하우스 포도 중 대표적인 것으로는 거봉, 델라웨어, 캠벨, 청포도를 열거할 수 있는데, 이에 대한 생물학적 활성 효과 중 항산화와 항암 활성에 대한 보고는 많으나 면역활성에 대한 활성의 연구는 미흡한 실정이다. 이에 우리는 4종의 포도의 메탄올 추출물로 항산화, 항암, 그리고 면역활성을 분석하였다. 전자공유능을 측정하기 위한 DPPH를 이용한 실험 결과 포도 4종에서 모두 항산화 활성을 나타내었으며, 환원력을 알아보기 위한 FRAP 실험 또한 활
Fruits and vegetable extracts are well-known as healthy foods. Such foods have been used as herbal medicines or traditional therapies for centuries. To assess biological activities in grapes, we examined the immunomodulating activities of water extracts from four kinds of grapes (cultivars Kyoho, Delaware, Campbell, and Niagara). We explored possible antioxidant and anticancer activities using antioxidant assays such as the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) reduction assay, the ferric iron reducing ability of plasma (FRAP) assay, a cell proliferation assay, an NO inhibition assay, a wound healing assay, and an IL-4/IL-13 elicitation assay. Methanol extracts of grapes were tested. The results showed that each grape extract had potent antioxidant activities. The grape extracts increased cell proliferation and NO production activities in tumor cell lines. IL-4 and IL-13 cytokine levels were decreased in mouse primary spleen cells by treatment with any extract. These results suggest that grape extracts can be used as biomaterials with immunomodulating activities.