In this study, we investigated antioxidative activity, antibacterial activity against pathogenic strains including methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and tyrosinase inhibitory activity in 75% ethanol extract of Taraxacum coreanum and its fractions. The total polyphenol and flavonoid contents of the extract were 238.59mg/g and 33.18mg/g and the total polyphenol and flavonoid contents of the ethyl acetate fraction were 427.81mg/g and 148.90mg/g as the highest content of fractions. In DPPH radical scavenging ability, SC50 values of the ethyl acetate and butanol fraction were 38.40μg/ml and 82.28 μg/ml, respectively. In antibacterial activity by the disc diffusion assay against S. aureus, S. epidermidis and MRSA, the ethyl acetate fraction showed stronger antibacterial activity than other fractions and the extract. Especially, the ethyl acetate fraction was exhibited effective antibacterial activity against MRSA. In the cytotoxicity measurement by MTT assay, the extract and fractions were exhibited Raw 264.7 cell viabilities of 96.32~143.21% as nontoxic result in concentration of 5~100 μg/ml. As a result, the ethyl acetate fraction of the 75% ethanol extract from T. coreanum could be applicable to functional materials for related fields.

기질 화합물로써 일련의 phenyl-2,2'-methylenebis(cyclohexane-1,3-dione) 유도체(1-22)들의 치환기(R1 및 R2)가 변화함에 따른 tyrosinase 활성저해에 대한 분자 홀로그래피적인 정량적 구조-활성관계(HQSAR) 모델을 유도하였다. 그리고 tyrosinase 저해활성에 미치는 구조상 요소들의 분석결과에 근거하여 높은 tyrosinase 저해활성을 보이는 새로운 tyrosinase 저해활성 분자를 설계하였다. 또한, 통계적으로 양호한 E-2 모델(상관성; r2= 0.929 및 예측성; q2=0.564)을 유도하였으며 설계된 화합물, P1 (Pred.pI50 = 5.48)는 기준물질로 사용된 kojic acid에 비하여 약 13.4배 높은 저해활성을 나타낼 것으로 예측되었다.