• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.190-194
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• 2005

In our search for monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors from natural resources, we found that the methanol extract of the roots of Sophora flavescens showed an inhibitory effect on mouse brain monoamine oxidase (MAO). Bioactivity-guided isolation of the extract yielded two known flavonoids, formononetin (1) and kushenol F (2), as active compounds along with three inactive compounds, oxymatrine (3), trifolirhizin (4), and ${\beta}$-sitosterol (5). Formononetin (1) and kushenol F (2) showed significant inhibitory effects on MAO in a dose-dependent manner with $IC_{50}$ values of 13.2 and $69.9\;{\mu}M$, respectively. Formononetin (1) showed a slightly more potent inhibitory effect against MAO-B ($IC_{50}:\;11.0\;{\mu}M$) than MAO-A ($IC_{50}:\;21.2\;{\mu}M$). Kushenol F (2) also preferentially inhibited the MAO-B activity than MAO-A activity with the $IC_{50}$ values of 63.1 and $103.7\;{\mu}M$, respectively.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.41-43
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• 1995

The linkage pattem of two side chains i.e., a isopentenyl and a lavandulyl group in kushenol M(I), a flavonoid from Sophora flavescens was established by the aid of 2-D NMR techniques, especially DEPT, ${13}C-^1H$ COSY and COLOC experiments. Thus, I was unequivocally determined as (2R, 3R)-5, 7, 2', 4'-tetrahydroxy-6-isopentenyl-8-lavandulyflavanonol.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.672-679
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• 1998

고삼 75% 에탄올 추출물과 클로로포름 분획물을 첨가하여 몇가지 식중독 미생물의 증식억제 양상과 분리된 유효 물질의 구조를 확인하였다. 이 분획물의 항균 효과를 시험한 결과 Listeria monocytogenes (ATCC 19111, 19112, 19113, 19114 및 15313)에 대한 최소 증식억제 농도가 각각 $50{\sim}500\;ppm$과 50 ppm 이하로 확인되었다. 항균 활성을 보인 클로로포름 분획물을 silica gel column chromatography로 연속 2회 정제하여 얻은 황색 분말의 항균 활성 소획분 S-10-6은 L. monocytogenes 5 균주, Bacillus subtilis 및 Staphylococcus aureus에 대해서는 10 ppm 농도에서 뚜렷한 증식억제 효과를 보였으며 특히 L. monocytogenes 5균주에 대해서는 $30{\sim}50\;ppm$ 수준에서 살균 효과가 인정되었으나 E. coli 경우 100 ppm 농도에서도 증식억제 효과가 없었다. 항균 활성을 보인 소획분(S-10-6)을 IR, $^1H-NMR$ 및 $^{13}C-NMR$로 구조를 동정한 결과 flavanone 화합물의 하나인 kushenol F로 확인되었다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.491-495
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• 1997

All fifteen flavonoids (1-15) have been isolated from the roots of Sophora flavescens (Leguminosae) as active principles of the cytotoxic property toward human tumor cell lines such as A549, SK-OV-3, SK-Mel-2, XF498 and HCT15, in vitro. By means of spectral analyses, particularlyby the aid of various two dimensional NMR experiments, all $^1H-NMR$ ad $^{13}C$ -NMR signals of 1-15 were completely assigned, and thus the structures of 1-15 were established unambiguously.