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Antioxidant Activities of Fractions Obtained from Dryopteris crassirhizoma, D. nipponensis and Polystichum lepidocaulon (관중, 참지네고사리 및 더부살이고사리 분획물의 항산화 활성)

  • Kim, Na-Rae;Kwon, Hyuk-Joon;Cho, Ju-Sung;Lee, Cheol-Hee
    • Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.176-183
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    • 2012
  • This study was carried out to develop ferns as the natural antioxidant materials by graduating and extracting fronds of $Dryopteris$ $crassirhizoma$, $Dryopteris$ $nipponensis$, and $Polystichum$ $lepidocaulon$, which belong to Dryopteridaceae, using solvent, and analyzing the antioxidant effect of each fraction. The n-butanol fraction of $D.$ $crassirhizoma$ (550.0 $mg{\cdot}g^{-1}$), the ethyl acetate fraction of $D.$ $nipponensis$ (374.8 $mg{\cdot}g^{-1}$), and the n-butanol fraction of $P.$ $lepidocaulon$ (781.8 $mg{\cdot}g^{-1}$) showed relatively higher total contents of polyphenol. The chloroform fraction of $D.$ $crassirhizoma$ (72.9 $mg{\cdot}g^{-1}$), and the n-hexane fraction of $D.$ $nipponensis$ (72.9 $mg{\cdot}g^{-1}$) and $P.$ $lepidocaulon$ (154.5 $mg{\cdot}g^{-1}$) contained relatively higher total contents of flavonoids. DPPH radical scavenging activity was most excellent in the n-butanol fraction of $D.$ $crassirhizoma$ ($RC_{50}=0.02mg{\cdot}mL^{-1}$) and $P.$ $lepidocaulon$ ($RC_{50}=0.04mg{\cdot}mL^{-1}$), and the water fractions of $D.$ $nipponensis$ ($RC_{50}=0.01mg{\cdot}mL^{-1}$). ABTS radical scavenging activity was potent in the n-hexane and n-butanol fractions of $D.$ $crassirhizoma$ (each $RC_{50}=0.02mg{\cdot}mL^{-1}$), the ethyl acetate fraction of $D.$ $nipponensis$ ($RC_{50}=0.03mg{\cdot}mL^{-1}$), and the n-butanol fraction of $P.$ $lepidocaulon$ ($RC_{50}=0.06mg{\cdot}mL^{-1}$). There was the large amount of total polyphenol content in the n-butanol fraction of $D.$ $crassirhizoma$ and $P.$ $lepidocaulon$, and their radical scavenging activities were potent. Therefore, it was thought that biologically active substances of each fraction layer are required to be analyzed and used.

Inhibitory Effects of Tenebrio molitor Larvae Ethanol Extract on RANKL-Induced Osteoclast Differentiation (갈색거저리 유충 에탄올 추출물이 RANKL에 의해 유도되는 파골세포 분화에 미치는 영향)

  • Seo, Minchul;Baek, Minhee;Lee, Hwa Jeong;Shin, Yong Pyo;Lee, Joon Ha;Kim, In-Woo;Kim, Mi-Ae;Hwang, Jae-Sam
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.30 no.11
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    • pp.983-989
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    • 2020
  • The balance between bone-resorbing osteoclasts and bone-forming osteoblasts is key to bone health. An imbalance between osteoclasts and osteoblasts leads to various bone-related disorders, such as osteoporosis, osteomalacia, and osteopetrosis. However, the bone-resorption inhibitor drugs that are currently used may cause side effects. Natural substances have recently received much attention as therapeutic drugs for the treatment of bone health. This study was designed to determine the effect of Tenebrio molitor larvae ethanol extract (TME) on receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand (RANKL)-induced osteoclast differentiation. To measure the effect of TME on osteoclast differentiation, RAW264.7 cells were treated with RANKL with or without TME for 5 days. The tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) activity was significantly inhibited by treatment of TME without cytotoxicity up to 2 mg/ml. In addition, TME effectively suppressed expression of osteoclast differentiation-related marker genes and proteins such as TRAP, NFATc1, and c-Src. TME also significantly inhibited the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway without affecting ERK and JNK signaling in RANKL-induced RAW264.7 cells. Consequently, we conclude that TME suppresses osteoclast differentiation by inhibiting RANKL-induced osteoclastogenic genes expression through the p38 MAPK signaling pathways. These results suggest that TME and its bioactive components are potential therapeutics for bone-related diseases such as osteoporosis.

Antioxidant Activities of Water or Methanol Extract from Cherry (Prunus yedoensis) and Its Utilization to the Pork Patties (버찌(Prunus yedoensis) 추출물의 항산화 활성 평가 및 돈육 패티에 이용)

  • Choi, Pil Soo;Kim, Hyeong Sang;Chin, Koo Bok
    • Food Science of Animal Resources
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.268-275
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    • 2013
  • This study was performed to investigate the antioxidant activity of cherry added into meat products. Water and methanol were used to extract the antioxidant compounds from cherry. Total phenolic compounds of the methanol and water extract of cherry were 2.17 g/100 g and 2.77 g/100 g, respectively. The 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical scavenging activity of methanol extract showed similar activities to those with ascorbic acid at all concentrations (from 0.1% to 2.0%). Especially, water extract of cherry showed similar activity to those of ascorbic acid (AA), and methanol extract, when 2% of cherry extract was added. The reducing power of cherry was not comparable to those with AA, however no differences in reducing power were observed between the water and methanol extract. The iron chelating ability of cherry was observed in the range of 17.8-94.0% at both water and methanol extracts. An increased iron chelating ability was observed with increased concentration up to 2%. Iron chelating ability for water extract of cherry tended to be lower than those with methanol extract. After pork patties were manufactured with methanol extract of cherry at 0.5 and 1.0%, physicochemical properties, lipid oxidation and microbial changes of patties were measured. The addition of methanol extract of cherry reduced pH, brightness, redness, yellowness and thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS). During 14 d of storage, pH, TBARS and microbial counts were increased, while redness and yellowness values were decreased. Since the addition of methanol extract of cherry lowered TBARS during storage, it could be used as a natural antioxidant in meat products.

Studies on Seed Germination Characters and Germination Inhibitors of Bupleurum falcatum L. (자호(紫胡)의 발아특성(發芽特性)과 발아억제물질(發芽抑制物質)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究))

  • Lee, Sang-Hyun;Lee, Sang-Chul
    • Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
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    • v.5 no.4
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    • pp.276-283
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    • 1997
  • This experiment was conducted to investigate the optimum temperature and the effects of sulfuric acid, flowing water and $GA_3$ on the germination of Bupleurum falcatum. At the same time, the effect of germination-related compounds in Bupleurum falcatum seed was tested. Among the tested temperatures $(15,\;20,\;25\;and\;30^{\circ}C)$ the highest germination rate was obtained at $15^{\circ}C$. The optimum soaking time of sulfuric acid was 5 minutes at the concentration of both 0.1 and 1.0%. At the same time, the germination rate was highest when Bupleurum falcatum seed was washed for 2 days in the flowing water before germination test. The effect of $GA_3$ on the germination was highest at 100 ppm out of 10, 50 and 100 ppm. Regardless of treatments, the germination rate of Jeongseon species was higher than that of Mishima species. SEM photographs revealed that most of germination-inhibiting substances in the seed coat were washed away by rinsing in the flowing water for 2 days thus the seed coat became more smooth. The 4, 000 ppm alcohol extract of Bupleurum falcatum seeds inhibited the germination of lettuce seeds as much as 41.7% in Jeongseon species and 58.3% in Mishima species. The higher extract concentration from seed of Bupleurum falcatum, the lower the germination of lettuce seeds was obtained. Out of phenolic acids, the contents of orchinol, pyrogallol, and p-hydroxybenzoic acid were highest in both varieties. Compared with Mishima species, Jeongseon species showed much higher content of salicylic and vanillic acid.

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Funtional Components of Holophyte - Antioxidant substances in Salicornia herbacea L. - (염생식물의 기능 - 퉁퉁마디(S.hrebacea)의 항산화능 -)

  • Kim, Jong-Bae;Choe, Sun-Nam;Choe, Kyu-Hong;Lim, Seong-Han;Chai, Suk-Jin
    • Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.197-205
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    • 2007
  • This study was to investigate the chemical content and antioxidant activity by the part of Salicornia herbacea as part of using Salicornia herbacea as materials of functional foods. On a basis of the materials, this study was to clarify the nutritional excellence, chemical composition, and antioxidant activity of Salicornia herbacea. From the result of this research above, it may be summed up as follows.The Salicornia herbacea used in the experiment contained the moisture and crude fiber in the stalks a lot, and the protein, fat, and ash in the branches more. As to the content of free amino acid, the content of arginine took in the branches and stems most. Then, it contained threonine, glycine, tryptophan, valine, isoleucine, and lysine, etc. in the branches a lot. Also, it contained threonine, glutamic acid, tyrosine tryptophan alanine, and isoleucine in the stalks a lot. It was shown to be contained of essential amino acids like isoleucine, leucine, threonine, valine, methionine, lysine, phenylalanine, and tryptophan in the branches and steams more. As to the content of fatty acid in Salicornia herbacea, it found out that it contained the unsaturated fatty acid more than the saturated fatty acid. It took the content of eicosenoic acid(20:1) in the branches and stalks most. And then, it contained linoleic acid(18:2), pehtadecenoic acid(15:1), palmitic acid(16:0), and oleic acid(18:1), etc. a lot. As to the antioxidant activity in Salicornia herbacea using the DPPH radical, it was shown to be existed in the largest antioxidant activity when the concentration of methanolextract from Salicornia herbacea was 1 mM. There was higher antioxidant activity than 100 ppm BHT used as control plot when the concentration of methanol extract from the stalks was $100{\mu}M$. From the result of experiment above, Salicornia herbacea contained the essential amino acid a lot. It will be possible to be used as natural antioxidants because it has excellent antioxidant effect. Therefore, this researcher concludes that it will be available in using it as materials of functional foods.

Nutritional Compositions of Three Traditional Actinidia (Actinidia arguta) Cultivars Improved in Korea (국내에서 개량된 3가지 토종 다래 품종의 영양성분 분석)

  • Jin, Dong Eun;Park, Seon Kyeong;Park, Chang Hyeon;Seung, Tae Wan;Heo, Ho Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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    • v.43 no.12
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    • pp.1942-1947
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    • 2014
  • Nutritional compositions of Korean traditional actinidia (Actinidia arguta) cultivars, such as Otumsense, Chiak, and Skinny green, were investigated as high value-added food substances. Among minerals, K content of three cultivars was the highest, and P, Ca, and Na contents were relatively higher than those of other minerals. Contents of essential amino acids were analyzed as follows: Otumsense (198.48 mg/100 g), Chiak (413.50 mg/100 g), and Skinny green (270.07 mg/100 g). Total amino acids of Chiak were the highest among the three cultivars, and major amino acids of the three cultivars were glutamic acid and aspartic acid. Analysis of fatty acids showed that major fatty acids were palmitic acid as a saturated fatted acid and ${\alpha}$-linoleic acid as an unsaturated fatty acid in the three cultivars. Glucose and fructose were major free sugar constituents in the three cultivars. Total free sugar content of Otumsense was relatively higher than others. Finally, niacin and vitamin $B_6$ of Skinny green (1.55 mg/100 g, 1.92 mg/100 g) were the highest among the cultivars. However, ${\beta}$-carotene as a vitamin A precursor ($3.82{\mu}g/100g$) and vitamin C as a natural antioxidant substance (47.18 mg/100 g) of Otumsense cultivar were the highest.

A STUDY ON THE MEASUREMENT OF THE IMPLANT STABILITY USING RESONANCE FREQUENCY ANALYSIS (공진 주파수 분석법에 의한 임플랜트의 안정성 측정에 관한 연구)

  • Park Cheol;Lim Ju-Hwan;Cho In-Ho;Lim Heon-Song
    • The Journal of Korean Academy of Prosthodontics
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    • v.41 no.2
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    • pp.182-206
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    • 2003
  • Statement of problem : Successful osseointegration of endosseous threaded implants is dependent on many factors. These may include the surface characteristics and gross geometry of implants, the quality and quantity of bone where implants are placed, and the magnitude and direction of stress in functional occlusion. Therefore clinical quantitative measurement of primary stability at placement and functional state of implant may play a role in prediction of possible clinical symptoms and the renovation of implant geometry, types and surface characteristic according to each patients conditions. Ultimately, it may increase success rate of implants. Purpose : Many available non-invasive techniques used for the clinical measurement of implant stability and osseointegration include percussion, radiography, the $Periotest^{(R)}$, Dental Fine $Tester^{(R)}$ and so on. There is, however, relatively little research undertaken to standardize quantitative measurement of stability of implant and osseointegration due to the various clinical applications performed by each individual operator. Therefore, in order to develop non-invasive experimental method to measure stability of implant quantitatively, the resonance frequency analyzer to measure the natural frequency of specific substance was developed in the procedure of this study. Material & method : To test the stability of the resonance frequency analyzer developed in this study, following methods and materials were used : 1) In-vitro study: the implant was placed in both epoxy resin of which physical properties are similar to the bone stiffness of human and fresh cow rib bone specimen. Then the resonance frequency values of them were measured and analyzed. In an attempt to test the reliability of the data gathered with the resonance frequency analyzer, comparative analysis with the data from the Periotest was conducted. 2) In-vivo study: the implants were inserted into the tibiae of 10 New Zealand rabbits and the resonance frequency value of them with connected abutments at healing time are measured immediately after insertion and gauged every 4 weeks for 16 weeks. Results : Results from these studies were such as follows : The same length implants placed in Hot Melt showed the repetitive resonance frequency values. As the length of abutment increased, the resonance frequency value changed significantly (p<0.01). As the thickness of transducer increased in order of 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 mm, the resonance frequency value significantly increased (p<0.05). The implants placed in PL-2 and epoxy resin with different exposure degree resulted in the increase of resonance frequency value as the exposure degree of implants and the length of abutment decreased. In comparative experiment based on physical properties, as the thickness of transducer increased, the resonance frequency value increased significantly(p<0.01). As the stiffness of substances where implants were placed increased, and the effective length of implants decreased, the resonance frequencies value increased significantly (p<0.05). In the experiment with cow rib bone specimen, the increase of the length of abutment resulted in significant difference between the results from resonance frequency analyzer and the $Periotest^{(R)}$. There was no difference with significant meaning in the comparison based on the direction of measurement between the resonance frequency value and the $Periotest^{(R)}$ value (p<0.05). In-vivo experiment resulted in repetitive patternes of resonance frequency. As the time elapsed, the resonance frequency value increased significantly with the exception of 4th and 8th week (p<0.05). Conclusion : The development of resonance frequency analyzer is an attempt to standardize the quantitative measurement of stability of implant and osseointegration and compensate for the reliability of data from other non-invasive measuring devices It is considered that further research is needed to improve the efficiency of clinical application of resonance frequency analyzer. In addition, further investigation is warranted on the standardized quantitative analysis of the stability of implant.

Evaluation of Antioxidant Activities of Red Beet Extracts, and Physicochemical and Microbial Changes of Ground Pork Patties Containing Red Beet Extracts during Refrigerated Storage (레드비트 추출물의 항산화 활성 및 레드비트를 첨가한 돈육패티의 냉장저장 중 이화학적 성상 및 미생물의 변화)

  • Lee, Jun-Ho;Chin, Koo-Bok
    • Food Science of Animal Resources
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.497-503
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    • 2012
  • This study was performed in order to evaluate the antioxidant activities of red beet extracts as well as the physicochemical properties and microbial changes of pork patties containing red beet during refrigerated storage. Red beet was extracted with water and ethanol. Red beet water extracts (RBW) and red beet ethanol extracts (RBE) were diluted with various concentrations (0.05~1.0%). DPPH radical scavenging activity and iron chelation activity of RBW showed a higher level than those of RBE (p<0.05). In particular, the iron chelation activity of RBW was over 53.4% at all levels. In addition, RBW at 1% had nearly 100% activity. On the other hand, the reducing powers of RBE were higher than those of RBW (p<0.05), and the antioxidant activity on linoleic acid emulsion of RBW was over 83% at all levels. Based on these model studies, 0.5% levels of RBW and RBE were added to ground pork patties (GPP), and the physicochemical properties and microbial changes of red beet GPP were evaluated during storage (0~14 d) at $4^{\circ}C$. The pH and microbial counts increased with increased storage time (p<0.05). Pork patties with BHT showed the lowest thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) and microbial counts, and those with red beet had lower TBARS than the control (p<0.05). These results indicated that both red beet water and ethanol extracts could be used as natural antioxidants of pork patties during storage.

Flavor Constituents in Enzyme Hydrolysates from Shore Swimming Crab and Spotted Shrimp (민꽃게 및 꽃새우 효소가수분해물의 풍미발현성분)

  • ;;Chi-Tang Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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    • v.30 no.5
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    • pp.787-795
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    • 2001
  • For the developing natural fisheries flavoring substances using crustacea, the flavor constituents of enzyme hydrolysates from shore swimming crab (crab) and spotted shrimp (shrimp) were investigated. In taste-active compounds of both enzyme hydrolysates, total free amino acid contents of crab and shrimp enzyme hydrolysates were 5,226.7 mg% and 8,757.3 mg%, respectively. The major amino acids were taurine, glutamic acid, proline, asparagine, glycine, alanine, valine, leucine, lysine anserine and arginine. As for ATP related compounds, AMP was the principal component and small amounts of IMP was detected in both enzyme hydrolysates. In the quarternary ammonium bases, betaine was the principal component (593.8mg%), and contents of TMAO and betaine in both samples were 60.7 mg% and 850.0 mg%, 124.1 mg% and 755.9 mg%, respectively. The major components were Na, K, P and Cl in inorganic ions. The major fatty acids of both sample were 14 : 0, 16 : 0, 16 : 1n7, 18 : 1n9, 20 : 5n3 and 22 : 6n3, and composition ration of n3 polyunsaturated fatty acids of were 27.8% and 28.5%, respectively. Total 99~109 volatile compounds were detected as a cooked odor of crab and shrimp enzyme hydrolysates by SDE apparatus/gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. The volatile flavor compounds identified from cooked crab enzyme hydrolysate were composed of 6 acids, 10 alcohols, 7 aldehydes, 11 ketones, 1 ester, 5 phenols, 4 benzenes, 22 hydrocarbons, 1 furan, 21 nitrogen containing compounds and 11 micellaneous compounds. And the volatile flavor compounds indentified from cooked shrimp enzyme hydrolysate were composed of 13 acids, 10 alcohols, 6 aldehydes, 10 ketones, 3 esters, 2 phenols, 5 benzenes, 36 hydrocarbons, 1 furan, 14 nitrogen containing compounds and 8 micellaneous compounds.

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Development and Validation of Analytical Method and Antioxidant Effect for Berberine and Palmatine in P.amurense (황백의 지표성분 berberine과 palmatine의 분석법 개발과 검증 및 항산화 효능 평가)

  • Jang, Gill-Woong;Choi, Sun-Il;Han, Xionggao;Men, Xiao;Kwon, Hee-Yeon;Choi, Ye-Eun;Park, Byung-Woo;Kim, Jeong-Jin;Lee, Ok-Hwan
    • Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety
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    • v.35 no.6
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    • pp.544-551
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    • 2020
  • The aim of this study was to develop and validate a simultaneous analytical method for berberine and palmatine, which are representative substances of Phellodendron amurense, and to evaluate the antioxidant activity. We evaluated the specificity, linearity, precision, accuracy, limit of detection (LOD), and limit of quantification (LOQ) of analytical methods for berberine and palmatine using high-performance liquid chromatography. Our result showed that the correlation coefficients of the calibration curve for berberine and palmatine exhibited 0.9999. The LODs for berberine and palmatine were 0.32 to 0.35 µg/mL and the LOQs were 0.97 to 1.06 µg/mL, respectively. The inter-day and intra-day precision values for berberine and palmatine were from 0.12 to 1.93 and 0.19 to 2.89%, respectively. The inter-day and intra-day accuracies were 98.43-101.45% and 92.39-100.60%, respectively. In addition, the simultaneous analytical method was validated for the detection of berberine and palmatine. Moreover, we conducted FRAP and NaNO2 scavenging activity assays to measure the antioxidant activities of berberine and palmatine, and both showed antioxidant activity. These results suggest that P.amurense could be a potential natural resource for antioxidant activity and that the efficacy can be confirmed by investigating the content of the berberine and palmatine.