• 한국한의학연구원논문집
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.123-126
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• 2003

Advanced glycation end products(AGEs) are largly involved in the pathogenesis of diabetic complications. It is obvious that inhibition of AGEs formation is important in preventing the occurrence and progression of diabetic complications. Therefore, to seek possible AGEs inhibitors in herbal medicines, unprocessed - und processed Puerariae Radix were tested. The inhibitory effect on AGEs formation was slightly increased through processing. Unprocessed-, processed Puerariae Radix and puerarin showed potential inhibitory action than that of positive control, amino guanidine HCI.

• 생약학회지
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• 제38권2호통권149호
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• pp.113-116
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• 2007

This study was carried out to obtain the basic information that can be used to index arrowroots (Pueraria species) in fourteen regions of China and Korea. The puerarin content in various arrowroots produced in the different areas were quantitatively analysed by HPLC. The average of puerarin content of the 'Galgeun' (Pueraria lobata) was higher than that of the 'Bungalgeun'(Pueraria thomsonii) produced in China and Korea. As a result, the order of the puerarin content was 1) Korean puerariae radix (P. lobata, 0.609%), 2) Chinese puerariae radix (P. lobata, 0.546%), 3) Chinese puerariae radix (P. thomsonii, 0.066%). This result showed that the content of puerarin in the 'Galgeun'(P. lobata) are about 10 times higher than those of the 'Bungalgeun'(P. thomsonii).

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.25-30
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• 2000

To analyse scientifically the fundamental formulation theory and drug interaction of Chungpegagan-tang, the extraction level of puerarin and daidzin, the transforming activity of puerarin and daidzin to daidzein by human intestinal bacteria and in vitro cytotoxicity against tumor cell lines of Chungpesagan-tang were investigated. When Puerariae Radix was extracted with Chungpesagan-tang composing herbal medicines, the puerarin extraction level from these polyprescriptions was decreased by the extraction with Raphani Semen or Cimicifugae Rhizoma, but the other herbal medicines increased it. The activity transforming puerarin and daidzin to daidzein by human intestinal bacteria was increased by Raphani Semen, Cimicifugae Rhizoma and Angelicae Tenuissimae Radix, but decreased by Scutellariae Radix and Rhei Rhizoma. Puerariae Radix did not showed in vitro cytotoxicity against tumor cell lines. However, by its anaerobic incubation with human intestinal bacteria, it showed a potent cytotoxicity. When the main components, puerarin and daidzin, of Puerariae Radix were incubated with human intestinal bacteria, the main metabolites were daidzein and calycosin. These metabolites had the most potent cytotoxicity, compared to those of puerarin and daidzin. Raphani Semen, Rhei Rhizoma and Chungpesagan-tang had also the potent cytotoxicity against tumor cell lines by the anaerobic incubation with human intestinal bacteria.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.52-64
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• 1990

식물체로부터 유용한 천연항산화제를 검색코저 갈근 중의 항산화성분을 추출하여 silica gel column chromagography, TLC, HPLC로 분리동정한 후 가장 항산화능이 강한 성분을 IR 및 GC-MS로 확인하고 항산화성분을 수종의 유지에 첨가하여 그 항산화 효과를 검토하였다. 갈근 분말로부터 4단계의 용매 추출에 의하여 얻어진 추출물의 수율은 2.54%이였고 linoleic acid기질에 대하여 0.1% 첨가하였을 때 ${\delta}$-tocopherol 100 ppm 첨가구와 비슷한 항산화효과를 나타내었으며 갈근 중에 가장 강한 항산화성분은 puerarin으로 확인 동정되었다. 돈지에 대하여 puerarin의 항산화효과는 ${\delta}$-tocopherol 보다 강하였고 ${\delta}$-tocopherol 보다 약하였다. 또한 식용유지에 puerarin을 100 ppm 농도로 첨가하여 $145^{\circ}C$에서 가열처리 하였을 때 산가의 측정에 의한 항산화효과는 대두유에서 가장 낮았고 돈지에서 가장 높았으며 Co.value TBA value, anisidine value의 측정에 의한 항산화효과는 팝유에서 가장 높았으며 대두유, 면실유에서는 거의 인정되지 않았다.

• 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한약학회 2003년도 Proceedings of the Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Vol.2-2
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• pp.222.1-222.1
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• 2003

This study was carried out to investigate the quality control of domestic and imported Puerariae Radix. It was analyzed by HPLC using ${\mu}$-Bondapak C$\sub$18/ column with 35% MeOH containing 1% CH$_3$3CO$_2$H system as the mobile phase at UV 254nm. Good linearity showed over the range of 10 to 200$\mu\textrm{g}$/$m\ell$(r$^2$=1) for Puerarin, and 0.5 to 10$\mu\textrm{g}$/mg(r$^2$=0.9999) for Daidzein. The average contents of Puerarin and Daidzein were 5.5${\pm}$1.2%(Domestic), 5.3${\pm}$0.7%(Imported), and 0.05${\pm}$0.02%(Domestic), 0.08${\pm}$0.02%(Imported).The average recovery rates of Puerarin and Daidzein were 101.8${\pm}$1.9% and 97.2${\pm}$0.7%, respectively.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.178-182
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• 2006

In this study, we investigated whether daidzein, puerarin, genistein and (+)-ar-tumerone affect mucin secretion from cultured airway epithelial cells and compared with the inhibitory action of poly-L-lysine (PLL) and the stimulatory action of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) on mucin secretion. Confluent primary hamster tracheal surface epithelial (HTSE) cells were metabolically radiolabeled using $^3H$-glucosamine for 24 h and chased for 30 min in the presence of varying concentrations of each agent to assess the effects on $^3H$-mucin secretion. The results were as follows: daidzein, puerarin, genistein and (+)-ar-tumerone did not affect mucin secretion at the highest concentrations $(10^{-3}M)$, during 30 min of treatment period. Basically, this finding suggests that daidzein, puerarin and genistein - 3 components derived from Puerariae Radix - and (+)-ar-tumerone derived from Curcumae Rhizoma might not function as a mucoregulator in various inflammatory respiratory diseases showing mucus hypersecretion, although further studies are needed.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.440-445
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 기능성이 증대된 칡 소재 개발을 위하여 로스팅 조건에 따른 칡 추출물을 제조하였으며, 각 추출물에 대한 지표성분 함량 및 항상화 활성 등을 검토하였다. 칡의 지표성분이 puerarin 함량을 로스팅 조건에 따라 분석을 실시하였으며, 그 결과 로스팅 온도와 시간이 늘어남에 따라 puerarin 함량이 증가하는 경향을 나타내었다. 또한, 로스팅 조건에 따른 총 페놀과 플라보노이드 함량의 경우도 puerarin 함량의 결과와 마찬가지로 유사한 경향을 보이고 있었다. 항산화 활성을 평가하기 위하여 ABTS 및 DPPH 라디칼 소거능을 실시하였으며, 전체적으로 로스팅 온도와 시간이 늘어남에 따라 활성이 높아지는 경향을 보여 로스팅 처리한 칡이 일반적인 칡 보다 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과를 종합하여 볼 때 칡을 활용한 기능성 식품 및 다류 개발에 있어서, 로스팅 공정을 적용하는 것이 효과적인 것으로 생각된다.

• 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한약학회 2003년도 Proceedings of the Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Vol.1
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• pp.225.1-225.1
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• 2003

To evaluate the antiallergic activities of puerarin and daidzin from the rhizome of Pueraria lobata, in vitro and in vivo inhibitory activities of these compounds and their metabolite daidzein were measured. Daidzein exhibited potent inhibitory activity on the B-hexosaminidase release induced by DNP-HSA and potently inhibited the PCA reaction in mice. (omitted)

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제22권9호
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• pp.1224-1229
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• 2012

Puerarin (P), an isoflavone derived from kudzu roots, has strong biological activities, but its bioavailability is often limited by its low water solubility. To increase its solubility, P was glucosylated by three dextransucrases from Leuconostoc or Streptococcus species. Leuconostoc lactis EG001 dextransucrase exhibited the highest productivity of puerarin glucosides (P-Gs) among the three tested enzymes, and it primarily produced two P-Gs with a 53% yield. Their structures were identified as ${\alpha}$-$_D$-glucosyl-($1{\rightarrow}6$)-P (P-G) by using LC-MS or $^1H$- or $^{13}C$-NMR spectroscopies and ${\alpha}$-$_D$-isomaltosyl-($1{\rightarrow}6$)-P (P-IG2) by using specific enzymatic hydrolysis, and their solubilities were 15- and 202-fold higher than that of P, respectively. P-G and P-IG2 are easily applicable in the food and pharmaceutical industries as alternative functional materials.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제33권12호
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• pp.1606-1614
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• 2023

Biochemical gut metabolism of dietary bioactive compounds is of great significance in elucidating health-related issues at the molecular level. In this study, a human gut bacterium cleaving C-C glycosidic bond was screened from puerarin conversion to daidzein, and a new, gram-positive C-glycoside-deglycosylating strain, Dorea sp. MRG-IFC3, was isolated from human fecal sample under anaerobic conditions. Though MRG-IFC3 biotransformed isoflavone C-glycoside, it could not metabolize other C-glycosides, such as vitexin, bergenin, and aloin. As evident from the production of the corresponding aglycons from various 7-O-glucosides, MRG-IFC3 strain also showed 7-O-glycoside cleavage activity; however, flavone 3-O-glucoside icariside II was not metabolized. In addition, for mechanism study, C-glycosyl bond cleavage of puerarin by MRG-IFC3 strain was performed in D₂O GAM medium. The complete deuterium enrichment on C-8 position of daidzein was confirmed by ¹H NMR spectroscopy, and the result clearly proved for the first time that daidzein is produced from puerarin. Two possible reaction intermediates, the quinoids and 8-dehydrodaidzein anion, were proposed for the production of daidzein-8d. These results will provide the basis for the mechanism study of stable C-glycosidic bond cleavage at the molecular level.