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Some Physiological Activities Observed from Ethanol Extracts of Germinated Specialty Rough Rice

  • Lee, Youn-Ri;Hwang, In-Guk;Woo, Koan-Sik;Kim, Kee-Jong;Jeong, Heon-Sang
    • Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.176-181
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    • 2008
  • This study analyzed the some of the physiological activities of 70% ethanol extracts of specialty rough rice ('Goami2', 'Keunnunbyeo', and 'Heugkwangbyeo' rough rice cultivars) before and after germination. The physiological activities of the extracts were analyzed for their inhibition of linoleic acid peroxidation, hydrogen peroxide radical scavenging activity, superoxide dismutase-like activity, xanthine oxidase inhibitory activity, and nitrite scavenging effects. The most active rough rice cultivar was 'Heugkwangbyeo' and germinated 'Heugkwangbyeo' rough rice was more effective than ungerminated rough rice, having higher inhibition activity of linoleic acid peroxidation (1.2-fold), hydrogen peroxide radical scavenging activity (1.4-fold), superoxide dismutase-like activity (1.2-fold), and xanthine oxidase inhibitory activity (1.1-fold). The nitrite scavenging effect was increased after germination (2.1-fold) and decreased as pH increased. According to the results obtained in this study, 70% ethanol extracts from germinated 'Heugkwangbyeo' rough rice can be used for industrial applications such as the functional food materials.

Analgesic, cytotoxic and antioxidant activities of Trewia polycarpa bark

  • Rahman, Md Shafiur;Sadhu, Shamir Kumar;Hasan, Choudhury Mahmud
    • Advances in Traditional Medicine
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.121-125
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    • 2006
  • The crude ethanol extract of the stem bark of Trewia polycarpa (Family: Euphorbiaceae) was subjected to acetic acid induced writhing inhibition, Brine Shrimp lethality bioassay and 1, 1-diphenyl-2-picryl hydrazyl free radical scavenging assay for screening of analgesic, cytotoxic and antioxidant activity respectively. The extract produced significant (P < 0.001) writhing inhibition in acetic acid induced writhing in mice at the dose of 125, 250 and 500 mg/kg body weight respectively, which were comparable to the standard drug diclofenac sodium. The extract showed significant lethality to Brine Shrimp and the $LC_{50}$ value was $8\;{\mu}g/ml$. The extract showed prominent free radical scavenging activity ($IC_{50}$ about ${\sim}10\;{\mu}g/ml$) compare to standard drug ascorbic acid ($IC_{50}about\;{\sim}15\;{\mu}g/ml$). The results tend to suggest that the crude ethanol extract of the bark might possess analgesic, cytotoxic and antioxidant activities or active constituent(s) responsible for the activities.

Monoclonal Antibodies Against a Paramyxovirus Isolated from Japanese Sparrow-Hawks(Accipiter virugatus gularis) (일본 새매 (Accipiter virugatus gularis)로부터 분리된 Paramyxovirus에 대한 단 Clone성 항체)

  • Hoshi;Mikami, S.T.;Onuma, M.;Izawa, H.
    • Korean Journal of Poultry Science
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.60-66
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    • 1983
  • Monoclonal antibodies against Taka virus, a variant of Newcastle disease virus (NDV), were produced to compare the antigenicites of several avian paramyxoviruses including NDV. It was also used to study the activesite(s) of haemagglutin (HA) and neuraminidase activities of NDV. Five independent hybrid cell lines, which produced monoclonal antibodies against haemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) molecule of Taka virus, were established. From the results of the cross haemagglutination-inhibition(HI) test the monoclonal antibodies, the HN molecule of Taka virus seemed to have at least three different antigenic determinats; one was specific for all NDV strain tested, the second was only for Taka virus and the third was for Take virus, Banger and Yucaipa Furthermore the differences in the ratio of HI to neuraminidase-inhibition titers suggested that the active sites involved in HA and neuraminidase activities might be different from each other. However, since each of five monoclonal anitbodies was not especially specific for either HA or neuraminidase, the possibility that a single active site on the HN molecule may be responsible for both activities has not been excluded.

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Effect of Water Adulteration on the Rheology and Antibacterial Activities of Honey

  • ANIDIOBU, Vincent Okechukwu
    • The Korean Journal of Food & Health Convergence
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    • v.8 no.5
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    • pp.11-20
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    • 2022
  • Honey was diluted with different percentages of water and was analysed rheologically at room temperature of 27℃. The rheological profiles of pure and impure honey samples were measured at low shear rates (0.01-4.16s-1). This work developed a structural kinetic model, which correlated well with the rheological data. The new model was used to categorise honey samples using their average molecular weights as one of the distinctive properties. Also, the kinetics order in the new model predicts the number of active components in the "honey" undergoing deformation. Honey produced third order kinetics to depict the monomers, oligomers and water content in honey. Pure honey exhibits peculiar non-Newtonian rheological behaviour. The behaviour of water is Newtonian. Dilution of honey with different percentages of water turns the resulting fluid Newtonian from 10% dilution with water. This study analysed the antibacterial activities of honey and serially adulterated samples against Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The antibacterial analyses of honey were conducted using Kirby Bauer's well diffusion method. The results indicated that pure honey exhibited a zone of inhibition against both organisms. Also, the diameter of the zone of inhibition decreased with increasing dilution of honey, suggesting a correlation with the rheological method.

Antiinflammatory and Antiangiogenic Activities of Flavonoids Isolated from Belamcandae Rhizoma

  • Jung, Sang-Hoon;Ahn, Kwang-Seok;Lee, Yeon-Sil;Shin, Kuk-Hyun;Kim, Yeong-Shik
    • Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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    • 2003.10b
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    • pp.202.4-203
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    • 2003
  • The present study was carried out to clarify whether isoflavonoids isolated from Belamcandae Rhizoma (Iridaceae) inhibit inflammation and angiogenesis by the experimental methods in vitro and in vivo. Among the isolated isoflavonoids, such as irigenin, irisflorentine, and iristectorene B inhibited nitric oxide (NO) production, as measured by nitrite formation at 3-30 ${\mu}M$. Also these compounds reduced cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) enzyme expression in a concentration dependent manner, when measured by western blotting, at 3-30 ${\mu}M$. Irigenin, irisflorentine and iristectoren B decreased angiogenesis of chick embryos in the chorioallantoic membrane assay. These compounds also reduced the proliferation of calf pulmonary arterial endothelial (CPAE) cells and found to possess relatively weak gelatinase/collagenase inhibitory activity in vitro. These compounds, when administered subcataneously at the dose of 30mg/kg for 20 days to mice implanted with murine Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC), caused a significant inhibition of tumor volume. Therefore, antiangiogenic activities of isoflavonoids from Belamcandae Rhizoma might be due to antiproliferative activities under inhibition the induction of COX-2 and iNOS enzyme.

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Comparison of Biological Activities of Fermented Codonopsis lanceolata and Fresh Codonopsis lanceolata (생더덕과 발효더덕의 유용생리활성 비교)

  • Kim, Seung-Seop;Ha, Ji-Hye;Jeong, Myoung-Hoon;Ahn, Ju-Hee;Yoon, Won-Byung;Park, Sung-Jin;Seong, Dong-Ho;Lee, Hyeon-Yong
    • Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.280-285
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    • 2009
  • Both fresh Codonopsis lanceolata and lactic acid bacteria fermented Codonopsis lanceolata were extracted with water at $100^{\circ}C$, and tested for anticancer activity using several human cancer cell lines. The fermented extracts inhibited the growth of hepatocellular carcinoma cells up to 90%, compared to 75% for fresh Codonopsis lanceolata. The extracts of cytotoxicity on human normal lung cells (HEK293) were as low as 15%. Especially, human hepatocellular carcinoma cell were more efficiently inhibited than other cells. This extract also inhibited $\alpha$-glucosidase activity up to 60% at 1.0mg/$m{\ell}$. This fermented extracts showed the inhibition potency on tyrosinase by 25% at 1.0mg/$m{\ell}$. From the results, the fermented Codonopsis lanceolata enhanced several biological activities up to $20{\sim}30%$, compared to those from fresh Codonopsis lanceolata. It implies that fermentation process could be one of useful methods of utilizing low quality Codonopsis lanceolata. Because this process could yield high amounts of biologically active compounds by the help of microbial growth.

Antitumor and Immunomodulatory Effects of Glycyrrhizae Radix Aqua-acupuncture Solution (감초 약침액의 항암 및 면역활성에 미치는 영향)

  • Park, Gyung-Mi;Cho, Kyoung-Hee;Shon, Yun-Hee;Lim, Jong-Kook;Nam, Kyung-Soo
    • Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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    • v.31 no.1
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    • pp.7-15
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    • 2000
  • Glycyrrhizae Radix aqua-acupuncture solution (GRAS) and Glycyrrhizae Radix water-extracted solution (GRWS) were prepared and tested for organ toxicities, antitumor activities, and immunomodulatory effects. The organ-toxicity of GRAS to male ICR mice was studied by the measurements of glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT), glutamic pyruvate transaminase (GPT), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and alkaline phosphatase (ALP-s) activities after injection of GRAS for 7 days. The activities of GOT, GPT, LDH, ALP-s were decreased with GRAS. It was shown to possess considerable toxicity toward various tumor cell lines. Concentration of GRAS at 1.5g/ml and 3g/ml resulted in more than 80% inhibition of growth in Ehrlich ascites tumor cells (EATC), Hepa1c1c7, and HeLa cells. Toxicity of GRAS to A549 revealed that 68% inhibition of growth. GRWS at the concentration of 3g/ml showed more than 80% inhibition of growth with EATC, Hepalclc7, A549 and HeLa. In morphological study, the number of cells were decreased, and the shape of cells was round-form in EATC, Hepalclc7, A549 and HeLa cells with GRAS. Administration of GRAS inhibited the growth of EATC in vivo. Mice given EATC at 1.5g/ml or 0.3g/ml GRAS had 16.7% to 50% survival after 21 days. GRAS increased the proliferation of T and B cells and the cytolytic activity of purified T cell. The biosyntheses of nucleic acid and protein of EATC, Hepalclc7, A549 and HeLa cells were inhibited by GRAS.

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Antioxidant Activities and Tyrosinase Inhibitory Effects of Different Extracts from Pleurotus ostreatus Fruiting Bodies

  • Alam, Nuhu;Yoon, Ki-Nam;Lee, Kyung-Rim;Shin, Pyung-Gyun;Cheong, Jong-Chun;Yoo, Young-Bok;Shim, Mi-Ja;Lee, Min-Woong;Lee, U-Youn;Lee, Tae-Soo
    • Mycobiology
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    • v.38 no.4
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    • pp.295-301
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    • 2010
  • We evaluated the antioxidant activity and tyrosinase inhibitory effects of Pleurotus ostreatus fruiting bodies extracted with acetone, methanol, and hot water. The antioxidant activities were tested against $\beta$-carotene-linoleic acid, reducing power, 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl free radical scavenging activity, and ferrous chelating ability. Furthermore, phenolic acid and flavonoid contents were also analyzed. The methanol extract showed the strongest $\beta$-carotene-linoleic acid inhibition as compared to the other exracts. The acetone extract (8 mg/mL) showed a significantly high reducing power of 1.54 than the other extracts. The acetone extract was more effective than other extracts for scavenging on 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radicals. The strongest chelating effect (85.66%) was obtained from the acetone extract at 1.0 mg/mL. The antioxidant activities of the extracts from the P. ostreatus fruiting bodies increased with increasing concentration. A high performance liquid chromatography analysis detected seven phenolic compounds, including gallic acid, protocatechuic acid, chlorogenic acid, naringenin, hesperetin, formononetin, and biochanin-A in an acetonitrile and 0.1 N hydrochloric acid (5 : 1) solvent extract. The total phenolic compound concentration was $188{\mu}g$/g. Tyrosinase inhibition of the acetone, methanol, and hot water P. ostreatus extracts increased with increasing concentration. The results revealed that the methanol extract had good tyrosinase inhibitory ability, whereas the acetone and hot water extracts showed moderate activity at the concentrations tested. The results suggested that P. ostreatus may have potential as a natural antioxidant.

A Comparative Study on the Physiological Activities of Puffed Snack using Miscellaneous Cereals and Grain Crops (곡류 및 잡곡류를 이용한 팽화과자의 생리 활성 비교연구)

  • Yoon, Hyang-Sik;Yu, Ri;Noh, Jae-Gwan;Kim, Yee Gi;Kim, Sang Hee;Choi, Song Yi;Han, Nam Soo;Eom, Hyun-Ju
    • The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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    • v.27 no.5
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    • pp.962-970
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    • 2014
  • This study was performed to compare the physiological effects of puffed snack on diabetic and geriatric diseases using miscellaneous cereals and grain crops. The puffed snacks were prepared with different amounts of miscellaneous cereals and grain crops (in ratios of 10%, 20%, and 30% of brown rice). Changes in the water soluble index, water absorption index, color, antioxidant activity, total polyphenol content acidity, ${\alpha}$-glucosidase inhibition activity, and sensory evaluation were also determined. As the cereal and crop contents increased, the value of the water soluble index increased while the water absorption index decreased, with the exception of glutinous foxtail and barnyard millets. With respect to color, lightness and yellowness decreased in concert with increases in the cereal and crop contents, whereas redness increased. Furthermore, the antioxidant activity and total polyphenol content as well as ${\alpha}$-glucosidase inhibition activity increased remarkably with increasing concentrations of sorghum. There was no significant difference in the physiological activities depending on the addition of millet, barley and barnyard millets. In sensory evaluation, the puffed snacks containing sorghum, millet, and glutinous foxtail millet received higher values than other samples. Altogether, our results indicate that puffed snacks containing 10~20% sorghum could be suitable as ingredients for improving sensory and physiological activities in diabetic and geriatric diseases.