• Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.42-47
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• 2000

Flavonoids in commerical green-yellow vegetables (carrot, mugwort, perilla leaf, leek and water dropwort) were analyzed by HPLC. Flavonoids analyzed in samples were myricetin, luteolin , qercetin, apigenin and kaempferol. When 2N HCI and a reaction period of 1 hours was used, quercetin and kaempferol could be detected in leek and water dropwort, luteolin and apigenin could be detected in perilla leaf. Increasing reaction period up to 6 hours with 2N HCI led a degradation of quercetin and kaempferol to approximately 90% in leek and water dropwort, but it led to a increasing of luteolin and apigenin of maximum 300% in perilla leaf. After the blanching process, the amount of the flavonoids increased whereas the components of the flavonoids were not changed.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.173-178
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• 1999

Remarks on polyphenolic compounds has been arisen since past few years. the flavonoids appears to be the important groups of compounds with their capability to inhibit DNA damage, lipid peroxidation, to quench free radicals and, at least, anticarcinogenic and antiproliferative effects. On the other hand, their mechanism of action is still unexplained. Apigenin and luteolin are the most wide-spread flavones and they exhibited to be useful in chemoprevention. UV spectrometric and DC polarographic studies on these two compounds have been carried out with regard to changing pH. The most significant changes were observed at basic pH. These results could aid to elucidation of their mechanism of action as pH is one of the important factors for bioprocesses passing in living organisms.

• Journal of the Society of Cosmetic Scientists of Korea
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.139-144
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• 2007

In the previous study, we reported the antioxidative activity of Equisetum arvense extracts. In this study, its inhibitory effect on elastase and components were investigated. Aglycone fractions obtained from the deglycosylation reaction of ethylacetate fraction among the Equisetum arvense extracts, showed 4 bands and 4 peaks in TLC and HPLC experiments, respectively. Four components were identified as luteolin(composition ratio, 19.12%), quercetin(12.87), apigenin(15.81) and kaempferol(52.20). TLC chromatogram of ethylacetate fraction of Equisetum arvense extract revealed 7 bands and HPLC chromatogram showed 8 peaks, which were identified as kaempferol-3,7-O-diglucoside(composition ratio, 15.74%), luteolin-5-O-glucoside(galuteolin, 11.91), apigenin-5-O-glucoside(12.91), kaempferol-3-O-glucoside(astragalin, 27.94), quercetin-glycoside(10.81, structure was not determined), kaempferol-glycoside (12.33, structure was not determined), luteolin(3.72) and apigenin(4.62) in the order of elution time. The inhibitory effect of aglycone fraction on elastase($IC_{50}$, $9.8{\mu}g/mL$) was very high. But ethylacetate fraction(flavonoid glycosides) rarely exhibited the inhibitory activity on elastase. Combined with the previous results of the antioxidative activity of Equisetum arvense extracts, it is concluded that the inhibitory activity on elastase of the aglycone fraction could be applicable to new functional cosmetics for smoothing wrinkles.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.672-678
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• 2002

Oxidative stress contributes to cellular injury following clinical and experimental ischemia/reperfusion scenarios. Oxidative injury can induce cellular and nuclear damages that result in apoptotic cell death. We tested the hypothesis that the catechin flavonoid of (-)epigallocatechin gallate, a green tea polyphenol, inhibits hydrogen peroxide ($H_2O$$_2$)-induced apoptosis in human umbilical vein endothelial cells. The effect of apigenin, a flavone found in citrus fruits, on apoptosis parameters was also examined. A 30 min pulse treatment with 0.25 mM $H_2O$$_2$ decreased endothelial cell viability within 24 hrs by > 30% ; this was associated with nuclear condensation and biochemical DNA damage consistent with programmed cell death. In the 0.25 mM $H_2O$$_2$apoptosis model, 50${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ (-)epigallocatechin gallate markedly increased cell viability with a reduction in the nuclear condensation and DNA fragmentation. In contrast, equimicromolar apigenin increased cell loss with intense DNA laddering, positive nick-end labeling and Hoechst 33258 staining. Thus, polyphenolic (-)epigallocatechin gallate, but not apigenin flavone, qualify as an antioxidant in apoptosis models caused by oxidative stress. Further work is necessary for elucidating the anti-apoptotic mechanisms of polyphenolic catechins.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.59 no.4
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• pp.357-360
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• 2016

Chrysanthemum morifolium flowers were extracted with 80 % aqueous MeOH, and the concentrated extract was partitioned into EtOAc, n-butyl alcohol (n-BuOH), and water fractions. The repeated silica gel and octadecyl silica gel column chromatographies for the EtOAc and n-BuOH fractions led to isolation of four flavonoids. The chemical structures of the compounds were determined as acacetin (1), apigenin (2), apigenin-7-O-${\beta}$-$\small{D}$-glucopyanoside (3), acacetin-7-O-${\beta}$-$\small{D}$-glucopyranoside (4) based on spectroscopic data analyses including nuclear magnetic resonance, mass spectrometry, and infrared spectrometry.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.318-322
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• 1998

Continuing to previous report, seven compounds were isolated from the aerial parts of Ajuga multiflora. The structures of them were established as Di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (1), ursolic acid (2), sterol glucoside (3), 20-hydroxyecdysone (4), makisterone A (5). cyasterone (6) and apigenin 7-glucuronide (7), respectively.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.28 no.12
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• pp.2527-2530
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• 2007

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.75-78
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• 1998

In the course of phytochemical studies for the aerial parts of Ajuga multiflora, one flavonoid and two iridoid glycosides were isolated and identified as apigenin (1), 8-O-acetylharpagide (2) and harpagide (3) on the basis of spectroscopic evidence.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.26-31
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• 1993

Four flavonoids were isolated from the ether and ethylacetate extracts of Impatiens textori Miquel(Balsaminaceae). The structures were elucidated as luteolin(I), apigenin(II), chrysoeriol(III), and chrysoeriol 7-glucoside(IV) by physico-chemical and spectroscopic methods. These compounds were isolated from this plant for the first time.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.52 no.1
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• pp.15-20
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• 2009

Poplar contains various flavonoids including naringenin, kaempferol, myricetin, apigenin, luteolin, rhamnetin, and quercetin. These flavonoids are synthesized from naringenin with various enzymes. However, none of genes from poplar involved in flavonoid biosynthesis have been biochemically characterized. We cloned PFNS I-1 from Populus deltoids by RT-PCR method. The open reading frame of PFNS I-1 consisted of 1,017-bp and it showed high similarity with other FNS genes. The purified recombinant PFNS I-1, expressed in Escherichia coli, catalyzed the reaction from flavanone (naringenin) to flavone (apigenin). The reaction of PFNS I-1 was enhanced by cofactors such as oxoglutarate, $Fe^{2+}$, ascorbate and catalase. Thus, it is concluded that PFNS N-1 encodes a flavone synthase I.