• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.858-862
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• 2001

The purpose of this research was to investigate the effects of nondigestible oligosaccharides (NDO) from red ginseng marc on the growth of Bifidobacterium spp. Red ginseng marc, a fibrous byproduct of ginseng extract from processing, was destarched by ${\alpha}$-amylase and amyloglucosidase treatment, and then treated with a commercial pectinase to produce NDO. The bifidogenic effects of NDO on B. adolescentis, B. animalis, B. breve, and B. longum were investigated in vitro. NDO significantly promoted the growth of Bifidobacterium spp. The growth, decrease of pH, and organic acid formation (acetate, lactate, formate) were markedly different among the species. B. adolescentis showed the best growth and produced the greatest amount of organic acids. When NDO was used as a carbon source in the cocultivation of Bifidobacterium spp. and Clostridium perfringens, the growth of Bifidobacterium spp. was not influenced by the existence of Cl. perfringens. The result strongly suggested that NDO from red ginseng marc could be used as a potential bifidogenic source.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.174-179
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• 1997

In order to investigate effect of glucooligosaccharide (GOS) prepared by extrusion process as a bifidogenic factor, cultivation of Bifidobacterium sp., Bacteroides fragilis and Clostridium perfringens was done and analyzed. B. fragilis and C. perfringens were able to utilize only 16% and 11% of the oligosaccharides in GOS, respectively, whilst Bifidobacterium sp. FBD-22 could utilize 38%. Especially, many kinds of oligo saccharides in GOS were able to be utilized selectively only by Bifidobacterium sp.. In case that GOS, as a carbon source, was used in the co-cultivation by Bifidobacterium sp., B. fragilis and C. perfringens, growth of Bifidobacterium sp. was not influenced by the existence of B. fragilis and C. perfringens. Bifidobacterium sp. showed advantage on carbon source competition for GOS with B. fragilis. Acetic acid, antimicrobial agent in the intestine, was produced two times more from GOS than glucose in co-cultures of three strains. Therefore, it is suggested that GOS can be a potent bifidogenic factor which proliferates the population of Bifidobacterium sp. and may finally improve the intestinal environments of human.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.78-81
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• 2015

1,4-Dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid (DHNA) is a bifidogenic growth stimulator (BGS) and could be a functional food ingredient since bifidobacteria are beneficial for human health. For that reason, lactic acid bacteria producing DHNA have been screened. A lactic acid bacterium LP1 strain isolated from a natural cheese was confirmed to produce DHNA, analyzed by a HPLC method. The strain was identified as Lactobacillus casei by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. The cell-free supernatant of fermented whey produced by L. casei LP1 presented the BGS activity for three bifidobacterial strains such as Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis KCTC 3127, Bifidobacterium bifidum KCTC 3202, and Bifidobacterium breve KCTC 3220 which were human-originated. To the best of our knowledge, a L. casei strain which can produce DHNA was firstly identified in this study.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.292-295
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• 2013

Fermented whey solution presenting bifidogenic growth stimulation (BGS) activity was processed as prototypes such as sterilized fermented whey (SFW), spray-dried fermented whey (SDFW), and freeze-dried fermented whey (FDFW) and their BGS activities were compared. In optical density ($OD_{600}$) test, the BGS activity of three prototypes, which showed similar activities, were significantly different with non-fermented whey solution adjusted to pH 4.5 as a control (P<0.05). In viable cell count test, SDFW had the most positive influence than other prototypes on the BGS activity even though the difference was not significant. However, the activities of all prototypes were significantly different than the negative control (no addition). These results indicate that the processed prototypes of fermented whey solution show BGS activities and might be commercialized, with further evidences, in animal or human studies.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.83-86
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• 2012

To support beneficial effects of makgeolli for human health, we investigated for the presence of 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid (DHNA), a bifidogenic growth stimulator (BGS), from commercial makgeolli products. Among eleven makgeolli products (A~K), four showed positive peaks for DHNA in high performance liquid chromatography analysis. Makgeolli product A in particular contained the highest concentration of DHNA (0.44 ppm), as confirmed by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. Furthermore, BGS activity of the makgeolli product A was higher than those of products in which DHNA was not detected. These results indicate that makgeolli can be a good source for DHNA and that DHNA-enriched makgeolli could be developed by modifying manufacturing procedures and controlling its microbiota.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.386-389
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• 2011

Previous studies have confirmed that fermented whey produced by Leuconostoc mesenteroides CJNU 0147 or Lactobacillus casei CJNU 0588 display bifidogenic growth stimulator (BGS) activity. The present study sought to determine if the strain itself can improve the growth of bifidobacteria in co-cultures. In reinforced clostridial medium (RCM), both strains stimulated the growth of a Bifidobacterium lactis strain during the exponential phase and also stimulated the growth during almost all growth phases in whey broth. Fermented whey containing viable Leu. mesenteroides CJNU 0147 and L. casei CJNU 0588 cells maintained viability of the B. lactis strain stored at $10^{\circ}C$ in MRS broth. Viable cell count of the B. lactis strain without the fermented whey was decreased to 5.6 log cfu/mL after 15 days, whereas that of the strain with the fermented whey was slightly increased to 7.1 log cfu/mL as compared with initial viable cell count of 6.9 log cfu/mL.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.442-449
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• 1998

CGTase를 이용한 당전이 xylitol의 합성과 당전이 xylitol의 비피더스균 생육증식 효과에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 수종의 세균류가 분비하는 CGTase의 xylitol에 대한 당전이능을 비교하였으며, Thermoanaerobacter sp. 유래의 CGTase가 가장 우수한 당전이능을 보였다. 각종 당공여체를 검토한 결과 압출전분이 가장 우수한 결과를 보였으며, 당전이 효소반응의 최적 조건을 검토하였다. 생성된 당전이 xylitol을 활성탄-셀라이트 칼럼 크로마토그래피를 이용하여 분리하여 두 개의 fraction인 F-I, F-II를 얻었다. 이들의 당쇄결합 양상을 FAB mass spectrometer와 $^{13}$C-NMR spectrometer, 그리고 glucoamylase을 이용한 효소소화법을 이용하여 분석한 결과 xylitol에 glucose와 maltose 분자가 $\alpha$-1,4 결합되어 있는 것으로 유추되었다. 얻어진 당전이 xylitol은 xylitol과는 달리 Bifidobacterium breve에 대한 생육촉진효과를 보였다.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.20-23
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• 1998

재배 상황버섯의 유산균 증식 효과를 측정한 결과 B. breve에 대한 증식 효과와 배양배지의 pHwj하 효과가 우수했다. 사람 및 흰주의 장내 세균을 버섯추출물 함유 배니에서 배양시 배지의 pH저하 효과가 우수할뿐만아니라 ${\beta}-glucosidase$의 효소 활성을 억제하였다. 그외에도 대장암 및 방광암 등의 원이효소로 주목되고 있는 사람 및 흰쥐의 장내 세균총 효소인 ${\beta}-glucosidases$ 및 tryptophanase 효소 활성을 억제하였다. 이외에도 인슐린 비의존형 당뇨병의 치료제로 사용되는 acarbose보다는 약하지만 maltase, sucrase 및 알파아밀라제를 효과적으로 저해하였다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제24권7호
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• pp.784-790
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• 2014

인위적 환경에서 사육된 파리유충은 곤충 의생명소재로서 잠재성을 갖는다. 본 연구는 파리유충 에탄올추출물(EM)을 랫드에게 추출물을 투여하지 않은 대조군과 생체중 100 g 당 추출물 4.0, 6.0, 8.0 mg으로 구분하여 40일동안 경구투여 하였다. 혈액 중성지방, 총콜레스테롤 및 LDL-C는 대조군과 비교할 때 EM 투여군에서 각각 17.90, 17.60, 16.37% 낮아졌으나 HDL-C는 120.48% 유의하게 증가하였다(p<0.05). 흉선, 비장은 대조군과 비교할 때 EM 투여군에서 각각 121.42, 121.42% 농도 의존적으로 증가하였으나 복강지방은 39.66% 유의하게 감소하였다(p<0.05). 혈액 IgG, IgA, IgM 농도는 대조군과 비교할 때 EM 투여군에서 각각 135.14, 168.65, 290.16% 유의하게 증가하였다(p<0.05). Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus는 EM 투여군이 대조군과 비교할 때 각각 141.68, 135.55% 증가하였으나 Bacteroides, Clostridium, Escherichia coli, Streptococcus는 각각 24.96, 46.37, 25.00, and 34.05% 유의하게 낮아졌다(p<0.05). 맹장에서 총유기산, 초산과 프로피온산은 EM 투여군이 대조군과 비교할 때 각각 131.11, 149.34, 124.88% 증가하였으나 뷰티르산, 이소뷰티르산, 발레르산, 이소발레르산은 각각 30.79, 72.64, 32.90, 63.16% 유의하게 감소하였다(p<0.05). 본 연구결과는 파리유충 에탄올추출물이 동물의 장 내 미생물 균총 유지 및 유기산 증식을 통한 복강지방, 혈액지질 감소 및 면역세포 발육과 관련한 비피더스 활성효과를 갖는다는 점을 나타낸다.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.867-873
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• 2015

1,4-Dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid (DHNA), a precursor of menaquinone (vitamin K2), has an effect on growth stimulation of bifidobacteria and prevention of osteoporosis, making it a promising functional food material. Therefore, we tried to clone the menB gene encoding DHNA synthase from Leuconostoc mesenteroides CJNU 0147. Based on the genome sequence of Leu. mesenteroides ATCC 8293 (GenBank accession no., CP000414), a primer set (Leu_menBfull_F and Leu_menBfull_R) was designed for the PCR amplification of menB gene of CJNU 0147. A DNA fragment (1,190 bp), including the menB gene, was amplified, cloned into pGEM-T Easy vector, and sequenced. The deduced amino acid sequence of MenB (DHNA synthase) protein of CJNU 0147 had a 98% similarity to the corresponding protein of ATCC 8293. The menB gene was subcloned into pCW4, a lactic acid bacteria - E. coli shuttle vector, and transferred to CJNU 0147. The transcription of menB gene of CJNU 0147 (pCW4::menB) was increased, when compared with those of CJNU 0147 (pCW4) and CJNU 0147 (−). The DHNA was produced from it at a detectable level, indicating that the cloned menB gene of CJNU 0147 encoded a DHNA synthase which is responsible for the production of DHNA, resulting in an increase of bifidogenic growth stimulation activity.