• 한국균학회지
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.174-179
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• 2015

버섯을 이용하여 새로운 혈당상승 억제 물질을 개발하여 건강 기능성 식품 소재 산업에 응용하고자 느타리버섯, 노랑느타리버섯, 분홍느타리버섯, 새송이버섯과 잣버섯들의 ${\alpha}$-glucosidase 저해활성을 측정한 결과 잣버섯 자실체의 에탄올 추출물이 가장 높은 ${\alpha}$-glucosidase 저해활성을 보였다. 잣버섯 자실체 분말을 95% 에탄올로 $30^{\circ}C$에서 48시간 추출하였을 때 ${\alpha}$-glucosidase 저해물질이 가장 많이 추출되었고 이 ${\alpha}$-glucosidase 저해물질을 함유한 잣버섯 에탄올 추출물은 일반 쥐와 streptozotocin으로 당뇨를 유발시킨 당뇨 쥐에서 모두 농도 의존적으로 식후 혈당상승 억제 효과를 보였다.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.36-43
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 기능성 약용식물로 부가가치가 높은 두릅나무 선발클론을 대상으로 잎, 가시 그리고 동아의 형태적 특정을 조사하고 다변량 분석 방법을 통하여 선발클론 간 유연관계를 분석하였다. 주성분 분석 결과, 제4 주성분까지의 누적 기여율은 76%로 나타났으며, 유집분석 결과 거리 수준 2.0을 기준으로 I그룹은 강원 연곡 등 15클론, II그룹은 경기 여주 등 5클론, III그룹은 봉화와 울릉 클론, IV그룹은 용문과 보성 클론 그리고 V그룹은 신구 클론으로 총 5개 그룹으로 구분되었다.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.14-32
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• 2022

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma co-activator-1α (PGC-1α) has a central role in regulating muscle differentiation and mitochondrial metabolism. PGC-1α stimulates muscle growth and muscle fiber remodeling, concomitantly regulating lactate and lipid metabolism and promoting oxidative metabolism. Gynostemma pentaphyllum (Thumb.) has been widely employed as a traditional herbal medicine and possesses antioxidant, anti-obesity, anti-inflammatory, hypolipemic, hypoglycemic, and anticancer properties. We investigated whether G. pentaphyllum extract (GPE) and its active compound, gypenoside L (GL), affect muscle differentiation and mitochondrial metabolism via activation of the PGC-1α pathway in murine C2C12 myoblast cells. MATERIALS/METHODS: C2C12 cells were treated with GPE and GL, and quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and western blot were used to analyze the mRNA and protein expression levels. Myh1 was determined using immunocytochemistry. Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species generation was measured using the 2'7'-dichlorofluorescein diacetate assay. RESULTS: GPE and GL promoted the differentiation of myoblasts into myotubes and elevated mRNA and protein expression levels of Myh1 (type IIx). GPE and GL also significantly increased the mRNA expression levels of the PGC-1α gene (Ppargc1a), lactate metabolism-regulatory genes (Esrra and Mct1), adipocyte-browning gene fibronectin type III domain-containing 5 gene (Fndc5), glycogen synthase gene (Gys), and lipid metabolism gene carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1b gene (Cpt1b). Moreover, GPE and GL induced the phosphorylation of AMP-activated protein kinase, p38, sirtuin1, and deacetylated PGC-1α. We also observed that treatment with GPE and GL significantly stimulated the expression of genes associated with the anti-oxidative stress response, such as Ucp2, Ucp3, Nrf2, and Sod2. CONCLUSIONS: The results indicated that GPE and GL enhance exercise performance by promoting myotube differentiation and mitochondrial metabolism through the upregulation of PGC-1α in C2C12 skeletal muscle.