• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.101-108
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• 1993

This study was made to understand a hypoglycemic action of the fat soluble fraction of Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats by determining the activities of several enzymes related to carbohydrate and lipid metabolism as well as several blood component levels such as glucose and ketone bodies, and non-esterified fatty acids. Albino rats (Sprague Dawley, 170-200g, 3) were injected once with 70mg streptozotocinhg body weight intraperitoneally and fed with ordinary diet for 7 days, and then the fat soluble fraction (5 mg~20 mg/day/rat) was injected intraperitoneally once a day for three days to rats having high blood glucose level over 340 mg/100ml. After a final injection of the fat soluble fraction, rats u.ere starved for 16 hours followed by the analysis of blood serum and liver enzymes. It was found that increased levels of glucose, ketone bodies and free fatty acids in streptozotocin induced rats were decreased appreciably by administration of the fat soluble fraction. However, the amount of administered fat soluble fraction did not show any significantly different hypoglycemic action. Decreased activities of glucokinase, phosphofructokinase, pyruvate kinase, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase and acetyl CoA carboxylase of the liver of streptozotocin induced diabetic rats were greatly modified suggesting that a hypoglycemic action of the fat soluble fraction was also appreciable as ginseng saponin fraction. We also compared a hypoglycemic action of the fat soluble fraction prepared from American ginseng and Chinese ginseng with that of Korean pain ginseng. 핀o significant difference of the hypoglycemic activity was observed between the above ginseng fat soluble fractions, suggesting that a study of the fat soluble fraction might be one of the most interesting subjects relating to diabetic hyperglycemia in the near future.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제29권11호
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• pp.1593-1600
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• 2016

This research was conducted to investigate the physiological consequences of undernourished yak. Twelve Maiwa yak ($110.3{\pm}5.85kg$) were randomly divided into two groups (baseline and starvation group). The yak of baseline group were slaughtered at day 0, while the other group of yak were kept in shed without feed but allowed free access to water, salt and free movement for 9 days. Blood samples of the starvation group were collected on day 0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9 and the starved yak were slaughtered after the final blood sample collection. The liver and muscle glycogen of the starvation group decreased (p<0.01), and the lipid content also decreased while the content of moisture and ash increased (p<0.05) both in Longissimus dorsi and liver compared with the baseline group. The plasma insulin and glucose of the starved yak decreased at first and then kept stable but at a relatively lower level during the following days (p<0.01). On the contrary, the non-esterified fatty acids was increased (p<0.01). Beyond our expectation, the ketone bodies of ${\beta}$-hydroxybutyric acid and acetoacetic acid decreased with prolonged starvation (p<0.01). Furthermore, the mRNA expression of lipogenetic enzyme fatty acid synthase and lipoprotein lipase in subcutaneous adipose tissue of starved yak were down-regulated (p<0.01), whereas the mRNA expression of lipolytic enzyme carnitine palmitoyltransferase-1 and hormone sensitive lipase were up-regulated (p<0.01) after 9 days of starvation. The phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase and pyruvate carboxylase, responsible for hepatic gluconeogenesis were up-regulated (p<0.01). It was concluded that yak derive energy by gluconeogenesis promotion and fat storage mobilization during starvation but without ketone body accumulation in the plasma.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.575-582
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• 2016

BACKGROUNG/OBJECTIVES: The study was performed to investigate the effects and mechanisms of action of high maysin corn silk extract on body weight and fat deposition in experimental animals. MATERIALS/METHODS: A total of 30 male C57BL/6J mice, 4-weeks-old, were purchased and divided into three groups by weight using a randomized block design. The normal-fat (NF) group received 7% fat (diet weight basis), the high-fat (HF) group received 25% fat and 0.5% cholesterol, and the high-fat corn silk (HFCS) group received high-fat diet and high maysin corn silk extract at 100 mg/kg body weight through daily oral administration. Body weight and body fat were measured, and mRNA expression levels of proteins involved in adipocyte differentiation, fat accumulation, fat synthesis, lipolysis, and fat oxidation in adipose tissue and the liver were measured. RESULTS: After experimental diet intake for 8 weeks, body weight was significantly lower in the HFCS group compared to the HF group (P < 0.05), and kidney fat and epididymal fat pad weights were significantly lower in the HFCS group compared to the HF group (P < 0.05). In the HFCS group, CCAAT/enhancer binding protein-${\beta}$, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-${\gamma}1$ (PPAR-${\gamma}1$), and PPAR-${\gamma}2$ mRNA expression levels were significantly reduced (P < 0.05) in the epididymal fat pad, whereas cluster of differentiation 36, lipoprotein lipase, acetyl-CoA carboxylase-1, sterol regulatory element binding protein-1c, pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase, isozyme-4, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, and stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 mRNA expression levels were significantly decreased in liver and adipose tissues (P < 0.05). In the HFCS group, mRNA expression levels of AMP-activated protein kinase, hormone-sensitive lipase, and carnitine palmitoyltransferase-1 were elevated (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: It can be concluded that high maysin corn silk extract inhibits expression of genes involved in adipocyte differentiation, fat accumulation, and fat synthesis as well as promotes expression of genes involved in lipolysis and fat oxidation, further inhibiting body fat accumulation and body weight elevation in experimental animals.

• Weed & Turfgrass Science
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.221-229
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• 2013

우리나라에서 제초제 저항성작물의 개발과 저항성작물의 실용화 재배가 이루어질 경우를 대비하기 위하여 제초제 저항성작물 개발 및 잡초방제 연구현황을 분석하고 앞으로의 잡초방제 방향과 전망에 관하여 기술하였다. 제초제 저항성작물 개발은 작물에 대한 약해 없이 한 가지 제초제만을 사용해서 선택적으로 광범한 잡초방제 효과를 나타낼 수 있는 획기적인 잡초관리 기술의 하나이다. Glyphosate 저항성 형질전환 콩, 옥수수, 캐놀라, 면화에서 glyphosate 사용은 단순한 잡초방제법으로 저비용으로 편리하게 잡초를 관리할 수 있다. 한 작물에 glyphosate와 glufosinate에 모두 저항성인 이중저항성작물은 옥수수, 콩, 면화에서 개발되어 glyphosate 저항성잡초를 방제할 수 있었으며, 기존 제초제 기술의 영역을 확장할 수 있을 것이다. 그리고 glyphosate를 ALS 저해형 제초제, 합성옥신 제초제, HPPD 저해형 제초제 혹은 ACCase 저해형 제초제를 포함한 새로운 제초제 저항성작물 개발은 제초제 저항성잡초를 효과적으로 방제하기 위하여 가까운 장래에 개발되기를 기대한다. 또한 제초제 저항성작물만으로는 잡초문제를 해결할 수 없기 때문에 앞으로 다른 작용기작 제초제의 교호사용, 기계적, 경종적 방법을 통합한 종합적잡초관리 체계에 관한 연구가 요망된다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.257-267
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• 2017

Background: Heat-processed ginseng, sun ginseng (SG), has been reported to have improved therapeutic properties compared with raw forms, such as increased antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, and antihyperglycemic effects. The aim of this study was to investigate the antiobesity effects of SG through the suppression of cell differentiation and proliferation of mouse 3T3-L1 preadipocyte cells and the lipid accumulation in Caenorhabditis elegans. Methods: To investigate the effect of SG on adipocyte differentiation, levels of stained intracellular lipid droplets were quantified by measuring the oil red O signal in the lipid extracts of cells on differentiation Day 7. To study the effect of SG on fat accumulation in C. elegans, L4 stage worms were cultured on an Escherichia coli OP50 diet supplemented with $10{\mu}g/mL$ of SG, followed by Nile red staining. To determine the effect of SG on gene expression of lipid and glucose metabolism-regulation molecules, messenger RNA (mRNA) levels of genes were analyzed by real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis. In addition, the phosphorylation of Akt was examined by Western blotting. Results: SG suppressed the differentiation of 3T3-L1 cells stimulated by a mixture of 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine, dexamethasone, and insulin (MDI), and inhibited the proliferation of adipocytes during differentiation. Treatment of C. elegans with SG showed reductions in lipid accumulation by Nile red staining, thus directly demonstrating an antiobesity effect for SG. Furthermore, SG treatment down-regulated mRNA and protein expression levels of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor subtype ${\gamma}$ ($PPAR{\gamma}$) and CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein-alpha ($C/EBP{\alpha}$) and decreased the mRNA level of sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1c in MDI-treated adipocytes in a dose-dependent manner. In differentiated 3T3-L1 cells, mRNA expression levels of lipid metabolism-regulating factors, such as amplifying mouse fatty acid-binding protein 2, leptin, lipoprotein lipase, fatty acid transporter protein 1, fatty acid synthase, and 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase, were increased, whereas that of the lipolytic enzyme carnitine palmitoyltransferase-1 was decreased. Our data demonstrate that SG inversely regulated the expression of these genes in differentiated adipocytes. SG induced increases in the mRNA expression of glycolytic enzymes such as glucokinase and pyruvate kinase, and a decrease in the mRNA level of the glycogenic enzyme phosphoenol pyruvate carboxylase. In addition, mRNA levels of the glucose transporters GLUT1, GLUT4, and insulin receptor substrate-1 were elevated by MDI stimulation, whereas SG dose-dependently inhibited the expression of these genes in differentiated adipocytes. SG also inhibited the phosphorylation of Akt (Ser473) at an early phase of MDI stimulation. Intracellular nitric oxide (NO) production and endothelial nitric oxide synthase mRNA levels were markedly decreased by MDI stimulation and recovered by SG treatment of adipocytes. Conclusion: Our results suggest that SG effectively inhibits adipocyte proliferation and differentiation through the downregulation of $PPAR{\gamma}$ and $C/EBP{\alpha}$, by suppressing Akt (Ser473) phosphorylation and enhancing NO production. These results provide strong evidence to support the development of SG for antiobesity treatment.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.199-204
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• 2009

목 적 : 발열을 동반한 발작은 소아기에 흔한 문제이며, 단순 열성경련은 간질로 진행되는 경우는 거의 없고 예후가 매우 좋다. 그러나 복합 열성경련과 신경학적인 이상이 동반된 경우, 간질의 가족력이 있는 경우 및 1시간이내의 짧은 발열에 동반된 경우 등은 간질로 진행될 위험이 높고 선천성 대사 질환과 같은 기저 질환이 있을 가능성이 높다. 따라서 본 연구는 복합 열성경련의 환아의 유기산 분석을 통하여 어떠한 대사 질환들이 있는지 알아보고자 시행되었다. 방 법 : 1997년 7월부터 2005년 6월까지의 8년 동안 발작을 주소로 유기산 분석이 의뢰되었던 환아 중에서 복합 열성경련으로 진단되었으며 정맥혈 가스 분석, 암모니아, 간 기능 검사, 소변 검사 등의 통상적인 검사를 시행한 정보가 있었던 278명을 후향적으로 분석하였다. 결 과 : 정보가 있었던 278명의 환자 중에서 기본 검사가 모두 정상인 경우는 132명이었고, 한 가지라도 비정상소견을 보였던 환자는 146명이었다. 가장 흔한 비정상소견은 산혈증으로 58명이었고, 고 암모니아혈증(55명), 저혈당(21명), 케톤산혈증(12명) 등의 순이었다. 통상적인 검사가 정상인 군에서 유기산분석이 비정상소견을 보인 경우는 26명으로 19.7%였으며, 호흡연쇄효소의 이상이 대부분을 차지하였다(23명). 통상적인 검사가 비정상소견을 보였던 146명 중 유기산 분석에서 비정상소견을 보인 경우는 104명으로 71.2%였으며, 통계적으로 의미 있게 높았다(P<0.05). 원인질환으로는 사립체호흡연쇄효소의 이상이 29명, 케톤분해장애가 27명, 피루브산탈수소효소 결핍증과 제2형 글루타르산혈증이 각각 9명의 순이었으며, 제3형 3-메칠글루타콘산혈증 6명, 비오틴분해효소 결핍증 5명, 프로피온산혈증 4명 등이 뒤를 잇고 있으며, 그 외 다양한 질환들이 1-2명씩 진단되었다. 결 론 : 복합 열성경련의 경우에는 정맥혈 가스 분석, 암모니아, 간 기능 검사, 소변 검사 등의 통상적인 검사를 반드시 시행하여야 하며, 비정상소견을 보이는 경우에는 반드시 소변 유기산 분석을 시행하여야 할 것으로 판단된다. 검사소견이 정상일지라도 상당수의 환자에서 호흡연쇄효소의 이상 환자들이 진단되고 있으므로 단순 열성경련이 아니라고 판단된 경우에는 유기산 분석을 시행하여야 된다고 판단된다.