• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.1209-1218
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• 2021

본 연구는 화장품 소재로서 우슬(Achyranthes japonica Nakai)의 가능성을 확인하기 위한 것이다. 우슬 추출물이 가지고 있는 항산화, 항염증, 항주름 효과를 측정하였다. 각각의 식물 재료는 70% 에탄올을 이용하여 우슬 뿌리(Achyranthes japonica Nakai roots, AJNR)와 우슬 줄기(Achyranthes japonica Nakai stalks, AJNS)로부터 추출하였다. RAW 264.7 세포를 배양하여 추출물의 Nitric oxide assay를 진행하였고, 섬유아세포 CCD-986sk를 배양하여 추출물의 MMP-1 assay, Type I procollagen synthesis assay를 실시하였다. 이 연구의 결과, 항산화 활성은 우슬 뿌리와 우슬 줄기 모두 우수하였고, 뿌리는 함염증 효과가 월등하게 우수하였으며 줄기는 뿌리에 비해 MMP-1 저해 활성과 Type I procollagen 합성 효과가 조금 더 높았다. 이 연구의 결과, 우슬 뿌리와 우슬 줄기의 항산화 활성은 유사한 수준으로 우수하였고, 뿌리의 항염 활성은 줄기보다 월등하게 높았다. MMP-1 저해 활성과 Type I procollagen 합성 효과는 대체적으로 우수하였는데 줄기가 뿌리에 비해 가 조금 더 뛰어났다. 그러므로 우슬은 항산화, 항염증, 항주름의 활성을 갖는 기능성 화장품 소재로서 활용이 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.378-381
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• 2020

Fermentation has recently re-emerged as an approach for improved functionality of food products in addition to the traditional roles such as shelf life, taste, and texture. Here, we report dynamic changes in the metabolite profiles of Achyranthes japonica Nakai by Lactobacillus plantarum fermentation, primarily, the significant increases in representative functional ingredients, 20-hydroxyecdysone and 25S-inokosterone. Additionally, untargeted metabolite profiling showed 58% of metabolites underwent significant alteration. The most dynamic change was observed in cellobiose, which showed a 56-fold increase. Others were sugar alcohols and amino acids, while lyxitol and erythritol that were among the most dynamically down-regulated.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.153-161
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• 2001

Ecdysteroid 생합성에 관련된 식물 유전자를 분리할 목적으로 ecdysteroid 생성능이 확인된 쇠무릎(Achyranthes japonica Nakai)으로부터 RNA를 분리하고, ecdysteroid 생합성에 관여한다고 알려진 cytochrome P45O family 유전자 4개와 곤충의 ecdysone 20-hydroxylase 유전자의 다중정렬 분석결과를 토대로 상동성이 높은 부위의 염기서열에 상응하는 degenerate primer를 사용하여 RT-PCR을 행하고, 고유한 염기서열을 가진 partical cDNA clone 14개를 선발했다. 기존에 ecdysteroid 생합성에 관여한다고 알려진 cytochrome P450 family 유전자들과의 염기 및 아미노산 서열의 상동성을 분석한 결과, 선발된 cDNA 중 6개가 cytochrome P45O fumily 유전자들과 상동성이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이 중에서 4개의 clone은 곤충의 ecdysone 20-hydroxylase 유전자와도 상동성이 높아 ecdysteroid 생합성에 관련된 유전자로 추정되었다.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.402-407
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• 2008

The synergistic antimicrobial effect of Achyranthes japonica Nakai (AJN) and Bifidobacterium extracellular factors against Clostridium difficile were measured using a turbidity method. Each broth supernatant of Bifidobacterium infantis ($68.8{\pm}0.02%$) and Bifidobacterium adolescentis ($33.2{\pm}0.2%$) obtained by adding ethyl acetate soluble fractionate from A. japonica Nakai ethanolic extracts (AJNEA, 100 ppm, no inhibition) showed high synergistic antimicrobial activity against C. difficile. In addition, the antimicrobial activity in a laboratory medium and yogurt products against C. difficile were evaluated. In yogurt prepared with a starter 5 (Lactobacillus acidophilus: Streptococcus thermophilus: B. adolescentis =1 : 1 : 1) and a starter 4 (L. acidophilus: S. thermophilus: B. infantis=1 : 1 : 1) and 0.5% AJNEA powder, high antimicrobial effects were recorded that measured 79.0 and 65.2%, respectively. The results indicated the potential of AJN extract for use as an antimicrobial agent. In addition, the efficiency of the antimicrobial activity of the extracts was further improved in combination with lactic acid bacteria, which suggests that they have the potential to be used as a highly effective antibiotic-tolerant microorganism prevention system. Such a strategy can be used for alternative drugs or functional food additives for treatment of antibiotic-associated diarrhea.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.169-176
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• 2021

This study was conducted to suggest the Cudrania tricuspidata leaf and Achyranthes japonica Nakai Complex (CAC) possibility of use as a functional natural material for improving bone disease. Cudrania tricuspidata leaf and Achyranthes japonica Nakai were mixed in the same amount, extracted with hot water, and then powdered and used in the study. After, the cytotoxicity of CAC for osteoblasts (MG63 cell), osteoclasts (differentiated RAW264.7 cell), and macrophages (RAW264.7 cell) were evaluated by MTT assay, and ALP assay and TRAP assay were performed to confirm the differentiation capacity of osteoblasts and osteoclasts, respectively. In addition, the anti-inflammatory effect in macrophages was evaluated by ELISA, qRT-PCR, and western blot assay. CAC did not proliferated osteoblasts and osteoclasts, but increased ALP activity against osteoblasts differentiation and decreased TRAP activity against osteoclasts differentiation. CAC did not proliferated macrophages but decreased nitric oxide production. Also, decreased NOS2, IL1B, IL6, PTGS2, and TNFA gene expression, and JNK and p38 protein phosphorylation in a concentration-dependent manner, but ERK protein phosphorylation was not changed. As a result, CAC increased the differentiation and activation of osteoblasts, inhibited the differentiation and activation of osteoclasts, and regulated the expression of inflammatory cytokines in macrophages. Therefore, it is thought that CAC can be used as a functional natural material that prevents bone disease and has an anti-inflammatory effect.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.162-166
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• 2001

미역고사리(Polypodium vutgare L.)와 쇠무릎(Achyranthes japonica Nakai)에 있어서 광과 methyl jasmonate(MJ), 6-benzylaminopurine(BA), thidiazuron(TDZ), 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid(2,4-D)가 식물체 중의 ecdysteroids (${\beta}$-ecdysone+polypodine B) 함량에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 수광량을 조절하여 재배한 미역고사리의 잎과 근경 모두 상대광도가 높을수록 ecdysteroids 함량이 감소하였고 쇠무릎 유묘의 배양시 광 조건일 때가 암 조건일 때 보다 ecdysteroids함량이 낮아 식물의 ecdysteroids 함량은 광에 의해 저하되는 것으로 나타났다. 미역고사리 전엽체와 쇠무릎 유묘의 배양계에서 식물체 중의 ecdysteroids 함량은 배지 중의 MJ와 BA 그리고 TDZ의 농도가 높아짐에 따라 증가된 반면 2,4-D의 농도와는 무관하게 일정한 수준으로 유지되어,식물의 ecdysteroids 함량은 MJ와 cytokinin처리에 의해 증가되지만 auxin처리에 의해서는 영향을 받지 않는 것으로 나타났다.

• 대한본초학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.77-82
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• 2005

Objectives : A morphological classification among Achyranthes japonica Nakai (produced in Korea), A. bidentata Blume (imported from China), and Cyathula officinalis Kuan (used in China exclusively) was made through microscopic observation. Method : The slice of the tested material made by paraffin section technique was colored with Safranine Malachite Green contrast methods, and then observed and photographed by olymphus-BHT. Result : 1. Korean A. japonica Nakai has slim roots, whose diameter is $1{\sim}5\;mm$. 1) Most of its intersection is stele, which includes a lot of vascular bundles. The inside of vascular bundles shows the arrangement of $2{\sim}4$ cycles, the innermost wheel of which is divided into two parts. 2) Parts of parenchymatous cell include Crystal sand of calcium oxalate. 2. The diameter of the roots of Chinese A. bidentata Blume is $0.4{\sim}1\;cm$. 1) The xylem in the vascular bundle in the middle of its intersection is rather big, around which the inner parts of the vascular bundles are arranged in the shape of $2{\sim}4$ cycles around. The most outside part of it is small, and the middle part is gathered into $2{\sim}3$ groups. 2) Parts of parenchymatous cells include Crystal sand of calcium oxalate. 3. The roots of Chinese C. officinalis Kuan is thick, whose diameter is $0.5{\sim}3\;cm$. 1) Vascular bundle of its intersection is spotted, arranged in the shape of $4{\sim}11$ concentric circles, whose center is divided into $2{\sim}9$ groups. 2) Parenchymatous cells include crystal sand and square crystal of calcium oxalate. Conclusion : It is concluded that Achyranthes japonica Nakai, A. bidentata Blume, and C. officinalis Kuan have different shapes in both external forms and internal intersections, so that they can be easily distinguished from one another through microscopic observation.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.323-329
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• 2016

Achyranthes japonica Nakai (AJN) water extract has a variety of physiological properties, including anti-diabetic, anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, and anti-oxidative activities. In the present study, the inhibitory effects of AJN extract were investigated in high affinity immunoglobulin E receptor ($Fc{\varepsilon}RI$)-mediated KU812F cells activation. AJN extract showed suppressive effects on histamine release and intracellular calcium [$Ca^{2+}$]i elevation from anti$Fc{\varepsilon}RI$ antibody (CRA-1)-stimulated cells in a dose-dependent manner. Flow cytometric analysis showed that AJN extract treatment caused a dose-dependent decrease in the cell surface $Fc{\varepsilon}RI$ expression and the binding between the cell surface $Fc{\varepsilon}RI$ and the IgE antibody. Moreover, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis showed that levels of the mRNA for the $Fc{\varepsilon}RI$ ${\alpha}$ chain was decreased by treatment with AJN extract. These results indicate that AJN extract may exert anti-allergic effects via the inhibition of calcium influx and histamine release, which occurs as a result from the downregulation of the binding of IgE antibody to cell surface $Fc{\varepsilon}RI$. This mechanism may occur through $Fc{\varepsilon}RI$ expression inhibition.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.29-35
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• 2014

In this study, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of ethanolic crude extract and its five different solvent subfractions (namely, ethyl acetate fraction, n-butanol fraction, chloroform fraction, n-hexane fraction and the aqueous fraction) from a mixture of four different medicinal herbs (Galla rhois, Achyranthes japonica Nakai, Terminalia chebula Retz and Glycyrrhiza uralensis) were investigated. Among all the tested mixture combination of four medicinal herbs, 5:3:1:1 ratio of Galla:Achyranthes : Terminalia : Glycyrrhiza had the best antimicrobial effects against four strains of microorganisms (Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli) and exhibited the highest DPPH radical-scavenging activity. Further sub-fractions with solvents were screened for antioxidant and antimicrobial activities. Antioxidant activity in order was ethyl acetate fraction > n-butanol fraction > chloroform fraction > nhexane fraction > aqueous fraction. The n-butanol extracted fraction showed the highest level of antimicrobial activity in com- parison to other fractions. In addition, all those fractions did not show any cytotoxicity against human skin cell CCD-986sk. These results suggest that 5:3:1:1 combination extracts of medicinal herbs (Galla : Achyranthes : Terminalia : Glycyrrhiza) may be potentially used as a safe natural antimicrobial preservative.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제65권1호
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• pp.17-21
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• 2022

생약 중 잔류농약의 안전성을 확보하기 위해 metalaxyl에 대해 백출과 우슬의 잔류농약 분석법을 개발하고자 하였다. LC-MS/MS를 사용하여 QuEChERS법을 기반으로 백출과 우슬 중 metalaxyl을 분석하기 위하여 물로 습윤화 시켜 acetonitirile로 추출하여 MgSO₄와 NaCl을 첨가해 층 분리 후 SPE-NH₂ cartridge로 정제하였다. 본 분석법의 기기정량한계와 분석정량 한계는 0.002 ㎍/mL과 0.01 mg/kg이었고 표준검량선은 0.001-0.05 mg/L 범위에서 결정계수(R²) 0.999의 직선성을 확인하였다. 백출과 우슬에 대한 회수율은 MLOQ 수준, MLOQ의 10배 수준에서 88.1-109.1%의 우수한 회수율을 보였고, 변이계수는 2.0-6.2%로 10%이하였다. 본 연구에서 확립한 LC-MS/MS를 이용한 잔류분석법의 회수율 및 분석오차는 국제적인 기준을 만족하고 있으므로 생약 백출 및 우슬 중 metalaxyl의 안전성 검사를 위한 분석법으로 활용할 수 있을 것이라고 판단된다.