Gastrodia elata Bl. (GE) is a traditional herbal medicine used for the treatment hypertension and cerebrovascular disease. The purpose of this study was to investigate the antioxidant effect and blood pressure control ability of the GABA containing fermented Gastrodia elata Blume. The fermentation strain provided by Dr. Gi in Seoul National University is L. brevis GABA100, excellent strain of GABA production, which is involved in the ability to degrade gastrodin glycosides and activation of brain function. The Gastrodia elata Blume fermented by Lactobacillus brevis GABA 100 showed antioxidant activity (total phenolic contents, DPPH radical and ABTS anion scavenging activities) than unfermented Gastrodia elata Blume. In the spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), the concentration of fermented Gastrodia elata Blume was administered at 500, 1,000, and 2,000 mg/kg for 8 weeks. Systolic blood pressure decreased statistically significantly (p<0.05), especially 2 weeks after feeding fermented Gastrodia elata Blume. Also, it showed a significant decrease in low, medium, and high concentrations of fermented Gastrodia elata Blume at 4 weeks and 8 weeks. These results indicated that Gastrodia elata Blume fermented by the excellent strain of GABA production L. brevis GABA100 shows the antioxidant function and the effect of suppressing the increase in blood pressure.

The purpose of this study was to investigate effect of methanolic extracts of 10 kinds of wild vegetables cultivated in Gangwon province on antioxidant activity, acetylcholinesterase, and β-secretase inhibitory activities. Results showed that among the wild vegetables, Aralia elata(Miq.) Seem shoot extract exhibited the highest total phenol content (84.65±1.08 mg GAE/g) and total flavonoids content (70.77±0.55 mg RE/g), respectively. The antioxidant activity of wild vegetables extracts was measured by using 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and 2,2'-azino-bis-(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) assay. Aralia elata(Miq.) Seem shoot extracts had the highest DPPH and ABTS scavenging activity (90.16%, 40.18% at 2 mg/mL). As a result, Aralia elata(Miq.) Seem shoot extract was the most effective in terms of acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity (35.94% at 1 mg/mL). In the β-secretase activity assay, all 10 kinds wild vegetables extracts showed low inhibitory activity, and Aralia elata(Miq.) Seem shoot extract had highest inhibitory activity among the 10 wild vegetables extracts was 14.99%. Taken together, these results showed that Aralia elata(Miq.) Seem shoot extract has potential cognition improvement impact, suggesting that it may provide an effective strategy for improving cognition.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of sperm cryosurvival in boar sperm separated by Percoll containing antioxidant enzymes. The boar semen was collected into a pre-warmed (37℃) thermos bottle by gloved-hand method and was separated by 65% Percoll with superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and glutathione (GSH) before freezing. The frozen sperm was thawed at 38.5℃ for 45 sec in water-bath for sperm characteristic analysis. The sperm were estimated with SYBR14/PI double staining for viability, FITC-PNA/PI double staining for acrosome reaction, Rhodamine123/PI double staining for mitochondrial integrity and were analyzed using flow cytometry. In results, sperm viability, acrosome reaction and mitochondrial integrity were improved in separated sperm groups compared with unseparated sperm by Percoll (UP) group. Especially, viability was significantly higher in sperm separated by Percoll containing 400 IU CAT group compared with other groups (P<0.05). And acrosome reaction was decreased in sperm separated by Percoll with 300 IU SOD, 400 IU CAT and 0.5 mM GSH groups compared with other groups, however, there were no significantly difference mitochondrial integrity among sperm separated by Percoll with antioxidant enzymes. In conclusion, we suggest that use of Percoll containing antioxidant enzymes for sperm separation will be beneficial for sperm cryopreservation in pigs.

The purpose of this study was to estimate the growth promoting effects and improvement of antioxidant activity of the soybean sprouts treated with Chlorella sp. culture solution. The soybean sprout treated with 0.1% and 0.2% Chlorella sp. culture solution was significantly increased the length (more than 43.0%), the thickness (more than 0.5~0.7 mm), fresh weight (more than 2.9~3.7 g) compared to non-treated control in vitro. In organic soybean sprouts farm, the 0.2% chlorella culture solution applied to mass culture of soybean sprout and the fresh weight of soybean sprouts increased by more than 25% and the yield was very high as 598.33% compared to untreated control. In addition of sensory test, there is no fishy odor and better crunchy texture and nutty flavor for the treatment soybean sprouts compared to untreated soybean sprouts. Particularly, free-radical scavenging activity (DPPH) and superoxide dismutase activity (SOD) of the soybean sprouts were significantly increased more than 26.1% and 40.4%, respectively by treated with 0.1% and 0.2% Chlorella culture solution. Consequently, the treatment of chlorella culture solution to grow soybean sprouts is also promoting quality and antioxidant activity as well as promoting the growth of sprouts. Therefore, chlorella is considered to be worth as functional materials for high-quality sprouts grown.

본 연구는 제주 자생 식물들의 항산화 활성을 측정함으로써 천연항산화 소재로의 활용 가능성이 있는 유망 자원을 발굴하 고자 하였다. 제주도에서 자생하는 식물 11종을 대상으로 총 폴 리페놀 화합물 함량 측정 및 항산화 활성을 측정하였다. 항산화 기능이 좋은 식물 8종을 우선 선별하여 유기용매 분획을 실시하 고 같은 실험을 농도별로 진행하여 가능성이 있는 유망 후보를 선별 하였다. DPPH free radical 소거 활성은 구실잣밤나무의 ethyl acetate 층과 애기달맞이의 buthanol 층에서 각각 IC50값 이 1.6 ㎍/㎖, 2.4 ㎍/㎖로 좋은 활성을 나타내었다. Nitric oxide 생성 저해 활성은 밤나무의 ethyl acetate 층에서 강한 저 해율 보였다. Xanthine oxidase의 억제 효과는 밤나무의 ethyl acetate 층에서 IC50 값이 16 ㎍/㎖로 우수한 활성을 나타내었 다. Superoxide radical 소거 효과는 구실잣밤나무의 ethyl acetate 층에서 IC50 7 ㎍/㎖로 좋은 활성을 나타내었고, hydroxyl radical 소거 활성은 구실잣밤나무의 buthanol 층에서 76%로 우수한 활성을 나타냄을 확인 할 수 있었다. 밤나무를 비롯한 항 산화 효과가 우수한 식물종에 대해 단일 물질에 대한 분리 작업 과 함께 항염증이나 항암, 항노화 등의 실험이 더 깊이 있게 진 행된다면 새로운 천연물 유래 생리 활성 물질로서 학술 및 산업 적 활용이 가능할 것으로 기대된다.

본 연구에서는 조직배양을 통해 은행나무 잎으로부터 캘러스를 유도하였고, 최대 생장량과 항산화능이 우수한 배양조건을 확립하였다. 즉, 은행잎을 이용하여 조직배양한 결과 암과 광조건에서 모두 NAA 첨가 조건이 2,4-D 첨가 조건에 비교하여 양호한 캘러스 생장을 나타냈다. 가장 우수한 캘러스 생장을 나타낸 배양조건은 광조건의 10 μm NAA와 5 μm kinetin의 조합 처리시였다. 따라서 현탁배양에서 캘러스의 지속적인 유지를 위한 효과적인 생장조절제는 10 μm NAA/0.5 μm BA, 10 μm NAA/0.5 μm kinetin으로 나타났다. 또한 은행잎 유래 캘러스 추출물의 항산화능은 광조건에서 10 μm NAA가 처리된 기본 MS배지에 캘러스를 현탁 배양하였을 때 가장 높게 나타났다. HPLC를 통한 flavonol glycosides를 분석한 결과 10 μm NAA가 처리된 조건에서 현탁 배양된 녹색 캘러스에서 quercetin dehydrate와 keamperol이 각각 0.556, 0.157 μg/20 μl 검출되었다. 잎 추출물에 비해 표적물질을 제외한 불순물이 적어 표적물질의 순수생산이 가능할 것으로 기대되며, 특히 keamperol의 경우 기존의 연구보고에 비해 약 7배 높은 함량이 검출되었다.