• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.104-105
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• 1997

In the course of continous work on tubers of Gastrodia elata, a new constituent was isolated from the ethyl acetate soluble fraction prepared from the methanol extract. The structure of the compound was identified as ${\alpha},{\alpha}'-[bis-2-(5-carboxaldehydo)furanyl]-dimethyl$ ether from the elemental analytical and spectroscopic data. This compound was once isolated from Cirsium chlorolepis and named as cirsiumaldehyde. This is the first furan type compound isolated from Gastrodia elata.

• 동의신경정신과학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.243-252
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• 2014

Objectives: This study was designed to investigate the dose-dependent effects of Gastrodia elata Blume for memory improvement. Methods: This study was a 12-weeks, double blind, and comparative clinical study. Those who were eligible worked with a group of healthy seniors, all 60 years of age or older. 22 subjects were randomized either to Gastrodia elata Blume powder form that was steeped in hot water or placebo. We measured the faculty of memory by using MMSE-K, Digit Span, Letter Fluency Test, Word List Memory Test, and Trail Making Test, and again after 12 weeks. Results: 1) Neither Gastrodia elata Blume groups nor control have a difference in MMSE-K, Digit Span, Letter Fluency Test, and Trail Making Test. 2) Gastrodia elata Blume group showed significant advances in immediate recall 1 and 2 of Word List Memory Test, and 3 g group show better results than the 4 g group. 3) 4 g Gastrodia elata Blume group showed significant advances in the recognition of Word List Memory Test. Conclusions: The results suggest that positive effects on memory improvement due to Gastrodia elata Blume depend on the amount.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.199-204
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• 1995

Gastrodia elata is a medicinal plant which has been used as anticonvulsant in Korea, Japan and China. This study was conducted to examine the action mechanism of Gastrodia elata centering around the change of GABA and glutamic acid level in brain while observing the anticonvulsive effect in PTZ-induced seizure model. Seizures were reduced effectively by pretreatment of ether soluble part of methanol extract of Gastrodia elata. The pretreatment of ether soluble part inhibited not only the decrease of brain GABA level but also the increase of brain glutamic acid level observed in PTZ model of convulsive dose. Although there was not any change in glutamic acid level, the same development was also observed in the model of subconvulsive dose. From above results, it seems that the anticonvulsive component of Gastrodia elata is lipophilic, and its action mechanism is originated from both control action of GABA level and inhibition of glutaminergic neurotransmission.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.1399-1403
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• 2009

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the possibility of protective effectness of swimming exercise and Gastrodia elata blume oral administration against beta-cell damage in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes in rats. The animals were divided into five groups: the normal group(n=10), the STZ-induced diabetes group(n=10), the STZ-induced diabetes and moderate-intensity exercise group(n=10), the STZ-induced diabetes Gastrodia elata blume(300 mg/kg) oral administration group(n=10), the STZ-induced diabetes and moderate-intensity exercise and Gastrodia elata blume(300 mg/kg) oral administration group(n=10). Animals in the exercise groups were made to swim moderate swimming exercise protocols once a day for 4 consecutive weeks. Serum glucose concentration and insulin level, superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) were measured in serum. Swimming exercise and Gastrodia elata blume extract administration has shown anti-diabetic effect probably through decreasing serum glucose and insulin level and increasing antioxidant enzyme activity.

• 생약학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.281-285
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• 2013

Ethanol extract of Gastrodia elata fermented with Lactobacillus brevis was highly effective on the duration of pentobarbital hypnosis in mice. Pretreatment of mice with ethanol extract of the fermented Gastrodia elata (200 mg/kg, p.o.) prolonged markedly the duration of pentobarbital sleeping time and reduced the sleep latency. The mechanism of the extract of the fermented Gastrodia elata was investigated to inhibit the binding of $^3H$-Flumazenil, a selective benzodiazepine receptor antagonist, to benzodiazepine receptor of mice cortices. $IC_{50}$ value from displacement of $^3H$-Flumazenil binding was 62 ${\mu}g/mL$ at the treatment of the fermented Gastrodia elata. Therefore, these finding, such as increase of sleeping time and reduction of sleep latency, was examined by elevated concentration of GABA and parishin C, which were increased by Lactobacillus brevis.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.973-982
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• 2017

Gastrodia elata Blume often has been used for the treatment of headaches, convulsions, hypertension, and neurodegenerative diseases. The main active constituents are gastrodin, 4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol, vanillyl alcohol, 4-hydroxybenzylaldehyde and parishin A, B, C and E. Because Gastrodia elata has also unacceptable off-odor (swine barnyard-like) for food, there is a need to reduce it as well as allow for greater utilization as a functional food materials. In this study, a major off-odor producing substance of Gastrodia elata was fractionated by steam distillation and silica gel column chromatography. The substance was identified as p-cresol(4-methyl phenol) by GC-MS analysis and comparison of the retention time with that of an authentic compound in GC. The content of p-cresol in fermented Gastrodia elata was decreased. A fermented sample of Latobacillus sakei for 2 days was reduced to 54.7%, when compared with a unfermented sample. The five parishin derivatives in Gastrodia elata were identified by HPLC-MS analyses, and a comparison of HPLC retention times with those of authentic compounds. When compared with parishin derivatives of an unfermented Gastrodia elata, those of Gastrodia elata fermented by L. sakei, increased to 18.3% for 2 days. Increases of about 14.0~38.4% of the total phenolic compounds and 57.4~77.3% total flavonoids were found in fermented extracts, by 3 lactic acid bacteria strains. They were compared with $97.1{\pm}2.9{\mu}g/g$ and $40.9{\pm}2.0{\mu}g/g$ in the unfermented control, respectively. The extracts of Gastrodia elata Blume that were fermented by lactic acid bacteria had higher DPPH free radical scavenging activity and FRAP reducing power than the unfermented control.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.83-87
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• 2006

한의학에서 천마는 여러 치료의 목적으로 사용이 되는 한약재이다. 본 연구는 천마의 항산화활성과 항암 효과를 검증하기 위하여 실시하였다. 천마와 이를 이용한 식음료를 이용하여 항산화활성과 암세포를 이용한 세포의 운동성을 측정하였다. 항산화활성의 경우 DPPH, FRAP, Hydroxyl radical assay를 실시하였으며, 항암효과를 확인하기 위하여 wound / invasion assay를 실시하였다. 실험 결과 천마의 항산화 활성은 매우 뛰어난 것으로 나타났으며, 특히 DPPH / FRAP 실험에서 높은 활성을 보여주었다. 항암효과로 세포의 운동성을 확인한 결과 천마와 제품군 모두에서 세포의 운동성을 억제하는 효과가 매우 높은 것으로 나타났다. 천마는 항산화 효과와 함께 암세포의 운동성을 억제하는 항암효과를 가지는 것으로 나타났다.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.1477-1482
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• 2007

The antidiabetic effect of Gastrodia elata blume was investigated in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Sprague-Dawley 30 rats, were divided into five groups, normal group(n=6), group Ⅰ was diabetic groups(n=6), group Ⅱ was diabetic induced and oral administration of Gastrodia elata blume extract 0.1 g/kg body weight(n=6) and group Ⅲ was diabetic induced and oral administration of Gastrodia elata blume extract 0.3 g/kg(n=6) and group Ⅳ was 0.5 g/kg(n=6) body weight for 28 days on Diabetic rats. Analysis the body weight, level of serum glucose, serum insulin, total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), aspartate transminase (AST), and alanine transaminase (ALT). Oral administrations of the Gastrodia elata blume extract significantly decreased weight, serum glucose, TC, TG, AST, and ALT levels, while increased in normal group. (p<0.05). TC and TG was significantly decreased in group Ⅲ and group Ⅳ. and AST, LT was no significantly in any groups. It is concluded that the Gastrodia elata blume must be considered as excellent candidate for future studies on diabetes mellitus.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.137-140
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• 2002

From the MeOH extract of the aerial part of Gastrodia elata Blume (GEB) (Family: Orchidaceae), eight compounds have been isolated on repeated column chromatography, and their structures were elucidated as dotriacontanoic acid (1), beta-sitosterol (2), 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde (3), docosanoic acid oxiranylmethyl ester (4), hentriacotanoic acid (5), octadecanoic acid (6), benzoic acid (7) and gastrodin (8) on the basis of their spectral evidences including EI-Mass and 2D-NMR spectrum. All of them were obtained from the aerial part of Gastrodia elata Blume for the first time, in which compound 4 is a novelty to our best knowledge. It is also known that a phenolic glucoside, gastrodin is a major constituent just like Gastrodia rhizome.

• 원예과학기술지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.507-514
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• 2010

본 연구는 불쾌한 맛과 향으로 인해 식품재료로서의 한계가 있는 천마를 식품재료로써의 이용성을 증대시키기 위해 천마를 발효한 후 일반성분, pH, 항산화 활성, 색도 및 분산성과 용해성 등을 일반 천마분말과 측정 비교 하였다. 또한 일반 및 발효천마분말에 오렌지주스 및 요구르트를 첨가하여 혼합음료를 제조하고 이에 대한 기호도를 조사하였다. 발효천마의 일반 성분분석 결과 탄수화물의 함량은 발효에 의해 감소하였으나, 조지방, 조회분, 조단백, 조섬유에서 일반천마보다 더 많이 함유하고 있었다. pH는 발효천마분말이 일반천마분말보다 알칼리성을 나타내었으며, 발효천마분말은 비타민C 또는 일반천마분말과 유사한 항산화력을 나타내었다. 또한 입자가 클수록 분산성이 높게 나타났으며, 용해성은 60-70mesh의 분말에서 가장 높게 나타났으며, 전체적으로 60-70mesh 입자크기에서 용해성과 분산성이 가장 우수했다. 명도는 일반천마분말이 더 밝은 빛을 띠어 색 선호도에서 높은 평가를 얻었다. 천마의 관능검사 결과 발효천마분말과 혼합음료가 맛, 향, 조직감, 기호도에서 일반 천마분말보다 양호한 결과를 나타냈다. 그 중 발효천마분말과 요구르트 혼합음료의 맛이 가장 높은 선호도를 보였다. 따라서 천마가 발효 되면서 천마특유의 불쾌한 맛이나 냄새가 적어져 전체적인 기호도에서 좋은 결과를 나타냈으며, 성분, 항산화 효과도 천마분말보다 발효천마분말이 우의를 나타내 일반천마분말에 비해 발효천마분말이 식품재료로서의 이용성이 높을 것으로 판단되었다.