Modern people have begun to have the nationwide interest in the rice wine called Makgeolri which is one of the traditional Korean alcoholic liquors. This study was performed to investigate the effects of Sansung Makgeolri extract (SM) on antioxidation together with the determination of pH and dissolved oxygen (DO) in the progress of fermentation in the lipopolysaccharide(LPS)-treated rats. We examined the levels of SOD (superoxide dismutase),CAT (catalase), GPx (glutathione peroxidase) in liver homogenates and the histopathological observations in liver tissue. LPS-treated group markedly decreased the levels of SOD, CAT and GPx. But SM + LPS-treated group significantly increased the levels of them. Furthermore, the antioxidative effects of SM were supported by the histopathological observations in liver tissue which showed severe inflammation and necrosis in LPS-treated group,compared to the attenuated inflammation and necrosis in SM + LPS-treated group. This results suggested that SM could be a candidate of antioxidative material in spite of alcoholic liquors.

This study aimed to investigate the protective effect of Solanum nigum Linne total extract (SNT), Solanum nigum Linne leaf extract (SNL), Solanum nigum Linne root extract (SNR) on liver injury induced by Lipopolysaccharide(LPS) in Sprague-Dawley rats. SNT, SNL, SNR of 100 mg/kg concentration was intraperitoneally administered into rats at dose of 1.5 ml/kg for 20 days. on the day 1.5 ml/kg of LPS was injected. Four hours later, they were anesthetization with ether and dissected. Glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (GOT), glutamate pyruvate transaminase (GPT) were measured in serum and superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase and glutathione peroxidase (GPX) were measured in liver homogenate. SNT, SNL, SNR extract inhibited GOT and GPT activities in LPSinduced rats, whereas increased SOD, Catalase and GPX activity in liver tissue of LPS-induced rats. These suggested that SNT, SNL, SNR could be used for functional beverage.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the preventive effects of Paeoniae Radix Extract (PRE) against the acute hepatotoxicity-inducing lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in the liver. PRE of 100 mg/kg concentration was intraperitoneally administered into rats at dose of 1.5 ml/kg for 20 days. On day 21, 5 mg/kg of LPS dissolved in saline was injected 4 hours before anesthetization. We examined the levels of glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (GOT), glutamate pyruvate transaminase (GPT), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in serum of rats, superoxide dismutase (SOD) in mitochondrial fractions, and malondialdehyde (MDA), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GPx) in liver homogenates. LPS-treatment markedly increased the levels of GOT, GPT, LDH and MDA, and significantly decreased those of SOD, CAT and GPx. But PRE-pretreatment decreased the levels of GOT, GPT, LDH and MDA, by 59.7%, 43.6%, 59.6% and 63.5%, respectively and increased those of SOD, CAT and GPx, by 85.5%, 57.8% and 62.9%, respectively. These results showed that the PRE had the preventive effects against the acute hepatotoxicityinducing LPS in the liver .

숙성된 인삼은 인간의 건강을 회복시키고 향상시키는 강장제로서 알려져 있으며, 백삼보다 더 많은 약리적인 활성을 가진다고 알려져 왔다. 전이 가능한 종양, 림프구 증식과 쥐간의 지질과산화에 대한 숙성된 인삼의 효과도 연구되었다. 본 연구는 3가지 인삼 추출물의 항산화와 항노화 효과를 평가하기 위해서 실험하게 되었다. 시장에서 이미 만들어진 홍삼엑기스를 사용하였고, 그 외 수삼, 건삼을 구매하여 홍삼제조기로 만들어진 추출물로 실험에 사용하였다. 숙성된 인삼의 3가지 추출물들은 superoxide radical 소거 활성, hydroxyl radical 소거 활성, 리놀산 자동산화 억제, 섬유아세포에서 collagenase 억제와 collagen 합성의 효과를 연구했다. 숙성시켜 만든 수삼은 100 ug/mL의 농도에서 가장 높은 superoxide radical 소거 활성뿐만 아니라 vitamin C보다 더 높은 hydroxyl radical 소거 활성을 나타냈다. 또한 리놀산 자동산화 억제, collagen 합성과 collagenase 억제에서 가장 높은 활성을 보였다.

이 연구에서는 천연 항산화소재와 미백소재 개발을 위하여 미강을 Bacillus subtilis에 접종하여 40 ℃에서 36 h 동안 발효한 미강추출(RFB)과 80 % ethanol을 이용한 미강추출물(RB)을 사용하여 연구하였다. 추출물의 free radical 소거활성, superoxide radical 소거활성, hydroxyl radical 소거활성은 농도 100 μL/mL에서 가장 큰 활성을 나타내었고 리놀산을 이용한 지질과산화 억제 활성 또한 농도 100 μL/mL에서 가장 큰 활성을 나타내었고, RB에 비하여 RFB의 더 높은 항산화 능을 확인하였다. Mushroom tyrosinase의 활성 저해효과는 100 μL/mL 농도에서 mushroom tyrosinase의 활성을 80 % 저해하였으며 이는 vitamin C에 비해 더 높은 활성을 나타내었다. 그러므로 우리는 미강 발효추출물이 우수한 항산화와 미백 효능을 갖는 화장품 소재로서 개발 가능성이 클 것으로 기대된다.