• Mycobiology
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.219-229
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• 2006

Seventeen microbial species including 10 fungal taxa, two yeasts and five bacteria, were isolated from freshly prepared orange, guava and banana juices kept in open bottles at room temperature for 7 days. Eight different essential oils, from local herbs, were tested for their antimicrobial activity against these test organisms. The essential oils of Cymbopogon citratus, Ocimum basilicum and Origanum majorana were found to be highly effective against these microorganisms. Aspergillus niger, A. flavus and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the most prevalent microorganisms in juice, showed the highest resistance against these essential oils. GC-MS analysis showed that while e-citral, a'-myrcene, and z-citral represent the major components (75.1 %) of the essential oil of Cymbopogon citratus; bezynen,l-methyl-4-(2-propenyl), 1,8-cineole and trans-a'-bisabolene were the main components (90.6%) of Ocimum basilicum; whereas 3-cyclohexen-l-0l,4-methyl-l(l-methylethyl)-(CAS), c-terpinene and trans-caryophyllene represent the major components (65.1%) of Origanum majorana. These three essential oils were introduced into juices by two techniques namely, fumigation and direct contact. The former technique showed more fungicidal effect than the latter one against A. flavus, A. niger, and S. cerevisiae. The essential oil of Cymbopogon citratus by comparison to other test oils showed the strongest effect against these fungi with a minimum inhibitory concentration of $1.5\;{\mu}l/ml$ medium and a sublethal concentration of $1.0\;{\mu}l/ml$. The antimicrobial activity of this oil is thermostable at $121^{\circ}C$ for 30 min.

• 한방안이비인후피부과학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.26-32
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• 2004

Objective: The aim of this work is to investigate the antibacterial activity of the essential oil obtained from Artemisia lavandulaefolia (A. lavandulaefolia), as the development of microbial resistance to antibiotics make it essential to constantly look for new and active compounds effective against pathogenic bacteria. Method: The aerial parts of A. lavandulaefolia (1 kg) were subjected to steam distillation for 3 h, using a modified Clevenger type apparatus in order to obtain essential oil. Diethyl ether was the extracting solvent kept at 25?. The essential oil were analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography／mass spectrometry (GC／MS). The essential oil and the composition were tested for antimicrobial activities against 15 different genera of oral bacteria. Ninety-nine compounds accounting for 94.74$\%$<／TEX> of the oil were identified. The main compounds in the oil were 1,8-cineole (5.63$\%$), yomogi alcohol (4.49$\%$), camphor (4.92$\%$), a-caryophyllene (16.10$\%$), trans-a-famesene (5.09$\%$), a-terpineol (3.91$\%$), borneol (5.27$\%$), cis-chrysanthenol (6.98$\%$), and a-humulene oxide (3.33$\%$). The essential oil and its compounds were tested for antimicrobial activity against 10 different genera of oral bacteria. Conclusion: The essential oil of A. lavandulaefolia exhibited considerable inhibitory effects against all obligate anaerobic bacteria (MICs, 0.025 - 0.05 ㎎／ml) tested, while their major compounds demonstrated various degrees of growth inhibition

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.321-329
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• 2006

Albuterol, a selective ${\beta}_2$-adrenergic receptor stimulant, has been introduced as a potent bronchodilator for patients with bronchial asthma, chronic obstructive bronchial disease, chronic bronchitis and pulmonary emphysema. The percutaneous permeation of albuterol sulfate was investigated in hairless mouse skin in vitro with and without pretreatment with enhancers. The enhancing effects of ethanol and various penetration enhancers such as terpenes, non-ionic surfactants, pyrrolidones, and fatty acids on the permeation of albuterol sulfate were evaluated using Franz diffusion cells. Among terpenes studied, 1,8-cineole was the most effective enhancer, which increased the permeability of albuterol sulfate approximately 33-fold compared with the control without enhancer pretrement, followed by d-limonene with enhancement ratio of 21.79. 2-Pyrrolidone-5-carboxylic acid increased the permeability of albuterol sulfate approximately 5.5-fold compared with the control. Other pyrrolidones tested showed only slight permeability enhancing effect with enhancement ratio less than 2.8. Nonionic surfactants showed moderate enhancing effects. Lauric acid increased the permeability of albuterol sulfate approximately 30-fold with decreasing the lag time from 2.85 to 0.64 hr. Oleic acid and linoleic acid showed enhancement ratio of 24.55 and 22.91, respectively. These findings would allow a more rational approach for designing formulations for the transdermal delivery of albuterol sulfate and similar drugs.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.29-35
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• 2013

A Nodulisporium sp. (Hypoxylon sp.) has been isolated as an endophyte of Thelypteris angustifolia (Broadleaf Leaf Maiden Fern) in a rainforest region of Central America. It has been identified both on the basis of its morphological characteristics and by scanning electron microscopy as well as ITS sequence analysis. The endophyte produces volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that have both fuel (mycodiesel) and use for biological control of plant disease. When grown on potato dextrose agar, the organism uniquely produces a series of ketones, including acetone; 2-pentanone; 3-hexanone, 4-methyl; 3-hexanone, 2,4-dimethyl; 2-hexanone, 4-methyl, and 5-hepten, 2-one and these account for about 25% of the total VOCs. The most abundant identified VOC was 1,8 cineole, which is commonly detected in this group of organisms. Other prominent VOCs produced by this endophyte include 1-butanol, 2-methyl, and phenylethanol alcohol. Moreover, of interest was the presence of cyclohexane, propyl, which is a common ingredient of diesel fuel. Furthermore, the VOCs of this isolate of Nodulisporium sp. were selectively active against a number of plant pathogens, and upon a 24 h exposure caused death to Phytophthora palmivora, Rhizoctonia solani, and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and 100% inhibition to Phytophthora cinnamomi with only slight to no inhibition of the other pathogens that were tested. From this work, it is becoming increasingly apparent that each isolate of this endophytic Nodulisporium spp., including the Daldina sp. and Hypoxylon spp. teleomorphs, seems to produce its own unique set of VOCs.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.373-379
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 계피 초임계 추출물(SFE oil)과 박 추출물(SFM), 80% methanol 추출물, cinnamaldehye의 항균, 항산화력을 비교하였다. 그 결과 추출조건에 따라 뚜렷한 효과의 차이를 나타내었으며, 80% methanol 추출물과 SFM이 강력한 항산화능 보였다. 반면에 항균효과에서는 cinnamaldehyde와 SFE oil에서 식중독균에 대한 항균효과가 뛰어났으며, 초임계를 이용한 추출에서 cinnamaldehyde 이외에 다른 camphene, cineole, eugenol 등의 정유성분들이 항균효과에 영향을 미친 것으로 생각된다. 이러한 결과로부터, 초임계 추출법이 항균물질 및 정유성분 추출에 매우 용이할 뿐만 아니라, 초임계 추출 후 폐기되고 있는 박에서도 유용성분이 함유되어 있음을 확인하였으므로 계피의 초임계 추출물 및 박 추출물 모두 기능성 천연소재로의 활용이 가능할 것으로 기대된다.

• 분석과학
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.53-59
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• 2022

Mugwort (Artemisia montana), which is a perennial plant mainly distributed throughout Northeast Asian regions, has been used as a preferred source of various foods and traditional medicines in Korea. In particular, as essential oils extracted from mugwort were reported to be biologically active, its steam distillate has been widely used to treat various conditions, such as itching, hemorrhoids, and gynecological inflammation. Therefore, efforts have been devoted to develop effective methods for the collection of bioactive essential oils from mugwort. In this study, five mugwort extracts were obtained using different extraction conditions, namely, 6 % ethanol at room temperature and at 80 ℃, pure ethanol, n-hexane, and an adsorbent resin. To evaluate the five extracts of mugwort, area-under-the-curve values (AUCs), chemical profiles, and major bioactive essential oil contents were investigated using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). An overall assessment of the volatile components, including essential oils, in the five extracts was conducted using AUCs, and the individual essential oil in each extract was identified. Furthermore, the four major essential oils (1,8-cineole, camphor, borneol, and α-terpineol), which are known to possess anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory activities, were quantified using authentic chemical standards. Based on the evaluation results, pure ethanol was the best extractant out of the five used in this study. This study provides evaluation results for the five different mugwort extracts and would be helpful for developing extraction methods to efficiently collect the bioactive oil components for medical purposes using chemical profiles of the extracts.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제50권6호
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• pp.414-426
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• 2022

The Lauraceae family has commercial uses, such as in the food, pharmaceutical, and perfume industries. This study was conducted to investigate anti-asthmatic activity of essential oils from the seven species in the Lauraceae family. The essential oils were extracted from the leaves of seven species, and the chemical composition was investigated by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The major constituents of essential oils differed depending on the species, even if they belonged to the same family. The main constituents were camphor (89.09%) in Cinnamomum camphora, linalool (26.91%) in Cinnamomum cassia, 1,8-cineole (23.90%) in Cinnamomum japonicum, d-limonene (10.27%) and β-eudesmol (10.03%) in Lindera obtusiloba, δ-cadinene (13.85%) and α-phellandrene (11.57%) in Machilus japonica, cis-,trans-β-ocimene (13.80% and 12.06%) and elemol (11.46%) in Neolitsea aciculata, and cis-β-ocimene (37.94%) and sabinene (24.91%) in Neolitsea sericea. The anti-asthmatic activity of essential oils was investigated using the lipopolysaccharide-induced NCI-H292 cells. The relative expression levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokines [interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-6] and mucus gene (MUC5AC and MUC5B) were significantly reduced by essential oils from seven species in the Lauraceae family. Among the seven essential oils, the essential oil from L. obtusiloba had the most superior anti-asthmatic activity. These results suggest that the essential oil of L. obtusiloba leaves could be used as an agent to suppress mucus hypersecretion.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.130-138
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• 2001

한국의 동일 지역에서 10개 품종의 바질을 재배한 식물체를 꽃, 잎, 줄기 부위별로 분류하고 이들을 동시증류추출장치 (SDE)를 이용하여 essential을 분리하였다. 분리된 정유성분을 GC/MSD로 동정하여 alcohol류 11종, carbonyl류 6종, hydrocarbon류 20종, ester 화합물 5종으로 총 42종의 화합물을 확인하였다. 주요 성분들은 linatool, methyl chavicol, eugenol, 1,8-cineole, trans-methyl cinnamate등이었다. Peak의 면적비 (%)에 의한 품종간, 식물체 부위별 휘발성 성분을 보면 바질의 주성분인 linalool의 함량은 꽃에는 $31.76{\sim}53.04%$가 있었으며, 잎중에는 linalool이 $21.75{\sim}35.83%$, 줄기에는 $3.53{\sim}22.36%$가 들어 있었다. 식물체 부위별로는 꽃에 가장 많았고 다음이 잎, 줄기의 순이었으며 glove 바질이 $22.4{\sim}53.0%$로 많았고, cinnamon 바질이 $21.7{\sim}32.0%$로 적은 것으로 나타났다. Methyl chavicol은 꽃에는 $0.23{\sim}24.14%$가 있었으며, 잎중에는 $0.41{\sim}32.96%$, 줄기에는 $0.00{\sim}2.16%$가 들어 있었고 식물체 부위별 함량은 잎에 가장 많았고 다음이 꽃, 줄기의 순이었다. Eugenol의 함량은 꽃에는 $4.10{\sim}21.24%$가 있었으며 , 잎중에는 $5.29{\sim}48.74%$가 함유되었고 figz 바질에 48.7%로 많았으며, 줄기에는 $7.59{\sim}32.09%$가 들어 있었고, 식물체 부위별의 eugenol함량은 잎에 가장 많았고 다음이 꽃, 줄기의 순이었다. trans-methyl cinnamate는 꽃에 $0.03{\sim}28.68%$가 있었으며, 잎중에는 $0.00{\sim}38.49%$, 줄기에는 cinnamon바질이 20.63%로 가장 많이 함유되어 있었다. 식물체 부위별의 함량은 cinnamon바질의 잎에 가장 많았고 다음이 꽃, 줄기의 순으로 나타났다. 꽃, 잎, 줄기의 부위별의 향기 성분을 비교하여 보면 꽃, 잎 부위에 비해 줄기 부위의 성분 수 및 함량이 매우 적은 것으로 나타났으며 꽃과 잎 부위는 성분들간에 약간의 차이는 있으나 전반적으로 유사한 경향을 나타내었다.

• 한국잡초학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.191-198
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• 2010

본 연구의 목적은 정유에 함유되어 있는 살초활성물질을 탐색하여 제초제 개발을 위한 선도 화합물을 발굴하는데 있었다. Amyris(Amyris balsamifera), cajuput (Melaleuca cajeputi), geranium(Pelargonium graveolens), lavender(Lavendula spp.), mandarin(Citrus reticulata), pine(Pinus spp.) 및 rosemary(Rosmarius officinale) 정유에 대한 살초력을 유채(Brassica napus)를 대상으로 in vitro에서 수행한 결과, cajuput 정유의 살초력이 가장 높았다($GR_{50}$ 값, $425{\mu}g\;g^{-1}$). Cajuput 정유에 함유되어 있는 주된 생리활성물질들은 eucalyptol 37,2%, ${\alpha}$-terpineol 11.6%, benzaldehyde 5.2%, linalool 4.1%, ${\alpha}$-pinene 2.5%, ${\beta}$-pinene 2.4%이었으며, 이들 생리활성물질의 살초력($GR_{50}$ 값)은 각각 2,731, 500, 50, 372, 4,363, $4,671{\mu}g\;g^{-1}$이었다. Benzaldehyde의 살초력은 기 보고된 eucalyptol (1,8-cineole)과 ${\alpha}$-pinene보다 높았으므로 향후 새로운 제초제 개발을 위한 선도화합물로 활용될 수 있을 것이라 판단된다. Cajuput 정유와 이에 함유되어 있는 가장 높은 살초력을 보였던 benzaldehyde를 80kg $ha^{-1}$ 토양처리하였을 때에는 그 어떠한 살초효과도 관찰할 수 없었으나, 경엽처리 하였을 때에는 화본과 잡초인 수수, 돌피, 바랭이는 100% 고사되었다. 그러나 살초효과는 20kg $ha^{-1}$ 이하에서는 전혀 나타나지 않았는데 이는 cajuput 정유와 benzaldehyde의 높은 휘발성 때문인 것으로 추론된다. 본 연구의 결과 cajuput 정유의 살초효과는 높은 약량에서만 나타났으므로 약량저감을 위한 처리시기 재설정과 살초력을 높일 수 있는 제형개발이 요구된다.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.71-76
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• 2002

세균성 갈색무늬병과 푸른곰팡이 병에 길항력을 갖는 느타리버섯배지를 개발하기 위해서 자연계로부터 항균 미생물을 순수분리하였다. 분리균주가 생산하는 섬유성분해 효소 및 전분분해 효소의 활성을 검토한 결과 SD-1, 10, 11 및 16균주는 carboxy methyl cellulase(CMCase) 활성이 높았고, SD-4, 10, 14 및 15균주는 glucoamylase활성이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 이들 분리 균주는 carboxy methyl cellulose(CMC) 및 전분 함유 평판배지에서 뚜렷한 clear zone을 형성하였다. 병원성균에 대한 항균력을 검토한 결과 SD-10과 SD-11은 Pseudomonas tolaasii ATCC-14340 및 P. tolaasii ATCC-51312의 병원균에 강한 길항작용을 나타내었고, SD-1, SD-10및 SD-ll은 푸른곰팡이 병을 유발하는 Trichoderma virence와 T. harzianum에 강한 길항작용을 나타내었다. 분리균과 버섯 균사체와의 생육관계를 검토한 결과 SD-1은 Pleurotus ostreatus ASI-2042에, SD-15는 Pleurotus ostreatus ASI-2180에 약간의 생육저해를 일으킬 뿐 다른 분리균주들은 전혀 버섯균사체의 생육에 영향을 미치지 못하였다. 분리균주의 최적생육온도는 $30{\sim}35^{\circ}C$이었고, 생육가능온도 범위는 $15^{\circ}C{\sim}55^{\circ}C$로 매우 넓었다. 분리균 중에서 SD-1, 10 및 11균주를 느타리버섯 재배현장에 적용시켰을 때 대조구에 비하여 분리균을 접종한 시험구에서는 느타리버섯의 균사 및 자실체의 성장이 매우 균일하고 버섯의 품질이 우수하였다. 그리고 분리균 중에서 SD-10과 11을 균체지방산 조성을 검토한 결과 Bacillus sp.과 아주 유사하였다. 수자원의 절약과 하천수량의 증대에도 기여할 수 있을 것이다. (2.21%), 그리고 열매에서는 ${\alpha}-pinene$ (20.24%) > 1,8-cineole (11.47%) > ${\beta}-pinene$ (9.79%) > u-terpineol (7.08%) > sabinene (3.68%) limonene (2.77%)의 순서로 조성비율이 높았다. 전반적으로 순비기나무의 잎과 열매에서 분리한 정유에서는 monoterpene류의 조성비율이 높았으나 꽃과 줄기에서는 잎이나 열매에 비해 sesquitepene류, diterpene류 이외에도 구조를 동정하지 못하였으나 diterpene류 일 것으로 예상되는 분자량이 비교적 큰 성분들의 조성비율이 높았다./TEX>에서는 TA98 균주에서 $(100{\mu}g/plate)$의 시료농도에서는 부탄올 분획물이 89.92%로 가장 높은 억제효과를 보였으며 TA100 균주에서는 메탄올 추출물이 77.47%로 가장 높은 억제효과를 나타내었다. 암세포주(A549, Hep3B, MCF-7)에 대한 씀바귀 뿌리추출물의 세포독성을 알아보기 위하여 실험한 결과, 페암세포주인 A549세포에서는 에칠아세테이트 분획물$(250{\mu}g/ml)$이 91.67%로 가장 높은 억제효과를 나타내었고, 간암세포주인 Hep3B에서는 에칠아세테이트 분획물 $(500{\mu}g/ml)$이 75.01%로 가장 높은 억제효과를 나타냈으며, 유방암 세포주인 MCF-7에서도 에칠아세테이트 분획물$(500{\mu}g/ml)$이 84%로 가장 높은 억제효과를 보였다. 정상 간세포주인 293에 대하여 시료농도에 따른 세포독성 효과를 나타낸 것으로 $(500{\mu}g/ml)$ 시료 첨가시 암세포에 대하여 대부분 50% 전후(물 분획물 제외)의