This study was conducted to clarify the antimicrobial effect, antioxidant and tyrosinase inhibitory activities of the biological composition having the Phytolacca americana, and to enhance the natural materials utilization of foods and cosmetics. The antimicrobial activities of the different parts of P. americana were evaluated using the agar diffusion test. The antimicrobial activity of P. americana was relatively high in Malassezia furfur known as a skin fungi and Vibrio parahaemolyticus compared to Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus epidermidis. However, the antimicrobial activity in Vibrio parahaemolyticus did not show at all parts of P. americana. Both the DPPH radical scavenging activity and ABTS radical scavenging activity have been increased with the higher concentration of methanol extract. In particular, leaf extract of P. americana exhibited the highest activity both ABTS radical scavenging activity and DPPH radical scavenging activity. The nitrite scavenging activity was decreased when the pH was changed from pH 1.2 to pH 6.0. The highest nitrite scavenging activity was exhibited from the methanol extract of fruit, followed by root, stem, and leaf at pH 1.2. However, the nitrite scavenging activity at pH of 6.0 was not almost detected. All plant parts of P. americana showed tyrosinase inhibitory activity. The highest activity was found in the stem, and followed by root, leaf, and fruit in order. These tyrosinase inhibitory activity was progressively increased in a concentration-dependent manner. In this experiment on the methanol extracts of different organ from P. americana, we confirmed that the extract of P. americana showed potent tyrosinase inhibitory activity. Taken together, we conjectured that the P. americana had the potent biological activities, therefore this plant having various functional components could be a good material for development into source of natural food additives and cosmetics

In the present study, we investigated biological activities of Rosa davurica Pall. leaves in order to evaluate thepossibility as a natural biomaterial. The 80% ethanol extract and its subsequent fractions of Rosa davurica Pall. leaves wereprepared using several solvents with different polarities. The extraction yield was 33.4, 36.6, 25.2, 18.7, 5.8 and 5.8% in etha-nol extract, aqueous, butanol, ethyl acetate, n-hexane, chloroform fractions, respectively. The ethyl acetate fraction(661.38㎎/g), butanol fraction (396.68㎎/g) and 80% ethanolic extract (239.54㎎/g) has higher total polyphenol contentsthan other fractions. The antioxidant activity was detected in ethanolic extract, ethyl acetate and butanol fractions. Theethyl acetate fraction showed the highest levels of DPPH radical scavenging activity (IC50, 4.77㎍/㎖). Moreover, the ethylacetate fraction significantly inhibited production of NO in LPS-stimulated macrophage RAW 264.7 cells without cytotoxic-ity. These results indicate that 80% ethanol extract and its fractions of Rosa davurica Pall. leaf, especially ethyl acetate frac-tion, have the properties of anti-oxidant and anti-inflammation, suggesting leaf of Rosa davurica Pall. may be a candidate fornatural and functional materials.

기질 분자로서 2-[(2,6-dioxocyclohexyl)methyl]cyclohexane-1,3-dione 유도체(1-23)들의 분자 내 치환기(R1 및 R2)가 변화함에 따른 tyrosinase 수용체의 저해활성에 관한 2D-QSAR 모델로부터 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 유도된 최적의 2D-QSAR 모델은 Obs.pI50=-0.295(±0.031)TDM -0.120(±0.014)DMZ+0.135(±0.050)DMX. R2+6.382(±0.17)이었으며, 예측성(q2=0.843)보다는 상관성(r2=0.905)이 큰 모델이었다. Tyrosinase 저해활성은 TDM > DMX.R2≥DMZ 순으로 영향을 미치었으며, 기질분자의 소수성(ClogP > 0)이 크고, R1-치환기의 입체적 크기가 클수록 더욱 증가하는 경향을 나타내었다. 모델을 분석한 결과, 분자 내 R2-치환기 상 X-축 성분의 쌍극자능률(DMX.R2)이 클수록, 그리고 분자 전체의 쌍극자능률(TDM; Total Dipole Moment)과 Z-성분의 쌍극자능률(DMZ; Dipole Moment of Z-Component)이 작을수록 기질분자의 tyrosinase 저해활성이 높아짐을 암시하였다. 따라서 tyrosinase 저해활성은 기질분자 및 R2-치환기의 전자 친화력에 기인한 것으로 예상되었다. 그러므로 저해활성을 증가시키려면 분자 내 극성 그룹을 소수성에 기여하는 비극성 작용기로 대체함이 바람직할 것으로 예측되었다.

초미세 분쇄를 하였을 때 입자가 작아질수록 추출수율이 높아져 약 2.5배 높은 추출수율을 나타내었다. 일반 분쇄한 시료 추출물에서 69.8%의 전자공여능 억제효과가 관찰되었고, 미세분쇄와 초미세분쇄 추출물에서는 각각 70.7과 83.8%의 억제효과를 나타내었다. 일반분쇄 추출물과 미세 분쇄 및 초미세분쇄 후 추출물 모두 97% 이상의 높은 ABTS 억제효과를 나타내어 분쇄 방법에 따른 항산화력의 차이는 거의 없었다. 일반 분쇄한 시료 추출물 보다 미세분쇄와 초미세분쇄 추출물에서 더 높은 PF값을 확인하였으며, 50% ethanol 초미세분쇄 추출물에서 1.8 PF로 가장 높은 항산화력을 나타내었다. 미세분쇄와 초미세분쇄 추출물에서는 일반분쇄 추출물에 비해 입자크기가 작아질수록 TBARS 억제율이 높아지며, 물 추출물보다 ethanol 추출물의 효과가 더 우수한 것으로 확인되었다. Xanthin oxidase 저해의 경우 초미세분쇄 후 효소억제 증대 효과를 확인할 수 있었다. Angiotensin converting enzyme 억제활성은 일반 분쇄 추출의 경우 물 추출물에서는 억제활성이 나타나지 않았고, 50% ethanol 추출물에서 24%의 억제율이 확인되었다. 또한, ethanol 추출물의 억제효과가 물 추출물에 비해 상대적으로 우수하였다. 50% ethanol 초미세분쇄 추출물에서 Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli에 대해서 아주 약한 항균효과를 나타내었을 뿐 나머지 추출물에서의 항균 효과는 거의 관찰되지 않았다.

본 연구에서는 미성숙 복분자 추출물의 항산화 효능과 타이로시네이즈 저해 활성을 평가하고 이들의 기능성 화장품 원료로서의 응용 가능성을 확인하였다. 모든 실험은 미성숙 복분자의 50% 에탄올 추출물, 에틸아세테이트 분획, 아글리콘 분획을 이용하여 진행하였다. DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl)법을 이용한자유 라디칼 소거 활성(FSC50)은 에탄올 추출물(6.56 μg/mL)과 에틸아세테이트 분획(6.14 μg/mL)이 대표적인 지용성 항산화제인 (+)-α-tocopherol (8.98 μg/mL)보다 높은 것으로 나타났다. Fe3+-EDTA/H2O2계에서 생성된 활성산소종에 대한 소거 활성(OSC50)은 에탄올 추출물(0.83 μg/mL), 에틸아세테이트 분획(0.84 μg/mL), 아글리콘 분획(1.13 μg/mL) 세 분획 모두 대표적인 수용성 항산화제인 L-ascorbic acid(1.5 μg/mL)보다 높은 것으로 나타났다. Rose bengal로 광증감된 1O2에 의한 적혈구 파괴에 대하여, 세 분획모두 농도 의존적(1 ~ 50 μg/mL)인 세포보호 활성을 나타내었다. 또한 50 μg/mL 농도를 기준으로 비교하였을 때, 50% 에탄올 추출물의 τ50은 296.3 min으로 가장 높은 세포보호 활성을 나타내었다. 타이로시네이즈저해 활성에서 에틸아세테이트 분획과 아글리콘 분획은 알부틴보다 높은 저해 효과를 나타내었다. 이상의 결과들로부터 미성숙 복분자 추출물은 라디칼을 포함한 활성산소종을 소거하는 항산화제로서, 알부틴을 대체하는미백 기능성 원료로서 응용될 수 있음을 확인하였다.

The objective of this study was determined to evaluate α-amylase, α-glucosidase, pancreatic lipase inhibition in vitro and DPPH radical scavenging activity of the several Korean resources plants. The α-amylase inhibitory activity of Salicornia herbacea, Erythronium japonicum (flower) and Phragmites communis (root) in water extract showed relatively high 62.8%, 66.5% and 69.3%, respectively. The α-amylase inhibitory activity of Citrus junos (pericarp) and Cornus officinalis in methanol extract was found to have an effect with 32.8% in Citrus junos (pericarp) and 60.9% in Cornus officinalis. Corylopsis coreana in both water and methanol extract had the highest α-glucosidase inhibitory activity of 81.7% and 89.5%, while the extract of Portulaca oleracea, Ficus carica and Citrus junos was not measured α-glucosidase inhibitory activity at given experiment concentration. Depending on the extraction solvent and the plant species, it was observed that there was a significant difference in α-glucosidase inhibitory activity. The pancreatic lipase inhibitory activity showed relatively higher in the methanol extract than water extract except pericarp of Citrus junos. The DPPH radical scavenging activity of selected plants was much difference between measured plant species, and showed that the increase was proportional to the concentration. These results suggested that selected plants had the potent biological activity on carbohydrate, lipid Inhibitory activity and antioxidant activity, therefore these plant resources could be a good materials to develop medicinal preparations, nutraceuticals or health functional foods for diabetes or obesity.

The effect on the antioxidant activity and Nitric Oxide activity production inhibitory activity of Taraxacum has not been known. Therefore, phenolics and flavonoid contents were investigated from the ethanol extracts of five different Taraxacum species. The results showed that, among the five Taraxacum, T. hallaisanensis contains the highest total phenolic and flavonoid contents. When the antioxidant activity was measured by DPPH, ABTS+ and reducing power activity, the free radical scavenging activity of T. hallaisanensis was also the highest among five Taraxacum species. However, measurement by CCK-8 assay in Raw264.7 cells indicated that the extracts of Taraxacum species have no effect on cell viability. Moreover, we also investigated the effect of Taraxacum species on NO scavenging activity in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated Raw264.7 cells. The results clearly showed that Taraxacum species inhibited NO production, and the inhibitory effect of T. hallaisanensis was the strongest. The above results suggested that Taraxacum species affected the antioxidant and NO scavenging activity, and among the five species, antioxidant and NO scavenging activity assay of T. hallaisanensis was significantly higher than those of other four Taraxacum species. Therefore, T. hallaisanensis could be used as a potential drug with anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory effect.

Thermal processing of (+)-catechin was carried out at 121℃ for different reaction times (1, 2, 3, 6, and 12 h). The reacted products, compounds (1) and (2), were isolated and quantified via HPLC analysis. The antioxidant properties of processed (+)-catechin and its isolated compounds for different reaction time was measured via radical scavenging assays using DPPH and ABTS+ radicals. Additionally, the anti-obesity efficacy of the thermal treated (+)-catechin was evaluated via porcine pancreatic lipase assay. The reacted (+)-catechin for 3 h had a slightly higher antioxidant capacity than that the parent (+)-catechin. Products 1 and 2, which were isolated from the reacted mixture during 3 h, showed an antioxidant capacity, and these two compounds may be responsible for the antioxidant capacity of processed (+)-catechin. Simple thermal treatment of (+)-catechin can be used to produce (+)-epicatechin (1) and protocatechuic acid (2) with enhanced antioxidant and anti-adipogenic effects.

본 연구의 목적은 생강나무 추출물의 항산화 활성과 타이로시네이즈 저해 활성을 살펴봄으로써 화장품 원료로서의 응용 가능성을 확인하는 것이다. 모든 실험은 생강나무의 50 % 에탄올 추출물, 에틸아세테이트(ethyl acetate)분획, 아글리콘(aglycone) 분획을 이용하여 진행하였다. 에틸아세테이트 분획의 DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl)소거활성은 기존에 잘 알려져 있는 항산화제인 (+)-α-tocopherol 보다 높은 것으로 나타났다.Fe3+-EDTA/ H2O2 계에서 생성된 활성산소종에 대한 세 분획의 소거활성(총항산화능)은 대표적인 항산화제인 L-ascorbic acid와 비슷한 것으로 나타났다. Rose-bengal로 증감된 1O2에 의한 적혈구 파괴에서, 50 % 에탄올 추출물과 에틸아세테이트 분획의 세포보호 효과는 농도 의존적(1 ∼ 25 μg/mL)으로 증가하였다. 10 μg/mL 농도를 기준으로 비교하였을 때 에틸아세테이트 분획의 τ50은 361.0 min으로 가장 높은 세포 보호 활성을 나타내었다. 타이로시네이즈 저해활성에서 에틸아세티이트 분획과 아글리콘 분획은 알부틴보다 높은 저해 효과를 나타내었다. 이상의 결과들로부터 생각나무 추출물은 활성산소종을 소거하는 항산화제로 여러 산업 분야에 응용 가능할 것이라 생각된다. 또한 알부틴을 대체하는 미백 기능성 소재로서 응용될 수 있는 가능성을 확인하였다.

This study was carried out to investigate the antibacterial activity against pathogens of acne and the anti-inflammatory effect of 75% ethanol extract and its fractions from the leaves of Prunus sargentii. In the antibacterial activity by the disc diffusion assay, the extract showed the highest effect against Propionibacterium acnes, Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis in 5 mg/disc. However, the ethyl acetate fraction showed the highest antibacterial activity in 1 mg/disc. On the other hand, the hexane and chloroform fraction showed strong nitric oxide (NO) production inhibitory effect in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated Raw 264.7 cell. In the cell viability of Raw 264.7 by MTT assay, the extract and all fractions were exhibited normal viabilities as nontoxic result. Consequently, the extract from the leaves of P. sargentii and its ethyl acetate fraction could be applicable to functional materials for antibacterial activity related fields. Moreover, the hexane and chloroform fraction could be applicable to candidate materials as anti-inflammatory agent.

본 연구에서는 대황 추출물의 항산화 활성, 타이로시네이즈(tyrosinase) 저해 활성을 확인하였다. 대황의 50 % 에탄올 추출물, 에틸아세테이트(ethyl acetate) 분획, 아글리콘(aglycone) 분획으로 실험을 진행하였다. 대황 추출물들의 DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl) 소거활성(FSC50)은 대표적인 항산화제인 (+)-α-tocopherol보다 낮은 것으로 나타났다. Luminol 발광법을 이용한 Fe3+-EDTA/H2O2 계에서 생성된 활성산소종에 대한 아글리콘 분획의 소거활성(총 항산화능, OSC50)은 0.265 μg/mL로 매우 큰 활성을 나타내었다. 대황 추출물의 rose-bengal로 증감된 1O2에 의한 적혈구 파괴에 대한 세포보호 효과는 모든 분획에서 농도 의존적(1∼50 μg/mL)으로 증가하였으며, 특히 아글리콘 분획은 10 μg/mL 농도에서 τ50이 757.0 min으로 높은 세포 보호 활성을 나타내었다. 대황 추출물 중 아글리콘 분획의 타이로시네이즈 저해활성(IC50)은 11.20 μg/mL으로 226.88 μg/mL인 알부틴(arbutin)보다 큰 활성을 보여주었다. 이상의 결과들로부터 대황 추출물은 활성산소종을 소거하는 항산화제로 이용가능하며, 특히 아글리콘 분획의 현저한 항산화 작용 및 큰 타이로시네이즈 저해 효과로부터 이들 분획 또한 화장품원료로서 응용 가능성이 큼을 알 수 있었다.

The study was conducted to investigate functional materials as skin whitening and anti-inflammatory agent from Taraxacum officinale and Taraxacum coreanum. The total polyphenol and flavonoid content in the ethanol extract of Taraxacum officinale were found to be 64.07mg/g and 32.46mg/g, respectively. In tyrosinase inhibitory activity, the hot water extract of Taraxacum coreanum was higher than the other extracts. However, in nitric oxide (NO) scavenging ability, the ethanol extract of Taraxacum coreanum was higher than the other extracts. the ethanol extract of Taraxacum coreanum showed strong NO production inhibitory effect in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated Raw 264.7 cell. In the cell viability measurement by MTT assay and the lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) assay against L929 cell, the extracts were exhibited fine cell viabilities and normal LDH release levels as nontoxic result in sample concentration of 250~1000μg/ml. As a result, the ethanol extract and the hot water extract of Taraxacum coreanum could be applicable to functional materials for anti-inflammatory and skin whitening related fields, respectively.

This study investigated the changes of antioxidant activity and α-glucosidase inhibitory effect of Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) 100% methanol extracts by various heat treatment. The contents of total phenolic and flavonoid compounds in methanol extract tended to increased gradually with the rise of temperature to 180℃. The maximum yield of gallic acid (51.52 ± 2.17mg/g extract weight) and quercetin (13.39 ± 0.03mg/g extract weight) were obtained with extraction temperature of 180℃ for 120min. In addition, the improving extraction efficiency resulted in the increased biological activities, such as electronic donation ability (EDA, 90.36± 0.57%), reducing power (Abs 1.14) and α-glucosidase inhibitory effect (92.14 ± 1.14%). Overall, the results of this study indicate that the optimum conditions for the extraction process were an extraction temperature at 180℃ for 120 min, and will provide the basis for future research on the improving extraction yield of phenolic and flavonoid compounds.

In this study, we investigated antioxidative activity, antibacterial activity against pathogenic strains including methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and tyrosinase inhibitory activity in 75% ethanol extract of Taraxacum coreanum and its fractions. The total polyphenol and flavonoid contents of the extract were 238.59mg/g and 33.18mg/g and the total polyphenol and flavonoid contents of the ethyl acetate fraction were 427.81mg/g and 148.90mg/g as the highest content of fractions. In DPPH radical scavenging ability, SC50 values of the ethyl acetate and butanol fraction were 38.40μg/ml and 82.28 μg/ml, respectively. In antibacterial activity by the disc diffusion assay against S. aureus, S. epidermidis and MRSA, the ethyl acetate fraction showed stronger antibacterial activity than other fractions and the extract. Especially, the ethyl acetate fraction was exhibited effective antibacterial activity against MRSA. In the cytotoxicity measurement by MTT assay, the extract and fractions were exhibited Raw 264.7 cell viabilities of 96.32~143.21% as nontoxic result in concentration of 5~100 μg/ml. As a result, the ethyl acetate fraction of the 75% ethanol extract from T. coreanum could be applicable to functional materials for related fields.