• BMB Reports
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.84-90
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• 2006

During our search for macrophage stimulating compounds from medicinal plants, we isolated biopolymers from Acanthopanax sessiliflorus. Isolated fraction AS-5 showed maximum potential, and stimulated lysosonal enzymatic activity by 230% at $300\;{\mu}g/ml$. The nitric oxide (NO) producing ability of AS-5 $100\;{\mu}g/ml$ was $58\;{\mu}M$ when treated with interferon-$\gamma$ and lipopolysaccharide $20\;{\mu}g/ml$. The lymphocyte proliferating effects of isolated biopolymer fractions were also investigated. Highest lymphoproliferative activity (a 2.8-fold enhancement compared to saline treated group was exhibited by AS-3 at $200\;{\mu}g/ml$ followed by AS-5 and AS-6. The AS-3 fraction stimulated only T-lymphocytes and had little or no effect on B-lymphocyte proliferation. Partially methylated alditol acetates were prepared to elucidate the glycosyl linkage-compositions of the AS-3 and AS-5 biopolymers, and were analyzed by GC-MS. The AS-3 and AS-5 biopolymer fractions were found to contain 2,3,4-tri-O-methyl-D-glucitol, 2,3,4-tri-O-methyl-D-galacitol 3,4,6-tri-O-methyl-galacitol, 2-O-methyl-arabinitol and 2,4,6-tri-O-methyl-D-glucitol, 2,3,6-tri-O-methyl-D-galacitol linkages, respectively.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.377-384
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• 2007

Objective : Immune potentiation including activation of T cells, B cells, macrophages, and dendritic cells is known to play a key role in prevention and treatment of patients with cancer. In this study, we investigated the effects of Acanthopanax sessiliflorus (AR) on the immune system, especially on thymocytes, splenocytes, and macrophages. Methods : We investigated the effects of AR on proliferation of splenocytes in normal mice, and the effects on proliferation of splenocytes and thymocytes in tumor-bearing mice. In addition, the effect of AR on NO production using macrophages was investigated. Results : Treatment with AR accelerated proliferation of splenocytes in vitro. AR also accelerated thymocyte proliferation, but did not affect splenocytes proliferation in normal mice. In contrast, AR accelerated proliferation of splenocytes and thymocytes significantly in tumor bearing mice. In addition, NO production level from macrophages was elevated by treatment with AR. Conclusion : These results demonstrate that AR has anti-cancer activities and related mechanisms are involved in immune potentiation such as acceleration of immune cell proliferation and elevation of NO production level in macrophages. In addition, we also demonstrate the possibilities of AR as complementary and alternative medicine to standard anti-cancer drugs.

• 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한약학회 2002년도 Proceedings of the Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Vol.2
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• pp.391.1-391.1
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• 2002

Acanthopanax species (Arelaceae) are widely distributed in Asia. which used as tonic and sedative as well as a drug with ginseng-like activities from olden time. There are many reports on the studies of these plants. but there seems no reported about components from the leaves of Acanthopanax sessiliflorus. which is indigenous plant to Korea. We have now characterized three triterpenoid compounds from MeOH extract of the leaves of this plant. (omitted)

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제55권4호
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• pp.217-220
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• 2012

오가피(Acanthopanax sessiliflorus Seeman) 열매를 실온에서 70% ethanol (EtOH)로 추출하고 이 추출물을 ethyl acetate (EtOAc) 분획, n-butyl alcohol 분획, $H_2O$ 분획으로 나누었다. EtOAc 분획에 대하여 silica gel, octadecyl silica gel 및 Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography를 반복 실시하여 2종의 화합물을 분리, 정제하였다. NMR, infrared spectroscopy, 및 electron ionization/mass spectrometry 등의 spectrum을 해석하여, 화합물 1과 화합물 2를 각각 3,5-dihydroxycinnamic acid과 protocatechuic acid 로 구조를 결정하였다. 화합물 1은 오가자에서는 처음으로 분리된 화합물이다. 또한 이 화합물에 대한 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulfonic acid)diammonium salt, 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl 및 oxygen radical absorbance capacity radical 소거능을 이용한 항산화 활성을 측정하였는데, 모두 vitamin C보다 2배 이상 활성이 높은 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제45권9호
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• pp.1273-1278
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 효소적 생물전환을 이용하여 오가피의 생리활성 물질인 eleutheroside B와 E의 추출 함량을 증대시키는 방안을 모색하였다. 효율적인 열수추출 공정을 위해 줄기분말에 질량대비 가수를 한 결과 14배 가수를 선정하였다. 이후 줄기 분말에 다양한 가수분해 효소를 이용하여 처리한 결과 유효성분의 용출량을 증가시키는 효소로 Novozyme 33095, Viscozyme L을 선정하였다. 효소처리 시간별로 유효성분의 용출량을 비교한 결과 eleutheroside B와 E의 용출량은 가시오가피 줄기에 Novozyme 33095로 3시간 처리하였을 경우 eleutheroside B의 용출량이 대조구 대비 약 13%가 증가하였고, eleutheroside E의 용출량은 대조구 대 비 약 26%로 가장 많이 증가하였다. 효소처리 후 토종오가피와 가시오가피의 줄기의 효과적인 열수추출 조건을 확인해 본 결과 토종오가피를 $121^{\circ}C$에서 15분 동안 추출하였을 때 eleutheroside B의 추출 함량은 기존 열수추출 공정대비 약 7%가 증가하였고, eleutheroside E의 추출 함량은 약 17%가 유의적으로 증가하였다. 가시오가피 줄기를 $121^{\circ}C$에서 15분 동안 추출하였을 때 eleutheroside B의 추출 함량은 기존 열수추출 공정대비 약 25%가 유의적으로 증가하였고, eleutheroside E의 추출 함량은 약 29%가 유의적으로 증가하였다.

• 한국약용작물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국약용작물학회 2011년도 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.242-243
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• 2011

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.21-28
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• 2007

The crude biopolymer (AS-S1) and endobiopolymer (AS-S2) were isolated from the dry stem bark of Acanthopanax sessiliflorus and tested for anti complement activity. The two potent anticomplement biopolymers, AS-1 and AS-2-Fr.I, were isolated by the combination of ion-exchange chromatography and gel filtration methods from the endo-biopolymers (AS-S2). The anticomplement activity of AS-1 (MW 12 kDa) and AS-2-Fr.I (MW 180 kDa) were found to be 84.4% and 100.0%, respectively, at the concentration of $25{\mu}g/ml$. Activated pathway of the complement system occurred in both classical and alternative pathways, as evidenced by crossed immunoelectrophoresis(CIEP), where a major pathway was detected to be the classical one. It was found that the anticomplement activities of the periodate oxidized were decreased significantly, but those of pronase digested biopolymers of AS-1 and AS-2-Fr.I were decreased very little. The AS-1 contained 2,4,6-tri-O-methyl-D-glucitol, 2,3,6-tri-O-methyl-D-galacitol, and 2,3,6-tri-O-methyl-D-galacitol, which indicated that AS-1 contained a $(1{\rightarrow}3),\;(1{\rightarrow}4)-linked$ glucopyranosyl residue and a $(1{\rightarrow}4)-linked$ galactosyl residue. AS-2-Fr.I contained mainly 2,4-di-O-methyl-D-mannitol and 2,3,4-tri-O-methyl-D-galacitol, which contained $(1{\rightarrow}3),\;(1{\rightarrow}6)$ linked mannosyl and $(1{\rightarrow}6)$ linked galactosyl residues.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.1152-1157
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• 2008

Hyperlipidemia has been treated as one of the most important etiological cause factor in 21th century. The cortex and root of Acanthopanax sessiliflorus (AR), a herbal medicine, have been used for several diseases including cardiovascular diseases in Oriental countries. Recently, we reported that AR has anti-hyperlipidemic action. BS-01 was made using extract from AR. For these reasons, we investigated the effects of BS-01 as anti-hyperlipidemic drug through measurement of body weights, cholesterol levels, total lipid, phospholipid in serum. In our results, mice induced by high fat diet elevated body weight level compared to naive group. And total lipid in serum was also elevated by induction of hyperlipidemia. In BS-01 group, body weight of mice was lowered significantly compared to that of control group. Oral administration of BS-01 decreased total cholesterol and triglyceride level back to that of naive mice. HDL and LDL cholesterol levels were not affected by BS-01. In addition, total lipid level, which elevated by induction of hyperlipidemia was also lowered by oral administration of BS-01. Finally, free fatty acid level was lowered in BS-01 group. These results demonstrate that BS-01 lowered body weight and titers involved in hyperlipdemia such as total cholesterol, triglyceride, free fatty acid and total lipid. In these results, we demonstrate that BS-01 has anti-hyperlipidemic action.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.112-116
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• 2003

The antitumor and immunostimulating activities of Acanthopanax sessiliflorus fruits were investigated. Polysaccharide isolated from this plant, when administered consecutively for 9 days at 50 and 100 mg/kg i.p. in mice, caused a significant increase in the life span and a significant decrease in the tumor weight and volume in mice inoculated with Sarcoma-180 tumor cells. Polysaccharide was also demonstrated to exhibit phagocytosis-enhancing activity as measured by the carbon clearance in mice. Polysaccharide, when administered i.p. at 50 and 100 mg/kg/day for 3 consecutive days, exhibited a significant RCtr/RCc [the rate of regression coefficient of the animals teated (RCtr) to that of the control (RCc)], being 1.44 (PI = 1), 1.52 (PI = 2) which was approximately the same with that of enhancement of phagocytosis, its potency as expressed by the regression coefficient ratio of zymosan (RCtr/RCc = 1.55, PI = 2), a typical phagocytosis enhancer. Polysaccharide also caused a significant increase in the acid phosphatase activity representing lysosomal enzymes in macrophages at 1-100 ig/ml in vitro in compliance with in vivo results. These results suggest that the antitumor activity of polysaccharide might be related to the immunostimulating function.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.22-26
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• 1999

오갈피나무의 묘목(苗木)을 실생(實生)으로 대량생산 체계를 확립하기 위한 일환으로 하우스를 이용한 육묘이식재배(育苗移植栽培) 시험을 수행하면서 출아율(出芽率), 활착률(活着率), 득묘율(得苗率) 및 생육특성(生育特性)을 조사하였다. 출아율(出芽率)은 하우스내 파종에서 약 90%의 수치를 보였으나 노지직파(露地直播)에서는 약 40%로 나타났으며, 이식할 때 본엽수(本葉數)에 따른 활착률(活着率)은 본엽 $2{\sim}3$매에서 100%이었으나 그보다 적거나 많으면 감소하였다. 그리고 이식시기에 따른 활착률(活着率)은 4월 하순부터, 5월 초순에는 100%로 나타났으나 그보다 이르거나 늦으면 감소하였다. 또한 득묘율(得苗率), 수고(樹高), 근장(根長) 및 생체중(生體重)은 노지직파재배구(露地直播栽培區)보다 육묘이식재배구(育苗移植栽培區)에서 모두 높은 수치를 보였다.