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Antioxidant activity and anti-tumor immunity by Propolis in mice

  • Choi, In-Sook;Itokawa, Yuka;Maenaka, Toshihiro;Yamashita, Takenori;Mitsumoto, Morihide;Tano, Kaoru;Kondo, Hiroyo;Ishida, Torao;Nakamura, Takashi;Saito, Kiyoto;Terai, Kaoru;Monzen, Hajime;Oshima, Masami;Takeuchi, Tetsuo;Mituhana, Yuicti;Bamen, Kenichi;Ahn, Kyoo-Seok;Gu, Yeun-Hwa
    • Advances in Traditional Medicine
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    • 제5권2호
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    • pp.100-109
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    • 2005
  • In South America, natural products with unknown drug effects are used as folk remedies and for preventive medicine. Among South American natural products, we directed our attention to Propolis, which have been known as medicinal plants, and examined the mechanisms by which these substances affect antioxidant activity, anti-tumor activity and immunoresponse. When the antioxidant activities of Propolis were examined by the DPPH and Rhoudan iron methods, since Propolis contains high levels of flavonoids, it is thought that flavonoids may be responsible for the antioxidant activity in this study. In the examination of immunoenhancement activity, we measured lymphocyte versus polymorphonuclear leukocyte ratios (L/P activity). The number of lymphocytes was significantly increased in groups treated with Proplolis. Specifically, slightly high levels of $IFN-{\gamma}$ were measured in mice bearing the S-180 carcinoma, after administration of Propolis. This strongly suggests that cellular immunity is especially activated by treatment with Propolis, because production of $IFN-{\alpha}$ is limited to the T cells and NK cells stimulated by mitogen and sensitized antigen. $TNF-{\alpha}$ shows a different extent and mechanism of action depending on the target cells. When $TNF-{\alpha}$ was measured in mice bearing the S-180 carcinoma, mice treated with Propolis showed slightly higher $TNF-{\alpha}$ levels as compared to the control group. This suggests that activated macrophages produce $TNF-{\alpha}$ in mice treated with Prapolis, since activated macrophages and lymphocytes are the source of most $TNF-{\alpha}$. When anti-tumor action was examined using two kinds of sarcoma (Ehrlich solid carcinoma and Sarcoma-180 carcinoma), tumor-suppressive ratios after treatment with Propolis was 29.1%. When Sarcoma-180 solid carcinoma was used, tumor-suppressive ratios were 62%. Thus, Propolis showed strong anti-tumor activity against two kinds of solid carcinoma. Taken altogether, this strongly suggests that Propolis enhances original functions of macrophages and NK cells, and as a result, secondarily enhances the immune reaction and suppresses tumor growth.

한국 고유종 Pisidium (Neopisidium) coreanum (산골조개) 의 metallothionein 유전자를 기초로 한 분자계통 분류학적 연구 (Phylogenetic Analysis based on Metallothionein Gene Sequence of an Indigenous Species Pisidium (Neopisidium) coreanum in Korea)

  • 백문기;이준서;강세원;이재봉;강현정;조용훈;노미영;한연수;최상행;채성화;박홍석;이준상;이용석
    • 한국패류학회지
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    • 제25권2호
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    • pp.153-160
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    • 2009
  • Pisidium (Neopisidium) coreanum의 metallothionein 유전자는 염기서열 315개로 이루어져있으며 105개의 아미노산으로 이루어져 있었다. 연체동물의 metallothionein 서열의 공식[C-x-C-x(3)-C-T-G-x(3)-C-x-C-x(3)-C-x-C-K] 에 맞춰본 결과 알려진 공식과 상당히 일치하는 것을 확인할 수 있었으며 아미노산의 조성도 시스테인 (Cys) 이 약 1/3 정도 함유하는 사실을 확인 할 수 있었다. BLAST 결과를 토대로 선정 되어진 80개의 참고 서열 중 아미노산 레벨에서 가장 높은 스코어로 align 되는 서열들은 담수패인 Dreissena polymorpha (zebra mussel), Unio tumidus (swollen river mussel) and Crassostrea ariakensis (suminoe oyster) 등으로 나타났다. ClustalX 를 통해 multiple align 한 후 Neighbor-Joining 방법에 따라 phylodendrogram을 그려본 결과 Pisidium (Neopisidium)coreanum의 MT는 Dreissena polymorpha (Dp), Crassostrea gigas (Cg4), Crassostrea virginica (Cv7) 등의 생물들과 같은 군으로 묶이는 것을 관찰 할 수 있었다. Psipred 소프트웨어를 통해 2D 구조를 비교 분석 한 결과도 multiple align 및 phylodendrogram 결과와 밀접한 관계가 있음을 알 수 있었다. 이러한 결과를 통해 EST를 통해 밝혀진 Pisidium (Neopisidium) coreanum의 MT 서열은 근연종 들의 서열과 일치함을 알 수 있었으며 이러한 결과에 기인하여 MT 서열은 분류에 사용 될 수 있다고 사료된다.

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("황제내경소문(黃帝內經素問)" 중(中) 사혈(瀉血)에 관한 연구(硏究) (A Study on the Blood-Letting Therapy in Elementary Questions)

  • 이준근
    • 대한한의정보학회지
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    • 제14권1호
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    • pp.19-42
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    • 2008
  • Blood-Letting Therapy is a rational and ecological medical treatment by which we can heal most of the diseases by removing the static blood which precipitates in the blood vessel and blocks the flowing of blood. And the static blood is the generic term for the injurious, bad, dead and precipitated blood which is blocked the capillary vessel. The Yellow Emperor's Canon of Internal Medicine says that "the patient is treated with drugs internally and stone acupuncture externally. "In the old texts, the blood-letting therapy is mentioned as blood-letting, network vessel pricking, bloodletting, pricking, and arousing pulses etc and it is noted down as the method of network vessel pricking in 'On the Application of Needles' of Spiritual Pivot. Nine-pricking therapy, twelve-pricking therapy and five-pricking therapy are recorded in the methods of network vessel pricking and among them, the method of squeezing blood after pricking the affected part is explained as the network vessel pricking. There are four methods of network vessel pricking, pricking, picking, cluster needling and scatter-pricking and they are fluidly applied to the various symptoms of diseases. In 'On Discriminative Treating for Patients of Different Regions' in Elementary Questions, Ki-baek emphasizes "most of the local people, there are black in skin and loose in striate, and their diseases are mostly of carbuncle kind. It is suitable to treat the disease with stone therapy to prick with stone, so the stone therapy is transmitted from the east. "And in 'On the Corresponding Relation Between the Eum and Yang of Man and All Things' in Elementary Questions, when the Emperor asked Ki-Back, he answered "sthenia means the sthenia of evil, and deficiency means the deficiency of healthy energy. When the blood is sthenic, the evil should be discharged by pricking when out letting the blood; deficiency of vital energy is the asthenia of channels and network vessels, so the energy should drain from the channel which is not deficient, to replenish. "And in this case we can use the methods of 'Breaking out the static bloods', 'driving out the static bloods', blood-letting'. With this we can infer that the blood-letting therapy is made use of the important medical treatments from the ancient times. Especially in referring to the principles of treatment in The Yellow Emperor's Canon of Internal Medicine, it mostly alluded to acupuncture therapies and only eleven times to medicinal treatments. This is to verify that the blood-letting therapy formed the foundation of the medical art. In Dong's Therapy of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Bloodletting, Dong Kyeong-Chang gave emphasis on the points that there must be extravasated bloods without exception in the serious illnesses which is old, unnatural, accompanying acute pains and so we can revive our body‘s sprit by circulating 'gi' and static blood piled up in the network vessel, regulating the weakness and strength, and controling the disharmony of the internal organs. The blood-letting therapy has effect on the orifice in emergency, such as fore draining, freeing network vessels, harmonizing gi and blood, relieving pain, dispersing swelling and concretion, sedation, resolving toxin as well as strengthening the heart, relieving itching. So it has distinguished effect on all kinds of medical treatment to the modern people. But by the change of social customs and the confucianism of confucius - it is widely spread on the period of North and South Dynasties, 'Wi' and 'Jin' in china and the period of the Three States in korea - The blood-letting therapy which was regarded as the most important medicinal treatment withered rapidly. And Confucius accentuated the importance of our body and all its members, loyalty and filial piety and banned any damage of our body under no circumstances. As a result of it, the therapy of blood-letting had a rapid decrease and barely kept itself in existence in both countries. What is worse, at the period of Japanese colonial rule of korea and our nation's founding of early stage, it has been withered by the high-handed policy to change Oriental Medicine into modern medical science. So the therapy of blood-letting barely kept itself in existence in some Buddhist temples. Another case, it has handed down as a old-fashioned quick fix in folk remedies. But all kinds of the contamination of heavy metals and the misuses of antibiotics are widely spread nowadays, which increased diseases of adult people and incurable diseases as modern society unavoidably made its way into a highly industrial society. To make us more miserable, the western medical science - the antibiotics and surgical operation medical science - already reveals itself into a limit. The necessity of a new medical science which can give a security to the patients who are suffering from the diseases of adult people and the incurable diseases is especially come into the force nowadays. In view of the results after bibliographically studying on the blood-letting Therapy in Elementary Questions of the Yellow Emperor's Canon of Internal Medicine, the blood-letting therapy has acted for the important Oriental medicinal science and has been clarified the prominent effects on the diseases of adult people and the incurable diseases. So it is regarded as an appropriate thing that we lay out a determined theory of the blood-letting therapy and of course prevent the unwanted side effects from inappropriate medicinal treatments, and make full use of clinic by elevating the curative value and that we win back our self-respect of medical treatment which is dominated from the western medical science and ultimately contribute to national medical welfare.

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해당화의 과육 및 종자 추출물이 골형성 관련 세포에 미치는 영향 (Effects of Fructus and Semen from Rosa rugosa on Osteoimmune cells)

  • 강세찬;임정대;이재철;박혜진;강남성;손은화
    • 한국자원식물학회지
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    • 제23권2호
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    • pp.157-164
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    • 2010
  • 본 연구에서는 해당화의 과육(RRF)과 종자(RRS) 부위의 추출물이 골다공증 및 골질환에 미치는 영향을 연구하기 위하여 각각 조골세포의 세포 증식능과 LPS로 유도된 염증상태에서 전구-파골세포가 염증유발 물질로 분비하는 NO와 TNF-$\alpha$ 분비 억제 조절능을 측정하였다. 또한, 과육(RRF)과 종자(RRS)가 골다공증 및 골질환이 빈번하게 발생하는 노화된 상태에서도 적용할 수 있는지 확인하기 위하여 정상생쥐와 노화생쥐로부터 분리한 비장세포에서 B 림프구와 T 림프구의 세포 증식능을 측정하였다. 연구 결과에서 과육(RRF)과 종자(RRS)는 그 효능과 농도에서 차이를 나타내었으나, 모두에서 조골세포의 세포 증식효과와 LPS에 의한 NO 분비 억제효과를 보였으며, TNF-$\alpha$ 조절에는 영향을 나타내지 않았다. 그러나 종자(RRS)는 $500\;{\mu}g/m{\ell}$에서 pre-osteoclastic cell에 세포 독성을 보였으며, LPS 에 의해 유도 증가된 TNF-$\alpha$의 분비도 오히려 증가시켰다. 따라서 과육(RRF)이 종자(RRS)보다 안전하고 효능성 있게 사용할 수 있음을 나타내었다. 정상 및 노화생쥐의 비장 세포에 대한 림프구 증식효과에서도 과육(RRF)과 종자(RRS)는 모두 비장세포 증식을 나타내었고, ConA 처리에 의한 T세포 증식에도 효과를 나타내었다. 그러나 LPS에 의한 B림프구의 세포증식효과에서 과육(RRF)의 경우에는 효과를 나타내지 않았나, 종자(RRS) $1000\;{\mu}g/m{\ell}$에서는 LPS 처리에 의한 B림프구의 증식을 오히려 감소시킴으로써 B 림프구의 면역을 억제할 수 있음을 나타내었다. 과육(RRF)과 종자(RRS)는 정상 및 노화생쥐에서 같은 양상을 보임으로써 노화된 상태에서 특별히 다른 효과를 보이지는 않았으나, 종자(RRS)가 LPS에 의한 B세포의 증식에 오히려 감소효과를 나타낸 점을 고려할 때, 종자(RRS)에 대해서는 처리 농도와 효능에 대한 연구가 더욱 이루어져야 할것으로 생각되며, 과육(RRF)이 노화 및 정상상태에서의 골다공증 및 골질환에 좀 더 안전하고 효능성 있게 사용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

Antimicrobial, Anti-inflammatory, and Anti-oxidative Effects of Water- and Ethanol-extracted Brazilian Propolis

  • Kim, Kee-Tae;Yeo, Eun-Ju;Han, Ye-Sun;Nah, Seung-Yeol;Paik, Hyun-Dong
    • Food Science and Biotechnology
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    • 제14권4호
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    • pp.474-478
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    • 2005
  • Because it possesses anti-inflammatory, antifungal, antiviral, and tissue regenerative properties, propolis has been used for thousands of years in folk medicine for multiple purposes. Although the antimicrobial activity of propolis has already been demonstrated, very few studies have been conducted on bacteria of clinical relevance in dentistry. The aim of this study is to evaluate the antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and anti-oxidative activities of 0.1% and 1.0% propolis, both of water-extracted (proAQ) and ethanol-extracted (proAL) propolis, for industrial applications. In studies of antimicrobial activity, the growth of Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 35556, Salmonella enteritidis ATCC 12021, Escherichia coli O157:H7, and Candida parapsilosis KCCM 35428, all general food or clinical pathogens, were tested. The culture medium used was trypticase soy broth including 0.6% yeast extract; after 6 hr of incubation, the turbidities were measured at 620 nm with a spectrophotometer. The results indicate that the antimicrobial effects of both 1.0% proAQ and 1.0% proAL were greater against the growth of S. aureus ATCC 35556 and C. parapsilosis KCCM 35428 rather than those of S. enteritidis ATCC 12021 and E. coli O157:H7. Additionally, it appears that the anti-inflammatory effects of proAL are greater than those of proAQ. The anti-inflammatory effects were evaluated by measurement of the inhibition of hyaluronidase activity in vitro. At a 1% concentration, the anti-inflammatory effects of proAL were greater than those of proAQ. Finally, the anti-oxidative effects of 1% and 10% solutions of each extract sample were measured according to the TBA method at $40^{\circ}C$ for 1, 2, 3, and 5 days and were compared with 1.0% BHT. The results indicate that the anti-oxidative effects at 0.1% for both proAQ and proAL were not significantly different than the anti-oxidative effects at 1.0% BHT (p<0.05). Thus, it appeared that the alcohol-extracted propolis had greater antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and anti-oxidative effects than the water-extracted propolis. This is based on the presumption that major biofunctional components were fat-soluble, rather than water-soluble.

산조인(Zizyphus jujuba Mill.) 에센셜오일 흡입이 인간의 뇌파에 미치는 영향 (Effect of Essential Oil from San-Jo-In (Zizyphus jujuba Mill. seeds) on Human Electroencephalographic Activity)

  • 조해미;유병선;칸다사미손드하라라잔;정지욱;주진우;김성문
    • 생명과학회지
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    • 제23권9호
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    • pp.1170-1176
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    • 2013
  • 에센셜오일은 신경생리학적 장애의 치료에 오랜동안 사용되었지만 아직까지 그 효능이 과학적으로 구명되지 않았다. 저자들은 한의학에서 산조인으로 알려져 있는 Zizyphus jujuba 종자의 에센션오일이 인간의 뇌파에 미치는 영향을 연구하였다. 초임계이산화탄소추출법을 이용하여 산조인으로부터 에센셜오일을 얻고, 20명의 피험자를 대상으로 EEG 파워 스펙트럼을 측정하였다. 산조인 에센셜오일 흡입 전과 흡입 중 다른 부위와 비교하여 theta파가 좌측 두정엽 부위($17.277{\rightarrow}13.854{\mu}V$)와 우측 두정엽 부위($15.324{\rightarrow}13.020{\mu}V$)에서 통계학적으로 차이를 나타내었다(p<0.05). 산조인 정유 흡입으로 fast alpha 파, relative gamma 파, spectral edge frequency 50% 지수가 증가하였는데, 이들 지수 중 fast alpha 파는 좌측 전전두엽 부위($0.063{\rightarrow}0.08{\mu}V$), 우측 전전두엽 부위($0.064{\rightarrow}0.085{\mu}V$), 그리고 좌측 두정엽 부위($0.073{\rightarrow}0.100{\mu}V$)에서 통계학적으로 차이를 나타내었다. 본 연구의 결과는 산조인 에센셜오일 흡입에 의한 EEG 변화는 두뇌기능 중 각성과 진정상태를 증가시켜 인간의 심리학적인 조건을 향상시킨다는 것을 추론하게 한다.

음나무의 유묘생장에 영향을 미치는 엽중 무기성분 함량 (Effect of Inorganic Components on the Seedling Growth Performance of Kalopanx pictus Nakai)

  • 이철호;신창호;김규식;최명석
    • 한국약용작물학회지
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    • 제14권3호
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    • pp.173-177
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    • 2006
  • 음나무는 잎을 산채로, 뿌리와 수피를 식의약용으로 다양하게 이용되고 있으며, 최근 농산촌의 신소득 작목으로 재배하기 시작하였다. 본 연구는 엽내 무기성분분석을 통하여 음나무 유묘의 생장에 미치는 영향을 조사하여 향후 재배 및 생산성 향상을 위한 기초자료를 제공하고자 수행하였다. 음나무 유묘의 엽내 무기영양원소는 다량 및 미량 무기성분에 따라 함량차이를 보였으며, N성분이 가장 많았으며, 다음으로 K, Ca, P, Mg, Mn, Fe, Zn 순으로 나타났다. N, P, K 성분은 유묘의 생장과 고도의 정의 상관관계를 나타내었으며, Mg와 Mn은 낮은 정의 상관을 보인 반면, Na과는 높은 부의 상관관계를 나타내었다. 한편 Ca, Fe, Cu, Zn 성분은 유묘의 생장과 상관관계가 인정되지 않았다. 분석된 무기성분 중에서 N, P, K, Mg, Mn, Na 성분은 음나무 유묘의 생장에 영향을 미치는 (P<0.01) 무기성분으로 나타났으며, 특히 N성분은 가장 영향을 미치는 성분으로 나타났다.

톱풀의 항산화 성분 (Antioxidative compounds of Achillea sibirica Ledeb)

  • 문형인;류승효;노종화;지옥표
    • 한국약용작물학회지
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    • 제8권1호
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2000
  • 톱풀 Achillea sibirica Ledeb. (Compositae: 국화과)은 국내 산지의 초원에 널리 분포하는 흰색꽃이 피는 다년생 초본으로 민간에서 봄의 어린 순을 나물로 먹고 전초와 종자를 말린 것(신초;神草) 을 , 건위(健胃), 강장(彈壯), 해열(解熱), 진경(鎭湮), 진통(鎭痛), 정기증진 (精氣增進), 출혈이 심한 치질에 사용해 왔다. 천연물로부터의 우수한 항산화제의 개발의 일환으로 이 식물의 전초의 MeOH extract와 그것의 Hexane fraction., Methyene Chloride fraction., Ethyl Acetate fraction, Butanol fration 에 대해 DPPH radical 소거 효과에 의한 검색을 실시한 결과 EtOAc 분획에서 우수한 항산화 활성을 나타내어 그 EtOAc 용매분획층을 column chromatography 하여 2종의 flavonoid glycoside (E-1,2) 를 분리하였으며, hexane분획에서의 1종의 sterol 화합물 (H-1)과 더불어 각종 이화학적 성상과 spectral data로부터 구조를 동정한 결과 각각 sterol mixture (H-1), kaempferol-3-O-glucoside(E-1), luteolin-7-O- neohesperidoside(E-2)로 확정하였고, 그 중 화합 H-1은 campesterol, stigmasterol, ${\beta}-sitosterol$이 혼합되어 있음을 확인하였다. 화합물 E-1, 2에 대해 항산화 활성 검색을 실시하여, DPPH radical 소거 효과에 의한 검색에서 각각 $12.5{\mu}g/ml$$15.4{\mu}g/ml$에서 EC50을 나타내어 항산화 효과를 보였고, TBA에 의한 비색정량법에 의한 항산화 활성 검색에도 항산화 효과를 보였다.

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솔장다리 추출물의 항비만 효과 (Anti-obesity Effect of Salsola collina Ethanol Extract)

  • 진경숙;이수현;권현주;김병우
    • 생명과학회지
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    • 제27권8호
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    • pp.888-895
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    • 2017
  • 솔장다리(S. collina)는 건조한 대지에 널리 분포되어 있는 한해살이 식물로 한방에서는 고혈압의 치료에 사용되어왔으며 선행연구를 통해 솔장다리가 보유한 항산화 및 항암 활성을 밝힌바 있다. 본 연구에서는 솔장다리 에탄올 추출물(SCEE)의 항비만 활성을 췌장 lipase 효소 활성 억제능과 세포실험계를 이용하여 분석하였다. 그 결과 SCEE는 농도 의존적으로 lipase 효소 활성을 유의적으로 억제시켰으며, 3T3-L1 preadipocyte를 이용하여 지방세포 분화 및 지방생성, 생성된 지방의 분해에 미치는 영향을 분석한 결과 지방세포 분화, 세포 내 지방 축적, TG 함량 등을 독성 없이 농도의존적으로 억제하였고, 지방세포 내 중성지방을 유의적으로 분해시키는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 솔장다리의 지방세포 분화 억제능은 핵심 작용 인자인 $C/EBP{\alpha}$, $C/EBP{\beta}$, 그리고 $PPAR{\gamma}$의 유전자 및 단백질 발현조절에서 기인함을 확인하였다. 이러한 결과는 솔장다리가 보유한 췌장 lipase 활성 저해능, 지방세포 분화 억제능, 지방세포 내 지방 분해능, 지방분화관련 인자 신호전달기전 조절을 통한 항비만 활성을 처음으로 밝혀낸 것이며 추후 계속적인 연구를 통해 활성 물질의 규명이 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

Morphological characteristics, chemical and genetic diversity of kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) genotypes

  • Ryu, Jaihyunk;Kwon, Soon-Jae;Kim, Dong-Gun;Lee, Min-Kyu;Kim, Jung Min;Jo, Yeong Deuk;Kim, Sang Hoon;Jeong, Sang Wook;Kang, Kyung-Yun;Kim, Se Won;Kim, Jin-Baek;Kang, Si-Yong
    • Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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    • 제44권4호
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    • pp.416-430
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    • 2017
  • The kenaf plant is used widely as food and in traditional folk medicine. This study evaluated the morphological characteristics, functional compounds, and genetic diversity of 32 kenaf cultivars from a worldwide collection. We found significant differences in the functional compounds of leaves from all cultivars, including differences in levels of chlorogenic acid isomer (CAI), chlorogenic acid (CA), kaempferol glucosyl rhamnoside isomer (KGRI), kaempferol rhamnosyl xyloside (KRX), kaemperitrin (KAPT) and total phenols (TPC). The highest TPC, KAPT, CA, and KRX contents were observed in the C22 cultivars. A significant correlation was observed between flowering time and DM yield, seed yield, and four phenolic compounds (KGRI, KRX, CAI, and TPC) (P < 0.01). To assess genetic diversity, we used 80 simple sequence repeats (SSR) primer sets and identified 225 polymorphic loci in the kenaf cultivars. The polymorphism information content and genetic diversity values ranged from 0.11 to 0.79 and 12 to 0.83, with average values of 0.39 and 0.43, respectively. The cluster analysis of the SSR markers showed that the kenaf genotypes could be clearly divided into three clusters based on flowering time. Correlations analysis was conducted for the 80 SSR markers; morphological, chemical and growth traits were found for 15 marker traits (corolla, vein, petal, leaf, stem color, leaf shape, and KGRI content) with significant marker-trait correlations. These results could be used for the selection of kenaf cultivars with improved yield and functional compounds.