• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.1177-1182
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• 2012

Protein kinase C (PKC) has been implicated in carcinogenesis and displays variable expression profiles during cancer progression. Studies of dietary phytochemicals on cancer signalling pathway regulation have been conducted to search for potent signalling regulatory agents. The present study was designed to evaluate any suppressive effect of maslinic acid on PKC expression in human B-lymphoblastoid cells (Raji cells), and to identify the PKC isoforms expressed. Effects of maslinic acid on PKC activity were determined using a PepTag$^{(R)}$ assay for non-radioactive detection of PKC. The highest expression in Raji cells was obtained at 20 nM PMA induced for 6 hours. Suppressive effects of maslinic acid were compared with those of four PKC inhibitors (H-7, rottlerin, sphingosine, staurosporine) and two triterpenes (oleanolic acid and ursolic acid). The $IC_{50}$ values achieved for maslinic acid, staurosporine, H-7, sphingosine, rottlerin, ursolic acid and oleanolic acid were 11.52, 0.011, 0.767, 2.45, 5.46, 27.93 and $39.29\;{\mu}M$, respectively. Four PKC isoforms, PKC ${\beta}I$, ${\beta}II$, ${\delta}$, and ${\zeta}$, were identified in Raji cells via western blotting. Maslinic acid suppressed the expression of PKC ${\beta}I$, ${\delta}$, and ${\zeta}$ in a concentration-dependent manner. These preliminary results suggest promising suppressive effects of maslinic acid on PKC activity in Raji cells. Maslinic acid could be a potent cancer chemopreventive agent that may be involved in regulating many downstream signalling pathways that are activated through PKC receptors.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.69-75
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• 2006

In the present study, the author tried to investigate whether four oriental medical prescriptions named, jawan-chihyosan (CHS), gwaru-jisiltang (GJT), and several single compounds, kaempferol, coumarin, betaine and ursolic acid significantly affect mucin release from cultured hamster tracheal surface epithelial (HTSE) cells. Confluent HTSE cells were metabolically radiolabeled with 3H-glucosamine for 24 hrs and chased for 30 min in the presence of CHS, GJT, kaempferol, coumarin, betaine and ursolic acid, respectively, to assess the effect of each agent on 3H-mucin release. Possible cytotoxicities of each agent were assessed by measuring lactate dehydrogenase(LDH) release. Additionally, total elution profiles of control spent media and treatment sample (CHS and GJT) through Sepharose CL-4B column were analysed and effect of CHS and GJT on MUC5AC mRNA expression in cultured HTSE cells were investigated. The results were as follows : (1) CHS and GJT significantly stimulated mucin release from cultured HTSE cells, with significant cytotoxicity , (2) CHS and GJT chiefly stimulated the 'mucin' release and did not affect significantly the release of the other releasable glycoproteins with less molecular weight than mucin. This result suggests that the three herbal prescriptions specifically stimulate the release of mucin ; (3) CHS and GJT significantly increased the expression levels of MUC 5AC mRNA. This result suggests that the three herbal prescriptions can affect the synthesis of mucin at gene level in cultured HTSE cells ; (4) Kaempferol and coumarin did not affect mucin release, however, betaine and ursolic acid stimulated mucin release. All the agents did not show significant cytotoxicity. We suggest that the effects of CHS and GJT, betaine and ursolic acid should be further investigated and it is of great value to find, from oriental medical prescriptions, novel agents which have the effective expectorant or mucoregulative effect on mucin secretion from airway goblet cells.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제31권7호
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• pp.617-625
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• 2021

사과주스 등 가공처리 후에는 사과의 부산물인 사과박이 다량 발생하며 일부는 동물 사료로 사용되지만 대부분이 산업 폐기물로 처리되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 사과박의 영양성분 및 ursolic acid 함량을 분석하고, 항산화 활성 및 항비만 효과를 측정함으로서 사과박의 기능성을 확인하고자 하였다. 시료로는 열풍건조 한 사과박과 동결건조 한 사과박을 이용하였으며 추출용매로는 증류수, 발효주정, methanol을 사용하여 사과박 추출물을 제조하였다. 열풍건조 한 사과박과 동결건조 한 사과박의 일반성분 분석 결과 수분함량은 열풍건조한 사과박에서는 3.2%, 동결건조 한 사과박에서는 8.2%로 건조방법에 따라 다소 차이가 있었지만 그 외 다른 일반성분에서는 유의적인 차이가 나타나지 않았다. 총 식이섬유 함량은 열풍건조 한 사과박에서 28.5%, 동결건조 한 사과박에서 33.0%로 사과의 식이섬유는 주로 세포벽에 존재하기 때문에 가공과정 후에도 부산물에 다량 존재하여 각종 식이섬유 식품의 제조에 있어 유용하게 사용이 가능하다고 판단되었다. 총 폴리페놀 함량은 열풍건조 한 사과박에서는 methanol 추출물에서 306.7 ㎍/ml로 가장 높은 함량을 나타내었고, 발효주정에서 243.7 ㎍/ml을 나타내었다. 동결건조 한 사과박에서도 마찬가지로 methanol 추출물에서 가장 높은 함량을 나타내었으며 두 시료 모두 증류수 추출물에서 가장 낮은 함량을 나타내어 사과박에서의 페놀 화합물 추출을 위해서 증류수 보다 methanol이나 발효주정과 같은 알코올성 용매를 사용하는 것이 적합한 것으로 판단되었다. 총 플라보노이드 함량은 열풍건조 한 사과박의 methanol 추출물에서 950.1 ㎍/ml, 동결건조 한 사과박의 methanol 추출물에서 925.0 ㎍/ml로 가장 높은 함량을 보였다. 열풍건조 한 사과박의 DPPH radical 소거능은 methanol 추출물에서 73.3%로 가장 높은 값을 나타내었고, 발효주정 추출물에서는 59.4%의 결과값을 나타내었다. 동결건조 한 사과박에서도 methanol 추출물에서 76.1%, 발효주정 추출물에서 66.0%로 열풍건조 한 사과박에서와 비슷한 양상을 보였다. 양성대조구로 사용한 0.1 ㎍/ml ascorbic acid를 시료와 동일한 조건으로 측정하였을 때 79.6%로 본 실험의 methanol 추출물과 비슷한 활성을 나타내었다. ABTS radical 소거능은 두 시료 모두 methanol 추출물에서 열풍건조 한 사과박에서는 0.330 mM Torolox, 동결건조한 사과박에서는 0.314 mM Trolox에 해당하는 항산화능을 나타내어 세 가지 용매 중 가장 활성이 높게 나타났으며 DPPH radical 소거능에서와 마찬가지로 증류수 추출물에서 가장 낮은 활성을 나타내었다. 열풍건조 한 사과박과 동결건조 한 사과박의 환원력을 측정한 결과 다른 항산화능 측정 실험과는 달리 증류수 추출물에서도 발효주정추출물과 비슷한 환원력을 나타내었다. 또한 양성대조구로 사용한 0.1 ㎍/ml ascorbic acid는 311.5 ㎍/ml의 환원력을 나타내어 모든 실험군에서 양성대조구보다 더 강한 환원력을 갖는 것으로 나타났다. Ursolic acid는 항산화활성이 뛰어나고 중성지방 감소로 인한 체지방 분해효과가 있는 것으로 알려진 유기산으로 본 실험에서 증류수 추출물에서는 전혀 검출되지 않았으며 두 시료 모두 methanol 추출물에서 열풍건조 한 사과박은 1,753.32 ㎍/ml, 동결건조 한 사과박은 1,407.03 ㎍/ml로 발효주정 추출물에서 보다 더 높은 함량을 나타내었다. 열풍건조 한 사과박과 동결건조 한 사과박의 항산화활성을 비교하였을 때 유의적인 차이가 나타나지 않았고, 동결건조는 열풍건조에 비하여 에너지 소비가 많고 비용이 비싸기 때문에 열풍건조가 산업에 적용하기에 더 적합할 것으로 판단되었다. 또한 methanol 추출물에서 가장 높은 항산화활성을 나타내었지만, 발효주정 추출물에서도 높은 활성을 보여 화장품 소재 및 기능성 식품 소재로 이용할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 생약학회지
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.117-126
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• 2011

Twenty-two compounds were isolated from the 70% ethanolic extract of Rehmanniae Radix Preparata (Scrophulariaceae) and their structures were identified as three triterpenoids [oleanolic acid (1), pomonic acid (2) and ursolic acid (5)], an iridoid, catalpol (13), four furan derivatives [5-hydroxymethyl-2-furaldehyde acetate (3), 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfural (6), 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furancarboxylic acid (7), and 5-(${\alpha}$-D-galactopyranosyloxymethyl)-2-furancarboxaldehyde (15)], three phenethyl alcohol glycosides [darendoside B (14), phenethyl alcohol 2-O-${\beta}$-D-xylopyranosyl(1${\rightarrow}$6)-${\beta}$-D-glucopyranoside (17), and salidroside (19)], four sugar derivatives [L-arabinose (11), raffinose (20), stachyose (21), and mannitol (22)], and seven others [2,5-dihydroxyacetophenone (4), succinic acid (8), daucosterol (9), ${\beta}$-sitosterol (10), adenosine (16), uridine (18) jio-cerebroside (12)]. The chemical structures of these compounds were identified on the basis of spectroscopic methods and comparison with literature values. This is the first report of the triterpenoids oleanolic acid (1), pomonic acid (2), and ursolic acid (5) from the genus Rehmannia, as well as the first report of compounds 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furaldehyde acetate (3), 2,5-dihydroxyacetophenone (4), daucosterol (9), darendoside B (14), 5-(${\alpha}$-D-galactopyranosyloxymethyl)-2-furancarboxaldehyde (15), adenosine (16), phenethyl alcohol 2-O-${\beta}$-D-xylopyranosyl(1${\rightarrow}$6)-${\beta}$-D-glucopyranoside (17), and salidroside (19) from the Rehmanniae Radix Preparata.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.223-227
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• 2009

The fruits of Cornus kousa Burg. were extracted with 80% aqueous methanol (MeOH) and the concentrated extract was partitioned with ethyl acetate (EtOAc), n-butanol (n-BuOH), and $H_2O$. From the EtOAc traction, 5 triterpenoids were isolated through repeated silica gel ($SiO_2$), octadecyl silica gel (ODS), and Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography (c.c.). These compounds were determined to be ursolic acid (1), corosolic acid (2), taraxasterol (3), betulinic acid (4), and betulinic aldehyde (5) on the basis of their spectroscopic data including electronic ionization mass spectrometry, ultraviolet spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy, and nuclear magnetic resonance. This is the first reported isolation of these compounds from this plant. Also, compounds 1, 3, 4, and 5 show a relatively high inhibitory activity against human acyl-CoA: cholesterol acyltransferase-1 (hACAT-1) with inhibition values of $52.8{\pm}0.7$, $91.1{\pm}0.4$, $93.0{\pm}0.7$, and $96.2{\pm}0.2%$ at a concentration of $100{\mu}M$, respectively.

• 한국동물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물학회 1996년도 한국생물과학협회 국제학술대회
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• pp.251.1-251
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• 1996

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• 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한약학회 2002년도 Proceedings of the Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Vol.1
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• pp.122.1-122.1
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• 2002

• 생약학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.101-104
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• 1996

Hydrogen peroxide is one of major chemicals mediating antitumor and antimicrobial activities of macrophages. We searched natural products enhancing hydrogen peroxide generation from murine macrophage-like cell line J774. Among 21 methanol extracts of Korean medicinal plants, the extract from Cornus officinalis was the most effective. The active component from the fractions was searched by activity guided fractionation, and identified as ursolic acid by spectral data.

• 약학회지
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.610-615
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• 1995

Three acidic triterpense were isolated from the ethyl acetate soluble fraction of the fruits of Chenomeles sinensis (Rosaceae) together with previously reported oleanolic acid and ursolic acid by repeated silica gel colunm chromatography. Their structures have been elucidated as $2{\alpha},{\;}3{\betha}-dihydroxyolean-l2-en-28-oic$ acid(l. maslinic acid), $2{\alpha},{\;}3{\alpha},{\;}19{\alpha}-trihydroxy-urs-12-en-28-oic$ acid (2, euscaphic acid), and $2{\alpha},{\;}3{\betha}-dihydroxyolean-l2-en-28-oic$ acid (3,tormentic acid), respectively, on the basis of chemical and spectral evidence.

• 생약학회지
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• 제35권2호통권137호
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• pp.116-121
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• 2004

Seven compounds, euscaphic acid (1), nepehinol (2), ursolic acid (3), phytol (4), ${\beta}-amyrin$ (5), scopoletin (6), and rutin (7) were isolated from the aerial parts of Synurus excelsus which has been used as Korean traditional medicine to treat rheumatic arthritis and dysmenorrhea. Their structures were established by chemical and spectroscopic methods. All compounds were isolated for the first time from this plant.