• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.371-375
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• 2007

To control blood glucose level as close to normal is a major goal of treatment of diabetes mellitus. Hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia are the major risk factors for cardiovascular complications, the major cause of immature death among the patients with type 2 diabetes. The purpose of this study is to determine the hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic effects of Salicornia herbacea in animal model of type 2 diabetes and to investigate the possible mechanisms for the beneficial effects of S. herbacea. S. herbacea was extracted with 70% ethanol and desalted with 100% ethanol. Three week-old db/db mice (C57BL/KsJ, n=16) were fed AIN-93G semipurified diet or diet containing 1% desalted ethanol extract of S. herbacea for 6 weeks after 1 week of adaptation. Fasting plasma glucose, triglyceride, and total cholesterol were measured by enzymatic methods and blood glycated hemoglobin ($HbA_{1C}$) by the chromatographic method. Body weight and food intake of S. herbacea group were not significantly different from those of the control group. Fasting plasma glucose and blood glycated hemoglobin levels tended to be lowered by S. herbacea treatment. Consumption of S. herbacea extract significantly decreased plasma triglyceride and cholesterol levels (p<0.05). The inhibition of S. herbacea extract against yeast ${\alpha}$-glucosidase was 31.9% of that of acarbose at the concentration of 0.5 mg/mL in vitro. The inhibitory activity of ethanol extract of S. herbacea against porcine pancreatic lipase was 59.0% of that of orlistat at the concentration of 0.25 mg/mL in vitro. Thus, these results suggest that S. herbacea could be effective in controlling hyperlipidemia by inhibition of pancreatic lipase in animal model of type 2 diabetes.

• 동아시아식생활학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.335-350
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• 2014

Compared to the large numbers of studies on the diabetes, hyperlipidemia and cancer therpeutic effects of ginseng, the anti-obese effect and mechanisms of ginsengs have not been studied as much. To determine the effects of ginseng on obesity, 14 keywords (ginseng, ginsenoside, obesity, weight, fat, diet, overeat, appetite, lipid, 3T3-L1, adipocyte, food intake, adipogenesis and lipolysis) were combined in searching a database. Fifty-six articles published from 1983 to 2012 as well as 656 patents registered until Aug $17^{th}$, 2012, were screened for anti-obese effects of ginseng. In the classification of experimental methods, 16 papers on 3T3-L1 cells, 38 papers on animals and three papers on human were reviewed. In terms of obese mechanisms of action, the most commonly used biomarkers were in order of lipid profiles > weight change > blood glucose > adipocytokine. Most ginseng studies on obesity focused on AMPK, $PPAR{\gamma}$, GLUT-4, PI3K and SREBP-1. Korean white ginseng extracts and Re repressed the lipogenesis genes such as PPARc2, SREBP-1c, LPL, FAS and DGAT1. However, ginseng or ginsenosides, PD (Rb1) and PT (Re), showed different or contradictory results. Water and ethanol extraction of ginseng showed contradictory effects on the secretion of inflammatory cytokines, wheras IL-6 was repressed by ethanol extracts and TNF-${\alpha}$ repressed by Re in vitro. Based on the literature, further studies on anti-obese mechanisms of ginseng, such as the inflammation-related obesity or cross signals between the adipocytes and the environments, are needed, instead of more studies on its hypolipidemic and hypoglycemic effects.

• 대한본초학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.25-32
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• 2017

Objectives : This study was conducted to investigate candidate materials as anti-inflammatory agent from extracts of Korean medicinal plants in Hwaak mountain. Ligustrum obtusifolium (LO) is a Korea medicinal plants that commonly used for robustness and hemostasis. It has been reported that LO has exhibited anti-ischemic, anti-oxidative, anti-hypolipidemic, anti-tumor and hypoglycemic effects. However, LO has not been previously reported to have an anti-inflammatory effect. Therefore, we have evaluated the anti-inflammatory effects of LO and its underlying molecular mechanisms in LPS-induced RAW 264.7 macrophages. Methods : Cell viability was determined by MTT assay in RAW 264.7 macrophages. Nitric Oxide (NO) was measured with Griess reagent and pro-inflammatory cytokines were detected by ELISA in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophages. Protein expressions of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and p65 subunit of nuclear $factor-{\kappa}B$ ($NF-{\kappa}B$) were determined by Western blot analysis. Results : Among 15 extracts of Korean medicinal plants tested, Ligustrum obtusifolium (LO) showed the inhibition of NO production without cytotoxicity. LO reduced the expression levels of iNOS and COX-2 proteins in LPS-simulated RAW 264.7 macrophages in dose-dependent manner. Consistent with these data, LO inhibited the productions of $TNF-{\alpha}$, IL-6, and $IL-1{\beta}$ in LPS-simulated RAW 264.7 macrophages. Furthermore, LO attenuated the LPS-induced nuclear translocation of p65 $NF-{\kappa}B$ in RAW 264.7 macrophages involving suppression of $NF-{\kappa}B$ activation. Conclusions : Taken together, these results suggest that the anti-inflammatory effects of LO is associated with regulation of inflammatory mediators via inhibition of $NF-{\kappa}B$ activation in LPS-treated RAW 264.7 macrophages.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제41권8호
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• pp.1086-1093
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• 2012

본 연구는 대두와 B. subtilis DJI로 발효시켜 제조한 DJI 청국장 분말을 db/db 마우스에 장기간 급여하였을 경우 혈당 조절 및 지질대사 개선효과에 어느 것이 더 크게 영향을 미치는지 알아보기 위하여 실시하였다. 실험군은 당뇨병 대조군(D-C), 대두 분말 급여군(D-S군) 및 DJI 청국장 분말 급여군(D-CJ군)으로 3군으로 나누어 6주간 실시하였다. 체중증가량, 식이섭취량, 수분섭취량 및 간과 지방조직의 무게는 실험군 간에 차이가 없었다. 전혈의 공복 혈당 변화는 4주째부터 D-CJ군이 당뇨병 대조군인 D-C군에 비하여 유의하게 감소되었고, 6주째에는 D-S군과 D-CJ군이 D-C군에 비하여 각각 약 21.39%와 23.82%씩 유의하게 감소되었다. 혈청 중 인슐린 농도는 실험군 간에 차이가 나타나지 않았다. 당화 헤모글로빈의 함량은 D-C군에 비하여 D-CJ군이 유의하게 감소되었다. 내당능 검사에서는 대두 혹은 DJI 청국장 분말 급여로 90분부터 당부하가 유의적으로 감소하는 경향이었다. 혈당반응면적(AUC)은 DJI 청국장 분말 급여한 D-CJ군이 D-C군에 비하여 유의하게 낮았다. 혈청 중 총콜레스테롤 함량은 D-S군과 D-CJ군 모두 D-C군에 비하여 유의하게 감소되었으나, 중성지방과 LDL-콜레스테롤 함량은 DJI 청국장 분말을 급여한 D-CJ군만이 D-C군에 비하여 유의하게 감소되었다. 혈청 중 HDL-콜레스테롤 함량은 D-CJ군이 D-C군에 비하여 유의하게 증가되었다. 이상의 결과 대두 혹은 DJI 청국장 분말의 급여는 db/db 마우스의 혈당, 당화 헤모글로빈 및 혈청 지질 농도를 감소시키는데 긍정적으로 작용하는 것으로 보이나, 대두 분말보다는 DJI 청국장 분말 급여 시 혈당 조절 및 지질대사 개선효과가 더 우수한 것으로 나타났다.