This study was conducted in order to investigate the antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of Solanum nigrum L. fruit powder after undergoing different extraction solvent processes. The total phenolic content of Solanum nigrum L. fruit powder measured a 14.66 GAE mg/g after undergoing ethanol extraction, and the total flavonoid content measured at 201.23 mg CE/g when undergoing ethanol extraction. The ABTS radical scavenging activity was 160.38~209.53 TEAC umol/g, and the DPPH radical scavenging activity was 53.99~90.76 TEAC umol/g, which indicated a higher level of antioxidant power in the ethanol extract as opposed to in the water extract. The FRAP (ferric reducing antioxidant power) of Solanum nigrum L. fruit powder was 115.58~194.58 TEAC umol/g, and B. subtilis KCTC 2189 showed greater antimicrobial activity in the ethanol extract (concentration 200 ug/uL) as opposed to the water extract. Solanum nigrum L. fruit powder revealed differences in antioxidant and antimicrobial activity between the different extraction solvents. In particular, ethanol extract had higher antioxidant and antibacterial activity, meaning it is more favorable for usage as a functional food material.

본 연구에서는 건조된 까마중(Solanum nigrum L.) 전초의 50% 에탄올 추출물, 에틸아세테 이트 분획, 아글리콘 분획을 이용하여 항산화 실험을 진행하였다. 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH)을 이용한 자유라디칼 소거 활성(FSC50)은 50% 에탄올 추출물, 에틸아세테이트 분획, 아글리콘 분획에서 각각 215.46 μg/mL, 42.43 μg/mL, 52.28 μg/mL이였다. Luminol-의존성 화학발광법을 이 용한 Fe3+-EDTA/H2O2 계에서의 총항산화능(OSC50) 평가에서, 까마중 50% 에탄올 추출물은 25.25 μ g/mL, 에틸아세테이트 분획은 7.05 μg/mL, 아글리콘 분획은 6.25 μg/mL를 나타냈다. 1O2로 유도된 적혈구 세포손상에 대한 보호효과 측정에서는 까마중 50% 에탄올 추출물 및 아글리콘 분획은 5~25 μ g/mL 농도에서는 세포보호효과를 나타냈으나 높은 농도에서는 세포보호 활성을 나타내지 않았다. 이러 한 결과를 통해 까마중 추출물 및 분획물들은 항산화 활성을 가지고 있지만, 세포 수준에서는 비교적 높은 농도에서 활성산소로 유도된 세포 손상을 촉진할 수도 있음을 시사한다. 따라서 화장품 등에 까마 중 추출물을 응용할 때는 사용상 주의가 필요한 것으로 판단된다.

Background : Solanum nigrum Lin. is an annual herbaceous plant which belongs to the family Solanaceae as known the important medicinal herb and health-benefiting plant. Phytochemical investigation of whole plant reported that contain total alkaloids, steroid alkaloids, steroidal saponins, flavonoids, tannins, glycosides, proteins, carbohydrates, coumarins and phytosterols, and glycoproteins, exhibiting antitumor activity. Methods and Results : The accumulation of anthocyanin known as synthesis by flavonoid biosynthesis pathway is increased by AtPAP1 transcriptional factor. To identify the effect of AtPAP1 in S. nigrum, we generate AtPAP1-overexpressed S. nigrum and investigate total anthocyanin in these transgenic lines. The transgenic lines resulted in increasing the total anthocyanin amount compared with control line. Thus, the transgenic lines appeared purple colored leave as well as light purple in flower petal and dark purple in flower anther. To identify that AtPAP1 affects the genes profiling of anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway in S. nigrum, we harvested the AtPAP1-overexpressed S. nigrum transgenic lines and proceeded to qRT-PCR analysis. The result indicated that AtPAP1 gene highly induces in transgenic lines and the most upstream pathway genes of flavonoid such as SnPAL, SnC4H, Sn4CL, SnCHI and SnHCT are induced by AtPAP1 overexpression, excepting UGT75C1. According to these results, those functional genes may be regulated by AtPAP1 transcription factor. Thus, the purple color appearing in AtPAP1-overexpressed S. nigrum plants may be regulated by those genes. Conclusion : When AtPAP1 is overexpressing, the most genes in flavonoid pathway upregulate and activate resulting in accumulation of anthocyanin compound in leave and flower organs in S. nigrum. Ultimately, our data will be helpful for further research in S. nigrum molecular and physiology and better strategies for exploiting its phytochemical properties.

In this study, we investigated the variation in free sugars, organic acids, antioxidant activity and anti-inflammatory effect of Solanum nigrum Linne fruits according to harvest time. Four kinds of free sugars (fructose, glucose, sucrose, maltose) were detected in S. nigrum fruit, and the free sugar contents varied significantly with harvest time. Organic acid content of S. nigrum fruit showed the highest in malic acid and acetic acid, and the highest content of total organic acids was found in S. nigrum fruit harvested on October 18th and October 25th. For the total polyphenol content, S. nigrum fruit harvested on October 18th was the highest. The strongest DPPH and ABTS radical scavenging activity was showed in S. nigrum fruit harvested on October 11th and October 18th. The anti-inflammatory activity and antioxidant effects were the highest in the ethanol extract from S. nigrum fruit collected on October 18th and October 11th. Thus, it seems the best to harvest of S. nigrum fruit harvested on October 11th and October 18th.

In this study, we investigated the variation in free sugars, amino acids, antioxidant activity, and anti-inflammatory activity of Solanum nigrum Linne based on harvest time. Major amino acids identified by HPLC analysis were proline, histidine, and serine. The highest content of total amino acids were found in S. nigrum aerial parts and roots harvested on July 10th and August 10th. Four kinds of free sugars (fructose, glucose, sucrose, maltose) were detected in S. nigrum, and the free sugar content varied significantly with harvest time. The fructose content of S. nigrum decreased with as harvest time increased. The total polyphenol content of S. nigrum was highest in those harvested on August 30th. The antioxidant activity of ethanol extract from S. nigrum collected at different harvest times were measured by DPPH and ABTS radical scavenging assays. The anti-inflammatory activity of these extracts were assayed via nitric oxide suppression in C6 glioma cells with a lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammatory response. The anti-inflammatory activity and antioxidant effects were the highest in the extract from S. nigrum collected on August 30th. Good correlations were observed between antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities in ethanol extract of S. nigrum roots harvested on August 30th.

Solanum nigrum is one of useful sources for improving resistance to several diseases in potato (S. tuberosum). For enhancing late blight resistance, introgression of late blight resistance from S. nigrum was attempted into the cultivated potatoes using somatic hybridization due to their sexual incompatibility. Therefore, we sequenced the chloroplast genome of S nigrum and compared it with those of Nicotiana tabacum, S. bulbocastanum, S. tuberosum and S. lycopersicum. The complete sequence of the chloroplast genome of S. nigrum consists of 155,432 bp in length including a pair of inverted repeat regions (Ira, Irb) of 25,589 bp each, a small single copy region of 18,402 bp and a large single copy region of 85,852 bp. The genome contains 107 genes. A comparison of chloroplast genome of five solanaceous species revealed that the gene contents and their relative positions of S. nigrum are similar to the other four species. Detailed comparison identified 35 indels, including 22 insertion and 13 deletion, in the intergenic and intragenic regions. The phylogenetic tree of chloroplast sequences of five solanaceous species shows that S nigrum is located at a same node with N. tabacum and is secondly close to S. lycopersicum. A sister clade with S. bulbocastanum and S. tuberosum is the farthest. The results obtained in this study will facilitate the development of PCR-based markers to select somatic fusion products.

우리나라 남부지역에 자생하고 있는 까마중을 수집하여 생육특성을 비교한 결과, 1과중은 285~300 mg이고, 1과당 종자수는 28~32개 였으며, 종자의 천립중은 185~193 mg 이었다. 종자 발아율은 60%이상이었으며, 4월 20일 포장에 파종 했을 때 출아기는 5월 12일~15일이었다. 종자 채종 후 저장기간이 경과함에 따라 휴면이 타파되어 파종 후 2~3주가 지나면서 발아가 자연적으로 진행되었다. 생육은 초장 65~75 cm이고, 경직경 7.1~8.2 mm 그리고 1주당 엽수가 237~270 매였고, 가지수는 12~17 매이었다. 수집지역별 생장특성은 유의성이 인정 되지 않았다. 개화는 8월 10일 처음으로 시작되어 9월 4일 까지 계속 개화 되었으며 수집종간 차이는 인정되지 않았다. 까마중의 1주 생체중은 265~279 g이었으며, 건조중은 생체중의 23~25% 정도였다. 10a당 전초수량은 1.298~1.367 kg이었다. 까마중 재식포장에 발생된 해충은 꽈리허리노린재(Acanthocoris sordidus), 큰이십팔점박이무당벌레(Henosepilachna viginitioctopunctata), 아메리카굴잎파리(Liriomyoza trifolii)등 3종이 발생되어 피해를 주었다.

본 연구는 기내에서 발아된 까마중 유식물체의 조직별로 신초 및 뿌리 유도를 통해 효율적인 재분화 조건을 확립하고자 실시하였다. 신초 형성은 식물체 부위별로 서로 달랐으며, 잎에서의 신초 형성빈도가 자엽이나 하백축 그리고 상배축보다 높았다. 절편체당 신초의 수는 잎과 자엽에서 다소 많았으며, 신초의 길이도 다른 부위에 비해 잎과 자엽에서 빠른 증식과 신장을 나타내었다. 특히, 2.0 mg L-1 BAP가 첨가된 배지에서 재분화율, 신초의 수와 길이가 증가하여 2.0 mg L-1 BAP가 고빈도 신초의 유도 및 생장에 효율적인 것으로 판단되었다. 뿌리분화는 IBA와 IAA가 NAA보다 더 효과적인 것으로 나타났으며, 0.05 mg L-1 IAA가 첨가된 배지에서 뿌리 형성율이 90%이며, 뿌리의 갯수와 길이도 각각 평균 4.0개와 7.82 cm로 가장 양호하게 나타났다. 더욱이 배양토에 이식한 재분화체는 100%의 생존율을 보였으며 정상적인 식물체로 생장하였다. 이러한 결과를 토대로 2.0 mg L-1 BAP 조건에서의 잎 절편에서 다발성 신초 유도, 그리고 0.05 mg L-1 IAA 조건에서의 뿌리형성 유도가 까마중의 대량번식을 위한 최적의 조건임을 알 수 있었다.

Functional properties of Solanium nigrum-ethanol extract were investigated, nitrite scavenging ability(NSA) and antioxidant activities based on thiobarbituric acid(TBA) value were measured. The contents of potassium in fruit and root, calcium in leaf were the highest mineral components in each parts of Solanium nigrum. Total aromatics contents(TAC) was order of fruit>root>leaf, total flavonoid contents(TFC) in leaf was 6 and 10 times, total phenolic compounds contents(TPC) in leaf was 15 and 30 times of those in fruit and root, respectively, and TFC was high with TPC increase. NSA of leaf-ethanol extract was 61.9% on pH 1.2, 53.5% on pH 3.0, 54.8% on pH 4.0 and 14.3% on pH 6.0, where as NSA of root and fruit-ethanol were considerably low to 3.5~7.9% over pH 1.2~6.0. TBA value of soybean oil with the dosage of leaf-extract showed few differences from control within 3 days, but it fairly decreased with considerable antioxidant effect to 47.6% of the control in 8 days.

Living modified organisms(LMO) by modern biotechnology has played a highly visible role. But the public concerns relating to the environmental risk of LMO have been raised because of the potential benefits of this new technology. The recently adapted Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety contains an Annex on risk assessment, which specifies in some detail points to consider. All LMO should be evaluated according to their biological properties(phenotypic, genetic, agronomic and ecological characteristics) before release to the environment. To build up the capacity building of risk assessment method for LMO used environmental remediation, we engineered a model plant, Solanum nigrum L. expressing organomercurial lyase gene(merB). MerB transforms methylmercury to less toxic, non-biomagnified ionic mercury. In this report, we compared 8 different phenotypic, agronomic characteristics and rhizosphere microorganisms with control. The difference between transgenic and non-transgenic plant has not found.

The effect of growth regulators (NAA, BA and GA_3) and light (blue, red and far-red) on the changes in total protein and thylakoid membrane protein pattern of callus from intergeneric protoplast fusion between Nicotiana tabacum and Solanum nigrum were investigated. When the callus were irradiated with different wavelengths of light, blue and red light accelerated the synthesis of total proteins and thylakoid membrane proteins. Particularly, red light led to an increase in the protein synthesis compared to blue light. When the callus were subjected to various combinations of growth regulators, NAA+GA_3 and NAA-BA treatments induced remarkable increase of total proteins and thylakoid membrane proteins accumulation, particulary in the combination of NAA+GA_3 NAA+GA_3 treatment with irradiation of red light showed highest value in the accumulation of total proteins and thylakoid membrane proteins. We conclude that simultaneous application of red light and NAA+GA_3 treatment may induce synergistic effect in the synthesis of total proteins and thylakoid membrane proteins.