• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.153-157
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• 2012

Many studies have explored suppression of aflatoxin produced by Aspergillus Genus. On the other hand, this study examined the inhibitory effect of the culture broth extract (CE) of A. tamarii obtained from dead silkworm on nitric oxide (NO) production and its antioxidative activity. The culture broth was extracted with EtOAc, dried, and then used in this experiment. As a result, CE did not show cytotoxicity on RAW 264.7 cells at any concentration. Moreover, CE suppressed lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced NO production of RAW 264.7 cells in a dose-dependent manner. The total phenol content according to the Folin-Dennis method, the antioxidative activity by DPPH, and the nitrate radical scavenging capacity of CE were increased in a dose-dependent manner. Thus, many of the phenolic compounds were considered to represent the antioxidative activity.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.194-202
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• 2015

신령버섯(Agaricus brasilliensis)는 식용과 약용으로 사용되고 있는 담자균류에 속하는 버섯이다. 본 연구에서는 신령버섯의 자실체를 메탄올과 열수를 이용해 추출한 물질의 항산화, 항당뇨 및 nitric oxide 생성 저해 효과에 대한 실험을 수행하였다. 고속액체 크로마토그래피를 이용해 이 버섯 자실체 추출물의 페놀성 화합물을 분석한 결과 gallic acid, procatechuic acid, chlorogenic acid, (-)-epicatechin, vanillin, rutin hydrate, naringin, quercetin, formononetin, biochanin-A 등 총 10종류의 페놀성 화합물이 확인되었다. 항산화 효과 실험에서 메탄올 추출물의 DPPH radical 소거능은 양성대조군으로 사용한 BHT에 비해 낮았지만 비교적 효과가 우수하였으며, 철 이온 제거 항산화 효과는 메탄올 추출물이 양성대조군인 BHT에 비해 모든 실험 농도에서 유의성 있게 높았다. 환원력의 경우 이 버섯의 추출물은 양성대조군에 비해 모두 모든 농도에서 효과가 낮게 나타났다. 항당뇨 실험에서 ${\alpha}$-glucosidase에 대한 메탄올추출물의 저해효과는 1.0 mg/mL와 2.0 mg/mL의 농도에서 각각 54.48%와 78.43%를 보여 양성대조군인 acarbose의 51.77%과 81.81%에 비해 조금 낮았다. 염증저해 효과 실험에서 RAW 264.7 대식세포가 배양되고 있는 배지에 신령버섯 자실체의 메탄올과 열수추출물을 각각 전 처리 한 후 염증 매개 물질인 LPS를 투여하여 메탄올과 열수 추출물의 NO 생성 저해효과를 조사한 결과 추출물의 농도가 증가함에 따라 대식세포에 생성된 NO의 양이 감소하는 경향을 나타내어 높은 농도에서 저해효과가 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 신령버섯의 자실체에는 항산화, 항당뇨, 및 항염증 효과를 나타내는 천연물질이 함유되어 있어서 이를 섭취할 경우 건강에 유용한 것으로 생각되었다.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.188-193
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• 2001

Free radical scavengers or quenching agents for reactive oxygen species (ROS) present in consumable fruits, vegetables, and beverages have received considerable attention as potential antioxidants, and thus uses for treatment of several human diseases. In this study, grapevine shoot extract (GSE) containing high concentration of resveratrol and viniferine was evaluated for antioxidant potential and inhibition of pro-inflam-matory mediator production. Utilizing 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging activity and xanthine oxidase (XOD) inhibition assay the GSE showed inhibitory effects of DPPH radical scavenging and XOD activity with the $IC_{50}$/ values of 34.5 and 155 $\mu\textrm{g}$/ml, respectively. In addition, GSE also exhibited the inhibition of prostaglandin E$_2$ (PGE$_2$) and nitric oxide (NO) production in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced mouse macrophage RAW264.7 cells with the $IC_{50}$/ value of 6.4 and 14.5 $\mu\textrm{g}$/ml, respectively. This result suggests that grapevine shoot extract has the potential activity as a natural antioxidant or antiinflammatory agent.

• 한방안이비인후피부과학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.1-19
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• 2002

Fifteen herbs used in oral medicine were extracted in ethanol and screened for tooth whitening effect, radical scavenging activity, inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthase activity and anti-bacterial activity on Streptoccocus mutans. The results are as followed: 1. The tooth whitening effect of toothpaste containing 1 $\%$ ethanol extracts of 15 herbs was tested in brushing method using artificially stained HAT tablet and bovine tooth specimens. Toothpaste containing 1$\%$ of Vucia unijuga, Illicium verum, Angelica dahurica and Piper longum extracts showed tooth whitening effects on both HAT tablet and bovine tooth specimens. But the others did not show a considerable activity. 2. The antioxidant activity of ethanol extracts of 15 herbs was tested using the method of 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl hydrazyl (DPPH) reactivity. Two ethanol extracts of Cimicifuga heracleifolia and Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis were found to be the most effective on radical scavenging activity. C. heracleifolia and P. nigra var. henonis extracts removed 86$\%$ and 81 $\%$ of DPPH radical at 0.01$\%$, compared with butylated hydroxy toluene as positive control. 3. The inhibition activity of ethanol extracts on nitrate production In RAW264.7 cell stimulated by lipopolysacchride was tested using the Griess reagent. But all extracts did not inhibit nitrate production. 4. The antibacterial activity on Streptoccocus mutans was tested by paper disk method. But no one extract showed any anti - bacterial activity.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제30권9호
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• pp.763-771
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• 2020

고려 인삼(Panax ginseng)은 일반적으로 안전성이 우수하고 ginsenosides or panaxosides 같은 많은 생활성적인 물질을 함유하고 있다. 특히 고려 홍삼은 교감 신경계를 안정시키고 인지력을 향상시키고 개인의 의학적 효과를 높이는 데 도움을 줄 수 있다. 새로운 가공 기술로 부드러운 홍삼을 생산하였다. 본 연구는 새로운 가공 기술에 따라 생산된 연질 홍삼이 항산화 효과를 감소시키거나 개선했는지 여부를 조사하는 데 초점을 맞췄다. 연질 홍삼과 시판 홍삼액은 2,2'-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulphonic acid) (ABTS) 소거활성능에 있어 유의한 차이를 나타내지 않았다(p<0.05). 연질 홍삼은 수삼과 시판 홍삼액에 비해 DPPH (22-Diphenyl-1-pichrylic)와 OH(hydroxyl radical) 소거활성능이 높게 나타났다. OH 소거활성능은 세 그룹(수삼, 연질 홍삼과 시판 홍삼액) 간 유의한 차이를 나타내었다(p<0.05). NO (nitric oxide) 소거활성능 역시 수삼, 연질 홍삼, 홍삼 수액생산품 사이에 유의한 차이가 있었다(p<0.05). 연질 홍삼에서 많은 칼슘 결정체가 전자현미경상에서 관찰되었다. 마그네슘과 칼륨은 연질 홍상과 경질 홍삼 사이에 유의한 차이가 없었다. 연한 홍삼의 추출물은 DPPH와 OH의 존재로 인해 서로 다른 활성산소를 효율적으로 소거할 수 있어 자유 라디칼로 유도된 질환에 도움이 될 수 있다.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.113-120
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• 1999

Nitric oxide (NO) is a free radical synthesized from L-arginine by nitric oxide synthase (NOS). It is believed that NO is an important mediator in numerous physiological and inflammatory responses. Particularly, a large amount of NO released from the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) is mostly associated with inflammatory processes. Overproduction of NO in these processes including sepsis and autoimmune diseases can have deleterious consequences and pathophysiologic relevance. Therefore, for the discovery of new inhibitory agents against iNOS activity, we have evaluated about 100 kinds of natural products after partition into three layers (n-hexane, ethyl acetate and aqueous) from 100% methanol extracts to study inhibitory effects on iNOS activity induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in RAW264.7 cells culture system. As a positive control, curcumin, which is known as an anti-tumor promoter, anti-inflammatory agent as an iNOS inhibitor, was used and showed the dose-dependent inhibitory effect $(IC_{50},\;2.5\;{\mu}g/ml)$. Among tested fractions, the n-hexane fraction of Cimicifuga heracleifolia $(IC_{50}:\;9.65\;{\mu}g/ml)$, Forsythiae fructus $(IC_{50}:\;6.36\;{\mu}g/ml)$, Saposhnikovia divaricata $(IC_{50}:\;5.92\;{\mu}g/ml)$, and the ethyl acetate fraction of Chrysanthemum sibiricum $(IC_{50}:\;2.56\;{\mu}g/ml)$, Gastrodia elata $(IC_{50}:\;3.46\;{\mu}g/ml)$, and the aqueous fraction of Dianthus chinensis $(IC_{50}:\;6.73\;{\mu}g/ml)$, Euonymus alatus $(IC_{50}:\;6.78\;{\mu}g/ml)$, Mechania urticifoloria $(IC_{50}:\;8.01\;{\mu}g/ml)$ showed strong inhibitory activity against LPS-stimulated iNOS. Especially, the ethyl acetate fraction of Chrysanthemum sibiricum $(IC_{50}:\;2.56\;{\mu}g/ml)$, which exhibited the strongest inhibition against iNOS, was fractionated with silica-gel column chromatography. These subfractions exhibited dose-dependent inhibition against iNOS activity in the range of $2.59-5.6\;{\mu}g/ml$ except for fraction No. 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 16. Our study shows that Chrysanthemum sibiricum has the strongest inhibitory effect against iNOS activity and has similar effect to curcumin. Therefore, further studies for the identification of active principles from Chrysanthemum sibiricum and investigation for the mechanism of the inhibition of iNOS by active principles will be performed.

• 대한한의학방제학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.79-92
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• 2014

Objectives : The aim of this study was identification of the anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory effects of Talmyung-san (TMS) in mouse macrophage, RAW264.7 cells. Methods : To identify the anti-oxidative effect of TMS, scavenging activities of DPPH radical, nitric oxide and peroxynitrite were measured in vitro. In RAW264.7 cells, DCFH-DA assay was conducted to examine the inhibitory effect of TMS on ROS production in response to lipopolysaccharide. And the productions of nitric oxide (NO), $PGE_2$ and pro-inflammatory cytokines were measured. The levels of COX-2, iNOS, nuclear NF-${\kappa}B$ p65 expression and phosphorylation of $I{\kappa}B-{\alpha}$ in cytosol were detected by western blotting analyses. Results : TMS couldn't scavenged DPPH radical, but nitric oxide and peroxynitrite were decreased. TMS decreased intracellular ROS, NO, and IL-$1{\beta}$ production effectively. However, TMS inhibited $PGE_2$ levels only in high concentration ($300{\mu}g/m{\ell}$) and TMS failed to suppress the production of IL-6 and TNF-${\alpha}$. Results from immunoblot analyses revealed that TMS decreased activation of COX-2, iNOS, phosphorylation of $I{\kappa}B-{\alpha}$ and nuclear translocation of p65. Conclusions : TMS has anti-RNS and anti-inflammatory effects via NF-${\kappa}B$ pathway and more intensive studies will be required to evaluate therapeutic potential of TMS.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.331-337
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• 2017

배초향 추출물 및 분획별 생리활성 물질의 분포양상을 검정하기 위해 파이토케미컬 검색을 한 결과, 플라보노이드 확인시험에서 헥세인을 제외한 에틸아세테이트 및 부탄올 분획에서 양성반응을 확인하였다. 배초향 추출물의 극성에 따른 분획-헥세인, 에틸아세테이트 및 부탄올 분획의 산화방지 정도를 평가한 결과, 폴리페놀 함량, DPPH 라디칼 소거 및 환원력 실험에서 에틸아세테이트 분획이 다량의 폴리페놀을 함유하며 강력한 라디칼 소거 및 환원능력을 나타냈다. 또한 배초향 에틸아세테이트 분획의 항염 활성을 평가한 결과, 지방질다당류로 활성화된 BV-2 microglia에서 발생하는 과량의 산화질소(II) 생성을 억제하였을 뿐 아니라, 산화질소(II) 생성 효소인 iNOS 및 염증성 사이토카인 IL-6의 발현을 억제함을 확인하였다. 강력한 산화방지 및 항염증 활성을 나타내는 배초향 에틸아세테이트 분획내의 활성물질을 확인하고자 HPLC를 이용하여 분석한 결과, 배초향의 산화방지 물질로 잘 알려져 있는 로스마린산이 배초향 에틸아세테이트 분획에 함유되어 있음을 확인하였다.

• International Journal of Oral Biology
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.67-72
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• 2006

Nitric oxide(NO) is a labile, uncharged, reactive radical that functions as a sensitive mediator of intercellular communication in diverse tissues. It has been reported that NO is produced by osteoblast and these results may suggest that NO is integrally involved in the regulation of osteoclast formation and osteoclast resorption activity by osteoblastic cells. We examined the effect of cytokines on NO release by mouse bone marrow cell. We also examined the effects of cytokines and sodium nitroprusside(SNP) on the formation of osteoclast-like cell from mouse bone marrow cells in culture. Cytokines stimulated NO production of mouse bone marrow cells, and N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester, a specific inhibitor of NO synthase, suppressed the cytokine-induced NO production. SNP showed dual action in the generation of osteoclasts. The addition of $30{\mu}M$ SNP inhibited the formation of tartrate resistant acid phosphatase(TRAP)(+) multinucleated cell, whereas lower concentration($3{\mu}M$) of SNP enhanced it. Although the precise action of NO remains to be elucidated in detail, the action of NO in osteoclast generation in our studies seems to be associated, at least in part, with bone metabolism and bone pathophysiology.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제46권9호
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• pp.1053-1060
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 잣피 열수, 20% 주정, 50% 주정 추출물들이 항염증과 항산화에 미치는 영향을 확인하기 위하여 ABTS 항산화능과 SOD, CAT, GPx 항산화 효소, NO의 분비량, 염증성 cytokine의 분비량을 살펴보고자 하였다. 잣피 열수, 20% 주정, 50% 주정 추출물 중 20% 주정 추출물이 항산화능, 항산화 효소 활성 증가, NO의 분비량 감소, 염증성 cytokine 분비량을 감소시켜 염증반응과 항산화 반응에 도움을 주어 내부에서 생성된 활성산소종과 외부로부터 침입한 미생물, 감염된 세포나 종양세포 등을 효과적으로 제거할 수 있을 것이라 예상할 수 있었다. 이는 염증뿐만 아니라 면역반응에서도 영향을 미칠 것이라 생각되며 염증조절 및 항산화 반응에 긍정적인 변화를 보였으므로 추후 염증 조절제로서 기능성 식품의 상업화에 기초 자료가 되어 국내 기능성 소재로서의 개발 가능성을 기대할 수 있다.