• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.594-601
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• 2022

This study evaluated the biological properties of lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) extracts. The EtOAc extract of lemongrass had DPPH, TEAC, and nitric oxide-scavenging activity assay results of 58.06, 44.14, and 41.08% at the concentration of 50, 10, and 50 ㎍/ml, respectively. The EtOAc extract had higher elastase and collagenase inhibitory activities than the 80% MeOH, n-hexane, BuOH, and water extracts and comparable whitening activity toward monophenolase or diphenolase. Also, the EtOAc fraction had higher lipase inhibitory and antimicrobial activities against Cutibacterium acnes among extracts which is known to an important contributor to the progression of inflammatory acne vulgaris, and an opportunistic pathogen present in human skin. Total phenolic and flavonoid concentrations in the EtOAc extract were 132.31 mg CAE/g extract and 104.50 mg NE/g extract, respectively. Biologically active compounds in lemongrass extracts were analyzed by LC-MS. This study confirms that lemongrass extracts have potential use as cosmetic skincare ingredients. Thus, lemongrass can be considered a promising natural source of readily available, low-cost extracts rich in antioxidant, skincare, and antimicrobial compounds that might be suitable for replacing synthetic compounds in the cosmeceutical industry.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.794-801
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• 2015

레몬그라스 분말을 첨가한 머핀의 품질특성 및 항산화를 측정하기 위하여 레몬그라스 분말 0%, 1%, 3%, 6%, 9%를 첨가하여 머핀을 제조하였다. 머핀의 높이, 부피 및 비체적은 분말의 첨가량이 증가할수록 감소하였다. 레몬그라스 분말 첨가군의 수분 함량과 점도는 대조군과의 유의적 차이가 나타내지 않았으며, 색도 측정 결과, 명도와 황색도는 레몬그라스의 농도가 증가할수록 유의적으로 감소하였으나, 적색도는 증가하였다. Texture를 측정한 결과, 레몬그라스 분말의 씹힘성은 첨가량이 증가할수록 감소하였다. 관능검사는 색, 향, 맛, 조직감, 기호도를 측정했으며, 그 결과 3% 첨가군에서 가장 높은 관능검사 결과를 보여주었다. 레몬그라스 머핀의 DPPH 라디칼 소거능 측정 결과, 레몬그라스의 농도가 증가함에 따라 유의적으로 항산화 활성이 증가하였으므로, 레몬그라스의 첨가가 머핀의 기능성에 좋은 영향을 나타낼 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.167-171
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• 2010

Majority of asthma and atopic dermatitis are known to be spontaneously sensitive to house dust mite allergen. Control of house dust mite populations has been principally achieved by using chemical insecticides. But the risk to human health would be a potential problem. Moreover, house dust mite remain as allergens even after death. So, It is more effective method keeping the house dust mites away than killing them. The use of plant-derived repellents has been considered as a promising alternative to chemical repellents. Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. It has insect repellent properties and is an active ingredient in some commercial mosquito repellents. These studies were carried out to investigate repellent effects of Eucalyptus oil against house dust mites and compare lemongrass oil. Eucalyptus oil and lemongrass oil were exposed at different doses (0.2, 0.1, 0.05, 0.025, 0.0125, $0.00625{\mu}l/cm^2$) and different times (1, 3, 6 hours) on house dust mites. The most effective dose of Eucalyptus and lemongrass oils against house dust mites was $0.1{\mu}l/cm^2$ and $0.025{\mu}l/cm^2$. Each repellent effect(%) in most effective dose was 90.3% (Eucalyptus) and 80.8% (lemongrass).

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제26권8호
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• pp.1127-1136
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• 2013

Four rumen-fistulated crossbred beef cattle (Brahman native) were randomly assigned according to a $4{\times}4$ Latin square design experiment to be fed plant herb supplements in their concentrate mixture. The treatments were: without herb supplementation (Control), lemongrass meal supplementation at 100 g/d (L), lemongrass meal supplementation at 100 g/d plus peppermint powder at 10 g/d (LP), and lemongrass meal supplementation at 100 g/d plus peppermint powder at 10 g/d with garlic powder 40 g/d (LPG), respectively. Based on the present study, the DMI and apparent digestibility of DM, OM, aNDF and ADF were not affected by dietary herb supplementation while CP digestibility tended to be decreased by herb supplement. Moreover, $NH_3$-N and BUN were decreased in all herb supplemented treatments and there was a tendency to an increase in ruminal pH in all herb supplemented groups. While there was no change in TVFA and C4 among lemongrass treatments, C2 was decreased in all herb supplemented treatments while C3 was increased. Methane production by calculation was the lowest in the LP and LPG groups. Population sizes of bacteria and protozoa were decreased in all herb supplemented groups, but not fungal zoospores. In all supplemented groups, total viable and proteolytic bacteria were decreased, while amylolytic and cellulolytic bacteria were similar. More importantly, in all herb supplemented groups, there were higher N balances, while there was no difference among treatments on purine derivative (PD) excretion or microbial N. Based on the results above, it could be concluded that there was no negative effect on ruminal fermentation characteristics and nutrient utilization by plant herb supplement, but protozoal population and $CH_4$ production were reduced. Thus, lemongrass alone or in combination with peppermint and garlic powder could be used as feed additives to improve rumen fermentation efficiency.

• 대한치과기공학회지
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.111-118
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• 2017

Purpose: The study aims to evaluate satisfaction of toothpaste adding natural materials extracted from Zanthoxylum schinifolium and various herbs (Pine, Lemongrass, Spearmint). Methods: We performed the first survey to collect basic data for the development of natural herbal toothpaste. Participants were the general public in Jeonju and Iksan of Jeollabuk-do, and a total of 273 questionnaires were analyzed for the study. By adding anthoxylum schinifolium and herbal extracts (Pine, Lemongrass, Spearmint) to the toothpaste, four kinds of natural herbal toothpaste prototypes were manufactured. The second survey was conducted to assess the satisfaction one week after using the natural herbal toothpaste prototypes. Results: Satisfaction with current toothpaste was 3.52. The most important criterion of toothpaste was the prevention of tooth caries. 55.3% participants obtained toothpaste information through advertising. The survey indicated the most worrisome ingredient of toothpaste was surfactant, showing 55.3%. The overall satisfaction of natural herbal toothpaste was 3.99; among the four natural herbal toothpaste, toothpaste 2 (Zanthoxylum schinifolium, Lemongrass) showed the highest satisfaction as 3.99; and toothpaste 3 (Zanthoxylum schinifolium, Spearmint) showed the lowest satisfaction as 3.56. Conclusion: Four kinds of natural herbal toothpaste showed higher satisfaction as 3.99. In particular, the toothpaste adding Zanthoxylum schinifolium and Lemongrass extracts.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제55권1호
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• pp.13-20
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• 2015

This study was performed to investigate the antibacterial, antioxidant, and termite repellent effects of citronella oil (CiO) and lemongrass oil (LO). When the antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus (S.) aureus with various levels of antibacterial resistance were tested, a 0.05% concentration of CiO and LO completely inhibited the growth of all tested S. aureus strains. Evaluation of the antioxidant effect demonstrated that the 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity of CiO was 2~3 times greater than that of LO. Among trial products made with various combinations of CiO and LO, a CiO : LO ratio of 6 : 4 had the most potent termite repellent effects. Assessment of acute toxicity of the trial product showed that the $LD_{50}$ was more than 2,000 mg/kg. Based on the above results, CiO and LO have antibacterial, antioxidant, and termite repellent activities. Therefore, both compounds could be potential termites repellent reagents.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제9권7호
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• pp.149-154
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• 2018

본 논문은 Lavender, Tea tree, Eucalyptus, Lemongrass 4종의 천연에센셜오일의 Streptpccous mutans 에 의한 치석형성억제 효과에 대하여 연구해 보고자 하였다. Streptpccous mutans 에 의한 치석형성 억제 활성 측정결과인 Lavender 에센셜 오일의 MAC (Minium anti-adhesive concentration, 최소부착저지 농도)가 1.0 % 이고 Tea tree 에센셜 오일, Eucaliptus 에센셜 오일, lemongrass 에센셜 오일의 MAC는 0.5 % 로 나타났다. 에센셜오일의 농도를 달리하여 Streptpccous mutans와 혼합한 배양액을 항온조에서 배양한 후 용액의 pH를 측정하여 최소부착 저지농도 이하에서 산의 생성으로 pH가 낮아진 것을 확인할 수 있었고, 이 결과는 에센셜 오일이 Streptpccous mutans 에 의한 산의 생성을 억제하는 효과가 있다는 것이다. 이러한 결과들로부터 천연에센셜오일 중 특히 Tea tree, Eucalyptus, Lemongrass는 치석생성을 억제하는 천연소재로 구강관리 제품개발에 활용할 수 있는 가능성을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.160-164
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• 2005

The effects of Cymbopogon citratus essential oil (Lemongrass oil) and its main component, citral (84.30%), on antibiotic-susceptible and -resistant strains of Salmonella enteritidis and S. typhimurium were assessed. C. citratus oil and citral significantly inhibited all strains of the two Salmonella species examined, with minimum inhibiting concentrations (MICs) ranging from 0.5 mg/ml to 8.0 mg/ml. The combined effects of C. citratus oil and citral (84.30%) were evaluated using a checkerboard microtiter assay. Essential oil fractions of C. citratus and citral exhibited strong synergistic or additive effects with streptomycin or kanamycin against S. typhimurium strains with fractional inhibitory concentration (FIC) indices in the range of 0.28 to 1.00. In conclusion, a combination of streptomycin and lemongrass oil or its main component, citral, may be useful for reducing the minimum effective dose of antibiotic required for the treatment of resistant S. typhimurium infections.

• 공업화학
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.341-346
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• 2015

본 실험은 액중건조법을 이용해 레몬그라스 오일이 함유된 PCL마이크로캡슐을 제조하였고 교반속도와 PCL, PVA의 농도 변화에 따른 마이크로캡슐의 특성을 조사하였다. PCL마이크로캡슐에 레몬그라스 오일의 함입은 FT-IR 분석에 의해 $1600cm^{-1}$과 $2900cm^{-1}$에서 특정 피크를 측정하였다. 마이크로캡슐의 크기와 형태는 광학현미경과 편광현미경을 이용하여 관찰하였고 마이크로캡슐의 평균 입자크기가 교반속도가 증가함에 따라 작아지는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 교반속도(1500 rpm), PCL (1 wt%)과 PVA (1 wt%)의 농도로 제조하였을 때 가장 작은 입자가 형성됨을 확인하였고 PCL의 농도가 1.5 wt%일 때 레몬그라스의 포집효율이 77.5%이었고 PVA의 농도가 2 wt%일 때 포집효율이 69.8%이었다. UV-Vis 흡광광도법으로 방출 거동과 항산화 활성을 관찰하였다. 교반속도가 느리고 PCL의 농도가 0.5 wt%, PVA의 농도가 2.0 wt%일 때 방출속도가 빠르다는 것을 확인하였다. 항산화 활성은 방출거동과 유사한 특성을 보이는 것을 확인하였다.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.111-116
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• 2006

Essential oils은 식물의 2차 대사산물로서 항박테리아, 항바이러스, 해열 및 항염증작용 등 다양한 생리활성을 가지고 있어 화장품 및 아로마테라피 소재를 비롯하여 식품, 항료, 의약품 원료 등 다양한 용도로 사용되고 있다. 뿐만 아니라, 최근 에스테틱 분야에서도 염증성 피부트러블개선, 주름개선, 노화방지 등 다양한 효능의 피부미용 개선을 목적으로 한 피부관리요법이나 미용관련제품소재로 널리 사용되고 있으나 이에 대한 체계적/객관적 효능 검증 및 작용기작 규명에 대한 과학적 연구는 매우 미비한 실정이다. 따라서, 본 연구는 피부염증과 연관지어 33종의 essential oils의 항염증 기능을 알아보기 위하여 중요 염증 매개인자의 일종인 nitric oxide (NO)를 탐색하였다. 그 중 NO 생성을 효과적으로 억제시키는 essential oil을 선택하여 농도별로 NO 생성억제효과, 세포독성, inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) 발현에 미치는 영향을 탐색하고 작용기작을 규명하고자 하였다. medical skin care에서 주로 사용되는 33종의 essential oils(각 $100 {\mu}g/mL$)의 NO 생성억제효과를 탐색한 결과, 항염증 효과로 알려진 Rosemery (12.3%), Chamomile (37.8%), Lavender (14.2%), Cedar Wood (17.3%), Cypress (7.5%) 보다 Lemongrass (95.3%)의 NO 생성 억제율이 높았으며, iNOS발현에서도 억제 효과를 보여주었다. Lemongrass는 농도의존적으로 NO 생성을 억제시켰으며, $IC_{50}$값은 $22 {\mu}g/mL$이다. 결론적으로 Lemongrass oil은 체내 염증반응의 중요 매개인자인 NO의 생성을 억제하는 항염증 물질로서 염증성 피부질환인 여드름피부의 개선 및 예방 제품 개발에 좋은 소재로서의 가능성이 제시되어진다.