본 연구는 발효 황련해독탕(FHHT)의 식후혈당 상승 억 제 효능을 검증하기 위해 농도별로 Rat 유래 α-glucosidase 와 돼지 췌장 유래 α-amylase에 대한 저해 활성과 sprague dawley rat 모델을 이용한 식후혈당 상승 억제 효능을 평가 하였다. 그 결과, FHHT는 농도 의존적으로 α-glucosidase와 α-amylase의 소화 효소 활성을 저해하였고 IC₅₀ 값은 α- amylase 9.321mg/mL, α-glucosidase 0.143mg/mL, maltase 1.159mg/mL, glucoamylase 0.263mg/mL, sucrase 0.112mg/ mL로 확인되었다. 동물 모델 실험에서는 FHHT가 다당류 starch 및 이당류 sucrose 섭취 후 통계적으로 유의한 식후 혈당 상승 억제 효능을 보였다(P<0.01). 이와 같은 결과를 통해 FHHT의 당 흡수 억제를 통한 항당뇨 효능을 확인 하였고 추가 연구의 필요성 및 시사점을 제시함으로써 본 연구가 항당뇨의 새로운 한방 건강 기능식품으로 활용되 기 위한 참고 자료가 될 것으로 사료된다.

The objective of this study was to examine the effects of high concentrations of glucose on porcine parthenotes developing in vitro. Addition of 55 mM glucose to the culture medium of embryos at the four-cell-stage significantly inhibited blastocyst formation, resulting in fewer cells in blastocyst-stage embryos and increased levels of apoptosis and autophagy compared to control. Quantitative reverse transcriptase (RT) PCR analysis revealed that the expression of pro-apoptotic genes (Caspase 3, Bax and Bak) and autophagy genes (Atg6 and Atg8/Lc3) were increased significantly by the addition of 55 mM glucose to the culture medium compared to control. MitoTracker Green fluorescence revealed a decrease in the overall mitochondrial mass compared to control. However, the addition of 55 mM glucose had no effect on mRNA expression of the nuclear DNA-encoded mitochondrial-related genes, cytochrome oxidase (Cox) 5a, Cox5b and Cox6b1. These results suggest that hyperglycemia reduced the mitochondrial content of porcine embryos developing in vitro and that this may hinder embryonic development to the blastocyst stage and embryo quality by increasing apoptosis and autophagy in these embryos.

The purpose of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of self-paced walking exercises in elderly women with hypertension, hyperglycemia, and hypercholesterolemia. Thirty-eight elderly women with hypertension, hyperglycemia, and hypercholesterolemia (16 hypertension, 11 hyperglycemia, 11 hypercholesterolemia), aged between 65 and 80, were invited to participate in this study. Each subject participated in a self-paced walking exercise five times a week for twelve weeks from 26 June to 16 September 2006. The changes between pre- and post-exercise were analyzed using the analysis of a paired t-test with the SPSS version 12.0 package program. There were significant decreases in systolic blood pressure (p<.01) and diastolic blood pressure (p<.05), blood glucose(p<.05), and cholesterol in the blood (p<.01). These results show that self-paced walking exercises may be helpful in treating elderly women with hypertension, hyperglycemia, and hypercholesterolemia.