• 생약학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.277-282
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• 1998

In order to search for anti-Herpes simplex virus type 1(HSV-1) agents, we screened 80 specimens of Korean traditional medicine by SRB assay. The methanol extracts of Thujae orientalis Semen (Cupressaceae) showed strong anti-HSV activity among samples tested. From the butanol fraction of Thujae orientalis Semen anti-HSV-1 agent was isolated by chromatographic separation using Amberlite XAD-4 and Sephadex LH-20. The structure was elucidated by spectroscopic methods, and was identified as ${\beta}-sitosterol$ (compound I). Compound I exhibited anti-HSV-1 activity with $EC_{50}$ of 0.6 mg/ml and $CC_{50}$ of 5.99 mg/ml, respectively.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.328-332
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• 2006

Pancreatic lipase의 활성을 저해하는 물질을 탐색하고자 국내의 식용 또는 약용식물의 추출물을 대상으로 lipase 활성에 대한 저해능력이 있는 식물추출물은 탐색한 결과 대복피, 계혈등, 오배자 및 백자인의 식물추출물을 선정하였다. Pancreatic lipase에 대한 저해활성이 우수한 백자인으로부터 클로로포름 용매추출, 실리카겔 컬럼크로마토그라피, 세파덱스 LH-20 컬럼크로마토그라피와 고속액체크로마토그라피를 실시하여 pancreatic lipase에 대한 저해활성 물질로 TF-1, TF-2, TF-3를 분리하였다. 이들을 대상으로 porcine pancreatic lipase에 대한 저해효과를 측정한 결과, 활성물질 TF-1, TF-2, TF-3 및 orlistat의 porcine pancreatic lipase에 대한 $IC_{50}$ 값은 각각 44.7, 98.7, 46.1 및 $27.6{\mu}g/ml$인 것으로 나타났다. 활성물질 TF-2와 orlistat의 경우에는 $10{\mu}g/ml$의 농도에서 NIH-3T3 L1의 지방세포로의 분화에도 억제효과가 있음을 입증하였다.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.125-131
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• 2009

Korea is representative of a country that consumes herbal medicines; most of the herbal medicines circulating in South Korea have been imported from developing countries in Southeast Asia, such as China and Indonesia. Recently, domestic hygiene and safety are issues that have come to the forefront, because herbal medicines currently in circulation could possibly contain contaminants or residues. Furthermore, the appearance or discovery of harmful new species due to environmental and industrial developments is becoming a social problem. Therefore, it may be necessary to consider and investigate these matters on a continual basis. Recently, mycotoxin contaminations in such foods as cereals, nuts, and powdered red pepper have been reported. They have become a problematic issue; the possibility of contamination in herbal medicines has also been considered. Nevertheless, recognition of and research into mycotoxin contamination in herbal medicines has been scarce because herbal medicine is used in only a few nations. In this research, we identified contamination by aflatoxin which is known to be the most potent mutagenic, carcinogenic, and teratogenic mycotoxin in Thujae Semen, a herbal medicine. We also found co-contaminations involving other mycotoxins, including ochratoxin A and zeraleanone.