• Natural Product Sciences
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.56-61
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• 2008

Bioactivity guided phytochemical study of the petroleum ether and butanol extracts of Clematis hirsuta resulted in the isolation of 12 compounds. Rat paw edema as a model of acute inflammation was used to evaluate the anti-inflammatory activity of the extracts and the chromatographic fractions. Five known sterols and triterpenes namely: ${\beta}-amyrin$ (1), lupeol (2), ${\beta}-sitosterol$ (3), oleanolic acid (4) and stigmasterol glycoside (5) were isolated from the petroleum ether extract. The n-butanol extract afforded two compounds reported for the first time from natural source: (S)-(+)-dihydro-5-(hydroxymethyl)-2(3H)-furanone (7) and (s)-(-)-5-hydroxymethyl-2(5H)-furanone (8). In addition, anemonin (6), dihydro-4-hydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)-2(3H)-furanone (2-deoxy-D-ribono-1,4-lactone) (9), biophenol (cimidahurin) (10), glucose (11) and sucrose (12) were also identified. The structures were determined from spectroscopic data including 1D- and 2D-NMR experiments.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Applied Pharmacology
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• 1998.11a
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• pp.169-169
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• 1998

Three analgesic constituents: FB2c, FB6Fc, and FB10E5c from the hexane extract of Mentha cordifolia Opiz. (Yerba buena) leaves were isolated by solvent partitioning and sequential repeated vacuum liquid chromatography. Spectral analysis of the three constituents show that FB2c is ${\beta}$-sitosterol; FB10E5c is ${\beta}$-sitosteryl-${\beta}$-D-glucopyranoside; and FB6Fc is a cis-8- pentadecenyl with lactone variety. At a dosage of 100 mg/kg mouse, isolates FB2c, FB6Fc, and FB10E5c decreased the number of squirms induces by acetic acid by 70.0 %, 67.3 %, and 73.0 %, respectively.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.31-35
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• 1995

An antitumor antibiotic named YS-1649 was isolated from the culture filtrate of a newly isolated fungus identified as Penicillium sp.. The fermentation yield reached about 40 mg per liter of the broth. YS-1649, a $\gamma$-Iactone - structured antibiotic, has the molecular fomular of $C_7H_6O_4$, Its structure was determined to be patulin by spectral analysis. It is active against some bacteria and showed cytotoxic effect on the proliferation of human breast cancer cell line, MCF-7, at concentrations of more than 0.048 $mu g/ml$. This compound also showed strong cytotoxic effect on the proliferation of human cancer cell lines, A549 and ACHN.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.28 no.10
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• pp.1142-1146
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• 2005

Seven sesquiterpene lactones were isolated by the chromatographic separation of the MeOH extract of the aerial parts of Saussurea calcicola (Compositae). Their structures were determined spectroscopically to be cynaropicrin (1), arguerin B (2), cebellin F (3), 8${\alpha}$-hydroxy-11${\alpha}$, 13-dihydrozaluzanin C (4), desacylcynaropicrin (5), 3${\beta}$-hydroxy-8${\alpha}$-epoxymethylacriloiloxy-4(15), 10(14), 11(13)-trien-guaian-6, 12-olide (6), and kandavanolide (7). Compounds 1 and 2 showed significant cytotoxicity against five cultured human tumor cell lines with $ED_{50}$ values ranging from $0.23{\~}1.72\;{\mu}g/mL$.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.34 no.10
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• pp.3022-3026
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• 2013

The adsorption of carbon dioxide on graphene sheets was theoretically investigated using density functional theory (DFT) and MP2 calculations. Geometric parameters and adsorption energies were computed at various levels of theory. The $CO_2$ chemisorption energies on graphene-$C_{40}$ assuming high pressure are predicted to be 71.2-72.1 kcal/mol for the lactone systems depending on various C-O orientations at the UCAM-B3LYP level of theory. Physisorption energies of $CO_2$ on graphene were predicted to be 2.1 and 3.3 kcal/mol, respectively, at the single-point $UMP2/6-31G^{**}$ level of theory for perpendicular and parallel orientations.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.13-18
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• 2014

Bacillus subtilis JW-1 was isolated from rhizosphere soil as a potential biocontrol agent of bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum. Seed treatment followed by a soil drench application with this strain resulted in >80% reduction in bacterial wilt disease compared with that in the untreated control under greenhouse conditions. The antibacterial compound produced by strain JW-1 was purified by bioactivity-guided fractionation. Based on mass spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance spectral data ($^1H$, $^{13}C$, $^1H-^1H$ correlation spectroscopies, rotating frame nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy, and heteronuclear multiple-bond correlation spectroscopy), the structure of this compound was elucidated as a cyclic lipopeptide composed of a heptapeptide (Gln-Leu-Leu-Val-Asp-Leu-Leu) bonded to a ${\beta}$-hydroxy-iso-hexadecanoic acid arranged in a lactone ring system.

• Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.45-49
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• 1994

The rapid preparaton method of soybean curd with ultra fine soy powder at home was investigated. The microwave oven of this study used common microwave attached sensor for the volume and temperature control, The temperature of the microwave oven was maintained at 98, not boiling over. It took 9 minutes to make 300g of soybean curd, 10 minutes to make 600g, 14 minutes to make 900g, and 17 minutes to make 1200g. Beany flavor and trypsin inhibitor could be removed by this conditon. It took only 5 min to make coaguation of the curd by glucono-$\delta$-lactone.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.29-34
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• 2007

The production of mevinolin, a potent hypocholesterolemic drug, and the bioconversion of isoflavones were investigated in soybeans fermented with Monascus pilosus KFRI-1140. The highest yields of 2.94 mg mevinolins and 1.13 mg isoflavone aglycones per g dry weight of soybean were obtained after 20 days of fermentation. Mevinolin was present in the fermentation substrate predominantly in the hydroxycarboxylate form (open lactone, 94.8$\sim$96.7%), which is currently being used as an hypocholesterolemic agent. The significant (p<0.01) bioconversion (96.6%) of the glucoside isoflavones (daidzin, glycitin, genistin) present in the soybean to the bioactive aglycones (daidzein, glycitein, genistein), with a 15.8-fold increase of aglycones was observed. The results suggest that Monascus-fermented soybean has potential as a novel medicinal food or multifunctional food supplement.

• Proceedings of the Korean Biophysical Society Conference
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• 2001.06a
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• pp.42-42
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• 2001

Candida albicans possess cyanide-resistant respiratory pathway, which is mediated by alternative oxidase. The activity of alternative oxidase has been found to be dependent on several regulatory mechanisms. In order to investigate the influence of D-erythroascorbic acid on respiration of C. albicans, the respiratory activity of the cells was measured with oxygen monitor. ALO1 is known to encode D-arabinono-1,4-lactone oxidase that catalyses the final step of D-erythroascorbic acid biosynthesis in C. albicans.(omitted)

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.27 no.10
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• pp.1029-1033
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• 2004

From the methanol extract of the whole plants of Carpesium macrocephalum $F_R$. et $S_{AV}$., five sesquiterpene lactones (1: carabron, 2: tomentosin, 3: ivalin, 4: 4H-tomentosin, 5: carabrol) and three terpenoids (6: loliolide, 7: vomifoliol, 8: citrusin C) were isolated. The structures and stereochemistry of compounds 1-8 were established on the basis of chemical analysis as well as 1D- and 2D-NMR spectroscopy. Among them, compounds 2, 4, and 6-8 were isolated for the first time from Carpesium species.