• 혜화의학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.49-54
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• 2010

Inhalational drug is an attractive modality for local therapy of pulmonary diseases as well as systemic drug delivery. Flower of Lonicera japonica (FLJ) and flower of Tussilag farfara (FTF) are medicinal herbs for respiratory disease in traditional Korean medicine. As a preliminary study for effective inhalable formulation of FLJ and FTF, this study was to provide the toxicity and anti-inflammatory effect on murine macrophages. The dried FLJ and FTF were extracted with distilled water, filtered and freeze-dried. After treatment with FLJ and FTF extract on RAW 264.7 cells, the cell viabilities were measured by MTT assay. FLJ and FTF did not show cytotoxicity on RAW 264.7 cells. LPS stimulated RAW 264.7 cells were treated with 3 and $30\;{\mu}g/ml$ of FLJ or FTF. FLJ and FTF did not inhibit TNF-a and IL-6 secretion in both concentration of treatment. We suggest that FLJ and FTF may be useful drugs for respiratory disease. Future work will focus on the physical characteristics for inhalable formulation.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.1116-1119
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• 2003

Ma huang, the dried plant stem of Ephedra Intermedia Schrenk et CA, is one of the well known medicinal herbs, and has been used for the diaphoretic, antiasthmatic, and diuretic actions. Ma huang is an ephedrine type alkaloid used for the weight loss and energy expenditure. Medications based on the Ma huang have been found to be effective in the treatment of obesity. Neuropeptide Y (NPY), a 36-amino-acid peptide and concentrated in the hypothalamus, stimulates feeding desire and decrease energy expenditure. In the present study, the effect of Ma huang on the expression of NPY in the rat hypothalamus was investigated using immunohistochemistry. The present results demonstrated that Ma huang treatment suppressed weight gain and NPY expression in the hypothalamus depending upon the dosage used. Based on the results, it can be suggested that Ma huang treatment is effective in curbing the desire for food via modulation of NPY expression under the normal conditions.

• 식품보건융합연구
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2023

Polygala Tenuifolia, also described as Yuan Zhi, is a conventional botanic plant found in Korea and China. It's most well- known promise is to improve cognition and guard against mental disorders, cure sputum, anxiety, and sleeplessness, and keep the central nervous system health. The pharmacological aspects of Polygala Tenuifolia's genesis and component compounds reveal the neuroprotective potential in connection to Alzheimer's disease. It contains three herbs: Bokshin, Sukchangpo, and Wongi. P. Tenuifolia's primary ingredients are Xanthone glycosides, Triterpenoid saponins, and Oligosaccharides. Polygalasaponins and Etrahydrocolumbamine are the major components, and they've been widely used for more than a century to relieve mood and psychological illnesses, particularly in North Asian countries such as Korea, China, Japan, and Taiwan. P. Tenuifolia extract eliminates allergic illnesses such as eczema and contact dermatitis by modulating Protein kinase-A and Mitogen-protein kinase-38. In vitro and in vivo studies linking P. tenuifolia root ingredients to a variety of pharmacological effects pertinent to AD show that this species' isolates may function through polyvalency. In great health, people can take up to 250-300 mg per day. It was given in peer-reviewed studies at dosages of 100-150 mg many times each day. There is minimal evidence that it improves verbal memory in experimental animals.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.73-78
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• 2004

46종의 약용식물에 대한 안지오텐신 전환효소 저해활성을 검색한 결과, 메탄을 추출물 중에서는 수비소 지상부가 70% 이상의 저해활성을 나타내었고, 질경이택사 덩이뿌리 등 6점이 $50%{\sim}69%$의 ACE 높은 저해활성을 나타내었다. 물 추출물 중에서는 하늘타리 종자 (78.6%), 큰조롱 덩이뿌리 (77.0%), 죽여 근간(根幹)의 중간층피 (72.0%), 겨자무 지상부 (71.2%)가 70%이상의 높은 저해활성을 나타내었으며 시호 뿌리 등 5점이 $50%{\sim}69%$의 ACE 저해활성을 나타내었다. 70% 이상의 높은 활성을 나타낸 식물들중에서도 특히 죽여 근간(根幹)의 중간층피의 물 추출물과 하늘타리 종자의 물 추출물은 $1,000\;{\mu}g\;m{\ell}^{-1}$ 및 $500\;{\mu}g\;m{\ell}^{-1}$의 낮은 농도에서도 25% 이상의 ACE 저해활성을 나타내 산업화 소재로 개발 가능성이 높다고 사료되었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.343-352
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• 2015

H9 is an ethanol extract prepared from nine traditional/medicinal herbs. This study was focused on the anticancer effect of H9 in non-small-cell lung cancer cells. The effects of H9 on cell viability, apoptosis, mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP; ${\Delta}\psi_{m}$), and apoptosisrelated protein expression were investigated in A549 human lung cancer cells. In this study, H9-induced apoptosis was confirmed by propidium iodide staining, expression levels of mRNA were determined by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, protein expression levels were checked by western blot analysis, and MMP (${\Delta}\psi_{m}$) was measured by JC-1 staining. Our results indicated that H9 decreased the viability of A549 cells and induced cell morphological changes in a dose-dependent manner. H9 also altered expression levels of molecules involved in the intrinsic signaling pathway. H9 inhibited Bcl-xL expression, whereas Bax expression was enhanced and cytochrome C was released. Furthermore, H9 treatment led to the activation of caspase-3/caspase-9 and proteolytic cleavage of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase; the MMP was collapsed by H9. However, the expression levels of extrinsic pathway molecules such as Fas/FasL, TRAIL/TRAIL-R, DR5, and Fas-associated death receptor were downregulated by H9. These results indicated that H9 inhibited proliferation and induced apoptosis by activating intrinsic pathways but not extrinsic pathways in human lung cancer cells. Our results suggest that H9 can be used as an alternative remedy for human non-small-cell lung cancer.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제25권7호
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• pp.1036-1046
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• 2015

Extracts from Asian medicinal herbs are known to be successful therapeutic agents against cancer. In this study, the effects of three types of herbal extracts on anti-tumor growth were examined. Among the three types of herbal extracts, H9 showed stronger anti-tumor growth effects than H5 and H11 in vivo. To find the molecular mechanism by which H9 inhibited the proliferation of breast cancer cell lines, the levels of apoptotic markers were examined. Proapoptotic markers, including cleaved PARP and cleaved caspases 3 and 9, were increased, whereas the anti-apoptotic marker Bcl-2 was decreased by H9 treatment. Next, the combined effect of H9 with the chemotherapeutic drugs doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide (AC) on tumor growth was examined using 4T1-tumor-bearing mice. The combined treatment of H9 with AC did not show additive or synergetic anti-tumor growth effects. However, when tumor-bearing mice were co-treated with H9 and the targeted anti-tumor drug trastuzumab, a delay in tumor growth was observed. The combined treatment of H9 and trastuzumab caused an increase of natural killer (NK) cells and a decrease of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC). Taken together, H9 induces the apoptotic death of tumor cells while increasing anti-tumor immune activity through the enhancement of NK activity and diminishment of MDSC.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.1507-1515
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• 2006

Angelica gigantis (AG), Rehamaninae Radix(RR), Paenia japonica (PJ), and Polygoni multiflori Radix (PM) have been used as medicinal plants to tonify the blood. General function of the drugs have been known to nourish blood and control the heart and liver meridians. Recently, several studies have proposed mechanisms by which some oriental medicinal herbs work on the immune system. However, it is uncertain whether aqueous-extract of these drugs has immunomodulatory effect yet. In this study, I investigated the immune promotive effects of the water-extracted AG, RR, PJ and PM. The water-extracted AG, RR, PJ and PM inhibited NO production and iNOS expression in LPS stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophage cell line. Among these extracts, AG and PM induced expression of IL-2 and IFN${\gamma}$ in mouse spleen cells. In the flow cytometry analysis, PM-stimulated mouse spleen cells showed an increase in B-cell phenotype (CD45R/B220). The oral administration of Polygoni multiflori water-extracts to mice having S-180 abdominal dropsy cancer prolonged life-span more than control mice. These data suggest that among these extracts, PM has cellular and humoral immune-enhancement effect through IL-2 and IFN${\gamma}$ cytokine production, the regulation of NO production in macrophage cells and the B cell production in spleen cells.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.177-183
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• 2002

40여종의 한약재추출물을 제조하여 가금질병에 관련이 있는 세균에 대한 항균활성을 조사하였다. 오미자, 천련자, 소목 및 오배자 추출물은 Salmonella gallinarum에 대해 높은 항균활성을 보였으며 향유, 육두구, 초두구, 지실, 하고초, 소목 및 오배자 추출물은 Staphylococcus aureus에 대해 높은 항균활성을 보였다. 천련자, 소목 및 오배자 추출물의 S. gallinarum에 대한 최소저해농도는 1.2 ㎎/ml이며 오배자 추출물의 S. aureus에 대한 최소저해농도는 0.6 mg/ml로 가장 낮은 농도에서 항균활성을 보였다. 열에 의한 항균활성 변화에 있어서 오미자와 오배자 추출물은 S. gallinarum에 대한 항균럭이 감소하였고 초두구와 소목 추출물은 S. aureus 에 대해 항균력이 안정하였다. pH에 의한 항균활성의 변화에서 S. gallinarum에서 오미자가, S. aureus에서는 향유, 지실 및 오배자는 산성역에서는 비교적 안정하였으나 알칼리역에서 불안정하였으며 소목은 산성과 알칼리역에서 안정하였다. 항균력이 가장 우수한 오배자와 소목 추출물의 미생물 증식억제 효과를 조사하기 위해 증식배지에 0, 100, 300 및 500 ppm의 추출물을 첨가하여 균주의 증식 억제효과를 조사하였다. 배양후 24시간에 무첨가구에 비해 100 ppm이상의 오배자 추출물 첨가시 시험 균의 증식을 현저히 억제하였고, 소목 추출물에서도 무첨가구보다 300 ppm 이상의 추출물 첨가시 시험 균의 증식을 현저히 억제하였다. 이런 결과를 종합하면 가금 질병을 유발하는 S. gallinarum과 S. aureus를 예방 할 수 있는 사료첨가제 개발 가능성을 확인하였다.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2003년도 생물공학의 동향(XIII)
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• pp.195-199
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• 2003

물 추출과 초음파를 병행한 모든 조건 중 $60^{\circ}C$에서 초음파 병행 추출물이 보다 높은 추출 수율을 보였고 그 중 복분자가 가장 높은 추출 수율을 보였다. 또한 총 5일간 인간 면역세포인 T-cell의 생육도와 Cytokine 분비량을 확인한 결과도 마찬가지로 물 추출물보다는 초음파를 병행한 추출물을 더 높은 면역 증진 효과를 보였다. 이는 초음파를 통해 발생되는 액체 상호간의 상승작용으로 인하여 생약재중에 함유되어 있는 많은 phenol성 물질 및 식물성분의 증가로 생리활성 물질의 증가를 가져오기 때문이다. 더욱이 $100^{\circ}C$가 아닌 $60^{\circ}C$에서 더 높은 면역 증진활성을 보인 이유는 액체 상태의 과도한 열로 인하여 내부 식물성분의 파괴 및 열 변성을 가져와 이런 결과를 가져온 것으로 생각된다. 이상의 결과로 기존의 $100^{\circ}C$ 물 추출물보다는 $60^{\circ}C$의 비교적 낮은 온도에서 초음파 추출을 통한 생약재의 추출물들이 더 높은 활성을 나타내므로 초음파 추출에 대한 다양한 실험 모델을 통해 더 많은 실험이나 기능성 식품 및 소재 개발에 이용되고자 한다.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.203-206
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• 2012

심부전의 치료는 심방의 용적 과부하를 줄이기 위한 이뇨제, 심실 압력 과부하를 줄이기 위한 혈관확장제, 심근의 수축력을 향상시키기 위한 강심제 치료로 이루어진다. 이 중 이뇨제가 개의 심부전 조절에서 가장 중요하다. 하지만 장기간의 이뇨제 사용으로 급성 신부전이나 전해질 이상과 같은 부작용이 발생할 수 있다. 따라서 이 연구는 개에서 부작용이 적으면서 더 나은 이뇨효과를 가지는 생약성분의 이뇨제를 찾기 위해 설계되었다. 5마리의 건강한 개를 대상으로 한 예비실험에서 목통(Akebia quinata Decaisne) 추출물은 경도에서 중등도의 이뇨효과(furosemide 2 mg/kg 용량 효과의 0.3-0.5배의 효력)를 보였으며 혈청화학 수치와 전해질 변동은 거의 없었다. 실험 개체 수가 적고 기간이 충분하지 않지만 이 실험을 통해 심부전 환자에서 furosemide의 사용량을 줄이거나 대체할 수 있는 생약성분의 이뇨제 성분을 발굴하였다.