• 대한영양사협회학술지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.44-50
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• 2005

Natural products are increasingly appreciated as a lead for drug discovery and development. A number of investigators have studied various activities of natural products and have found that they have not only nutritional effects but also beneficial properties to cure various diseases and to maintain good health. Job's Tear(Yul-Moo) is a grass crop that have long been used in traditional medicine and a nourishing food. Job's Tear has been reported to exhibit anti-inflammatory, stomachic, antiallergic activity, and antispastic effects and has been used in China for the treatment of warts, rheumatism, and neuralgia although its mechanism remains unclear. Previous results in our laboratory demonstrated that the ethanol extract and water extract of Job's Tear exerted an immune regulatory function on mice cells in vitro. The present study was performed to investigate the ex vivo effect of Job's Tear on immune function. Seven to eight weeks old mices(Balb/c) were fed ad libitum on chow diet and water extract of Job's Tear were orally administrated every other day for two or four weeks at two different concentrations (50 and 500mg/kg B.W.). Proliferation of mice spenocytes and antibody production to sheep red blood cells(SRBC) using hemolytic plague forming cell assay were used to indicate the immune activity. Splenocytes proliferation of Job's Tear with mitogen stimulation such as Con A and LPS was enhanced at 50 mg/kg B.W. concentrations compared to those of control group. In case of antibody production to sheep red blood cells, the number of antibody- secreting cells was increased by administration of 50mg/kg B.W. concentration in mice immunized as a T-dependent antigen. From the present study, Job's Tear water extracts may be suggested to stimulate the mice immune response by enhancing the splenocytes proliferation and the number of plague forming cells.

• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.838-843
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• 2015

In this study, a cotton knit was dyed with elm bark extract; subsequently, the dyed fabric was measured according to the types of mordants and the preprocessing cationizers used. Additionally, antibiosis against super bacteria was examined. The results follow. First, the color of the dyed cotton knit appeared reddish and yellowish for fabrics treated with non-mordants and mordants. When preprocessing with a cationizer was conducted, the dyeing properties were the best. Second. even when mordants were not used for dyeing, color fastness after washing, sweating, and rubbing was generally good Grade 4 and 5. Color fastness after exposure to sunlight was the best Grade 4 for fabric prepared with ferrous sulfate as the mordant. Third. as for antimicrobial properties, or resistance to super bacteria, the growth of bacteria was suppressed in a meaningful way for fabrics treated with non-mordants and mordants, compared to the control group fabric. The dyeing methods with the most powerful antimicrobial effects were dyeing after preprocessing with a cationizer and preparing fabric with copper sulfate as the mordant. The results stated above show that in case of dyeing with elm bark extract, preprocessing of the cotton knit with a cationizer and dying with copper mordant displayed high levels of antimicrobial properties that were useful for resisting super bacteria. Of these the dyeing properties were the best when preprocessing with a cationizer.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.244-250
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• 2010

약용식물인 도꼬마리 추출물을 사용하여 유산균을 이용한 단일 및 복합배양을 통하여 새로운 기능성 물질의 생산을 검토하였다. 도꼬마리 추출물의 유산발효 시 단일배양 결과에서 유산생산을 통해 대체로 잘 증식하는 것이 확인되었으며, H. pylori의 항균 활성은 단일배양보다 복합배양 시 항균활성이 아주 우수하였다. 항균성 물질의 분리는 $C_{18}$ Seppak cartridge에 흡착시켜 30% methanol 용출획분에서 항균성물질이 확인되었으며, TLC로 분석한 결과 $R_f$ 0.46의 위치에서 항균성 물질을 확인하였다. 도꼬마리 유산발효액의 항산화활성은 총 polyphenol 함량 및 radical 소거능을 검토하였으며, 그 결과 총 polyphenol 함량은 미발효시에 비해 도꼬마리 추출물의 저농도에서 단일배양의 경우 2~4배 증가하였으며, Lactobacillus brevis KCTC 3498과 Lactobacillus helveticus KCTC 3545를 복합배양한 경우 1 mg/mL 첨가농도에서 polyphenol이 가장 높게 나타났다. Radical 소거능은 도꼬마리 추출물을 0.1 및 0.5 mg/mL로 첨가하여 발효하였을 때 30~40%의 scavenging이 확인되어 발효를 하지않았을 때 (25%)보다 발효를 하였을 때 높아지는 것으로 나타났다. 특히 Lactobacillus casei KCTC 3109의 경우 0.1 mg/mL의 농도에서 70%의 scavenging을 나타내었다. 이들 결과로부터 도꼬마리 추출물의 유산발효는 미발효시에 비해 Helicobactor pylori에 대한 항균활성물질의 생산과 기능성물질인 항산화물질의 생산성이 우수하다고 사료되었으며 천연한약재의 발효를 통한 천연물 신약 등 신기능물질의 생산가능성을 확인하였다.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.67-71
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• 1999

전신 ${\gamma}$ - 선 조사 24 시간 전에 Cordyceps sinensis (Cs) 추출물을 복강에 단일 투여하였을 때 ${\gamma}$ - 선 조사된 생쥐의 생존율, 체중, 기관 무게 및 혈청 대사물에 미치는 효과를 조사하였다. Cs 추출물의 투여는 ${\gamma}$ - 선을 조사한 생쥐의 40 - day 생존율을 66.7%에서 83.4%로 증가시켰다. 또한 Cs 추출물의 투여는 ${\gamma}$ - 선 조사에 의한 비장과 흉선의 무게감소를 완전히 막아 주었다 (P<0.05, P<0.01). 한편 이와 유사하나 다소 적은 방사선 방호효과가 Cs 투여군의 고환에서도 관찰되었다. Cs 추출물의 투여는 ${\gamma}$ - 선 조사시 나타나는 조사 7 일째의 고혈당 효과를 억제하였다 (P<0.01). 그러나 조사된 기간 동안 혈청 콜레스테롤과 단백질의 수준에는 아무런 영향을 주지 않았다. 본 연구는 Cs가 방사선 방호효과를 보여주는 최초의 보고이다.

• 한국식품조리과학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.351-355
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• 1995

용매(MeOH, EtOH, CHCI$_{3}$/MeOH Water)를 달리한 마추출물의 broiling과 panfrying의 조리법 변이원과 2-AF, benzo(a)pyrene, sodium azide 등의 화학적으로 유도된 순수변이원에 대한 억제효과를 검색하였다. 대사활성물질인 S9 mixture 무첨가시 조리법 변이원에 대한 변이원과 용매종류 및 변이원과 용매사이의 상호관계성은 유의적인 차이를 보였으나, S9 mixture 첨가시에는 변이원, 마, 용매종류들사이 에 유의성을 보였다. 특히 S9 mixture 첨가시 높은 억제효과를 보였던 산마 EtOH 추출물은 panfrying 변이원에 대한 억제효과는 컸으나 조리법 변이원에 포함되었을 것으로 예상되었던 benzo(a)pyrene에 대해서는 억제효과가 낮았다. 순수변이원로서 sodium azide에 대한 마추출물은 산마가 25.4%로, 9.1%인 재배마보다 높았으나 용매에 따른 유의성은 없었다. 2-AF는 마종류에 대한 유의성은 없었으나 Water가 26.2%, MeOH가 41.9%, EtOH가 45.0%, CHCI$_{3}$/MeOH가 84.0%로서 높은 억제효과를 보였다. 특히 산마의 CHCI$_{3}$/MeOH 추출물은 plate당 10 mg 농도에서 가장 높은 91.5%의 억제효과를 보였을뿐 아니라 plate당 1 mg 농도에서도 67%의 높은 억제효과를 나타내었다. 이상과 같이, 본 실험에 사용된 변이원 중 2-AF에 대한 산마 CHCI$_{3}$/MeOH 추출물이 단위 추출물당 억제활성이 가장 높은 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.331-336
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• 2017

Bacteria exist everywhere and continuously come into contact with daily surroundings and humans. Super bacterium methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, resistant to methicillin, has recently appeared. The morbidity and rate of death associated with super bacteria infection has increased. This study investigated the antibacterial activity of fabrics naturally dyed with Chamaecyparis obtusa leaves extract against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Fabrics were left for 15 min in a natural dyeing solution prepared by extraction from C. obtusa leaves using 11.3% (o.w.f) with a fixed liquor ratio of 1:22 at $40^{\circ}C$. The dyeing process was conducted using three different mordants; subsequently, the K/S value of the dyed fabrics increased in the order of None < Cu < Fe < Al. The color fastness property of the fabrics to washing, dry-cleaning, and rubbing was found to be excellent and ranked in the 4-5 grade. The color fastness to light of natural dyeing is low in most cases and has the problem that the dye color soon becomes bleached. Yet, in most cases cloth dyed with retinispora leaves, the color fastnezz to light was good with a third to fourth grade. Non-mordant fabrics, aluminum mordants, and copper mordants also showed better antibacterial properties (99.9% reduction) against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, compared to the control fabrics. The dyed fabrics showed the same antibacterial activity even after three washes. The results highlight the strong potential of fabrics naturally dyed with C. obtusa-extract as a medicinal material with excellent antibacterial function against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.228-236
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• 2004

The aim of the present study was to examine whether green tea extract (CUMC6335) affects the blood pressure and the isolated aortic contractility of the rabbit in comparison with one of the most powerful active catechins, epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). The phenylephrine $(1-10\;{\mu}M)-induced$ contractile responses were greatly inhibited in the presence of CUMC6335 (0.3-1.2 mg/ml). Also, high potassium (56 mM)-induced contractile responses were depressed in high concentration (0.6-1.2 mg/ml), but not affected in low concentration CUMC6335 (0.3 mg/ml). However, epigallocatechin gallate $(EGCG,\;4-12\;{\mu}g/ml)$ did not affect the contractile responses evoked by phenylephrine and high $K^+$. The infusion of CUMC6335 with a rate of 20 mg/kg/30 min made a significant reduction in pressor responses induced by intravenous norepinephrine. However, EGCG (1 mg/kg/30 min) did not affect them. Collectively, these results obtained from the present study suggest that intravenous CUMC6335 causes depressor action in the anesthetized rat at least partly through the blockade of adrenergic ${\alpha}_1-receptors$. CUMC6335 also causes the relaxation in the isolated aortic strips of the rabbit partly via the blockade of adrenergic ${\alpha}_1-receptors$, in addition to the unknown direct mechanism. It seems that there is no species difference in the vascular effect between the rat and the rabbit.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제30권10호
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• pp.1559-1566
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• 2020

Compound K (C-K) is one of the most pharmaceutically effective ginsenosides, but it is absent in natural ginseng. However, C-K can be obtained through the hydrolysis of protopanaxadiol-type ginsenosides (PPDGs) in natural ginseng. The aim of this study was to obtain the high concentration of food-available C-K using PPDGs in Korean ginseng extract by an extracellular enzyme from Aspergillus niger KACC 46495. A. niger was cultivated in the culture medium containing the inducer carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) for 6 days. The extracellular enzyme extracted from A. niger was prepared from the culture broth by filtration, ammonium sulfate, and dialysis. The extracellular enzyme was used for C-K production using PPDGs. The glycoside-hydrolyzing pathways for converting PPDGs into C-K by the extracellular enzyme were Rb1 → Rd → F2 → C-K, Rb2 → Rd or compound O → F2 or compound Y → C-K, and Rc → Rd or compound Mc1 → F2 or compound Mc → C-K. The extracellular enzyme from A. niger at 8.0 mg/ml, which was obtained by the induction of CMC during the cultivation, converted 6.0 mg/ml (5.6 mM) PPDGs in Korean ginseng extract into 2.8 mg/ml (4.5 mM) food-available C-K in 9 h, with a productivity of 313 mg/l/h and a molar conversion of 80%. To the best of our knowledge, the productivity and concentration of C-K of the extracellular enzyme are the highest among those by crude enzymes from wild-type microorganisms.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.15-21
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• 2015

The skin plays a key role in protecting the body from the environment and from water loss. Cornified envelope (CE) and natural moisturizing factor (NMF) are considered as the primary regulators of skin hydration and barrier function. The CE prevents loss of water from the body and is formed by cross-linking of several proteins. Among these proteins, filaggrin is an important protein because NMF is produced by the degradation of filaggrin. Proteases, including matriptase and prostasin, stimulate the generation of filaggrin from profilaggrin and caspase-14 plays a role in the degradation of filaggrin. This study elucidated the effects of an ethanol extract of Boesenbergia pandurata (Roxb.) Schltr., known as fingerroot, and its active compound panduratin A on CE formation and filaggrin processing in HaCaT, human epidermal keratinocytes. B. pandurata extract (BPE) and panduratin A significantly stimulated not only CE formation but also the expression of CE proteins, such as loricrin, involucrin, and transglutaminase, which were associated with $PPAR{\alpha}$ expression. The mRNA and protein levels of filaggrin and filaggrin-related enzymes, such as matriptase, prostasin, and caspase-14 were also up-regulated by BPE and panduratin A treatment. These results suggest that BPE and panduratin A are potential nutraceuticals which can enhance skin hydration and barrier function based on their CE formation and filaggrin processing.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.578-582
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• 2002

양식어류 질병 세균에 대한 31종의 천연물을 $70\%$ ethanol로 추출하여 항균효과를 조사하였다. 그 중에서 망태버섯 ethanol 추출물이 비교적 높은 활성을 나타내었으며, 망태버섯을 극성이 낮은 dichlorornethane, ethyl acetate, n-buthanol, water의 순서로 분획하여 항균효과를 본 결과 ethyl acetate 추출물에서 모든 균주에대한 clear zone을 형성하여 항균효과가 보였다. 또한, 망태버섯로부터의 ethyl acetate 추출물을 Si-chromatography를 이용하여 fraction별 7개로 분획하여 항균효과를 조사한 결과 Fraction 2 (Hx :EtAOc, 3: 1)에서는 L. anguillarum에 대해 가장 항균효과가 뛰어났으며, Fraction 5 (DCM:MeOH, 5: 1)에서 5. iniae가 가장 높았다. 그 중에서 세 균주에 대해서 공통적으로 항균활성이 높은 것은 Fraction 5로 나타났다.