• Mass Spectrometry Letters
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.95-106
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• 2024

Taraxacum coreanum, known as the native Korean white dandelion, has been historically used in traditional medicine due to its various therapeutic properties. However, the specific benefits and mechanisms of white dandelion in alleviating particular symptoms or diseases remain uncertain due to the complexity of its phytochemical profile. In this study, we aimed to elucidate the phytochemical profiles of methanolic extracts of different parts of the white dandelion (flower, leaf, stem, and root) using hybrid ion-mobility Q-TOF MS. Using the trapped ion mobility-based PASEF technique, 3715 and 2114 molecular features with MS2 fragments were obtained in positive and negative ion modes, respectively, and then a total of 360 and 156 phytochemical compounds were annotated by matching with a reference spectral library in positive and negative ion modes, respectively. Subsequent feature-based molecular networking analysis revealed the phytochemical differences across the four different parts of the white dandelion. Our findings indicated that the methanolic extracts contained various bioactive compounds, including lipids, flavonoids, phenolic acids, and sesquiterpenes. In particular, lipids such as linoleic acids, lysophosphatidylcholines, and sesquiterpenoids were predominantly present in the leaf, while flavonoid glycosides and lysophosphoethanolamines were notably enriched in the flower. An assessment of the total phenolic content (TPC) and total flavonoid content (TFC) of the methanolic extracts revealed that the majority of phytochemicals were concentrated in the flower. Interestingly, despite the root extract displaying the lowest TPC and TFC values, it exhibited the highest radical scavenging rate when normalized to TPC and TFC, suggesting a potent antioxidant effect. These findings and further investigations into the biological activities and medicinal potential of the identified compounds, particularly those exclusive to specific plant parts, may contribute to the development of novel therapeutic agents derived from white dandelion.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.87-96
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• 2017

UPLC-DAD-QTOF/MS를 이용하여 국내에서 재배한 7품종의 하이부시 블루베리와 7지역에서 재배된 복분자 열매에서 총 29종 (블루베리 29종, 복분자 종4)의 개별 플라보노이드 성분을 정성 및 정량 분석하였다. 블루베리의 평균 플라보노이드 함량은 143.0 mg/100g DW로 관찰되었고, 'Darrow'에서 가장 높았으며, 'Nelson'이 가장 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 복분자의 평균 플라보노이드 함량은 95.4 mg/100g DW로 나타났으며, 총 플라보노이드 함량은 정읍>순창>고창>광양 순으로 높았으나 정읍, 순창, 고창간에 유의적인 함량차이는 나타나지 않았다. 블루베리는 hyperoside와 isoqercitrin이 각각 총 플라보노이드 함량 중 평균 31.4%, 13.3%을 차지하였으며, 복분자는 rutin과 miquelianin이 각각 총 플라보노이드 함량 중 평균 51.4%, 40.2%를 차지하여 두 베리류 열매간 주요 플라보노이드 성분의 특성 차이를 확인할 수 있었다. 블루베리 열매에서 quercetin 3-O-robinobioside, quercetin 3-O-(6"-O-malonyl)glucoside, isorhamnetin 3-O-robinobioside, avicularin, kaempferol 3-O-(6"-O-acetyl)glucoside, quercetin이 처음으로 동정되었다. 본 연구 결과는 국내산 블루베리와 복분자를 이용한 기능성 식품 개발에 필요한 기초 자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 판단되며, 추후 연구에서는 보다 다양한 베리류에 대한 추가 분석이 필요할 것으로 생각된다. 또한 본 연구 방법은 베리류 뿐만 아니라 다양한 식물에 존재하는 플라보노이드의 정성 및 정량 분석이 가능하여 활용 가치가 높을 것으로 사료된다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.824-830
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• 2002

Four flavonoid glycosides, flavaprin (7), evodioside B (8), vitexin (11), and hesperidin (12), as well as the coumarins bergapten (1), xanthotoxin (2), and isopimpinellin (3), the lignan simplexoside (10), the steroids ${\beta}-sitosterol$ (4) and daucosterol (5), the limonoids isolimonexic acid (6) and limonin (9), and uracil (13) and myo-inositol (14) have been isolated from Euodia daniellii. The structures of these compounds were established from spectral data. Among the isolates, bergapten showed cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitory activity with an $IC_{50}$ value of $6.2{\;}{\mu\textrm{g}}/ml. Flavonoids isolated from this plant exhibited no cytotoxic activity against the human tumor cell lines, A549, SKOV-3, SKMEL-2, XF498, and HCT15.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.464-469
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• 2008

In human beings, it is known that there is a correlation between the occurrence of acne and the ability to suppress sebum. Sebosuppression may be related to the inhibition of sebocyte proliferation, differentiation, and lipogenesis in sebaceous glands. To investigate the skin sebosuppressive activity of green tea extract, the in vivo effects of its flavonoid compounds on the androgen-dependent stimulation of pigmented macules in hamsters and performed in vitro experiments with human primary sebocytes were examined. Our results imply a dual activity of skin sebosuppression by green tea flavonoids; some catechins including epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) and gallocatechin-3-gallate (GCG) may reduce the differentiation of sebocytes by inhibiting PPAR-${\gamma}1$ mRNA expression, whereas some flavonol glycosides including kaempferol may inhibit lipogenesis in sebaceous glands by decreasing levels of the mature form of sterol-sensitive response elements binding protein-1c (SREBP-1c). Therefore, green tea is a potentially effective material for use in the development of health foods or cosmetics for skin sebosuppression.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.121-135
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• 1999

Effective synthetic antioxidants such as butylated hydroxyanisole(BHA) and butylated hydroxytoluene(BHT) have been widely used in the food industry, but they are suspected to be toxic and carcinogenic effects. Therefore, the development of safely available natural antioxidants such as ascorbic acid, ${\alpha}$-tocopherol, ${\beta}$-carotene, flavonoids and selenium is essential. In particular, flavonoids, 2-phenyl-benzo-${\alpha}$-pyrones, are polyphenolic compounds that occur ubiquitously in food of plant origin. flavonoids occur in foods generally as O-glycosides with sugars bound usually at the C\ulcorner position. And variations in their heterocyclic ring gibes rise to flavones, flavonols, flavanones, flavanols, catechins, anthocyanidins, chalcone and isoflavones. Vegetables, fruits, and beverages are the main dietary sources of the flavonols, primarily as quercetin, kaempferol, and myricetin and the corresponding flavones, apigenin and luteolin. These flavonoids have biological activity such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antithrombotic, antimutagenic, anticarcimogenic antiallergic and antimicrobial activity effects in vitro and in vivo. Flavonoids posses strong antioxidant activities acting as oxygen radicals scavenger, metal chelators and enzyme inhibitor. The antioxidant activity of flavonoids is determined by their molecular structure and more specially, by the position and degree of hydroxylation of the ring structure. All flavonoids with the 3`, 4`-dihydroxy(ortho-dihydroxy) posses marked antioxidant activity. And antioxidant activity increases with the number of hydroxyl groups substituted on the A-and B-rings. There is as yet no certainty about the effect of the presence of a double bond between C\ulcorner and C\ulcorner on the antioxidant activity of flavonoids.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제26권9호
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• pp.1566-1569
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• 2016

Three flavonoids were isolated from dried flowers of Sophora japonica using repetitive column chromatography and high-performance liquid chromatography. The flavonoids were identified as rutin (1), quercetin-3'-O-methyl-3-O-α-ʟ-rhamnopyranosyl(1 → 6)-β-ᴅ-glucopyranoside (2), and quercetin (3) on the basis of spectroscopic analysis and comparison of values reported in the literature. These compounds inhibited the action of sortase A (SrtA) from Streptococcus mutans, a primary etiologic agent of human dental caries. The onset and magnitude of inhibition of saliva-induced aggregation of S. mutans treated with compound 1 was comparable to that of untreated S. mutans with a deletion of the srtA gene.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.600-603
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• 2004

(＋）-Dehydrovomifoliol (1）. 3-hydroxy-5$\alpha$,6$\alpha$-epoxy-$\beta$-ionone (2）, vitexin 7 -O-$\beta$-D-glucopyrano-side (3）, and vitexin 2'-O-$\beta$-D-glucopyranoside (4） were isolated as new constituents from the aerial parts of Beta vulgaris var. cicla. Compounds 3 and 4 demonstrated hepatoprotective activity with values of 65.8 and 56.1％, respectively, in primary cultured rat hepatocytes with $CCl_4$-induced cell toxicity, compared to controls. This was comparable to that of silibinin (69.8％） which was used as a positive control.trol.

• 약학회지
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• 제47권5호
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• pp.300-306
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• 2003

Rhizoma of Smilax china has been used as anti-inflammatory and analgesic, antiedemic agent in Korean folk medicine. In order to investigate the efficacy of anti-oxidative activity, the activity-guided fractionation and the isolation were performed. Each fractions ($H_2O$ fraction, 20％, 40％, 60％, 100％ MeOH fractions and CHCl$_3$ fraction) was examined antioxidant activity by 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical scavenging potential. It was revealed that 40％, 20％ MeOH fractions and $H_2O$ fractions have significant anti-oxidative activity. From 40％ and 20％ MeOH fractions two flavonoid glycosides and one procyanidin were isolated and elucidated apigenin-7-Ο-$\alpha$-L-rhamnopyranosyl(1\longrightarrow2)-$\beta$-D-glucopyranoside, apigenin-7-Ο-$\alpha$-L-rhamnopyranosyl(1\longrightarrow6)-$\beta$-D-glucopyranoside and catechin(4$\alpha$\longrightarrow6)epicatechin through their physicochemical data and IR, FAB-MS, $^{13}$ C-NMR, and $^1$H-NMR analysis with authentics, respectively. The isolated compounds were examined by DPPH method. Apigenin-7-Ο-$\alpha$-L-rhamnopyranosyl(1\longrightarrow2)-$\beta$-D-glucopyranoside and catechin (4$\alpha$\longrightarrow6) epicatechin showed powerful radical scavenging activities on DPPH radical among three compounds.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제33권10호
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• pp.1317-1328
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• 2023

Green tea (GT) polyphenols undergo extensive metabolism within gastrointestinal tract (GIT), where their derivatives compounds potentially modulate the gut microbiome. This biotransformation process involves a cascade of exclusive gut microbial enzymes which chemically modify the GT polyphenols influencing both their bioactivity and bioavailability in host. Herein, we examined the in vitro interactions between 37 different human gut microbiota and the GT polyphenols. UHPLC-LTQ-Orbitrap-MS/MS analysis of the culture broth extracts unravel that genera Adlercreutzia, Eggerthella and Lactiplantibacillus plantarum KACC11451 promoted C-ring opening reaction in GT catechins. In addition, L. plantarum also hydrolyzed catechin galloyl esters to produce gallic acid and pyrogallol, and also converted flavonoid glycosides to their aglycone derivatives. Biotransformation of GT polyphenols into derivative compounds enhanced their antioxidant bioactivities in culture broth extracts. Considering the effects of GT polyphenols on specific growth rates of gut bacteria, we noted that GT polyphenols and their derivate compounds inhibited most species in phylum Actinobacteria, Bacteroides, and Firmicutes except genus Lactobacillus. The present study delineates the likely mechanisms involved in the metabolism and bioavailability of GT polyphenols upon exposure to gut microbiota. Further, widening this workflow to understand the metabolism of various other dietary polyphenols can unravel their biotransformation mechanisms and associated functions in human GIT.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.721-724
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• 2007

신선초의 건조분말을 사료에 5%수준으로 혼합하여 백서에 8주간 투여하였을 때, 총 cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, VLDL-cholesterol의 농도를 낮추며, HDL-cholesterol의 농도는 높이는 효과가 있음이 관찰되었다. 신선초에 존재한다고 알려진 항산화성 flavonoid들 중 quercetin과 그 배당체의 하나인 isoquercitrin이 백서의 체내에서 측정된 반면, 다른 quercetin 배당체인 hyperoside는 측정되지 않았다. 이 결과는 장기간 신선초투여에 의해 신선초에 함유된 quercetin 또는 그 배당체가 실제로 체내로 흡수되어 약리작용을 발휘할 수 있을 가능성을 제시해 준다.