• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.379-381
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• 1992

Phellinus linteus was examined on its immunostimulating activities using an in vitro imunization and plaque forming cell assay. When lymphocytes were exposed to the extract of Phellinus linteus, the number of antibody forming cell was increased. In in vitro plaque forming cell assay, the immunostimulating effect was about 4.8 and 5.0 times of unimmunized control in polyconal and T-independent antibody response, respectively. Especially, Phellinus linteus significantly increased the antigenicity of TNP-LPS used as T-independent antigen. But Phellinus linteus did now show a mitogenic effect on B-lymphcytes. These results suggest that immunostimulating activity of Phillinus lintues might be associated with a functional stimulation of B-lympohocyte involved in humoral immune response.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.473-477
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• 2007

The in vitro antibacterial activity against antibiotic-resistant Propionibacterium acnes of kaempferol isolated from the Impatiens balsamina alone and in combination with erythromycin or clindamycin antibiotics was investigated. The antibiotic combination effect against antibiotic-resistant P. acnes was studied by checkerboard test. Kaempferol and quercetin demonstrated antibacterial activities against P. acnes. Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) for both compounds were ${\leq}32\;{\mu}g/ml\;and\;{\leq}64{\mu}g/ml$ for clindamycin-sensitive and -resistant P. acnes, respectively. The four combination formulations (kaempferol and either erythromycin or clindamycin; quercetin and either erythromycin or clindamycin) exhibited a synergic inhibition of P. acnes growth. The combination of kaempferol with quercetin showed an indifferent effect. The combination of clindamycin with kaempferol or quercetin showed a greater synergic effect than that of erythromycin with kaempferol or quercetin. Thus, these combinations demonstrated the potential to treat acne.

• 산업기술연구
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• 제25권B호
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• pp.229-239
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• 2005

Dietary powder from Plantaginis ovatae testa was prepared by mechnical milling/grinding of the outer layer of the seed. The crystalline/surface structures of its powder (100 mesh) were examined, and several physical functionalities including, water capacity, oil holding capacity, emulsion/foam properties and physiological functionality such as in-vitro glucose and bile acid retarding effects were also investigated. Water holding capacity(WHC) of psyllium powder was $33.71{\pm}0.10g$ water retained/g solid at room temperature, whileas oil holding capacity(OHC) for soybean or rice bran oil were about 1.80g oil retained/g solid. These values of WHC and OHC were about 5.6 times higher and 2.8 times lower than those of commercial ${\alpha}$-cellulose, respectively. Changes of pH showed a small effect on WHC, but WHC increased with temperature. Emulsion capacity of 2%(w/v) psyllium was about 60% level of 0.5%(w/v) xanthan gum but emulsion stability after incubation of 24 hours showed about 1.4 times improvement of xanthan gum(0.5%,w/v). Also, psylliume(above 2%, w/v) alone had higher foam capacity than that of xanthan(1.1 times) and especially, 1 or 2% addition of psyllium improved the foam stability of protein solution(1% albumin+0.5% $CaCl_2$) by factor of 3.3 and 6.0 times, respectively. The glucose and bile acid retarding effects of psyllium powder were relatively very excellent suggesting the prevention from diabetes and arteriosclerosis. Especially, psyllium showed the 3.7 and 3.3 times higher effect on in-vitro glucose and bile acid retardation than those of commercial ${\alpha}$-cellulose, respectively.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.131-139
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 쉽싸리의 재분화와 순화에 영향을 주는 탄소급원의 효과에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. 식물체 재분화는 1/2MS 배지에 3 ~ 10%의 sucrose와 glucose를 각각 다른 농도로 처리하여 재분화를 유도하였다. 그 결과 3%와 5% sucrose 처리에서 줄기증식과 발근이 증가되었으며, 고농도 처리에서는 줄기와 뿌리 길이 등의 생육이 억제되었다. 기외 순화 중 3% 혹은 5% sucrose 처리 배지에서 생육한 식물체의 뿌리비대, 뿌리길이, 줄기 길이 및 생존율은 glucose 및 다른 농도처리와 비교하여 가장 높게 나타났다. 따라서 3% 및 5% sucrose 처리는 쉽싸리의 기내 생육과 순화를 위해 가장 적정한 농도로 확인되었다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.543-549
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• 2007

Two experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of disodium fumarate on the in vitro rumen fermentation profiles of different substrates and microbial communities. In experiment 1, nine diets (high-forage diet (forage:concentrate, e.g. F:C = 7:3, DM basis), medium-forage diet (F:C = 5:5, DM basis), low-forage diet(F:C = 1:9, DM basis), cracked corn, cracked wheat, soluble starch, tall elata (Festuca elata), perennial ryegrass and rice straw) were fermented in vitro by rumen microorganisms from local goats. The results showed that during 24 h incubations, for all substrates, disodium fumarate increased (p<0.05) the gas production, and tended to increase (p<0.10) the acetate, propionate and total VFA concentration and decrease the ratio of acetate to propionate, whereas no treatment effect was observed for the lactate concentration. The apparent DM loss for tall elata, perennial ryegrass and rice straw increased (p<0.05) with the addition of disodium fumarate. With the exception of tall elata, perennial ryegrass and rice straw, disodium fumarate addition increased the final pH (p<0.05) for all substrates. In experiment 2, three substrates (a high-forage diet, a medium-forage diet and a high concentrate diet) were fermented by mixed rumen microbes in vitro. A polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE) technique was applied to compare microbial DNA fingerprints between substrates at the end of 24 h incubation. The results showed that when Festuca elata was used as substrate, the control and disodium fumarate treatments had similar DGGE profiles, with their similarities higher than 96%. As the ratio of concentrate increased, however, the similarities in DGGE profiles decreased between the control and disodium fumarate treatment. Overall, these results suggest that disodium fumarate is effective in increasing the pH and gas production for the diets differing in forage: concentrate ratio, grain cereals and soluble starch, and in increasing dry matter loss for the forages (tall elata, perennial ryegrass and rice straw) in vitro, whereas its effect on changes of ruminal microbial community may largely depend on the general nature of the substrate.

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.85-99
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• 1981

This study was to evaluate the cytotoxic effect of three root canal disinfectants (formocresol, camphorated phenol and eugenol) and ten root canal sealers(Cavitec, Hypo-cal, Vitapex, AH26, Canals, Mynol, $N_2$, $N_2$-Medical, Z. O. E. and Calvital) in vitro. The experiments were performed in four differrent modes. In the first and second experiment, the "long-distance" cytotoxicity of three root canal disinfectants were tested on L cells. In the third exeriment, ten root canal sealers were tested for cytotoxicity by means of the tissue culture-agar overlay method immediately, 4 and 24 hours after the experiment. In the fourth experiment, the study with radioactively labeled L cells were employed to determine the relative cytotoxicity of ten root canal sealers. The results were as follows; 1. Every vapors from disinfectants showed more or less cytotoxicity. Of the three disinfectats, formocresol appeared to be the highest cytotoxic effect and camphorated phenol was the lowest. 2. Root canal sealers tested in tbis study showed cytotoxicity at every stage of time intervals. 3. The highest cytotoxic effect was freshly mixed $N_2$ meaical and $N_2$ also revealed the highest cytotoxic effect after 4 or 24 hours among these materials. Vitapex was found the lowest cytotoxic effect at all experimental stage. 4. Root canal sealers except N2 and Mynol showed cytotoxic effect were decreased cytotoxicity according to the time elapsed.

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.88-103
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• 2009

Objectives: There is currently increased interest in the identification of natural antioxidant compounds derived from various plants. Peony Root (PR) is used worldwide for the treatment of many types of cardiovascular disease including atherosclerosis and hypertension. It has been used in Korean traditional medicine for the treatment of glycosuria, hypertension and cancer. However, to date, no studies concerning the antioxidant properties of PR have been conducted. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the in vitro scavenging activity, inhibitory effect of LDL oxidation of pro-oxidant reactive species and anti-thrombosis effect in response to treatment with PR using various screening methods including biological and non-biological oxidants. Methods: In this study, the antioxidant activity of extract from PR was studied with in vitro methods by measuring the antioxidant activity by TEAC, measuring the scavenging effects on reactive oxygen species (ROS) [superoxide anion, hydroxyl radical] and on reactive nitrogen species (RNS) [nitric oxide and peroxynitrite] as well as measuring the inhibitory effect on $Cu^{2+}$-induced human LDL oxidation and the inhibitory effect on collagen-induced platelet aggregation. Results: The PR extracts were found to have a potent scavenging activity of oxidative stress [DPPH, superoxide anion, hydroxyl radical, nitric oxide and peroxynitrite, etc.] as well as an inhibitory effect on LDL oxidation and on platelet aggregation. Conclusions: The PR extracts have anti-oxidative and anti-atherosclerotic effects in vitro system, which can be used for developing pharmaceutical drugs against oxidative stress and atherosclerosis.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국식품위생안전성학회 2002년도 춘계학술발표대회 및 심포지움
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• pp.137-137
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• 2002

Several epidemiologidal studies suggested that arsenic exposure was strongly correlated with the development of cardiovascular disease such as hypertension. In order to examine whether arsenic affects vasomotor tone in blood vessels, we investigated the effect of arsenic on agonist-induced vasorelaxation using the isolated rat aortic ring in in vitro organ bath system. Treatment with arsenite inhibited acetylcholine-induced relaxation of aortic rings in a concentration- dependent manner. The inhibitory effects by arsenic were also observed in the relaxation induced by sodium nitroprusside, a NO-donor. Consistent with these findings, the cGMP levels stimulated by acetylcholine in blood vessels were reduced significantly by arsenite treatment. In addition, higher concentration of arsenite decreased the relaxation by 8-Br-cGMP, a cGMP analog, in aortic rings without endothelium. These in vitro results indicated that arsenite that arsenite was capable of suppressing acetylcholine-induced relaxation in blood vessels by inhibiting production of nitric oxide in endothelial cells and by impairing the relaxation machinary in smooth muscle cells. In vivo studies revealed that the reduction of blood pressure by acetylcholine infusion was signigicantly suppressed after arsenite was administered intravenously to rate. These data suggest that vasomotor tone impaired by arsenite exposure may be one of the contrbuting factors in development of cardiovascular disease.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.57-68
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• 1993

This stduy was carried out to find a reliable method for the production of in vitro fertilized embryos having more excellent development capacity and freezability in the rabbit and cattle. The greatest number of rabbit oocytes was recovered 6hrs after HCG injection(P<0.05). The maturation rate in vitro was slightly higher in the oocytes(6-h-oocytes) from 6h than those (8-h-oocytes)from 8 hrs after HCG injection and the beneficial effect of FSH during oocyte maturation was significantly great in the oocytes from large follicles. The cleavage rate into 2-to-6-cell stage was not differ between the 6-h-oocytes and 8h-oocytes, but the cleavage of these oocytes was greatly promoted by FSH addition to maturation medium and the cleavge of 8-h-oocytes matured without FSH was significantly low. The embryo development into 16-cell to morula was not promoted by the co-culture with rabbit oviduct epithelial cells. The freezability by embryo stages was ovidusly high at 4-cell and morula stage in 6-h-oocytes and the viability of 16-cell embryos from 8h-oocytes was similar to that of morula stage. The implantation sites after surgical tranfer of fresh rabbit embryos were not implanted. In bovine experiment, the in vitro development into 16-cell and morula after in vitro maturation and fertilization in the follicular oocytes was slightly improved by the co-culture with granulosa cells compared to that with oviduct epithelial cells and the frozen-thawed viability rate of these embryos ranged from 14 to 40%. The excellent fresh embryos were transferred nonsurgically to 6 recipients, but were not pregnant.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.382-388
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• 1999

The effects of citrus flavonoids, hesperidin and naringin, on the lipid metabolism were investigated in cultured human hepatocyte HePG2 cells. HepG2 cells were cultured for 6 h and 24 h to the control medium or the media containing hespridin and narigin, which concentrations were 0.5 and 5.0 mg/$m\ell$. There were no significant effects on cell proliferation and cellular protein content, except for increased in these parameters by adding both citrus flavonoids (0.5 mg/$m\ell$). The cellular content of triacylglycerol after 6 h incubation with 0.5 mg/$m\ell$ hesperidin and naringin was markedly increased, and after 24 h incubation that was decreased in both citrus flavonoids supplementation. The supplementation of 5.0 mg/$m\ell$ hesperidin caused a marked decrease in the cellular cholesterol content following 6 h incubation, and that was also reduced markdly, in a dose-dependent manner, during incubation for 24 h. However, there was no significant difference in the cellular cholesterol content in medium supplemented with naringin. The effect of hesperidin and naringin on acyl-CoA: cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) activity was studied in vivo and in vitro. The data confirmed that hesperidin inhibit ACAT activity in vivo and in vitro, whereas naringin had no such effect on ACAT activity in vivo but not in vitro. The present study suggests that hesperidin reduces the cellular triacyglycerol and cholesterol contents in human hepatocyte HepG2 cells.