Antioxidant Effects of Korean Red Ginseng Components on the Antioxidant Enzymes Activity and Lipid Peroxidation in the Liver of Mouse Treated with Paraquat

Paraquat 투여 생쥐 간에서 홍삼 추출물이 항산화효소 활성과 지질과산화에 미치는 항산화 효과

  • Lee Hwa-Jae (Department of Clinical pathology, Sohae Junior college) ;
  • Kim Dong-Yun (Department of Radiation, Sohae Junior college) ;
  • Chang Che-Chul (Department of Chemistry, Kunsan National University)
  • 이화재 (서해대학 임상병리과) ;
  • 김동윤 (서해대학 방사선과) ;
  • 장재철 (군산대학교 자연과학대학 화학과)
  • Published : 1999.09.01

Abstract

For the determination of anti oxidative effects of Korean red ginseng extracts, 100 mg/kg body weight of paraquat(1,1-dimethyl-4,4-bipyrimidinium dichloride) was injected to peritoneal cavity of 6 weeks 23-27 g of ICR mail mice which were pretreated with 200 mg/kg body weight of korean red ginseng extracts(total saponin, water extracts, alcohol extracts, lipophilic extracts) and ascorbic acid for 5 days. Most of mice died of paraquat toxicity within 4 days except only $30\%$ of ascorbic acid group. The hepatic total-SOD activity in liver was highest in ascorbic acid group and lipophilic ginseng extracts group next (p<0.0l). The level of hepatic hydroperoxide was lowest in the order of in alcohol extracts group, lipophilic extracts group and ascorbic acid group (p<0.0l). The highest catalase activity was induced by ascorbic acid followed by water extracts and lipophillic extracts (p<0.01). Finally, the lipid peroxidation level (malondialdehyde:MDA) was the lowest in water extracts group and ascorbic acid next (p<0.01). The highest MDA level was appeared in praquat group and next total saponin group next. In conclusion, the order of effectiveness of antioxidants was found to be ginseng water extracts> ascorbic acid> lipophillic extracts> other ginseng extracts. It was also found that any predominant antioxidant was not effective evenly to all of antioxidant test.

본 연구에서 홍삼의 항산화 효과를 알아보기 위하여 생쥐에 홍삼의 총사포닌 분획, 수용성 추출물, 알코올 추출물, 지용성 분획과 ascorbic acid를 투여(200mg/kg/0.1ml)한 후 paraquat(PQ) 100mg/kg을 복강투여 하였을 때 활성산소 라디칼의 생성을 촉진시킨 후 간에서 $H_2O_2$ 함량, SOD, catalase, GP의 량을 측정한 결과 총사포닌 투여군을 제외한 홍삼추출물 투여 후 PQ투여군 치가 PQ 단독 처리군에 비하여 $H_2O_2$ 생성량이 유의성(p<0.01) 있게 감소 억제되었다. 한편 항산화효소의 활성은 PQ단독 처리군에 비하여 SOD는 홍삼추출물 투여 모든 군에서 유의성있는 증가를 하였고, catalase는 수용성 추출물과 지용성 분획 투여군에서 증가하였으며, CP는 지용성 분획에서 유의성(p<0.01)있는 증가를 보였다. 그리고 지질과산화에서 PQ처리는 지질과산화 경향 MDA량이 증가되는 것을 볼 수 있었고, 홍삼추출물 투여는 PQ단독 처리군에 비하여 지질과산화 경향에서 MDA량은 억제되는 경향을 보였다.

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