• 생약학회지
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.339-344
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• 2009

Diabetic cataract is a major complication of diabetes mellitus. Excess accumulation of sorbitol plays an important role in the pathogenesis of diabetic complications such as cataract formation. In this study, we investigated the inhibitory effect of the extract of the aerial parts of Aster koraiensis (AK) on diabetic cataractogenesis. To examine this further, we evaluated sorbitol accumulation during cataract development using streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat, an animal model of type 1 diabetes. Diabetic rats were treated orally with AK (100 mg/kg and 200 mg/kg body weight) once a day orally for 9 weeks. In vehicle-treated diabetic rats, lens opacity was increased, and lens fiber swelling and membrane rupture were observed. In addition, sorbitol accumulation in diabetic lens was markedly enhanced. However, AK treatment delayed the progression of diabetic cataract through the inhibition of sorbitol accumulation, and prevented lens fiber degeneration in a dose-dependent manner. These observations suggest that AK treatment can delay the progression of lens opacification in the diabetic rats during the early diabetic cataractogenesis.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.305-310
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• 2010

Taxifolin-3-O-$\beta$-D-xylopyranoside and quercetin-3-O-$\alpha$-L-rhamnopyranoside were isolated from an EtOAc-soluble extract of the leaves of Chamaecyparis obtuse. Quercetin-3-O-$\alpha$-L-rhamnopyranoside was found to possess a potent inhibitory activity of human recombinant aldose reductase in vitro, its $IC_{50}$ value being $11.5\;{\mu}M$. Kinetic analysis showed that quercetin-3-O-$\alpha$-L-rhamnopyranoside exhibited uncompetitive inhibition against DL-glyceraldehyde. Also, quercetin-3-O-$\alpha$-L-rhamnopyranoside suppresses sorbitol accumulation in rat lens under high glucose conditions, demonstrating the potential to prevent sorbitol accumulation in vivo. These results suggest that this compound may be a promising agent in the prevention or treatment of diabetic complications.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.15-20
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• 1992

식품첨가물 등으로 이용 되어지는 sorbitol을 $\beta$-1,2fructose oligomer를 함유하고 있는 Jerusalem artichoke를 이용하여 생산 하였으며, 이는 L-sorbose생산에 있어서 전구물질로 이용된다. Inulinase와 oxidoreductase의 동시고정화여, inulin을 와 fructose로 가수분해함과 동시에 가수분해산물을 sorbitol로 전환시켰다. Inulinase와 oxidoreductase는 chitin(5%, w/v)과 K-carrageenan(4%, w/v)으로 고정화 시켰다. 0.2% CTAB(Cetyltrimethylammonlumbromide)처리에 의해서 투과성이 향상된 Zymomonas mobilis세포내의 함유 되어있는 oxidoreductase의 activity가 향상되었다. Jerusalem artichoke juice를 acid에 의한 가수분해에 의해서 40%(v/w) juice 100ml당 53.64의 total carbohydrate yield를 얻었고, 온도 변화에 따른 가수분해시 $85^{\circ}C$에서 반응이 신속히 일어났다. Inulinase를 이용한 가수분해에 의하여 35.56g/l의 glucose와 85.32g/l의 fructose가 생성되었으며, sorbitol생성에 기질로 이용되었다. Inulinase와 Z. mobilis세포의 동시고정화 반응기에서 35.15g/l의 sorbitol을 생성하였으며, 이는 동시고정화를 하지 않았을때의 sorbitol생성농도(35.64g/l)보다 낮았다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.306-312
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• 2002

Aldose reductase, the key enzyme of the polyol pathway, is known to play important roles in the diabetic complication. The inhibitors of aldose reductase, therefore, would be potential agents for the prevention of diabetic complications. To evaluate active principles for the inhibition of aldose reductase from the rhizomes of Belamcanda chinensis, twelve phenolic compounds were isolated and tested for their effects on rat lens aldose reductase. As a result, isoflavones such as tectorigenin, irigenin and their glucosides were found to show a strong aldose reductase inhibition. Tectoridin and tectorigenin, exhibited the highest aldose reductase inhibitory potency, their $IC_{50}$ values, being $1.08{\times}10^{-6}{\;}M{\;}and{\;}1.12{\times}10^{-6}{\;}M$, respectively, for DL-glyceraldehyde as a substrate. Both compounds, when administered orally at 100 mg/kg for 10 consecutive days to streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats, caused a significant inhibition of sorbitol accumulation in the tissues such as lens, sciatic nerves and red blood cells. Tectorigenin showed a stronger inhibitory activity than tectoridin. From these results, it is suggested that tectorigenin is attributed to be a promising compound for the prevention and/or treatment of diabetic complications.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.115-122
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• 1993

Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)(P(3HB)) accumulation under nutrient-rich condition with various amounts of $(NH_4)_2 SO_4$ was systematically investigated. The results of the electron-microscopy and the solvent extraction showed that the P(3HB) accumulation is unavoidable even under nutrient-rich condition. This indicates that in a two-step culture of Alcaligenes eutrophus H16, the researches should be careful in interpreting the data of polyhydroxyalkanoates(PHAs) accumulation in terms of the carbon-source fed in the second step because the two-step culture product contains the P(3HB) produced under nutrient-rich condition. The polyester production capability in a two-step batch culture of A. eutrophus H16(ATCC 17699) was also investigated using various saccharides and their derivatives such as glucose, fructose, gluconic acid, glucaric acid, sorbitol, lactose, galactose, and mannose. The polyesters synthesized were characterized by 500 MHz$^{1}H-NMR$ spectroscopy, intrinsic viscosity$[\eta]$ measurement in chloroform and differential scanning calorimetry(DSC). 500 MHz $^{1}H-NMR$ analysis showed that all polyesters synthesized generally contained 1~2 mol% of 3HV. Another finding is that the glucose utilization can be increased by changing the autoclaving procedure of the substrate to enhance the P(3HB) production yield up to 46 wt% of P(3HB) in dry cells.

• 생약학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.41-46
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• 1994

The ether, ethylacetate and n-butanol soluble fractions from the roots of Scutellaria baicalensis showed a significant inhibition of lens aldose reductase (AR) activity in vitro. During systematic fractionation of the active fractions, 7 flavonoids were isolated and compared their inhibitory activities against rat AR using DL-glyceraldehyde as a substrate, among which baicalin (VII) was found to exhibit the most potent inhibitory activity. Baicalin (VII) and wogonin-7-O-glucuronide (VI), with repeated treatments (30 mg/kg/day, i.p.) throughout the experimental periods caused a significant suppression of cataract formation induced by galactose (40 g/kg/day) as well as the decrease of galactitol accumulation in the rat lens. The flavonoids also exhibited a significant inhibition of sorbitol accumulation in the lenses of diabetic rats induced by streptozotocin (STZ).

• ALGAE
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.137-146
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• 2021

Intertidal macroalgae are regularly exposed to hypo- or hypersaline conditions which are stressful. However, red algae in New Zealand are generally poorly studied in terms of salinity tolerance. Consequently, two native (Bostrychia arbuscula W. H. Harvey [Ceramiales], Champia novae-zelandiae [J. D. Hooker & Harvey] Harvey [Rhodymeniales]) and one introduced red algal taxon (Schizymenia spp. J. Agardh [Nemastomatales]) were exposed for 5 days in a controlled salt stress experiment to investigate photosynthetic activity and osmotic acclimation. The photosynthetic activity of B. arbuscula was not affected by salinity, as reflected in an almost unchanged maximum quantum yield (F_v/F_m). In contrast, the F_v/F_m of C. novae-zelandiae and Schizymenia spp. strongly decreased under hypo- and hypersaline conditions. Treatment with different salinities led to an increase of the total organic osmolyte concentrations with rising salt stress in B. arbuscula and Schizymenia spp. In C. novae-zelandiae the highest organic osmolyte concentrations were recorded at S_A 38, followed by declining amounts with further hypersaline exposure. In B. arbuscula, sorbitol was the main organic osmolyte, while the other taxa contained floridoside. The data presented indicate that all three red algal species conspicuously differ in their salt tolerance. The upper intertidal B. arbuscula exhibited a wide salinity tolerance as reflected by unaffected photosynthetic parameters and strong sorbitol accumulation under increasing salinities, and hence can be characterized as euryhaline. In contrast, the introduced Schizymenia spp. and native C. novae-zelandiae, which preferentially occur in the mid-intertidal, showed a narrower salinity tolerance. The species-specific responses reflect their respective vertical positions in the intertidal zone.

• 생물환경조절학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.352-357
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• 2019

본 연구는 사과나무 '홍로'와 '후지'의 내재휴면 기간 중 휴면타파에 유효한 한계온도 범위를 알아보고자 수행하였다. 저온 축적에 의한 내재휴면 타파 여부를 확인하기 위하여 온도 처리구별로 발아율을 조사한 결과 '홍로' $-5^{\circ}C$ 처리구를 제외한 모든 처리구에서 발아율이 50% 이상으로 나타났다. 또한 '후지'의 온도 처리구별 발아율은 $-5^{\circ}C$ 처리구에서도 86.3%로 휴면이 타파되었다. 탄수화물과 무기성분의 변화는 처리간 유의한 차이는 있었으나 일정한 경향이나 특이한 변화를 나타내지 않았다. 그러나 유리당 분석 결과 sorbitol 함량은 휴면 타파 여부에 따라 휴면이 타파되지 않은 '홍로' $-5^{\circ}C$ 처리구의 경우 29.62mg/g으로 높게 나타났으며, 휴면이 타파된 것으로 판단되는 처리구는 낮은 수준이였다. 호르몬 분석결과 휴면이 타파되지 않은 '홍로' $-5^{\circ}C$ 처리구의 경우 ABA (abscisic acid)와 JA (jasmonic acid)는 각각 176.48, 15.72ng/g으로 높게 나타났으며, 모든 처리구에서 휴면이 타파된 것으로 나타난'후지'의 경우 ABA, JA, SA(salicylic acid) 함량이 '홍로' 품종보다 유의하게 낮게 나타났다. 본 연구 결과 휴면 타파에 유효한 한계온도 범위는 품종에 따라 다르며 '홍로'는 $-5^{\circ}C$에서 발아율이 30.3%로 휴면이 타파되지 않은 것으로 나타났으며, '후지'는 $0^{\circ}C$ 이하인 $-5^{\circ}C$에서도 86.3%로 높게 나타나 저온 축적의 효과가 있는 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국응용약물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국응용약물학회 1998년도 Proceedings of UNESCO-internetwork Cooperative Regional Seminar and Workshop on Bioassay Guided Isolation of Bioactive Substances from Natural Products and Microbial Products
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• pp.184-184
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• 1998

Aldose reductase(AR), a rate-limiting enzyme in the polyol pathway, has been demonstrated to cause the intracellular accumulation of sorbitol or galactitol and hence to play key roles not only in the cataract formation in the lens but also in the pathogenesis of diabetic complications such as neuropathy, retinopathy and nephropathy, etc. In a series of investigations to evaluate potential AR inhibitors from medicinal plants, we have shown that some hot water extracts exhibited a significant inhibition of a significant inhibition of bovine lens AR in vitro. Among active plants, the roots of Angelica dahuria (Umbelliferae) were shown to have relatively potent AR inhibitory activity. Systematic fractionation of the ether soluble fraction monitored by bioassay led to isolation of two furanocoumarins, byakangelicin(I) and ter-O-methyl byakangelicin( II), were identified as potential AR inhibitors, their $IC_{50}$ values being 6.2 M and 2.8 M, respectively.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.273-280
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• 2012

Differences of gene expression between red flash peach cultivar and white flash peach cultivar were investigated by Nest-generation sequencing (NGS). EST from the red flash peach cultivar and white flash peach cultivar were selected for nucleotide sequence determination and homology searches. The levels of transcripts coding for proteins involved in pathogenesis related proteins, temperature stress, ethylene signal pathway were significantly higher in white flash peach cultivar than in red flash peach cultivar. On the other hand, the up-regulation of proteins involved in anthocyanin and flavonol biosynthesis and protein degradation and sorbitol metabolism were observed in red flash peach cultivar. Chalcone synthase was preferentially expressed in the red flesh peach cultivar, agreeing with the accumulation of anthocyanin and expression of other previously identified genes for anthocyanin biosynthesis. Anthocyanin pathway related genes CHS, F3H, DFR, LDOX, UFGT differentially expressed between red flash peach cultivar and white flash peach cultivar. These results suggest that red flash peach cultivar and white flash peach cultivar have different anthocyanin biosynthesis regulatory mechanisms.