• 생약학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.142-143
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• 1991

A steroidal sapogenin, neochlorogenin, was isolated from Solanum nigrum. This is the first report from this plant.

• 약학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.19-22
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• 1948

Yucca schotti, Samuela carnerosana, Agave strita 각부분에 있어 결실전후의 steroidal sapogenin 분포상태를 연구하여 결실후에는 monohydroxy steroid는 존재치 않고 단지복합 polyhydroxy steroid만이 존재함을 증명하였다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.305-310
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• 1991

In order to find out the values of the steroid resources for the future use, the compositions and contents of steroidal sapogenins from 13 domestic plants have been investigated. As a result Dioscorea nipponica, D. quinqueloba and Smilax china were found to have large amount of diosgenin. And pennogenin in Trillium kamtschaticum and Paris verticillata, yuccagenin in Allium fistulosum, hecogenin in Agave americana and neochlorogenin in Solanum nigum were appeared to be major steroidal sapogenins.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.340-345
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• 2012

Sarsasapogenin (SAR) is a steroidal sapogenin that is used as starting material for the industrial synthesis of steroids. It has various pharmacological benefits, such as antitumor and antidepressant activities. Since its effect on melanin biosynthesis has not been reported, we used murine melanocyte melan-a cells to investigate whether SAR influences melanogenesis. In this study, SAR significantly increased the melanin content of the melan-a cells from 1 to 10 ${\mu}M$. Based on an enzymatic activity assay using melan-a cell lysate, SAR had no effect on tyrosinase and DOPAchrome tautomerase activities. It also did not affect the protein expression of tyrosinase-related protein 1 and DOPAchrome tautomerase. However, protein levels of tyrosinase and microphthalmia-associated transcription factor were strongly stimulated by treatment with SAR. Therefore, our reports suggest that SAR treatment may induce melanogenesis through the stimulation of tyrosinase and microphthalmia-associated transcription factor expression in melan-a cells.