In this study, domestic soybean cultivars were extracted using water, 70% ethanol, and 100% ethanol. The contents of polyphenols, flavonoids, and antioxidant activities of these extracts were measured. For the water extracts, the polyphenol content was significantly higher in the Daewon cultivar compared to the others. Ethanol extracts contained lower levels than the water extracts, and, unlike the water extracts, there was no significant difference between the cultivars. The flavonoid content in the Jinpung cultivar was the highest among the water extracts, and this content was greater in the water extract than in the ethanol extract. In terms of ABTS radical scavenging activity, Daewon and Taekwang exhibited significantly higher activity in the water extracts. The Jinpung cultivar showed the highest activity in the 70% ethanol extract, which was slightly lower than that of the water extract. DPPH radical scavenging activity was found to be higher in Taekwang than in the other cultivars. In the 70% ethanol extract, Taekwang demonstrated high antioxidant activity, similar to that of the water extract. A correlation analysis of antioxidant components and antioxidant activity in soybean cultivars revealed the highest r value of 0.9326 between the contents of flavonoid compounds and polyphenol compounds.

This study investigated the quality characteristics of gochujang based on the amount of green onion added and aimed to propose standardizing the green onion extract content in the gochujang manufacturing process. Green onion extract was used as a substitute for distilled water at 0% (CON), 4% (GO1), 7% (GO2), 10% (GO3), and 14% (GO4) of the total weight of distilled water. Among the quality characteristics, the pH significantly increased only in the GO4 group (p<0.05). Conversely, the moisture content initially decreased before increasing again. The total available solids and Brix significantly increased (p<0.001), as did salinity (p<0.05). In terms of color value, the L value (brightness) significantly increased, while the a value (red) and b value (yellow) significantly decreased (p<0.001). Regarding antioxidant activity, the polyphenol, DPPH, and ABTS+ radical scavenging activities significantly increased with higher extract content (p<0.001), and the flavonoid content also increased significantly. As the extract content increased, overall acceptance improved significantly, with the characteristic intensity evaluation scoring highest in the GO3 group (p<0.001).

Maca has been reported to alleviate male menopause symptoms in humans and experimental animals; however, its mechanism of action in improving male menopause has not been clearly identified. This study aimed to investigate the mechanism of action of gelatinized maca in improving male menopause by analyzing serum testosterone, testicular androgen receptor (AR) expression, and testicular oxidation-antioxidation balance. Gelatinized maca was administered orally to aged male C57BL/6 mice at three doses (500, 1,000, and 1,500 mg/kg/day) for 28 consecutive days. Serum biochemical analysis showed an increase in serum hydroxysteroid 17-beta-dehydrogenase 13 (HSD17β13) concentration at 1,500 mg/kg/day and a decrease in serum sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) concentration at ≥ 1,000 mg/kg/day. Gelatinized maca administration also resulted in the increased expression levels of testicular AR and cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) response element binding protein (CREB) at 1,500 mg/kg/day. Oxidative stress analysis showed an increase in testicular superoxide dismutase and glutathione reductase activities and a decrease in testicular malondialdehyde at 1,500 mg/kg/day. In conclusion, gelatinized maca administration to aged male mice increased HSD17β13, AR and CREB expression, and antioxidant capacity and decreased serum SHBG. The results of the present study suggest that gelatinized maca may be a useful substance that can help alleviate male menopause symptoms.

본 연구에서는 포포나무 종자의 70% ethanol 추출물 (ETAE) 및 그 분획물인 hexane fraction (HAE), ethyl acetate fraction (EAE), butanol fraction (BAE)의 항산화 활성을 평가하고, 이를 함유한 화장품 제형의 안정성을 분석하여 천연 화장품 소재로서의 활용 가능성을 검토하였다. 항산화 활 성은 0.1∼10 mg/mL의 농도에서 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) 및 2,2-azino-bis-3- ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid (ABTS+) radical 소거능과 ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) 분석을 통해 평가한 결과, 모든 시료에서 농도 의존적으로 활성이 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 또한, MTT assay를 통해 세포 생존률을 평가한 결과, HAE가 5 mg/mL에서도 높은 세포 생존률을 나타내었으 며, 수율이 가장 높아 제형 실험에 적용하였다. HAE를 첨가한 에멀젼 및 가용화 제형의 안정성 평가 결 과, pH, 점도, 색도 및 외관상 변화가 미미하여 물리적 안정성이 우수함을 확인하였다. 그러나 40℃에서 3% HAE를 함유한 에멀젼은 상분리 및 입자 직경 증가가 관찰되어, 제형 안정성을 확보하기 위해 추출물 함량을 1% 이하로 제한하는 등의 처방 설계가 필요할 것으로 판단된다. 이상의 결과를 종합하면, 포포나무 종자 추출물은 우수한 항산화 효능을 바탕으로 천연 화장품 소재로서의 활용 가치가 높을 것으로 기대된 다.

본 실험에서 강원도 농업기술원, 철원, 삼척, 태백지역 가시오가피 줄기를 1월과 7월에 수확하고, 열수 추출물과 70% 에탄올 추출물로 제조 후 아미노산과 지방산의 조성 및 함량을 비교 분석하였다. 또한 총 폴리페놀 및 총 플 라보노이드 함량을 확인하였으며, DPPH 라디칼 소거활성, ABTS 라디칼 소거활성, FRAP 활성을 통해 항산화 활성 을 측정하였다. 아미노산 조성은 가시오가피 줄기 모두에 서 17종이 검출되었고, 가장 함량이 높은 아미노산은 glutamic acid이었다. 총 아미노산 함량을 분석한 결과 7 월보다 1월이 높은 결과를 보였으며, 강원도 농업기술원 의 70% 에탄올 추출물에서만 1월이 높은 결과를 보였다. 총 아미노산 함량이 가장 높은 추출물은 1월 삼척지역의 열수 추출물로 6.16±0.31 g/100 g이었고, 가장 낮은 함량 을 보인 추출물은 1월 강원도 농업기술원의 70% 에탄올 추출물로 2.17±0.11 g/100 g을 확인하였다. 총 지방산 함 량은 7월 철원지역의 70% 에탄올 추출물에서 74.51±3.73 mg/g으로 가장 높았고, 1월 철원과 삼척지역의 열수 추출 물에서 0.74±0.04 mg/g으로 가장 낮았다. 1월과 7월 모두 열수 추출물보다 70% 에탄올 추출물이 더 높았고, 1월보 다 7월이 더 높았으며, 1월과 7월 모두 70% 에탄올 추출 물에서 다중불포화지방이 가장 높았다. 총 폴리페놀 함량 의 경우 1월 추출물은 36.99-61.53 mg GAE/g이었으며, 7 월에는 123.81-154.18 mg GAE/g으로 7월이 1월보다 2배 이상 높았다. 또한 총 플라보노이드 함량은 1월이 134.85- 173.77 mg QE/g이었으며, 7월에는 186.12-318.73 mg QE/ g으로 7월에서 더 높은 함량을 확인하였다. DPPH 라디칼 소거능은 1 mg/mL 농도에서 7월 태백지역의 70% 에탄올 추출물이 87.90±0.06%으로 가장 높았으며, 1월 강원도 농 업기술원과 철원지역의 70% 에탄올 추출물에서 각각 35.51±1.08%와 36.00±1.25%로 낮았다. ABTS 라디칼 소거 능은 5 m g/mL 농도에서 7월 태백과 철원, 삼척지역의 70% 에탄올 추출물이 각각 93.44±0.20%, 92.92±0.49%, 92.03±0.50%로 높았으며, 1월 강원도 농업기술원과 철원지 역의 70% 에탄올 추출물에서 각각 55.35±1.19%와 55.62±0.85%로 낮았다. FRAP 활성은 1 mg/mL 농도에서 7 월 태백지역의 열수 추출물에서 443.41±8.20 mM TE/mL 으로 가장 높았으며, 1월 강원도 농업기술원의 70% 에탄 올 추출물에서 256.06±1.49 mM TE/mL으로 가장 낮았다. DPPH 라디칼 소거능, ABTS 라디칼 소거능, FRAP 활성 모두 7월 태백지역 70% 에탄올 추출물에 높았으며, 1월 강원도 농업기술원의 70% 에탄올 추출물에서 가장 낮은 항산화 활성이 나타났다. 본 실험 결과를 통해 가시오가 피 줄기의 적절한 수확시기 및 지역에 따른 기능성 식품 소재 개발을 위한 기초 자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 사 료된다.

다알리아(Dahlia pinnata Cav.)는 멕시코 아즈텍인들이 식용으로 재배하여 꽃잎은 샐러드로, 뿌 리는 식용이나 약재로 사용하였다. 그러나 현재는 대부분 화훼용으로 사용되고 있으며, 식용이나 약재로서 의 연구는 부족한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 다알리아 꽃을 차로 제조하여 다양한 침출 조건과 제다법을 사 용하여 항산화 활성 및 생리활성 성분 함량을 평가하였다. 항산화 활성은 DPPH radial 소거 활성으로 평 가하였으며, 생리활성 성분은 총 폴리페놀 함량(TPC)과 총 플라보노이드 함량(TFC)을 분석하였다. 건조된 다알리아 꽃차는 90℃에서 침출하였을 때 가장 높은 생리활성물질을 추출할 수 있었으며, 적절한 침출 시 간은 8분, 침출 횟수는 3회가 적합하였다. 다양한 제다 방법 중에서 증제법이 가장 높은 항산화 활성을 보 였으며, 그 다음으로 생화, 건조, 덖기 순으로 나타났다. 증제된 다알리아 꽃차의 총 폴리페놀 함량과 플라 보노이드 함량은 각각 50.9 mg/g과 80.6 mg/g으로 건조된 녹차와 비교했을 때 폴리페놀 함량은 낮지만 플라보노이드 함량은 약 3배 높게 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 다알리아 꽃이 우수한 생리활성물질을 함유하 고 있으며, 항산화제로서 식품 및 의약품, 화장품 등에서 높은 활용 가능성을 가지고 있음을 시사한다.

Oxidative stress caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS) is a key mechanism of skin aging, and the use of antioxidants is an effective strategy to prevent the symptoms associated with ROS-induced skin aging. The components rich in polyphenolic compounds with antioxidative activity were identified by fractionating an aqueous ethanolic extract of Gryllus bimaculatus (AE-GBE) using solvent using hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, butanol, and water. Their ability to migrate H2O2-induced oxidative stress in human dermal fibroblasts (HDFs) was then evaluated. The butanol fraction of AE-GBE had the highest polyphenol content and antioxidant effect, followed by the ethyl acetate and water fractions, suggesting that the likely antioxidant components are polar components. Furthermore, the butanol, ethyl acetate, and water fractions effectively reduced intracellular ROS production and DNA damage in HDF cells caused by H2O2. Overall, these findings suggest that the butanol fraction of AE-GBE shows promise as a natural insect-derived antioxidant material, capable of suppressing oxidative stress by showing a stronger antioxidant effect under H2O2 stimulation than the other fractions.

본 연구는 과피색에 따른 토마토 과실의 숙성 단계에 따른 기능성 물질 및 항산화 활성의 차이를 알아보기 위해 실시하 였다. 토마토 샘플은 성숙한 단계에서 과피색이 황색, 흑색, 적 색으로 구별되는 세 가지 토마토 품종을 이용하였다. 토마토 샘플을 녹색기, 변색기, 최색기, 완숙기의 4가지 숙성 단계에 서 수확한 후 당, 라이코펜, 아스코르브산, 폴리페놀 및 항산화 활성을 포함한 다양한 생리 활성 화합물을 분석하였다. 토마 토 과실의 주요 당분은 과당과 포도당이다. 황색 토마토의 과 당과 포도당 함량은 숙성 단계에 따라 점차 증가하였다. 그러 나 흑색 토마토와 적색 토마토는 변색기 단계에서 증가한 후 상대적으로 일정하게 유지되었다. 과피색에 관계없이 모든 토마토 과실에 함유된 라이코펜 함량은 숙성 단계에 따라 크 게 증가했습니다. 라이코펜 함량은 적색 토마토 과실의 성숙 단계에서 가장 높게 관찰되었다. 황색 토마토 과실의 아스코 르브산 함량은 낮았으며 숙성 단계 동안 상대적으로 일정하게 유지되었다. 흑색 토마토 과실의 아스코르브산 함량은 성숙 단계에서 2,249mg·kg-1으로 크게 증가한 반면, 적색 토마토 과실에서는 성숙 단계에서 3,529mg·kg-1으로 점차 증가했습 니다. 페놀성 화합물인 퀘르시트린은 토마토 과실에서 발견 되었지만, 성숙 단계에서 토마토 과실의 퀘르시트린 함량은 점차적으로 감소되었다. ABTS 라디칼 소거 활성은 최색기의 황색 토마토 과실에서 급격히 증가한 반면, 흑색 토마토와 적 색 토마토에서는 숙성 단계에 따라 점진적으로 증가하였다. 모든 토마토 과실의 DPPH 라디칼 소거 활성은 최색기에서 크 게 증가했다.

Sprout products, such as broccoli, alfalfa, and cabbage, have positive health effects. Thus far, sprout foods have attracted attention owing to their good bioavailability. In particular, young broccoli sprouts exhibit anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anti-cancer effects. They contain 100 times more chemoprotective substances than adult broccoli. This study examined the anti-inflammatory effects of freeze-dried young sprout broccoli (FD-YB) in vitro using RAW264.7 macrophage cells. The FDYB powder antioxidant ability test showed that the radical-scavenging activity and superoxide dismutase enzyme activity increased in a dose-dependent manner. In addition, FD-YB was not cytotoxic to RAW264.7 cells, and nitric oxide production decreased after the FD-YB treatment of lipopolysaccharide-stimulated RAW264.7 cells in a dose-dependent manner. Furthermore, FD-YB significantly decreased the expression of inflammation-related proteins (Cyclooxygenase-2, Inducible nitric oxide synthase, and Prostaglandin E Synthase 2) and cytokines (Tumor necrosis factor- and Interleukin-6). In conclusion, FD-YB can be a potential nutraceutical for preventing and regulating excessive immune responses during inflammation.

본 연구에서는 석류의 항산화 및 항염 효과를 평가하고, 이를 통해 석류 잎 추출물이 항노화 화장품 소재로서 활용될 가능성을 확인하고자, 석류 잎 에탄올 추출물의 에틸아세테이트 분획물(Ethyl acetate fraction of ethanolic extract of Punica granatum leaf : EFP)의 총 폴리페놀 및 플라보노이드 함 량, 항염 및 항산화 활성을 평가하여, 석류 잎의 유익한 성분과 피부 개선 가능성을 탐구하였다. 실험 결과 EFP의 총 폴리페놀 함량은 871.6±16.3 mg gallic acid/g, 플라보노이드 함량은 36.6±0.3 mg quercetin/g 으로 나타났다. ABTS 라디칼 소거활성을 평가에서는 EFP가 농도 의존적으로 항산화능을 보였고, EC50 수 치는 24.62±0.48㎍/mL로 나타났다. 피부 세포독성 실험에서 EFP는 50㎍/mL 이하 농도에서 높은 세포 생존율을 보였으며, 이는 세포 독성이 거의 없음을 시사한다. NO 생성 억제 실험에서는 EFP가 낮은 농도 에서도 효과적으로 NO 생성을 억제하였으며, 6μg/mL 농도에서 거의 완전히 억제되었다. 이러한 결과는 항산화와 항염 효과를 지닌 천연 화장품 소재로 활용 가능성을 기대할 수 있다.

Broccoli and cabbage are known to have antioxidant, cholesterol-lowering, and anticancer effects due to their high bioactive component levels. This study applied 70% ethanol and hydrothermal extraction to separate bioactive components from broccoli and cabbage. 30oBrix extracts were freeze-dried and then diluted in various concentrations with distilled water for analysis. Total polyphenol contents, DPPH radical scavenging activity, ABTS radical scavenging activity, ferric ion reducing antioxidant power, and hydrogen peroxide scavenging activity were analyzed. The diverse antioxidant assays, except DPPH radical scavenging activity, showed that hydrothermal extracts had significantly higher activity than the 70% ethanol extracts (p<0.05). In this study, it suggested that hydrothermal extraction is relatively effective in producing broccoli and cabbage extracts. Moreover, hydrothermal extraction conditions could be low-cost and environmentally friendly.

Integration of noble metals on graphene is renowned for their catalytic and antioxidant prowess. However, utilization of toxic chemicals in the synthesis creates environmental pollution and poisonous nature of chemically synthesized materials. To address this, an economical and eco-friendly method for synthesizing graphene-gold (BRG-Au) nanocomposite by anchoring gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) onto reduced graphene oxide sheets using betel leaf extract as a reducing and stabilizing agent is presented. Comprehensive structural characterizations through UV–Visible, Raman, FT-IR, and XRD analyses confirm the successful formation of the BRG-Au nanocomposite. Morphological assessments utilizing FE-SEM and TEM techniques revealed the presence of transparent, twinkling graphene sheets embellished with 20 to 60 nm of Au NPs in various shapes, including spherical, triangular, pentagonal, circular, and trapezoids. The catalytic and antioxidant activities of the BRG-Au nanocomposite were thoroughly evaluated. In catalytic trials, the nanocomposite exhibited remarkable efficiency in the reduction of 4-nitrophenol to 4-aminophenol, accomplishing this transformation within a mere 30 min during the initial cycle and maintaining stable catalytic performance over three consecutive cycles. Additionally, antioxidant analyses employing Total Antioxidant Activity and 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl methods demonstrated that BRG-Au nanocomposite possessed equal or superior antioxidant activity than the ascorbic acid standard. This research thus underscores the promising potential of environmentally benign synthesis method for graphene-gold nanocomposite with enhanced catalytic and antioxidant properties.

In this study, the antioxidizing effect of 2,3-dicaffeoyl-epi-quinic acid (DEQA) was investigated. The antioxidant activity was evaluated by measuring the scavenging effect on DPPH radical and peroxynitrite and the reducing power on ferric ion. DEQA showed a scavenging effect and reducing power comparable to vitamin C used as a positive control. Also, DEQA effectively inhibited production of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) in HT-1080 cells, showing the scavenging ratio of 43.8% even at 10 μM concentration of DEQA after 2 hours in HT-1080 treated with H2O2. In addition to this, DEQA inhibited the production of nitric oxide (NO) very effectively in Raw 264.7 cells. The above results suggest that DEQA has the potential to be developed as a natural antioxidant.

본 연구는 Symphoricarpos albus(S. albus) 추출물과 발효 추출물을 대상으로 zebrafish 배아를 이용하여 천연 화장품 소재로서의 유효성 평가 및 꼬리지느러미 재생력을 비교 평가하였다. 이를 위한 S. albus 추출물의 항산화 활성은 10-200μg/mL 농도에서 DPPH radical scavenging, FRAP activity, ABTS+ radical scavenging을 진행하였으며, 모두 농도 의존적인 radical 소거 활성을 보이고, S. albus 잎 추출물에 서 가장 높을 항산화 활성을 나타냈다. Zebrafish는 현재 각광받고 있는 실험 대체 동물로서 수많은 화장품 연구에 활용되고 있으며, 본 연구는 zebrafish 배아를 채취하여 응고율, 부화율, 심장 독성을 평가하였다. 그 결과 발효 추출물의 경우 100μg/mL 이상의 농도에서는 독성을 나타내는 것을 확인하였다. 재생 효능 을 평가하기 위해 zebrafish 꼬리지느러미를 절단하였고, 3일 동안 상처 회복력을 관찰하였다. 그 결과 72 시간 부터 S. albus 잎 추출물 200μg/mL에서 대조군 대비 17%의 재생 효과를 나타내었다. 이러한 결과 는 S. albus가 피부 개선용 항산화 및 재생을 위한 천연소재로서 활용 가능한 것으로 사료된다.

Plants synthesize antioxidant compounds as a defense mechanism against reactive oxygen species. Recently, plant-derived antioxidant compounds have attracted attention due to the increasing consumer awareness in the heath industry. However, traditional methods for measuring the antioxidant activity of these compounds are time-consuming and costly. Therefore, our study constructed a quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) model that can predict antioxidant activity using graph convolutional networks (GCN) from plant structural data. The accuracy (Acc) of the model reached 0.6 and the loss reached 0.03. Although with lower accuracy than previously reported QSAR models, our model showed the possibility of predicting DPPH antioxidant activity in a wide range of plant compounds (phenolics, polyphenols, vitamins, etc.) based on their graph structure.

Black chestnut (BC) was obtained through aging of fresh chestnut (FC) at 80℃ for 15 days. Proximate and mineral compositions along with colors of FC and BC were evaluated. With aging, moisture contents decreased by 50%, whereas sugar contents, carbohydrate contents, and calories increased. Contents of minerals (Fe, P, Ca, Na, Mg, K) were significantly higher in FC than in BC, showing an order of Mg < Ca < P < K in both FC and BC. Using a Hunter color system, it was found that lightness (L), redness (a), and yellowness (b) values of FC were higher than those of BC. Antioxidant and cytotoxic activities of hot water and ethanol (50, 80, 100%) extracts prepared from FC and BC were evaluated. Extraction yields were lower with FC than with BC. Among water and ethanol extracts, water extract showed the highest DPPH radical scavenging activity for both FC and BC. IC50 values for ABTS+ radical scavenging activities increased after aging. Cytotoxicities of FC and BC extracts were similar to each other. They were different against various cell lines (3T3, HeLa, and Sarcoma-180). These results suggest that BC could be used as a new processed food using chestnut.

This study is concerned with the optimization of the manufacturing process of a hot water extract containing antioxidant activity from Lycium barbarum, traditionally known to have various physiological activities. For the establishment of the optimization process, the central composite design of response surface methodology(RSM) was used. Thirteen extraction processes were performed by encoding the independent variables, extraction temperature (65.9oC–94.1oC) and extraction time (2.59 hr–5.41 hr). As a result of the experiment, the optimal manufacturing conditions for the extract were 340.0 mg/100 g of GAE at an extraction temperature of 94.1oC and an extraction time of 5 hr. The maximum yield of flavonoids was 22.44 mg/100 g of HES at an extraction temperature of 94.1oC and an extraction time of 4 hr. The conditions for producing the extract with the maximum antioxidant capacity (DPPH 92.12%) were 90oC and 4.5 hr extraction time. Therefore, the optimal manufacturing process conditions for extracts containing total phenol content, flavonoid content, and DPPH radical scavenging activity, which are dependent variables, were extraction temperature of 90-95oC and extraction time of 4 hr, which were not significantly different from the actual values. Therefore, Lycium barbarum extract rich in total phenol and flavonoid content related to antioxidant function is expected to be used as a functional food and cosmetic material.

This study investigated the quality characteristics and antioxidant activities of salad dressing prepared with Jerusalem artichoke powder (0%, 4%, 8%, and 12%). The pH, soluble solid content, and viscosity increased as the content of Jerusalem artichoke powder increased. The titratable acidity showed no significant differences between samples. The lightness values decreased, while the redness and yellowness values increased with increasing amounts of Jerusalem artichoke powder. The total polyphenol content ranged from 52.00-69.64 μg GAE/g, and increased with the increase in Jerusalem artichoke powder levels. The antioxidant activities measured via DPPH and ABTS radical scavenging activity and reducing power also increased with increasing Jerusalem artichoke powder, at a higher rate than in the control. These results suggest that it is beneficial to add Jerusalem artichoke powder when in salad dressing.