• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.157-161
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• 2003

The major ingredient of Persicae Semen is a cynogenic compound, amygdalin (D-mandelonitrile-$\beta$-gentiobioside). Controversial results on the anticancer activity of amygdalin were reported due to its conversion to its inactive isomer, neoamygdalin. In order to inhibit the epimerization of amygdalin, we used newly developed simple acid boiling method in preparation of Persicae Semen extract. HPLC analysis revealed most of amygdalin in Persicae Semen extract was active D-form. Persicae Semen extract was used to analyze its effect on cell proliferation and induction of apoptosis in human promyelocytic leukemia (HL-60) cells. Persicae Semen extract was cytotoxic to HL-60 cells with $IC_{50}$ of 6.4 mg/mL in the presence of 250 nM of $\beta$-glucosidase. The antiproliferative effects of Persicae Semen extract appear to be attributable to its induction of apoptotic cell death, as Persicae Semen extract induced nuclear morphology changes and internucleosomal DNA fragmentation.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.276-280
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 경기(용인, 안성, 광주) 및 강원지역(오대산)에서 재래식 방법으로 제조된 청국장을 수집하여 지역별 발효 균주들의 동정과 특성분석 및 당 발효능을 조사하였다. 수집된 청국장에서 22종류의 균주를 분리하였고, 16S rDNA의 서열을 분석한 결과 이들은 대부분 Bacillus subtilis, B. licheniformis로 동정되었다. 경기지역의 주요 발효 균주는 B. subtilis와 B. licheniformis, 강원 지역은 B. licheniformis로 동정되었으며, 일반적인 생장 특성은 $5{\sim}7$시간의 유도기를 지나 $23{\sim}40$시간 이후에 휴지기로 접어들었다. 휴지기에 접어든 분리 균주들의 최대 생장 총 균수는 $1{\times}10^6\;CFU/ml$과 $5{\times}10^7\;CFU/ml$ 사이에 있었다. 균주들 간 당 발효능의 차이에 있어서 용인 지역은 D-xylose, xylitol, D-tagatose, Methyl-$\alpha$-D-mannopyranoside가, 안성은 D-lactose, D-tagatose, D-xylose, Methyl-$\alpha$-D-mannopyranoside, amygdalin, arbutin, esculin, 2-keto-gluconate가, 광주는 L-rhamnose, inositol, D-mannitol, D-sorbitol, celibiose, gluconate가, 그리고 오대산은 D-lactose에서 좋은 당 발효능을 보였다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제13권11호
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• pp.5179-5186
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• 2012

본 논문은 당뇨병 치료제로 알려진 Miglitol은 ${\alpha}$-glucosidase 저해제로, 산업적으로 포도당과 에탄올아민으로부터 세 단계의 화학 및 생물전환 과정을 거쳐 합성되며. acetic acid bacteria에 속하는 Gluconobactor oxydans (G. oxydans)는 불완전 산화를 통해 1-deoxy-1-(2-hydroxyethylamino)-D-glucitol (P1)을 Miglitol의 전구체인 6-(2-hydroxyetyl) amino-6-deoxy-${\alpha}$-L-sorbofuranose (P2)로 생물 전환시키는 균주이다. 본 연구에서는 토양으로부터 스크리닝하여 선발된 고효율 생물전환 박테리아인 CK-2165의 균주를 동정하고 최적의 발효조건을 탐색하고자 하였다. 16S rDNA 서열과 계통수 분석결과 CK-2165는 G. oxydans에 속하는 미생물임을 결정하였으며, API 20E kits를 사용하여 선발된 균주의 탄소원 이용성을 실험한 결과 glucose, mannose, inositol, sorbitol, rhamnose, sucrose, melibiose, amygdalin, arabinose와 같은 탄소원에 대한 이용성을 가진 균주임을 확인하였다. 또한 산업적 생산을 위하여 배양 조건을 최적화하였고 균체를 이용하여 생물전환 반응에 중요한 요소들을 조사하였다. 생물전환 반응을 위해 사용되는 균체는 균 성장 단계 중 후기 정지기 (late-stationary phase)에 수확한 균체가 가장 높은 활성을 나타내었고 생물전환 반응에는 $MgSO_4$가 필수적임을 확인하였다.

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.12-21
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• 2005

Objectives: In the present study, we investigated whether an aqueous extract of Armeniacae semen induces apoptotic neuronal cell death upon mouse N2a neuroblastoma cells. Methods: 1. Cell viability was determined by using 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTI) assay. 2. For in situ detection of apoptotic cells, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT)-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) assay, 4,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) staining. 3. The fraction of cells was revealed by flow cytometric analysis used that. 4. For detection of apoptotic DNA cleavage, DNA fragmentation assay was performed. 5. For detection of bax and bcl-2, Western blot analysis was performed. 6. Caspase enzyme activity was measured using caspase-3 assay. Results: From the present results, N2a neuroblastoma cells treated with Armeniacae semen extract exhibited several characteristics of apoptosis. A treatment of Armeniacae semen extract was shown to increase the expression of Bax, a proapoptotic protein, and the treatment decreased the expression of Blc2, an anti-apoptotic protein. In addition, Armeniacae semen extract increased the caspase-3 enzyme activity. Conclusions: The present results show that Armeniacae semen extract induces apoptotic cell death in mouse N2a neuroblastoma cells.

• 대한암한의학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.95-103
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• 2006

Objective: Gami-Samhwang-San, a herbal prescription for obesity treatment, is composed of seven crude herbs such as Ephedrae Herba, Scutellariae Radix, Acori Gramineri Rhizoma, Polygalae Radix, Typhae Pollen, Armeniacae Semen, Nelumbo Folium. This study was aimed to evaluate marker substances in n-butanol fraction (SH-21-B) from Gami-Samhwang-San by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). And we predicted inhibition activity of major compounds of Gami-Samhwang-San using Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships (QSAR) Methods: The separation was performed on a YMC J,sphere-H80 CI8(250${\times}$4.6 mm I.D) column by gradient elution with $H_3PO_4$ buffers in acetonitrile as the moblie phase at a flow-rate of 1.0ml/min. Results: HPLC was employed to determine the quantities and the qualities of several marker substances such as ephedrine, pseudoephedirne, baicalin, ${\beta}-asarone$, tenuifoliside, naringenin, amygdalin and hyperoside in the SH-21-B. Conclusion: We suggest this results could be a useful evidence for quality control of SH-21-B.

• 대한한방부인과학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.48-65
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• 2013

Objectives: We took breast milk samples and analyzed them using HPLC and LC/MS/MS, to evaluate the effects of taking Saenghwa-tang during breastfeeding on breast milk. Methods: The study participants were 20 lactating women who admitted in Korean medical postpartum care center. Breast milks were collected from paticipants who have been administrated Saenghwa-tang for more than 3 days. We used HPLC and LC/MS/MS for the determinations of amygdalin, liquiritins, 6-gingerol, decursin and decursinol angelate in Saenghwa-tang. Results: 1. Participants' $Mean{\pm}S.D$ (standard deviation) of age is $31.05{\pm}1.96$, and 15 participants had normal delivery and 5 participants had cesarean delivery. 12 participants were primipara and 8 participants were multipara. $Mean{\pm}S.D$ of lactating date is $9.4{\pm}0.94$. 2. Using HPLC, we learned LOQ level peak that matches the peak retention time of standard components of Saenghwa-tang was not detected from 20 breast milk samples. 3. Using LC/MS/MS, decursin of Angelicae Gigantis Radix was detected from HMSP 02, HMSP 04, HMSP 06, HMSP 11, and the each concentrations are 16, 2, 64, 11 ppb. Liquiritin of Glycyrrhizae Radix was not detected from HMSP 13~HMSP 18. Conclusions: Data obtained by this approach shows that this method is reliable and suitable for determining the safety of taking Saenghwa-tang during breastfeeding.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권8호
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• pp.2666-2670
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• 2011

High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and capillary electrophoresis (CE) were used to identify five active components in the modified herbal decoction Bo-Yang-Hwan-O-Tang (mBHT), i.e., amygdalin, decursin, paeoniflorin, salvianolic acid B, and calycosin-7-O-${\beta}$-D-glycoside. These components were identified by comparing their retention times and mass spectra with those of reference compounds. The conditions of both analytical methods were optimized and validated. Sufficient separation of target analytes was achieved using a buffer consisting of 40 mM sodium borate and 60 mM sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) containing 10% methanol (pH 9.5) at 250 nm for CE analysis and gradient elution with a water-methanol mobile phase and ultraviolet (UV) photodiode array detector (DAD) at 250 nm for HPLC analysis. The mBHT components were determined within 65 min by HPLC and 16 min by CE. All calibration curves showed high linearity (R > 0.999) within the ranges tested. Intra-day and inter-day precision were less than 1.6% and 1.8% for HPLC and 2.5% and 4.8% for CE, respectively. The accuracy of the methods ranged from 98.8% to 102.3% for HPLC and from 95.9% to 108.2% for CE.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.89-96
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• 2017

현재 국내에 유통되고 있는 담수관상어의 대부분은 수입에 의존하므로 외래 병원체 및 항생제 내성균의 유입 가능성이 크다. 본 연구에서는 담수에 상재하는 균으로 인수공통 감염이 가능하며 어류에 조건성병원균으로 작용하는 Aeromonas hydrophila를 다양한 수입 담수관상어로부터 분리하여 특성을 분석하고자 하였다. 수입 후 1일 이내의 관상어를 수족관으로부터 수집하여 0.5% NaCl을 포함하는 TSA 배지에 간, 신장, 비장을 도말하여 세균을 분리하였다. 세균의 형태, 생화학적 특성 및 starch- ampicillin agar (SA)에서의 clear zone 형성 유무에 근거하여 분리 균의 약 70%인 226 균주가 Aeromonas spp.로 확인되어 이들의 분리 빈도가 매우 높음을 알 수 있었다. 이들 중 9균주를 선택하여 16S rRNA gene의 sequence를 분석한 결과 모두 A. hydrophila로 동정되었으며 API 20E test에서 대부분의 분리 균주는 amygdalin, D-melibiose, D-sucrose, trisodium citrate, L-arabinose 이용에서 표준 균주와 차이를 보였다. 10종의 항균제에 대한 분리 균주의 감수성을 디스크 확산법으로 확인한 결과 amoxycillin, ampicillin에 대해서는 모든 균주가 저항성이었고 florfecicol에 대해서는 모두 감수성이었다. 그러나 7균주는 tetracycline 계통의 항균제와 erythromycin, nalidixic acid 등에 복합내성을 보였다. A. hydrophila로 동정된 9개 분리 균주를 금붕어에 인위 감염을 실시한 결과, 3 균주는 5일 이내에 60~80%의 폐사를 나타내었다. 이러한 결과는 다약제내성이면서 독력이 있는 Aeromonas가 수입관 상어를 따라 국내로 유입되어 전파될 수 있으므로 수입상에서 소비처로 판매되기 전의 방어적 조치가 필요하다는 것을 시사한다.