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Assay development and HTS on microfluidic Lab-on-a-chip

  • Yang, Eun-Gyeong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Applied Pharmacology
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    • 2002.07a
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    • pp.73-78
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    • 2002
  • Microfluidic lab-on-a-chip (LOC) systems have enabled a new generation ofassay technologies in chemical and biomedical sciences. Caliper's microfluidic LOC systems contain a network of microscopic channels through which fluids and chemical are moved in order to perform experiments. The main advantages of these continuous-flow devices are integration and automation of multiple steps in complex analytical procedures to improve the reproducibility of the results, and eliminated the manual labor, time and pipetting errors involved in analyses. The present talk is devoted to give a brief introduction of microfluidic basics and to present in applying continuous-flow microchips to drug screening with model enzyme assays.

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Discovery of Novel Transcription Factor Inhibitors Using a Pyrazole-based Small Molecule Library

  • Ha, Hyung-Ho;Kim, B.Moon
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.323-327
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    • 2008
  • A focused library of pyrazole-based compounds was constructed towards novel transcription factor inhibitors. Complementary hydrogen bonding interaction with b-sheet peptide structures was the basis for the design of 5-amino-3-pyrazole carboxamide scaffold. From the preliminary inhibition assay against several transcription factors, compounds 7e and 8g were identified as novel lead compounds against HIF-1a and NF-AT transcription factors, respectively.

Synthesis and Preliminary Biological Studies of Novel Retinamide Derivatives

  • Sin, Hong-S.;Kwon, Youn-J.;Han, Hye-S.;Park, Si-H.;Park, Moong-S.;Rho, Young-S.;Um, Soo-J.
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.23 no.12
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    • pp.1806-1810
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    • 2002
  • We have described the synthesis and biological activity of novel retinamide . The retinamide derivatives were synthesized by introducing functional side chains into the 4-hydroxy group of 4-HPR. The activities could be dependent on the side chain length, functional group, and hetero atom. The antiprolife-rative potential of the derivatives was assessed by MTT assay in HCT116 cancer cell lines.

Antioxidant Polyphenol Glycosides from the Plant Draba nemorosa

  • Rahman, Md. Aziz Abdur;Moon, Surk-Sik
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.28 no.5
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    • pp.827-831
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    • 2007
  • Bioassay-directed fractionation of Draba nemorosa led to the isolation of two new phenolic glycosides, 1-O- (sinapoyl)-glucitol (2) and 1,3-disinapoylgentiobiose (5) along with five known phenolic glycosides (1, 3, 4, 6, and 7). Their structures were characterized based on spectroscopic methods (2D NMR, HRTOFMS, IR, and UV). The isolated compounds showed antioxidant activities (IC50) in the range of 14-98 mM which were estimated by DPPH radical-scavenging assay.

The comparative study on Cell Cytotoxicity of H2O2 and Grapefruit Seed extract (콘택트렌즈 보존제 H2O2와 자몽씨 추출물의 세포 독성 비교 연구)

  • Kim, In-Suk;Yoo, Geun-Chang
    • Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.173-180
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    • 2004
  • This study aims to investigate the effects of hydrogen peroxide and grapefruit seed extract used as a chemical and natural disinfectants on human conjunctival cells in vitro. The main component of grapefruit seed extract is a narigin. It is one of the flavonoid types in citrus fruits and f1avonoids are widely recognized as naturally occurring(삭제) antioxidants. Cytotoxicity was determined by mitochondrial activity(MTT assay) and DNA damage was analyzed by measuring Comet assay. In LDH assay, 5% of grapefruits seed extract has been observed as a material is giving recovery effect of damaged cultured conjuctival cells by hydrogen peroxide. And also, each of concentrations has been treated simultaneously with same amounts and cytotoxicity of hydrogen peroxide and grapefruit seed extract have been estimated by LDH leakage assay after 24 hours. In conclusion, H2O2-induced cytotoxicity, apoptosis were Significantly prevented by grapefruit seed extract. It is a main component of bioflavonoids that we can simply take it as food. The present results suggest that grapefruit seed extract is a useful disinfectanct having antioxidant and antiapoptopic activity as a natural product.

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Functional Cosmetic Effect of Porcine Placeta (Porcine Placenta의 기능성 화장품소재 특성)

  • Kim, Bo Young;Kim, Tagon;Kang, Whan Yul;Baek, Hyun;Cheon, Hae Young;Kim, Donguk
    • Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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    • v.48 no.3
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    • pp.327-331
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    • 2010
  • Porcine placenta was treated with alkali, acid and enzyme treatment to obtain extracts. Heavy metal contents such as Pb, As, and Hg were low enough to satisfy cosmetic agent standard. As a result of safety test(MTT assay), porcine placenta extracts showed over 80% of cell viability at $50{\mu}g/ml$, and cell toxicity was relatively lower. From antioxidation test using DPPH free radical scavenging assay, antioxidation effect was highest as 63% at $50{\mu}g/ml$ when porcine placenta was treated with alkali in pH 9. From whitening effect test using tyrosinase inhibition assay, tyrosinase inhibition effect was 30% at $50{\mu}g/ml$ concentration in alkali treated procine placenta, however, the efficiency was lower compared with arbutin or vitamin C. In anti-wrinkle effect test from elastase inhibition assay, elastase inhibition effects were 20~30% at $50{\mu}g/ml$ for 5 kinds of porcine placenta treatments, which was superior to standard, and especially, protease treated extracts showed best results. Skin formulation including 1% porcine placenta was made and the formulation was very stable for temperature and storage period. From this research, porcine placenta extract showed high potential for anti-wrinkle functional cosmetic agent.

Antiviral Triterpenes from Prunella vulgaris

  • Ryu, Shi-Yong;Lee, Chong-Kyo;Lee, Chong-Ock;Kim, Hae-Soo;Zee, Ok-Pyo
    • Archives of Pharmacal Research
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.242-245
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    • 1992
  • Two triterpenes 1 and 2 with antiviral activity against Herpes simplex virus type 1 in vitro were isolated from Prunella vulgaris. Each compound caused a significant reduction in viral cytopathic effect when vero cells were exposed to them for 72 hours after viral challenge. They were identified as betulinic acid (1) and $2\alpha, 3\alpha$-dihydroxyurs-12-en-28-oic acid(2) on the basis of their spectroscopic properties. The antiviral activity of them was estimated as $EC_{50}=30\;\mu$g/ml(1) and $8\;\mu$g/ml(2), respectively by plaque reduction assay.

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Evaluation of the Convergence Efficacy of Cosmetic Products Containing Pleurotus eringii Extracts (Pleurotus eringii 추출물을 함유한 화장품의 복합효능 평가)

  • Kwon, Hye-Jin
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.545-550
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    • 2017
  • This study conducted an experiment to develop new raw ingredients for natural cosmetics by evaluating the efficacy of cosmetic products containing the extracts of Pleurotus eringii mushrooms grown without agricultural chemicals. To this end, purchased were Pleurotus eringii mushrooms grown without agricultural chemicals in South Gyeongsang province, South Korea in 2016; extraction was conductedwith 80% EeOH at room temperature after dry ing them. The study identified the excellent efficacy of the extracts after evaluating the antioxidant activity using the DPPH assay and ROS assay. According to the evaluation of he categories of moisture, oil, pH and pigment after the application of a cream-type facial mask pack containing 5% of the extracts, there were significant differences in the categories of moisture and oil on the T-zone area, and no statistically significant differences in the categories of oil change on the U-zone, pH and pigment. However as the extracts of Pleurotus eringii mushrooms had excellent efficacy in all categories compared to the control group, the efficacy of the extracts as a cosmetic raw ingredient could be identified. It is expected that this study may further contribute to developing more advanced raw ingredients, given the extract and cultivation conditions by concentration.