• Natural Product Sciences
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.161-166
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• 2003

In the course of our studies for new anticancer medicinal plants, we evaluated the effects of an alcohol-water (1:1, V/V) extract of Dendrostellera lesserii (Thymelaeaceae) leaves on the growth rates of breast tumors of rats. The breast tumors were induced in a group of rats by Dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA) injection. Our data showed that daily oral feeding of the crude extract to the rats, for 20 consecutive weeks, significantly repressed the growth rates of the breast tumors. In addition, the probable effect of D. lessertii crude extract or one of its purified active components on metastasis was evaluated using wehi-164 cells. Treatment of the cells with a single nontoxic dose of the purified active component for 48 hours inhibited the adhesion of the cells to the immobilized fibronectin molecules by almost 80% compared to the untreated control cells.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.22-26
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• 2009

Phytochemical investigation of the roots of Echiochilon fruticosum resulted in the isolation of two naphthoquinone derivatives. Compound 1 was identified as anhydroalkanin while compound 2 was identified as a new derivative 5-hydroxy 8-methoxy 2-(4-methylpent-1,3-dienyl) naphthalene-1,4-dione named as echiochiloquinone. In addition, caffeic acid 3, caffeic acid methyl ester 4 were isolated. The structures were determined by physical, chemical and spectral methods. The anti-inflammatory activity of the root extracts and compound 2 was evaluated utilizing both cotton pellet-induced and carragenin-induced rat paw edema. The ulcerogenic effect was also studied.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.80-84
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• 2011

Five known compounds, cimigenol (1), 25-O-acetylcimigenol (2), cimigenol 3-O-${\beta}$-D-xylopyranoside (3), ferulic acid methyl ester (4), and visnagin (5), were isolated from Cimicifugae Rhizoma (Ranunculaceae). The chemical structures of these compounds were determined on the basis of spectroscopic analyses including 2D NMR. Compounds 1 - 5 were evaluated for their cytotoxic activity against the HL-60, MCF-7, and A549 cancer cell lines in in vitro. Among them, compounds 4 and 5 showed moderate inhibitory activity against HL-60 cancer cell lines with $IC_{50}$ values of 24.8 and 18.1 ${\mu}M$, respectively.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.407-409
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• 2004

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.816-821
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• 1999

Cholesterol esterase(pCEH, pancreas cholesterol ester hydrolase, E.C.3.1.1.13) which is secreted from pancreas has been known as an important lipase for cholesterol uptake. cholesteryl acyl esters from a diet must be hydrolyzed to free cholesterol and fatty acid by cholesterol esterase before the absorption in small intestine. For the development of inhibitory substances from natural source, we screened many extracts of oriental herbs for the inhibition of cholesterol esterase in vitro. The ethanol extract of Ephedra herba showed strong inhibitory activity. Solvent fractionation and silica gel column chromatography with the extract lead to the purification of the inhibitory principle in Ephedra herba. Crystallized inhibitor was identified as ( ) ephedrine by using UV, FT IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR and GC/Mass. These results suggest that ( ) ephedrine can be used as a potential lead compound for the development of inhibitor for cholesterol uptake by cholesterol esterase inhibition.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.31 no.12
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• pp.3735-3739
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• 2010

Branched oligopeptides prepared by coupling a very hydrophobic aspartic diamino acid ethyl ester such as Asp $(LeuEt)_2$, $Asp(IleEt)_2$ and $Asp(PheEt)_2$ to glycine or glycylphenylalanine were grafted to the cyclotriphosphazene backbone bearing an equimolar hydrophilic poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG). The properties of the resultant amphiphiles were examined in comparison with those of the linear oligopeptide analogues previously reported. All cyclic phosphazene trimers grafted with the branched tetra- and pentapeptides displayed a normal trend of thermosensitivity depending on their hydrophilic to hydrophobic balance, but the stability and particle size of their micelles were found to be greatly dependent on the fine structure of the branched oligopeptides grafted. The trimers bearing branched tetrapeptides with a low hydrophobicity were found to form unstable micelles initially, which reassemble into thermodynamically more stable polymersomes.

• Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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• 2003.10b
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• pp.67.2-67.2
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• 2003

Four new lanostane-type triterpenes were isolated from CH$_2$Cl$_2$ fraction of Ganoderma applanatum (Polyporaceae). There structures were determined as (20S)-3${\beta}$, 7${\beta}$, 20,23ζ-tetrahydroxy-1l,15-dioxolanosta-8-en-26-oic acid, (20S)-7${\beta}$,20,23ζ- trihydroxy-3,1l,15-trioxolanosta-8-en-26-oic acid, 7${\beta}$,23ζ-dihydroxy-3,11,15- trioxolanosta-8,20E(22)-dien-26-oic acid, and 7${\beta}$-hydroxy-3, 11,15,23-tetraoxolanosta-8,20E(22)-dien-26-oic acid methyl ester on the basis of spectral data.

• Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.265.1-265.1
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• 2002

In the previous study. we isolated kalopanaxsaponin A and pictoside A from the EtOAc fraction of Kalopanax pictus extract. In the present study, the BuOH fraction of K pictus extract was hydrolyzed by alkali and antirheumatic effect of the fraction was evaluated. It was found that the hydrolysate of the BuOH fraction showed inhibition of adjuvant-induced arthritis in rats. Of the EtOAc and BuOH fractions of the hydrolysate, only the former exhibited anti-arthritic activity. (omitted)

• Natural Product Sciences
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.89-99
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• 1997

Aminolysis, hydrazinolysis and alkylation of 4-methoxy and 4,9-dimethoxy-6-cyano-7-thione-5-methyl-7H furo [3,2-g] [1] benzopyridine (1 a-b) yielded 7N-substituted furobenzopyridine derivatives (2 a-e or the possible isomers 3 a-e and 4 a-b), (5 a,b and 6 a,b) and the ester (8 a,b). Hydrolysis of (la) with acetic acid gave the corresponding pyridone derivatives (7). Furobenzopyridinyl-7-thioacetyl hydrazide (9 a,b) have been prepared via alkylation of furobenzopyridine thione (1 a-b) with ethyl chloroacetate followed by condensation with hydrazine hydrate. Schiff base (11) was prepared by reacting (9a) with p. N,N-dimethyl aminobenzaldehyde in boiling ethanol. Treatment of (8a) with anthranilic acid gave the corresponding 7-substituted-4H-3,1-benzoxazine-4-one (10). We found that compound (11) increased bleeding, coagulating time, the total count of white blood cells, blood glucose level (cause hyperglycemia), enzymes (GOT, GPT) activities, concentration of urea and creatinine. On the other hand it decreased red blood cells number, haemoglobin content and haematocrite value.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2020.10a
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• pp.219-219
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• 2020

Kaempferol (3,4',5,7-tetrahydroxyflavone), a flavonoid found in beans, broccoli, garlic, etc., has been used in natural medicine as an anti-inflammatory and antioxidant. This experiment was carried out to evaluate the anti-apoptotic effect of kaempferol in 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA)-treated Normal Human Dermal Fibroblast (NHDF). Kaempferol inhibited the production of intracellular Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) induced by TPA in NHDF. Kaempferol significantly blocks the phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase responsible for the activation of nuclear factor-kappa B. In addition, kaempferol significantly attenuated the expression of Bax and cleaved caspase-3 as regulated by the phosphorylation of nuclear factor-kappa B during its blockage of TPA-induced apoptotic cell death. These findings suggest that kaempferol protects the apoptotic signaling pathway induced by TPA through modulating intracellular ROS in NHDF.