• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제26권8호
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• pp.620-630
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• 2003

The proliferative effects of thirty Oriental medicinal herbs on MCF-7 (estrogen-sensitive breast cancer cell line) and ROS 17/2.8 osteoblast-like cells were determined using the MTT assay. Methanol extracts from several herbs was found to show proliferative activity on the above two cell lines in the range of 5 to 100 $\mu$g/mL. Among these active herbs, the methanol extract from the rhizomes of Drynaria fortunei showed the most potent proliferative activity, and the cell proliferations were significantly increase by 136 and 158% in the MCF-7 and ROS 17/2.8 cells, respectively, when treated with 100 $\mu$ g/mL. Through a bioassay-guided separation, eight flavonoids, including four new flavan-3-ols and two propelargonidins, together with the known (-)-epiafzelechin and naringin, were isolated. Their chemical structures were characterized as (-)-epiafzelechin (1), (-)-epiafzelechin-3-O-$\beta$-D-allopyranoside (2), (-)-epiafzelechin-3-O-(6"-O-acetyl)-$\beta$-D-allopyranoside (3), 4$\beta$-carboxymethyl-(-)-epiafzelechin methyl ester (4), 4$\beta$-car-boxymethyl-(-)-epiafzelechin sodium salt (5), naringin (6), (-)-epiafzelechin-(4$\beta$\rightarrow8)-4$\beta$-car-boxymethylepiafzelechin methyl ester (7) and (-)-epiafzelechin-($4\beta\rightarrow8, 2\beta\rightarrowΟ\rightarrow7)-epiafzelechin-(4\beta\righarrow8)-epiafzelechin (8) by extensive 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy. Most of these flavonoids, in the range of $10^{-15}∼10^{-6}$ M, accelerated the proliferation of MCF-7 cell, with compounds 7 and 8, in the range of $10^{-15}∼10^{-12}$ M, showing especially potent proliferation effects. Meanwhile, seven flavonoids, with the exception of compound 4, stimulated the proliferation of ROS 17/2.8 cells in the range of $10^{-15}∼10^{-6}$ M, with compounds 5-8 especially accelerating the proliferation, in dose-dependent manners ($10^{-15}∼10^{-9}$ M), and their proliferative effect was much stronger than that of $E_2$ and genistein. These results suggest that propelargonidin dimers and trimers isolated from the rhizomes of Drynaria fortunei may be useful as potential phytoestrogens, which play important physiological roles in the prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.212-217
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• 2002

옛부터 민간 약제로 사용했던 감나무 잎을 식품, 화장품 기능 생물 신소재로 활용하기 위해 감나무잎의 주성분으로 알려진 폴리페놀 화합물을 분리하고 생리활성 기능을 조사하였다. 감나무 잎을 60%의 아세톤으로 추출한 용액을 동결 건조시켜 농도별로 조제하고 glucosyltransferase, tyrosinase 효소저해를 관찰한 결과 glucoslytransferase는 $1.8{\times}10^{-1}$ mg/ml에서 82.84% 저해를, tyrosinase는 0.8 mg/ml에서 21,65% 저해 활성이 확인되었다. Sephadex G-50으로 gel filtration한 결과 fraction 1, 2, 3, 4, 5로 분획되었고 이중 fraction 1, 2에서 효소 저해 활성을 나타내었다. 활성 분획물의 물질군을 확인하기 위해 proteinase K 처리와 멸균처리한 결과 효소저해에 영향은 없어 활성물질군은 단백질군이 아니며, UV spectrum에서 자외선 영역에 최대 흡광치를 보여주므로 페놀링을 갖는 화합물로 추정하게 되었다. 추정화합물을 Sephadex LH-20, MCI-gel 및 Bondapak $C_{18}$ column에서 분리한 결과 F1 fraction에서 compound $1{\sim}4$가지 4종류의 화합물, F2 fraction에서는 compounds 5, 6, F3 fraction에서 compound 7, 8, 9를 순수 정제하여 재결정하였다. 분리된 화합물은 TLC 발색반응에서 flavan-3-ol 골격을 기본으로 하는 축합탄닌 반응을 보였고 전개정도에서 monomer가 2종류, dimer가 3종류, trimer가 1종류로 확인되었다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제27권10호
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• pp.1043-1047
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• 2004

Thirteen compounds were isolated from the $CH_2Cl_2$ fraction of Machilus thunbergii as phospholipase $C{\Upsilon}1\;(PLC{\Upsilon}1)$ inhibitors. These compounds were identified as nine lignans, two neolignans, and two flavans by spectroscopic analysis. Of these, 5,7-di-O-methyl-3',4'-methylenated (-)-epicatechin (12) and 5,7,3'-tri-O-methyl (-)-epicatechin (13) have not been reported previously in this plant. In addition, seven compounds, machilin A (1), (-)-sesamin (3), machilin G (5), (+)-galbacin (9), licarin A (10), (-)-acuminatin (11) and compound 12 showed dose-dependent potent inhibitory activities against $PLC{\Upsilon}1$ in vitro with $IC_{50}$ values ranging from 8.8 to 26.0 ${\mu}M$. These lignans, neolignans, and flavans are presented as a new class of $PLC{\Upsilon}1$ inhibitors. The brief study of the structure activity relationship of these compounds suggested that the benzene ring with the methylene dioxy group is responsible for the expression of inhibitory activities against $PLC{\Upsilon}1$. Moreover, it is suggested that inhibition of $PLC{\Upsilon}1$ may be an important mechanism for an antiproliferative effect on the human cancer cells. Therefore, these inhibitors may be utilized as cancer chemotherapeutic and chemopreventive agents.

• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.443-456
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• 2003

The lyophilization of the solution extracted from 60 percent of acetone applied to persimmon leaves, the compounding process in accordance with the solution's concentration, and the gel filteration through Sephadex G-50 of biologically activated substances obstructing enzyme activity, such as tyrosinase, xanthine oxidase, and angiotesin converting enzyme (ACE) led to the assumption that polyphenol was the compound serving as biologically activated substances obstructing enzyme activity. Xanthine oxidase involved in pruine metabolism oxidizes hypoxanthine to xanthine and xanthine to uric acid. In the continuous study for natural compound, nine flavan-3-ols have been isolated from the persimmon leaves. The structures of (+)-catechin, (+)-gallocatechin, procyanidin B-1, pyrocyanidin C-1, prodelphinidin B-3, gallocatechin-$(4{\alpha}{\rightarrow}8)$-catechin, procyanidin B-7-3-O-gallate, procyanidin C-1-3'-3'-3'-O-trigallate and (-)-epigallocatechin-$(4{\alpha}{\rightarrow}8)$-epigallocatechin-$(4{\alpha}{\rightarrow}8)$-catechin were established by NMR and their inhibitory effect on xanthine oxidase activity was investigated. Procyanidin B-7-3-O-gallate, (-)-epigallocatechin-$(4{\alpha}{\rightarrow}8)$-epigallocatechin-$(4{\alpha}{\rightarrow}8)$-catechin and procyanidin C-1-3'-3'-3'-O-trigallate showed 94%, 90.69%, 80.90% inhibition at $100\;({\mu})M$ and inhibited on the angiotensin converting enzyme respectively. Procyanidin B-7-3-O-gallate and procyanidin C-1-3'-3'-3'-O-trigallate showed 66%, 63% inhibition at $100\;({\mu})M$ and inhibited on the xanthine oxidase competitively. Procyanidin C-1-3'-3'-3'-O-trigallate showed 70% inhibition at $100\;({\mu})M$ and inhibited on the tyrosinase competitively.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.566-575
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• 2013

주목열매에서 분리한 과육과 씨를 95% EtOH 용액을 사용하여 각각 1.15 kg과 0.94 kg을 유리 용기에 침지하여 추출하고, 농축된 추출용액을 용매의 극성에 따라 n-hexane, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate 및 수용성으로 순차 분획한 후, 동결건조하였다. 혼합물로부터 순수한 화합물을 분리하기 위하여 ethyl acetate 및 수용성 분획에 대하여 Sephadex-LH 20 칼럼크로마토그래피를 실시하였다. 단리된 화합물들의 구조는 flavan 화합물의 경우 $^1H$-NMR, $^{13}C$-NMR 및 EI-MS 스펙트럼을 측정하였으며, 탄수화물은 보다 정확한 구조를 결정하기 위해 COSY, HSQC와 같은 2-D NMR과 LC/MS 스펙트럼을 이용하여 구조를 결정하였다. 또한 구성당 분석을 위해 acid hydrolysis, permethylation을 실시하여 구성당의 성분과 결합위치를 확인하였다. 위의 실험을 통하여 (+)-catechin (1), (-)-epicatechin (2), (+)-gallocatechin (3), (-)-epigallocatechin(4) 및 ${\beta}$-D-fructofuranose-($2{\rightarrow}4$)-O-${\beta}$-D-glucopyranose($1{\rightarrow}4$)-O-${\alpha}$-D-glucopyranose-($1{\rightarrow}2$)-O-${\beta}$-D-fructofuranose (5)의 구조를 결정하였다.