• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.316-321
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• 2005

Aristolochia bracteolata is being used in traditional medicine for a variety of ailments. Three successive and two crude extracts of its leaves were subjected for in vitro antioxidant activity using seven different methods. The successive ethyl acetate and crude methanol extracts have shown potent antioxidant activity in ABTS method with $IC_{50}$ values of $17.08\;{\pm}\;0.44\;and\;28.12\;{\pm}\;2.87\;{\mu}g/ml$, respectively. The crude methanol and successive chloroform extracts have shown moderate antioxidant activity in scavenging of hydroxyl radical by p-NDA method. All the extracts have shown moderate to low antioxidant activity by other methods.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.334-345
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• 1997

남부지방에 서식하는 식물체 중에서 꽃기린, 민들레, 박주가리, 후박나무, 팔손이 나무, 달맞이꽃, 동백나무 그리고 유동나무를 대상으로 약용성분의 일부분을 차지하고 있는 saponins 및 alkaloids의 검색을 실시한 결과를 요약하면, 1. Crude saponins 함량 중, crude 인삼 saponins 함량은 달맞이꽃이 가장 높았으며, crude saikosaponins 함량은 박주가리에서 가장 높게 나타났다. 2. Crude alkaloids 함량은 박주가리에서 가장 높게 나타났다. 3. Saponins 획분에 대해 HPLC분석을 실시한 결과, 꽃기린, 민들레 그리고 박주가리에는 인삼 saponin태 물질, 후박나무, 팔손이나무 그리고 달맞이꽃에는 인삼 saponin태 물질과 saikosaponin c태 물질, 동백나무와 유동나무에는 saikosaponin c태 물질의 존재가 추측되었다. 4. Alkaloids 획분에 대해 GC분석을 실시한 결과, 팔손이나무에서만 nicotine태 물질의 존재가 추측되었다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.589-593
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• 2001

폐자원으로 얻어지는 게껍질, 감귤껍질, 참깨박이 free radical 반응 및 지방산화 억제에 미치는 영향과 nitrosamine 생성의 직접적인 영향인자인 아질산염에 대한 폐자원의 분해 효과를 검토하였다. 폐자원(게껍질, 참깨박, 감귤껍질)으로 부터 유효성분인 chitosan, crude sesamol, ascorbic acid는 각각 11.6%, 2.2%, 2.8%로 나타났으며, TBARS값은 대조구에 비하여 낮은 값을 나타내어 항산화성이 인정되었다. 또한, 전자공여능은 chitosan 29.8%, crude sesamol 35.2%, 감귤껍질 추출물 15.8%로 나타났으며, SOD 유사활성능은 전반적으로 SOD 유사활성이 8% 이상으로 나타났으며, chitosan 51.3%, crude sesamol 19.9%, 감귤껍질 추출물 8.4%로 나타났다. 폐자원 추출물의 nitrite 소거작용은 pH 1.2에서 chitosan 17.4%, crude sesamol 56.4%, 감귤껍질 추출물 19.0%로 나타났으며, crude sesamol이 pH 1.2와 pH 3.0에서 각각 56.4%, 55.4%의 높은 소거작용을 나타내었다.

• 대한본초학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.65-71
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• 2013

Objectives : Asthma is a chronic, complex respiratory disease, caused by airway obstruction, airway eosinophilic inflammation(AEI), and airway hyperresponsiveness(AHR). This study was conducted to determine whether oral administration of crude water extracts of Pinellia ternate Breitenbach(PTB) has an antiasthmatic potential in the treatment of asthma in mice. Methods : Asthmatic AEI and AHR were induced by systemic sensitization to ovalbumin(OVA) by intratracheal instillation with 0.1 mg/mL suspension of diesel exhaust particles(DEP) once a week for 10 weeks in BALB/c mice. Crude PTB water extracts(50 mg/kg and 200 mg/kg) were orally administered 5 times a week for 10 weeks. Cyclosporin(10 mg/kg) was administrered the same manner as a positive control. Results : Long-term treatment with crude PTB water extracts suppressed the infiltration of inflammatory cells, including eosinophils, into airways from blood. It also reduced asthmatic AEI and AHR by attenuating the increase in the levels of cytokines such as interleukin(IL)-4, IL-5 and IL-13 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid(BALF), as well as the levels of histamine and OVA-specific IgE in blood. However, the effect of crude PTB water extracts(200 mg/kg) was not likely to be stronger than that of cyclosporin(10 mg/kg). Conclusion : These results suggest that crude PTB water extracts have inhibitory effects on AEI and AHR in a mouse model of asthma and may act as a potential Th2 cytokine antagonist, and have a therapeutic effect on allergic asthma.

• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.306-311
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• 2006

This communication emphasized upon the sensitivity of the crude extracts of clerodendrum inerme against some of the human pathogenic bacteria. Five plant extracts (Petrol, Benzene, Methanol, Ethly acetate and Aqueous) under six different concentrations(500 ${\mu}g/ml$, 1 mg/ml, 2 mg/ml, 5 mg/ml, 10 mg/ml and 15 mg/ml) were tested by disk diffusion method. Methanol, Ethyl acetate and Aqueous extracts of the plant showed significant inhibition against fifteen of the eighteen bacteria tested. No earlier report on antibacterial activity of this taxon could be found in literature.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.171-176
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• 1998

The biological effects of the water extracts of Rhus Verniciflua Stokes (RVS) were evaluated by protection against hydroxyl radicals. Antioxidative activities were measured using both 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and thiocyanate method. Also we used the Glucose oxidase (GO) 20 mU/$\textrm{m}{\ell}$ hydroxyl radical generating system in mouse forebrain cell culture. Water was used for ex-traction from RVS as a solvent which has high polarity especially. In DPPH method, the antioxidative activities of the crude water extract were stronger than any other extracts of low polar-solvents. In the antioxidative effects of mouse forebrain culture using 20 mU/$\textrm{m}{\ell}$ GO, cell viabilities were evaluated 65.6%, 68.8% at 1 $\mu\textrm{g}$. 5 $\mu\textrm{g}$ addition of crude water extracts (30 mg/$\textrm{m}{\ell}$) respectively. 10 $\mu\textrm{g}$ addition of crude water extracts had more than 86.1% cell viabilities, P<0.0l significantly, compared with the group treated with GO alone. In comparison with the antioxidative activities of several commercial antioxidants (ascorbic acid, $\alpha$-tocopherol, catalase, serum), 273 $\mu\textrm{g}$/$\textrm{m}{\ell}$ addition of crude water extracts (300 $\mu\textrm{g}$/$\textrm{m}{\ell}$) showed equivalent antioxidative effect to 25 uM ascorbic acid.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.66-70
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• 2002

The in vitro anticoagulant and fibrinolytic activities of crude extracts from insects were evaluated in order to find effective therapeutic drugs for the treatment of myocardial and cerebral thrombosis. We prepared three types of extracts (water, methanol and ethylacetate) from 28 insects for use as raw materials for the activity assays. The fibrinolytic activity was tested using the fibrin plate method and the activated partial thromboplastin time and thrombin time were measured for blood clotting activity. With regards to the fibrinolytic system, water extracts of six kinds of insects displayed a remarkable level of activity with a plasmin-like action. The water extracts of [Catharsius molossus, Eupolyphaga sinensis, Huechys sanguinea, Mantidis $o\ddot{o}theca$, Mimela splendens, and Polistes mandarinus (Vespae Nidus)] exhibited the activity. On the other hand, the methanol extracts did not display any fibrinolytic activity. In terms of the coagulation system, an aqueous extract of silkworm Tongchunghacho (Paecilomyces japonica), Oxya japonica japonica and Buthus martensi (Scorpion) increased the clotting time significantly longer (181 times) than the control. These results suggest that crude drugs from insects are useful sources for the development of new drugs for use in treatments involving blood coagulation and fibrinolysis.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제26권7호
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• pp.782-788
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 화장품의 천연소재로 사용 가능함을 알아보기 위해 추출부위가 각각 다른 총 11종의 자생식물의 항산화, 항주름에 관한 생리활성 효능을 스크리닝 하였다. DPPH scavenging assay 측정결과 100 μg/ml 농도에서 70% 넘는 활성을 나타낸 시료는 순비기나무, 송이고랭이, 방울고랭이, 큰고랭이, 자귀풀이었다. Hydrogen peroxide scavenging assay 측정결과 1,000 μg/ml 농도에서 물꼬챙이골을 제외한 10종이 90%넘는 활성을 나타내었다. Xanthine oxidase scavenging assay 측정결과 1,000 μg/ml 농도에서 순비기나무(Leaf; 86.3%)가 가장 높은 활성을 나타냈다. 4가지 항산화 실험에서 모두 효능이 우수하게 나온 시료는 순비기나무, 송이고랭이, 방울고랭이, 큰고랭이, 자귀풀이며 그중 collagenase 저해활성 측정결과 방울고랭이가 가장 높은 저해 활성을 나타내어 항산화 및 항주름에 효능이 있는 시료로 나타났다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 활성이 높은 자생식물은 화장품에 사용되는 천연소재로 이용이 가능한 좋은 수종으로 판단된다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.104-110
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• 1996

The present study was conducted to elucidate the functional property of tea extract obtained from tea extracts, semi-fermented tea(oolong tea) and fermented tea(black tea). Tea extracts exhibited remarkable nitrite-scavenging actions, and the action increased with the increased of the amount of tea extracts. The nitrite-scavenging actionof tea extracts showed pH dependent, highest at pH 1.2 and lowest at pH6.0. The nitrite-scavenging rate in tea extracts/amine/nitrite systems proved to be faster than that in amine/nitrite systems. To screen the nitrite-scavenging factors, tea extracts were fractionated into water-soluble, methanol-soluble, methanol-precipitate and crude catechin fraction. Among these fractions of tea extracts, the crude catechin fraction possessed greater nitrite-scavenging action than the other fractions. The nitrite-scavenging action of tea extracts increased with the contents of total phenols and an absorbance at 280nm, nitrite-scavenging factors were supposed to be and catechins in tea polyphenol compounds.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.39-45
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• 2006

As the antioxidant and free radical scavenger, glutathione (GSH) participates in the preservation of cellular redox status and defense against reactive oxygen species and xenobiotics. Glutamate-cysteine ligase (GCL; also known as ${\gamma}$-glutamylcysteine synthetase, EC 6.3.2.2) is the rate limiting enzyme in GSH synthesis. In the present study, the accurate method for determination of GCL activity in crude liver extracts was developed by measuring both ${\gamma}$-glutamylcysteine and GSH from cysteine in the presence of glutamate, glycine and an ATP-generating system. We added glycine to promote the conversion of ${\gamma}$-glutamylcysteine to GSH, and to minimize the possibility of ${\gamma}$-glutamylcysteine metabolism to cysteine and oxoproline by ${\gamma}$-glutamylcyclotransferase. We established optimal conditions and substrate concentrations for the enzyme assay, and verified that inhibition of GCL by GSH did not interfere with this assay. Therefore, this assay of hepatic GCL under optimal conditions could provide a more accurate measurement of this enzyme activity in the crude liver extracts.