• International Journal of Molecular Medicine
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.2516-2522
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• 2019

Particulate matter (PM), a widespread airborne contaminant, is a complex mixture of solid and liquid particles suspended in the air. Recent studies have demonstrated that PM induces oxidative stress and inflammatory reactions, and may cause certain skin diseases. Afzelin is a flavonoid isolated from Thesium chinense Turcz, which has anti-inflammatory, anticancer and antibacterial properties. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate if afzelin affected inflammatory responses in human keratinocytes exposed to PM. HaCaT cells were treated with PM (25 ㎍/cm2) in the presence or absence of afzelin (200 µM). Here, standard reference material 1649b was used as PM. Cell viability was assessed using the water-soluble tetrazolium salt-1 assay. The generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) was measured using the dichloro-dihydro-​fluorescein diacetate assay. Gene and protein expression were investigated using reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction and western blot analysis, respectively. Levels of secreted inflammatory cytokines were measured using ELISA. The results suggested that afzelin inhibited PM-induced proinflammatory cytokine mRNA expression and protein secretion in HaCaT cells. In addition, afzelin suppressed PM-induced intracellular ROS generation, and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase and transcription factor activator protein-1 component c-Fos and c-Jun activation. The results indicated that afzelin exerts anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects in PM-exposed HaCaT. Afzelin may have potential for preventing PM-induced inflammatory skin diseases.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.206-210
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• 2014

Phytochemical constituents were isolated from Pinus koraiensis needles by open column chromatography. The structures isolated from the ethyl acetate fraction of P. koraiensis needles were elucidated as afzelin (1) and quercitrin (2) on the basis of spectroscopic analyses including $^1H$-NMR and MS. The amounts of afzelin (1) and quercitrin (2) in genus Pinus were determined by HPLC/UV analysis. Afzelin (1) and quercitrin (2) contents were highest in P. thunbergii needles. Because P. thunbergii needles contain high amounts of afzelin (1) and quercitrin (2), they have promising potential as new additives to natural medicinal products, health supplements, and beverages.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.578-581
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• 1995

참축나무잎 flavonoid들을 column chromatography로서 분리하여 HPLC를 이용하여 화합물을 분석하고 주성분인 quercitrin 및 afzelin을 계절별로 채집, 함유량을 정량하였다. 참죽나무잎 중의 flavonoid는 주 성분인 quercitrin은 채집 초기인 5월을 시작으로 증가되다가 7월과 8월에 7.94, 8.89%로서 최대치에 달하며 9월 부터 감소하는 경향을 보였다. Afzelin의 함유량도 6월에 0.12%로서 최고조에 달하며 7, 8월에 0.09, 0.08%로 많은 양을 함유하다가 가을철인 9월 부터 점점 감소함을 관찰할 수 있다. 따라서 참죽나무잎의 flavonoid 함유량은 여름에 최고조로 달하며 동일나무에서 그의 함량은 일정하지 않고 계절에 따라 변화함을 관찰할 수 있다.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.248-254
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• 2019

In the present study, we investigated whether quercitrin, quercetin and afzelin derived from Houttuynia cordata affect the production and gene expression of MUC5AC mucin from airway epithelial cells. Confluent NCI-H292 cells were pretreated with quercitrin, quercetin or afzelin for 30 min and then stimulated with epidermal growth factor (EGF) or phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) for 24 h. The MUC5AC mucin gene expression and production were measured by RT-PCR and ELISA, respectively. The results were as follows: (1) Quercitrin, quercetin and afzelin inhibited EGF- and PMA-induced MUC5AC mucin production from NCI-H292 cells; (2) The three natural products also decreased EGF- and PMA-induced MUC5AC mucin gene expression in NCI-H292 cells. These results suggest that quercitrin, quercetin and afzelin showed the regulatory effect on the steps of gene expression and production of mucin, by directly acting on airway epithelial cells.

• 생약학회지
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• 제33권1호통권128호
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• pp.18-20
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• 2002

Assay-guided fractionation of the methanol extract of the leaves of Albizzia julibrissin has furnished quercitrin (1) and afzelin (2) as the scavengers of DPPH radical. Quercitrin and afzelin showed scavenging activity of DPPH free radical with the $IC_{50}$ values of 17.3 and 71.5 ${\mu}M$, respectively.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.110-119
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• 2024

본 연구는 꼬리진달래의 자원식물 개발을 위한 정보를 제공하고자 수행되었다. 꼬리진달래 신초 추출물의 폴리페놀 프로파일링을 통해 유용성분을 선발하고, 추출용매에 따른 유용성분 함량과 항산화 활성을 비교하였다. 꼬리진달래 신초 추출물에서 37개의 폴리페놀 화합물을 확인하였으며, chlorogenic acid, astragalin, myricetin, afzelin의 추출용매별 함량을 비교한 결과, chlorogenic acid의 함량은 에탄올 추출물에서 6.57±0.12 mg/g이었고, astragalin의 함량은 에탄올 추출물에서 2.29±0.02 mg/g, myricetin의 함량은 메탄올 추출물에서 4.77±0.06 mg/g, afzelin의 함량은 메탄올 추출물에서 0.10±0.01 mg/g이었다. 꼬리진달래 에탄올 추출물의 총 폴리페놀 함량은 80.01±2.36 mg/g, 총 플라보노이드 함량은 78.08±3.44 mg/g이었다. 또한 꼬리진달래 메탄올 추출물의 DPPH radical 소거활성 IC₅₀값은 943.57±10.68 mg/L였으며, ABTS radical 소거활성 IC₅₀은 641.60±7.58 mg/L였다. 꼬리진달래는 유기용매 추출 시 유용성분과 항산화 활성이 높았고, 동일 속의 종들과 비교하여 높은 함량의 chlorogenic acid, astragalin, myricetin, afzelin을 함유하고 있어 향후 건강기능성 소재로의 개발이 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

• 생약학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.353-356
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• 1998

Seven flavonoids were isolated from the BuOH extract of the Stem bark of Platycarya strobilacea (Juglandaceae). On the basis of spectroscopic evidences, the structures of these compounds were established as quercetin, 3', 4', 5', 5, 6, 7-hexahydroxyflavone, morin, myricetin, myricitrin, quercitrin and afzelin, respectively.

• 약학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.306-310
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• 1993

The leaves of Cedrela sinensis have been used for food at south area in Korea and oriental medicine for treating enteritis, dysentery and itch. Kaempferol, methyl gailate, quercetin, afzelin, quercitrin, isoquercitrin and rutin were isolated from the leaves of this plant and characterized by spectral data. These compounds are reported for the first time from this plant.

• 생약학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.60-63
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• 1990

From the leaves of Machilus thunbergii Sieb. et Zucc. (Lauraceae) afzelin, guaiyaverin and rutin were isolated and identified by chemical and spectral analysis.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.30-34
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• 2003

This study was carried out to investigate the constituents of Platycarya strobilacea (Juglandaceae) wood. To isolate compounds, wood was extracted with ethanol (EtOH) and then partitioned with petroleum ether, diethyl ether (Et₂O) and ethyl acetate (EtOAc) successively. After partitioned, diethyl ether fraction was subjected to column chromatography with various solvent system in silica gel and/or Sephadex LH-20. Structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods including MS, ¹H, ¹³C and 2D-NMR experiments. Three compounds were isolated from the wood and identified as kaempferol 3-O-𝛼-L-rhamnopyranoside (afzelin, I), quercetin 3-O-𝛼-L-rhamnopyranoside (quercitrin, II), myricetin 3-O-𝛼-L-rhamnopyranoside (myricitrin, III).