• 대한본초학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.43-48
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• 2016

Objectives : The objective of this research was to investigate the antioxidant activities of stem bark of Maackia amurensis extract.Methods : Stem bark of Maackia amurensis extract were prepared using 70% methanol. Methanol extracts were fractionated to hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, butyl alcohol, water fractions and investigated. The antioxidant activities of fractions was evaluated by four different assays as total polyphenol contents, total flavonoid contents, DPPH(1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl) free-radical scavenging activity and ABTS(2,2'-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) scavenging ability.Results : The yield of methanolic extracts from stem bark of Maackia amurensis was 10.16%, whereas those of its solvent fractions (hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, butyl alcohol, and water) were 5.45, 11.39, 13.88, 26.07, and 40.80%, respectively. The total polyphenol contents and electron donating ability of 70% methanol extracts from stem bark of Maackia amurensis were 15.44 mg/g and 194.15 μg/mL of its IC₅₀, respectively. The 70% methanol extracts showed the highest antioxidant activity. The total polyphenol content and total flavonoid content of chloroform fractions were higher in each of 201.98 mg/g and 13.55 mg/g. The chloroform fraction showed the lowest levels of DPPH(IC₅₀, 183.95 μg/mL) and ABTS scavenging activity(IC₅₀, 10.0 μg/mL). The antioxidant activity was detected in methanol extract, chloroform fractions.Conclusions : These results indicate that 70% methanol extract and its fractions of stem bark of Maackia amurensis, especially chloroform fraction, have the properties of anti-oxidant suggesting stem bark of Maackia amurensis may be a candidate for natural and functional materials.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.151-155
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• 1991

Thirty six crude drug samples have been prepared from different parts of twenty five plants belonging to different families, and antimutangenic activities were studied by using SOS chromotest (E. coli PQ 37). The following crude extracts of PNG medicinal plants which had a appreciable antimutagenic activity against mitomycin C were: Artocarpus communis (stem bark), Cycas circinalis (leaves), Merremia peltata (leaves), Intsia palembanica (leaves), Annona muricata (stem bark), and Artocarpus altilis (root bark).

• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.205-211
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• 2003

Stem bark of Cinchona sp. (Rubiaceae) is one of the well known drugs for its therapeutic values in traditional as well as modern medicine. Even though a lot of work has been carried out on quinoline alkaloids of Cinchona, its phenolic constituents received very little attention. In the present study, we evaluated antioxidant properties of C. officinalis stem bark methanolic extract and water extract containing phenolic compounds (total phenolics 21.37, 5.18% w/w respectively in the two extracts) in different in vitro and ex vivo models viz., antiradical activity by DPPH reduction, superoxide radical scavenging activity in riboflavin/light/NBT system, nitric oxide radical scavenging activity in sodium nitroprusside/Greiss reagent system and inhibition of lipid peroxidation induced by iron-ADP-ascorbate in liver homogenate and haemolysis of erythrocytes induced by phenylhydrazine in erythrocyte membrane stabilization study. Both the extracts exhibited very good antioxidant activity in all the models tested. The phenolic compounds including tannins present in the stem bark seem to offer protection from the oxidative damage.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.126-134
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• 2007

음나무의 새로운 용도 개발을 위하여 다양한 항산화 측정법을 이용하여 생리활성을 측정하였다. 즉, 음나무 수피 및 근피의 온수 추출물과 메탄올 추출물에 대한 세포 내 활성산소 농도를 측정하여 세포수준에서의 산화 스트레스 억제효과를 측정하였으며, DPPH법 및 NBT법을 이용하여 각 추출물의 화학적인 측면에서의 항산화력을 측정하여 이들 간의 차이를 비교하였다. NR assay와 MTT assay에 의해 측정한 세포독성 실험결과, 음나무 근피의 메탄올 추출물의 세포독성이 가장 강했으며, 50%의 세포 생존율을 나타내는 NR50과 MTT50은 각각 0.0018%와 0.0029%였다. 산화 스트레스 억제효과는 근피의 불용성 온수 추출물이 15분 처리에서 57.9%로 가장 우수하였다. DPPH법과 NBT법을 이용한 음나무 추출물에 대한 항산화 활성 측정결과, 각각 수피의 메탄올 추출물이 96% (0.1% 농도)이고, 수피의 불용성 온수 추출물이 95% (0.5% 농도)를 나타내어 우수한 항산화 활성을 나타내었다.

• 보존과학연구
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• 통권28호
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• pp.59-73
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• 2007

Wooden artifacts are biologically damaged by animals, insects, and micro-organisms. We focused on the evaluation of the antifungal and insecticidal activities of tree extracts to control deterioration of wooden cultural properties. 12 kinds of methanol extracts from 9 species of tree were investigated for their biocidal activities against two micro-organisms and two spices of insect. Most tree extracts showed fungicidal activities to Tyromyces palustris and Trametes versicolor. Among 12 different tree extracts, the strongest antifungal activity against T.palustris and T.versicolor was observed from the extracts of Pinus densiflora stem-bark extract and Pinus koraiensis leaf extracts. However, in the insecticidal activity test, Pinus densiflora stem-bark extracts against termite was relatively effective. Chemical compositions of methanol extracts were analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. As a result, it was confirmed that development of biocide based on the natural extracts can be expected to conservate of wooden cultural properties.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.148-152
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• 2000

뽕나무(Morus alba) 및 꾸지뽕나무(Cudrania tricuspidata)의 잎과 줄기 껍질의 수용성 추출물에 대하여 in vitro 실험계에서 항산화 활성을 비교 검토하였다. 성장기 마우스의 간장 microsome을 이용한 생체막 지질 과산화 억제정도는 꾸지뽕나무 줄기 껍질(53%)>뽕나무 줄기 껍질(43%)>꾸지뽕나무 잎(38%)>뽕나무 및(34%) 순으로 나타났다. Linoleic acid산화 실험계에서는 꾸지뽕나무 줄기 껍질과 뽕나무 잎의 추출물이 강한 항산화 활성을 나타내었으며, 꾸지뽕나무 줄기 껍질의 추출물은 반응 8일째까지 강한 활성을 보였다. TBA method에서는 뽕나무 줄기 껍질이 다른 것에 비해 약간 강한 활성을 보였으며, 또한 DPPH에 의한 수소공여능은 각 시료첨가 0.05%에서 뽕나무 잎>꾸지뽕나무 잎>통나무 줄기 껍질>꾸지뽕나무 줄기 껍질 순으로 나타나 및 추출물에서 비교적 수소공여 작용이 강하였다. 이들 추출물의 총 폴리페놀 화합물의 함량을 측정한 결과 뽕나무 잎(1.32%), 뽕나무 줄기 껍질(1.28%), 꾸지뽕나무 잎(1.34%), 꾸지뽕나무 줄기 껍질(1.30%)로 큰 차이가 없었다.

• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2003

Some Korean plants were found to inhibit HIV-1 protease activity. The extracts of Acanthopanax koreanum (stem bark), Berchemia berchemiaefolia (stem), Berchemia berchemiaefolia (bark), Distylium racemosum (leaves), Distylium racemosum (stem), Lindera erythrocarpa (leaves), Physalis alkekengi var. francheti (root), Platycarya strobilacea (stem), Rodiola rosea (root), Rosa davurica (stem), Syringa dilatata (leaves), Viburnum awabuki (stem) and Viburnum awabuki (leaves) showed significant inhibitory effect against HIV-1 protease. Camelliatannin H from Camellia japonica and uvaol from Cratagus pinatrifida were potent active inhibitors of HIV-1 protease with $IC_{50}$ values of $0.9\;{\mu}M$ and $5.5\;{\mu}M$, respectively. The cure and prevention of AIDS have been a global challenge since it was discovered in the ealy 1980s. However, the development of anti-HIV agent that can effectively treat or prevent this disease are still demanded.

• BMB Reports
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.463-471
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• 2001

The bark of Ulmus darvidiana var. japonica Nakai (UDN) has been used for a long time to cure inflammation in oriental medicine. In the present study, two types of extracts, Ulmus water-eluted fraction (UWF) and Ulmus ethanol-eluted fraction (UEF), were prepared from the UDN stem bark, and employed to test the extracts to see if they had anti-oxidative properties against hydroxyl radicals that could alter immune reactivity in mouse immune cells. Deoxyribose assay, DNA nicking assay, and glucose/glucose oxidase assay showed that both fractions had scavenging activity against oxygen free radicals at 50 mg/ml. In addition, hydroxyl radical-mediated apoptosis in mouse thymocytes was not protected by UEF treatment, but the apoptosis was protected by UWF at the same concentration. DNA synthesis and cytokine production that were induced in splenocytes by mitogens (Concanavalin A and lipopolysaccharide) were reduced by the addition of both fractions. These results indicate that both extracts that were prepared from the UDN stem bark have anti-oxidative activities, anti-apoptotic effects, and inhibitory effects on DNA synthesis and cytokine production in mouse immune cell cultures.

• 생약학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.163-168
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• 1998

Seven antioxidative compounds were isolated from chloroform and ethyl acetate extracts of the stem bark of Eucalyptus globulus (Myrtaceae). They were identified as rhamnazin (1), rhamnetin (2), naringenin (3), eriodictyol (4), quercetin (5), taxifolin (6) and dihydrokaempferol-3-rhamnoside (7) on the basis of various spectroscopic analyses. These compounds inhibited lipid peroxidation with $IC_{50}$ values of 0.08-30 ${\mu}g/ml$.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.208-212
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• 2009

The heartwood of Rhus verniciflua Stokes (Anacardiaceae) is widely used for a medicinal plant to treat diabetes mellitus and lingering intoxication in the folkloric society of Korea, while the stem bark has been traditionally used to treat menstrual disorder and helminthiasis. We previously reported that a flavonoid, fustin, isolated from the heartwood of R. verniciflua is effective in Alzheimer‘s disease and rheumatoid arthritis. To explore the possibility to produce more flavonoid-rich fraction from this plant, the MeOH extracts from the plant parts of stem bark, outer heartwood, and inner heartwood were quantitatively analyzed by HPLC. Phenolic or flavonoid compounds (chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, p-coumaric acid, sulfuretin, fustin, fisetin, luteolin and astragalin) were detectable in the HPLC chromatogram. The orange-colored inner heartwood was found to contain the highest levels of fustin (16.96 mg/g) and sulfuretin (2.22 mg/g). Moreover, the inner heartwood accumulated fustin and sulfuretin at least 4-fold higher level as compared to the stem bark and outer heartwood. The levels of total phenolic compounds positively correlated with the extents of antioxidant properties. Therefore, the inner heartwood of R. verniciflua could be used to increase fustin concentration of the extract which is capable of treating Alzheimer‘s disease and rheumatoid arthritis.