• 생약학회지
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• 제33권3호통권130호
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• pp.191-193
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• 2002

The fruit of Euphoria longana Lamarck (Sapindaceae) is a sweet food which is available in China and South Asia. Its pulp or flesh (Longan Arillus) is used as a tonic, and for the treatment of amnesia, insomnia, various palpitations due to fright, etc. It is traditionally said to fortify the heart and stabilize the spirit. Four compounds were isolated from the pulp of E. longana. The structures of these compounds were determinded as ${\beta}-sitosterol$, daucosterol, uracil and adenosine by means of spectroscopic methods.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.138-142
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• 2003

From the pulp of Euphoria longana (Longan Arillus), three cerebroside molecular species have been isolated. Six known cerebrosides, soyacerebrosides I and II, 1-Ο-$\beta$-D-glucopyranosyl-(2S,3R,4E,8E)-2-(2 -lignoceroylamino)-4,8-octadecadiene-1,3-diol (long an cerebroside I) and its 8Z isomer (Iongan cerebroside II), momor-cerebroside I, and phytolacca cerebroside, were identified as major components of these cerebroside molecular species. All the cerebrosides were shown to be a mixture of geometrical isomers (8E and 8Z) of sphingosine-type or phytosphingosine-type glucocerebrosides possessing 2-hydroxy fatty acids. The structures of these cerebrosides have been determined on the basis of chemical and spectroscopic evidence.

• 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한약학회 2002년도 Proceedings of the Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Vol.1
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• pp.202.3-202.3
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• 2002

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.130-134
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• 2004

용안육을 80% MeOH 용액으로 추출하고, 추출물을 EtOAc, n-BuOH 및 물로 분배, 추출하였다. 이 중 n-BuOH 분획을 silica gel, ODS 및 Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography로 정제하여 4종의 화합물을 분리하였다. 각 화합물의 화학구조는 NMR, MS및 IR 등의 스펙트럼 데이터를 해석하여, 1,1-dimethyl-2-propenyl $1-O-{\beta}-D-glucopyranoside$, ethyl ${\beta}-D-glucopyranoside$, 5-(hydroxymethyl)-2-furfuraldehyde 및 uridine으로 동정하였다. Uridine은 $5\;{\mu}g/ml$의 농도에서 collagen으로 유도한 혈소판 응집을 78% 저해하였다.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.32-34
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• 2005

Arils of Euporia longana L. was extracted with 80% aqueous MeOH and partitioned successively with EtOAc, n-BuOH and $H_2O$. From the n-BuOH fraction, furan compound was isolated through silica gel column chromatography. The results of physico-chemical data including NMR, MS and IR revealed the compound to be 5-(hydroxymethyl)-2-furfuraldehyde. This compound stimulated GDH I activity by $19.2{\pm}0.6$, $41.2{\pm}0.9$, $68.4{\pm}1.1$, $80.3{\pm}0.9$ and $85.9{\pm}1.6%$ at in vitro concentrations of 0.005, 0.008, 0.02 and 0.03 %, respectively.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.531-537
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• 2007

태국산과 베트남산의 용안육 원료 및 그 발효물의 전자공여능, 일산화질소(NO) 생성효과, 인체암 세포주인 자궁경부암세포(HeLa) 및 간암세포(HepG2)의 항암활성 효과를 조사하였다. 원료 용안육의 총 유기산은 태국산 용안육(473.49 mg/g)이 베트남산(148.48 mg/g) 용안육에 비하여 3.2배 높은 함량을 나타내었고, 전체 유기산의 각각 89.2%와 86.8%를 나타내었으며, 주요 유기산은 formic acid와 malic acid였다. 원료 용안육의 총 유리당은 베트남산(434.63 mg/g)이 태국산(378.77 mg/g)에 비하여 1.2배 높은 함량을 나타내었으며, 주요한 유리당은 sucrose, glucose와 fructose였다. 단핵세포 세포주인 RAW264.7 세포에서 발효용안육의 NO 생성은 베트남산이 태국산에 비하여 약간 낮은 농도를 나타내었고, 원료 용안육과 비교하면 고농도 보다 저농도 추출물 첨가에서 그 함량의 차이가 크게 나타났다. 원료 용안육의 추출물 $600\;{\mu}g$에서 전자공여능은 베트남산이 $41.72{\pm}3.59%$로 태국산 $30.20{\pm}4.8%$에 비하여 1.4배 높았으며, 발효 용안육의 전자공여능은 B. subtilis로 발효시킨 베트남산 용안육의 추출물 $600\;{\mu}g$에서 $43.57{\pm}2.07%$로 가장 높게 나타났다. 원료 용안육의 자궁경부암세포에 대한 항암활성은 베트남산이 태국산 용안육보다 대체로 비슷하였지만, 간암세포의 경우는 태국산 용안육 추출물 $200\;{\mu}g$ 농도에서 저해율이 $46.13{\pm}4.80%$로 베트남산 $33.07{\pm}0.92%$보다 높게 나타났다. 그리고 발효 용안육의 자궁경부암세포 및 간암세포에 대한 항암활성은 각각 B. subtilis로 발효시킨 베트남산 및 태국산 용안육 추출물 $200\;{\mu}g$에서 저해율 $39.21{\pm}1.46%$ 및 $48.07{\pm}1.63%$로 가장 높게 나타났다.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.406-416
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• 2011

In this study, we have verified the memory and cognitive enhancing effect of Longanae Arillus, the fruit of Euphoria longana Lamarck, which has been used as a tonic and for the treatment of amnesia, insomnia, and palpitations in oriental medicine. To investigate the effect of Longanae Arillus water extract(LAE) on the memory and cognitive dysfunction, scopolamine (1 mg/kg, i.p.) was injected in C57BL/6 mice and several behavior tests including Y-maze, Morris water-maze, passive avoidance and fear conditioning tests were conducted. Administration of LAE (100 or 200 mg/kg/day, p.o.) effectively improved scopolamine-induced memory impairment and dysfunction. To further determine the possible molecule mechanism of LAE, we have examined the activity and/or mRNA expression of diverse proteins involved in the acetylcholine metabolism. LAE particularly increased the amount of acetylcholine in the cortex which was mediated by suppression of acetylcholine esterase (AchE) activity. In addition, LAE elevated the mRNA expression of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAchRs) without affecting the mRNA levels of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) and acetylcholine esterase (AchE). In another experiment, LAE effectively inhibited mRNA expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor-${\alpha}$ (TNF-${\alpha}$) and interleukin-$1{\beta}$ (IL1-${\beta}$), which seemed to be mediated by inhibition of upstream transcription factor NF-${\kappa}B$ and extracellular-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2). These results demonstrate that Longanae Arillus can increase acetylcholine amount the cortex via regulation of AchE activity as well as mAchRs expression and decrease pro-inflammatory responses via inhibition of NF-${\kappa}B$ signaling pathway, thereby having therapeutic potential to improve memory and cognitive deficit in amnesia.