• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2021

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection often complicates burn wounds. Mupirocin is the antibiotic of choice for superficial MRSA infection, and its resistance is on the rise due to its frequent and widespread use. This study aimed to develop and evaluate Curcuma xanthorriza extract (CXE)-containing gel as a topical agent against MRSA-infected second-degree burn wound in rats. CXE was obtained using maceration with 96% ethanol. Xanthorrhizol level, antibacterial, and antioxidant activity were evaluated using a standardized method. In vivo, the wound's healing and bacterial load were evaluated every three days, whereas the histopathology of the wound was examined on day 12 of treatment. One-Way ANOVA and Kruskal-Wallis test were used to analyze the data. In this study, 27.0% and 7.10% of the obtained CXE were xanthorrhizol and curcumin, respectively. Additionally, an IC50 of 64.27 ppm was shown in antioxidant activity measurement, and MIC against MRSA was 5 mg/ml. Treatment with CXE-containing gels showed a significant reduction in bacterial load and proliferation of connective tissue in a dose-dependent manner. In conclusion, CXE-containing gel showed a greater reduction of bacterial load and more advanced wound healing phase than mupirocin.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.281-286
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 FCE50을 대상으로 다양한 항산화 실험을 실시한 결과, FCE50이 항산화능을 보유하고 있음을 확인하였다. 또한 FCE50은 3T3-L1 전지방세포의 분화과정 중 세포내 지방축적을 유의적으로 감소시키며 포도당 유입을 감소시켰다. 지방합성과 관련된 ACC 효소의 mRNA 발현량을 측정한 결과, 완전히 분화된 지방세포와 비교하여 FCE50의 처리 시 그 발현량이 현저히 감소됨을 확인하였다. 이상의 결과로부터 FCE50은 항산화 활성을 보유하고 있으며, 이는 FCE50이 지방세포로의 분화과정 중 지방형성을 유의적으로 감소시키는 결과에 영향을 미치는 것으로 사료된다.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.94-96
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• 2006

In a search for plant extracts with potent in vivo antifungal activity against various plant pathogenic fungi, the methanol extract of the Curcuma longa rhizomes effectively controlled the development of rice blast catised by Magnaporthe grisea and tomato late blight caused by Phytophthora infestans. Three curcuminoids such as curcumin, demethoxycurcumin, and bisdemethoxycurcumin were purified from the methanol extract of C. longa rhizomes as antifungal principles. Among the three curcuminoids, demethoxycurcumin was the most active to both rice blast and tomato late blight, followed in order by curcumin and bisdemethoxycurcumin. However, they all exhibited no or little in vivo antifungal activity against other fungal pathogens causing rice sheath blight (Corticium sasaki), tomato gray mold (Botrytis cinerea), wheat leaf rust (Puccinia recondita), or barley powdery mildew (Blumeria graminis f. sp. hordel).

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.1031-1038
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• 2012

Background: Turmeric ($Curcuma$ $longa$) has been shown to possess anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and antitumor properties. However, despite the progress in research with $C.$ $longa$, there is still a big lacuna in the information on the active principles and their molecular targets. More particularly very little is known about the role of cell cycle genes $p57^{kip2}$ and Rad9 during chemoprevention by turmeric and its derivatives especially in prostate cancer cell lines. Methods: Accordingly, in this study, we have examined the antitumor effect of several extracts of $C.$ $longa$ rhizomes by successive fractionation in clonogenic assays using highly metastatic PC-3M prostate cancer cell line. Results: A mixture of isopropyl alcohol: acetone: water: chloroform: and methanol extract of $C.$ $longa$ showed significant bioactivity. Further partition of this extract showed that bioactivity resides in the dichloromethane soluble fraction. Column chromatography of this fraction showed presence of biological activity only in ethyl acetate eluted fraction. HPLC, UV-Vis and Mass spectra studies showed presence three curcuminoids in this fraction besides few unidentified components. Conclusions: From these observations it was concluded that the ethyl acetate fraction showed not only inhibition of colony forming ability of PC-3M cells but also up-regulated cell cycle genes $p57^{kip2}$ and Rad9 and further reduced the migration and invasive ability of prostate cancer cells.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.280-285
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• 2006

Methanol extract of the rhizomes of turmeric, Curcuma longa L., effectively controlled the development of red pepper anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum coccodes. In addition three antifungal substances were identified from the methanol extract of C. longa rhizomes as curcumin, demethoxycurcumin, and bisdemethoxycurcumin using mass and $^{1}H-NMR$ spectral analyses. The curcuminoids in a range $0.4-100\;{\mu}g/ml$ effectively inhibited the mycelial growth of three red pepper anthracnose pathogens, C. coccodes, C. gloeosporioides, and C. acutatum. The three curcuminoids inhibited mycelial growth of C. coccodes and C. gloeosporioides to an extent similar to the synthetic fungicide dithianon did, but the synthetic agent was a little more effective against C. acutatum. The curcuminoids also effectively inhibited spore germination of C. coccodes, and bisdemethoxycurcumin was the most active. Among the three curcuminoids, only demethoxycurcumin was effective in a greenhouse test in suppressing red pepper anthracnose caused by C. coccodes.

• 생약학회지
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• 제51권3호
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• pp.178-185
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• 2020

In this study, the effect of complex hot water extracts of Cirsium jaonicum, Artemisia annua and Curcuma longa (CAC) on the improvement of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) was investigated. CAC inhibited fatty acid synthesis and lipid accumulation in HepG2 cells cultured with free fatty acid (FFA). In the NAFLD animal model, CAC extract suppressed the increase in body weight, liver, and epididymis fat weight, and suppressed the increase in hepatocyte fat and blood triglyceride. In addition, by blocking the Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathway, cells were protected from oxidative stress in hepatocytes. Moreover, CAC inhibited the expression of COX-2, iNOS, TNF-α and IL-17 in hepatocytes. These results suggest the possibility that CAC extract can be applied in the field of health functional foods and pharmaceuticals for improvement and prevention of NAFLD.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.318-322
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 울금(Curcuma longa L.)의 다양한 추출물을 대상으로 5-alpha reductase의 활성 저해 정도를 측정하였다. 5-Alpha reductase는 T에서 활성형 남성호르몬인 DHT로 전환을 담당하며, 전립선비대에서는 혈액에서 DHT 농도가 높다. Rat의 전립선조직 균질액과 5-alpha reductase를 과발현시킨 LNCaP 세포 균질액을 대상으로 측정한 결과, $100{\mu}g/mL$의 농도에서 울금의 열수추출물(CL-HW)과 20% 에탄올추출물(CL-E20)이 5-alpha reductase 활성을 효과적으로 저해하였다. 특히 CL-HW는 $100{\mu}g/mL$의 농도에서 80% 이상의 유의적 억제효과를 보였으며, CL-E20은 $50{\mu}g/mL$의 농도부터 80% 이상의 감소효과를 보였다. 이 같은 결과에서 CL-HW 및 CL-E20은 5-alpha reductase의 억제활성이 있으며, 이는 전립선비대 치료소재로 개발될 수 있는 가능성이 있음을 제안한다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.612-617
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 강황 유래의 curcuminoids가 없는 다당체를 이용하여 급성 및 만성 염증 모델에서의 항염증 효과를 검증하고자 하였다. 급성염증에 대한 효과를 알아보기 위하여 carrageenan에 의한 족부종 유발과 xylene에 의한 귀부종 유발을 일으킨 모델을 이용하여 수행하였다. Carrageenan에 의한 족부종 유발 실험에서 강황추출물과 관절염 치료제로 알려진 diclofenac sodium을 처리하였을 때는 부종의 증가도가 낮은 것으로 나타났다($P{\leq}0.05$). 또한 다른 급성염증 모델인 xylene application 마우스 모델에서도 대조군에 비하여 diclofenac sodium과 강황추출물(31.5, 63, 126 mg/kg)을 농도별로 경구투여 하였을 때 염증 억제율이 각각 78.13%, 68.75%, 62.50% 및 59.38%로 나타나 염증 억제율이 높은 것으로 나타났다($P{\leq}0.05$). 만성염증에 대한 효과를 알아보기 위한 cotton pellet 육아종 실험에서는 대조군과 비교하여 삼출물과 염증 육아종이 적게 발생된 것으로 나타났다($P{\leq}0.05$). 따라서 강황 유래의 다당체를 경구투여 하였을 때 만성 및 급성 염증에 대한 저해활성이 있는 것으로 나타나 항염증 소재로서 개발 가능성이 있음을 제시하였다.

• 한국식품조리과학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.350-356
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• 2009

식용 식물색소자원인 울금 추출물의 항균성실험을 통하여 항균활성을 검색하였고, 실제 식품에의 이용가능성을 살펴보기 위하여, 이를 떡과 국수에 첨가하여 식품 보존효과를 검토하여 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 울금을 건조시켜 분쇄한 후 에탄올로 추출, 농축한 것을 10% 농도로 희석하여 1${\sim}$4 mg/disc 농도가 되게 첨가하여 식품부패 미생물의 증식 억제 효과를 검색한 결과 E. coli와B. subtilis에 대한 항균활성은 disc에 점적한 농도가 증가할수록 항균활성을 나타내는 inhibition zone의 크기가 증가하여 4 mg/disc 농도에서 각각 10, 11 mm의 항균력을나타내었고 S. aureus는 4 mg/disc 농도에서만 8.5 mm의항균력을 나타내었다. 이러한 항균활성을 바탕으로 울금추출물을 첨가식품에의 적용가능성을 살펴보기 위해 0,0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 1.00% 농도로 첨가한 떡과 국수를 제조하여 0, 1, 2, 3, 4일 동안 20$^{\circ}$C에 저장하면서 미생물검사 및 관능검사를 실시하였다. 그 결과, 추출물 첨가 떡과 국수가 대조군에 비해 미생물의 증식이 현저히 적었으며, 첨가량이 많을수록 저장효과가 뛰어나 항균활성을지닌 울금 추출물의 첨가가 식품의 저장성 향상에 기여할 수 있으리라 기대된다. 관능검사결과 떡과 국수 모두울금 추출물 0.50% 첨가군이 가장 선호도가 높게 나타났다. 이상의 결과로 보아 울금 추출물 첨가는 떡과 국수의 기호성을 높이고 저장성을 연장시키는 가능성을 확인하였다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제27권12호
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• pp.1220-1225
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• 2004

The overproduction of nitric oxide (NO) by inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) is known to be responsible for vasodilation and hypotension observed in septic shock and inflammation. Inhibitors of iNOS, thus, may be useful candidates for the treatment of inflammatory diseases accompanied by overproduction of NO. In the course of screening oriental anti-inflammatory herbs for the inhibitory activity of NO synthesis, a crude methanolic extract of Curcuma zedoaria exhibited significant activity. The activity-guided fractionation and repetitive chromatographic procedures with the EtOAc soluble fraction allowed us to isolate three active compounds. They were identified as 1,7-bis (4-hydroxyphenyl)-1,4,6-heptatrien-3-one (1), procurcumenol (2) and epiprocurcumenol (3) by spectral data analyses. Their concentrations for the 50% inhibition of NO production $(IC_{50})$ in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated macrophages were 8, 75, 77 ${\mu}M$, respectively. Compound 1 showed the most potent inhibitory activity for NO production in LPS-activated macrophages, while the epimeric isomers, compound 2 and 3 showed weak and similar potency. Inhibition of NO synthesis by compound 1 was very weak when activated macrophages were treated with 1 after iNOS induction. In the immunoblot analysis, compound 1 suppressed the expression of iNOS in a dose-dependent manner. In summary, 1,7-bis (4-hydroxyphenyl)-1,4,6-heptatrien-3-one from Curcuma zedoaria inhibited NO production in LPS-activated macrophages through suppression of iNOS expression. These results imply that the traditional use of C. zedoaria rhizome as anti-inflammatory drug may be explained at least in part, by inhibition of NO production.