Abstract:
The present invention relates to a composition comprising veratric acid as an active ingredient for preventing or treating inflammatory diseases. The veratric acid according to the present invention has an excellent effect of inhibiting production of nitric oxide and has an excellent activity of inhibiting phosphorylation of MAPK, NF-κB, GSK-3β, and c-Raf in a macrophage cell stimulated by a stimulation factor that causes in inflammatory reaction. Thus, the veratric acid can be used for development of medicines for treating the inflammatory diseases which can be caused by excessive inflammatory reactions. Further, the veratric acid of the present invention does not induce toxicity to cells and is stable in the body; thereby the veratric acid can be used as a material or a functional health food capable of preventing or alleviating the inflammatory diseases.
Abstract:
The present invention relates the use of neferine for treating liver cancer and, more specifically, to a pharmaceutical composition and health functional foods containing the neferine as an active ingredient for preventing or treating liver cancer. The neferine in the present invention has an anticancer effect by stopping the cell cycle of liver cancer cells, inducing apoptosis and autophagy, and inhabiting vascularization and cell migration. Particularly, the neferine shows specific cytotoxicity on the viral infection-mediated liver cancer cells, thereby having an optimum therapeutic effect against the liver cancer induced by viral infection. Thus, the neferine in the present invention can be used as the pharmaceutical composition and health functional food, as an ingredient for preventing or treating the liver cancer, thereby being expected to be of good value in case of applying in the food or pharmaceutical industry. Also, the composition containing the neferine as the active ingredient in the present invention is safe to use for a long time since the neferine shows no cytotoxicity except the specific liver cancer cells.
Abstract:
본 발명은 베라트르산을 유효성분으로 포함하는 염증질환의 예방 또는 치료용 조성물에 관한 것으로서, 본 발명에 따른 베라트르산은 염증반응을 유발시키는 자극인자에 의한 대식세포에서 산화질소 생성 억제 효과가 우수하고, 염증성 사이토카인인 IL-1β의 생성을 억제하는 효과가 우수하며, MAPK, NF-κB, GSK-3β, c-Raf의 인산화를 억제하는 효과가 우수하여 과다한 염증반응으로 유발될 수 있는 염증질환의 치료제 개발에 유용하게 사용될 수 있다. 또한 본 발명에 따른 베라트르산은 세포에 독성을 유발하지 않기 때문에 체내 안정한 특징이 있어 염증질환을 예방 또는 개선할 수 있는 기능성 건강식품의 소재로도 사용할 수 있는 효과가 있다.
Abstract:
본 발명은 네퍼린(neferine)의 간암 치료의 신규 용도에 관한 것으로, 자세하게는 네퍼린을 유효성분으로 포함하는 간암 예방 또는 치료용 약제학적 조성물, 건강기능식품에 관한 것이다. 본 발명의 네퍼린(Neferine)은 간암세포의 세포주기중지, 세포사멸(apoptosis) 유도, 자가포식(autophagy) 유도, 신생혈관형성 억제 및 세포이동 억제 활성을 통해 항암 효과를 가질 수 있다. 특히, 네퍼린은 간암세포 중에서도 바이러스감염에 의해 유발된 간암세포에 특이적으로 세포독성을 가짐에 따라, 바이러스감염에 의해 유발된 간암세포에 최적화된 치료효과를 가진다. 따라서 본 발명의 네퍼린은 간암을 예방 또는 치료할 수 있는 물질로서 약리학적 조성물과 같은 의약품은 물론이고, 건강기능식품 등으로 활용할 수 있어 식품산업 및 의약산업에 응용될 경우 그 가치가 매우 높을 것으로 기대된다. 또한 본 발명의 네퍼린(Neferine)은 특정 간암세포 외에는 세포독성을 보이지 않기 때문에, 이를 유효성분으로 포함하는 본 발명의 조성물은 장기적 사용에도 안전한 이점을 가진다.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a novel (new) tetrahydropyridinol derivative compound and a new use thereof for cancer treatment, and more specifically, to a novel tetrahydropyridinol derivative compound, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same as an active ingredient for preventing or treating cancer, and a health functional food. The novel tetrahydropyridinol derivative compound of the present invention can inhibit the proliferation and invasion of cancer cells by a wnt/β-catenin signal inhibition mechanism through down-regulation of β-catenin expression, up-regulation of glycogen synthase kinase 3-β (GSK-3β), or up-regulation of E-cadherin expression, and also induce cell cycle arrest of cancer cells through the inhibition of CDK2 expression and the increase of p21 and p27 expression. Therefore, the novel tetrahydropyridinol derivative of the present invention can be applied to medicine, such as a pharmaceutical composition, as well as a health function food, as a material which can prevent or treat cancer, and thus is expected to have a very high value when being applied to food industries and medicinal industries. Further, since the novel tetrahydropyridinol derivative of the present invention does not show cytotoxicity to non-tumor cells instead of cancer cells, the composition of the present invention comprising the derivative as an active ingredient has an advantage of being safe even for long-term use.