• Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.337-340
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• 2008

This study was conducted to compare the contents of fatty acids and phytosterols in Glehnia littoralis according to habitat areas. In leaves of G. littoralis collected from Yeong-deok, fatty acids contents was higher than that of the other aeras, while there was no difference in contents of roots and seeds according to habitat areas. Average phytosterols contents of 10 habitat areas were $3.8{\mu}g\;g^{-1}$ (campestreol) $16.8{\mu}g\;g^{-1}$ (stigmasterol) and $3.7{\mu}g\;g^{-1}$ ($\beta$-sitosterol), respectively. G. littoralis collected from Uljin showed the highest phytosterols contents than that of the other aeras.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.35 no.3 s.138
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• pp.255-258
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• 2004

Chinese cabbage (Brassica campestris ssp pekinensis) is one of the most popular green vegetables in Cruciferae family, which consisted in many Korean food. All kinds of Chinese cabbage are used both fresh and cooked with certain varieties being more suitable than others for some uses. A unique dish, Kimchi, has been developed in Korea and elsewhere by fermenting Chinese cabbage and pickling it in salt solution. Though lots of beneficial effect of Kimchi on human health has been published before, it is still debatable and in vague on the active origin of the Kimchi or of the Chinese cabbage responsible for the corresponding biological activities. We have recently conducted photochemical investigation of the Chinese cabbage, which is the main ingredient of the Korean traditional food, Kimchi. The MeOH extract of Chinese cabbage was partitioned with ethylacetate and BuOH, successively. The ethyl acetate soluble part was subjected to column chromatography with silica gel and RP-18, which gave finally five minor components, i.e., ${\beta}-sitosterol$ (1), indole-3-acetonitrile (2), 4-methoxyindole-3-acetonitrile (3), methyl ferulate (4), glycerol 1-(9,12,15-octadecatrienoate) (5). The structures of them were established on the basis of spectral $(^1H-NMR,\;^{13}C-NMR)$ evidences.

• YAKHAK HOEJI
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• v.40 no.3
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• pp.251-261
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• 1996

Acanthopanax divaricatus Seem. is a medicinal plant growing widely through out Korea, Japan and China. The plant material of Acanthopanax spp. is used as analgesic , tonic, sedative drug as well as for the treatment of hypertension, rheumatism and diabetes. From the stem barks and root barks of A. divaricatus, diterpenoid compound was isolated and identified as pamaric acid ($C_{20}H_{30}O_2,\;mp\;164^{\circ}C$), lignan compounds were isolated and identified as d-sesamin ($C_{20}H_{18}O_6,\;mp\;123{\sim}124^{\circ}C$), eletheroside E ($C_{34}H_{46}O_{18},\;mp\;257{\sim}259^{\circ}C$), three sterol compounds were identified as ${\beta}$-sitosterol, campesterol, stigmasterol, and six fatty acid compounds were identified as stearic acid, palmitic acid, oleic acid, linolenic acid, arachidonic acid and behenic acid. And also leaves of A. divaricatus, chiisanoside were identified, one of secotriterpenoidal compound(white amorphorous powder crystal, mp $228^{\circ}C$). Anticancer activity and nephrotoxicity were tested by MTT assay. Anticancer effect of chiisanoside was much lower than that of cisplatin.

• Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.113-118
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• 1997

Phytochemical analysis on rice bran and its pitch was performed by the tool of TLC, UV- and IR-spetroscopy, so that it was found that they contained ${\gamma}-oryzanol$ and free sterol. GC-MS analysis of free sterol revealed that it was composed of ${\beta}-sitosterol$, campesterol and stigmasterol. Successive phytochemical analysis of ${\gamma}-oryzanol$ revealed that it was composed of ferulic acid ester of triterpene and sterol, respectively. Triterpene moieties of ${\gamma}-oryzanol$ were identified as follows: cycloartanol, cycloartenol, 24-methylenecycloartanol and unknown triterpene; And sterol moieties were found to be identical with free sterols. In addition, characteristic absorption band in UV spectrum (220-340 nm) was exclusively due to ${\gamma}-oryzanol$. Thus, it was suggested that rice brans of nearly all species of Oryza sativa can be quantitatively analyzed by UV absorption spectrometry, even when water soluble pigments was contained in the rice bran.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.394-397
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• 2007

Investigation of the chemical constituents of the dichloromethane extract from the moss Hylocomium splendens has led to the isolation of $5{\alpha},8{\alpha}$-epidioxy-24(S)-ethylcholesta-6,22-dien-$3{\beta}$-ol (1), diploptene (2), ${\beta}-sitosterol$ (3), and 1-hexacosanol (4). The chemical structures of 1 - 4 were established by spectroscopic methods including extensive 1D and 2D NMR analysis. This is the first isolation of compound 1 from the mosses, although it has been isolated from marine sponge.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.1-10
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• 1987

For surveying of constituents concerning the flavor of the dried tomato fruits, nonvolatile components such as minerals, sugars, free amino acids, nucleotides and lipids were analyzed and determined. Potassium, calcium and phosphorus were the major conatituents of ashes, but trace amounts of cadmium and lead were determined. Glucose and fructose were the major constituents in sugars, and the latter slightly showed higher value than the former. The content of total free amino acids was 8322.5mg%, and that of the major components such as asparagine, aspartic acid, urea. glutamic acid, ${\beta}-alanine$ and ${\gamma}-aminobuthyric$acid showed 58.01% to the total amount. The nucleotides were composed of CMP, UMP, GMP and IMP, and CMP among them showed the highest value as about 58.07% to the total amount. On the other hand, IMP showed the lowest one. The major components of the total fatty acids from the saponifiable fraction in the lipids were $C_{18:2}$, $C_{18:1}$ and $C_{16:0}$ and those of the total sterols from unsaponifiable one were stigmasterol and ${\beta}-sitosterol$.

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.351-355
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• 2007

Solvent-extracted volatile components from dry powder prepared from Citrus unshiu products such as immature Citrus unshiu (PCU), mature Citrus unshiu (MCU), Citrus unshiu peel (CUP), and citrus juice processing wastes (CJPW), were examined. Also, solvent-extracted volatile components from mushroom mycelia of Pycnoporus coccineus (PC), Lentinus edodes (LE), Pleurotus eryngii (PE), Hericium coralloides (HC), Panellus serotinus (PS), and Ganoderma lucidum(GL), all cultivated using citrus pulp solid media, were assayed. Twenty-nine volatile components were identified in dry powder prepared Citrus unshiu and 18 volatile components were characterized from mushroom mycelia. Of these, ${\beta}-elemene$, germacrene-D, and ${\delta}-cadinene$, were derived from CJPW, but caryophyllene, hexadecanoic acid, decanoic acid, and tetradecanoic acid were synthesized by mushroom mycelia.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.225-230
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• 2016

Phytochemical investigation from the stem bark of Beilschmiedia pulverulenta resulted in the isolation of five lignans, (+)-yangambin (1), (+)-sesartemin (2), (+)-excelsin (3), (+)-sesamin (4), and (+)-syringaresinol (5), together with lupeol (6), lupenone (7), ${\beta}-sitosterol$ (8), and ${\beta}-sitostenone$ (9). Their structures were established by the analysis of their spectroscopic (1D and 2D NMR) and spectrometric (MS) data, as well as by comparison with those reported in the literature. The isolated lignans were tested for their anticholinesterase (AChE: acetylcholine esterase and BChE: butyryl cholineesterase) and anti-inflammatory (COX-2: cyclooxygenase-2 and LOX: lipoxygenase) activities. All the isolated lignans (1 - 5) exhibited significant inhibition activities in AChE/BChE and COX-2/LOX assays with $IC_{50}$ values ranging from $168.8-504.2{\mu}M$ and $21.0-59.4{\mu}M$, respectively.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.300-304
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• 2004

Five caffeic acid derivatives; methyl ester of caffeoylglycolic acid (1), dimethyl ester of caffeoyltartaric acid (2), dimethyl ester of caffeoyltartronic acid (3), monomethyl ester of caffeoyltartronic acid (4), methyl ester of caffeic acid (5), and some other secondary metabolites including; quercetin, quercetin 3-O-$\beta$-D-glucuronide methyl ester, kaempferol, 3,5,7,4'-O-tetramethylkaempferol, $\beta$-sitosterol glucoside, 2$\alpha$-hydroxyursolic acid and 2,24-dihydroxyursolic acid, have been isolated and characterized. All the isolated compounds were characterized with the help of NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. Structure of compound 3 was also confirmed by a single X-ray crystallographic technique. Isolates were evaluated for anti-oxidant activities and most of the tested compounds were found to be potent in DPPH free radical scavenging ($IC_{50}{\;}={\;}4.56-14.17{\;}{\mu\textrm{g}}/mL$) and superoxide anion scavenging ($IC_{50}{\;}={\;}0.58-7.39{\;}{\mu\textrm{g}}/mL$) assays.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.46 no.2
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• pp.93-98
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• 2015

Eleven compounds, lupenone (1), lupeol (2), stigmasterol (3), β-sitosterol (4), 24-methylene-3,4-seco-cycloart-4(28)-en-3-oic acid (5), 24-methylene-3,4-seco-cycloart-4(28)-en-3-methyl ester (6), (+)-(1S,4R)-7-hydroxycalamenene (7), hibicuslide C (8), isopropyl-${\beta}$-D-glucopyranoside (9), syringaresinol-4'-O-${\beta}$-D-glucoside (10), and rutin (11) were isolated from the aerial parts of Abutilon theophrasti. The chemical structures of compounds 1-11 were determined by the basis of physicochemical properties and spectroscopic methods such as 1D and 2D NMR. These compounds were isolated from this plant for the first time. In addition, compounds 6 and 9 were obtained for the first time as natural products not as synthetics.