• 대한한방부인과학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.64-80
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• 2005

The pharmacological effects of medicinal remedies traditionally used in Asian countries for improving the blood circulation were examined on isolated rat thoracic aorta strips in organ baths. Each experimental medicine was consecutively extracted under reflux with water. Of 17 plants, Curcuma longa (CL) having the strongest acute relaxant activity in endothelium-intact arteries, Mucunae caulis (MC), Cirsium pendulum (CP), Rumex longiflius (RL), Paeonia suffruticosa (PS), Curcuma zedoaria (CZ), Scirpus maritimus (SM), Siphonostegia chinensis (SC), Leonurs sibiricus (LS) and Typha orientalis (TO) were showing dose-dependent relaxant activity. Long-term relaxant effects were showed in Curcuma aromatia (CA), MC, CP, RL, PS, Potulacae grandiflorae (PG), CZ, Panax notoginseng (PN), Achyranthes japonica (AJ), CL, SC, Lycoppus lucidus (LL) and Corydalis turtschaninovii (CT). In endothelium-injury test using carbachol, CL, SC, MC, RL and PS which are having the acute vasorelaxing activity and CA and CT which are not showing vasorelaxaing activity were damaged to endothelium. As a result of this study, the possibility that a part of medicinal remedy may contribute to the beneficial effects in blood circulation was proposed, but inter-individual variation has been observed. Also, further studies on the vasorelaxant effects of these remedies are still required.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.105-111
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• 1992

It was explained in detail that the present condition of herb culture in Japanese agriculture and the requirement of crude drugs of good and regulqr very hard hit by the market conditionof crude drugs taking ginseng (Panax ginseng C.A.Meyer) and Coptis Rhizome (Coptis japon-ica Makino) as examples. It is not too mach to say that the market is now under the control ofcrude drugs imported from China. The main current of herb culture in Japan will be the con-tract agriculture that the seedlings of good and regular quality are received and are cultivateduntil the enough time, and the farm products are directly handed to the medicinal company fol-lowing the example of zedoary (Curcuma zedoaria Roscoe) .

• 대한미생물학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.185-193
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• 1987

Ten species of herbae, which have been used to treat cancers in Chinese medicine, were tested to investigate their mutagenicity or antimutagenicity in S. typhimurium TA97, TA98, TA100, TA1535, and TA1538. Scolopendra centipede was weakly active in reversion of the frameshift mutation in S. typhimurium TA97 strain and the base-pair substitution in TA100 and TA1535 strains. Other herbae such as Coix lachryma, Dianthus superbus, Tricanthoshse kirilowii, Eupatorium formosanum, Lithospermum erythrorhizon, Ansaema japonicum, Curcuma zedoaria, Helicteres angustifolia, and Euonymus sieboldianus did not show any of the mutagenic potential, regardless of the metabolic activation with rat hepatic microsomal fraction. Dianthus superbus, Eupatorium formosanum, and Euonymus sieboldianus exhibited suppressive activities on microbial mutagenesis of N-methyl-N'-nitrosoguanidine, a base-pair substitution mutagen, in TA1535 and TA100 tester strains. The antimutagenic activities of Dianthus superbus and Euonymus sieboldianus appeared to be dose-dependant.

• 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한약학회 2003년도 Proceedings of the Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Vol.1
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• pp.259.3-260
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• 2003

Alzheimer's disease(AD) is the most common cause of senile dementia in elderly people and the causes of AD are currently not fully understood. However, AD is generally understood to be associated with reduced levels of acetylcholine in the brain as cholinergic neurons are lost and cholinergic neurotransmission declines. There are growing evidences that two types of cholinesterase(ChE), i.e., acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) both play important roles in the regulation of acetylcholine level in brain and thus may have a crucial role in the development and progression of AD. (omitted)

• 생약학회지
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• 제33권1호통권128호
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• pp.35-41
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• 2002

The MeOH ext., $CH_2Cl_2$ Frac., EtOAc Frac., n-BuOH Frac., and $H_2O$ Frac. of 23 Korean medicinal herbs were prepared and were tested the inhibitory effects on Cytochrome P450 (Cyp) 1A1/2, 2B1/2, 2E1. Among the tested samples, the extracts of Selaginella tamariscina, Euonymus alatus, Salvia miltiorhiza, Angelica acutiloba, Rheum palmatum, Paeonia moutan, Scutellaria barbata, Tribulus terrestris, Hedyotis diffusa, Curcuma zedoaria, Rehmania glutinosa, Trogopterus xanthipes, Melandryum firmum, Achyranthes bidentata, Leonurus sibricus, Panax ginseng, Paeonia lactiflora, Poncirus trifoliata, Cnidium officinale, Cyperus rotundus, Corydalis ternata showed significant inhibitory effects on Cyp 1A1/2, 2B1/2, 2E1. The $IC_{50}$ values of those extracts were found to be below $50\;{\mu}g/ml$.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.42-50
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• 1992

한약재를 대상으로 용철 보체 분석법$(TCH_{50})$을 이용, 항보체 활성물질에 대한 전반적인 검색을 실시하였다. 총 55종의 시료의 열수 추출물을 대상으로 동 활성을 측정한 결과, 대조구에 비해 70%이상의 $TCH_{50}(total\;complement\;hemolysis\;of\;50%)$의 감소를 일으키는 비교적 강력한 항보체 활성을 소유한 울금, 대복피, 조각자, 화살나무, 가시오갈피, 인동, 부자, 계피 등 9종의 시료를 선택할 수 있었다. 이들은 pronase 소화 후 활성을 유지한 반면, $NaIO_4$ 산화에 의해 급격한 활성의 감소를 나타냄으로써, 그 활성의 본체가 다당에 기인함을 알 수 있었다. 또한 가장 높은 활성을 보였던 대복피(Areca catchu) 다당의 경우 $Ca^{++}$ 이온 부재시 부분적으로 활성의 감소를 보였으며, 정상인의 혈청과 반응시 C3의 분해산물을 면역 전기 영동법에 의해 확인할 수 있었는 바, 동 사실로부터 대복피의 보체 활성화 기구는 classical pathway뿐만 아니라 alternative pathway도 경유함을 알 수 있었다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권22호
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• pp.9997-10001
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• 2014

Background: Curdione, one of the major components of Curcuma zedoaria, has been reported to possess various biological activities. It thus might be a candidate anti-flammatory and cancer chemopreventive agent. However, the precise molecular mechanisms of action of curdione on cancer cells are still unclear. In this study, we investigated the effect of curdione on breast cancer. Materials and Methods: Xenograft nude mice were used to detect the effect of curdione on breast cancer in vivo; we also tested the effect of curdione on breast cancer in vitro by MTT, Flow cytometry, JC-I assay, and western blot. Results: Firstly, we found that curdione significantly suppressed tumor growth in a xenograft nude mouse breast tumor model in a dose-dependent manner. In addition, curdione treatment inhibited cell proliferation and induced cell apoptosis. Moreover, after curdione treatment, increase of impaired mitochondrial membrane potential occurred in a concentration dependent manner. Furthermore, the expression of apoptosis-related proteins including cleaved caspase-3, caspase-9 and Bax was increased in curdione treatment groups, while the expression of the anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 was decreased. Inhibitors of caspase-3 were used to confirm that curdione induced apoptosis. Conclusions: Overall, our observations first suggested that curdione inhibited the proliferation of breast cancer cells by inducing apoptosis. These results might provide some molecular basis for the anti-cancer activity of curdione.

• 생약학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.1-15
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• 1977

In an attempt to deduce which plants might have been used for their anticancer activities in traditional oriental herb medicine, 127 prescriptions were selected from 'Dong-Eui-Bo-Gam', the Classic Handbook of Korean Traditional Medicine, written by $H_{UH}$ Jun and published in 1613. These are the prescriptions indicated for the systemic treatment of various tumors and some conditions resembling tumors, e.g. inflammatory masses and indurations, and they include 150 natural products of plant origin. The frequency of appearance of each medicinal plant in these selected prescriptions was compared with the frequency of its appearance in all prescriptions listed in 'Bang-Yak-Hap-Pyon', another popular Oriental Medicine Formulary in Korea, written by $H_{WANG}\;Pil-Su$ in 1885. From the latter book, $H_{ONG}$ has recently enumerated frequencies of 235 medicinal plants included in a total of 467 prescriptions. Chi-square tests revealed that 11 plant remedies appear with significantly higher frequency in the prescriptions for "tumors", and 10 for "inflammations". The plants with potential antitumor activities, in decreasing order of statistical significance, are Scirpus maritimus, Curcuma zedoaria, Prunus persica, Rheum coreanum, Foeniculum vulgare, Rhus vernifera, Daphne pseudogenkwa, Galarhaeus sieboldiana, Croton tiglium, Raphanus sativus and Galarhaeus pekinensis. The drugs for potential antibacterial or anti-inflammatory activities are Olibanum(Frankincense), Forsythia coreana, Lonicera japonica, Gleditchia officinalis, $M_{YRRH}$, Trichosanhes kirilowii, Astragalus membranaceus, Rheum coreanum, Platycodon grandiflorum and Fritillaria verticillata. Despite the uncertainties involved in the terminology of various diseases used in pre-modern medicine, and the reservations about the efficacy of remedies used for those diseases, it would be worthwhile to investigate these few selected plants for anticancer, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory or antifungal effects, employing modern scientific methodology.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.493-497
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• 2012

약용식물 6종을 메탄올로 추출한 다음, n-hexane층을 DMSO에 녹여 항산화 활성을 측정 비교하여 기능성 소재인 천연 항산화제로써의 활용 가능성을 조사하였다. DPPH를 이용한 라디칼 소거능 실험에서는 250 ${\mu}g/mL$ 농도에서 보골지가 대조군인 ascorbic acid에 비해 높은 유리기 소거능에 의한 항산화 활성을 나타냈다. 농도 500 ${\mu}g/mL$에서는 ascorbic acid가 가장 높은 항산화 활성을 보였다. ABTS 유리기 소거능 실험에서는 농도 증가에 따른 항산화 활성이 DPPH assay와 상반된 결과를 나타냈고, 특히 보골지의 항산화 활성이 대조군인 ascorbic acid보다 유의적으로 높게 나타났다. DPPH 라디칼, ABTS 유리기 소거능 실험 결과 공통적으로 우수한 것으로 조사 된 약용 식물은 반지련, 보골지이며 500 ${\mu}g/mL$ 이상의 농도에서 ascorbic acid와 유사한 90% 활성을 보였으며 750 ${\mu}g/mL$ 농도에서는 ascorbic acid 보다 우수한 유리기 소거 활성을 보였다. 따라서, 반지련과 보골지는 항산화 활성이 우수하므로 천연 식물소재로 이용하기에 적합하며, 천연물의 추출 부위, 용매, 추출 조건에 따라 다양한 항산화 활성 능력을 기대 할 수 있으므로 천연 항산화제로서의 응용 가능성 또한 있을 것으로 사료된다.