• YAKHAK HOEJI
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.87-90
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• 1978

"Bija"(Torreya nut), a tree belonging to the Torreyaceae family, is cultivated in Jae Joo Do and Jun Ra Do, Korea. The seed of Torreya nucifera, which has been widely used as folkmedicine in the treatment of tapeworm infestation, was examined on the sterol composition determined by gas liquid chromatography and thin layer chromatography on the preparative plates. Sterols were obtained from the nonsaponifiable matters of ether extract of the seed. It was noted that .betha.-sitosterol was the major sterol in the nut. The results showed that contents of sterols were campesterol 3.15-3.75%, stigmasterol 5.38-5.67%, $\beta$-sitosterol 85.61-86.28% and ${\delta}^{7}$-sterol 4.91-5.19% by gas liquid chromatography.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.255-259
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• 1983

This work was done in order to clarify the chemical characteristics, composition, fatty acid components and sterol components of the lipids from Urechis unicintus. The results obtained are summarized as follows ; 1. The lipid content, iodine value and unsaponifiable matter of the total lipids are 1.89, 111, and $14.3\%$, respectively. 2. The main components of the total lipids are phospholipids $39.8\%$, free sterol $27.7\%$ and triglyceride $21.4\%$, and two unidentified fractions are detected. 3. The main fatty acids of total lipids are $C_{20:4}(19.4\%),\;C_{16:0}(13.7\%),\;C_{20:1}(11.3\%)\;and\;C_{18:1}(10.4\%)$ 4. Sterols found are Cholesterol($57.6\%$), Brassicasterol(?)($20.3\%$), 24-methylenecholesterol ($17.7\%$),22-dehydrocholesterol($3.0\%$)and 22.trans-24-norcholesta-5,22-dien-$3{\beta}$-ol(?)$1.4\%$.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.118-122
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• 1987

In order to find the effect of the storage time on the characteristics and sterol composition of the sesame seed, the characteristics, unsaponifiable matters, fractionation pattern of sterol and sterol compositions of 4-desmethylsterol on the sesame seed oil were analysed at the harvest time and after 56 months storage. The sample seed was kept in cotton bag within the natural dark store room. The oil content was decreased from 50.3g per 100g sesame seed at harvest time to 45.5g at 56 months stored. The acid value was increased sharply from 1.8 to 13.4 during the storage of sesame seed and iodine value was increased small, but saponification value and refractive index were hardly changed. The amount of unsaponifiables from 24.3mg to 20.9mg per gram on basis during storage time, and the 4,4-dimethylsterol and 4-monomethylsterol from unsaponifiables were decreased, otherwise, 4-desmethylsterol was increased. In the changes of sterol composition in the 4-desmethylsterol fraction from unsaponifiables, the compesterol and stigmasterol content were not nearly changed, otherwise, the sitosterol content was decreased from 51.0% to 48.2%, but the content of ${\Delta}^5-avenasterol$ was increased from 15.2 % to 18.4% during the storage of sesame seed within 56 months.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.259-263
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• 1983

This experiment was carried out to investigate the effect of pH at coagulation on fatty acid and sterol composition of green LPC. Green juice of Italian ryegrass, red clover, oats and alfalfa was adjusted at pH 4, 6, 8 and heated at $85^{\circ}C$ for ten minutes. Green LPC was taken from the above green juice. The results obtained were as follows. 1. Green LPC of Italian ryegrass, oats and alfalfa contained much on the order of linoleic acid, palmitic acid and linolenic acid. Methyl ester of these three fatty acid accounted for 70.4% to 86.2% of total fatty acid methyl ester. Green LPC of red clover contained much palmitic acid, linoleic acid, and linolenic acid. These three fatty acid methyl ester accounted for 82.5% to 86.2% of total fatty acid methyl ester. 2. Linolenic acid was highest in the green LPC of red clover, oats and alfalfa which was adjusted at pH 8 and heated and coagulated, and next at pH 6, and pH 4, respectively. Linolenic acid was highest in the green LPC of Italian ryegrass which was adjusted at pH 6, next pH 8, and pH 4. 3. Green LPC of red clover and alfalfa contained cholesterol. The all green LPC contained campesterol, stigmasterol and sitosterol. 4. Sterol was highest in the green LPC of Italian ryegrass, red clover and oats which was adjusted at pH 8 and next at pH 4, and pH 6, respectively. Sterol was highest in the green LPC of alfalfa which was adjusted at pH 8, and next at pH 6, and pH 4, respectively.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.298-303
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• 1979

The composition of the neutral lipids in the free and bound lipids from four varieties of experimentally cultivated potatoes were identified and quantified by thin layer- and gas-liquid chromatographies. The results were summarized as follows ; 1. The neutral lipids contained in the free and bound lipids were fractionated and identified as esterified sterol, triglyceride, diglyceride, free fatty acid, and free sterol, of which triglyceride and esterified sterol were most abundant. Meanwhile, the triglyceride and esterified sterol contents in the free lipid to the total lipid quantity were 10 and 2.7 % respectively, approximately 3 times higher than the 3.0 and 0.8 % contained in the bound lipid. 2. The fatty acid composition of the neutral lipids in the free and bound lipids was the same as that of the total free and bound lipids. The only difference was that content of saturated fatty acid was lower rate in the neutral lipid of the free lipid than in the total free lipid, whereas the unsaturated fatty acid was more abundant in the neutral lipid of the free lipid. Fatty acid composition of individual neutral lipid was of almost the same pattern as that of the total neutral lipid.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.374-375
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• 1992

The marine sterol (22R, 23R)-methylenecholesterol 1 has been synthesized from readily available C-22 steroidal ester 2 utilizing an intermolecular acyclic ester enolate alkylation as the key step.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.163-170
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• 1977

The present study was carried out to knew the sterol components of U. pinnatifida and their incorporation abilities of $^14C-1-acetate$ injected into it. The results obtained are as follows: 1. The total lipids are classified as hydrocarbon $1.6\%$, pigment and sterol ester $2.5\%$, triglyceri do $3.3\%$, free fatty acid $2.2\%$, free sterol $3.8\%$, chlorophyll $18.8\%$, and polar lipids $ 67.3\%$ 2. The sterol mixture from U. pinnatifida are omposed of cholesterol $3.5\%$, 24-methylene-cholesterol $11.2\%$, fucosterol $85.3\%$. 3. The radioactivities of the lipids classes from U. pinnatifida injected with $^14C-1-acetate$ are distributed 4,648 dpm/ug in total lipid, 2,754 dpm/mg in polar lipids, 373 dpm/mg in chlorophyll, 22,481 dpm/mg in free sterol, 6,520 dpm/mg in free fatty acid, 789 dpm/mg in sterol ester and 358 dpm/mg in hydrocarbon respectively. 4. The specific radioactivities of the sterols are 115 dpm/mg in cholesterol, 147,821 dpm/mg in 24-methylenecholesterol, 20, 887 dpm/mg in fucosterol.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.529-534
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• 2003

This study was done to investigated the phytosterol compositions of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) seed. The phytoestrogen activity was also determined using CAT-ELISA Kit in ethanol extract of safflower seed. The phytosterol of safflower seeds was identified using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry after saponification of the oils. The phytosterol content and composition of safflower seed oils were 4% and identified stigmast-5-en-3-ol (3$\beta$, 24S)-form, ${\gamma}$-sitosterol (clionasterol) with Wiley MS spectrum library. The synergistic effect of human estrogen receptor (hER) has been investigated using a minimal chimeric promoters composed of the TATA region of the adenovirus-2 major late promoter (A22MLP) and two consensus perfectly polindromic Xenopus vitellogenin A2 gene estrogen responsive elements (XVEREl19). Transient transfection experiments in tile human breast adenocarcinoma cell line MCF-7, which is known to express the estrogen receptor endogenously, revealed that phytoestrogen from Carthamus tinctorius L. acts as estrogen. We have observed the transcriptional activities stimulated methanol and ethanol extract of safflower seed in MCF-7, were 0.43 and 0.37 respectively, compared to that by $\beta$-estradiol as 1.0. Our data showed that safflower seeds have estrogenic activity methanol and ethanol extracts and ethanol lower than that of $\beta$-estradiol. This result provides the first evidence that the beneficial effect of safflower seeds may be mediated, at least in part, by the stimulating effect of phytoestrogen ell bone-protecting.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.477-482
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• 2016

A uridine diphosphate-glucose:sterol glycosyltransferase-encoding gene was isolated and cloned from the established fosmid library of Micromonospora rhodorangea ATCC 27932 that usually produces the aminoglycoside antibiotic geneticin. The gene consists of 1,185 base pairs and encodes a 41.4 kDa protein, which was heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3). In silico analyses of the deduced gene product suggested that it is a member of the family 1 glycosyltransferases. The recombinant protein MrSGT was able to catalyze the transfer of a glucosyl moiety onto the C-3 hydroxy function in sterols (β-sitosterol, campesterol, and cholesterol), resulting in the corresponding steryl glucosides (β-sitosterol-3-O-β-ᴅ-glucoside, campesterol-3-O-β-ᴅ-glucoside, and cholesterol-3-O-β-ᴅ-glucoside). This enzyme prefers phytosterols to cholesterol, and also shows substrate flexibility to some extent, in that it could recognize a number of acceptor substrates.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.167-170
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• 2000

The present study was conducted to investigate the acute toxicity of plant sterol ester by a single oral dose in Sprague-Dawley rats. Ten males and 10 females aged 5 weeks were randomly assigned to two groups of 5 rats each and were administered by gavage at dose level of 0 or 20 ml/kg body weight. Parameters measured during the 14-day observation period were mortality, clinical signs, body weight changes, and gross findings. No mortality was observed in the present study. Treatment-related clinical signs, such as pasty stool and diarrhea, were observed on the day of treatment and these signs resulted in soiled fur on day 1 after the treatment. However, no clinical signs were observed on days 2-14 after the treatment. There was no significant difference in body weight changes between the control and treatment groups. At necropsy on day 14 after the treatment, no treatment-related gross findings were observed in the treatment group. Based on these results, it was concluded that a single oral dose of plant sterol ester induced pasty stool and diarrhea in Sprague-Dawley rats at dose level of 20 ml/kg and that the lethal doses were considered to be over 20 ml/kg for both sexes.