• 제목/요약/키워드: Methylxanthines

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Effect of Catechins, Green tea Extract and Methylxanthines in Combination with Gentamicin Against Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa - Combination therapy against resistant bacteria -

  • Bazzaz, Bibi Sedigheh Fazly;Sarabandi, Sahar;Khameneh, Bahman;Hosseinzadeh, Hossein
    • 대한약침학회지
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    • 제19권4호
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    • pp.312-318
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    • 2016
  • Objectives: Bacterial resistant infections have become a global health challenge and threaten the society's health. Thus, an urgent need exists to find ways to combat resistant pathogens. One promising approach to overcoming bacterial resistance is the use of herbal products. Green tea catechins, the major green tea polyphenols, show antimicrobial activity against resistant pathogens. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of catechins, green tea extract, and methylxanthines in combination with gentamicin against standard and clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and the standard strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa). Methods: The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and the minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) values of different agents against bacterial strains were determined. The interactions of green tea extract, epigallate catechin, epigallocatechin gallate, two types of methylxanthine, caffeine, and theophylline with gentamicin were studied in vitro by using a checkerboard method and calculating the fraction inhibitory concentration index (FICI). Results: The MICs of gentamicin against bacterial strains were in the range of $0.312-320{\mu}g/mL$. The MIC values of both types of catechins were $62.5-250{\mu}g/mL$. Green tea extract showed insufficient antibacterial activity when used alone. Methylxanthines had no intrinsic inhibitory activity against any of the bacterial strains tested. When green tea extract and catechins were combined with gentamicin, the MIC values of gentamicin against the standard strains and a clinical isolate were reduced, and synergistic activities were observed (FICI < 1). A combination of caffeine with gentamicin did not alter the MIC values of gentamicin. Conclusion: The results of the present study revealed that green tea extract and catechins potentiated the antimicrobial action of gentamicin against some clinical isolates of S. aureus and standard P. aeruginosa strains. Therefore, combinations of gentamicin with these natural compounds might be a promising approach to combat microbial resistance.

Different Catabolism Pathways Triggered by Various Methylxanthines in Caffeine-Tolerant Bacterium Pseudomonas putida CT25 Isolated from Tea Garden Soil

  • Ma, Yi-Xiao;Wu, Xiao-Han;Wu, Hui-Shi;Dong, Zhan-Bo;Ye, Jian-Hui;Zheng, Xin-Qiang;Liang, Yue-Rong;Lu, Jian-Liang
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제28권7호
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    • pp.1147-1155
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    • 2018
  • The degradation efficiency and catabolism pathways of the different methylxanthines (MXs) in isolated caffeine-tolerant strain Pseudomonas putida CT25 were comprehensively studied. The results showed that the degradation efficiency of various MXs varied with the number and position of the methyl groups on the molecule (i.e., xanthine > 7-methylxanthine ${\approx}$ theobromine > caffeine > theophylline > 1-methylxanthine). Multiple MX catabolism pathways coexisted in strain CT25, and a different pathway would be triggered by various MXs. Demethylation dominated in the degradation of N-7-methylated MXs (such as 7-methylxanthine, theobromine, and caffeine), where C-8 oxidation was the major pathway in the catabolism of 1-methylxanthine, whereas demethylation and C-8 oxidation are likely both involved in the degradation of theophylline. Enzymes responsible for MX degradation were located inside the cell. Both cell culture and cell-free enzyme assays revealed that N-1 demethylation might be a rate-limiting step for the catabolism of the MXs. Surprisingly, accumulation of uric acid was observed in a cell-free reaction system, which might be attributed to the lack of activity of uricase, a cytochrome c-coupled membrane integral enzyme.

독성학 요약(Toxicology Brief) 초코렛 중독(Chocolate intoxication)

  • Sharon Gwaltney-Brant
    • 대한수의사회지
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    • 제37권11호
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    • pp.1027-1031
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    • 2001
  • 반려동물(Pets)들은 캔디(Candies), 케이크(Cakes), 쿠키(Cookies), 땅콩이 박힌 초코렛과자(Brownies), 빵재료(예 : 초코렛 칩스, 분말 코코아)와 카카오 원두 덮개(Cacao beans mulches)들을 포함, 광범위하고 다양한 초코렛과 코코아 제품들에 노출되어 질 수가 있다. 놀랄것도 없이, 반려동물들에서의 대부분의 사고발생적인 초코렛에의 노출들은 공휴일들 즉, 특히 발렌타이데이(Valentine's day), 부활절(Easter), 만성제전야제(핼로윈축제, Halloween) 및 성탄절에 발생한다. 카카오콩깍지 덮개(cocoa bean hull mulches)들은 많은 개들에게 매력적이고 그것들을 파헤쳐질때 섭취되어질 수가 있다. 이러한 개들의 무차별성 습관때문에 고양이보다 훨씬 더 영향을 끼치고 있는게 일반적이다. 초코렛속에 독성화합물들은 메칠크산틴(Methylxanthines)과 특히 디오브로민(Theobromine)과 카페인(Caffeine)이다.

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기관지 천식 환자의 치료에 성상신경절 차단 효과 -3예 보고- (Effects of Stellate Ganglion Block for the Treatment of Bronchial Asthmatic Patients -3 cases report-)

  • 서재현
    • The Korean Journal of Pain
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    • 제8권2호
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    • pp.331-335
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    • 1995
  • Asthma is a disease of the airways that is characterized by increased responsiveness of the tracheobronchial tree to a multiplicity of stimuli. A number of causes have been postulated for the increased airway reactivity of asthma is conservative as beta-adrenergic agonist, methylxanthines, glucocorticoids, anticholinergics and mast cell stabilizing agent. Stellate ganglion block for the treatment of bronchial asthma has its controversies. Stellate ganglion block was performed for the treatment of 3 patients with bronchial asthma. After stellate ganglion blocks, dyspnea, coughing and wheezing was markedly reduced. Lung function test improved with 1 st case. Two asthma cases were able to discontinue medication for asthma. No severe aggrevation of bronchial symptoms were noted after stellate ganglion blocks. It suggested that stellate ganglion block can be safely performed on bronchial asthmatic patients.

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Characteristics of Thiamine Uptake by the BeWo Human Trophoblast Cell Line

  • Keating, Elisa;Lemos, Clara;Azevedo, Isabel;Martel, Fatima
    • BMB Reports
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    • 제39권4호
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    • pp.383-393
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    • 2006
  • Little is known concerning the mechanisms responsible for the transplacental transfer of thiamine. So, the aim of this work was to characterize the placental uptake of thiamine from the maternal circulation, by determining the characteristics of $^3H$-thiamine uptake by a human trophoblast cell line (BeWo). Uptake of $^3H$-thiamine (50-100 nM) by BeWo cells was: 1) temperature-dependent and energy-independent; 2) pH-dependent (uptake increased as the extracellular medium pH decreased); 3) $Na^+$-dependent and $Cl^-$-independent; 4) not inhibited by the thiamine structural analogs amprolium, oxythiamine and thiamine pyrophosphate; 5) inhibited by the unrelated organic cations guanidine, N-methylnicotinamide, tetraethylammonium, clonidine and cimetidine; 6) inhibited by the organic cation serotonin, and by two selective inhibitors of the serotonin plasmalemmal transporter (hSERT), fluoxetine and desipramine. We conclude that $^3H$-thiamine uptake by BeWo cells seems to occur through a process distinct from thiamine transporter-1 (hThTr-1) and thiamine transporter-2 (hThTr-2). Rather, it seems to involve hSERT. Moreover, chronic (48 h) exposure of cells to caffeine ($1\;{\mu}M$) stimulated and chronic exposure to xanthohumol and iso-xanthohumol (1 and $0.1\;{\mu}M$, respectively) inhibited $^3H$-thiamine uptake, these effects being not mediated through modulation of the expression levels of either hThTr-1 or hSERT mRNA.

국내 시판 잎차 형태 녹차의 이화학 특성 및 산화방지 활성 (Physicochemical Properties and Antioxidant Activities of Loose-leaf Green Tea Commercially Available in Korea)

  • 이란숙;김상희;박종대;김영붕;김영찬
    • 한국식품과학회지
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    • 제47권4호
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    • pp.419-424
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    • 2015
  • 제주, 보성, 하동산 차엽의 우전, 세작, 중작 및 대작 상품명을 쓰고 있는 시판 잎 녹차의 색은 녹차 등급이 높을수록 즉 채엽시기가 빠를수록 L값과 녹색도인 -a값이 높게 나타났으며 제주산 녹차가 보성 및 하동산 녹차에 비해 L값과 b값이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 카테킨 분석 결과 EGC 함량은 차엽 산지에 관계없이 채엽시기가 늦어짐에 따라 유의적으로 증가하였으며, 카테킨, GCg, ECg 함량은 유의적으로 감소하였다. 카테킨류 중 EGCg 함량이 95.39-116.25 mg/g으로 가장 높았으며 특히 보성산 녹차가 다른 지역에 비해 유의적으로 높게 나타났다. 카페인, 테오브로민 및 테아닌 함량은 모든 차엽에서 채엽시기에 따라 유의적으로 감소하는 경향을 보였으며 특히 제주산 우전의 카페인, 테오브로민 및 테아닌 함량은 각각 33.43, 17.84, 20.84 mg/g으로 가장 높게 함유되어 있었다. 산화방지 활성은 측정방법에 상관없이 등급이 높은 우전에서 높게 나타났으며 제주 및 하동산 녹차의 경우 채엽시기가 늦어짐에 따라 유의적으로 감소하였으나 보성산 녹차는 채엽시기에 따라 유의적으로 증가하였다. 녹차의 주요 산화방지 성분인 개별 카테킨 함량과 산화방지 활성과의 상관관계를 분석한 결과 DPPH 활성은 EGCg, ECg 및 총카테킨 함량과 양의 상관관계가 있는 것으로 나타났으며 ABTS 활성은 EGC 함량과는 음의 상관관계 그리고 카테킨, GCg 및 ECg 함량과는 양의 상관관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다.

시판 차류의 Catechins, Theaflavins 및 Methylxanthins 함량에 관한 연구 (Catechins, Theaflavins and Methylxanthins Contents of Commercial Teas)

  • 김수연;소궤신행;한재숙;이갑랑
    • 한국식품조리과학회지
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    • 제21권3호
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    • pp.346-353
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    • 2005
  • 본 연구는 국내에서 시판되고 있는 녹차, 현미녹차, 홍차 2종류, 오룡차 1종류 및 자스민 차 1종류의 티백 제품을 $80\%$ 에탄올과 물로 추출하여 7종의 catechins, 4종의 theaflavins 및 2종의 methylxanthins의 함량을 HPLC로 동시에 분석하였으며 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 총 catechins의 함량은 에탄올과 물 추출 모두 자스민 차가 가장 높았으며 다음으로 에탄을 추출은 녹차, 홍차(II), 오룡 차, 현미 녹차, 홍차(I)의 순이었으며 물 추출은 홍차(II), 녹차, 현미 녹차, 오룡 차, 홍차(I)의 순이었다. 또한 두 추출법에서, 녹차, 현미녹차, 오룡차, 홍차(II)의 경우는 총catechi 중 EGCG가 차지하는 함량이 가장 높았으며 홍차(I)과 자스민 차는 ECG의 함량이 가장 높았다. 2. Theaflavin류는 TF, TF3G, TF3'G, TF33'G의 4종류가 홍차에만 분석되어 에탄을 추출은 홍차(I)과 홍차(II) 모두 TF33'G가 가장 높았으며 물 추출은 홍차(I)은 TF33'G가 홍차(II)는 TF가 가장 높았다. 3. Methylxanthin류로 caffeine과 theobromine은 에탄올과 물 추출에서 홍차(II)와 자스민차가 다른 차에 비하여 높았으며, 모든 시료에서 caffeine이 theobromine 보다 훨씬 더 많은 함량을 보였다. 이상의 결과, 13종의 차 성분 중 홍차(I)에서 caffeine이 가장 높은 함량을 나타낸 것을 제외하고는 대부분의 차에서 catechin 중 ECG와 EGCG의 함량이 많은 것으로 나타났으며, 이 성분이 차의 기능성 물질로 지배적인 물질이었다.