• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.1-4
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• 2017

Sinensetin, a pentamethoxyflavone, is known to exert various pharmacological activities including anti-angiogenesis, anti-diabetic and anti-inflammatory activities. However, its effects on the human mast cell - 1 (HMC-1) mediated inflammatory mechanism remain unknown. To explore the mediator and cellular inflammatory response of sinensetin, we examined its influence on phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) plus A23187 induced inflammatory mediator production in a human mast cell line. In this study, interleukin (IL)-6 production was measured using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. Sinensetin inhibited PMA plus A23187 induced IL-6 production in a dose-dependent manner as well as IL-4, IL-5 and IL-8 mRNA expression. Furthermore, sinensetin inhibited signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) phosphorylation, suggesting that sinensetin inhibits the production of inflammatory mediators by blocking STAT3 phosphorylation. Moreover, sinensetin was found to inhibit nuclear factor kappa B activation. These findings suggest that sinensetin may be involved in the regulation of mast cell-mediated inflammatory responses.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.362-366
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• 2009

To determine the effect of electron-beam irradiation on the contents of polymethoxylated flavones (PMFs) extracts from citrus pomaces (CP), CP was irradiated at 0, 1, 2, or 5 kGy. Methanol extract of the irradiated CP were prepared and the PMF (nobiletin, sinensetin, and tangeretin) content of the extract was determined. Nobiletin and sinensetin of CP extract significantly increased with irradiation dose-dependent. However, electron-beam irradiation decreased the amount of tangeretin in the CP extract. These data suggest that irradiation can liberate phenolic compounds such as nobiletin or sinensetin, but tangeretin might have different pathway of conversion by irradiation. Therefore, irradiation can be a tool to change the composition of PMFs in CP.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.16-25
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• 2015

온주밀감 60품종에 대하여 착색 개시기에 과즙의 플라보노이드 조성 및 함량을 분석하고 품종들과의 연관관계를 조사하였다. 온주밀감 과즙에서는 flavanones에 속하는 narirutin, hesperidin과, flavones인 rutin, polymethoxylated flavones인 sinensetin, tangeretin, nobiletin 등 6종을 함유하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 온주밀감 과즙 중에는 narirutin, hesperidin 함량이 가장 높아 대표적인 기능성 성분으로 나타났으며, 기능성이 우수한 polymethoxylated flavones인 sinensetin, tangeretin, nobiletin도 함유하고 있었다. Hesperidin 함량 범위는 41~196 mg/L로, narirutin 함량은 25~230 mg/L로 나타났다. Rutin 함량은 평균 2.2 mg/L로 미량이 검출되었고 일부 품종에서는 전혀 검출이 이루어지지 않았다. 감귤에 특이적으로 나타나는 polymethoxylated flavones류인 sinensetin, nobiletin, tangeretin은 미량이지만 모든 품종에서 검출되었다. 온주밀감 과즙 중에 함유된 플라보노이드 조성 및 함량과 품종의 수확기와의 연관성을 분석하고자 R 프로그램으로 계층적 군집분석을 실시한 결과, 플라보노이드 성분별 함량에 따라 A, B1, B2 집단으로 구분할 수 있었으나 세집단 모두에서 극조생온주밀감, 조생온주밀감, 보통온주밀감이 산재하여 있어 착색개시기 과즙 중 플라보노이드 분포와 과실의 성숙기와는 관련성이 적은 것으로 나타났다.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제65권5호
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• pp.327-332
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• 2021

Shiranuhi is a fruit of Citrus species widely cultivated in Jeju Island, Korea. From an extract of Shiranuhi tree branches were identified five polymethoxyflavones possessing anti-inflammatory effects; nobiletin (1), sinensetin (2), tetramethylscutellarein (3), 6-hydroxy-5,7,3',4'-tetramethoxyflavone (4) and 5-desmethylsinensetin (5). Evaluation of the activities was conducted by monitoring the production of nitric oxide (NO), prostaglandin E₂ and pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6) as well as the levels of iNOS and COX-2 protein expression in LPS-induced RAW264.7 cells. Among the isolates, the compound 4 exhibited the most significant NO inhibition, and suppressed the levels of iNOS and related cytokines. Therefore, it was suggested that the extract and constituents from Shiranuhi tree branches could be useful as anti-inflammatory ingredient.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.1237-1242
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• 2009

Polymethoxylated flavones (PMFs) extracted from Citrus sinensis 'Jincheng' peel were characterized by chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques. Seven individual PMF were identified. 3, 3', 4', 5, 6, 7-hexamethoxyflavone (HEX), nobiletin (NOB), heptamethoxyflavone (HEP), 5-demethylnobiletin (DN), and tangeretin (TAN) were characterized through electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) in positive mode of protonated molecular ions $[M+H]^+$, the diagnostic fragment ions, together with the UV-Vis spectra and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) elution order from literature data. Sinensetin (SIN) and tetramethyl-O-scutellarein (SCU) were isolated and identified through their MS, $^1H$ nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and UV-Vis spectral studies. The levels of PMFs in peels from different cultivars of citrus fruits grown in China were determined for the first time. The results showed that C. aurantium 'Bitter orange' peel was the most promising variety for HEP. C. sinensis peel was a good source for SIN and SCU.

• Journal of Veterinary Science
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.4.1-4.15
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• 2022

Background: Flavonoids are natural polyphenols found widely in citrus fruit and peel that possess anti-adipogenic effects. On the other hand, the detailed mechanisms for the antiadipogenic effects of flavonoids are unclear. Objectives: The present study observed the anti-adipogenic effects of five major citrus flavonoids, including hesperidin (HES), narirutin (NAR), nobiletin (NOB), sinensetin (SIN), and tangeretin (TAN), on AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activation in palmitate (PA)-treated HepG2 cells. Methods: The intracellular lipid accumulation and triglyceride (TG) contents were quantified by Oil-red O staining and TG assay, respectively. The glucose uptake was assessed using 2-[N-(7-Nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazol-4-yl)amino]-2-deoxy-d-glucose (2-NBDG) assay. The levels of AMPK, acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC), and glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta (GSK3β) phosphorylation, and levels of sterol regulatory element-binding protein 2 (SREBP-2) and 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase (HMGCR) expression were analyzed by Western blot analysis. The potential interaction between the flavonoids and the γ-subunit of AMPK was investigated by molecular docking analysis. Results: The flavonoid treatment reduced both intracellular lipid accumulation and TG content in PA-treated HepG2 cells significantly. In addition, the flavonoids showed increased 2-NBDG uptake in an insulin-independent manner in PA-treated HepG2 cells. The flavonoids increased the AMPK, ACC, and GSK3β phosphorylation levels and decreased the SREBP-2 and HMGCR expression levels in PA-treated HepG2 cells. Molecular docking analysis showed that the flavonoids bind to the CBS domains in the regulatory γ-subunit of AMPK with high binding affinities and could serve as potential AMPK activators. Conclusion: The overall results suggest that the anti-adipogenic effect of flavonoids on PA-treated HepG2 cells results from the activation of AMPK by flavonoids.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.278-290
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• 2009

제주재래종 감귤류 14종의 착즙액에 대해서 수확시기별 flavonoids 13종의 함량변화를 분석하고 항산화성을 검토하고자 하였다. 감귤착즙액의 flavonoids 함량은 수확시기가 늦어질 수록 큰 폭으로 감소하다가 4${\sim}$5차 채취기 이후 서서히 증가하는 경향을 보였다. Quercatagetin, narirutin, hesperidin, neohesperidin은 각각 지각 573.73 mg/100 mL, 사두감 393.99 mg/100 mL, 소유자 29.63 mg/100 mL, 지각 201. 23 mg/100mL으로 미숙과인 8월 하순에 가장 높았다. Polymethoxyflavone류 중 nobiletin, sinensetin, tangeretin은 홍귤에서 8월 하순에 각각 7.39 mg/100 mL, 2.24 mg/100 mL, 0.63 mg/100 mL으로 가장높았고, 다음으로 진귤이 많이 함유되어 있었다. 3,5,6,7,8,3',4'-Heptamethoxyflavone은 편귤에서 0.27 mg/100mL으로 가장 높았고, 3',4',7,8-tetramethoxyflavone, 3',4'-dimethoxyflavone, 4'-methoxyflavone, 5,6,7,3',4',5'-hexamethoxyflavone, scutellarein tetramethylether는 모든 품종에서 ND${\sim}$0.08 mg/100mL로 함량이 낮았다. 총 폴리페놀 함량은 대부분의 시료가 미숙과인 8월 하순에 가장 높았다가 11월까지 감소하다가 12월 하순부터 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 감귤착즙액의 전자공여능은 대체적으로 높은 것으로 나타났으나 flavonoids와 총폴리페놀 함량과의 상관관계는 높지 않은 경향을 보였고 당유자가 가장 높은 항산화활성을 나타내었다. 재래 감귤류 중 지각, 당유지는 quercetagetin이 다른 감귤류에 비해 월등히 높았고, polymethoxyflavone류인 nobiletin과 tangeretin은 미숙과인 홍귤과 진귤에서 함량이 높아 소재 개발로서 경쟁력이 있을 것으로 사료된다.