• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.308-314
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• 2012

This study was carried out to investigate the antibacterial activity against pathogens of acne and the anti-inflammatory effect of 75% ethanol extract and its fractions from the leaves of Prunus sargentii. In the antibacterial activity by the disc diffusion assay, the extract showed the highest effect against Propionibacterium acnes, Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis in 5 mg/disc. However, the ethyl acetate fraction showed the highest antibacterial activity in 1 mg/disc. On the other hand, the hexane and chloroform fraction showed strong nitric oxide (NO) production inhibitory effect in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated Raw 264.7 cell. In the cell viability of Raw 264.7 by MTT assay, the extract and all fractions were exhibited normal viabilities as nontoxic result. Consequently, the extract from the leaves of P. sargentii and its ethyl acetate fraction could be applicable to functional materials for antibacterial activity related fields. Moreover, the hexane and chloroform fraction could be applicable to candidate materials as anti-inflammatory agent.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.655-659
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• 2006

Two dineolignans (1,2) with nitric oxide inhibitory activities were isolated from Saururus chinensis (Saururaceae) using silica gel column chromatography. Although the structures, saucernetin-7 (1) and -8 (2), have been already reported, NMR assignment of the two compounds was completed aided by 2D-NMR spectroscopy including $^1H-^1H$ COSY, $^1H-^{13}C$ COSY, HMBC and NOESY NMR spectra. Compounds 1 and 2 exhibited significant nitride oxide inhibitory activity in LPS-induced RAW 264.7 cells with $IC_{50}$ values of $11.3{\mu}M\;and\;7.1{\mu}M$, respectively.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.206-212
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• 2013

민들레의 부위별 항산화활성을 검토하기 위하여 지상부 및 지하부의 물, 50, 70, 100% 에탄올 용액과 열수추출조건을 이용하여 얻은 추출물의 DPPH 및 ABTS 라디칼 소거능을 분석하였다. 민들레 지상부 및 지하부 열수추출물의 DPPH 라디칼 소거능이 가장 우수한 것으로 분석되었으며, 추출물의 DPPH 라디칼 소거력은 열수추출물 > 70% 에탄올 추출물 > 50% 에탄올 추출물 > 100% 에탄올 추출물 > 물 추출물 순으로 나타났다. 추출물의 ABTS 라디칼 소거활성을 검토한 결과 지상부 및 지하부의 추출물중 열수추출물이 가장 높은 ABTS 라디칼 소거능을 나타낸 반면 물추출물은 가장 낮은 소거능을 나타내어 DPPH 라디칼 소거능을 분석한 결과와 유사한 경향을 나타내었다. 또한 항산화활성이 가장 우수한 것으로 나타난 열수추출물을 이용하여 극성별 유기용매(클로로포름, 에틸아세테이트, 부탄올)을 이용한 분획물을 얻어 이들의 항산화활성을 검토하였다. ABTS 및 DPPH 라디칼 소거활성, 총 페놀성화합물의 함량을 분석한 결과 에틸아세테이트 분획물의 항산화 활성이 가장 우수한 것으로 나타났으며, 에틸아세테이트 분획물을 제외한 클로로포름, 부탄올, 물 분획물의 경우 지상부 분획물이 지하부보다 라디칼 소거능이 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 각 분획물들이 RAW 264.7 대식세포주에서 LPS 처리에 의한 nitric oxide 생성에 미치는 영향을 검토하였다. 지상부 및 지하부의 에틸아세테이트 분획물이 LPS 처리에 의해 증가한 nitric oxide의 생성을 효과적으로 억제하였으며, 지상부 에틸아세테이트 분획물 $20{\mu}g/mL$ 처리시 LPS 처리에 의해 증가된 NO 생성을 약 50% 저해하는 것으로 나타났으며, 이러한 효과는 지하부 에틸아세테이트 분획물보다 우수한 것으로 분석되었다. 본 연구는 민들레 부위별 다양한 추출조건에서 획득한 추출물들의 총 항산화활성을 비교분석하여 제시함으로써 소재개발을 위한 추출조건을 설정하는데 활용될 수 있을 것으로 판단되며, 또한 각 분획물들의 총 항산화활성 및 RAW 264.7 대식세포주를 이용하여 LPS 처리에 의해 증가된 nitric oxide의 생성억제능을 비교분석하여 제시함으로써 기능성 소재개발에 있어서 기초자료로 활용 할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.153-157
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• 2012

Many studies have explored suppression of aflatoxin produced by Aspergillus Genus. On the other hand, this study examined the inhibitory effect of the culture broth extract (CE) of A. tamarii obtained from dead silkworm on nitric oxide (NO) production and its antioxidative activity. The culture broth was extracted with EtOAc, dried, and then used in this experiment. As a result, CE did not show cytotoxicity on RAW 264.7 cells at any concentration. Moreover, CE suppressed lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced NO production of RAW 264.7 cells in a dose-dependent manner. The total phenol content according to the Folin-Dennis method, the antioxidative activity by DPPH, and the nitrate radical scavenging capacity of CE were increased in a dose-dependent manner. Thus, many of the phenolic compounds were considered to represent the antioxidative activity.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권10호
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• pp.1717-1720
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• 2007

In the course of screening for nitric oxide inhibitors in activated microglial BV-2 cells, cyclo(dehydrohistidyl-L-tryptophyl) was isolated from solid-state fermentation cultures of an unidentified fungal strain, Fb956. Its structure was determined by spectroscopic methods including 2D NMR and chiral TLC analyses. Cyclo(dehydrohistidyl-L-tryptophyl) was found to have an inhibitory activity on nitric oxide production with an $IC_{50}$ of $6.5\;{\mu}M$ in activated BV-2 cells. The structure determination and biological activity of cyclo(dehydrohistidyl-L-tryptophyl) was reported for the first time in this study.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.76-80
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• 2019

Bioactivity-guided fractionation of MeOH extract of the dried fruits of Amomum tsao-ko led to isolation of nine compounds (1 - 9). Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods including extensive 1D and 2D-NMR, as alpinetin (1), naringenin-5-O-methyl ether (2), naringenin (3), hesperetin (4), 2',4',6'-trihydroxy-4-methoxy chalcone (5), tsaokoin (6), boesenbergin B (7), 4-hydroxyboesenbergin B (8), and tsaokoarylone (9). Of these, compound 8 was isolated from a natural source for the first time, which was previously reported as a synthetic product. The isolated compounds (1 - 9) were tested for their inhibitory effects on LPS-induced nitric oxide production in RAW 264.7 macrophages. Among them, three chalcone derivatives (compounds 5, 7, and 8) and a diarylheptanoid (compound 9) exhibited significant inhibitory activity on the NO production with $IC_{50}$ values ranging from 10.9 to $22.5{\mu}M$.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.439-443
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• 2013

This study was conducted to investigate the antioxidative activity and tyrosinase inhibitory activity of 50% ethanol extract and its fractions from the branch of Rhododendron schlippenbachii. In DPPH radical scavenging ability, butanol and ethyl acetate fractions showed 59.98% and 55.17% of relative activity compared with positive control (ascorbic acid), but the 50% ethanol extract showed relatively low activity. In nitric oxide (NO) scavenging ability, the ethyl acetate and butanol fractions showed 141.80% and 131.55% relative activity compared with ascorbic acid as used for positive control. On the other hand, tyrosinase inhibitory activity of the ethyl acetate and butanol fractions showed about twice higher activity than positive control (arbutin). It means that the ethyl acetate and butanol fractions from the extract of R. schlippenbachii branch has ability for used as effective radical scavenger and tyrosinase inhibitor.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.1419-1426
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• 2005

This study was carried out to investigate the effects of herbal extracts on the skin inflammatory reactions which use the makeup preparations. In experiment 1, among the herbal ingredients of herbal extracts, ethanol extracts and 1,3-BG(Butylene Glycol) extracts of Galla Rhois showed potent radical scavenging activity, more than 91% at all concentrations, tested by DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl-hyrazyl) method. In experiment 2, ethanol extracts of Chrysanthemi Flos, Gardenias Flos, Galla Rhois showed potent inhibitory activity of the lipopolysaccharide-induced nitric oxide(NO) production, more than 87% at $10{\mu}g/m{\ell}$, by the macrophage RAW 246.7 cells. And 1,3-BG extracts of Taraxaci Herbs, Corm Fructus, Galla Rhois showed potent inhibitory activity of nitric oxide production, more than 89% at $10{\mu}g/m{\ell}$. In experiment 3, ethanol extracts of Chrysanthemi Flos, Gardeniae Flos, Galla Rhois showed potent inhibitory effects of cyclooxygenase-II activity, more than 78% at $10{\mu}g/m{\ell}$, by using ELISA kit. And 1,3-BG extracts of Galla Rhois, Carthami Flos, Chrysanthemi Flos, Taraxaci Herba, Corm Fructus showed potent inhibitory effects of cyclooxygenase-II(COX-II) activity, more than 80% at $10{\mu}g/m{\ell}$. Therefore, 1 expect that herbal extracts, especially Galla Rhois may be used as a drug for treatment on skin inflammation and a material of the makeup preparations.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.691-699
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• 2000

We investigated the effects of nitric oxide (NO) donors, S-nitroso-L-cysteine (Cys-NO) and 3-morpholinosydnonimine hydrochloride (SIN-1), on the contractile and electrical activity of the circular muscle of guinea pig gastric antrum by using intracellular microelectrode technique. The gastric antral circular muscle showed spontaneous phasic contraction and slow wave of membrane potential. Cys-NO ($0.001{\sim}10{\mu}M$) and SIN-1 ($0.001{\sim}100{\mu}M$) reduced not only the tonic and phasic contraction but also the amplitude of slow wave in a concentration dependent manner. NO donors were more potent to inhibit phasic contraction than to do slow wave. These inhibitory effects of NO donors were mimicked by the membrane permeable guanosine-3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) analogue, 8-bromo-cyclic GMP (8-br-cGMP, $10{\sim}300{\mu}M$). The inhibitory effects of SIN-1 and Cys-NO were antagonized by the guanylate cyclase inhibitor, 1H[ [1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3,-a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ, $10{\mu}M$). These results suggest that the inhibitory effects of NO donors on the mechanical and electrical activity is mainly mediated by cGMP pathway.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.1339-1344
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• 2013

We have synthesized several glycosyl ergosterols and 5,6-dihydroergosterols (DHE) and examined their effects on production of nitric oxide (NO) and iNOS protein expression in LPS-treated RAW264.7 macrophage cells. Our results showed that DHE derivatives inhibited production of NO and iNOS protein expression more strongly than ergosterol derivative. Especially, DHE-Glc exhibited most potent inhibitory activity without cytotoxicity up to the concentration of $100{\mu}M$.