• 한방안이비인후피부과학회지
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• 제20권2호통권33호
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• pp.187-198
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• 2007

Background : Atopic dermatitis is a chronic and recurrent allergy eczema, called as 'Tae-yul'. It is a characteristic dermatitis, diagnosed from baby to adult, that carries severe itching. Objectivd : The aim of this trial is to examine the effect and safety of Medibebe in patients with atopic dermatitis. Methods : We made a comparison between before and after the use this product. Volunteers who satisfied the requirements were enrolled in the study. Degrees of severity of atopic dermatitis were measured by SCORAD index. Results : After 4 weeks' use of Medibebe, SCORAD index showed a decrease of $20.0{\pm}10.2$(95% C.I: 17.1-22.9) compared with when it was not applied, which is a statistically meaningful change(p-value<0.0001). Subjective pruritus and Sleeping loss reported after both 2 and 4 weeks' use of Medibebe decreased in a statistically meaningful way(p-value<0.0001) compared with before the application. but, 2 cases out of all 50 subjects for the clinical trial were excluded on the way. Conclusion : As a result of applying the 4 items of Medibebe(cream, lotion, soap, and body cleanser) to patients with atopic dermatitis and watching the progress, it is concluded and considered that these cleansing and moisturizing products can be used by atopic patients safely and effectively with almost no side-effect.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.373-378
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• 2010

In order to develop a topical preparation which has a high occlusive property with skin moisturization, nano-structured lipid carrier (NLC) systems along with solid lipid nanoparticle (SLN) were designed. Various NLC dispersions were successfully formulated with Compritol 888 ATO as a solid lipid, Labrafil M 1944 CS as an oil, and Tween 80 as a surfactant. The increase of oil content (5 to 50%) led to the decrease in the occlusion factor in the order of SLN > NLC-5 > NLC-15 = NLC-30 > NLC-50. Particle size of lipid particulates was in the range of 100 to 160 nm. NLC-based carbogels were prepared by the employment of humectants such as urea, glycerin, and Tinocare GL to carbomer gel. NLC-30 gel formulations containing 4 or 8 % of lipid particles showed improved occlusive effect in vitro, compared to NLC-free gel base. Even though NLC-free gel base revealed comparable occlusion effect by itself, the occlusion factor of 4 % NLC-30 gel was about 2-fold higher than that of NLC-free gel base.

• 대한본초학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.45-50
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• 2007

objectives: We investigated the moisturizing and cooling effects of the cosmetic product with Scrophularia Buergeriana, Poria Cocos, Lonicera Japonica, Portulaca Oleracea and Ginko Biloba extract on human skin by using non-invasive instrument. Methods: We measured physiological effects after volunteers(female, n=5) applied the cosmetic product containing the extract of oriental herbs. The forearm skin moisturization was measured with $Corneometer^{\circledR}$ CM825 after 15min, 3hr, and 6hr. The forearm skin surface roughness was with Scanning electron microscopy after 15min, and 6hr. The face skin temperatures cooling and microcirculation effects were measured with ThermaCAMTM PM525 and LDl-Periscan PlM II after 15min, and 30min. Results: The forearm skin moisturization was imcreased 108% after 15min. The forearm skin surface roughness was decreased significantly after 15min. The face skin temperatures were cooling down to $30.7^{\circ}C$. The face skin microcirculation effect was normalized time-dependently. Conclusions: We concluded that cosmetic product containing the extract of Scrophularia Buergeriana, Poria Cocos, Lonicera Japonica, Portulaca Oleracea and Ginko Biloba had a moisturization effect and improving the surface roughness, temperature and microcirculation on the human skin.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.141-153
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• 2014

본 연구는 화장품 제형 적용성이 높은 콜레스테릭 액정(CLCs) 개발에 관한 것이다. 비동물성 원료는 동물성 바이러스 감염 이슈로부터 자유롭고 화장품 소비자들에게 안심감을 줄 수 있기 때문에 비동물성 유래로부터 콜레스테릭 액정연구를 진행하였다. 따라서 발효로부터 만들어진 비동물성 콜레스테롤[NAB cholesterol (ARCH LONZA)]을 이용하여 3 가지 새로운 콜레스테릭 유도체(CI, CC, CN)를 합성하였다. 그리고 제형 적용성이 높은 콜레스테릭 액정개발을 위해서 넓은 온도범위에서 발색을 유지하는 최적 조성연구를 진행하였다. 콜레스테릭 액정은 3 가지 유도체를 조합하여 41개의 액정을 제조하고 온도에 따른 육안평가를 통해서 색을 나타내는 범위를 평가하였다. 제조된 41개의 액정을 온도에 따라 UV-VIS 스펙트럼을 동시에 분석할 수 있는 새로운 평가법을 사용하였으며 205개의 스펙트럼 분석하고 액정에 영향을 미치는 인자와 특성을 파악하였다. 위와 같은 결과를 토대로 제형적용성이 높은 비동물성 콜레스테릭 액정 A4, A5, A6, A7의 조성을 개발하였다. 또한 인공피부를 이용한 평가를 통하여 A6 조성의 뛰어난 피부 보습효능을 확인하였다.

• 대한본초학회지
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.59-67
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• 2021

Objectives : Hibiscus (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.) is rich in antioxidants such as flavonoids and anthocyanins and is known to have anti-inflammatory activity and anti-aging function of the skin, but there is no study on its effect on the skin barrier. This study aim to investigate the positive effect on the skin barrier by confirming the effect of water extracts of Hibiscus sabdariffa L. (WEHS) on the tight junction-related gene expression. Methods : The antioxidant efficacy of WEHS was investigated through ABTS and DPPH assays, and 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-5-(3-carboxymethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-sulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium was performed to examine the effect on cell viability. quantitative Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and immunoblot analysis were performed to confirm the effect of WEHS on the expression of tight junction-related genes, and immunofluorescence microscopy was used to confirm the movement of Claudin 1 protein into tight junctions. Results : WEHS showed strong antioxidant activity and induced an increase in both mRNA and protein expression levels of Claudin 1 among tight junction-related genes. The strong localization of Claudine 1 protein increased by WEHS to the tight junction was confirmed by immunofluorescence microscopy. Conclusions : Hibiscus was confirmed through this study to show antioxidant activity and the function of promoting the expression of the tight junction Claudin 1 gene, suggesting that Hibiscus can be used as a material for the prevention and treatment of skin moisturizing and atopy, which have an important influence on tight junction.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.36-42
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• 2018

Recently, silk sericin has attracted attention because of its unique properties as a biomaterial, including its UV resistance, moisturizing effect on skin, and wound-healing effect. Therefore, the preparation of sericin in various forms such as gel, film, fiber, and sponge is studied for cosmetic and biomedical applications, and the effect of the preparation conditions on the structure and properties of sericin forms is examined to maximize its performance. In this study, silk sericin films were prepared under different preparation conditions and heat-treated at high temperatures ($100-250^{\circ}C$) to examine the effect of heat treatment on the film structure. The order of the crystallinity index of the untreated sericin film is as follows: F25 (sericin film cast from formic acid) > WE25 (ethanol treated sericin film cast from water at $250^{\circ}C$) > W25 (sericin film cast from water at $250^{\circ}C$) > W100 (sericin film cast from water at $100^{\circ}C$). As the heat-treatment temperature was increased, the color of the sericin films changed gradually from colorless to yellow, brown, and black depending on the temperature. The crystallinity of the sericin film changed after the heat treatment, depending on the preparation condition. Whereas a sericin film cast from formic acid (F25) started to lose its crystallinity at $200^{\circ}C$, thus undergoing the highest loss of crystallinity among the sericin films studied, the rest (W25, WE25, and W100) showed a decrease in crystallinity at $250^{\circ}C$, owing to the disruption of the ${\beta}$-sheet crystallites due to heat.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.343-349
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• 2016

제주용암해수는 미네랄과 영양염류가 풍부한 물로 제주만이 보유한 지하수자원이다. 본 연구의 목적은 제주용암해수의 피부 보습효과를 확인하기 위한 것이다. 피부의 건조함을 막고 수분을 유지하기 위해서는 표피층의 장벽기능이 정상적으로 기능하고, 표피층 내 수분의 유지와 이동이 원활히 이루어져야 한다. 제주용암해수를 각질형성세포에 처리한 결과 표피층의 분화과정과 natural moisturizing factor (NMF) 생성과정에 관여하는 유전자인 필라그린과 caspase-14 유전자의 발현양이 증가되는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 막관통 단백질로 수분의 이동을 조절하는 aquaporin 3 (AQP3) 유전자 발현양과 단백질 발현양도 제주용암해수 처리에 의해 증가하였다. 인공피부를 이용한 실험에서 제주용암해수를 배지에 처리하고 배양한 결과 hyaluronic acid (HA)의 수용체인 CD44의 발현양이 증가하였다. 본 연구를 통해 제주용암해수는 피부 보습과 관련된 인자들의 발현양을 증가시켜 피부의 보습기능에 도움을 주는 것으로 사료되었다.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제49권5호
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• pp.269-276
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 자외선 조사를 병행하여 녹차 추출물의 식이공급을 10주간 공급한 무모생쥐 (UV+1%GTE군)의 표피 보습과 filaggrin 의 대사물질 및 관련 효소인 PAD3의 발현 및 함량 변화를 정상대조군 (UV-군) 및 자외선 조사군 (UV+군)과 비교 분석하였으며 결과는 다음과 같다. UV+군의 피부 보습은 UV-군보다 유의적으로 낮은 반면 UV+1%GTE군 의 피부 보습은 UV+군에 비해 유의적으로 높았고, UV-군에는 미치지 못하였다. UV+군의 profilaggrin 함량은 UV-군과 유의적인 차이가 없었으나, filaggrin의 함량은 UV-군에 비해 유의적으로 낮았다. UV+1%GTE군 에서 profilaggrin은 UV- 및 UV+에비해 현저히 높았고, filaggrin은 UV-군과 유사한 수준으로 높았다. UV+군의 PAD3 효소 발현은 UV-군에 비해 유의적으로 낮았다. UV+1%GTE군은 UV+군에 비해 유의적으로 높았으며, UV-군에 비해 높았다. 자연보습인자의 주요 아미노산인 serine 및 glycine, alanine의 함량은 UV-군과 UV+군간 유사하였으나 UV+1%GTE군에서는 UV- 및 UV+군에 비해 현저히 높았다. UV-군과 비교하여 UV+군의 피부 보습함량이 낮게 측정된 것에 비해 유리아미노산 함량에는 변화가 없어 자외선에 따른 피부 보습에 관여되는 또 다른 메커니즘인 표피 지질함량 분석과 함께 녹차추출물의 효과에 대한 연구가 추후 이루어질 필요성이 있다. 그러나, 결론적으로 자외선 조사와 병행된 녹차 추출물 식이 공급은 (pro)filaggrin의 함량 및 PAD3의 발현이 높게 나타남에 의한 표피 유리아미노산의 함량이 높아 궁극적으로 자외선 조사에 의해 야기된 피부건조를 완화시켰다.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.520-528
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• 2006

Free amino acids in epidermis function as a major component of Natural Moisturizing Factor (NMF), which maintains the optimal level of water in skin even at the low humidity. In fact, the depletion of free amino acids is reported in the epidermis of atopic dermatitis, the skin condition involving dryness. As an effort searching the dietary source for improving the level of water and free amino acid in epidermis, the dietary effects of silk protein, sericin (S) and fibroin (F) on trans epidermal water loss (TEWL), and plasma and epidermal levels of free amino acids were compared in this study. Thirty of male NC/Nga mice, an animal model of atopic dermatitis, were divided into three groups: group CA as an atopic control with control diet, group S: 1% sericin diet and group F: 1% fibroin diet. Ten of male BALB/c mice were served as group C (control group) with control diet. All mice were fed on diet and water ad libitum for 10weeks. Dry skin condition was established in group CA as TEWL was increased (148.7% of group C). In parallel, epidermal level of glutamate, one of major amino acids functioning as NMF, was dramatically decreased and epidermal levels of methionine and alanine were inversely elevated. Dietary supplementation of sericin (group S) reduced TEWL at the similar level with group C and increased epidermal levels of glutamate as well as serine and glycine, the other major amino acids as NMF. Despite a marked decrease of methionine and alanine, the reduction of TEWL and epidermal levels of glutamate, serine and glycine of group F were less than of group S. Furthermore, in contrast to similar levels of other free amino acids in plasma and epidermis of group S and group C, plasma and epidermal levels of other free amino acids, specifically phenylalanine, isoleucine, cysteine and tyrosine in epidermis of group F, were significantly higher than of group C. Together, our data demonstrate that dietary supplementation of sericin is more effective at improving dry skin condition that paralleled with the normalization of free amino acids in plasma and epidermis of NC/Nga mice.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.419-426
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• 2004

나노 세라마이드의 캡슐화(Nano-ceramide capsulation)는 세라마이드 III와 토코페릴리놀레이트를 나노 크기의 모노 베지클에 캡슐화시켜 피부각질층에 작용하도록 만든 기술이다. 그 제조에는 고압 마이크로플루다이저를 사용하였으며 조성은 다음과 같다. 모노 베지클의 막 강화제로서 $0.5{\~}5.0\;wt\%의$ 수소첨가레시친과 $0.1{\~}2.0\;wt\%의$ 리소레시친을 사용하였으며, 용제로서 $5.0{\~}10.0\;wt\%의$ propylene glycol과 $5.0{\~}10.0\;wt\%의$ ethanol을 사용하였다. 피부 보습기능과 아토피 치료를 위하여 활성성분인 세라마이드 III와 토코페릴리놀레이트를 사용하였으며 유화제는 함유하지 않았다. 나노 세라마이드 캡슐기술의 최적조건은 다음과 같다. 마이크로플루다이저의 통과압력은 1,000 bar, 통과횟수는 3회, 통과 온도는 $60{\~}70^{\circ}C가$ 적당하였다. 또한, nano capsule의 pH는 $5.8\pm0.5이었다.$ 평균입자크기는 $63.1{\pm}7.34 nm로$ 물과 같은 투명한 성상을 보였으며, 제타포텐셜값은 $-55.1{\pm}0.84mV이었다.$ 임상실험 결과로서, 피부보습효과(in-vivo, n=8, p-value<0.05)는 비교시료보다 $21.15{\%}$ 개선되었으며, 치료 전보다는 $36.31{\%}$ 개선되었다. 더구나, 아토피 피부 효과는 아토피 피부 환자 10명에게서 양성반응을 보였다.