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Genotoxicological Safety of Hot Water Extracts of the γ-Irradiated Astragali Radix, Atractylodes Rhizoma, and Cimicifugae Rhizoma in Vitro

감마선 조사 황기, 백출 및 승마 열수 추출물의 in vitro 유전독성학적 안전성 평가

  • 박혜란 (한국원자력연구소 방사선식품ㆍ생명공학기술 개발팀) ;
  • 함연호 (한국원자력연구소 방사선식품ㆍ생명공학기술 개발팀) ;
  • 정우희 (한국원자력연구소 방사선식품ㆍ생명공학기술 개발팀) ;
  • 정일윤 (한국원자력연구소 방사선식품ㆍ생명공학기술 개발팀) ;
  • 조성기 (한국원자력연구소 방사선식품ㆍ생명공학기술 개발팀)
  • Published : 2002.10.01
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Abstract

As the utilization of medicinal herbs in food and bio-industry increases, safe hygienic technologies for them are demanded. To consider the possibility of application of radiation technology for this purpose, the genotoxi-cological safety of three r -irradiated medicinal herbs were studied. Astragali Radix, Atractylodes Rhizoma and Cimicifugae Rhizoma were irradiated at 10 kGy, and then were extracted with hot water. The genotoxicity of the extracts was examined in two short-term in vitro tests: (1) Salmonella reversion assay (Ames test) in strains of TA98 and TA100; (2) Micronucleus test in cultured Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. The extract was treated at maximum doses of 5 mg/plate in Salmonella reversion assay, and 1 mg/mL in micronucleus test where growth of CHO cells was inhibited by 50%. In Salmonella reversion assay with or without metabolic activation, both ex-tracts of irradiated and non-irradiated herbs showed no significant differences in formation of revertant colonies compared with the negative control. And also in micronucleus test, the incidences of micronucleus in CHO cells cultured with extracts of irradiated herbs were almost same as negative control in less than 3%. These results of two in vitro tests suggest that ${\gamma}$-irradiated herbs do not show mutagenicity and cytogenetic toxicity. Further tests of in vivo genotoxicity and chronic toxicity are needed to ascertain the safety of ${\gamma}$-irradiated herbs.

생약재의 식품ㆍ생물 산업적 이용증대에 따라 생약재의 안전한 위생화 기술이 요구되고 있다 본 연구에서는 생약재의 위생화 기술로서 방사선 조사기법의 활용 가능성을 검토하기 위하여, 감마선을 조사한 생약재 3종에 대한 유전독성학적 안전성을 평가하고자 하였다. 공시 재료는 오염유기체 완전 구제선량인 10 kGy의 감마선을 조사시킨 황기, 백출 및 승마로 하였으며, 각각의 열수 추출물의 유전독성을 in vitro 시험으로 평가하였다. 유전독성 평가는 Salmonella typhimurium TA98 및 TA100 균주를 이용한 복귀 돌연변이 시험(Ames test)과 Chiilese hamster ovary(CHO) 세포를 이용한 in vitro 소핵 유발 시험으로 시행하였다. 각각의 시험은 59 nix를 첨가한 대사 활성화 시스템과 첨 가하지 않은 비활성화 시스템으로 구분하여 실시하였으며, 시료의 최고 처리 농도는 복귀돌연변이 시험에서는 5mg/plate로, 소핵유발시험에서는 50%의 세포증식 억제를 나타내는 농도(1 mg/mL)로 하였다. 복귀 돌연변이 시험 결과 대사 활성화 및 비활성화의 경우 모두에서 각 시료에 의한 복귀변이 집락수의 증가를 인정할 수 없었으며, 각 용량단계에서 감마선 조사군과 비조사군 간의 차이도 볼 수 없었으므로 음성으로 판정하였다. 소핵 유발시험에서도 음성 대조군 및 감마선 조사군과 비조사군 모두 각 용량 단계에서 세포 내에 생성된 소핵의 빈도가 3% 이하로 나타남에 따라, 시료에 의한 소핵의 유발을 인정할 수 없었으므로 음성으로 판정하였다 따라서 감마선이 조사된 각각의 시료는 직접 및 간접 돌연변이원으로 작용하지 않으며 세포유전 독성을 나타내지 않음을 확인할 수 있었다. 향후, 생체내 유전독성 시험, 만성독성 시험 및 생식독성 시험 등의 추가적인 in vivo실험이 행하여진다면 감마선 조사 생약재의 안전성을 보다 명확히 밝힐 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

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