• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제27권9호
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• pp.1386-1392
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• 2006

Kahweol and cafestol significantly reduced t-BHP-induced oxidative injuries in cultured rat hepatocytes, as determined by cell cytotoxicity, intracellular glutathione (GSH) content and lipid peroxidation in a dose-dependent manner. In addition, kahweol and cafestol provided good protection from the t-BHPinduced production of intracellular reactive oxygen species and DNA damage. The in vivo study showed that pretreatment with kahweol and cafestol prior to the administration of t-BHP significantly prevented the increase in serum levels of hepatic enzyme markers (alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase) and reduced oxidative stress, such as GSH content and lipid peroxidation, in the liver in a dose-dependent manner. The histopathological evaluation of the livers also revealed that kahweol and cafestol reduced the incidence of liver lesions induced by t-BHP. Taken together, these results support the anti-oxidative role of kahweol and cafestol and demonstrate that kahweol and cafestol can protect hepatocytes from oxidative stress.

• 한국독성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국독성학회 2005년도 춘계 국제심포지엄 및 학술대회
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• pp.166-166
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• 2005

• 한국약용작물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국약용작물학회 2009년도 심포지엄 및 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.343-344
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• 2009

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.213-222
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• 2016

Purpose: Coffee is the most frequently consumed food item in South Korea after rice and cabbage. Coffee contains various substances, including caffeine, cafestol, kahweol, chlorogenic acid, and many other known and unknown ingredients with some health benefits. Especially, cumulative evidence has shown that regular coffee use is associated with lower risk of type 2 diabetes, although limited and inconsistent data are available regarding metabolic syndrome. Methods: This study reviewed all available scientific and epidemiologic evidence on coffee consumption, metabolic syndrome, and the association between them. Most epidemiologic research regarding this association was of a cross-sectional design, and a few case-control and cohort studies were available. We conducted meta-analysis with 11 observational studies investigated in Europe, America, and Asia. Summary odds ratios (OR) were calculated using a random-effects model. Results: The overall OR of metabolic syndrome was 0.90 (95% Confidence Interval (CI), 0.81-0.99) for the highest category of coffee intake compared with the lowest intake category. These associations were stronger in populations of US and Europe (OR 0.84, 95% CI 0.76-0.94), whereas no association was observed in the Asian population (OR 1.00, 95% CI 0.81-1.23). Conclusion: The review results indicate that frequent coffee consumption may be beneficial to metabolic syndrome, but the association between coffee consumption and metabolic syndrome may differ by nations or continents.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제40권
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• pp.44.1-44.17
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• 2018

Background: Coffee extract has been investigated by many authors, and many minor components of coffee are known, such as polyphenols, diterpenes (kahweol and cafestol), melanoidins, and trigonelline, to have anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, anti-angiogenic, anticancer, chemoprotective, and hepatoprotective effects. Therefore, it is necessary to know its pharmacological effect on hepatocytes which show the most active cellular regeneration in body. Methods: In order to determine whether coffee extract has a beneficial effect on the liver, 20 C57BL/6J mice were intraperitoneally injected once with dialyzed coffee extract (DCE)-2.5 (equivalent to 2.5 cups of coffee a day in man), DCE-5, or DCE-10, or normal saline (control), and then followed by histological observation and IP-HPLC (immunoprecipitation high performance liquid chromatography) over 24 h. Results: Mice treated with DCE-2.5 or DCE-5 showed markedly hypertrophic hepatocytes with eosinophilic cytoplasms, while those treated with DCE-10 showed slightly hypertrophic hepatocytes, which were well aligned in hepatic cords with increased sinusoidal spaces. DCE induced the upregulations of cellular proliferation, growth factor/RAS signaling, cellular protection, p53-mediated apoptosis, angiogenesis, and antioxidant and protection-related proteins, and the downregulations of NFkB signaling proteins, inflammatory proteins, and oncogenic proteins in mouse livers. These protein expression changes induced by DCE were usually limited to the range ± 10%, suggesting murine hepatocytes were safely reactive to DCE within the threshold of physiological homeostasis. DCE-2.5 and DCE-5 induced relatively mild dose-dependent changes in protein expressions for cellular regeneration and de novo angiogenesis as compared with non-treated controls, whereas DCE-10 induced fluctuations in protein expressions. Conclusion: These observations suggested that DCE-2.5 and DCE-5 were safer and more beneficial to murine hepatocytes than DCE-10. It was also found that murine hepatocytes treated with DCE showed mild p53-mediated apoptosis, followed by cellular proliferation and growth devoid of fibrosis signaling (as determined by IP-HPLC), and subsequently progressed to rapid cellular regeneration and wound healing in the absence of any inflammatory reaction based on histologic observations.

• 산업식품공학
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.337-343
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• 2018

커피는 전 세계적으로 가장 널리 음용되는 음료 중에 하나로, 항산화 및 항염증 활성을 나타내는 카페인, 클로로겐산, 카페스톨, 트리고넬린, 카와웰 등의 물질을 함유하고 있다. Lactobacillus plantarum은 식물성 식품의 발효에 가장 흔하게 사용되는 유산균으로, 식물에 풍부하게 함유되어 있는 페놀 화합물을 분해하여 고부가 가치의 항산화제 및 방향 성분을 생산한다. 본 연구에서는 L. plantarum을 이용한 발효커피를 제조하여 RAW264.7 대식세포에 대한 면역 조절 효과를 조사하였다. 커피 발효에는 에티오피아 예가체프(Ethiopia Yirgacheffe)와 과테말라 안티구아(Guatemala Antigua) 2종의 원두가 사용되었으며, Y2와 A2는 2%의 포도당, Y5와 A5는 5%의 포도당, 그리고 Y10과 A10은 10%의 포도당이 발효를 위해 첨가되었다. lipopolysaccharide에 의해 자극된 RAW264.7 세포에서 유산균 발효 커피 추출물은 nitric oxide 생성 및 inducible nitric oxide synthase, cyclooxygenase-2, tumor necrosis factor ${\alpha}$, interleukin $1{\beta}$, interleukin 6, interferon ${\gamma}$ 등의 면역 관련 유전자의 발현을 유의하게 억제하였으며, Y10과 A10 추출물이 다른 커피 추출물에 비해 상대적으로 높은 항산화 활성을 나타내었다. 반면에 IL-6의 경우에는 Y2와 A2 커피 추출물이 가장 높은 억제효과를 나타내었다. 본 연구 결과는 면역세포에 대한 유산균 발효 커피 추출물의 항염증 기전을 이해하는데 도움이 될 수 있으리라 생각되며, 또한 유산균 발효 커피 추출물은 유용한 항염증성 식품 소재로 이용될 수 있다고 판단된다.