• 한방재활의학과학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.15-35
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• 2015

Objectives This study was performed to investigate the effects of Bujasasim-tang ethanol extract (BST) on oxidative stress, inflammation and osteoarthritic rat model. Methods To ensure safety of BST, heavy metal levels were measured and cytotoxicity test was done. In vitro, To evaluate antioxidative effects of BST, total phenolic contents, 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazyl (DPPH), 2,2'-azino-bis-(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) scavenging activity, reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels were measured. Also, to evaluate anti-inflammatory effects of BST treated group, total nitric oxide (NO) and pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-$1{\beta}$, IL-6, TNF-${\alpha}$) levels were measured in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells. In vivo, We injected MIA $50{\mu}l$ (60 mg/ml) into knee joints of rats to induce osteoarthritis. Rats were divided into total 3 groups (normal, control, BST treated group, each n=7). Normal group was not treated at all without inducing osteoarthritis and taken normal diet. Control group was induced osteoarthritis by MIA and taken with 2 ml of distilled water once a day for 4 weeks. BST treated group was induced osteoarthritis by MIA and taken BST 2 ml (200 mg/kg/mouse) once a day for 4 weeks. We evaluated dynamic weight bearing with the Incapacitance Test Meter. At the end of experiment, the rats were sacrificed to observe the functions of liver and kidney, changes of WBC, neutrophil, lymphocyte, monocyte levels in blood, to evaluate the levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines, tissue inhibitor of metallopreteinases-1 (TIMP-1), matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9), prostaglandin $E_2$ ($PGE_2$), leukotriene $B_4$ ($LTB_4$) within serum. We observed change of articular structures by Hematoxylin & Eosin (H&E), safranin-O staining method and measured amount of cartilage by micro CT-arthrography. Statistical analysis was done by unpaired student's t-test with significance level at p<0.05 in SPSS 11.0 for windows. Results 1. Safety of the BST was identified. 2. AST, ALT, BUN, creatinine levels of BST treated group were within normal limit. In vitro, 1. DPPH and ABTS free radical scavenging activities of BST showed dose-dependent increase. 2. ROS production were significantly decreased. 3. Total nitric oxide (NO) and IL-$1{\beta}$ production were decreased. 4. IL-6 and TNF-${\alpha}$ production were significantly decreased. In vivo, 1. Weight bearing ability was significantly increased. 2. WBC, neutrophil, lymphocyte, monocyte levels in blood were decreased. 3. IL-$1{\beta}$ and TNF-${\alpha}$ levels in serum were significantly decreased. and the IL-6 level was decreased. 4. TIMP-1, MMP-9, $LTB_4$, $PGE_2$ levels in serum were significantly decreased. 5. Cartilage volume of BST treated group was significantly increased. Also changes of cartilage, synovial membrane, fibrous tissue were suppressed. Conclusions The results obtained in this study Bujasasim-tang have effects of antioxidative, anti-inflammatory, relieve pain and protection of cartilage. Therefore we expect that Bujasasim-tang is effective treatment for osteoarthritis.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.294-300
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• 2011

Takju is a Korean alcoholic beverage made from rice, and is brewed with the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of exercise training and moderate Takju consumption on learning ability in 6-week old Sprague-Dawley male rats. The rats were treated with exercise and alcohol for 4 weeks in six separate groups as follows: non-exercised control (CC), exercised control (EC), non-exercised consuming ethanol (CA), exercised consuming ethanol (EA), non-exercised consuming Takju (CT), and exercised consuming Takju (ET). An AIN-93M diet was provided ad libitum. Exercise training was performed at a speed of 10 m/min for 15 minutes per day. Ethanol and Takju were administered daily for 6-7 hours to achieve an intake of about 10 ml after 12 hours of deprivation, and, thereafter, the animals were allowed free access to deionized water. A Y-shaped water maze was used from the third week to understand the effects of exercise and alcohol consumption on learning and memory. After sacrifice, brain acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity was analyzed. Total caloric intake and body weight changes during the experiment were not significantly different among the groups. AChE activity was not significantly different among the groups. The number of errors for position reversal training in the maze was significantly smaller in the EA group than that in the CA and ET groups, and latency times were shorter in the EA group than those in the CC, EC, CT, and ET groups. The latency difference from the first to the fifth day was shortest in the ET group. The exercised groups showed more errors and latency than those of the non-exercised groups on the first day, but the data became equivalent from the second day. The results indicate that moderate exercise can increase memory and learning and that the combination of exercise and Takju ingestion may enhance learning ability.

• 생약학회지
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.341-346
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• 2008

The effects of the ethanol extracts from Gynostemma pentaphyllum (GP extracts) on body weights, grip strengths, endurances and catecholamine levels after electric footshock (EF) stress in mice and rats were investigated. The animals were treated with GP extracts (50 mg/kg/day, p.o.) for 21 days before exposure to EF (duration and interval 10 sec for 3 min, 2 mA) once a day. The increases in body weights were delayed by 13.1% of the control levels by EF-induced stress in mice, which were recovered to 24.1% of the control levels in GP extract-treated groups. The grip strengths were significantly decreased by EF stress in mice and the EF-stressed groups treated with GP extracts increased grip strengths to 115.2% compared to control levels. The endurance times by forced swimming, which reduced significantly by EF stress, were also maintained similar to control levels by GP extracts in rats. In addition, the levels of norepinephrine and epinephrine in serum and brain, and dopamine in brain were significantly increased to 17.5-95.0% of the control levels after exposure of EF stress in mice. However, EF stressinduced increases in norepinephrine and epinephrine in serum were reduced to 17.1-17.3% of the control levels by treatments of GP extracts, and those in dopamine, norepinephrine and epinephrine in brain were also reduced to 5.0-19.5%. These results suggest that GP extracts showed the protective effects on EF stress-induced physiological functions and can be developed as the promising anti-stress agents.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.334-340
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• 2011

The study was done to investigate the effects of the extracts from the different parts of Lythrum salicaria (LS) on liver protective activities in chronically alcohol-treated rats. SD male rats except normal animals were administrated with alcohol ($30m{\ell}$ of 30%~40% ethanol/kg/day) and the extracts (300 mg/kg/day) for 10 weeks. Chronic alcohol administration decreased body weight, high density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol and the reduced form-glutathione (GSH), whereas increased the ethanol content, glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT), total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein (LDL)- cholesterol, triglyceride in blood/serum and the ratio of the oxidized form of glutathione (GSSG) and total GSH (GSSG/total GSH) in liver tissue. Groups treated with the extracts of leaf, root and stem, showed decrease in GOT, total cholesterol and GSSG/total GSH and increase in hepatic aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH), total GSH and serum albumin. Administration with the root extract of LS decreased blood ethanol content compared with the other part extracts. But, serum triglyceride values in rats treated with root and stem extract were higher than that of the negative control animals. Flower extract-fed group showed decrease in body weight and serum triglyceride, but increase in the ratio of GOT and glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (GPT), and GSSG/total GSH. From the results, we conclude that the extracts of root and leaf among the plant parts of LS might be useful for the amelioration of the chronic alcohol-induced liver demage of rat.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.625-630
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• 2013

Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a highly prevalent disorder that affects millions of men worldwide. ED is now considered an early manifestation of atherosclerosis, and consequently, a precursor of systemic vascular disease. Lycii fructus extracts (LFE) were administered for 4 weeks to assess the improving effects on ED. Animals were divided into one normal group and four LFE-treated groups (0, 0.3, 0.6, and 1.2 g/kg). We induced ED in the study animals by oral administration of 20% ethanol instead of water everyday for 4 weeks. This study was designed to investigate the effects of LFE on the mRNA levels of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and endothelial NOS (eNOS) expression; NO levels of nitric oxide (NO) and cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP); blood profile; and erectile response of the corpus cavernosum of the rat penis. The libido of the LFE-administered male rats was higher than that of the ethanol control group. The erectile response of the corpus cavernosum was restored after LFE administration, to a level similar to the normal group. In addition, the iNOS in the corpus cavernosum of the male rats administered LFE decreased. In contrast, compared to the control group, LFE-administered male rats showed increased eNOS, NO and cGMP levels in the corpus cavernosum. These results indicate that LFE effectively restored ethanol-induced ED in male rats.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제34권8호
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• pp.1169-1174
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• 2005

본 연구는 다이옥신(2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-P-dioxin, TCDD)에 노출된 랫드에 있어 녹용의 고환 독성에 대한 방어 효과를 조사하기 위하여 수행되었다. 실험은 30마리의 수컷 랫드를 10마리씩 3개군으로 나누어 정상대조군(CO)에는 vehicle을 TCDD-단독투여군(TA)과 녹용 에탄올 추출물(EAV) 투여군(TE)에는 50 $\mu$g/kg body weight의 다이옥신을 일회 복강내 주사하였다. TE는 다이옥신 노출 1주 전부터 녹용 에탄올 추출물을 20 mg/kg body weight씩 5주 동안 매일 복강 주사하였다 TA에서는 다이옥신에 의한 체중감소(CO 대비 61.1$\%$)가 현저하였으며 TE 역시 체중은 감소(CO 대비 77.0$\%$)하였으나 YA와 비교해 볼 때 그 정도는 유의하게 경감되 는 것을 알 수 있었다. 다이옥신(TCDD)에 의하여 야기되는 고환 중량, 정세관의 직경 및 Johnsen's score의 감소와 고환조직의 병변은 녹용 에탄올 추출물 투여에 의하여 유의하게 경감되었다. 이상의 결과로 보아 녹용은 랫드에 있어 다이옥신에 의하여 야기되는 고환 독성을 경감시킬 수 있다고 판단한다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제34권9호
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• pp.1362-1366
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• 2005

홍삼청국장 추출물(RC)이 알코올을 섭취중인 당뇨흰쥐 혈당과 혈청지혈에 미치는 효과를 관찰하기 위하여 SD계 흰쥐에 streptozotocin(STZ)을 투여하여 고혈당과 고지혈증을 유발시킨 다음 홍삼청국장 추출물을 함유(g/mL)하는 $20\%$ 알코올을 매일 2 mL씩 2주간 경구투여 하였을 때의 증체량, 식이효율, 음용수 섭취량과 배뇨량, 장기중량, 혈당 및 혈청지질 함량에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 그 결과 RC의 식이는 STZ 투여에 의하여 증가되었던 음용수 섭취량과 배뇨량을 개선시키지 못하였으나, 감소하였던 증체량과 식 이 효율은 대조군 수준으로 회복시켰으며, 고혈당과 고지혈증도 유의하게 감소시켰다. RC는 당뇨 유발 후 에탄을 투여로 인한 사망률을 현저히 감소시켰다. 이러한 결과와 문헌상의 지견들을 종합해 볼 때, RC는 고혈당 및 고지혈증을 치료 및 예방함으로서 에탄을 섭취에 의한 사망률을 감소시킴과 동시에 당뇨에 의해 발생할 수 있는 당뇨 합병증을 예방 내지는 지연시켜주는 작용이 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.189-195
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• 2005

Ethanol has long been implicated in triggering apoptotic neurodegeneration. We examined the effects of ethanol on the rat brain during synaptogenesis when a spurt in brain growth occurs. This period corresponds to the first 2 postnatal weeks in rats and is very sensitive to ethanol exposure. Ethanol was administered subcutaneously to 7-day- postnatal rat pups by a dosing regimen of 3 g/kg at 0 h and again at 2 h. Blood ethanol levels peaked ($677{\pm}16.4mg/dl$) at 4 h after the first ethanol administration. The cerebral cortexes of the ethanol-treated group showed several typical symptoms of apoptosis such as chromosome condensation and disintegration of cell bodies. Activated caspase-3 positive cells were found in the cortex within 2 h of the first injection, and reached a peak at 12 h. In addition, TUNEL staining revealed DNA fragmentation in the same regions. These results demonstrate that acute ethanol administration causes neuronal cell death via a caspase-3-dependent pathway within 24 h, suggesting that activation of caspase-3 is a marker of the developmental neurotoxicity of ethanol.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권9호
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• pp.1590-1598
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• 2008

Cell proliferation and differentiation are critical processes in a developing fetal rat brain, during which programmed cell death (PCD) also plays an important role. One of the decisive factors for PCD is Bcl-2 family proteins, where Bax induces cell death, whereas Bcl-2 acts as an inhibitor of PCD. As maternal drinking is known to cause fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) or malformation of the fetal brain during pregnancy, the objective of the present study was to investigate whether maternal ethanol exposure alters the PCD-related Bax and Bcl-2 protein expression during fetal brain development. Pregnant female rats were orally treated with 10% ethanol and the subsequent expressions of the Bax and Bcl-2 proteins examined in the fetal brain, including the forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain, from gestational day (GD) 15.5 to GD 19.5, using Western blots, in situ hybridization, and immunohistochemistry. With regard to the ratio of Bcl-2 to Bax proteins (Bcl-2/Bax), the Bax protein was dominant in the forebrain and midbrain of the control GD 15.5 fetuses, except for the hindbrain, when compared with the respective ethanol-treated groups. Moreover, Bcl-2 became dominant in the midbrain of the control GD 17.5 fetuses when compared with the ethanol-treated group, representing an alternation of the natural PCD process by ethanol. Furthermore, a differential expression of the Bcl-2 and Bax proteins was found in the differentiating and migrating zones of the cortex, hippocampus, thalamus, and cerebellum. Thus, when taken together, the present results suggest that ethanol affects PCD in the cell differentiation and migration zones of the prenatal rat brain by modulating Bax and Bcl-2 expression in an age- and area-dependent manner. Therefore, this is the first evidence that ethanol may alter FAS-associated embryonic brain development through the alteration of Bax and Bc1-2 expression.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.298-300
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• 2007

머위 에탄올 추출물이 알코올 투여로 유발된 간손상에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위하여 흰쥐에게 정상식이군(NOR), 알코올 투여군(35% alcohol 10 mL/kg bw, CON), 머위 에탄올 추출물 투여군(PJ1), 알코올과 머위 에탄올 추출물 저용량(200 mg/kg bw) 병합투여군(PJ2) 및 알코올과 머위 에탄올 추출물 고용량(400 mg/kg bw) 병합투여군(PJ2)의 5군으로 나누어 6주간 사육하였다. 체중증가율 및 식이효율, 혈청 중 ALT와 AST 활성, 간손상 억제효과를 확인하기 위하여 항산화효소인 SOD, catalase, XO 및 GSH-Px 활성을 측정하였고, 지질과산화물과 GSH 함량을 측정하였다. 항산화 지표를 측정한 결과 정상식이만을 급여한 NOR군과 정상식이에 머위 에탄올 추출물을 투여한 PJ1군 간에는 유의차가 없었으나, 알코올을 투여한 군(CON, PJ2 및 PJ3)들 간에는 유의차를 보였으며 특히, 고용량 병합투여 시 항산화효과가 높게 나타났다. 머위 에탄올 추출물 병합투여는 만성 알코올 투여로 감소되어진 체중을 정상 체중으로 회복시켰으며, 알코올 투여로 증가된 유리기 해독계 효소인 catalase 및 GSH-Px 활성 억제와 비효소적 항산화작용을 나타내는 GSH 함량을 증가시킴으로써 지질과산화물에 대한 방어력이 증강됨을 보였고, 또한 혈청 중 AST 활성을 유의하게 감소시킴으로써 알코올 섭취로 유도된 지방간 및 손상된 간조직을 보호하는 항산화효과가 있는 것으로 추정된다.