• 한국자원식물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국자원식물학회 2001년도 추계정기 학술발표회 초록집
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• pp.82-82
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• 2001

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.99-105
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• 2022

This study assessed the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of leaf extracts from grain amaranths (Amaranthus spp.). Among all the extracts, the ethanol extract of Amaranthus cruentus leaves (Ar) exhibited the highest antioxidant activity, including the DPPH free radical scavenging activity and ORAC. In addition, Ar strongly inhibited nitric oxide production by suppressing the MEK/ERK signaling pathway in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated RAW264 murine macrophages. HPLC analysis revealed 13 polyphenolic compounds in the leaf extracts of grain amaranth and indicated that Ar contained more rutin than the other extracts. Taken together, these results show the impact of species diversity on the phytochemical contents and bioactivities of plant extracts and suggest that the nonedible parts, such as leaves, of A. cruentus should be considered for use as crude drugs and dietary health supplements.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.151-155
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• 1991

Thirty six crude drug samples have been prepared from different parts of twenty five plants belonging to different families, and antimutangenic activities were studied by using SOS chromotest (E. coli PQ 37). The following crude extracts of PNG medicinal plants which had a appreciable antimutagenic activity against mitomycin C were: Artocarpus communis (stem bark), Cycas circinalis (leaves), Merremia peltata (leaves), Intsia palembanica (leaves), Annona muricata (stem bark), and Artocarpus altilis (root bark).

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.153-158
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• 1996

국내산 41종과 79종 식물체 메탄올 추출물 및 일본산 1종 식물체 정유의 솔잎혹파리(Thecodiplosis japonensis Uchida et Inouye) 유충에 대한 살충황성을 여지접촉법과 충제침지법으로 조사한 결과 살추활성은 식물체 종류에 따라 달리 나타났다. 여지접촉법으로 여지당 시료 10mg을 처리하였을 때, 국내산 미나리아재비과의 지범, 부자의 위령선 뿌리 추출물과 일본산 측백나무과의 Thujopsis dolabrata var. hondai 톱밥의 정유가 90%이사의 살충활성을 보였다. 그러나 충제침지법(5,000ppm)을이용한 생물검정에서는 T.dolabrata var. hondai 톱밥의 정유만이 강한 살충활성을 나타내었다. 따라서 T.dolabrata var. Hondai 톱밥의 추출물의 솔잎 혹파리에의한 소나무림의 피해를 줄일 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.2405-2425
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• 2014

Radiation exposure leads to several pathophysiological conditions, including oxidative damage, inflammation and fibrosis, thereby affecting the survival of organisms. This review explores the radiation countermeasure properties of fourteen (14) plant extracts or plant-derived compounds against these cellular manifestations. It was aimed at evaluating the possible role of plants or its constituents in radiation countermeasure strategy. All the 14 plant extracts or compounds derived from it and considered in this review have shown some radioprotection in different in vivo, ex-vivo and or in vitro models of radiological injury. However, few have demonstrated advantages over the others. C. majus possessing antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects appears to be promising in radioprotection. Its crude extracts as well as various alkaloids and flavonoids derived from it, have shown to enhance survival rate in irradiated mice. Similarly, curcumin with its antioxidant and the ability to ameliorate late effect of radiation exposure, combined with improvement in survival in experimental animal following irradiation, makes it another probable candidate against radiological injury. Furthermore, the extracts of P. hexandrum and P. kurroa in combine treatment regime, M. piperita, E. officinalis, A. sinensis, nutmeg, genistein and ginsan warrants further studies on their radioprotective potentials. However, one that has received a lot of attention is the dietary flaxseed. The scavenging ability against radiation-induced free radicals, prevention of radiation-induced lipid peroxidation, reduction in radiation cachexia, level of inflammatory cytokines and fibrosis, are some of the remarkable characteristics of flaxseed in animal models of radiation injury. While countering the harmful effects of radiation exposure, it has shown its ability to enhance survival rate in experimental animals. Further, flaxseed has been tested and found to be equally effective when administered before or after irradiation, and against low doses (${\leq}5Gy$) to the whole body or high doses (12-13.5 Gy) to the whole thorax. This is particularly relevant since apart from the possibility of using it in pre-conditioning regime in radiotherapy, it could also be used during nuclear plant leakage/accidents and radiological terrorism, which are not pre-determined scenarios. However, considering the infancy of the field of plant-based radioprotectors, all the above-mentioned plant extracts/plant-derived compounds deserves further stringent study in different models of radiation injury.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.250-253
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• 2004

The effects of crude extracts from medicinal plants on biological activity were investigated. The crude ethanol extract of H. paucistipula inhibited the growth of the Gram positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis ATCC 19659, (2 mm inhibition zone at 150 ㎍/disc) and the dermatophyte Trichophyton mentagrophytes ATCC 28185, (7 mm inhibition zone at 150 ㎍/disc), and toxic to P388 murine leukaemia cells ATCC CCL 46 P388D1, (IC/sub 50/ 2.48 ㎍/㎖ at 75 ㎍/disc). This crude ethanol extract of H. paucistipula is the strongest antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities against P388 murine leukaemia cells ATCC CCL 46 P388D1.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.117-123
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• 2017

Maple tree is a useful medical plant for obtaining bioactive materials such as pharmaceutics, cosmetics, food additive, etc., and there are 16 species of native maple trees in Korea. In this study, we evaluated the antioxidant activity of sap and crude extracts of Acer mono Max, a representative maple species. The crude extracts were obtained by solvent extraction (water, ethanol, and ethyl acetate) from its branches (bark and xylem). The phenolic contents and radical scavenging capacities of the extracts and the sap were evaluated in terms of half maximal effective concentration ($EC_{50}$) and kinetics by 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay. The ethanol extracts showed the highest extraction yield, phenolic contents and antioxidant activity, and bark extracts showed better antioxidant activity than xylem extracts. The antioxidant activity of the sap was very low, but the $EC_{50}$ of ethanol and ethyl acetate extracts ranged from 68 to $79{\mu}g/mL$, similar to that ($60{\mu}g/mL$) of the control, butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT). The DPPH radical scavenging rate ($220{\sim}760{\mu}M/min$) and the second-order reaction rate constant ($6.48{\sim}7.04L/g{\cdot}min$) of these extracts were better than those of BHT ($55{\sim}370{\mu}M/min$ and $3.60L/g{\cdot}min$). These results suggest that A. mono Max. is one of the useful bioresources for obtaining antioxidant biologically active substances, and it is possible to obtain physiologically active substances from by-product of its pruning while minimizing the effect on the growth of the tree.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제58권1호
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• pp.20-27
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• 2013

고들빼기의 부위별 성분 및 생리활성 차이를 검토하고자 일반성분, 폴리페놀 및 플라보노이드 함량, 항산화성 및 항암성을 분석하였다. 고들빼기 식물체 부위별 조단백질과 조지방은 꽃, 잎, 줄기 뿌리 순으로 높았고 조섬유와 조회분은 줄기와 뿌리가 꽃과 잎보다 높은 것으로 나타났다. 고들빼기의 총 페놀 함량은 꽃($72.9\;mgkg^{-1}$)에서 가장 높게 나타났고, 그 다음은 잎, 줄기, 뿌리 순으로 나타났다. 총 플라보노이드 함량은 잎($23.3\;mgkg^{-1}$), 꽃, 줄기, 뿌리 순으로 나타났다. 고들빼기에서 DPPH(DPPH radical scavenging activity)법에 의한 항산화성은 농도와 비례하게 활성이 증가하는 양상을 합성 항산화제 Vitamin C와 BHT보다 낮은 활성이지만 뿌리, 잎, 꽃, 줄기 순으로 높은 활성을 보였다. MTT assay에 의한 세포독성 시험결과 뿌리 추출물이 폐암(Calu-6) ($IC_{50}=196.3\;mgkg^{-1}$)과 대장암 세포주(HCT-116) ($IC_{50}=623.6\;mgkg^{-1}$)에 대해서 가장 높은 활성을 보였다. 생리활성물질 함량과 그 활성은 고들빼기 부위별로 다르게 나타났으며 총 페놀 함량과 총 플라보노이드 함량은 생리활성과 낮은 연관성을 보였으나 항산화성과 항암활성간에는 높은 상관관계를 보인 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.170-176
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• 2011

This study was carried out to investigate whether Chrysanthermum zawadskii var. latilobum Kitamura (C. zawadskii) extracts has an inhibitory effect against the mutagenicity by cigarette smoke condensates (CSC). C. zawadskii was extracted with 70% ethanol and the yield was 18.5%. We further fractioned 70% ethanol extract sequentially to diethylether, chloroform, dichloromethane, and aqueous water, and gained the yield of 17.5%, 5.6%, 5.8%, 32.8% and 35.5%, respectively. In the Ames test, there was no mutagenic effect of crude extract and its solvent fractions up to 2 mg/plate toward Salmonella typhimurium TA 98 with or without S-9 mix metabolic activations. On the contrary, the crude extract showed an inhibitory activity against the mutagenicity of CSC in the presence of S-9 mix metabolic activation. Diethyl ether layer among five solvent fractions showed the highest inhibitory activity. The inhibitory activity of diethyl ether fraction was also increased in a dose-dependent manner and the inhibitory rate was about 97.7% at the concentration of 1 mg/plate. In this study, we conclude that crude extract of C. zawadskii itself is potentially safe for mutagenicity, and the diethyl ether fraction has an inhibitory effect against the mutagenicity of CSC.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.22-28
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• 2017

Bacteria are among the most common causes of severe diseases in both plants and animals. Salmonella spp. has deleterious effects and is the cause of various transmittable diseases. Because of strains resistivity, side effects and high prices of synthetic antibiotics, it has become essential to explore safe and economical natural sources of antibiotics. In this study, growth inhibitory effects of natural antibiotics present in crude extracts of Galla rhois, Thujae semen, Paeonia japonica, and Armeniacae semen were investigated both in vivo and iv vitro. Ethanol extracts of the above-mentioned plants were prepared and tested against seven serovars of Salmonella and Escherichia coli by disc diffusion method. In addition, the antibacterial effects of the plant extracts were determined in vivo using ducks as model animals. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction was performed using blood and fecal samples of control, infected, and treated groups of the ducks to determine the gene expression levels of the bacteria. Our results confirmed that the Galla rhois ethanol extract had the highest antibacterial activity among the plant extracts when they were used individually. However, the Galla rhois, Thujae semen, and P. japonica ethanol extracts showed stronger antibacterial effects against all the bacterial species used when the extracts were combined at a ratio of 3:3:2, respectively.