• 셀메드
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.13.1-13.5
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• 2015

Many patients with psoriasis look for treatment options other than conventional treatment to control their disease with less side effects. We evaluated the prevalence and characteristics of herbal therapy usage among patients with psoriasis in Turkey. A self-prepared questionnaire about herbal therapies was applied to the psoriatic patients attended our dermatology clinic between October 2013 and December 2013. A total of 100 patients (55 male, 45 female; 7 - 80 years of age) were included in this study. Fortynine percent of patients used at least one form of herbal therapies. Juniperus oxycedrus and Aloe vera were found to be the most frequently used plants. 36.7% of the patients get benefit from herbal therapy. Only 12.2% of patients had informed their clinicians during or after herbal therapy usage. 22.4% of the patient had continued conventional treatment during herbal therapies. Side effects related with herbal therapy were developed in 26.5% of the patients. The risk of side effects was found to be 5.23 times more in patients using phytotherapies systemically compared with ones using topically. Our results show that herbal therapy usage is common among patients with psoriasis in Turkey. Since herbal therapies have the potential of interacting with the medical treatment modalities and causing life threatening allergic reactions, clinicians should be aware of plants used in psoriasis and possible adverse reactions related with them and also should not forget asking about herbal therapy history.

• International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.63-74
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• 2019

In recent time, herbal information and products have been used to treat different sicknesses and diseases such as arthritis, insomnia, ulcer, diabetes, cough, fever, constipation and cardiovascular problems. Several researches conducted have given birth to the use of different herbal products (such as rosemary Lavenders, sage, curry leaf' Tea bush, Bitter leaf, Thyme, garlic, ginger, Ginseng and Aloe Vera) for medicinal and culinary purposes. Due to the ever increasing importance of herbal research information, there is need for adequate and proper management of herbal research information. This article examines the need for information management in herbal research, characteristics of herbal research information as well as the nexus of trends of information management in herbal research. It discusses and identifies the roles of libraries in the management of herbal research information. The paper also identifies some emerging ICT tools used for information management in herbal research. It concludes that apart from helping to preserve valuable information on herbal medicinal research, proper management of herbal research information also help to lpreserve the indigenous knowledge of the people from being lost as a result of factors such as acculturation and biodiversity. The paper recommends that government and information agencies should draw up strategy for proper management of herbal research information as this will enhance access to quality herbal information.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.1445-1453
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• 2023

In 2022, the domestic production performance of functional cosmetics in South Korea reached 4.6 trillion won, accounting for 33.85% of the total cosmetics production. The number of functional cosmetics reviewed increased by about 7.5% from the previous year, totaling 974 items. Especially with the increasing importance of the skin barrier function due to skin sensitivity caused by various environmental pollutants, domestic cosmetic companies are showing interest in the development of new ingredients and products related to this area. This study aims to analyze academic research trends related to in vitro experiments for the development of cosmetics improving the skin barrier, to provide practical information for the cosmetic industry. The findings are as follows: Academic research mainly focused on the efficacy of natural ingredients in improving the skin barrier, but there is a significant lack of quantitative accumulation of research. For the development of skin barrier-improving cosmetic ingredients, efficacy evaluation indicators were set, including hyaluronic acid production, expression of filaggrin gene, loricrin, formation of cornified envelope (CE), and expression of ceramide synthesis enzyme genes. Moreover, effective cosmetic ingredients for improving the skin barrier included lemongrass and perilla leaf extracts, flavonoids, Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis, Exosomelike Nanovesicles derived from apple callus, Eleutherococcus sessiliflorus, Acanthopanax sessiliflorus, Eleutherococcus gracilistylus, Acer okamotoanum extracts, Aloe vera adventitious root extract, ethanol extract of Aruncus dioicus, and organic solvent fraction of Dracocephalum argunense.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권10호
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• pp.5753-5759
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• 2013

Curcumin and curcumin containing polyherbal preparations have demonstrated anti-microbial and antiviral properties in pre-clinical studies. Till date no therapeutic intervention has been proved to be effective and safe in clearing established cervical human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. The present study evaluated the efficacy of Basant polyherbal vaginal cream (containing extracts of curcumin, reetha, amla and aloe vera) and of curcumin vaginal capsules to eliminate HPV infection from cervix. Women were screened by Pap smear and HPV DNA test by PCR. HPV positive women without high grade cervical neoplasias (N=287) were randomized to four intervention arms to be treated with vaginal Basant cream, vaginal placebo cream, curcumin vaginal capsules and placebo vaginal capsules respectively. All subjects were instructed to use one application of the assigned formulation daily for 30 consecutive days except during menstruation and recalled within seven days of the last application for repeat HPV test, cytology and colposcopy. HPV clearance rate in Basant arm (87.7%) was significantly higher than the combined placebo arms (73.3%). Curcumin caused higher rate of clearance (81.3%) than placebo though the difference was not statistically significant. Vaginal irritation and itching, mostly mild to moderate, was significantly higher after Basant application. No serious adverse events were noted.

• 한국응용약물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국응용약물학회 2003년도 Annual Meeting of KSAP : International Symposium on Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences on Obesity
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• pp.62-62
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• 2003

It is now convincing that free radical generation is involved in the pathophy siological mechanisms of ischemic stroke, particularly in ischemia-reperfusion injury. The present study, therefore, examined neuroprotective effect of aloesin isolated from Aloe vera, which was known to have antioxidative activity, in a rat model of transient focal cerebral ischemia. Transient focal cerebral ischemia was induced by occlusion of middle cerebral artery for 2 hr with a silicone-coated 4-0 nylon monofilament in male Sprague-Dawley rats under isoflurane anesthesia Aloesin (1, 3, 10, 30 and 50 mg/kg/injection) was administered intravenously 3 times at 0.5, 2 and 4 hr after onset of ischemia. Neurological score was measured 24 hr after onset of ischemia immediately before sacrifice. Seven serial coronal slices of the brain were stained with 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride and infarct size was measured using a computerized image analyzer. Treatment with the close of 1 or 50 mg/kg did not significantly reduce infarct volume compared with the saline vehicle-treated control group. However, treatments with the closes of 3 and 10 mg/kg significantly reduced both infarct volume and edema by approximately 47% compared with the control group, producing remarkable behavioral recovery effect. Treatment with the close of 30 mg/kg also significantly reduced infarct volume to a lesser extent by approximately 33% compared with the control group, but produced similar degree of behavioral recovery effect. In addition, general pharmacological studies showed that aloesin was a quite safe compound. The results suggest that aloesin can serve as a lead chemical for the development of neuroprotective agents by providing neuroprotection against focal ischemic neuronal injury.

• 한국식품조리과학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.599-610
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• 2011

남해군의 특용작물인 울금, 백년초, 알로에 및 아스파라거스가 혈청 지질 개선에 미치는 영향을 비교 분석하고자 1%의 콜레스테롤 첨가식이로 유발된 고콜레스테롤혈증 흰쥐를 이용하여 정상군, 고콜레스테롤 투여군을 대조군으로 하고, 특용작물 열수추출물 동결건조한 분말 1% 첨가 급이군을 실험군으로 하여 4주간 급이 후 실험하였다. 식이 섭취량과 체중증가는 실험군에 따른 유의차는 없었으나, 식이효율은 울금 추출분말 1% 급이군이 유의적으로 낮았다. 혈당은 실험군이 대조군에 비해 6.18~23.44% 정도 감소하였으며, 혈중 총 지질은 백년초 추출분말을 1% 급이군에서 374.99${\pm}$1.54 mg/dL로 실험군중에 가장 낮은 함량이었다. 총 콜레스테롤은 알로에 추출분말 첨가 급이군에서 가장 낮은 함량이었으며, 이는 정상군과 유의차가 없었다. 혈중 중성지질의 함량 또한 대조구에 비해 특용작물 추출분말 첨가군에서 낮았는데 아스파라거스 추출분말 첨가 급이군에서 50.00${\pm}$6.29 mg/dL로 가장 낮은 함량이었다. HDL-콜레스테롤은 울금 추출분말 급이군이 32.55${\pm}$6.16 mg/dL로 여타 실험군에 비해 유의적으로 높았으며, 정상군과 유의차가 없었다. LDL-콜레스테롤은 알로에 추출분말 급이군이 대조군에 비해 약 44% 더 낮았으며, VLDL-콜레스테롤은 아스파라거스 급이군에서 유의적으로 낮아 7.77${\pm}$0.72 mg/dL로 정상군 보다 29%나 더 낮았다. AI와 CRF는 울금과 알로에 추출분말 첨가군이 가장 낮았으며, 혈중 TBARS 함량과 DPPH radical 소거능은 백년초 추출분말 급이군에서 가장 효과적이었다. 간장에 함유되어 있는 총 지질 및 콜레스테롤 함량은 알로에 추출분말 급이군에서 가장 낮아 각각 134.54${\pm}$5.62 mg/g과 12.25${\pm}$3.07 mg/g 이었으며, TBARS 함량도 알로에 추출분말 첨가군이 가장 낮았다.

• 한국식품조리과학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.444-453
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• 2014

$15^{\circ}Bx$ 흑마늘 추출액 1%에 울금(ST1), 백년초(ST2), 아스파라거스(ST3) 및 알로에(ST4) 분말을 각각 0.3%씩 첨가한 소시지를 제조하여 $8^{\circ}C$에서 4주간 저장하면서 품질 변화를 살펴보았다. 색도는 흑마늘 추출물이 첨가된 대조구에 비해 백년초 분말을 첨가한 ST2에서 명도, 적색도가 가장 높게 측정되었으며, 황색도는 아스파라거스 분말을 첨가한 ST3에서 높게 측정되었다. 전단가는 저장 0일에 대조구가 $854.19{\pm}38.21cm/kg^2$으로 가장 높게 측정이 되었다. 산도는 pH와 유사한 경향으로 ST4가 가장 높았으며 대부분의 처리구가 저장 2주까지 증가하다가 감소하는 경향이었다. 총당은 저장 0일에 ST4가 $17.46{\pm}0.92mg/100g$으로 가장 높은 함량이었으며 전체적으로 저장기간의 경과에 따라 증가하였다. TBARS 함량은 처리구가 대조구에 비해 낮아지는 경향을 보였으나 전체적으로 저장기간이 경과함에 따라 모든 시료에서 유의적으로 증가하였다. ABTS 라디칼 소거능은 $1000{\mu}g/mL$ 농도에서 저장 0일에 $89.11{\pm}0.66{\sim}99.22{\pm}0.09%$의 높은 소거능을 보였다. 결과적으로 화학적 및 물리적 특성 결과와 비교했을 시 흑마늘에 특화작물의 첨가가 상품화 가능성이 있는 것으로 판단되었다.

• 대한약침학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.139-150
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• 2018

Averagely 80% to 90% of breastfeeding women experience the nipple pain and fissures. The important factor for successful breastfeeding is to treat this problem. This study has done as a review with the aim of analysis of the clinical trials in the field of the prevention and treatment of the nipple fissures and pain due to the importance of breastfeeding. For this purpose, the key words of sore, nipples, fissure, trauma, wound, prevention, treatment, therapeutics, therapy, clinical trial, breastfeeding and their Persian synonyms and all of their possible combinations were searched in the national databases: SID and Iran Medex and Magiran, and in the international databases: PubMed, Scopus, Medline, Science direct by May 2017. The Jadad criterion was used to assess the quality of the articles and the articles with a score of 3 or more were included in this study. Finally, 48 clinical trials were reviewed that 17 of them (sample size 1801) scored 3 or more based on the Jadad criterion. Seven articles were also in the non- drug treatment group (sample size 491) and 2 articles in the drug treatment group (sample size 337) and 8 articles in the herbal treatment group (sample size 973).The results show that menthol and warm water compress as well as teaching the correct breastfeeding methods are effective treatments to prevent and treat the nipple pain and fissures. Moreover, applying the herbal medicine for prevention and treatment of the issues raised from breastfeeding may have beneficial such as Aloe vera, Portulaca olearacea. However, more studies with a great methodology are necessary to obtain more accurate evidence.

• 대한본초학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.17-26
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• 2018

Objective : In this study, we investigated the effect of SAL5(mixing extracts of Schisandra chinensis Baillon, Artemisia capillaris Thunb., and Aloe vera Linne) on chronic ethanol-induced fatty liver model. Methods : Sprague-Dawley male rats were fed Liber-DeCarli (normal), ethanol liquid diet (control), SAL5 (200 mg/kg). We administrated the SAL5 on chronic ethanol-induced fatty liver model for 5 weeks. We measured alkaline phosphtase (ALP), alanine transminase (ALT), aspartate transminase (AST) and ${\gamma}-glutamyl$ transpeptase (${\gamma}-GTP$) in serum and triglyceride (TG), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase, glutathione (GSH) and malondialdehyde (MDA) level in liver. Liver histopathology was examined by Hematoxylin-eosin and Oil red O staining of the fixed liver tissues. Real-time PCR was performed to measure the mRNA expression of inflammatory cytokines and MMP-2, MMP-9. Results : SAL5 administration resulted in significantly decreased liver marker enzymes activities of alanine transminase (ALT), ${\gamma}-glutamyl$ transpeptase (${\gamma}-GTP$) in serum and triglyceride (TG) activities in liver. The control group decreased the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) with the reduced level of glutathione (GSH) in liver. On the other hand, SAL5 group increased the activities of SOD, CAT and the level of GSH. SAL5 delayed the development of an alcoholic fatty liver by reversing fat accumulation in the liver, as evidenced in histological observations. The gene expression of mRNA were significantly decreased at the $IL-1{\beta}$, $TNF-{\alpha}$, NOS-II and MMP-2 by SAL5. Conclusions : These results indicate that SAL5 might have protective effect chronic ethanol-induced fatty liver models.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.1383-1392
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• 2021

호장근, 적하수오, 대황, 알로에 등과 같은 생약재의 주요 약리 활성 성분인 emodin은 항산화, 항균, 항염, 항암, 간보호 등에 효능이 있는 것으로 보고되었다. 본 연구에서는 emodin의 피부 질환 및 기능성 소재로서의 활용 가능성을 알아보기 위해 염증 개선과 피부장벽기능 개선 관련 활성을 확인하였다. human keratinocyte인 HaCaT 세포에 대하여 항염효과를 관찰하기 위해 cytokine억제능은 ELISA kit로, 단백질 발현은 western blot으로 확인하였다. TNF-α (10 ng/mL)/IFN-γ (10 ng/mL)로 활성화된 HaCaT 세포에서 emodin을 농도별(5, 10, 20, 40) µM로 처리한 결과 TNF-α, IL-1β 및 IL-6의 생성량은 emodin의 농도가 증가함에 따라 감소됨을 확인하였다. 염증관련 단백질인 iNOS, COX-2 발현량에 대한 실험결과에서도 emodin 20 µM 농도에서 control 대비 iNOS는 48%, COX-2는 29%가 저해됨을 확인하였다. 피부장벽기능 개선의 지표로써 filaggrin, involucrin, loricirn의 mRNA 발현 정도와 filaggrin, involucrin, loricirn의 생성량을 확인한 결과 에모딘 농도에 의존적으로 증가하는 우수한 결과가 얻어졌다. 특히 20 µM 농도에서 대조군 대비 2배의 생성량 증가를 보인 filaggrin은 천연보습인자인 NMF의 형성에 관계되는 단백질로 각질층의 보습에 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 결론적으로 emodin의 피부 질환 및 기능성 소재로서의 활용 가능성 중 염증 개선 및 피부장벽기능 개선 소재로 활용될 수 있음을 확인하였으며 향후 추가적인 연구가 수행되면 그 활용 범위가 더 넓어질 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.