ROS have been associated with pathogenic processes including carcinogenesis through direct effect on DNA and play an important role in the pathogenesis of inflammation. Because of many types of phenolic acid derivatives and flavonoids, apples have been one of the human diet since ancient times and are one of the most commonly consumed fruits in worldwide. In this study, catechin, chlorogenic acid and phlorizin dihydrate were purified and identified by HPLC and GC/MS. The contents of catechin, chlorogenic acid and phlorizin dihydrate were 1.01 mg, 7.01 mg and 3.67 mg/ kg wet weight, respectively. Catechin and phlorizin dihydrate were found to significantly inhibit oxidative DNA damage, while chlorogenic did not affect. Also, catechin inhibits NO and PGE2 production via suppressing iNOS and COX-2 expression. However, chlorogenic acid and phlorizin dihydrate did not affect. Our results show that catechin may be the most active phenolic compound in anti-oxidative damage and anti-inflammatory effect.

Complementary and alternative medicines are considered as a promising research field to develop new therapies for various allergic diseases. In this study, we investigated the anti-allergic effect of Agrimonia pilosa Ledeb (AP) by using passive cutaneous anaphylaxis in mice and its mechanism of action in mast cells. The extract of AP reversibly inhibited degranulation in RBL-2H3 cells and bone marrow-derived mast cells (BMMCs). AP also suppressed the passive cutaneous anaphylaxis inducing by IgE and antigen (Ag) in a dose-dependent manner. In the study to find its mechanism of action, AP inhibited the phosphorylation of Syk kinase, a pivotal protein which is regulated by Src-family kinase for activation of mast cells. In addition, AP also suppressed activation of Akt and Erk1/2 that are critical for the production of cytokines in mast cells. The results strongly suggest that AP exerts anti-allergic activity in vitro and in vivo through the inhibition of activation of Syk in mast cells.

Taxifolin-3-O-β-D-xylopyranoside and quercetin-3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranoside were isolated from an EtOAc-soluble extract of the leaves of Chamaecyparis obtuse. Quercetin-3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranoside was found to possess a potent inhibitory activity of human recombinant aldose reductase in vitro, its IC50 value being 11.5 μM. Kinetic analysis showed that quercetin-3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranoside exhibited uncompetitive inhibition against DL-glyceraldehyde. Also, quercetin-3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranoside suppresses sorbitol accumulation in rat lens under high glucose conditions, demonstrating the potential to prevent sorbitol accumulation in vivo. These results suggest that this compound may be a promising agent in the prevention or treatment of diabetic complications.

일반적으로 보석란으로 알려진 금선련은 대만에서 폐나 간의 질병 및 발열이나 두통 치료를 위한 전통식물약제로 사용되어 왔다. 본 연구에서는 생물반응장치를 이용하여 조직배양된 금선련 식물체에 대하여 화장품 성분으로써 응용 가치를 평가하였다. 이미 몇몇 보고 된 논문에서 금선련은 항암활성, 면역 활성, 간 보호 활성 및 지질대사의 약리학적 활성 등에 대한 연구가 되고 있지만 화장품 성분으로 효능들에 대한 연구는 알려져 있지 않다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 생물반응장치를 이용하여 조직배양된 금선련 추출물에 대하여 미백 및 항비만 관련한 효능 효과를 평가하였다. 실험 결과 조직배양된 금선련 추출물은 tyrosinase 활성 및 멜라닌 합성 억제 효과뿐만 아니라 지방 전구 세포의 지방세포로의 분화를 억제시킴으로써 세포 내 지질 축적을 억제하였다. 이러한 결과들은 피부보호를 위한 화장품 성분으로서 응용 가능성을 제공 할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

Korean Sophora japonica has been found to posses an anti-inflammatory activity. In this study, Korean Sophora japonica extract, rutin, was used to know whether rutin inhibits to produce inflammatory mediators NO and TNF-α from the mouse peritoneal macrophages that were treated an inflammatory agent LPS. The rutin-1 hr pretreated macrophages were incubated with LPS for 0.5~5 hrs, and then collected the supernatant and the cell lysate for measurements of the level of iNOS, NO, TNF-α mRNA, TNF-α, and p-NF-kB. Minimal and maximal effective doses of the rutin on them were 1 and 100μg/ml, respectively. The maximal effective dose of rutin certainly inhibted the productions of iNOS, NO, TNF-α mRNA, TNF-αand p-NF-kB from the LPS-treated macrophages (p〈0.0001). Its ED50 for inhibition of TNF-α mRNA and p-NF-kB was 5μg/ml, and for iNOS, NO, and TNF-α was 10μg/ml. The rutin did not have any cytotoxic effect. As the results, the Sophora japonica rutin could be a good candidate for an anti-inflammatory action.

자외선에 의한 활성산소 종의 생성과 피부 광노화 촉진은 피부표면 조직의 파괴와 피부염증유발, 홍반 등을 수반하며, 일상생활에서 항상 생활 자외선에 노출되어 있는 피부는 이러한 위험 요인과 직면하고 있다. 병이소초추출물의 유해 라디칼 소거 효과 실험 결과 IC50 values가 18.2 µg/mL로 superoxide 소거 효과가 우수하게 나타났으며, 세포 내에서 ROS에 의해 형광을 띠는 물질로 전환되는 CM-DCFDA를 이용하여 ROS의 양을 측정한 결과 자외선에 의해 증가된 세포 내 ROS의 양이 병이소초 추출물을 처리함으로써 100 µg/mL 농도에서 30 % 이상의 우수한 소거효과를 나타내었다. 섬유아세포에 자외선(UVA) 6.3 J/cm2으로 조사하고 병이소초 추출물을 처리한 결과, 자외선에 의해 높아졌던 MMP-1 단백질 발현량이 농도의존적으로 감소하였으며, 50 µg/mL의 농도에서 37.7 % 정도의 MMP-1 발현 억제효과를 나타냈다. RT-PCR 실험에서는 병이소초 추출물을 10 ∼ 50 µg/mL 농도로 처리한 결과, 자외선에 의해 높아졌던 MMP-1 mRNA의 발현이 농도 의존적으로 확연히 감소함을 확인할 수 있었다. 따라서 병이소초추출물은 자외선에 의해서 발생할 수 있는 피부손상에 대하여 효과적으로 보호할 수 있는 우수한 항산화 및 피부세포 보호소재로 적용될 수 있다.

한국에서 주요하게 재배되는 세 개의 품종(켐벨, 청포도, 머루포도)을 대상으로 껍질과 씨 추출물의 미백효능을 검색하였다. Mouse melanoma인 B16세포에 α-MSH와 샘플을 처리하여 melanin 생성을 측정하였다. 세 품종의 껍질은 효과가 없었으며 켐벨과 청포도의 씨 추출물은 세포독성이 매우 강하였다. 머루포도 씨 추출물은 50μg/ml에서 대조구에 비해 melanin 생성은 51.6±20.5% 이었으며 세포 생존율은 90.4±11.3% 이어서 약간의 세포 독성에도 불구 melanin 생성 억제 효과가 뚜렷하였다. 머루포도 씨 추출물은 B16세포에서 α-MSH에 의한 tyrosinase 발현량 증가를 억제하였다. 이후 연구는 1) 머루포도 씨의 생리활성 단일물질 검색과 2) α-MSH의 신호전달 과정에 추출물 및 생리활성 단일물질이 어떻게 영향을 미치는지 하는 점이고 현재 실험에 진행 중에 있다.

옥수수겨로부터 분리⋅정제한 하이드록시신나믹애씨드 유도체(hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives)는 p-coumaric acid, ferulic acid, N,N'-dicoumaroylputrescine (DCP), N-p-coumaroyl-N'-feruloylputrescine (CFP), N,N'-diferuloylputrescine (DFP) 등으로 분석이 되었으며, 옥수수겨추출물은 이들을 각각 함유하고 있었다. 본 연구는 천연 미백소재 개발을 위하여 옥수수겨에서 유래한 화합물인, 하이드록시신나믹애씨드유도체의 멜라닌 생성에 연관된 생리활성을 알아보았다. 하이드록시신나믹애씨드유도체들의 B16-F1 melanoma cells에서의 멜라닌 생합성 저해효과는 농도 의존적으로 저해하여 CFP, DFP 50 μg/ mL에서 각각 44.7 ± 6.0 %, 58.5 ± 3.1 %의 저해율을 보였다. 그리고 세포 내 tyrosinase의 활성은 각각 42.5 ± 14.6 %, 9.0 ± 4.4 %의 저해효과를 보였다. 이러한 결과를 볼 때, 옥수수겨 유래 하이드록시신나믹애씨드 유도체들은 세포 내 tyrosinase의 활성을 억제함으로써 멜라닌 생성을 감소시키는 것으로 사료되며, 미백 효능을 갖는 천연 화장품 소재로서의 개발 가능성이 클 것으로 기대된다.

본 연구에서는 국내에서 시판되고 있는 4종류의 차 즉, 녹차, 보이차, 우롱차 및 홍차 열수추출물의 페놀성 화합물, 항산화 및 퇴행성 뇌신경질환 저해활성에 대하여 조사하였다. 시판 차 열수추출물의 총 페놀성 화합물 함량은 이었으며, 녹차, 보이차, 우롱차 및 홍차 열수추출물의 총 플라보놀 함량은 각각 350.96, 254.17, 334.48 및 240.23 mg/100 g이었다. 녹차, 보이차, 우롱차 및 홍차 열수추출물의 총 카테킨 함량은 각각

In our previous study, ethylacetate fraction of white ginseng (root of Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer) extract inhibited mushroom tyrosinase activity and melanin production in melanocytes. This study examined its effects on the expression of melanin biosynthesis-related enzymes to explore the depigmenting pathway. Moreover, depigmenting effect on animal skin was examined using UV-B induced hyperpigmented skin of brown guinea pigs. The ethylacetate fraction of the white ginseng extract exhibited depigmenting activity in the skin of brown guinea pig without visible edema. In addition, this fraction reduced tyrosinase expression in melanocytes. The results suggested that ethylacetate fraction of white ginseng extract might be used as skin depigmenting material by inhibition of tyrosinase activity and expression.

기질 화합물로써 3β-hydroxy-12-oleanen-28-oic acid 유도체들의 치환기(R₁ ∼ R₄)가 변화함에 따른 protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP)-1B의 저해활성에 관한 비교 분자장 분석(CoMFA) 모델을 유도하고 정량적으로 검토하였다. 최적의 CoMFA F1 모델은 가장 높은 예측성과 상관성(r²cv.=0.654 및 r²ncv.=0.995)을 나타내었다. 저해활성에 관한 CoMFA장 기여비율(%)의 순서는 입체장(53.0 %), 정전기장(36.2 %) 및 소수성장(10.8 %) 이었다. 등고도 분석 결과로부터 저해활성은 기질 분자 내 R4-치환기에 의존적이었으며 특히 melanin 저해활성이 높은 새로운 화합물(P1 및 P2)이 예측되었다.

Curcumin, a polyphenolic antioxidant purified from turmeric, has been known to possess various biological activities such as anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer effects. In this study, we have explored anti-inflammatory effect of curcumin using Gram (-) bacterium-derived endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide: LPS) and macrophage cell line RAW264.7. Curcumin suppressed NO production in LPS-activated RAW264.7 cells in a dose-dependent manner, Curcumin also blocked the activation of NF-kB but not AP-1 according to luciferase assay. Furthermore, this compound suppressed the phosphorylation of a series of intracellular signaling components such as Src, JAK-2, Akt, IKK and IkBα under LPS stimulation in a time dependent manner, Therefore, our data suggest that curcumin was able to protect the host from Gram(-) bacterial-infection-mediated inflammatory symptoms.

Naturally occurring substances are important biomedical resources with low toxicity and ethnopharmacology-based efficacy. Four out of 45 extracts (Celastrus orbiculatus, Cercis chinensis, Stephanadra incisa, and Weigela subsessilis) prepared from the bark of Korea Forest plants exhibited more than 50% of inhibition on TNF-α production in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated RAW264.7 cells at 100 μg/ml. In particular, potential inhibitory components of 4 extracts showed more than 50% inhibition seemed to be concentrated in methylene chloride (MC) fraction from C. orbiculatus, in ethyl acetate (EtOAc) fraction from C. chinensis and in hexane (Hx) fraction from S. incisa, whereas inhibitory activities of W. subssilis were broadly seen in non-polar solvent fractions such as Hx, MC and EtOAc. Therefore, our results suggest that extracts from C. orbiculatus, C. chinensis, S. incisa and W. subsessilis may be developed as a therapeutic remedy against TNF-α-mediated diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis or further fractionated to isolate active components having antiTNF-α inhibitory activity.

본 연구는 PME 처리가 미생물의 생리변화에 미치는 영향을 중심으로 PME의 항균작용을 규명하기 위해서 소수성 분획과 친수성 분획으로 분리하고, 공시균주를 사용하여 미생물의 성장 및 에너지대사 관련효소의 활성에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 매실추출물 분획별 항균활성은 변패미 생물인 C. fragariae를 대상으로 paper disk법으로 관찰하였다. 총 추출물(PME)의 소수성 분획은 C. fragariae의 성장을 저해하기는 하나 그 효과가 총

Inhibitory effect of Scutellaria baicalensis ethanol extracts (SR) on chemical mediator release and immunoglobulin (Ig) production from Sprague-Dawley rats originated cells as type I allergic reaction was examined. SR showed concentration-dependent inhibition on basal and concanavalin A (ConA)-stimulated Ig production. In the mesenteric lymph node lymphocytes, the inhibitory effect of SR on the IgE production in the presence of Con A was stronger than these on IgA and IgG production. Moreover, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) production-inhibiting effect of SR in the presence ConA was observed. However, SR did not affect the production of interferon-γ. SR also inhibited histamine release from the peritoneal exudate cells stimulated with a calcium ionophore A23187. In the case of leukotriene B4, SR markedly inhibited it at the concentration of 100 mg/ml. From these results, ethanol extracts obtained from Scutellaria baicalensis may have an anti-allergic effect on the intestinal system of rats.

The endophytic bacteria were isolated from the rusty-root ginseng. This isolated bacteria were occurred the rusty-root ginseng with artificial inoculation. For the suppressing of rusty-ginseng, disinfectants, antibiotics, kitosan, micro-organisms and metabolites were tested to isolated endophytic bacterium. All of the isolated bacteria strains were sensitive sodium hypochlorite, however, some of isolated bacteria lines were sensitive to other tested materials. For example, D (didecyl dimethyl ammonium bromide), CIO2, ODDA (octyldecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride + diocyul dimethyl ammonium chloride + alkyl diethyl benzyl ammonium chloride), GD (glutaraldehyde + dimethy cocobenzyl ammonium chloride) suppressed some of bacteria strains. Otherwise, some of antibiotics (e.g. ampicillin, chloramphenicol, erythromycin, kanamycin, neomycin, rifampin, streptomycin, tetracycline) were sensitive to the isolated bacteria strains. All of isolated bacteria strainswere inhibitive to the mixed formation with neomycin and streptomycin, and neomycin and tetracycline. Both sodium hypochlorite and antibiotic mixing of neomycin and tetracycline were effective to prevention of rusty-root ginseng of sub-merging ginseng in the ginseng field.