• 한방안이비인후피부과학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.49-61
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• 2017

Objectives : In order to find out the whitening effects of Leonuri Herba, this study was designed to identify the effects and the action mechanism of LHE(Leonuri Herba extract) on Malignant melanoma cell lines. Methods : After treating LHE on the B16F10 cell-Malignant melanoma cell line-, the cell survival rate, melanin biosynthesis rate, intra&extracellular tyrosinase activity rate, SOD-like activity, tyrosinase mRNA gene expression were investigated. The results were compared with control group without LHE treatment or with positive control group treated with whitening efficacy substance. Results : B16F10 cell survival rate, melanin biosynthesis rate, and intra&extracellular tyrosinase activity were significantly inhibited depending on the concentration of treated LHE. Melanin biosynthesis rate and tyrosinase activity rate were also decreased when ${\alpha}-MSH$ was combined with LHE. In addition, the SOD-like activity was increased in a concentration-dependent manner in the treatment with the LHE, indicating signigicant activity at high concentrations, and the tyrosinase mRNA gene expression was decreased in both the LHE-treated group, the LHE and ${\alpha}-MSH-treated$ group. Conclusions : LHE seems to inhibit melanin synthesis through inhibition of tyrosinase activity and inhibition of tyrosinase mRNA gene expression. It also has the effect of promoting SOD-like activity and may be used clinically as a skin whitening agent in the future.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.313-317
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• 2007

Melanogenesis refers to the biosynthesis of melanin pigment in melanocytes. Melanogenesis is controlled by the intra- and extracellular environments. In the present study, to develop a new whitening agent, it was investigated the antioxidant activity and the inhibitory effect of Ailanthi Radicis Cortex extract on tyrosinase activity and on melanogenesis in the B16/F1 melanoma cells. The inhibition ratio of tyrosinase activity of ethylacetate fraction from Ailanthi Radicis Cortex was higher than that of arbutin. The ethylacetate fraction showed scavenging activities of 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radicals and superoxide anion radicals in a dose dependent manner. The highest inhibitory activity of melanogenesis was also in ethylacetate fraction ($40.0{\pm}5%$ at the concentration of $400{\mu}g/ml$). This study demonstrates that the Ailanthi Radicis Cortex extract might be used to be a potential agent for skin whitening.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권10호
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• pp.1585-1590
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• 2007

Although a number of melanogenesis inhibitors have recently been reported and used as cosmetic additives, none is completely satisfactory, leaving a need for novel skin-depigmenting agents. Thus, to develop a novel skin depigmenting agent from natural sources, the inhibition of melanogenesis by Chinese plants was evaluated. A methanolic extract of Nigella glandulifera Freyn was found to inhibit the melanin synthesis of murine B16F10 melanoma cells by 43.7% and exhibited a low cytotoxicity (8.1%) at a concentration of $100\;{\mu}g/ml$. Thus, to identify the melanogenesis-inhibiting mechanism, the inhibitory activity towards tyrosinase, the key enzyme of melanogenesis, was further evaluated, and the results showed inhibitory effects on the activity of intracellular tyrosinase yet not on mushroom tyrosinase. Finally, to isolate the compounds with a hypopigmenting capability, activity-guided isolation was performed, and Dioctyl phthalate identified as inhibiting melanogenesis.

• 통합자연과학논문집
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.46-52
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• 2012

Mulberry extracts can be incorporated into skin-whitening products. The compound attributed to lighten the skin is arbutin, a form of hydroquinone that inhibits melanin release by suppressing the tyrosinase enzyme. For the cosmetic applications, the physiological effects of mulberry (Morus alba) extracts were investigated. The water soluble fraction of mulberry contains higher amount of protein (16.28~4.47%) in contrast to fat (1.55~1.41%). In addition, the fraction abundantly contains succinic acid (972.4-275.8 mg/g) and phosphoric acid (1,628.4-121.9 mg/g) in different parts of mulberry. The free radical scavenging ability in water soluble fraction was found to display remarkable effects in comparison with methanol and ethyl acetate fraction. The ethyl acetate-soluble of root and leaf showed remarkable tyrosinase inhibition activity by IC 50 (${\mu}g/ml$). The anticancer activity of methanol fraction obtained from mulberry using human cancer cell lines showed growth inhibition effect (270.14 mg/ml in Calu-6 cells, 295.29 mg/ml in HCT-116, and 332.29 mg/ml in MCF-7 cells, respectively). Based on the results, Morus alba extracts include cosmetic ingredients with antioxidizing and whitening properties.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.59-66
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• 2023

The anti-melanogenic activity of 259 actinomycete strains was tested, and based on the results for the inhibition of mushroom tyrosinase activity and the reduction in melanin content, Micromonospora sp. JCS1 and JCS7 were selected as the strains with the highest anti-melanogenic potential. The activity-guided fractionation of extracts from JCS1 and JCS7 led to the isolation of the dipeptides cyclo(ʟ-Phenyl alanine (Phe)-ʟ-Proline (Pro)) (1) and cyclo(ʟ-Tryptophan (Trp)-ʟ-Proline (Pro)) (2). These two compounds were tested for their inhibition of mushroom tyrosinase by monitoring ʟ-DOPA levels and melanin production. Cyclo(ʟ-Phe-ʟ-Pro) (1) and cyclo(ʟ-Trp-ʟ-Pro) (2) were thus confirmed to have the potential for use in functional whitening cosmetics containing actinomycete-derived secondary metabolites.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.434-436
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• 2007

멜라닌 생합성은 tyrosinase의 작용으로 인한 tyrosine의 산화로부터 시작되어 dopaquinone 및 dopachrome가 생성되고 dopachrome는 다시 dihydroxyindole과 dopachrome tautomerase에 의한 dihydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid 로 전환되는 과정을 거쳐 진행된다 (Alaluf et al.; 2001). 도깨비 부채 뿌리 추출물의 멜라닌 생합성 저해 기전을 검정하기 위하여 melan-a 세포에서의 tyrosinase 및 TRP-2 발현량을 western immunoblotting하여 측정한 결과 도깨비 부채 뿌리 추출물은 TRP-2 발현량에는 영향을 미치지 않으나 tyrosinase의 발현량을 현저히 감소시킴을 확인 할 수 있었고 따라서 이전의 연구와 종합하여 볼 때 도깨비 부채 뿌리 추출물은 멜라닌 생합성의 초기에 주요한 역할을 하는 tyrosinase의 활성 및 발현을 모두 억제함으로써 멜라닌 생성을 감소시키는 것으로 사료된다. 또한 도깨비 부채 뿌리 추출물은 brown guinea pig 피부에서 3% 농도로 도포 시 발적이나 이상 징후를 일으키지 않고 자외선으로 유도된 색소 침착을 감소 시켜 피부 미백 용도의 기능성 원료로써 큰 가능성을 가지고 있는 것으로 판단된다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.604-609
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• 2012

기능성화장품 소재로 사용하기 위한 후코이단의 특성 및 후코이단 분자량의 영향에 대해 연구하였다. 후코이단은 미역 포자엽에서 추출하였고 접촉글로우방전 전기분해(CGDE)방법에 의해 후코이단 분자량(35~160 kDa)을 조절하였다. 후코이단의 tyrosinase inhibition, 보습력, elastase 활성저해 효과와 항산화력(DPPH assay, radical scavenging)을 측정하여 화장품으로서 가능성을 확인하였다. 후코이단의 보습력은 최고의 보습제 중의 하나인 히아루론산의 보습력보다 높았고, 분자량이 감소함에 따라 보습력이 약간 증가하였다. 주름개선 효과실험인 elastase 활성저해 효과 실험결과 표준 비교물질인 adenosine 보다 높은 elastase 활성저해 효과를 보였다. 최고의 tyrosinase 저해효과, elastase 활성저해 효과, 항산화력(DPPH assay, radical scavenging)을 갖는 후코이단의 분자량은 100 kDa이었다.

• 생약학회지
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• 제34권2호통권133호
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• pp.138-141
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• 2003

In order to screen new tyrosinase inhibiting principle which is expected to be a new biofunctional skin whitening cosmetics, we have isolated 600 strains of the marine- derived fungi and investigated tyrosinase inhibiting activity for their acetone extracts. The significant activities (>70% Inhibition) were observed in the extract of 10 strains of fungi (MFA7, MFA27, MFA58, MFA317, MFA318, MFA345, MFA412, MFA552, MFA562, MFA581). These active strains were cultured in SWS medium with 1 L scale and the resulting broth and mycelium were extracted to afford mycelium extract (000M) and broth extract (000B), respectively. Tyrosinase inhibiting activity for all extracts has been tested. As the results, the broth extracts of 4 strains (27B, 58B, 552B and 581B) exhibited relatively high levels of activity of $IC_{50}$ values of $3.0-19.0\;{\mu}g/mL$. The active component of 581B was purified by assay-guided isolation to yield the known kojic acid (1), and its structure was determined by physicochemical evidence. Kojic acid showed the significant tyrosinase inhibitory activity with $IC_{50}$ values of $12.0\;{\mu}M$.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제60권4호
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• pp.327-332
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 어리연꽃 추출물의 B16F10 세포에서의 미백활성을 측정하였다. 버섯유래의 tyrosinase 활성 저해능 측정결과 $1,000{\mu}g/mL$의 농도에서 42%의 저해율을 나타내었으며, B16F10 세포내의 tyrosinase, 멜라닌 생합성 저해능은 $5{\mu}g/mL$에서 26, 25%의 저해능을 나타내었다. 멜라닌 생성 관련 인자중 상위 단계인 cAMP와 PKA의 발현을 측정한 결과 농도 의존적으로 발현양이 줄어드는 것을 확인하였다. 또한 어리연꽃추출물의 미백과 관련된 tyrosinase, tyrosinase related protein(TRP) 1, TRP2, microphthalmia associated transcription factor(MITF)의 단백질 및 유전자 발현양이 감소함을 나타내었다. 본 실험을 통하여 어리연꽃 추출물이 cAMP를 효과적으로 억제함으로써, PKA의 활성을 저해 시켰으며, 이를 통해 tyrosinase 활성뿐만 아니라 TRP1, TRP2 그리고 MITF 발현을 효과적으로 저해 한다는 사실을 확인하여 기능성 미백 화장품 소재로서의 활용 가능성을 제시하고자 한다.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.371-378
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• 2020

Background: In this study, the radix of Astragalus membranaceus Bunge extract fermented by Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Weissella cibaria, and Pediococcus pentosaceus to increase the levels of isoflavonoid aglycone contents. Methods and Results: In order to change the in isoflavonoids, we fermented the radix of A. membranaceus extracts with microorganisms that have β-glucosidase activity. Besed on the β-glucosidase activity, we selected three strains, Weissella cibaria, Pediococcus pentosaceus, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. HPLC analysis revealed that the levels of isoflavonoid aglycones were increased in all fermentation cases, and the extracts fermented by S. cerevisiae showed the highest levels of isoflavonoid aglycones. We evaluated the antioxidant activity, anti-wrinkle effects and whitening effects of the S. cerevisiae-fermented extracts using the DPPH assay, tyrosinase inhibition activity assay, and collagenase inhibition activity assay. We confirmed higher activity in S. cerevisiae-fermented extracts than in control, with the half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC₅₀) value of 565.1 ± 59.1 ㎍/㎖ in DPPH radical scavenging activity, tyrosinase inhibition rate of 78.4 ± 0.9%, and collagenase inhibition rate of 83.8 ± 1.1%. Conclusions: We selected three stains of microorganisms showing high β-glucosidase activity, W. cibaria, P. pentosaceus and S. cerevisiae. Isoflavonoid glycones in the radix of A. membranaceus were converted to isoflavonoid aglycones by fermentation. In addition, the fermented radix of A. membranaceus exhibited antioxidant activity, anti-wrinkle effect, whitening effect and radical scavenging activity.