Production of nitric oxide, tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-6 by RAW264.7 macrophage cells treated with lactic acid bacteria isolated from kimchi

The multistage induction theory is generally regarded as the mechanism of carcinogenesis. In order to prevent the initiation stage of carcinogenesis, it is meaningful to discover the functional components of edible plants. The objective of this research was to test the antimutagenicity of the functional components of several typical traditional herbs used in Japan. The traditional herbs, gennoshoko (Geranium nepalense var. thunbergii), yomogi (Artemisia vulgaris var. indica), senburi (Swertia japonica), iwa-tobacco (Conandron ramondioides), sarunokoshikake (Elfvingia applanata), kanzo (Glycyeehiza uralensis Fisch) and matatabi (Actinidia polygama) were examined by Ames mutagenesis assay test with Salmonella typhimurium TA98 and TA100 against mutagens, Trp-P-1, Trp-P-2 and B(a)P. The water-soluble components or volatile oil of the herbs were extracted in boiling water. The extracts of gennoshoko showed strong antimutagenicity against B(a)P with S. typhimurium TA98 and TA100, as well as Trp-P-1 and Trp-P-2 with S. typhimurium TA98. Yomogi, senburi and iwa-tobacco were also proved to have good antimutagenicity against Trp-P-1 and Trp-P-2 with S. typhimurium TA98, but weaker antimutagenicity against B(a)P. Other herbs did not show any obvious antimutagenicity against these mutagens. In addition, the volatile oil of yomogi also had remarkable antimutagenic effect against the mutagens we used with S. typhimurium TA98.     

火棘花挥发油化学成分的GC-MS分析及抗氧化活性研究

采用水蒸气蒸馏法提取火棘花挥发油,利用气相色谱—质谱联用技术(GC-MS)分析其化学成分。使用维生素C和BHT为阳性对照,以DPPH自由基、亚硝酸钠清除作用为指标评价挥发油的抗氧化活性。从挥发油中鉴定了77个化合物,占挥发油总量的83.77%,含有多种生物活性成分,以萜类及其含氧衍生物(50.31%)、烷烃(18.52%)、醛(5.54%)为主;挥发油对DPPH自由基、亚硝酸钠有明显的清除作用,清除率为50%时,其体积分别为43.51、79.48μL,样品量与清除率间呈量效关系;挥发油对DPPH自由基的清除效果略低于1 mg·mL-1维生素C,对亚硝酸钠的清除效果优于1 mg·mL-1的BHT。     

雪松松针挥发油化学成分及抗氧化活性研究

采用水蒸气蒸馏法提取雪松松针挥发油,利用气相色谱-质谱联用技术分析其化学成分。使用维生素C为阳性对照,以DPPH自由基、ABTS自由基和羟基自由基清除作用为指标评价挥发油的抗氧化活性。从雪松松针挥发油中鉴定了37种化学成分,占挥发油总量的95.10%,以烃类和醇类为主;挥发油对DPPH自由基、ABTS自由基和羟基自由基有明显的清除作用,其IC₅₀分别为0.30、0.22及0.96 μg·mL^-1,且呈现一定的量效关系。可见,雪松松针挥发油中含有多种有应用价值的化学成分,具有显著的抗氧化活性。     

红豆树叶挥发油化学成分及其抗氧化和抑菌活性研究

为探究红豆树叶挥发油的化学组成及其生物活性,本研究首次采用水蒸气蒸馏法提取红豆树叶挥发油,并通过气相色谱-质谱联用技术(GC-MS)分析其化学成分,结合DPPH和ABTS法及抑菌圈法,评价其体外抗氧化和抑菌活性。结果表明,从红豆树叶挥发油中共检测出化合物36个,占挥发油总量的90.50%;挥发油主要成分为1,4-二十烷二烯(25.72%)、1,19-二十烷二烯(10.85%)、2,6-二叔丁基对甲酚(10.14%)、邻苯二甲酸正丁基异丁基酯(9.75%)、(Z,Z)-6,9-二十烷二烯(7.60%)、(E,E)-α-金合欢烯(7.51%)、叶醇(4.74%)和2-异丙烯基-5-甲基-6-庚烯-1-醇(4.04%)。红豆树叶挥发油对DPPH自由基和ABTS自由基清除作用的半数有效量(ED₅₀)分别为0.27、0.14 mg/mL,且抗氧化活性与挥发油浓度呈量效相关。红豆树叶挥发油浓度为7.1 mg/mL时,其对枯草芽孢杆菌(Bacillus subtilis)、金黄色葡萄球菌(Staphylococcus aureus)、绿脓杆菌(Pseudomonas aeruginosa)和大肠杆菌(Escherichia coli)的抑菌圈分别为11.29、9.88、10.85和11.03 mm。本研究为红豆树叶资源的综合开发利用提供了理论基础。     

花椒呈香部位的气相色谱指纹图谱研究

采用气相色谱分析技术对代表性产地的13批花椒水蒸气蒸馏-乙醚萃取物进行了比较,建立了花椒水蒸气蒸馏-乙醚萃取物化学成分的指纹图谱,在本文采用的条件下,花椒图谱具有较好的特征性,可作为花椒蒸馏法精油的专属性指纹图谱。     

不同居群生姜呈香部位的气相色谱指纹图谱研究

采用气相色谱分析技术对代表性产地的生姜水蒸气蒸馏-乙醚萃取物进行了比较,确定了气相色谱分析条件,分析评价了生姜水蒸气蒸馏-乙醚萃取物化学成分指纹图谱,在本文采用的条件下,生姜气相色谱指纹图谱具有较好的特征性,可作为生姜蒸馏法挥发油的专属性指纹图谱。     

生姜呈香部位气相色谱指纹图谱共有峰的GC/MS分析

采用气相色谱-质谱联机技术,对不同居群生姜的指纹图谱部分共有峰进行了定性分析,初步鉴定了其中的20个成分。     

Extraction,profiling and bioactivity analysis of volatile glucosinolates present in oil extract of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Brassica juncea</Emphasis> var. <Emphasis Type="Italic">raya</Emphasis>

Cruciferous vegetables are rich source of glucosinolates (GSLs), which in presence of myrosinase enzyme cause hydrolytic cleavage and result in different hydrolytic products like isothiocyanates, thiocyanates, nitriles and epinitriles. The GSLs hydrolytic products are volatile compounds, which are known to exhibit bioactivities like antioxidant, fungicidal, bioherbicidal and anticancer. Among the Brassicaceae family, Brassica juncea is very well known for high content of GSLs. In the present study, the isolation of volatile oil of B. juncea var. raya was done by hydrodistillation method using clevenger apparatus and further there extraction was done by solvents ethyl acetate and dichloromethane. The volatile compounds present in the extract were analysed by gas chromatography/gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC/GC–MS). Fatty acid esters, sulphur and/or nitrogen compounds, carbonyl compounds and some other volatile compounds were also identified. Besides the analytical studies, the extracts were analysed for their bioactivities including radical scavenging activity by using DNA nicking assay and cytotoxic effect using different human cancer cell lines viz. breast (MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231), prostate (PC-3), lung (A-549), cervix (HeLa) and colon (HCT116) by MTT assay. The oil extracts were efficiently able to reduce the increase of cancer cells in a dose-dependent manner. Among all cell lines, the most effective anticancer activity was observed in case of breast (MCF-7) cancer cell line. So, MCF-7 cells were used for further mechanistic studies for analysing the mechanism of anticancer activity. Confocal microscopy was done for analysing morphological changes in the cells and the images confirmed the features typical of apoptosis. For evaluating the mode of cell death, spectrofluorometric determination of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) was done. The volatile oil extract treated MCF-7 cells had a significant increase in number of ROS, also there was a rise in percentage of cells with increased disruption of MMP. So, the present study marks necessary indication that B. juncea (raya) oil extracts significantly induces apoptosis in all the above mentioned cancer cells lines through a ROS-mediated mitochondrial pathway and thus play a remarkable role in death of cancer cells.     

Radical scavenging activity of spring mountain herbs in the Shikoku mountain area and identification of antiradical constituents by simple HPLC detection and LC-MS methods

The functionality of spring mountain herbs, which were collected in the Kajigamori mountain area of Shikoku area in Japan, was investigated in the course of our studies for utilizing local plant resources. The radical scavenging activity of the extracts from seventeen herbs was measured. Among these herbs, two extracts from Polystichym ovato-paleaceum (Japanese name: Tsuyanashiinode) and Sambucus racemosa subsp. sieboldiana (Japanese name: Niwatoko) showed potent DPPH radical scavenging activity. The material evidence for the potent activity of the extracts was studied by a combination of our developed method for detecting antiradical compounds, LC-MS/MS, and enzymatic hydrolysis.     

北细辛超临界萃取物挥发性成分的GC-MS分析

采用超临界流体萃取法(SFE)和水蒸气蒸馏法分别对北细辛根及根茎进行提取分离,分别得5.5%SFE萃取物和2.8%挥发油。应用GC-MS分析,从北细辛SFE萃取物中鉴定出7种化学成分,占萃取物总量的72.70%,其中甲基丁香酚为44.62%;从细辛挥发油中鉴定出19种化学成分,占挥发油总量的88.53%,其中甲基丁香酚为43.02%。两种方法有6种成分完全相同,其中致癌物质黄樟油素SFE法比蒸馏法低2.8倍。北细辛根及根茎超临界萃取物与水蒸汽蒸馏挥发油主要成分相同,但其化学组成存在较大差异,提示药效亦不相同。超临界流体萃取法是剂型改革的有效方法之一。     

印度块菌提取物抗氧化活性的研究

对印度块菌Tuber indicum子实体的提取物,包括55%乙醇粗提物(ECE)、石油醚提取物(PEF)和乙酸乙酯提取物(EAF)的清除DPPH自由基和羟基自由基能力、铁离子鳌合能力以及各提取物的总酚含量等进行了研究和测定,结果显示,3种提取物的清除自由基能力和铁离子鳌合能力具有显著差异(P0.05);ECE对DPPH自由基的清除活性最高,其EC50值为1.61g/L;EAF对羟基自由基及铁离子表现出较强的清除或螯合的能力,其EC50值分别为3.31g/L和0.70g/L;EAF的总酚含量(2.964mg GAE/g提取物)最高,其次是ECE,总酚含量为(2.618mg GAE/g提取物);PEF的清除自由基和铁离子鳌合能力较差,其总酚含量也最低(1.124mg GAE/g提取物);总酚含量与印度块菌提取物清除自由基以及鳌合铁离子的能力密切相关。     

Isolation and Characterization of Antioxidation Enzymes from Cells of Zedoary (Curcuma zedoaria Roscoe) Cultured in a 5-l Bioreactor

In this study, a cell suspension culture system for zedoary (Curcuma zedoaria Roscoe) was developed, using 50 g/l of fresh weight inoculum in a batch culture. The highest cell biomass obtained from a 5-l bioreactor equipped with three impellers after 14 days of culture was utilized to extract secondary metabolites (essential oil and curcumin) and determine the activities of antioxidant enzymes (peroxidase, superoxide dismutase, and catalase). For essential oil and curcumin, zedoary extracts were recovered via a variety of methods: steam distillation, volatile solvents, and Soxhlet. After 14 days of culture using volatile solvents, the optimal yield of essential oil (1.78%) was obtained when using petroleum ether at 40°C in 6 h of extraction, and the best curcumin yield (9.69%) was obtained at 60°C in 6 h via extraction with 90% ethanol. The activities of antioxidant enzymes from zedoary cells were also assessed. The specific activities of peroxidase, superoxide-dismutase, and catalase reached maximum values of 0.63 U/mg of protein, 16.60 U/mg of protein, and 19.59 U/mg of protein after 14 days of culture, respectively.     

中药美白成分的复配及复方中药发酵液的功效

【目的】通过中药美白成分的复配,进而研究复方中药发酵液活性成分及功效性。【方法】以酪氨酸酶抑制率为指标研究最佳复配含量,采用分光光度法测定复方中药发酵液中总酚、多糖、黄酮、蛋白质含量,通过HPLC技术进行氨基酸分析,抗氧化能力通过总还原力和自由基清除试验进行评价,通过酪氨酸酶活性抑制实验进行美白功效分析。【结果】正交实验得出4种中药美白成分中覆盆子对酪氨酸酶抑制效果最好;复方中药发酵液中多酚、多糖、黄酮和蛋白质含量分别为147.80、4.36、1.17、2.22 g/kg;复方中药发酵液具有较高的总还原力、羟自由基清除能力和DPPH自由基清除能力;5%(W/V)复方中药发酵液的酪氨酸酶活性抑制率为82.41%。【结论】复方中药发酵液中含有多种活性成分,具有一定的抗氧化和美白功效。     

江西迷迭香精油的成分分析及抗氧化、抑菌活性研究

为了研究江西迷迭香精油的化学成分及抗氧化、抑菌活性,采用水蒸气蒸馏法提取迷迭香精油,利用气相色谱-质谱联用法(GC-MS)对迷迭香精油成分进行分析,通过对DPPH自由基、羟基自由基的清除活性和还原力来研究迷迭香精油的体外抗氧化活性;通过以枯草芽孢杆菌、金黄色葡萄球菌和大肠杆菌为供试菌,测定抑菌圈大小和最低抑菌浓度(MIC)来研究迷迭香精油的抑菌活性。实验结果表明,从迷迭香精油中鉴定出40种化学成分,占精油总量的99.46%,其主要化学成分有α-蒎烯(39.05%)和1,8-桉叶素(16.86%),其次是莰烯(4.22%)、D-柠檬烯(3.87%)、龙脑(3.74%)、β-石竹烯(3.11%)等,α-蒎烯的含量高于国内其他产地;迷迭香精油对DPPH、羟基自由基和还原力的半数清除率IC₅₀值分别为76.42、51.40和49.15μL/mL;精油对枯草芽孢杆菌、金黄色葡萄球菌和大肠杆菌的抑菌圈大小分别为14.40±0.66、11.41±0.19、11.70±0.27 mm,最低抑菌浓度(MIC)分别为2.50、10.00、10.00μL/mL,对枯草芽孢杆菌的抑制作用明显强于金黄色葡萄球菌和大肠杆菌。结果表明迷迭香精油具有较好的抗氧化、抑菌活性。     

Antioxidant activity of phenylpropanoid esters isolated and identified from Platycodon grandiflorum A. DC

Platycodon grandiflorum A. DC (Campanulaceae) is used as a traditional oriental medicine and also as a food in Korea. Here we investigated its antioxidant activity, and isolated and identified its active compounds. Petroleum ether extracts from the whole root of P. grandiflorum were fractionated by silica gel column chromatography using a solvent gradient (petroleum ether:diethyl ether, v/v; 9:1-5:5). The 8:2 fraction showed a higher radical scavenging activity than the other fractions, and active compounds were purified from this fraction by reversed-phased HPLC. Two active compounds were identified as coniferyl alcohol esters of palmitic and oleic acids by FAB-MS, UV, IR and NMR spectroscopy. The antioxidant activities of these two compounds, which were evaluated by 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), superoxide and nitric oxide radical scavenging capacity, were found to be as high as those of BHT or BHA.     

Antimicrobial, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory activities of essential oils from five selected herbs

Eucalyptus bridgesiana, Cymbopogon martinii, Thymus vulgaris, Lindernia anagallis, and Pelargonium fragrans are five species of herbs used in Asia. Their essential oils were analyzed by GC-MS, and a total of 36 components were detected. The results of our study indicated that, except for the essential oil of P. fragrans, all of the essential oils demonstrated obvious antimicrobial activity against a broad range of microorganisms. The C. martinii essential oil, which is rich in geraniol, was the most effective antimicrobial additive. All of the essential oils demonstrated antioxidant activities on 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical scavenging assay, β-carotene/linoleic acid assay, and nitric oxide radical scavenging assay. Furthermore, the T. vulgaris essential oil, which possesses plentiful thymol, exhibited the highest antioxidant activity. For P. acnes-induced secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines, the essential oils of P. aeruginosa, C. martinii, and T. vulgaris reduced the TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-8 secretion levels of THP-1 cells.     

小花清风藤挥发油化学成分研究

利用水蒸气蒸馏法提取小花清风藤中的挥发性成分,通过气相色谱质谱联用技术（GC-MS）并结合计算机分析鉴定提取物中挥发油芳香成分,共鉴定出17种化合物,其中有12种烷烃类化合物,1种芳香类化合物,1种醚类化合物,1种杂环类化合物,1种环戊二烯和1种酰胺类化合物。用面积归一化法测定挥发油中各种成分的相对含量,合计占总峰面积的8.8%。实验结果表明：用水蒸气蒸馏提取小花清风藤挥发油时,提取率为4.18%,其最主要成分为烷烃类化合物。     

花椒气相色谱指纹图谱共有峰的GC/MS研究

采用气相色谱-质谱联用技术,对13个居群花椒的气相色谱指纹图谱17个共有峰进行了定性分析,初步鉴定了各成分的结构。     

Assessment of hydroxyl radical generation and radical scavenging activity of Chinese medicinal herbs using GC-MS

Aqueous extracts of ten Chinese herbs were evaluated for their radical scavenging activity by a GC-MS method based on the Fenton reaction system. Hydroxylation of salicylate and phenylalanine is widely used as an index of hydroxyl radical formation in vivo and in vitro. A problem associated with quantifying product from such reactions is the generation of complex reaction products that increase background 'noise' and reduce sensitivity for the target product. The aim of this investigation was to develop a GC-MS methodology to assess in vitro hydroxyl radical production. In this method, hydroxyl radical was trapped by p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid to form 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) which was then selectively extracted from the reaction mixture using aluminium oxide and assayed by GC-MS. Selective adsorption and desorption of the catechol nucleus from aluminium oxide was shown to eliminate interference from non-catechol reaction products effectively. This system was applied to examine the hydroxyl radical scavenging activity of different herbal extracts. The results showed that the herb Dimocaepus Longan Lour exhibited the highest radical scavenging activity of all the herbs examined. With the use of a stable isotope-labelled internal standard, this system could be readily applied to in vitro methods which use 4-hydroxybenzoic acid as a substrate for the hydroxyl radical.     

珍稀濒危植物单性木兰种皮的挥发性成分分析

采用水蒸汽蒸馏法提取单性木兰种皮的挥发组分,用GC-MS分别定性定量分析了提取的油层精油和溶解在水中的化学成分。结果表明,挥发组分的提取率为4.2%,其中,油层精油得率为3.5%,主要成分中萜烯类化合物多,含量高,其中罗勒烯37.3%、D-苧烯9.03%、对-伞花烯8.10%、β-月桂烯7.79%、β-反-罗勒烯4.08%、对-孟-1-烯4.00%、α-侧柏烯3.11%;水层乙醚萃取率0.7%,其中α-松油醇6.13%、对-伞花烃5.57%、D-苧烯5.33%、6-甲基-3,5-庚二烯-2-酮4.44%、4-甲基-4-戊烯-2-酮4.16%。