In this study, hot water and ethanol, acetone, and hexane extracts of the steamed Deodeok were investigated for use as raw materials for natural cosmetics. Hot water and ethanol, acetone and hexane extracts of steamed Deodeok did not indicate cell toxicity up to 300 μg/mL concentration in the MTT assay. The tyrosinase inhibition effects of the ethanol extract were higher than the ascorbic acid. The efficacy of the steamed Deodeok's ethanol extract on the elastase inhibition was similar to that of quercetin at higher concentrations. In conclusion, water, ethanol, acetone and hexane extracts of the steamed Deodeok indicated strong possibility as a whitening and anti-wrinkle functional cosmetic ingredient. Among them, the steamed Deodeok's ethanol extract, which showed excellent activity, is highly available because it has high safety compared to other organic solvent extraction methods used in cosmetics, and has minimal irritation to the skin.

영지버섯과 기타 약용버섯류를 에탄올 용매로 추출하여 농축한 뒤, 100 μg/ml의 농도로 처리하여 아질산염 소거 능을 실험한 결과 양성대조구인 Ascorbic acid는 25%의 소거능을 보이는데 반해 영지버섯 중 ASI 7080은 40%이 상 소거하는 것으로 나타났으며, 그 다음으로는 상황버섯 이 37%를 보였다. ASI 7002도 양성대조구보다 높게 나 타났.고, 그 이외의 다른 실험구는 양성대조구인 Ascorbic acid보다 낮은 아질산염 소거능을 보였다. NO assay 실험을 한 결과, 양성대조구로 쓰인 Ascorbic acid는 항염증 효능이 55%인데 반해 ASI 7002는 78.5% 로 가장 높은 항염증 효능을 보였으며, 그 다음으로 ASI 7063이 67.5%를 보였다. 기타 약용버섯류인 동충하초는 71.2%로 가장 높게 나타났으며, 노루궁뎅이 버섯은 59.7%의 소거능을 보였다. 영지버섯 ASI 7002를 에탄올 용매로 추출하여 농축한 뒤, 농도별(10, 50, 100 μg/ml)로 처리하고 LPS 10 μg/ml 처리한 RAW 264.7 cell 에서 RNA를 추출하여 cDNA를 합성한 후 Real-time PCR kit 를 이용하여 염증 관련 유전자인 iNOS와 COX-2와 TNF-a의 primer를 Table 1과 같이 제작하였고, iNOS와 COX-2와 TNF-a의 발현정도를 본 결과 세 유전자 모두 농도 의존적으로 발현이 억제되는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

This study was conducted to explore the immune activity, anticancer activity and nitrile scavenging activities of methanol extracts from the various organs of four Korean resource plants. The immune responses from both human T and B cell line was significantly enhanced in the cell growth compared to control while the cell growth was influenced at a certain period of culture. The results revealed that the cell growth of both human T and B cell was altered in a time dependent manner. Among tested several resource plants, the flower extract of E. japonicum demonstrated a pronounced cytotoxicity against HCT-116 cell with an IC50 value 132.08 ㎍ ㎖-1. The flower extract from Corylopsis coreana had a promising scavenging activity against pH 1.2 compared to other species. Taken together, the studied resource plants have influenced significantly in response to immunity and also have the potential cytotoxicity and nitric scavenging activities. However, the species E. japonicum exhibited the pronounced activities from several resource plants. The result from this investigation suggests that the extracts of studied resource plant could be an addition to basic medicine for some diseases.

This study was executed to evaluate the immune activity, nitrite scavenging activity and ABTS radical scavenging activity against extracts of various concentration of ethanol solvent from Codonopsis lanceolata cultured at 6 local regions. The immune responses from both human T and B cell line was significantly enhanced in the cell growth compared to control while the cell growth was influenced at a certain period of culture. The results revealed that the cell growth of both human T and B cell was altered in a time dependent manner. The nitrite scavenging activity of ethanol extracts from various solvent concentration of C. lanceolata were affected by pH. At a pH of 1.2, the nitrite scavenging effect of all of the extracts tested observed higher than that of the other two pH ranges. There was no distinct detection of nitrite scavenging effects of the pH range 6.0. The ABTS radical scavenging activity was progressively increased in a dose-dependent manner, and the activity was the highest in 100% ethanol extract. The result from this investigation suggests that the extract of Codonopsis lanceolata could be an addition to basic medicine for immune modulation and natural food additives.

The purpose of this study was to measure the antioxidant activity and bioactivity of black chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa). The black chokeberry was known to contain many physiologically active substance, such as ascorbic acid, anthocyanin, quercetin. We extracted black chokeberry powder from four solvents such as chloroform:methanol(CM, 2:1, v/v), distilled water (DW), 70% ethanol, 70% methanol. After that, we determined anthocyanin, total phenol, flavonoid content, DPPH radical scavenging activity, ABTS radical scavenging activity, ferric reducing antioxidant power, reducing power and Nitrite scavenging activity of black chokeberry extracts and as results of comparing each extract. respectively. From the above results shows that antioxidant activity and bioactivity of black chokeberry extracts was the highest in 70% methanol (p<0.05). The results suggest that black chokeberry can be used as nutraceutical foods and natural antioxidant.

Saururus chinensis is used as a raw material of an anti-rheumatic, poultice, sedative and stomachic. The tea of dried Saururus chinensis leaves has a function of relaxing pains in back and breast and of treating stomach ailments. The plant has the functions of anti-inflammatory, depurative, diuretic, febrifuge and refrigerant. The extraction of functional material is carried out by methanol and ethanol solvents. Mechanochemical grinding is applied as a pretreatment process before extraction to enhance the extraction efficiency by increasing the surface area of the materials while changing the chemical properties of the materials. Extraction of functional materials from the Saururus chinensis after grinding as a pretreatment using the mechanochemical technology was accomplished in this study to investigate the effect of grinding on the antioxidant activities of the extract. Saururus chinensis was ground by the planetary ball mill and the morphology was analyzed by SEM. Mechanochemical pretreatment increased the yields of functional materials from 5.9 g to 6.4, 7.0, and 8.1 g after grinding of 30 minutes, 1 hour and 2 hours, respectively. Nitrite scavenging ability increased from 53.0-71.0% to 61.0-79.0% for the methanol extraction in the solution of pH 1.2. Also, Electron donating abilities were increased from 7.90-33.51% to 11.97-38.51% for the methanol extraction. The extract concentration for the half inhibition of DPPH radicals was reduced from 278μg/mL in the original sample to 263μg/mL in the sample after grinding for the methanol extraction.

백련 잎의 소비확대를 위한 기초자료 확보측면에서 2007년 8월에 ‘가람’, ‘초의’, ‘백화건련’, ‘승달’ 백련의 잎을 수확하여 열수와 에탄올 추출물의 생리활성 효과를 조사하였다. 총 페놀함량은 열수 추출물의 경우 ‘초의’ 백련에서 78.3㎍·mL-1로 가장 많았고, 에탄올 추출물은 ‘백화건련’에서 146.8㎍·mL-1로 가장 많았다. 전자공여능은 추출물의 농도가 2,000ppm일 때 ‘승달’의 열수 추출물 및 에탄올 추출물에서 각각 83.3%와 94.0%로 가장 높았다. 총 플라보노이드 함량은 에탄올 추출물에서 높게 나타나 63.6㎍·mL-1(‘승달’)-92.2㎍·mL-1(‘초의’)를 나타낸 반면에 열수 추출물은 28.8㎍·mL-1(‘초의’) 이하를 나타내었다. 아질산염 소거는 추출물의 농도가 2,000ppm일 때 열수 추출물은 ‘초의’ 에서 69.2%로 가장 높게 나타났으며, 에탄올 추출물에서는 ‘백화건련’에서 80.7%로 가장 높게 나타났다. Tyrosinase 활성 저해 효과는 백련의 종류 및 용매에 관계없이 거의 나타나지 않았다. 항균활성은 에탄올 추출물에서 다소 높게 나타났는데, 저해환의 직경은 전반적으로 8.3-11.2mm를 나타냈다.

본 연구는 배암차즈기 메탄을 추출물의 생리활성 및 기능성을 검토하기 위해서 항산화효과 및 아질산염 소거능을 측정하였다. 그 결과, 배암차즈기 메탄을 추출물의 전자공여능(RC50)은 51.10 μg/ml로 나타났고 SOD 유사활성은 추출물(0.92mg/ml)을 첨가하였을때 62.11%로 가장 높게 관찰되었으며, linoleic acid에 대한 항산화력은 추출물 (0.2mg/ml)을 첨가하여 지질과산화물을 측정한 결과 배양시간 1, 2, 4일 경과후 각각 72.86%, 77.18%, 78.32% 감소율을 보임으로써 효과적인 항산화 효과를 나타내었다. 총 페놀함량은 gallic acid equivalents (GAE)로 측정되었고, 202.35± 1.26 GAE μ extract으로 조사되었다. 아질산염 소거능은 복합 생약추출물(0.2mg/ml)을 첨가하였을 때 pH 1.2조건에서 44.29%로 가장 높게 나타났으며 pH가 증가할수록 감소하였다. 이상의 결과로 배암차즈기 메탄을 추출물은 우수한 항산화 효과와 아질산염 소거능을 나타냄으로써 기능성 식품 소재 및 식품 첨가물로써 사용가능 하리라 사료된다.

양파 추출물의 식품첨가소재로써 그 활용성을 평가하기 위하여 양파의 종류(붉은색, 흰색, 황색)와 추출용매(에틸아세테이트, 에탄올, 열수)에 따른 주요 화학성분과 아질산염 소거능을 분석하였다. 총 유기산과 총 유리당은 각각 건물당 및 범위였으며, 각 양파의 에틸아세테이트 및 열수 추출물이 에탄을 추출물보다 높았다. 총 페놀과 총 플라보노이드 함량은 각각 13.3% 및 범위였으며, 각 용매별 붉은색 양파의 추출물이 다른 추출물에 비하여 높게