• 대한약침학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.344-353
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• 2022

Objectives: Auraptene is the most abundant natural prenyloxycoumarin. Recent studies have shown that it has multiple biological and therapeutic properties, including antioxidant properties. Erythrocytes are constantly subjected to oxidative damage that can affect proteins and lipids within the erythrocyte membrane and lead to some hemoglobinopathies. Due to the lack of sufficient information about the antioxidant effects of auraptene on erythrocytes, this study intended to evaluate the potential of this compound in protecting radical-induced erythrocytes damages. Methods: The antioxidant activity of auraptene was measured based on DPPH and FRAP assays. Notably, oxidative hemolysis of human erythrocytes was used as a model to study the ability of auraptene to protect biological membranes from free radical-induced damage. Also, the effects of auraptene in different concentrations (25-400 µM) on AAPH-induced lipid/protein peroxidation, glutathione (GSH) content and morphological changes of erythrocytes were determined. Results: Oxidative hemolysis and lipid/protein peroxidation of erythrocytes were significantly suppressed by auraptene in a time and concentration-dependent manner. Auraptene prevented the depletion of the cytosolic antioxidant GSH in erythrocytes. Furthermore, it inhibited lipid and protein peroxidation in a time and concentration-dependent manner. Likewise, FESEM results demonstrated that auraptene reduced AAPH-induced morphological changes in erythrocytes. Conclusion: Auraptene efficiently protects human erythrocytes against free radicals. Therefore, it can be a potent candidate for treating oxidative stress-related diseases.

• 대한약침학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.177-184
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• 2018

Objectives: Auraptene, a natural citrus coumarin, found in plants of Rutaceae and Apiaceae families. In this study, we investigated the effects of auraptene on tumor migration, invasion and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and -9 enzymes activity. Methods: The effects of auraptene on the viability of A2780 and Hela cell lines was evaluated by MTT assay. Wound healing migration assay and Boyden chamber assay were determined the effect of auraptene on migration and cell invasion, respectively. MMP-2 and MMP-9 activities were analyzed by gelatin zymography assay. Results: Auraptene reduced A2780 cell viability. The results showed that auraptene inhibited in vitro migration and invasion of both cells. Furthermore, cell invasion ability suppressed at $100{\mu}M$ auraptene in Hela cells and at 25, $50{\mu}M$ in A2780 cell line. Gelatin zymography showed that for Hela cell line, auraptene suppressed MMP-2 enzymatic activity in all concentrations and for MMP-9 at a concentration between 12.5 to $100{\mu}M$ in A2780 cell line. Conclusion: Auraptene inhibited migration and invasion of human cervical and ovarian cancer cells in vitro by possibly inhibitory effects on MMP-2 and MMP-9 activity.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.179-182
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• 2000

Nine compounds were isolated from the fruit Citrus junos. Their structures were elucidated as 9-hydroxy-4-methoxypsoralen, auraptene, limonin, deacetylnomilin, cirsimaritin, narirutin, naringin, hesperidin and neohesperidin by physico-chemical evidences. 9-Hydroxy-4-methoxypsoralen and auraptene have not been reported from C. junos yet.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.1081-1084
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• 2010

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2015

Activity-guided separation of the methylene chloride-soluble fraction of the leaves of Zanthoxylum schinifolium, resulted in the isolation of four coumarinoids (1 - 4), two triterpenoids (5, 6) and three fatty acid derivatives (7 - 9) as active principles. Their chemical structures were identified as collinin (1), 8-methoxyanisocoumarin (2), 7-(6'R-hydroxy-3',7'-dimethylocta-2',7'-dienyloxy)-coumarin (3), (E)-4-methly-6-(coumarin-7'-yloxy) hex-4-enal (4), lupeol (5), epi-lupeol (6), phytol (7), hexadec-3-enoic acid (8) and palmitic acid (9), on the basis of spectroscopic (1D, 2D and MS) data analyses and comparing with the data published in the literatures. Compounds 1 and 7 showed potent cytotoxicity against Jurkat T cells with $IC_{50}$ values of 45.58 and $47.51{\mu}M$, respectively. The others showed moderate activity with $IC_{50}$ values ranging around 80.58 to $85.83{\mu}M$, while the positive control, auraptene, possessed an $IC_{50}$ value of $55.36{\mu}M$.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제29권12호
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• pp.1119-1124
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• 2006

The methanol extract from the aerial parts of Dictamnus albus was active in inhibiting monoamine oxidase (MAO) from the mouse brain. Activity-guided fractionation led to the isolation of four known coumarins, 7-(6'R-hydroxy-3', 7'-dimethyl-2'E, 7'-octadienyloxy) coumarin (1), auraptene (2), umbelliferone (3), and xanthotoxin (4), as active compounds along with an inactive alkaloid, skimmianine (5). Compounds 1 and 2 inhibited MAO activity in a concentration-dependent manner with $IC_{50}$ values of 0.7 and $1.7\;{\mu}M$, respectively. Compounds 1 and 2 showed a slight and potently selective inhibitory effect against MAO-B ($IC_{50}\;0.5\;and\;0.6\;{\mu}M,\;respectively$) compared to MAO-A ($IC_{50}\;1.3\;and\;34.6\;{\mu}M,\;respectively$). According to kinetic analyses derived by Lineweaver-Burk reciprocal plots, compounds 1 and 2 exhibited a competitive inhibition to MAO-B.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권12호
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• pp.8836-8843
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• 2015

본 연구의 목적은 제주도 재래감귤인 팔삭과 이예감 초임계 추출물에 대한 인간 자궁암 세포인 HeLa 세포에서의 성장억제 효능을 탐색하고, 각 추출물에서의 유효 활성 성분을 분석하는데 있다. HeLa 세포에서의 성장억제 및 세포사멸 효능을 탐색하기 위해 MTT assay와 Hoechst 33342 염색을 수행하였으며, 성분분석은 가스크로마토그래피 질량분석기(GC/MS)를 이용하였다. 두 종류의 미성숙 감귤 과육, 과피 초임계 추출물에 대한 HeLa 세포의 성장 억제 효능을 비교해 본 결과, 과피 추출물은 팔삭과 이예감 모두 비슷한 세포사멸 효능을 나타냈다. 과피 추출물을 처리한 세포에서는 농도 의존적으로 성장률이 억제되었으며, 처리 농도 $400{\mu}g/mL$에서 팔삭과 이예감 추출물이 각각 87.16%와 92.95%의 세포사멸 효능을 나타냈으나, 과육 추출물의 세포 성장 억제 효능은 처리 농도 $400{\mu}g/mL$까지 관찰되지 않았다. Hoechst 33342 염색을 통해 apoptotic body 형성을 현미경으로 관찰한 결과, 100, $200{\mu}g/mL$ 과육 초임계 추출물을 처리한 세포에서는 apoptpotic body를 관찰할 수 없었으나, 동일한 농도의 과피 추출물을 처리한 세포의 경우에서는 apoptotic body가 현저하게 증가하는 것을 확인 할 수 있었다. GC/MS 분석을 통해 미성숙 팔삭 과육과 과피 초임계 추출물에서 각각 27개와 31개의 화합물을 검출하였으며, 미성숙 이예감 과육과 과피 초임계 추출물에서는 각각 27개와 29개의 화합물을 검출하였다. 팔삭 과피 초임계 추출물에는 1,1,4,4-Tetramethyl-2-tetralone(20.86%), alloimperatorin(8.15%), limonene (11.23%), auraptene(7.29%) 등이 주로 함유되어 있었으며, 이예감 과피 초임계 추출물에는 limonene(22.19%), linalool(11.23%), ${\gamma}$-sitosterol(9.12%) 등이 주로 함유되어 있었다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.546-554
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• 2006

식용 및 약용으로 이용되는 산초 (Zanthoxylum schinifolium) 잎에 함유된 항암활성 성분을 분리하기 위하여 산초잎을 유기용매로 추출하여, 각 추출물의 암세포에 대한 독성 및 세포자살 유도 활성을 조사하였다. Methanol, methylene chloride, ethyl acetate, n-butanol로 추출한 각 추출물의 세포 독성을 인체 급성백혈병 Jurkat T 세포주, estrogen receptor-positive 유방암 세포주 MDA 361과 estrogen receptor-negative 세포주 MDA 438를 대상으로 조사한 결과, 이들 암세포주에 대한 세포독성이 methylene chloride 추출물 (SL-14)에서 주로 확인되었다. Methylene chloride 추출물 (SL-14)의 Jurkat T세포주에 대한 세포독성의 기전은 mitochondria로부터cytochrome c 방출, 이에 뒤이은 caspase-9 및 caspase-3의 활성화, PARP 분해, jnternucleosomal DNAfragmentation등의 일련의 생화학적 과정을 통해 유도되며 또한 Bcl-xL의 ectopic overexpression에 의해서는 negative regulation되는 세포자살임을 확인하였다. 또한 SL-14를 GC-MS 분석하여, 9,19-cyclolanost-24-en-3-ol (15.1%), 2-a-methyl-17, b-hop-21-ene (15.1%), 15-methyl-2,3-dihydro-1H benzazepin (11.95%), phytol (10.38%), lupeol (9.92%), 12-methylbenzofuran (8.23%) 등을 포함한 22가지의 구성성분과 그 조성비를 확인하였다. 이상의 연구결과들은 식용 산초잎에 함유된 항암 활성으로서의 세포자살유도 활성의 규명과 이해에 유익하게 활용될 것으로 기대된다.