HUVECs to the high glucose (30 mM) or normal glucose (5.5 mM) for 48 hr. Cell viability, lipid peroxidation, glutathione (GSH) concentration, and antioxidant enzyme activities such as catalase, superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-px), and glutathion reductase (GSH-re) were measured. Exposure of HUVECs to high glucose for 48 hr resulted in a significant (p<0.05) decrease in cell viability, SOD, GSH-px and GSH-re and a significant (p<0.05) increase in thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) formation in comparison to the cells treated with 5.5 mM glucose or untreated with glucose. BFLJ treatment decreased TBARS formation and increased cell viability, GSH concentration, and activities of antioxidant enzymes including catalase, SOD, GSH-px, and GSH-re in high glucose pretreated HUVECs. These results suggest that BFLJ may be able to protect HUVECs from high glucose-induced oxidative stress, partially through the antioxidative defence systems.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.360-365
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• 1996

벼(Oryza sativa L.)의 가식부인 쌀의 brassinosteroid 활성물질의 존재를 구명하기 위하여 벼를 도정하여 미강과 백미를 얻고 이들을 각각 MeOH로 추출하여 얻어진 추출물을 rice inclination test의 생물검정법으로 검정한 결과 활성이 인정되었다. 각각의 추출물을 생물검정법을 지표로 용매분획, silica gel adsorption chromatography, Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography, charcoal adsorption chromatography 등의 수법으로 brassinosteroid 활성물질을 정제하고, silica gel adsorption chromatography, TLC 등에 의해 활성본체를 분리하고 각 활성획분을 HPLC에 의해 활성본체 구명을 시도한 결과 미강의 활성획분에서는 castasterone과 teasterone이 동정되었다. 완숙된 쌀에서 brassinosteroid 활성물질의 확인 및 동정은 본 연구가 최초로 생각되며, brassinosteroid 활성물질은 주로 미강에 존재하였으며, 그 함량은 g중량당 castasterone이 0.15 ng 이고 teasterone은 0.37 ng 수준이었다.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.227-233
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• 2013

This study investigated the protective effect of the butanol (BuOH) fraction from fermented Laminaria japonica extract (BFLJ) on AAPH-induced oxidative stress in porcine kidney epithelial cells (LLC-PK1 cells). L. japonica was fermented by Aspergillus oryzae at $35{\pm}1^{\circ}C$ for 72 h. Freeze-dried fermented L. japonica was extracted with distilled water, and the extracted solution was mixed with ethanol and then centrifuged. The supernatant was subjected to sequential fractionation with various solvents. The BuOH fraction was used in this study because it possessed the strongest antioxidant activity among the various solvent fractions. The BuOH fraction of fermented L. japonica had a protective effect against the AAPH-induced LLC-PK1 cells damage and increased cell viability while reducing lipid peroxidation formation and increased activities of antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase. The inhibitory effect of BFLJ on lipid peroxidation formation had a higher value of $0.11{\pm}0.01nmol$ MDA at $100{\mu}g/mL$ concentration in comparison with intact BuOH fraction showing $0.22{\pm}0.08nmol$ MDA at the same concentration. Furthermore, BFLJ treatment increased glutathione concentration. GSH concentration in the cell treated with BFLJ of $100{\mu}g/mL$ was $1.80pmol/L{\times}10^5cells$. These results indicate that BFLJ protects the LLC-PK1 cells against AAPH-induced cell damage by inhibiting lipid peroxidation formation and increasing antioxidant enzyme activities and glutathione concentration.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.229-240
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• 2014

Rain events are extremely important for phosphorus (P) dynamics in rivers since large portions of annual river P loads can be transported in particulate forms during only a few major events. Despite their importance, a precise estimation of P contribution in river sediments after rainy seasons has rarely been reported. This study estimated the longitudinal variation in the concentrations of different inorganic P fractions in bed sediments of the South Han River over a rainy season, through using the sequential extraction method. Non-apatite P was the dominant form, representing more than 60% of total inorganic P (TIP) content in sediments. Although no significant variation of TIP contents was observed, the proportion of bioavailable P in TIP pools decreased after the rainy season. The concentrations of individual inorganic P fractions ($NH_4Cl-P$, $NH_4F-P$, NaOH-P, and $H_2SO_4-P$) were significantly different across sites and after the rainy season (p < 0.05, two-way ANOVA). $NH_4F-P$ and NaOH-P concentrations in sediments increased in a downstream direction. After the rainy season, $NH_4Cl-P$ concentrations in sediments decreased whereas $NH_4F-P$ and $H_2SO_4-P$ concentrations increased. The redistribution of individual P fractions in sediments observed after rainy seasons were possibly due to the changing contribution of various sources of runoff and the variation in flow related particle size. Current estimation of P in bed sediments of the South Han River suggests a lower potential of internal P loading from sediments after the rainy season.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.153-157
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• 2012

Obesity, which is characterized by excessive fat accumulation in adipose tissues, occurs by fat absorption by lipase and sequential fat accumulation in adipocyte through adipocyte differentiation. Thus, inhibition of pancreatic lipase activity and adipocyte differentiation would be crucial for the prevention and progression of obesity. In the present study, we attempted to evaluate anti-adipogenic activity of several algae extracts employing preadipocytes cell line, 3T3-L1 as an in vitro assay system. The effects on pancreatic lipase activity in vitro were also evaluated. Total methanolic extracts of Cladophora wrightiana and Costaria costata showed significant inhibitory activity on adipocyte differentiation as assessed by measuring fat accumulation using Oil Red O staining. Related to pancreatic lipase, C. wrightiana and Padina arborescens showed significant inhibition. Further fractionation of C. wrightiana, which showed the most potent activity, suggested that $CHCl_3$ and n-BuOH fraction are responsible for adipocyte differentiation inhibition, whereas n-BuOH and $H_2O$ fraction for pancreatic lipase inhibition. Our study also demonstrated that n-BuOH fraction was effective both in early and middle stage of differentiation whereas $CHCl_3$ fraction was effective only in early stage of differentiation. Taken together, algae might be new candidates in the development of obesity treatment.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.375-379
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• 2005

Physicochemical properties, intestinal microbial growth, and inhibitory effects of alcohol-insoluble polysaccharide (AIP) extracted from cucumber peel were investigated. AIP was composed of 14.54% crude protein, 1.04% crude lipid, 13.74 % crude ash, 9.1% soluble dietary fiber, and 41.2% insoluble dietary fiber. AIP showed low bulk density (0.18 g/mL) and water-holding capacity (6.39 g/g), and high oil-holding capacity (3.96 g/g). Pectic substance fractions [water-soluble pectic substance (WSP), ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid-soluble pectic substance (ESP), and alkali-soluble pectic substances (ASP)] and hemicellulose fractions [1 M KOH-soluble hemicellulose (KHP1) and 4 M KOH-soluble hemicellulose (KHP4)] were obtained from sequential chemical fractionation of AIP. WSP showed higher total sugar contents than total uronic acid contents, whereas opposite results were observed in ESP and ASP. Molecular weight distributions of three pectic substance fractions were in order of ASP>ESP>WSP. Ion exchange chromatogram pattern of WSP was different from those of ESP and ASP. Major component of WSP was fraction eluted by 0.05 M ammonium acetate buffer, whereas that of ESP and ASP was fraction eluted by 0.2 M NaOH. WSP and ASP showed growth-promoting activities against Lactobacillus brevis, Bifidobacterium bifidum, and B. longum, whereas B. bifidum and B. longum for ESP. KHP1 and KHP4 fractions had significant growth-promoting activities against B. bifidum.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.189-201
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• 2022

Jellyfish is an emerging aquaculture species, farmed for Oriental cuisines and nutraceutical ingredients. This study aimed to examine antioxidative and antimicrobial potentials of various fractions of the jellyfish, Acromitus hardenbergi. The bell and oral arms of the jellyfish were sequentially extracted with petroleum ether (PE), dichloromethane (DCM), chloroform (CHCl₃), methanol (MeOH), and water (H₂O) to extract its bioactive in an increasing polarity gradient. Test fractions were assayed for antiradical activities using electron spin resonance spectrometry, β-carotene-linoleate model and Folin-Ciocalteu assay; and antimicrobial activity against 2 Gram-negative bacteria, 4 Gram-positive bacteria and 2 fungal species using the disc diffusion assay. All fractions were also subjected to Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) analysis to identify types of functional groups present. It was found that the hydrophilic extracts (H₂O fractions) possessed the most effective radical scavenging activity (p < 0.05) while the lipophilic extracts (PE fractions) the most active antimicrobial activity, especially against Gram-positive bacteria (p < 0.05). Total oxidation substrates content was found to be highest in the PE fractions of jellyfish bell and oral arms (p < 0.05). FTIR data showed that the H₂O and MeOH fractions contains similar functional groups including -OH, -C=O, -N-H and -S=O groups, while the PE, DCM, and CHCl₃ fractions, the -CH₃, -COOH groups. This study showed that A. hardenbergi contains antioxidants and antimicrobials, thereby supporting the traditional claim of the jellyfish as an anti-aging and health-promoting functional food. Bioassay-guided fractionation approach serves as a critical milestone for the strategic screening, purification, and elucidation of therapeutically significant actives from jellyfish.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.97-103
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• 1999

The enzyme steroid $5{\alpha}-reductase$ is responsible for the conversion of testosterone into the most potent androgen dihydrotestosterone (DHT). In man, this steroid acts on a variety of androgen-responsive target tissues to mediate such diverse endocrine processes as male sexual differentiation in the fetus and prostatic growth in men. Androgen levels in the prostate may influence carcinogenesis in this organ. The use of a $5{\alpha}-reductase$ inhibitor, finasteride, in the chemoprevention of prostate cancer is being evaluated in a clinical trial and have been used successfully for treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Therefore, for the discovery of $5{\alpha}-reductase$ type 2 inhibitors, we have evaluated the inhibitory effects of solvent fractionated extracts of natural products on $5{\alpha}-reductase$ type 2 activity. We have tested approximately 80 kinds of natural products after partition into n-hexane, ethyl acetate and aqueous layers from 100% methanol extracts of plants. The ethyl acetate fractions of Perilla sikokiana $(seed,\;IC_{50}\;:\;6.2\;ug/ml)$, Sophora flavescens $(root,\;IC_{50}\;:\;8.9\;ug/ml)$, and Angelica tenuissima $(root,\;IC_{50}\;:\;11.7\;ug/ml)$ revealed inhibitory effects on $5{\alpha}-reductase$ 2 activity in LNCaP cells. The effective ethyl acetate fractions of Perilla sikokiana, Sophora flavescens, Hydnocarpus anthelmintica, and Angelica tenuissima were subfractionated by column chromatography and tested. The subfractions $F4\;(IC_{50}\;:\;1.1\;ug/ml),\;F5\;(IC_{50}\;:\;2.0\;ug/ml),\;and\;F6\;(IC_{50}\;:\;5.8\;ug/ml)$ of the ethyl acetate fraction of Perilla sikokiana and the subfraction $F8\;(IC_{50}\;:\;5.3\;ug/ml)$ of the ethyl acetate fraction of Sophora flavescens displayed greater inhibition of $5{\alpha}-reductase$ type 2 than did finasteride in LNCaP cells. These active fractions are under the process of further sequential fractionation to find the effective pure compounds against $5{\alpha}-reductase$ 2 activity.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.195-200
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• 2008

호이초는 한국, 일본, 중국 및 러시아에서 자생하는 범의 귀과의 다년생풀로, 민간에서는 주로 폐렴, 동상, 피부 염증 및 미생물감염 치료에 사용하여 왔다. 국내에서는 주로 관상용으로 재배되고 있어, 현재까지 재배관련 연구를 제외하고 생리활성 및 성분에 대한 연구는 전무한 상태이다. 본 연구에서는 호이초의 생리활성 평가를 위해 호이초 지상부의 생즙 및 메탄을 추출물을 조제하며 각각 항균, 항혈전 및 항산화 활성을 평가하였다. 지상부 생즙의 경우 Proteus vulgaris, Escherichia coli O157:H7 및 Candida albicans에 대해 항균효과가 인정되었고, 항산화 활성은 미약하였다. 반면 메탄올 추출물의 경우 염증 피부에서 분리한 세균, 일부세균 및 C. albicans에 대해 항균력을 나타내었으며, 강력한 항산화 활성을 나타내었다($IC_{50}$ of $37.5{\mu}g/mL$). 생즙 및 추출물 모두 1.5 mg/mL 농도에서 항혈전 활성은 나타나지 않았다. 메탄올 추출물 및 이의 순차적 유기용매 분획물의 항산화 활성 평가 결과, ethylacetate 및 butanol 분획에서 6.9 및 $7.8{\mu}g/mL$의 $IC_{50}$를 나타내어, vitamin C 및 BHT에 필적할 만한 강력한 항산화 활성을 확인하였다. 각 시료의 성분 분석 결과, 각 분획의 항산화 활성물질은 다양하며, ethylacetate 분획의 경우 항산화물질은 폴리페놀 배당체로 추측된다. 본 연구결과는 국내 자생 호이초가 항산화 식물자원으로 유용하게 개발될 수 있음을 제시하고 있다.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.183-191
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• 1991

본 연구는 아연광산(亞鉛鑛山) 주변의 논토양에 존재하는 Cd, Pb, Cu 및 Zn의 형태별 함량을 조사하여 중금속간의 분포(分布) 특성(特性)을 검토하였으며, 토양 화학적 성질이 이들의 형태별 함량 분포에 미치는 영향을 밝히기 위하여 수행되었다. 그 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 공시토양에 존재하는 Cd, Pb, Cu 및 Zn은 주로 해화물-잔류태(殘留態)로 존재하였으며, Cd와 Pb의 산화물(酸化物)-탄산염태(炭酸鹽態)와 Cu의 유기복합태(有機複合態)의 함량도 높은 편이었다. Pb와 Cu의 치환태는 소량 존재하였으며, 수용태는 Zn만 검출되었다. 2. 치환태의 분포비가 높은 토양일수록 산화물-탄산염태 및 황화물-잔류태의 분포비가 낮았다. 3. 토심이 깊어질수록 치환태 Cd 및 Zn의 분포비(分布比)는 낮아지고 항화물-잔류태의 분포비가 높아졌으며, Pb는 산화물-탄산염태의 분포비가 낮아지고 황화물-잔류태의 분포비가 높아졌다. 4. Cu는 유기물이 많은 토양일수록 Cu의 유기복합태 함량이 많았으며, Cd, Pb 및 Zn의 유기복합태는 유기물함량과 관계가 없었다. 치환태 Cd, Pb 및 Zn의 분포비는 pH가 높은 토양일수록 낮았으나, 이들의 산화물-탄산염태과 황화물-잔류태의 분포비의 합은 높았다. Pb의 산화물-탄산염태 및 황화물-잔류태의 분포비는 공시토양의 pH 전범위에서 Cd 및 Zn에 비하여 높았다.