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Isolation of Alkaloids with Immune Stimulating Activity from Oryza sativa cv. Heugnambyeo (흑남벼 함유 Alkaloid 분리 및 면역효능 연구)

  • Ryu, Min-Ju;Chung, Ha-Sook
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.54 no.1
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    • pp.65-70
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    • 2010
  • We describe the immune stimulatory effects of compounds determined by means of activity-monitored extraction and isolation techniques. As a result, 4-carboethoxy-6-methoxy-2-quinolone (1) and 4-carboethoxy-6-hydroxy-2-quinolone (2) were isolated from the ethyl acetate-soluble fraction of the Oryza sativa cv. Heugnambyeo bran, and were determined to exert significant inhibitory effects in macrophage cell line (murine RAW 264.7) and murine splenocytes. The structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic evidence, particularly the results obtained via hetero nuclear multiple-bond connectivity and high-resolution MS spectroscopy. Up to date, compound (1) was isolated as natural sources for the first time.

Lipid Lowering Effect of Anthocyanin-Pigmented Rice Bran in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Male Rats

  • Han, Hae-Kyoung;Choi, Sung-Sook;Shin, Jin-Chul;Chung, Ha-Sook
    • Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.276-280
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    • 2008
  • Oryza sativa cv. Heugjinjubyeo, an anthocyanin-pigmented rice variety, is well known to contain high levels of bioactive phytochemicals, anthocyanin, quinolone alkaloids and phenolic acids. Here, we studied the inhibitory effect of Oryza sativa cv. Heugjinjubyeo bran on the absorption of dietary fat in streptozotocin-induced diabetic Sprague-Dawley male rats. For these experiments, experimental animals were divided into four groups: normal, diabetic-control and two experimental groups that were fed 1.0 g or 2.0 g/kg body weight/day of Oryza sativa cv. Heugjinjubyeo bran supplement for 14 days. As a result, liver glycogen levels increased significantly by 65% and 32% in groups receiving 1.0 g and 2.0 g/kg body weight/day, respectively, compared to diabetic-control. Liver cholesterol levels were significantly lower by 8.3% and 14.5% in the groups fed 1.0 g and 2.0 g of anthocyanin- pigmented rice extracts, respectively.

OryzaGP 2021 update: a rice gene and protein dataset for named-entity recognition

  • Larmande, Pierre;Liu, Yusha;Yao, Xinzhi;Xia, Jingbo
    • Genomics & Informatics
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.27.1-27.4
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    • 2021
  • Due to the rapid evolution of high-throughput technologies, a tremendous amount of data is being produced in the biological domain, which poses a challenging task for information extraction and natural language understanding. Biological named entity recognition (NER) and named entity normalisation (NEN) are two common tasks aiming at identifying and linking biologically important entities such as genes or gene products mentioned in the literature to biological databases. In this paper, we present an updated version of OryzaGP, a gene and protein dataset for rice species created to help natural language processing (NLP) tools in processing NER and NEN tasks. To create the dataset, we selected more than 15,000 abstracts associated with articles previously curated for rice genes. We developed four dictionaries of gene and protein names associated with database identifiers. We used these dictionaries to annotate the dataset. We also annotated the dataset using pretrained NLP models. Finally, we analysed the annotation results and discussed how to improve OryzaGP.

Brassinosteroid substances in immature oryza sativa seeds (벼종자의 brassinosteroid 활성물질)

  • Park, Keun-Hyung;Kim, Seon-Jae;Park, Jong-Dae;Lee, Lan-Sook;Hyun, Kyu-Hawn
    • Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • v.36 no.5
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    • pp.376-380
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    • 1993
  • To investigate the presence of the brassinosteroid substances in immature Oryza sativa L. cv Tongjinbyeo seeds, the methanol extract was purified by the sequential use of solvent fractionation, silica gel adsorption chromatography, Sephadex LH-20 chromatography and charcoal adsorption chromatography. The activity of brassinosteroid was monitored by the rice inclination test and its presence could be confirmed in each purification step. The purified active components were separated by silica gel adsorption chromatography and Sephadex LH-20 chromatography. Brassinosteroid substances in separated active fractions were identified as castasterone, teasterone and 6-deoxocastasterone by HPLC. Our work is probably the first report of endogenous brassinosteroids in Oryza sativa seeds. The content of brassinosteroid in Oryza sativa seeds as converted into brassinolide was $0.5{\sim}1.5\;ng/g$ fresh weight.

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Phytolith analysis and rice cultivation possibility from Myosa-ri Archeological Site, Haman-gun, Gyeongnam Province (경남 함안 묘사리 식물규소체 분석과 농경가능성)

  • Kim, Hyo-Seon;Yoon, Soon-Ock;Hwang, Sang-Ill
    • The Korean Journal of Quaternary Research
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.39-48
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    • 2011
  • Phytolith analysis of sediments at the river mouth of valley bottom plains in Myosa-ri, Haman is performed. By the phytolith results, Phragmites and Oryza sativa are dominated in the lower horizon. An abundance of Paniceae and Andropogoneae indicates the active agricultural activities under wet conditions. Moreover, the results of archeological studies suggest the paddy fields in the Three States Age. The phytolith assemblages are dominated in the middle horizon and they gradually increase in the upper horizon. The rice cultivation layer is not proportional to total phytolith yield due to the dominance of Oryza sativa in the lower horizon. However, because the Oryza sativa are continuously observed over the entire sediments, it is suggested that there had been the agricultural activities for the entire periods.

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Anti-oxidant and Whitening Effects of Oryza sativa cv. Heugjinmi Extracts (흑진미(Oryza sativa cv. Heugjinmi) 추출물의 항산화 및 미백 효능 연구)

  • Ju Seong Lee;Eun Young Choi
    • Journal of the Society of Cosmetic Scientists of Korea
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    • v.50 no.2
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    • pp.131-141
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    • 2024
  • In this study, the efficacy of antioxidant and whitening factors was analyzed in order to verify the possibility of use as functional cosmetic materials related to antioxidant and whitening by using the extract of Oryza sativa cv. Heugjinmi. As a result, S OD-like activity, FRAP, reducing power, xanthine oxidase inhibitory activity, and elastase inhibitory activity were similar to those of the control group. Tyrosinase inhibitory activity had no effect in hydrothermal extract and 59% inhibitory activity in ethanol extract. Ethanol extract was found to inhibit cellular tyrosinase inhibitory activity and melanin biosynthesis at concentrations of 25, 50, and 100 ㎍/mL, which will not affect survival in the B16F10 cell line. In addition, the results of confirming the mRNA expression of tyrosinase, TRP-1, and TRP-2 showed inhibition rates of 37%, 51%, and 34%, respectively, at the highest concentration of 100 ㎍/mL. Therefore, it is believed that O. sativa extract has potential to be utilized as a functional cosmetic material related to antioxidant and whitening.

Biochemical Properties and Localization of the β-Expansin OsEXPB3 in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

  • Lee, Yi;Choi, Dongsu
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.119-126
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    • 2005
  • ${\alpha}$-Expansins are bound to the cell wall of plants and can be solubilized with an extraction buffer containing 1 M NaCl. Localization of ${\alpha}$-expansins in the cell wall was confirmed by immunogold labeling and electron microscopy. The subcellular localization of vegetative ${\beta}$-expansins has not yet been studied. Using antibodies specific for OsEXPB3, a vegetative ${\beta}$-expansin of rice (Oryza sativa L.), we found that OsEXPB3 is tightly bound to the cell wall and, unlike ${\alpha}$-expansins, cannot be solubilized with extraction buffer containing 1 M NaCl. OsEXPB3 protein could only be extracted with buffer containing SDS. The subcellular localization of the OsEXPB3 protein was confirmed by immunogold labeling and electron microscopy. Gold particles were mainly distributed over the primary cell walls. Immunohistochemistry showed that OsEXPB3 is present in all regions of the coleoptile and root tissues tested.