탈지 겨자박으로 부터 유리페놀산, 에스터형 및 불용성페놀산을 추출하여 식용대두유 기질에서 항산화 효과를 0.02%(w/w)의 BHA, BHT의 항산화 효과를 비교하였는바 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 각 기질과 대조구를 에서 25일간 저장하면서 매5일간 과산화물가, TBA가를 측정하여 항산화 효과를 추정하였다. 1. BHA, BHT와 유리페놀산, 에스터형 및 불용성페놀산 추출물을 첨가한 시험구와 대조구의 25일 저장 후 과산화물가는 각각 31.9, 13.2, 16.6, 11.2, 35, 91이었다. 한편 같은 조건하에서 각 항산화성 물질의 TBA가는 0.24, 0.16, 0.19, 0.17, 0.35이었다. 이로 미루어 볼 때 페놀산 추출물들은 식용대두유 기질에서 우수한 항산화 효과를 나타내었다. 2. 겨자의 총 페놀함량은 유리페놀산 및 불용성페놀산의 추출물이 각각 13.2mg/10ml. 340.5mg/10ml, 2.1mg/10ml였다. 3. 분리 동정된 페놀산은 catechol, methylcatechol, salicylic acid, cinnamic acid, pyrogallol, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, syringic acid, caffeic acid, sinapic acid였다.

The Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway is mandatory in adipogenesis. In this study, we investigated the applicability of functional materials for the treatment of obesity by examining Wnt/β-catenin pathway reporter activity related to adipocyte differentiation inhibiting with korean native plant extracts. The luciferase activity of HEK 293-TOP cells increased the reporter activity approximately 152% and 130% by treatment with Sanguisorba officinalis and Thuja orientalis, respectively. Ricinus communis were represented about 90% higher activity, two samples(Rosa rugosa and Sophorae Flos) showed 80% higher activity than the control. Three samples of plant extracts (Zanthoxylum piperitum, Pueraria thunbergiana, Solanum nigrum) were about 70% higher activity compared with the non-treated control. Cytotoxicity of plant extracts was not detected in the rat neural stem cells. These results suggest that the selected eight plant extracts are safe compounds. Our findings indicate that Wnt/β-catenin pathway reporter activity could be used for high throughput screening system. In addition, the plant extracts selected as candidates for adipocyte differentiation inhibiting may be potential therapeutic agents for obesity, it will be exploring the possibility of developing an anti-obesity materials through further experiments with selected plant extracts.

Backgrounds : Pomelo (Citrus grandis Osbeck) is the kind of citrus fruit which is Dicotyledoneae belongs to Rutaceae and special product in Jeju island. According to the previous researches, coumarin, eliocitrin, naringin are identified and these kinds of constituents revealed to be effective as anticancer, antioxidant, and antidiabetic. Until recently, there are many investigations about its functional properties were reported, but investigation about biological activities depend on extraction conditions are not sufficient. Methods and Results : 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity was performed by the method of Blois with minor modification. After adding DPPH radical to each sample solutions, the mixtures were incubated in 30 minutes at aphotic place. Then, the degree of scavenging activity was recorded by microplate reader at 490 nm. The scavenging activity was expressed by RC50, which is the concentration of sample solution necessitated to scavenge 50% DPPH radical against negative control. For α-glucosidase inhibitory activity, the method using p-nitrophenyl-α-D-glucopyranoside (pNPG) was applied. To each samples, α-glucosidase and pNPG were mixed and incubated, consequently, Na2CO3 was added to terminate the reaction. Finally, absorbance was read at 450 nm. The same as DPPH radical scavenging activity, the inhibition was explicitly expressed by the amount of sample solution to inhibit 50% α-glucosidase, IC50. The 80% MeOH extract demonstrated the highest radical scavenging activity with 74.32±8.45 μg/ml. α-Glucosidase inhibitory activity was carried out to evaluate the inhibitory activity of sugar digestion and absorption and 60, 80% MeOH extract exhibited 416.35±11.07 μg/ml and 336.57±2.03 μg/ml, respectively. Conclusion : The DPPH radical scavenging and α-glucosidase inhibitory activity were evaluated in this study. The highest DPPH radical scavenging activity was seen in 80% Citrus grandis Osbeck MeOH extract, following 60% MeOH extract exhibited the second highest scavenging activity. Also, 80% MeOH extract showed 336.57±2.03 μg/ml, which was the highest α-glucosidase inhibition among all extracts.

In order to improved use of Persicaria tinctoria seeds and to get basic information, general composition, fatty acid, mineral, amind acid analysis and physiological activity of methanol extract of Persicaria tinctoria seeds were investigated. Total calories of Persicaria tinctoria seeds were 348.00 kcal/100 g, general composition, carbohydrate, crude protein, crude fat and crude ash consisted of 7.85%, 67.90%, 10.10%, 4.00% and 10.15%, respectively. The amount of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids was showed 0.9048 g/100 g and 2,714 g/100 g, respectively. Minerals contained 100g of Persicaria tinctoria seeds were followed by K (549.5 ㎎), Mg (264.4 ㎎), Ca (216.2 ㎎), Fe (12.1 ㎎), Zn (3.0 ㎎). Total 15 kinds of amino acids were detected, these amino acids displayed higher value in the alanine (1,432.6 ㎎/100 g) and glutamic acid (1,088.8 ㎎/100 g). Total polyphenol and flavonoid contents were 11.08 ㎎/L and 3.56 ㎎/L, respectively. DPPH radical scavenging and ABTS radical scavenging activity in the methanol extract of 1,000 ㎎/L was showed 86.74% and 61.74%, respectively.

Dendrobium loddigesii (DL) is a valuable and versatile herbal medicine with the anecdotal claims of anti-oxidant and anti-inflammation. In the present study, we investigated the whitening effects of DL under various conditions with B16F10 melanoma cells. The DL extract inhibited melanin contents and tyrosinase activity in a dose-dependent manner, compared with untreated group. Treatment of the DL extract effectively suppressed the α-MSH-stimulated melanin formation, tyrosinase activity and dendrite outgrowth. Moreover, the α-MSH-induced mRNA expressions of tyrosinase-related protein-1 (TRP-1), tyrosinase-related protein-2 (TRP-2), microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF) and protein expression of tyrosinase were significantly attenuated by DL treatment. These results indicate that DL may be a great cosmeceutical ingredient for its whitening effects.

본 연구는 관중속(Dryopteris) 3종인 관중(D. crassirhizoma), 참지네고사리(D. nipponensis)와 주저리고사리(D. fragrans var. remotiuscula)의 성엽 및 관중, 참지네고사리의 근경의 α-glucosidase 억제활성을 분석하여 천연 α-glucosidase 저해제의 개발을 위한 천 연소재를 탐색하기 위하여 수행하였다. 관중속 3종의 성엽 및 근경 을 동결건조하여 분쇄한 다음 100% 메탄올을 용매로 42kHz의 초 음파 수조에서 30분간 초음파 추출하여 얻은 조추출물을 사용하여 분석하였다. 관중속 3종의 α-glucosidase 억제활성을 분석한 결과, 성엽 및 근경에서 IC50 값은 참지네고사리가 각 4.13, 2.19μg·mL-1로 가장 높았으며, 대조구로 사용한 acarbose(IC50=1413.70μg·mL-1) 에 비해 억제활성이 각 342.30, 645.53배 높았다. α-glucosidase 활 성의 50%를 억제하기 위한 필요 생체량은 참지네고사리의 성엽 및 근경이 각 0.04, 0.05mg의 가장 적은 양을 필요로 하였다. 조추출물 에서 α-glucosidase 억제활성이 높고 필요 생체량이 적었던 참지네 고사리를 선발하여, n-hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, n-butanol 및 water 순으로 용매별 분획한 다음 각 분획물에 대한 α-glucosidase 억제활성 및 필요 생체량을 비교 분석하였다. 참지네고사리의 성엽 은 n-butanol 분획물(1.09μg·mL-1), 근경은 water 분획물(9.36μ g·mL-1)에서 높았으며, acarbose에 비해 각 1296.97, 151.04배의 높은 억제활성을 나타냈다. 필요 생체량을 분석한 결과에서도, 참지 네고사리의 성엽과 근경은 각각 n-butanol, water 분획물에서 가장 높았다. 본 연구의 결과, 참지네고사리의 조추출물은 적은 생체량으 로도 높은 α-glucosidase 억제활성을 나타내기 때문에 항당뇨제 천 연소재로써의 개발가치가 매우 높은 것으로 생각되었다.

Development and performance evaluation of the hydrogen generator by autothermal reforming process for emergency PEM fuel cell using methanol from process waste were carried out. Supply of gaseous hydrogen has been a technical barrier for its wide application. As a result, conventional reformer has either a separate heat source such as a catalytic combustor or a parallel process in the same reactor to generate heat. The later device is called ATR (Autothermal reforming). Typical product gas of ATR still contains a large amount of carbon monoxide that poisons electro-catalyst of the MEA. In the present study, we used the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide as a parallel exothermic reaction in the same reactor as the reformer. The decomposition of hydrogen peroxide releases water vapor and gaseous oxygen with enormous heat. The heat sustains the reforming reaction and the oxygen is used to recombine the carbon monoxide by oxidation. By parametric study, at the condition of 200oC and the rate of methanol to 40% of hydrogen peroxide is 4 to 1, the Carbon monoxide contents are reduced by less than 800 ppm. Using the present concept we could reduce the concentration of carbon monoxide in the product gas of the reformer by more than 80%. At that carbon monoxide contents, we can be possible to load the methanol-hydrogen peroxide ATR system without any devices.

우리나라 캠벨얼리 포도주의 발효 중 효모 천이단계에서 분리된 당 내성 토착형 효모 균주 S. cerevisiae S13과 D8 균주로 MBA 포도주를 발효하여 그 특성을 산업용 포도주 효모 W-3 균주와 비교하였다. 토착형 효모 두 균주의 경우 발효초기 가용성 고형분의 감소 및 알코올 생성이 다소 지연되었으나 발효 종료 후 D8 포도주는 12.4%, S13 포도주는 11.8%로서 대조균주 W-3 포도주의 12.0%와 알코올 함량이 유사하거나 다소 높았다. Malic acid의 함량의 경우 D8 포도주는 W-3 포도주와 유사한 수준을 나타내었으나 S13 포도주는 W-3 포도주의 약 71.9% 수준으로 매우 낮았다. 아세트알데히드, 메탄올, 프로판올, 이소프로판올, 이소아밀알코올 등의 함량 역시 D8 포도주와 S13 포도주 모두가 W-3 포도주보다 매우 낮게 나타났다. 특히 메탄올의 함량은 S13 포도주가 98.6 mg/L, D8 포도주가 112.0 mg/L로서 W-3 포도주의 192.8 mg/L에 비하여 각각 51.1%, 58.1%의 낮은 수준을 나타내었다. 또한 색도를 나타내는 L, a, b 값은 S13, D8 포도주 모두에서 W-3포도주보다 낮게 나타났으며 관능평가 결과 색에 있어서 S13 포도주가 W-3 포도주보다 다소 높은 점수를 얻었으나 통계적으로 유의적인 차이는 보이지 않았다.

Newcastle disease virus(NDV) 감염된 baby hamster kidney(BHK) 세포에서 syncytium(합포체) 형성은 세포막 표면으로의 수송된 바이러스 당단백질 hemagglutinin-neuramidase(HN)에 의해 일어난다. HAU 값은 추출물의 농도가 25과 3.2 ug/mL 사이에서는 현저하게 감소하였으나, NDV 감염된 HAD(%)는 25 ug/mL 농도에서 광범위한 흡착능의 감소를 나타내 바이러스 당단백질의 세포내 생합성은 저해되지 않았다. 그러므로, 약용식물인 마황 메탄올 추출물이 바이러스 당단백질의 세포막으로의 수송과 함께 합포체 형성을 저해하여 항바이러스 작용을 하였다. 또한 마황 추출물의 저해활성을 조사한 결과 α-glucosidase에 대한 추출물의 IC50은 18μg/mL이었으며, β-glucosidase, α-mannosidase, β-mannosidase에 대한 마황 추출물의 IC50은 각각 60, 40, 150μg/mL로 나타나 β-type glycosidases 보다 α-type glycosidase에 대한 효소활성 저해능이 우수하였다. 따라서 IC50농도에서는 세포내에서 당단백질 생합성은 저해되지 않으며 당단백질의 수송을 저해하는 것으로 판단되었으며 향후 항바이러스 관련 작용기작의 연구가 필요하다고 판단된다.

Dendrobium moniliforme (DM) is a valuable and versatile herbal medicine with the anecdotal claims of antioxidant and anti-inflammation. In the present study, we investigated the whitening and anti-wrinkling effects of DM under various conditions with B16F10 melanoma cells and human dermal fibroblasts. The DM extract inhibited melanin contents and tyrosinase activity in a dose-dependent manner, compared with untreated group. Treatment of the DM extract effectively suppressed the α-MSH-stimulated melanin formation, tyrosinase activity and dendrite outgrowth. Moreover, the α-MSH-induced mRNA expressions of tyrosinase-related protein-1 (TRP-1) and tyrosinase-related protein-2 (TRP-2) and protein expression of tyrosinase were significantly attenuated by DM treatment. We also investigated the DM increased the production of type I procollagen and inhibited TNF-α-induced mRNA expressions of MMP-1, -3 in the human dermal fibroblast. These results indicate that DM may be a great cosmeceutical ingredient for its whitening and anti-wrinkle effects.

Methanol is one of the clean burning fuel with versatile applications. As a combustion fuel, it provides extremely low emissions. Methanol can also be used as a primary transporation fuel or a fuel additive and expecially as a raw metalial for methyl t-butyl ether. Methanol synthesis from synthetic gas was carried out in the Ru-CuO/ZnO/Al2O3 catalytic system. The influence of various factors, such as the reaction temperature, the concentration of ruthenium (Ru) and the reaction pressure was discussed, respectively, and the most preferred condition were obtained. The results showed that metanol synthesis could be prepared from carbon monoxide and hydrogen under reaction conditions. The reaction of Ru-CuO/ZnO/Al2O3 catalyst (E-catalyst) was operated most preferably at 160oC and 40 bar.

Recently biodiesel has drawn much attraction as renewable enegy due to its environmental benefits and the fact that it is made from renewable resources. However, the production cost of biodiesel is one of the main hurdle to commercialize it. One of the way to reduce the biodiesel production cost is to use the waste cooking oil as feedstock. In the conventional transesterification process of waste cooking oils for biodiesel production, the presence of free fatty acids and water causes severe problems such as formation of soap and decreasing of catalyst yield. Much effort has been devoted to solve the above problems and one of the promising way is the supercritical methanol treatment which is performed at the methanol supercritical environment (>239.45℃, >8.10 Mpa)one of the serious problems of the application of SCM process for the biodiesel production is the tough operation condition(high pressure, high temperature. In this study, we have studied about the supercritical methanol treatment for the biodiesel production with the soybean waste cooking oil as a feedstock in the present of various heterogeneous solid catalysts such as mesoporous silica and acid-doped mesorpous silica. Biodiesel conversion was increased at more mild opreation condition to the previous studies by using the catalysts. The conversion was more enhanced by modifying the catalysts.

본 연구에서는 미성숙 목화다래 추출물의 항산화능을 알아보기 위해 다래를 크기별로 구분하여 총 폴리페놀 및 플라보노이드 함량과 DPPH radical의 소거능, 아질산염 소거능, ABTS radical 소거능 및 SOD 유사활성을 측정하였다. 추출물의 페놀성 화합물과 플라보노이드 함량은 목화다래의 크기가 작을수록 높게 나타났으며, DPPH radical 소거능 및 ABTS radical의 소거능 또한 작은 크기에서 상대적으로 높은 활성을 보였다. 이는 다른 선행연구들에서와 같이 페놀함량이 높은 실험군에서 DPPH radical 소거능과 ABTS radical 소거능이 높게 나타나 유의성을 확인하였다. 아질산염 소거능은 인체 위 내부환경과 같은 pH 1.2에서는 높은 활성을 보이다가 pH 4.2에서는 점차로 활성이 떨어지는 결과를 보였으며, 중성에 가까운 pH 6.0에서는 아질산염 소거에 영향을 미치지 못하는 것으로 확인되었다. 또한 SOD 유사활성은 대조군인 ascorbic acid에 비하면 낮은 활성이었지만, 기 보고된 다른 천연물들의 효소활성과 비교하였을 때 더 높거나 비슷한 결과를 나타냈다. 이와 같이 본 실험을 통해 미성숙 목화다래의 뛰어난 항산화 활성을 확인할 수 있었으며, 이는 향후 화장품이나 기능성 식품 등에 있어서 새로운 소재개발의 가능성을 시사해주는 것으로서, 그동안 주로 천연 솜의 생산을 위해 재배되어왔던 목화의 제한적 활용성을 더욱 다양하게 해줄 것으로 기대된다.

본 연구는 자생 양치식물 9종의 성엽과 근경을 재료로 α-glucosidase 억제활성을 분석하여 천연 α-glucosidase 저해제로서 개발 가능한 식물 소재를 선발하기 위하여 수행하였다. 수확된 성엽과 근경은 수세 후 동결건조 하였으며, 건조시료를 분쇄하여 100% 메탄올 용매로 30분 동안 초음파 추출을 하였고, 추출 후 감압여과 하여 α-glucosidase 억제활성을 측정하였다. 양성 대조구로는 acarbose를 사용하였다. 추출물 50μL에 0.7 unit α-glucosidase 효소액 100μL를 넣고 혼합하여 37℃에서 10분간 반응시킨 후, 1.5 mM σ-NPG 기질용액을 50μL 넣고 37℃에서 20분간 반응시켰다. 1 M Na2CO3 1 mL로 반응을 정지시키고 405 nm에서 흡광도를 측정하였다. 회귀분석을 이용하여 0.7 unit α-glucosidase 용액의 활성을 50%를 억제하는데 필요한 시료의 농도(IC50 값)를 구하였다. 양치식물 9종의 α-glucosidase 억제활성은 성엽(IC50=14.00~913.33μg·mL-1)과 근경 추출물(IC50=12.93~205.84μg·mL-1)에서 공히 acarbose(IC50=1413.70μg·mL-1)에 비해 높았다. 양치식물의 추출물은 acarbose에 비해 성엽은 1.55~100.98배, 근경은 6.87~109.33배 높은 것으로 나타났다. 특히 성엽에서는 석위의 억제활성이, 근경에서는 꿩고비의 α-glucosidase 억제활성이 가장 높았다. α-Glucosidase 활성의 50%를 억제하기 위한 성엽과 근경의 필요 생체량은 공히 꿩고비(각 0.35, 0.27 mg)에서 가장 적은 것으로 나타났다. 성엽의 경우는 석위의 IC50 값이 가장 높았으나 가용성 고형분의 함량이 꿩고비에 비해 2.4배 낮아, 오히려 꿩고비의 경제성이 더 높은 것을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구의 결과 꿩고비는 적은 생체량으로도 높은 α-glucosidase 억제활성을 나타내기 때문에 경제적인 천연 α-glucosidase 저해제 소재로써 개발 가치가 매우 높은 것을 알 수 있었다.

This study was performed to select adequate plant materials for developing a natural α-glucosidase inhibitor by analyzing α-glucosidase inhibition activity in fronds and rhizomes of three Dryopteridaceae species: Cyrtomium fortunei, Polystichum polyblepharum, and P. lepidocaulon. The highest α-glucosidase inhibitor obtained from frond of P. lepidocaulon (4.16μg·mL-1), and rhizome of C. fortunei (1.84μg·mL-1), showed much higher inhibition activity than acarbose (1413.70μg·mL-1). The biomass required to inhibit α-glucosidase by 50% was 0.04 ~ 0.35mg for frond and 0.03 ~ 0.10mg for rhizome, and P. lepidocaulon required the least amount of fronds and P. lepidocaulon the least rhizomes. In frond, α-glucosidase inhibition activity was the highest in water fraction of C. fortunei (20.2μg·mL-1), and n-butanol fraction of P. lepidocaulon (9.33μg·mL-1) and P. polyblepharum (5.10μg·mL-1). In rhizome, it was the highest in n-butanol fractions of C. fortunei (19.76μg·mL-1) and P. polyblepharum (4.47μg·mL-1), and ethylacetate fraction of P. lepidocaulon (5.46μg·mL-1). The frond biomass required for 50% α-glucosidase inhibition was the lowest in the water fraction of C. fortunei (1.43mg), and n-butanol fractions of P. lepidocaulon (1.10mg) and P. polyblepharum (0.66mg). The required biomass of rhizome was the lowest in the water fraction of C. fortunei (1.59mg), and n-hexane fractions of P. lepidocaulon (0.04mg) and P. polyblepharum (0.15mg). The result of this study suggested that the three Dryopteridaceae species had high α-glucosidase inhibition activity with small biomass, which might have high value as materials for economical anti-diabetic medication.

Proximate composition, total phenolics and total flavonoids level, DPPH radical scavenging activity, and cytotoxicity were determined in the methanol extracts of different plant parts of Youngia sonchifolia at reproductive growth stage. Crude protein and crude fat were present as the highest amount in flowers, and crude fiber in the stems and roots. The highest content of phenolics [mg ferulic acid equivalents (FAE) kg-1dry weight (DW)] was found in flowers (highest) and followed by leaves, stems and roots (lowest). Flavonoids [mg rutin equivalents kg-1 DW] level, however, showed the highest in leaf extracts and lowest in root extracts. The antioxidant potential of the methanol extracts from the plants dose-dependently increased DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl) free radical scavenging activity (%). DPPH radical scavenging activity were highest in root extracts (IC50 = 1,135.6 mg kg-1) and followed by leaf, stem and flower extracts. By way of MTT (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol- 2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide) assay, methanol extracts of roots showed the highest anticancer activity on human cancer cell line Calu-6 for human pulmonary carcinoma (IC50= 196.3 mg kg-1) and HCT-116 for human colon carcinoma (IC50=623.6 mg kg-1)

본 연구에서는 파극천 추출물의 수면연장 시간, 항 경련효과 및 시험관내에서 파극천의 각 분획별 활성산소의 소거능을 관찰하여 본 결과 pentobarbital을 투여한 대조군의 수면 유도시간 및 수면시간(3.77±0.56분, 수면시간 68.3±6.8분)이 파극천 추출물(200 mg/kg)을 전 처리하고 pentobarbital을 투여함으로써 수면유도 시간(3.95±0.56분) 및 수면시간(110.4±10.3분)이 연장되었다. PTZ에 의해 유도되는 경련 발작이 대조군 4.9±0.98인데 비해 파극천(200 mg/kg)의 전처리로 경련박작이 3.2±0.54로 현저히 억제되었으며 이 결과는 PTZ의 경련발현시간, 경련유지시간 및 사망시간에 미치는 파극천의 영향과 유사하였다. 뇌중 GABA 함량은 PTZ의 투여로 정상군에 비하여 억제되던 것이 파극천의 전처리로 증가 되었으며, GABA-T의 활성과 지질과산화의 함량은 PTZ의 투여로 각각 증가되던 것이 파극천 추출물의 투여로 억제되었다. 시험관내에서 PTZ로 유도된 뇌조직중의 hydroxy radical의 생성량은 butanol 및 dichlomethane 분획의 첨가(20×10-2g/ml)에서 약 35%에서 50%까지 감소하였다.