• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.213-220
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• 2010

To examine the potential of Terminalia chebula as a whitening agent, we measured antioxidant activity using DPPH$\cdot$, ABTS${\cdot}^+$ assays and ferric-reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) assays, and depigmenting activity using B16F10 melanoma cells. The intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) level was monitored by $H_2DCFDA$ fluorescence labeling, and melanin contents in B16F10 melanoma cells by 960 $J/m^2$ dose of UVA-induced oxidative stress. The radical-scavenging activities of T. chebula extract (TCE) were measured in terms of $EC_{50}$ values using DPPH$\cdot$, ABTS${\cdot}^+$ assays and FRAP value were 280.0 ${\mu}g/mL$, 42.2 ${\mu}g/mL$ and 113.1 ${\mu}mol$ $FeSO_4{\cdot}7H_2O/g$, respectively. We found that ROS and melanin concentrations were reduced by TCE treatments of 25 ${\mu}g/mL$ under UVA-induced oxidative stress. Tyrosinase activity and melanin contents in $\alpha$-melanocyte stimulating hormone (MSH)-induced melanoma cells both decreased dose-dependently in the treatment groups. TCE similarly reduced melanogenesis in B16F10 melanoma cells stimulated by $\alpha$-MSH as compared to arbutin as a positive control. T. chebula may prove to be a useful therapeutic agent for hyperpigmentation and an effective component in skin whitening and.or lightening cosmetics.

• 공업화학
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.198-205
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 Annona muricata 잎 추출물(graviola leaf extracts, GLE)의 항산화(antioxidant), 항균(antibacterial), 미백(whitening) 및 주름 개선(anti-wrinkle) 효과 등을 조사하였으며, 항산화(antioxidant) 효과에 대한 활성은 전자공여능 분석을 통해 측정하였다. 그 결과 GLE는 농도 의존적으로 전자공여능이 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. GLE의 항균 활성은 paper disc법으로 측정하여 나타냈으며, 표준물질인 ampicillin과 비교하여 메티실린내성 황색포도상구균 CCARM3115에서 비교적 높은 항균 활성을 나타내었다. GLE에 대한 미백(whitening) 효과 역시 tyrosinase 저해 활성 측정을 통해 진행하였으며, 그 결과 GLE는 농도가 증가함에 따라 tyrosinase 활성이 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. GLE 농도에 따른 L-tyrosine을 DOPA로 바꾸는 데 관여하는 hydroxylation 반응과 관련한 mushroom tyrosinase의 저해 활성은 표준물질인 arbutin에 비해 $125{\sim}250{\mu}g/mL$ 농도 범위에서 특히 높게 나타났다. B16-F10 cell에 대한 melanin 생합성 저해능은 농도 의존적으로 감소하는 경향을 보였으며, $100{\mu}g/mL$에서 76.7%를 나타났다. 주름 생성과 관련하여서는 elastase 저해 활성 측정을 통해 진행하였으며, 그 결과 동일한 농도에서 GLE 및 ursolic acid는 10.5, 56.5%로 나타났다. 이러한 결과를 통해 Annona muricata 잎 추출물(Graviola Leaf Extracts, GLE)이 항산화 및 미백 활성에 상당한 효과가 있음을 확인할 수 있었으며, 미백 화장품 성분으로서 과색소침착 치료에 유용할 것으로 기대된다.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.91-108
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• 2002

미백제는 기미와 태양광선노출에 의한 색소침착반과 같은 색소불균형이 주로 나타나는 동양 여성들에 특히 관심이 많다. 이러한 색소침착의 불균형은 UV에 의해 더 심해지기 때문에 미백제는 멜라닌합성을 억제시키거나 UV에 의해 활성화된 signal을 억제함으로써 효과가 나타난다. Eumelanin은 UV에 의해 유도된 DNA 손상을 보호하므로 UV에 의해 유도된 DNA손상을 감소시키는 물질이 이상적인 미백제가 된다. 새롭게 합성된 항산화제인 $\alpha$-tocophenyl ferulate의 효과는 UV에 의해 손상된 DNA damage에 의한 보호 효과와 멜라닌 합성을 억제시킴으로서 나타난다. Chemical peeling과 복합적으로 색소 반점을 치료하는 lightning agent의 효과에 대한 결과를 보고하였으며 색소 반점의 개선을 정량적으로 평가하는 새롭게 개발된 facial image analyzer를 소개할 것이다.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.198-201
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• 2011

Tyrosinase is one of the important enzymes in the mammalian melanin synthesis. In the process of melanin synthesis, tyrosine is oxidized to DOPA (3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine), and DOPA is further oxidized to dopaquinone. Tyrosinase is an enzyme catalyzing this oxidation of tyrosine, so chemicals that inhibit the activity of tyrosinase can be used as skin whitening agents. In this study, we isolated five constituents from the 80% MeOH extract of Morus bombycis cortex by bioactivity-guided fractionation. We performed mushroom tyrosinase inhibition assay. As a result, 7,2',4'-trihydroxyflavanone (1), 2',4',2,4,-tetrahydroxychalcone (2), and oxyresveratrol (3) showed the more potent inhibitory effect compared to kojic acid, a well-known skin whitening agent with antityrosinase effect. Moracinoside M (4) and moracin M-3'-O-${\beta}$-D-glucopyranoside (5) also showed the moderate tyrosinase inhibitory activities.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제58권3호
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• pp.266-271
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• 2015

최근에는 hyper-pigmentation에 대한 제품 개발을 위해 melanogenesis의 경로에 대한 이해를 위해 많은 노력을 하고 있다. 이에 따라 본 연구에서는 만형자(Vitex rotundifolia)의 depigmentation에 대한 효과를 조사하였다. B16F10 mouse melanoma cell을 이용하여 tyrosinase, MITF, TRP-1, TRP-2 그리고 melanin synthesis의 저해를 확인하였고, 만형자 ethyl acetate 분획물(VR-EA)을 처리하였을 때 농도의존적으로 감소한다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 특히, VR-EA는 tyrosinase와 TRP-1의 경우 각각 53.2, 88.4%의 저해율을 보여 미백에 있어서 효과적인 활성을 보여주었다. 따라서 만형자는 melanin synthesis를 효과적으로 막아주어 미백소재로서 활용 가능성이 충분하다고 사료된다.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.133-139
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• 2010

In order to develop a new skin whitening agent, approximately 100 plant extracts were evaluated for their inhibitory activities against melanin biosynthesis in cultured mouse melanocyte melan-a cells. As a result, seven extracts exhibited over 50% inhibition of melanin synthesis compared to control at a concentration of $20\;{\mu}g/ml$. In particular, Aster ageratoides Turcz. var. ageratoides (branch, root, aerial, flower; $IC_{50}$ = 17.3, 6.1, 13.6, $12.9\;{\mu}g/ml$, respectively) and Physalis alkekengi var. francheti (leaf, unripen fructus, aerial; $IC_{50}$ = 6.5, 28.3, $23.9\;{\mu}g/ml$) markedly inhibited melanin synthesis. In addition, tyrosinase activity was monitored by the measurement of dopachrome formation from the oxidation of L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine. Extracts of A. ageratoides Turcz. var. ageratoides (flower) and P. alkekengi var. francheti (leaf) showed the most potent tyrosinase inhibitory activity. These plants might be the potential candidate sources in the development of novel skin-whitening products.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.704-712
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• 2022

Research on whitening materials using natural alternatives is actively being conducted. The aim of this study was to investigate the in vitro inhibitory effects of Ranunculus chinensis Bunge (RCB) on melanogenesis and associated enzymes, such as tyrosinase, tyrosinase-related protein (TRP)-1, and TRP-2 in B16F10 murine melanoma cells. We found that RCB extract significantly attenuated melanin synthesis and reduced the activity of intracellular tyrosinase, a rate-limiting melanogenic enzyme. Western blot analysis showed that RCB extract decreased the protein expression of tyrosinase and TRP-1. In addition, it significantly decreased the expression of microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF), a key regulator of melanogenesis. Extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) activation has been reported to be involved in the inhibition of melanogenesis. Thus, we investigated whether the hypopigmentary effects of RCB extract were related to the activation of ERK. RCB extract induced ERK phosphorylation in a dose-dependent manner. Furthermore, it markedly inhibited body pigmentation in a zebrafish model. Our results suggest that RCB extract inhibits melanogenesis by activating ERK pathway-mediated suppression of MITF and its downstream target genes, including tyrosinase. Therefore, RCB extract can be used as a whitening agent in the development of functional cosmetics.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제27권10호
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• pp.853-863
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• 2018

In order to increase the medicinal herbs efficiency of drug delivery, vesicles contained with medicinal herbs were prepared by phosphatidylcholines and surface active agent. Vesicles loaded with medicinal herbs were characterized by UV-spectroscopy, Zetasizer. The antioxidant activity of vesicles was measured by DPPH assay and ABTS radical scavenging assays. Also, an analysis was conducted to determine the effects of anti-inflammatory of vesicles contained medicinal herbs. In addition, the whitening effects of vesicles contained medicinal herbs extract were studied via tyrosinase inhibition assay. The results of vesicles were as follows. Vesicles appeared an average diameter of approximatively 164-599 nm. All studied vesicles contained with medicinal herbs showed antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and whitening effects in a dose-dependent manner. Therefore, this experiment achieves its purpose of synthesizing of vesicles. In conclusion, we recommended that the vesicles loaded with medicinal herbs have ability for anti-aging materials. Specifically, it will apply to cosmetic ingredients.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.169-173
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• 2004

홍경천 5 g과 메탄올 150 $m\ell$을 혼합하여 상온에서 12시간 추출한 시료를 체류시간에 따라 2부분으로 분류하였다. 이때의 이동상 조성은 다음과 같으며 물/메탄올; 90/10 - 30/70 (vol. %, 5분), 30/70 - 10/90 (vol.%, 15분), 분석용 컬럼 (3.9 ${\times}$ 25 cm, $C_{18}$, 15 $\mu\textrm{m}$)에 세공크기가 300 $\AA$인 충진물을 충전하여 사용하였다. 홍경천 추출물을 이용한 미백성능 측정에서는 알부틴에 비해 효율적인 결과를 얻지 못했지만, 체류 시간에 따라 2부분으로 분리하여 각 부분에 대한 미백성능 검사 결과, melanin-a를 이용하여 in-vivo에서 수행한 멜라닌 합성율 비교한 실험에서 10 ppm의 농도를 기준으로 하는 경우, 알부틴의 45.6%보다 1.0∼4.0분 동안 수집한 #1과, 10.4∼17.6분 동안 수집한 #2가 각각 58.6%, 60%로 우수하게 멜라닌 합성을 저해하는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.83-89
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• 2009

This study was performed to improve antioxidant activities and skin-whitening effects of Rubus coreanus Miquel extracts by nano-encapsulation. R. coreanus was extracted at $60^{\circ}C$ and encapsulated by lecithin and gelagine. Nano-encapsulated extracts showed highest free radical scavengering effect as 97.62% in adding sample ($500\;{\mu}g/m{\ell}$), compared to the extracts from conventional processes. It was showed strong inhibition effect on melanin production test by Clone M-3 cells as 55.23%. High inhibitory potency on tyrosinase was also measured as 155.8% by adding nano-sample of 1 $mg/m{\ell}$. The improvement of biological activity was demonstrated by real time confocal microscope. We could consider that the water soluble extracts of R. coreanus could be definitely enhanced by nano-encapsulated as a potent natural resources for antioxidant and skin-whitening agent.