• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.867-871
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• 2009

Response surface methodology (RSM) was used for the optimization of antioxidant capacity in gardenia extracts. The antioxidant capacities of gardenia fruit extracts were investigated by ferric reducing ability (FRA) and 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical scavenging activity (RSA) assays. The optimum extraction parameters for the strongest antioxidant capacity were the ethanol concentration (EtOH) of 48.9%, extraction temperature of $72.9^{\circ}C$, and extraction time of 29.9 min. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed that the quadratics of EtOH and extraction temperature had highly significant effect on the antioxidant capacity (p<0.001). The antioxidant capacity was correlated with contents of bioactive components [crocin, geniposide, and total phenolic (TP) compounds] in gardenia extracts and mainly attributed to the content of the TP compounds.

• 생약학회지
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• 제38권2호통권149호
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• pp.108-112
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• 2007

We examined the inhibitory activities against monoamine oxidase (MAO) of Gardenia jasminoides in vitro and in vivo methods. Methanolic extract and ethylacetate fraction of Gardenia jasminoides fruit showed a significant inhibitory activity on MAO-A and MAO-B in vitro. The IC$_{50}$ values of each fraction on MAO-A and MAO-B are as fo11owed; total methanol extracts 1.23 and 1.34 mg/ml, EtOAc fraction 0.72 and 0.77 mg/ml. Water-soluble fraction also showed IC$_{50}$ values of 0.81 mg/ml on MAO-B. MAO-A activity was increased by the oral administration of ethanolic extract of G. jasminoides, while MAO-B activity was decreased. The concentration of serotonin of brain tissue administrated of ethanolic extract of G. jasminoides is slightly increased in rat. This tendency is not different from the activity of deprenyl which is a well known MAO inhibitor was used as a positive control. Consequently, we suggest that G. jasminoides may have the effects on the inhibitory activity against MAO This activity of G. jasminoides is considerable for development of functional materials for treatment and control of depression, dementia, Parkinson' disease, stress and promoting exercise, etc.

• 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한약학회 2002년도 Proceedings of the Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Vol.2
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• pp.266.1-266.1
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• 2002

Gardenia jasminoides Ellis has been used in traditional medicine for the treatment of inflammation. jaundice, headache, fever and hypertension. The 70% ethanolic extract of gardenia fruit was previously shown to possess strong anti-angiogenic activity in the CAM assay. In this work, hexane, ethyl acetate. n-butanol and aqueous fractions were prepared in succession from the 70% ethanolic extract. (omitted)

• Molecular & Cellular Toxicology
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.257-264
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• 2009

Gardenia yellow, extracted from gardenia fruit, has been widely used as a coloring agent for foods, and thus, safety of its usage is of prime importance. In the current study, short-term genotoxicity assays were conducted to evaluate the potential genotoxic effects of gardenia yellow. The gardenia yellow used was found to contain 0.057 mg/g of genipin, a known biologically active compound of the gardenia fruit extract. Ames test did not reveal any positive results. No clastogenicity was detected by a chromosomal aberration test, even on evaluation at the highest feasible concentration of gardenia yellow. Gardenia yellow was also shown to be non-genotoxic using an in vitro comet assay and a micronucleus test with L5178Y cells, although a marginal increase in DNA damage and micronuclei frequency was reported in the respective assays. Additionally, in vivo micronucleus test results clearly demonstrated that oral administration of gardenia yellow did not induce micronuclei formation in the bone marrow cells of male ICR mice. Taken together, our results indicate that gardenia yellow is not mutagenic to bacterial cells, and that it does not cause chromosomal damage in mammalian cells, either in vitro or in vivo.

• 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한약학회 2003년도 Proceedings of the Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Vol.1
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• pp.145.2-145.2
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• 2003

Gardenia jasminoides Ellis has been used in traditional medicine for the treatment of inflammation, jaundice, headache, fever and hypertension. The 70％ ethanolic extract of gardenia fruit showed strong anti-angiogenic activity in the chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) assay. Among hexane, ethyl acetate, n-butanol and aqueous fractions prepared from the 70％ ethanolic extract, the n-butanol fraction was found to be most effective in the CAM assay. (omitted)

• KSBB Journal
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.437-440
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• 2004

치자 열매 추출물로부터 미백제 개발을 위해 항산화, 항균, 항암 등 생리활성을 가지는 치자로부터 tyrosinase 효소활성 저해와 B16F10 melanoma cell을 이용한 melanogenesis 억제 효과를 실험하였다. Tyrosine을 기질로 사용하여 ethanol, hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate 용매 및 증류수 추출물에 대한 tyrosinase 효소 저해활성을 실험한 결과 에탄올 추출물 ($81.5{\pm}1.6\%$)이 증류수 추출물 ($62.7{\pm}0.4\%$)보다 더 우수한 효과를 보여주었다. Ethyl acetate 분획물의 tyrosinase 효소활성 저해율은 다른 유기용매 분획물보다 현저히 우수한 $99.7{\pm}0.1\%$나타내었으며, 현재 tyrosinase 저해제로 개발된 arbutin ($97.8{\pm}1.2\%$)과 유사한 저해활성을 보였다. B16F10 melanoma cell을 이용한 melanogenesis 억제 효과에서도 에탄올 추출물이 증류수 추출물보다 우수한 억제활성을 보여 주었다. Ethyl acetate 분획물을 사용하였을 경우, melanogenesis 억제 효과가 다른 분획물보다 현저히 우수하였다. 이상의 실험결과는 치자 추출물의 미백원료로서 사용 가능성을 보여주었다.

• 생약학회지
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• 제34권1호통권132호
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• pp.45-54
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• 2003

We have conducted to characterize the physico-chemical change and pharmacological transformation of traditional herbal medicines by means of processing. Processed Gardeniae Fructus was prepared by heating of fruit of Gardenia jasminoides(GF) for $30{\sim}50\;minute$ in the roster designed for herb processing. The contents of drying loss, water extract, diluted ethanol extract, ether extract and geniposide in non-processed GF and processed GF were examined. The contents of drying loss, water extract and geniposide in processed GF showed a decrease as compared with those of non-processed GF, however the contents of dilute ethanol and ether extract showed a increase as compared with those of non-processed GF. The rate of decrease/increase of those index were in proportion to heating time. And, biological activities of methanol extract of non-processed GF and processed GF were investigated. DPPH scavenging effects and inhibitory effect of xanthine oxidate and hemolysis of processed GF exhibited more effective than those of non-processed GF in vitro. Accelerating effect of large intestinal transport and purgative action of non- processed GF were discriminated by processing of GF. Methanol extracts of non-pro- cessed GF and processed GF showed the protective effects against the hepatotoxicity induced by ${\alpha}-naphthylisothiocyanate$ in rats. These results suggested that the transformation of biological activities of GF by means of processing may be due to the physico-chemical change of the constituents in GF by heating.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.8-14
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• 2017

치자 열매는 아시아에서 음식과 옷의 염료로 사용되어 왔다. 본 연구에서는 BV-2 소교세포에서 치자열매 열수추출물(GJ)의 항염증 효과를 관찰하고 그 작용 기전을 연구하였다. GJ는 세포에 독성을 유도하지 않으면서 lipopolysaccharide로 인한 nitric oxide (NO) 분비와 inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) 생성 및 활성산소 생성을 억제하였다. 또한 GJ는 농도의존적으로 heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1)의 발현을 유도하였다. 더군다나 HO-1 siRNA를 처리했을 때는 GJ가 iNOS의 발현을 억제하지 못하였다. GJ는 HO-1의 발현에 관여하는 전사인자인 nuclear factor E2-related factor 2를 핵으로 이동시켰다. 또한 GJ에 의한 HO-1의 발현은 phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase(PI-3K) 및 p38 kinase 억제제에 의해 감소되었으며, GJ가 Akt와 p38 kinase의 인산화를 유도하였다. 이상의 결과를 종합해보면, GJ는 PI3K/Akt 및 p38 신호전달과정을 통해 HO-1의 발현을 유도함으로써 NO와 같은 염증매개물질의 생성을 억제한다는 것을 알 수 있다. 이러한 연구결과는 치자열매가 신경염증을 억제하는 새로운 기전을 밝힌 것이다.

• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.95-102
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• 2005

현재 알츠하이머 질환의 주요한 치료제는 아세틸콜린 분해 저해제(acetylcholinesterase inhibitors)이나, tacrine의 경우 간독성 때문에 지금은 거의 사용되지 않고 있다. 이외에 알츠하이머 질환의 잠재적 치료로서 항산화제와 항아밀로이드 요법이 대두되어 치매의 예방 및 치료를 위한 무독성의 약물 개발을 위해서 많은 연구가 수행되고 있으나 아직까지 치매의 발병 기전이나 뚜렷한 효능을 가진 치료제에 대한 보고가 없는 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 새로운 자원에서 알츠하이머 질환의 치료제로서의 가능성을 탐색하고자 전초 추출물 35종과 부위별 추출물 36종의 식물 추출물 71종에서 DPPH 라디칼 소거능과 PEP 활성 저해율을 측정하였다. 항산화 활성을 살펴 본 결과, 식물 전초에서는 땃딸기(Fragaria yezoensis)에서 $90.4\%$의 라디칼 제거 효과를 보였고, 은행나무(Gingko biloba), 치자나무(Gardenia jasminoides for. grandiflora), 산철쭉(Rhododendron yedoensa var. poukhanense)등의 줄기, 털진달래(Rhododendron mucronulatum var. ciliatum), 치자나무(Gardenia jasminoides for. grandiflora)와 물개암나무(Corylus sieboldiana var. mandshurice)의 잎 부위에서 $88\%$ 이상의 높은 라디칼 제거 효과를, 산수유(Cornus officinalis) 열매 부위 추출물에서는 약 $95\%$ DPPH 라디칼 제거 효과를, 은행나무(Gi템 biloba), 우산고로쇠(Acerokamotoaum)등의 뿌리 부위에서 $85\%$ 이상의 DPPH 라디칼 제거 효과를 보였다. PEP활성의 저해율을 측정하여 비교한 결과, 식물 전초의 경우 딸기(Fragaria ananassa), 땃딸기(Fragaria yezoensis), 고추나물(Hyperircum erectum)에서 높은 저해율을 줄기 부위의 경우 다래(Actinidia arguta), 산철쭉 (Rhododendron yedoensa var. poukhanense)의 줄기 부위, 산철쭉(Rhododendron yedoensa var. poukhanense)과 생열귀나무(Rosa davurica), 삼나무(Cryptomeria japonica), 털진달래(Rhododendron mucronulatum var. ciliatum)의 및 부위에서 90$\%$ 이상의 높은 PEP 활성 저해율을, 산수유(Cornus officinalis)의 열매 추출물이 95.3$\%$의 저해율을, 우산고로쇠(Acer okamotoanum) 뿌리 추출물이 $83.3\%$의 저해율을 나타냈다. 식물 추출물 71종에서 땃딸기(Fragaria yezoensis) 전초, 산수유(Cornus officinalis) 열매 부위의 경우 DPPH 라디칼 소거능과 PEP 활성 저해율에서 모두 $90\%$ 이상의 활성을 보이는 등 DPPH 라디칼 소거능과 PEP 활성 저해율 사이에 유의수준 0.000에서 양의 상관관계가 있었다. 따라서 PEP 활성 저해 메커니즘에 대한 항산화 작용의 영향을 더욱 더 조사할 필요가 있을 것으로 판단되며, 산수유와 땃딸기와 같은 식물 자원은 항산화활성과 PEP 활성 저해능이 모두 높으므로 알츠하이머 질환의 치료 및 예방 물질로서의 개발 가능성이 큰 것으로 보인다.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.1072-1077
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• 2007

Bacterial endospores, especially those of Bacillus and Clostridium genera, are the target of sterilization in various foods. We used Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633 spores to screen novel antimicrobial substances against spores from medicinal plants. We collected 79 types of plant samples, comprising 42 types of herbs and spices and 37 types of medicinal plants used in traditional medicine in Korea and China. At a concentration of 1%(w/v), only 14 of the ethanol extracts exhibited antimicrobial activity against B. subtilis spores of at least 90%. Crude extracts of Torilis japonica, Gardenia jasminoides, Plantago asiatica, Fritllaria, and Arctium lappa showed particularly high sporicidal activities, reducing the spore count by about 99%. Consideration of several factors, including antimicrobial activity, extraction yields, and costs of raw materials, resulted in the selection of T. japonica, G. jasminoides, A. lappa, and Coriandrum sativum for the final screening of novel antimicrobial substances. Verification tests repeated 10 times over a 4-month period showed that the ethanol extract of T. japonica fruit reduced aerobic plate counts of B. subtilis spores the most, from $10^7$ to $10^4\;CFU/mL$ (99.9%) and with a standard deviation of 0.21%, indicating that this fruit is the most suitable for developing a novel antimicrobial substance for inactivating B. subtilis spores.