• 생약학회지
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.123-126
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• 2008

The five flavonoids, isoqueritrin, juglanin, astragalin and 2-O-trans-p-coumaroyl astragalin were quantitatively analyzed in the leaves, unripe- and ripe fruits of four Korean Rubus species including Rubus crataegifolius, R. pungens var. oldhami, R. parvifolius, and R. coreanus belonging to the Rosaceae family. The HPLC analysis demonstrated that flavonoids are more abundant in the leaves than in the fruits. In the four Rubus species, ripe fruits generally contained similar or more amount of flavonoids than in unripe fruits. In particular, the quantity levels of total flavonoid (49.81${\pm}$0.50 mg/g) and isoquercitrin (35.08${\pm}$0.37 mg/g) were highest in the leaf of R. crataegifolius. In addition, the content of the flavonoids were quite low in the unripe fruits of R. coreanus that is most widely used as Rubi Fructus.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.41-45
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• 2007

통상적으로 식물의 열매, 잎, 뿌리 등의 추출물이 가지는 다양한 효능이 밝혀짐에 따라 점차 천연소재에 대한 관심이 증가하고 있는 추세이다. 본 연구에서는 복분자 딸기로부터 얻은 4종(미숙과, 완숙과, 잎/줄기, 뿌리의 에탄을 추출물)의 각기 다른 추출물에 대한 항산화, 미백, 항주름 효과를 비교하였다. 복분자 딸기의 항산화 및 항염 효과에 대한 몇몇의 보고가 있지만 효능에 대한 연구는 충분하지 않다. 따라서 복분자 추출물의 화장품적 효능 효과를 비교한 결과, 미백효과 및 주름개선효과에 있어, 미숙과부위의 추출물이 다른 부위의 추출물에 비하여 효과가 높은 것으로 관찰되었다. 이 결과를 바탕으로 복분자 딸기의 미숙과는 완숙과나 잎/줄기, 뿌리보다 화장품 원료로 더 높은 응용 가능성을 가지고 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.593-600
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• 2014

Osteoporosis is a progressive bone disease characterized by low bone mass which is caused by disturbance in the balance between the activities of osteoblasts and osteoclasts. Postmenopausal osteoporosis is one of the most common disorders in women after menopause, which is linked to an estrogen deficiency and characterized by an excessive loss of trabecular bone. Rubus coreanus has been used for their various pharmacological properties in Asia as a traditional medicine. To investigate the effect of unripe fruits of R. coreanus 30% ethanol extract (RCE) on osteoblast-like cells (MG63) differentiation, we examined the effects of RCE on in vitro osteoblastic differentiation markers, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity and receptor activator of nuclear factor ${\kappa}$-B ligand (RANKL) and osteoprotegerin (OPG) expression. The high concentration (50 and $100{\mu}g/mL$) of RCE markedly increased ALP activity, whereas decreased the RANKL/OPG. We also investigated the effect of RCE on M-CSF plus RANKL-induced differentiation of pre-osteoclast cells (RAW 264.7). RCE treatment remarkably inhibited M-CSF/RANKL-induced formation of osteoclast-like multinuclear cells from RAW 264.7 cells. Moreover, the inhibitory effect of RCE was reduced by selective estrogen receptor-${\alpha}$ antagonist. Our research suggests that suggested that unripe fruits of R. coreanus may act beneficial effects on bone mass by regulating both osteoblast and osteoclast.

• 생약학회지
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• 제38권2호통권149호
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• pp.187-191
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• 2007

The extraction yield of the methanolic extracts and 19${\alpha}$-hydroxyursane-type triterpenoid (19${\alpha}$-HUT) fraction were investigated in the unripe and ripe fruits and the leaves of the four Rubus plants (Rubus coreanus, R. crataegifolius, R. phoenicolasius, R. pungens var. oldhami) to develop the biomaterial 19${\alpha}$-HUT mixture as functional foods. Thin layer chromatogaphy-Densitometer (TLC-DM) was used to analyze the individual quantity of 19${\alpha}$-HUTs using standard compounds (euscaphic acid, tormentic acid, 23-hydroxytormentic acid, kaji-ichigoside F$_1$, rosamultin, niga-ichigoside F$_1$). The content of methanolic extract of the fruits were higher in the ripe stage than in the unripe stage whereas the content of 19${\alpha}$-HUT mixture varied with each Rubus species. The Rubus plants containing the highest amount of 19${\alpha}$-HUTs in the leaves were R. coreanus, R. phoenicolasius and R. pungens var. oldhami while only R. cratagefolius showed the highest content in the ripe fruits. The mean of total genin content of 19${\alpha}$-HUTs was 0.94 mg/g; that of the glycosides was 0.60 mg/g. The genin quantity was found in the order of 23-hydroxytormentic acid> euscaphic acid> tormentic acid; the glycoside was observed in the order of niga-ichig-oside F$_1$> kaji-ichigoside F$_1$> rosmaultin, by which the biosynthetic pathway of 23-hydroxytormentic acid and its glucoside niga-ichigoside F$_1$ via the intermediates tormentic acid and/or rosamultin was presumed. It is also suggested that the ripe fruits of R. crataegifolius will be desirable to use as functional foods rather than unripe fruits.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.156-161
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• 2009

Rubus coreanus, commonly known as 'red raspberry' is used as a traditional oriental medicine in Korea for the management of diseases such as impotence, spermatorrhea and athsma, and for allergies, in combination with other herbal preparations, in many centuries. We undertook a comparison of the hepatoprotective effect of ethanol extracts of the unripe (UREx) and ripe (RREx) R. coreanus extract against acetaminophen (AAP) induced hepatotoxicity in rats. UREx reduced the elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALP), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), total bilirubin (TB), alkaline phosphatase (AP), lipid peroxide and nitric oxide content which had been increased by AAP administration. UREx also increased the cellular glutathione (GSH) content and induced the glutathione-S-transferase (GST), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) content which had been decreased by AAP. RREx did not exhibit strong hepatoprotective effect or antioxidant activity under the same conditions. The experimental results show that the degree of the ripening of R. coreanus affects the hepatoprotective activity in the AAP-intoxicated rats. These findings of a protective mechanism are supportive evidence for the utility of unripened R. coreanus in traditional medicine for liver ailments.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.501-508
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• 2014

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Rubus Coreanus Miquel (RCM), used as a traditional Korean medicine, reduces chronic inflammatory diseases such as cancer and rheumatoid arthritis. However, its mechanism has not been elucidated. In this study, we examine the anti-inflammatory effects of RCM and their possible mechanisms using RAW 264.7 cells. MATERIALS/METHODS: Unripe RCM ethanol extract (UE), unripe RCM water extract (UH), ripe RCM ethanol extract (RE), and ripe RCM water extract (RH) were prepared. Inflammatory response was induced with LPS treatment, and expression of pro-inflammatory mediators (iNOS, COX-2, TNF-${\alpha}$, IL-$1{\beta}$, and IL-6) and NO and $PGE_2$ productions were assessed. To determine the anti-inflammatory mechanism of RCM, we measured NF-${\kappa}B$ and MAPK activities. RESULTS: UE and UH treatment significantly reduced NF-${\kappa}B$ activation and JNK and p38 phosphorylation and reduced transcriptional activities decreased iNOS, COX-2, and pro-inflammatory cytokines expressions, and NO and $PGE_2$ productions. RE and RH treatments reduced IL-$1{\beta}$ and IL-6 expressions through suppressions of JNK and p38 phosphorylation. CONCLUSIONS: In this study, we showed that RCM had anti-inflammatory effects by suppression of pro-inflammatory mediator expressions. Especially, unripe RCM showed strong anti-inflammatory effects through suppression of NF-${\kappa}B$ and MAPK activation. These findings suggest that unripe RCM might be used as a potential functional material to reduce chronic inflammatory responses.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.563-572
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• 2006

The plant Rubus species (Rosaceae) mainly contains $19{\alpha}-hydroxyurane-type$ triterpenoids $(19{\alpha}-HUT)$ as bioactive components. Available functional food includes blackberry (the fruit of thornless Rubus sp.), red raspberry (R. idaeus) and black raspberry (R. occidentalis). However, the fruit of R. coreanus, which is used in Korea as a functional food, substitutes black raspberry. Rubi Fructus, which has been traditionally used as an oriental medicinal drug, designates only unripe fruit of R. coreanus but not its ripe fruit which indicates that it needs high content of $19{\alpha}-HUT$ as a crude drug. Throughout our experiment, we found that ripe fruits contain very little amount of $19{\alpha}-HUT$ when compared to unripe fruits. In addition, various and rich $19{\alpha}-HUT$ has been reported from Rubus species. The most common structure of $19{\alpha}-HUT$ of Rubus species, euscaphic acid or tormentic acid with $3{\alpha}-OH$ or $3{\beta}-OH$, respectively, can be glycosylated or oxidized to produce a number of $19{\alpha}-HUTs $as euscaphic acid and tormentic acid derivatives and even esterified to form dimeric triterpenoids. In this review, the bioactivity and biosynthetic pathway and chemical characterization of $19{\alpha}-HUTs$ found in Rubus species are discussed.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.342-347
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• 2007

본 연구의 목적은 수세기에 걸쳐 발기부전(impotence), 정액루(spermatorrhea), 유뇨증(enuresis), 천식(asthma) 및 알레르기 관련 질병의 치료제로 사용되고 있는 토종 복분자 (R. coreanus)와 외래종 복분자(R. occidentalis)의 항염증활성을 비교, 분석해 보고자 했다. 그 결과 토종 복분자의 에탄올 추출물이 외래종 복분자의 에탄올 추출물에 비교해 LPS 처리에 의한 NO의 생성을 현저히 억제시키는 것을 관찰 할 수 있었으며, NO와 $PGE_{2}$ 생합성효소인 iNOS와 COX-2 단백질의 발현 또한 억제시킴을 확인할 수 있었다. LPS 유도에 의한 $TNF-{\alpha}$와 IL-6의 생성억제 효과도 토종 복분자 에탄올 추출물이 외래종 복분자 추출물에 비해 탁월함이 관찰 되었다. 이러한 연구결과로 볼 때 토종 복분자 에탄올 추출물이 macrophage에 의해 생성되는 염증반응의 매개물질인 NO, $PGE_2$, 염증성 cytokine 등의 생성을 억제함으로 염증반응을 완화시켜 줄 것으로 판단된다. 차후 항염증활성을 갖는 복분자 추출물의 성분을 동정하는 연구가 더욱더 필요할 것으로 사료되며, 토종 복분자가 천연 항염증활성을 갖는 제품 개발에 있어 유용한 식물자원 원료로 사용될 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.290-295
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• 2014

The triterpenoids contained in four Rubus species (Rosaceae) were quantitatively analyzed using HPLC to select plants with large quantities of niga-ichigoside $F_1$. Unripe fruits, ripe fruits, and leaves were extracted to estimate the quantity of niga-ichigoside $F_1$, together with Rubus-specific $19{\alpha}$-hydroxyursane-type triterpenoids, euscaphic acid, tormentic acid, and kaji-ichigoside $F_1$, and a dimeric triterpenoid coreanoside $F_1$. Niga-ichigoside $F_1$ was most abundant in the leaves of R. crataegifolius (23.4 mg/g dry weight). The amount of triterpenoid in the black, ripe fruits of R. coreanus was lower than the unripe fruits of the same plant. On the other hand, the ripe fruits of three plants, R. crataegifolius, R. parvifolius and R. pungens var. oldhami, which are reddish, contained higher or similar level of triterpenoids than their unripe fruits. In addition, the concentration of niga-ichigoside $F_1$ in the ripe fruit of R. crataegifolius was 20.5 mg/g, suggesting that the fruits could be used as a functional food. Methyl gallate and ellagic acid were used as quantitative indices of total tannin. Methyl gallate levels were higher in ripe fruits than unripe fruits in R. crataegifolius, R. pungens var. oldhami, and R. parvifolius. In R. crataegifolius, the quantity of methyl gallate was 30.5 mg/g in ripe fruit, but 1.19 mg/g in unripe fruit.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.650-655
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• 2014

미숙성 복분자 5% 주정 추출물의 지질대사 개선 효과를 구명하고자 본 연구에서는 고콜레스테롤혈증 모델에게 미숙성 복분자 5% 주정 추출물 50, 100, 300 mg/kg/day의 농도(uRC 50군, uRC 100군, uRC 300군)로 60일간 경구 투여하였다. 체중증가량은 HC군과 N군 간의 차이가 없었으며 uRC 투여에 의해서도 유의차는 없었다. 식이섭취량은 HC군에 비하여 uRC 100군, BO군에서 유의적으로 감소되었다. 식이효율은 각 군 간에 유의차는 없었다. 간 조직의 무게는 HC군이 N군에 비하여 유의하게 증가하였다. uRC 100군, uRC 300군, BO군에서는 HC군에 비하여 감소하는 경향을 보였고 그중 uRC 100군에서 유의적으로 감소되었다. 신장의 무게는 거의 유사하여 복분자 추출물 투여에 의한 변화는 없었다. 비장의 무게는 HC군은 N군에 비하여 유의하게 증가하였으며 uRC 50군, uRC 100군, uRC 300군에서는 감소한 경향을 보였으며 BO 투여군에서는 HC군에 비하여 유의한 감소를 나타내었다. 총 콜레스테롤 함량은 N군에 비해 HC군에서 유의하게 증가하였고, 이러한 고콜레스테롤혈증을 유발시킨 C57BL/6 mice에 uRC 300군, BO군에서 총콜레스테롤이 유의하게 감소하였다. HDL-cholesterol은 HC군이 N군에 비해 유의한 감소를 나타내었다. HC군에 비해 uRC 50군, uRC 100군, uRC 300군, BO군으로 증가한 경향을 보였으며 BO군에서 유의적으로 증가하였다. LDLcholesterol은 NC군에 비해 HC군에서 유의한 증가를 나타내었다. 이에 비교하여 uRC 50군, uRC 100군, uRC 300군, BO군으로 감소하는 경향을 보였으며 유의차는 나타나지 않았다. GOT와 GPT 활성 모두 HC군이 N군에 비해서 유의하게 증가하였으며 HC군에 비하여 uRC 100군, uRC 300군에서 유의적으로 감소하였다. 혈청의 동맥경화지수와 심혈관지수는 HC군이 N군에 비하여 유의하게 증가하였으며, uRC 100군, uRC 300군에서 유의한 감소를 나타내었다. 이상의 결과로 보아 미숙과 복분자 5% 주정 추출물은 고콜레스테롤 식이로 유발된 고콜레스테롤혈증 모델에서 지질대사 함량을 감소시킴으로써 혈중 지질대사의 개선 효과와 더불어 동맥경화의 예방과 치료에 효과적일 것으로 사료된다. 그 외에 미숙과 복분자 추출물의 어떠한 생리활성 성분이 어떻게 작용을 하는지에 대해서는 추후 더 체계적인 연구가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.