• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.157-163
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• 2009

Albizia julibrissin (AJ) has been used widely as a traditional medicine. In macrophages nitric oxide (NO) is released as an inflammatory mediator and has been proposed to be an important modulator of many pathophysiological conditions including inflammation and carcinogenesis. In this study we have examined the NO inhibition effect of 85% methanol extracts of AJ in mouse macrophage. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) has been reported to induce production of NO. Extracts of AJ (1, 10, $100{\mu}g/ml$) suppressed nitric oxide production in LPS-stimulated ($100{\mu}g/ml$) mouse (C57BL/6) macrophages and analyzed by ELISA. In addition, it also attenuated the expression of inflammatory products like Interleukin-6 (IL-6), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), and inducible NOS (iNOS) as assessed by immunoblotting with specific antibodies. These results suggest that 85% methanol extracts of AJ would be useful in inflammatory diseases.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.26-30
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• 2007

Phosphorous acid is known to effectively control various Oomycetes diseases. The phosphoric acid moves upward and downward through the xylem and phloem in plants. The sustainable forms of the slow releasing chemical in rhizosphere would be ideal to be up-taken by plants. Therefore, we developed a new system for phosphorous acid formulation using a carrier coated with polysaccharides. When the product was applied in rhizosphere, the adequate amount of phosphorous acid was consistently released up to 4 weeks in rhizosphere soils. While soil drenching with phosphorous acid at 1,000 ${\mu}g/ml$ and metalaxyl at 150 ${\mu}g/ml$ were not effective to control pepper Phytophthora blight for 4 weeks, direct application of our formulation product around basal stem of pepper plants resulted in excellent disease control effect against Phytophthora blight over 4 weeks. The application of 4 g of our product per plant was optimum to control the disease, and 8 g product/plant did not cause phytotoxicity. Based on the results, we conclude that the applications of the formulation product once or twice during cropping season can control Phytophthora diseases on various crops.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.291-296
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• 1990

Various rates of 2,4-D were sprayed on 2 and 3 year old ginseng plants as foliar spray to define the critical concentration. No apparent plant injury was noticable for those ginseng plants when application concentration of 2,4-D doubled the recommended dosage (70 ml/10a). Neither abnormal foliar change occurred nor any inhibition in leaf and stem growth was resulted for the plants treated with 2,4-D concentrated two times of the recommended dosage. When the rates of 2,4-D application were increased greater than this level, injury ratings increased linearly with the rates of 2,4-D application and plant you was inhibited. Ethylene gas was not produced from the ginseng plant treated with 2 times concentrated 2,4-D, however the ginseng plants produced 0.03 to 0.09 ppm ethylene gas when the rate of application were increased 3 and 4 times, respectively. On the other hand the soybean treated with the recommended amount of 21-D produced ethylene gas of 10-20 times higher compared with ginseng plants and died. Photosynthesis ability of the ginseng leaf was significantly decreased by 2,4-D foliar application but it was recovered 4 weeks after 2,4-D foliar treatment. The herbicide 2,4-D was applicated to 2,3 and 4 years old ginseng plants as foliar spray with the rates of 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 times of the recommended dosage to define the effects of 2,4-D on the plant growth and root yield of the ginseng. There were no significant differences in the leaf and stem growth between untreated and 2,4-D treated plant. Berry maturing of 3 and 4 year old ginseng was not influenced by 2,4-D. The root weight of 4 years old ginseng plant was not reduced by application of 2,4-D concenrated 2 times of the recommended dosage, Application time of the herbicide 2,4-D had no effects on the leaf or stem growth of 2,3 and 4 year old year old ginseng plants. When the ginseng seedling was treated with 2,4-D, detrimental phenomena as stem bending and docoration of seedling leaf margin occurred, but stem bending was recovered in a few day s. Keywords Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer, 2,4-D , herbicide.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.33-37
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• 2012

Differential capacity of the parthenogenetic embryonic stem cells (PESCs) is still under controversy and the mechanisms of its neural induction are yet poorly understood. Here we demonstrated neural lineage induction of PESCs by addition of insulin-like growth factor-2 (Igf2), which is an important factor for embryo organ development and a paternally expressed imprinting gene. Murine PESCs were aggregated to embryoid bodies (EBs) by suspension culture under the leukemia inhibitory factor-free condition for 4 days. To test the effect of exogenous Igf2, 30 ng/ml of Igf2 was supplemented to EBs induction medium. Then neural induction was carried out with serum-free medium containing insulin, transferrin, selenium, and fibronectin complex (ITSFn) for 12 days. Normal murine embryonic stem cells derived from fertilized embryos (ESCs) were used as the control group. Neural potential of differentiated PESCs and ESCs were analyzed by immunofluorescent labeling and real-time PCR assay (Nestin, neural progenitor marker; Tuj1, neuronal cell marker; GFAP, glial cell marker). The differentiated cells from both ESC and PESC showed heterogeneous population of Nestin, Tuj1, and GFAP positive cells. In terms of the level of gene expression, PESC showed 4 times higher level of GFAP expression than ESCs. After exposure to Igf2, the expression level of GFAP decreased both in derivatives of PESCs and ESCs. Interestingly, the expression level of $Tuj1$ increased only in ESCs, not in PESCs. The results show that IGF2 is a positive effector for suppressing over-expressed glial differentiation during neural induction of PESCs and for promoting neuronal differentiation of ESCs, while exogenous Igf2 could not accelerate the neuronal differentiation of PESCs. Although exogenous Igf2 promotes neuronal differentiation of normal ESCs, expression of endogenous $Igf2$ may be critical for initiating neuronal differentiation of pluripotent stem cells. The findings may contribute to understanding of the relationship between imprinting mechanism and neural differentiation and its application to neural tissue repair in the future.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.478-483
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• 2017

기내배양한 감자에 1일, 2일, 3일간 저온처리 후 저온관련 유전자의 발현양상을 조사하였다. 저온 처리 기간이 늘어날수록 PPI1, CI21B유전자의 발현양은 증가하였고, CBF4, CI21A 유전자의 발현양은 감소하였다. 또한 CI21A와 CI21B유전자의 잎, 줄기, 괴경에서 명 처리와 암 처리 기간별로 저온 처리기간에 따른 유전자의 발현의 차이를 보았다. 이에 근거하여 감자 정아의 동결과정 중에서 LS단계와 PVS2 단계에서 AFP를 농도별로 처리하였다. 그 결과, 저온처리 기간이 늘었을 때의 유전자 발현양상과 AFP 특정 농도에서의 발현 양상이 동일하였다. LS단계에서는 1,500 ng/ml AFP 처리와, PVS2단계에서 500 ng/ml AFP 처리가 감자 정아의 초저온동결보존에 효과적이라는 것을 유전자의 발현 양상으로 확인하였다.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.138-143
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• 2006

Our continuing interest on Garcinia and Mesua species has led us to carry out a detail study on the chemistry of the root bark of Garcinia mangostana (Guttiferae) since this part of the plant has not been investigated before, and the strm bark of Mesua corneri (Guttiferae) an uninvestigated species. This study has yielded six xanthones, ${\alpha}-mangostin$ (1), ${\beta}-mangostin$ (2), ${\gamma}-mangostin$ (3), garcinone-D (4), mangostanol (5) and gartanin (6) from Garcinia mangostana and two xanthones rubraxanthone (7) and inophyllin B (8) from Mesua corneri. Structural elucidations were achieved using $^1H,\;^{13}C$ NMR and MS data. The crude hexane and chloroform extracts of the root bark of Garcinia mangostana and the hexane extract of the stem bark of Mesua corneri were found to be active against CEM-SS cell lines with $IC_{50}$ values less than $30\;{mu}g/ml$. Moreover, ${\gamma}-mangostin$ gave a very low $LC_{50}$ value of $4.7\;{mu}g/ml$ while rubraxanthone gave an $LC_{50}$ value of $5.0\;{mu}g/ml$ indicating these two compounds to be potential lead compounds for anti-cancer activity against the CEM-SS cell line. This paper reports the isolation and identification of these compounds as well as bioassay data for the crude extracts, ${\gamma}-mangostin$ and rubraxanthone.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.430-437
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 분비나무의 생리활성 및 미백 활성을 검증하여 화장품 소재로써의 가능성을 검증하였다. 분비나무 추출물의 항산화 효과를 확인하기 위해 전자공여능을 측정한 결과, 분비나무 줄기와 잎 추출물 모두 농도 의존적으로 활성이 증가하여 각각 1,000 ㎍/ml 농도에서 89.4%, 90.9%의 높은 전자공여능을 나타내었다. ABTS⁺ radical scavenging activity assay 측정 결과, 농도가 증가함에 따라 활성이 증가하였으며, 두 추출물 모두 1,000 ㎍/ml에서 약 90% 이상의 활성을 나타내었다. 미백 효과를 알아보기 위해 tyrosinase 저해 활성을 측정한 결과, 분비나무 줄기와 잎 추출물은 1,000 ㎍/ml에서 각각 48.5%, 31.1%의 저해율을 나타냈으며 농도가 증가함에 따라 저해활성이 증가하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. MTT assay를 통해 세포 생존율을 확인한 결과, 멜라노마 세포(B16F10)에서 농도구간이 500 ㎍/ml 일 때 분비나무 줄기와 잎 추출물은 98.3%, 94.4%의 생존율을 나타내었다. 이에 따라 세포 관련 실험을 세포의 생존율이 100%에 가까운 25, 50, 100 ㎍/ml 농도로 진행하였다. B16F10 세포에 분비나무 추출물을 처리하여 단백질 발현을 측정한 결과, 분비나무 줄기 추출물은 TRP-1과 tyrosinase, 분비나무 잎 추출물은 MITF의 인자에서 대조군인 kojic acid 보다 단백질 발현 억제가 우수한 것을 확인할 수 있었다. B16F10 세포에 분비나무 추출물을 처리하여 mRNA 발현을 측정한 결과, 농도가 높아질수록 mRNA 발현양이 억제되는 것을 확인할 수 있었으며, 분비나무 줄기 추출물은 tyrosinase의 인자에서 모든 농도구간이 대조군인 kojic acid 보다 mRNA 발현 억제가 우수한 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 이에 따라 분비나무 추출물의 우수한 미백활성을 확인하였고, 기능성 활성이 우수하여 화장품 천연물 및 기능성 소재로써의 응용가능성을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.698-704
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• 2009

두충 (Eucommia ulmoides Oliver)으로부터 항고혈압 활성을 가진 유효물질을 분리하였으며, 두충의 잎, 껍질 및 줄기를 건조한 것과, 건조한 후 붉은 것에 대하여 ACE (angiotensin converting enzyme) 저해활성을 실험하였다. 두충으로부터 분리 한 유효물질은 pinoresinol-4,4'-di-O-${\beta}$-D-glucoside (PG)와 dehydrodiconiferyl alcohol 4,${\gamma}$'-di-O-${\beta}$-D-glucoside (DAG)였으며, 이들은 각각 껍질과 잎에 많이 함유되 어 있었다. 즉 pinoresinol-4,4'-di-O-${\beta}$-D-glucoside (PG)는 자연 건조한 껍질에 135.12 mg%, 붉은 껍질에 163.94 mg%로 가장 많이 함유되어 있었으며, dehydrodiconiferyl alcohol 4,${\gamma}$'-di-O-${\beta}$-D-glucoside (DAG)는 자연 건조한 잎에 117.43 mg%, 붉은 잎에 133.93 mg%로 비교적 많이 함유되어 있었다. ACE 억제활성은 볶은 잎, 말린 껍질 및 볶은 껍질을 10 mg/ml씩 처리하였을 때, 각각 77.49, 75.52 및 75.36%의 억제효과를 나타내었으며, 두충으로부터 분리한 화합물인 pinoresinol-4,4'-di-O-${\beta}$ -D-glucoside (PG)와 dehydrodiconiferyl alcohol 4,${\gamma}$'-di-O-${\beta}$-D-glucoside (DAC)를 1${\sim}$10 mg/ml 처리하였을 때에 는 67.1${\sim}$85.25% 의 억제활성을 나타내었으며, $IC_{50}$값은 각각 0.6${\pm}$0.2, 0.5${\pm}$0.2 mg/ml 였다. 이것은 PG와 DAG가 두충에서 분리한 천연물임을 감안하면 매우 높은 활성을 가지고 있다고 할 수 있다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.46-49
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• 2000

Two neolignan compound, magnolol $(5,5^{l}-diallyl-2,2^{l}-dihydroxybiphenyl, 1)$ and honokiol $(5,5^{l}-diallyl-2,4^{l}-dihydroxybiphenyl, 2)$ were isolated from the stem bark of Magnolia obovata and evaluated for antifungal activity against various human pathogenic fungi. Compound 1 and 2 showed significant inhibitory activities against Trichophyton mentagrophytes, Microsporium gypseum, Epidermophyton floccosum, Aspergillus niger, Cryptococcus neoformans, and Candida albicans with minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) in a range of $25-100{\mu}g/ml$. Therefore, compound 1 and 2 could be used as lead compounds for the development of novel antifungal agents.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.29-40
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• 1992

The recombinant glycoprotein, LBD-005 (Lucky R & D Center, Biotechnology)stimulates the growth of stem cells and activates the development of the hematopoietic cell in a similar manner to the naturally occurring GM-CSF. This test was conducted to investigate if LBD-005 had any effect on fertility in male and female rats. Sprague-Dawley rats(88 of each sex) bred at KRICT, were dosed subcutaneously, at a volume of 2ml/kg body weight with LBD-005 at 0, 250, 500 or 1, 000mg/kg body weight. The male rats were dosed, from 6 weeks of asge, for 60 days prior to mating.