• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.311-316
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• 2020

The chemical investigation of the methanolic crude extract of leaves of Diospyros iturensis gave us 15 known secondary metabolites identified as mixture of α-amyrenone (1) and β-amyrenone (2), β-amyrin (3), mixture of β-sitosterol (4) and stigmasterol (5), betulin (6), uvaol (7), betulinic acid (8), ursolic acid (9), corosolic acid (10), actinidic acid (11),11-O-p-hydroxybenzoylbergenin (12), bergenin (13) and mixture of stigmasterol glucoside (14) and β-sitosterol glucoside (15) respectively. The structures of secondary metabolites were elucidated with the help of NMR and mass spectral data and by comparison of their spectral data with literature. Among the fifteen isolated compounds, four compounds were identified for the first time in Diospyros genus. These included uvaol (7), corosolic acid (10), actinidic acid (11) and 11-O-p-hydroxybenzoylbergenin (12). Crude methanolic extract of leaves and four isolated compounds including betulin (6), betulinic acid (8), 11-O-p-hydroxybenzoylbergenin (12) and bergenin (13) were evaluated for their antiproliferative activity against two cancer cell lines CAL-27 and NCI-H460 by the MTT assay, antioxidant potential and inhibitory activity against the lipoxygenase and urease enzymes, respectively. The results indicated that the methanolic crude extract of leaves exhibited moderate antioxidant activity and was inactive against the two cancer cell lines. Betulin (6), 11-O-p-hydroxybenzoylbergenin (12) and bergenin (13) exhibited moderate antioxidant and lipoxygenase inhibition with IC50 = 65.8, 85.6, 82.5 μM and IC50 = 58.5, 95.2, 76.2 μM, respectively. Furthermore, 11-O-p-hydroxybenzoylbergenin (12) and bergenin (13) exhibited moderate urease inhibition activity with IC50 values of 45.6 μM and 49.8 μM, respectively.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제51권3호
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• pp.316-322
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• 2019

위에 군집을 형성하는 그람 음성 박테리아인 Helicobacter pylori는 위암을 일으킬 수 있는 1급 발암 인자로, H. pylori의 성장을 억제하거나 제거하는 물질을 탐색하는 연구가 꾸준히 진행되어 왔다. 오수유는 운향과에 속하는 오수유의 열매를 일컫는 생약으로 한방에서는 설사 및 복통에 사용되던 약재이다. 오수유 추출물이 H. pylori의 성장을 억제한다는 보고는 있었으나 병원성 요인에 어떤 영향을 주는지에 대한 연구는 보고된 바가 없었다. 본 연구에서는 각기 다른 메탄올 농도에서 추출한 오수유 추출물의 H. pylori 성장 억제 효과를 비교하였으며 또한 오수유 추출물이 H. pylori의 병원성 인자에 미치는 영향을 연구하였다. 95% 메탄올 오수유 추출물이 가장 낮은 최소저해농도(MIC) 값을 보였으며, 이 95% 추출물을 대상으로 하여 MIC 미만 농도에서 H. pylori의 병원성 인자의 발현 변화를 확인하였다. 95% 메탄올 오수유 추출물은 H. pylori의 주요 병원성 인자인 cagA, vacA 그리고 ureB의 mRNA 및 단백질의 발현을 억제하였으나 흥미롭게도 ureA의 발현은 증가시켰다. 하지만 H. pylori의 배양액과 세포내의 암모니아의 량이 현저히 낮아졌음을 확인하였고, 이는 오수유 추출물이 ureB의 mRNA 및 단백질의 발현을 억제하여 H. pylori의 urease 활성을 억제한다는 것을 확인하였다. 오수유 추출물의 병원성 인자 조절 기전에 대해서는 좀 더 연구가 필요할 것으로 보이나, 본 연구 결과는 오수유 추출물이 H. pylori로 인한 부정적 영향을 줄여줄 것으로 생각한다.

• 한국작물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국작물학회 2022년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.323-323
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• 2022

Jack bean [Canavalia ensiformis (L.)], belonging to the Leguminosae family has been frequently used in edible and medicinal plants in Asian countries. Jack beans are high in protein which is approximately 30%. Concanavalin A (Con A) is a major protein of Jack bean and belongs to the family of legume lectins. It has inhibitory effect on hepatocellular carcinoma by inducing autophagy. However, Con A negatively affects nutrient utilization by other mechanisms. It binds to the glycoproteins and glycolipids of the digestive tract mucosa, inhibits the activity of the enzymes of the brush border of the enterocytes. In order to use Jack bean young seedpods, they are restricted to 'young pods (soft, pre-swelling)' according to the 'Food Code' (Ministry of Food and Drug Safety). Therefore, in this study, we investigated the quantitative change of Con A across developmental stages of Jack bean pods. Biological samples consisted of Jack bean pods and seeds in 7 stages of development. The expression pattern of Con A mRNA was monitored by quantitative reverse transcription PCR (RT-qPCR). Expression of Con A proteins was analyzed by western blotting. The expression of Con A mRNA and protein in the seeds tended to increase gradually as the seeds expanded. However, in pods, they were much less than in seeds. As the expression of Con A mRNA and protein increases as the pods thicken, it is predicted that Con A synthesis increases when the thickness growth of the pod begins after the length growth of the pod is completed. Since the expression of Con A in the pods and seeds in very low when the pods are about 2 cm, therefore 2 cm pods seem appropriate when using 'young pods'. It is also necessary to study other proteins in Jack bean, such as Urease and Canavalin. These studies will serve as the basis for processing Jack bean.