• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.56-64
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• 2015

Acid mine drainage occurrence is a serious environmental problem by mining industry, it usually contains high levels of metal ions, such as iron, copper, zinc, aluminum, and manganese, as well as metalloids of which arsenic is generally of the greatest concern. An indigenous plant extract was used to produce calcium carbonate from Canavalia ensiformis as effective biomaterial, and its ability to form the calcium carbonate under stable conditions was compared to that of purified urease. X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy were employed to elucidate the mechanism of calcium carbonate formation from the crude plant extracts. The results revealed that urease in the plant extracts catalyzed the hydrolysis of urea in liquid state cultures and decreased heavy metal amounts in the contaminated soil. The heavy metal amounts were decreased in the leachate from the treated mine soil; 31.7% of As, 65.8% of Mn, 50.6% of Zn, 51.6% of Pb, 45.1% of Cr, and 49.7% of Cu, respectively. The procedure described herein is a simple and beneficial method of calcium carbonate biomineralization without cultivation of microorganisms or further purification of crude extracts. This study suggests that crude plant extracts of Canavalia ensiformis have the potential to be used in place of purified forms of the enzyme during remediation of heavy metal contaminated soil.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제51권5호
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• pp.591-596
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• 2013

전통식물한약재에 대한 데이터베이스, 한국식물자원에 대한 문헌 및 선행연구 결과에 근거해 선정한 6가지의 식물 한약재(연교, 소목, 형개, 황련, 소엽, 오매)의 에탄올(70%) 추출물 중에서 오매 추출물이 Helicobacter pylori의 urease 활성에 가장 강한 억제력을 나타내었다. 극성이 다른 용매를 사용한 회분식 용매추출과 칼럼 크로마토그래피를 이용한 3단계 분리공정을 통하여 오매 추출물에 함유된 유효성분을 분리 정제하였다. NMR 분석에 의해 정제된 오매 추출물에 함유된 활성성분이 ursolic acid로 확인되었다. 본 실험결과는 오매에 함유된 이 성분이 항생제를 대신하여 H. pylori 제거에 활용될 수 있음을 시사하였다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.187-191
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• 2004

14종 한약재의 70% 에탄을 추출물의 Helicobacter pylori에 대한 항균활성은 황련 (Coptis japonica Makino)이 가장 뛰어 났으며, 소엽 (Perilla frutescens var. acuta KUDO), 소목 (Caesalpinia sappan L.) 및 형개 (Schizonepeta tenuifolia Briq.)의 경우에도 높은 항균활성을 나타내었다. 그러나 Helicobacter pylori의 위내 서식을 도와주는 것으로 알려진 urease 활성억제능은 연교 (Forsythiae Fructus)의 메탄올 (80%) 추출물에서 가장 높았으며, 소목 및 형개의 추출물도 높았다. 특히 연교의 경우 한약재 추출물을 넣지 않은 대조군과 비교하여 80% 이상의 활성이 억제되었다. 연교의 메탄올 추출물을 물, 에틸아세테이트 (ethyl acetate), 부탄을 순으로 분획하여 각 분획물에 대한 urease 활성억제능을 검색한 결과 에틸아세테이트 분획에서 92%의 urease 활성이 억제되었다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.83-91
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• 2015

Mine soil contamination by high levels of metal ions that prevents the successful vegetation poses a serious problem. In the study presented here, we used the microbial biocatalyst of urease producing bacterium Sporosarcina pasteurii or plant extract based BioNeutro-GEM (BNG) agent. The ability of the biocatalysts to bioremediate contaminated soil from abandoned mine was examined by solid-state composting vegetation under field conditions. Treatment of mine soil with the 2 biocatalysts for 5 months resulted in pH increase and electric conductivity reduction compared to untreated control. Further analyses revealed that the microbial catalysts also promoted the root and shoot growth to the untreated control during the vegetation treatments. After the Sporosarcina pasteurii or plant extract based BNG treatment, the microbial community change was monitored by culture-independent pyrosequencing. These results demonstrate that the microbial biocatalysts could potentially be used in the soil bioremediation from mine-impacted area.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.105-113
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• 2012

In this study, a medicinal herbal plant, Meliae fructus, was examined and screened for anti-Helicobacter (H.) pylori activity. Seventy percent ethanol was used for herbal extraction. For anti-H. pylori activity screening, inhibitory zone tests as an in vitro assay and in vivo study using a Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) model were performed. Also, the safety of herbal compounds was evaluated by animal study. As a result of inhibitory zone test, Meliae fructus extract demonstrated strong anti-H. pylori activities. Also, as results of in vivo animal studies, Meliae fructus demonstrated strong therapeutic effects against H. pylori infection according to the criteria of histological examination and rapid urease test. As results of the safety study, after 28 days treatment of the Meliae fructus extract, the animals were not detected any grossly and histological changes. These results demonstrate that it can be successfully cured against H. pylori infection and protected from H. pylori-induced pathology with Meliae fructus. It could be a promising native herbal treatment for patients with gastric complaints including gastric ulcer caused by H. pylori.