• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.799-807
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• 2020

Background: The skin acts as a barrier to protect organisms against harmful exogenous agents. Compound K (CK) is an active metabolite of ginsenoside Rb1, Rb2 and Rc, and researchers have focused on its skin protective efficacy. In this study, we hypothesized that increased expression of the serine protease inhibitor Kazal type-5 (SPINK5) may improve skin barrier function. Methods: We screened several ginsenosides to increase SPINK5 gene promoter activity using a transactivation assay and found that CK can increase SPINK5 expression. To investigate the protective effect of CK on the skin barrier, RT-PCR and Western blotting were performed to investigate the expression levels of SPINK5, kallikrein 5 (KLK5), KLK7 and PAR2 in UVB-irradiated HaCaT cells. Measurement of transepidermal water loss (TEWL) and histological changes associated with the skin barrier were performed in a UVB-irradiated mouse model and a 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (DNCB)-induced atopic dermatitis-like model. Results: CK treatment increased the expression of SPINK5 and decreased the expression of its downstream genes, such as KLKs and PAR2. In the UVB-irradiated mouse model and the DNCB-induced atopic dermatitis model, CK restored increased TEWL and decreased hydration and epidermal hyperplasia. In addition, CK normalized the reduced SPINK5 expression caused by UVB or DNCB, thereby restoring the expression of the proteins involved in desquamation to a level similar to normal. Conclusions: Our data showed that CK contributes to improving skin-barrier function in UVB-irradiated and DNCB-induced atopic dermatitis-like models through SPINK5. These results suggest that therapeutic attempts with CK might be useful in treating barrier-disrupted diseases.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.558-560
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• 2005

Hepatoprotective effects of white ginseng extract (WGE), and IH-901 (20-O-${\beta}$-D-glucopyranosyl-20(S)-protopanaxadiol) derived from intestinal metabolite of ginsenoside $Rb_1$ were studied using two experimental animal models with chemical-induced hepatic damage. Administration of WGE (200 and 500 mg/kg) and IH-901 (0.01, 0.05, and 0.1 mM/kg) significantly decreased aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels in acute hepatitic mice induced by $CCl_4$. Administration of WGE (l00 mg/kg) and IH-901 (0.02, 0.04, and 0.08 mM/kg) significantly decreased AST and ALT levels in acute hepatitic rats induced by D-galactosamine. AST and ALT levels of IH-901 groups decreased. These results suggested WGE and IH-901 may have protective effects against chemical-induced hepatic damage.

• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.99-106
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• 2009

Objectives : The antidepressant effect of the subchronic administration of the methanolic extract of wild ginseng(WG) was investigated compared with that of cultivated ginseng(CG, panax ginseng) extract. Methods : To assess the antidepressant effect of the ginseng extracts, tail suspension test(TST) was executed in mice after daily administration of WG or CG extract for five consecutive days. Results : The WG extract at daily dose of 600mg/kg significantly reduced the total duration of immobility in the TST, whereas there was no significant reduction at daily dose of 300mg/kg WG and 600mg/kg CG. There were no individual differences between experimental groups in open field test (OFT) to evaluate psychostimulant effects of WG or CG extract. In the high performance liquid chromatography(HPLC) analysis of the extracts, it was found that WG included four times more ginsenoside Rg1 and Re, three times more Rf, and six times more Rb1 and Rc than CG. Conclusions : It is suggested that WG extract has stronger antidepressant effect than CG extract, which means it includes more antidepressant compounds than CG.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.747-755
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• 2020

Background: Ginsenosides accumulation responses to temperature are critical to quality formation in cold-dependent American ginseng. However, the studies on cold requirement mechanism relevant to ginsenosides have been limited in this species. Methods: Two experiments were carried out: one was a multivariate linear regression analysis between the ginsenosides accumulation and the environmental conditions of American ginseng from different sites of China and the other was a synchronous determination of ginsenosides accumulation, overall DNA methylation, and relative gene expression in different tissues during different developmental stages of American ginseng after experiencing different cold exposure duration treatments. Results: Results showed that the variation of the contents as well as the yields of total and individual ginsenosides Rg1, Re, and Rb1 in the roots were closely associated with environmental temperature conditions which implied that the cold environment plays a decisive role in the ginsenoside accumulation of American ginseng. Further results showed that there is a cyclically reversible dynamism between methylation and demethylation of DNA in the perennial American ginseng in response to temperature seasonality. And sufficient cold exposure duration in winter caused sufficient DNA demethylation in tender leaves in early spring and then accompanied the high expression of flowering gene PqFT in flowering stages and ginsenosides biosynthesis gene PqDDS in green berry stages successively, and finally, maximum ginsenosides accumulation occurred in the roots of American ginseng. Conclusion: We, therefore, hypothesized that cold-induced DNA methylation changes might regulate relative gene expression involving both plant development and plant secondary metabolites in such cold-dependent perennial plant species.

• 현장농수산연구지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.12-19
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• 2023

한국농수산대학교 공정육묘실에서 인삼을 종자 파종하여 생장한 인삼 1년근을 각 실험구(공정육묘실, 관행 노지)에 이식 전 1차 생장 조사를 하고, 3개월 생육 후 2차 생장 비교조사를 하였다. 1차 생장 조사 결과, 이식 전 뿌리의 무게는 평균 0.95g에서 이식 후 관행 노지는 0.21g, 공정육묘실은 0.29g으로 증가하였다. 뿌리의 길이는 평균 13.85cm에서 이식 후 관행 노지는 2.03cm, 공정육묘실은 2.66cm로 증가하였다. 뿌리의 지름은 평균 5.58mm에서 이식 후 관행 노지는 1.04mm, 공정육묘실은 1.26mm로 증가하였다. 공정육묘실에서 생육한 인삼이 관행 노지재배보다 더 많은 생장이 확인되었다. 공정육묘실에서 생육한 인삼과 진안 농가 관행 노지재배 인삼의 진세노사이드 성분함량 비교를 위해 각 1년근, 2년근의 진세노사이드 11종(Rg1, Re, Rf, Rh1(S)+Rg2(S), Rb1, Rc, Ra1, Rb2, Rb3, Rd, Rg3)의 함량 비교한 결과, 진세노사이드 1종 전체 함량이 공정육묘실 재배 인삼 1년근에서는 17.32mg/g, 공정육묘실 재배 인삼 2년근에서는 16.43mg/g, 관행 노지재배 1년근에서는 5.84mg/g, 관행 노지재배 2년근에서는 6.17mg/g으로 확인되었다. 관행 노지재배 인삼 1년근, 2년근보다 공정육묘실 1년근, 2년근이 2배 이상으로 더 많은 진세노사이드 함량이 HPLC 분석 결괏값으로 확인되었다. 결론적으로 관행 노지재배 묘삼은 자연환경 아래에서 재배환경의 다양한 요인에 의한 생장이 작용하는 반면 공정육묘는 생장이 우수한 인공토 비율과, 식물 영양액 농도 EC1.0ms/cm로 수분을 공급하여 안정된 생장을 할 수 있고, 식물 생장에 필요한 온도, 광, 수분의 환경제어가 가능한 상태에서 생장하므로 묘삼의 생장 안정성을 확보할 수 있어 향후 이에 관한 지속적인 연구가 필요하다.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제54권3호
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• pp.287-293
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• 2009

본 연구는 홍삼 추출기를 이용하여 기능별 사포닌의 함량 및 품질의 최적화 조건을 설정하기 위하여 실시하였다. 홍삼 추출액의 총 사포닌 함량은 $75^{\circ}C$에서 18시간 추출한 용액이 64.6 mg / 100 ml로 최고 함량을 나타냈고 추출 온도와 시간이 증가할수록 감소하였다. $Rb_2$와 Re 함량은 $75^{\circ}C$에서는 12시간 추출한 홍삼액이 11.8 mg / 100 ml로 가장 많았고 추출시간과 추출온도가 증가할수록 급격히 감소하였다. Prosapogenin 함량은 $85^{\circ}C$에서 24시간 추출한 홍삼액이 34.9 mg / 100 ml로 가장 많았고, $75^{\circ}C$와 $85^{\circ}C$에서는 추출 시간이 길어짐에 따라 증가하는 경향이었으나 $95^{\circ}C$에서는 감소하는 경향이었다. 홍삼 추출액의 총 당은 $95^{\circ}C$에서 추출시간을 길게 할수록 함량이 증가하였고, 당도는 $95^{\circ}C$에서 24시간 추출한 용액이 4.0%로 가장 높았다. 탁도는 $95^{\circ}C$에서 추출시간이 길수록 증가하였으며, pH 및 Hue 값은 추출시간이 길어질수록 낮아졌다. 따라서 홍삼추출액을 제조할 때 1차 추출에서는 온도를 낮게하여 사포닌의 함량을 높이고, 2차 추출에서는 온도를 높게하여 맛을 증진시켜 혼합하는 방법이 좋을 것으로 생각된다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.145-252
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• 1987

Isolated rat adipocytes are well known to possess opposite pathways of lipid metabolism: lipolysis and ipogenesis. Both of the metabolism respond to various biologically active substances such as epinephrine, ACTH and insulin. Epinephrine and ACTH stimulate lipolysis and insulin accelerates lipogenesis. Recently, Korean red ginseng powder was found to contain adenosine and an acidic poptide which inhibited epinephrine-induced lipolysis and sl imulated insulin-mediated lipogenesis from added glucose. The acidic peptide is consisted mainly of glutamic acid and glucose. Ginsenosides Rb1 and Re inhibited ACTH-induced lipolysis in isolated rat adipocytes, while they did not affect insulinstimulated lipogenesis, Thus, all these substances extracted from Korean red ginseng exhibited selective modulations toward the opposite metabolic pathways in rat adipocyte; They inhibited the lipolysis but not the lipogenesis. We call these substances"selective modulators". Recently, we isolated a toxic substance named "toxohormone-L " from ascites fluid of patients with various malignant tumors. The toxohormone-L stimulated lipolysis in rat adipocytes and induced anorexia in rats. Both the lipolytic and the anorexigenic actions of toxohormone-L were found to be inhibited by ginsenoside Rb2 in Korean red ginseng. Based on these results, physiological signifi¬cances of these substances in Korean red ginseng were discussed. Pan ax ginseng is a medicinal plant long used in treatment of various pathological states including general complaints such as head ache, shoulder ache, chilly constitution and anorexia in cancer patients, There have been many pharmacological studies on Panax ginseng roots. Petkovllreported that oral administration of an aqueous alcoholic extract of ginseng roots decreased the blood sugar levtl of rabbits. Saito2lreported that Panax ginseng suppressed hyperglycemia induced by epinephrine and high carbohydrate diets. These findings suggest that Panax ginseng roots contain insulin-like substances. Previously, we demonstrated that gin¬seng roots contain an insulin-like peptide which inhibits epinephrine-induced lipolysis and stimulated insulin-mediated lipogenesis. In 1984, we suggested that such an insulin-like substance should be called a selective modulator4). Present investigation describes the details of the selective modulators in ginseng roots. During progressive weight loss in patients with various neoplastic disease, depletion of fat stores have been observed. The depletion of body fat during growth of neoplasms is associated with increase in plasma free fatty acids. Recently, we found that the ascites fluid from patients with hepatoma or ovarian tumor and the pleural fluid from patients with malignant lymphoma elicited fatty acid release in slices of rat adipose tissue in vitro. The lipolytic factor, named"toxohormone-L". was purifed from the ascites fluid of patients with hepatoma. The isolated preparation gave a single band on both disc gel electrophoresis and sodium dodecyl sulfate(SDS)-acrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of ${\beta}$-mercaptoethanol. Its molecular weight was determined to be 70,000-75,000 and 65,000 by SDS-acrylamide gel electrophoresis and analytical ultracentrifugation, respectively. Injection of toxohormone-L into the lateral ventricle of rats significantly suppressed food and water intakes. There was at least 5 hr delay between its injection and appearance of its suppressive effect. In the present study, we also tried to find a inhibitory substance toward toxohormone-L from root powder of ginseng.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.352-356
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• 2009

In this study, raw ginseng water extract solutions were analyzed to set up the functional saponin content and quality optimization condition. The highest saponin content among the total raw ginseng water extracts was $74.6\;mg/100\;m{\ell}$ which was extracted at $75^{\circ}C$ for 24 hours. In addition, the saponin content decreased according to the increased extraction temperature and time. The highest total content of $Rb_2$ and Re was $19.9\;mg/100\;m{\ell}$ at $75^{\circ}C$ for 12 hours which decreased according to the increased extracted temperature and time. The highest prosapogenin ($Rg_2\;+\;Rg_3\;+\;Rh_1$) content among the total raw ginseng water extracts was $28.6\;mg/100\;m{\ell}$ which was extracted at $85^{\circ}C$ for 36 hours. The reducing sugar content, sweetness and turbidity were increased according to the increased extraction temperature and time. But pH were decreased according to the increased extracted time.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.301-308
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• 2024

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive and irreversible neurodegenerative disorder characterized by extracellular amyloid plaques composed of amyloid β-peptide (Aβ). Studies have indicated that Ca²⁺ dysregulation is involved in AD pathology. It is reported that decreased capacitative Ca²⁺ entry (CCE), a refilling mechanism of intracellular Ca²⁺, resulting in increased Aβ production. In contrast, constitutive activation of CCE could decrease Aβ production. Panax ginseng Meyer is known to enhance memory and cognitive functions in healthy human subjects. We have previously reported that some ginsenosides decrease Aβ levels in cultured primary neurons and AD mouse model brains. However, mechanisms involved in the Aβ-lowering effect of ginsenosides remain unclear. In this study, we investigated the relationship between CCE and Aβ production by examining the effects of various ginsenosides on CCE levels. Aβ-lowering ginsenosides such as Rk1, Rg5, and Rg3 potentiated CCE. In contrast, ginsenosides without Aβ-lowering effects (Re and Rb2) failed to potentiate CCE. The potentiating effect of ginsenosides on CCE was inhibited by the presence of 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (2APB), an inhibitor of CCE. 2APB alone increased Aβ42 production. Furthermore, the presence of 2APB prevented the effects of ginsenosides on Aβ42 production. Our results indicate that ginsenosides decrease Aβ production via potentiating CCE levels, confirming a close relationship between CCE levels and Aβ production. Since CCE levels are closely related to Aβ production, modulating CCE could be a novel target for AD therapeutics.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.62-70
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• 2018

생맥산의 이화학적 특성 및 생리활성을 향상시키기 위해 주 재료 중 하나인 맥문동을 0(S-0, 대조군), 30(S-30), 60(S-60), 90(S-90)분간 건열 덖음 처리하여 생맥산을 제조한 후 유효성분 및 항산화 활성을 분석하였다. 생맥산의 색도 중 L 값은 S-0에서 가장 높았으며, 덖음 처리 시간이 증가함에 따라 유의적으로 감소하였다. 생맥산의 a 값과 b 값은 대조군보다 덖음 처리한 맥문동 첨가군들에서 낮았지만, 덖음 처리 시간에 따른 경향성을 보이지는 않았다. 생맥산의 가용성 고형분의 함량($7.10{\pm}0.0^{\circ}Brix$)과 환원당 함량($37.32{\pm}0.05g/100g$)은 S-60에서 가장 높고, pH와 산도는 모든 조건에서 유의적인 차이가 없었다. 생맥산의 총 페놀 화합물 함량은 맥문동의 덖음 처리 시간이 증가함에 따라 유의적으로 증가하여 S-90에서 $345{\pm}0.34mg/100g$으로 정량되었으며, 총 플라보노이드 함량은 S-0에서 가장 높고 S-60에서 감소하였지만 S-90과 유의적인 차는 없었다. 생맥산의 총 안토시아닌 함량은 오미자에서 용출된 것이기 때문에 대조군과 덖음 처리한 맥문동 첨가군에서 차이가 없었다. 생맥산의 총 진세노사이드(Ro, Rb2, Re, Rf, Rg1, Rg2, Rg3, Rh1, Rh2) 함량은 차이가 없었지만, Ro, Re, Rf, Rb2, Rh2, Rg3는 S-0과 S-90을 비교하였을 때 당과 물 분자의 제거 정도에 따라 고분자에서 저분자 진세노사이드로 변형되어 그 함량이 증가하거나 감소하였다. 생맥산의 DPPH와 ABTS 라디칼 소거능 및 FRAP법에 따른 항산화 활성은 맥문동의 덖음 처리 시간이 증가함에 따라 뚜렷하게 증가하는 경향이었다. 이상의 결과로부터 생맥산의 유효성분은 맥문동을 1시간 정도로 적절히 덖음 처리하였을 때 가장 높고, 항산화 활성은 맥문동의 덖음 처리 시간이 증가할수록 높아지는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.