• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.204-209
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• 1986

번데기 단백질의 이용성을 증진시킬 목적으로 농축 단백질을 조제하여 중요한 성질인 기능성을 대두 단백질과 비교하였다. 번데기 농축단백질은 대두 농축단백질보다 지방 흡수력이 더 높았으며, 용해도와 수분 흡수력은 낮았다. 유화성은 62.8%로 번데기 농축단백질이 더 높았으며, 유화력도 307ml/g으로 역시 높게 나타났다. 또한 $80^{\circ}C$로 가열한 후의 유화안정성도 번데기 농축단백질이 65.8%로 대두 농축단백질보다 더 높게 나타났다. 포말성은 번데기 농축단백질이 더 낮았으며 포말안정성은 달걀알부민보다, 번데기, 대두 농축단백질이 더 낮았고, $5{\sim}7%$사이에 점도 증가 현상이 크게 나타났다. 이상의 실험결과에서 나타난 번데기 농축단백질의 높은 지방 흡수력과 유화성은 유화력을 이용한 식품제조에 좋은 단백질원으로서 이용이 가능하리라고 사료된다.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제51권3호
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• pp.201-207
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 고지방식이로 유도한 비만 C57BL/6N 마우스 모델에서 누에체액 투여가 마우스의 체중 감소 및 혈중 지질 개선 효과를 보이는지 평가하였다. 실험동물은 정상군 (N), 고지방대조군 (HFC), 누에체액투여군 (HFS-1, HFS-5, HFS-10)으로 분리하여 12주 동안 열량비 10% 지방식이나 45% 지방식을 섭취시키고 고지방식이 급여군들의 일부에 누에체액을 체중 대비 1%, 5%, 10% 경구투여 하였다. 그 결과 체중과 부고환지방 및 총지방의 무게가 유의하게 감소하였으며 혈장 LDL-cholesterol 농도가 고지방대조군 (HFC)군에 비하여 HFS-1, HFS-5, HFS-10군에서 유의하게 감소하였다. 혈중 ALT와 AST의 활성은 고지방대조군에 비하여 HFS-5, HFS-10 군에서 유의하게 저하되었고 누에체액을 투여한 모든 군에서 HFC군과 비교하여 혈장 leptin 수준이 유의하게 감소하였다. 비록 누에체액의 유효성분을 동정하고 그 특성을 규명하기 위해서는 더 많은 연구를 필요로 하지만 본 연구 결과는 누에체액이 비만을 예방할 수 있는 잠재적인 천연소재로서 가능성을 보여준다.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.93-119
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• 2014

Tropical tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) is a polyphagous silk producing forest silkworm of commercial importance in India. Forest dependent people rear its larvae on different forestry host plants twice or thrice in a year for small household income. Larvae of A. mylitta feeds on many forest tree species, but always show a great degree of selectivity as a function of its behavioural responses to physical structure and chemical features of the host plants. Cocoon crop of A. mylitta is influenced by heterogeneity of tasar food plants and climatic conditions of the habitat. The role of host plants, temperature, humidity, rainfall, photoperiod and climatic variables on the growth and development of insects have clearly been demonstrated. This article entails an in-depth analysis on ecological and nutritional aspects of A. mylitta, which may provide selective information to researcher and forest managers, who are particularly associated with livelihood improvement of the poor people in forested area through location specific forest insect industry.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.706-711
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• 1992

Papain과 pepsin에 의한 부분 가수분해가 번데기 농축단백질의 기능적 특성에 미치는 영향을 검토하였다. TCA 가용성 질소량을 측정하여 얻은 가수분해 정도는 papain으로 10분과 60분간 처리한 결과 각각 10.23%와 19.17% 였으며 pepsin으로 10분과 60분간 처리한 경우는 각각 15.41%와 21.41%로 나타났다. 효소처리한 번데기 농축단백질의 질소 용해도는 실험한 pH 전범위에서 증가하였으며 특히 papain과 pepsin 모두 60분 처리한것이 10분간 처리한것 보다 높게 나타났다. 0.03M $CaCl_2$를 첨가한 결과 전반적으로 질소 용해도가 증가하는 경향을 나타내었다. 번데기 농축단백질의 겉보기 밀도는 papain으로 처리시 차이가 나타나지 않았으며 pepsin의 겨우는 다소 증가하는 경향이었다. 수분 흡수력의 경우 pepsin으로 10분간처리한것 이외에는 큰차이를 나타내지 않았으나 지방흡수력은 papain과 pepsin으로 부분 가수분해한 결과 전반적으로 증가하였다.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.6-14
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• 2016

The mulberry silkworm, Bombyx mori has been one of the most important domestic animals which have provided with silk fibers for weaving fabrics and a food for a protein and lipid source. In addition, various health improvement effects of diverse silkworm larval powders were reported. Recently we found that steamed and freeze-dried mature silkworm larval powder (SMSP) generated using white-jade (also known as Backokjam) silkworm variety extended healthspan and increased resistance to Parkinson's disease in animal models. Because the colors of cocoons in silkworm varieties were caused by altered signal transduction pathways transporting phytochemicals from intestinal lumens to silk glands, we performed the proximate, amino acid, mineral, carbohydrates, fatty acid, and cholesterol composition analyses of SMSPs of 3 silkworm varieties which were weaving light yellow, golden, and red cocoons. Although most of nutrient compositions among 3 SMSPs were similar, there were significant differences in certain amino acids, minerals, and fatty acid compositions. Red silk silkworm (RS)-SMSP had higher contents of crude proteins and total amino acids than other SMSPs. In addition, the ratio of n-3/n-6 unsaturated fatty acids were higher than the other SMSPs. In contrast Golden silk silkworm (GS)-SMSP had higher ratio of potassium/sodium than the other SMSPs. These nutrient analysis results suggested that 3 SMSPs might have common and unique health improvement effects. Thus, further studies in the functionalities of the 3 SMSPs will reveal unknown their health improvements effects.

• 한국식품조리과학회지
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• 제21권6호통권90호
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• pp.769-775
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• 2005

미성숙 흰쥐에서 누에 번데기 수용성과 지용성 추출 물 및 한약재가 첨가된 누에 번데기 수용성 추출물을 투여하여 에스트로젠 증식 관련 인자의 발현을 확인한 결과는 다음과 같다. 미성숙 흰쥐에서 누에 번데기 수용성 추출물(KW), 누에 번데기 지용성 추출물(KO) 및 KW에 하수오, 인삼, 울금을 7:1:1:1의 비율로 첨가한 복합체(MK)를 각각 100 mg/kg와 500 mg/kg의 농도로 30일간 경구투여한 결과 체중은 유의적인 변화를 나타내지 않았다. 체중에 대한 자궁의 무게는 정상 대조군에 대하여 실험군에서 KW500을 제외하고는 모두 유의적인 증가를 나타내었으며 K0500, KW100, MK100 순으로 각각 $0.49\%,\;0.48\%,\;0.44\%$의 높은 값을 나타내었다. 체중에 대한 난소의 무게는 정상 대조군에 대해 MK군을 제외하고 모두 유의적인 변화를 보였으며 KW100군이 가장 높은 값을 나타내었다. 미성숙 흰쥐의 혈청 내 AST와 ALT 활성 및 creatinine 농도는 모두 군 간에 유의적인 변화는 보이지 않았다. 즉 모든시료가 간과 신장에 독성을 나타내지 않은 결과이다. $ER\alpha$와 $ER\beta$의 발현을 densitometer로 수치화하여 정상대조군을 기준으로 발현의 증가와 억제를 백분율로 표시한 결과 KW100(100 mg/kg)와 MK500(500 mg/kg) 군이 $ER\alpha$의 발현을 유의적으로 증가시켰으며 KW100(100 mg/kg), KW500(500 mg/kg), 및 MK100(100 mg/kg)군이 $ER\beta$의 발현을 유의적으로 증가시켰다. 따라서 누에 번데기 수용성 추출물 및 한약재(인삼, 하수오, 울금)를 첨가한 누에 번데기 수용성 추출물이 생체에서 높은 에스트로젠 활성을 가지고 있는 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국잠사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국잠사학회 1997년도 Progress and Future Development of Sericultural Science and Technology 40th Anniversary Commemoration Symposium
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• pp.133-158
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• 1997

Since 1992, Sericulture & Entomology Research Institute(NSERI) and Kyung Hee University group screened an activity of lowering blood-glucose levels with silkworm related materials such as silkworm larvae powder, dried feces, pupae and silkworm moth in other to guide laymans to rational and educated utilization of silkworm-related materials for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. In experiments examining several silkworms in different stages and prepared in different conditions, a freeze dried silkworm powder of 5th instar 3rd day showed a higher glucose lowering activity about 20% than heat dried matured silkworm powder. Among the three dosage of 500mg, 830mg and 1,160mg in ate preliminary clinical trial, the 830mg exhibited a significant effect on postprandial blood glucose level and did and did not cause any hypoglycemic side effect. In the blood glucose lowering activity of mulberry and silkworm varieties, the Yongcheonppong and Samkwangjam showed the highest activity for lowering blood glucose levels. In experiments to see the difference in blood-glucose lowering activity between either male and female or larvae and pupae, activity of larvae was higher than that of pupae and the male was higher than female. The heating dry and artificial diet showed lower than mulberry diet and normal freeze dry of the 5th instar 3rd day. Among the sericultural products, larvae showed the highest activity. We find out the fact that effect of silkworm powder attributed to the inhibition of ${\alpha}$-glucohydrolase catalyzed reaction in the small intestine.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.593-598
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• 2005

Osteoporosis is recognized as one of the major hormonal deficiency diseases, especially in menopausal women and the elderly. When the estrogen level is reduced in the body, local factors, which are known to be related with bone resorption, are increased and promote osteoclastogenesis. In our previous study, we validated the estrogenicity of silkworm pupa. In this study, we investigated the effect of silkworm pupa extract (SPE) on the function of osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cells. SPE (10 and $50\;{\mu}g/mL$) significantly elevated cell viability, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity, and collagen content in the cells. The effect of SPE ($50\;{\mu}g/mL$) in increasing cell viability, ALP activity, and collagen content was completely inhibited by the presence of $10^{-6}\;M$ of cycloheximide and $10^{-6}\;M$ of tamoxifen, suggesting that SPE's effect results from a newly synthesized, protein component and that it might be partly involved in estrogen action. Furthermore, we examined the effect of SPE on the $H_2O_2-induced$ apoptosis and production of local factors in osteoblasts. Treatment with SPE ($50\;{\mu}g/mL$) decreased the 0.2 mM $H_2O_2-induced$ apoptosis and the production of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-${\alpha}$, interleukin (IL)-6 and nitric oxide (NO) in osteoblasts. Our data indicate that the enhancement of osteoblast function by silkworm pupa may prevent osteoporosis and inflammatory bone diseases.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.19-22
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• 2001

Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) exhibits potent anti-carcinogenic and other biological activities in several animal models. We report here that dietary CLA, chemically synthesized from corn oil, accumulates I silkworm, Bombyx mori, which is used as therapeutic agent for diabetes in Korea and Japan. Mulberry leaves treated with 0.1 or 10% CLA in ethanol were supplied to silkworms from the end of 3rd instar to the 3rd day of the 5th instar. Fresh mulberry leaves or leaves treated with 10% corn oil in ethanol were fed as a check treatment. the amount of total lipids in the larval body ranged from 17.4 to 19.1mg/g of body tissue, which was not significantly affected by the source of the diets. No CLA was found in the control silkworms. But the level of CLA significantly increased to 83.5 mg/g of fat, when fed with mulberry leaves treated with 10% CLA. Only trace amounts of CLA were detected in the larvae reared with check leaves and 0.1% CLA-treated leaves. Mulberry leaves treatd with corn oil or CLA were not palatable to the larvae, resulting in a reduction of larval weight. These results suggest that silkworms containing CLA in body lipids could be producted by dietary CLA.

• 약학회지
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.253-258
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• 2007

Bombycis corpus, a batryticated silkworm and white-stiff silkworm, is an oriental drug consisting of the dried larva of silkworm, dead and stiffened due to the infection of Beauveria. An peptidyl antimicrobial molecule was purified from B. corpus by reverse phase-column chromatography and HPLC. Its molecular weight was determined to be 2295.45 by using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry. Its antimicrobial activity was diminished by trypsin digestion. It exhibited a broad antimicrobial spectrum against not only Gram-negative, but also Gram- positive bacteria. Furthermore, it was found to have an antimicrobial activity against vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), methicillin-resistant S. arureus (MRSA), and vancomycin-intermediate resistant S. arureus (VISA). It may be a useful molecule for a new antibiotic development, especially against antibiotic resistant microbe. This substance may play a role in the defense system of this animal against Beauveria bassiana. This is the first report of a peptidyl antimicrobial substance from B. corpus.