• 한국자기공명학회논문지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.87-92
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• 2019

Allium hookeri (Liliaceae) has been received the increasing attention as a bioactive resource due to its potent biological activities including anti-oxidant, anti-obesity, anti-microbial and lipid-regulating activities. The beneficial effects of A. hookeri are known contributed from the high content of organosulfur compounds in A. hookeri. Though a variety of articles demonstrated that A. hookeri contains 'saponin' as a bioactive constituent, the scientific evidence to prove it was limited. In the present study, we have attempted to identify saponin contained in A. hookeri through chromatographic isolation and NMR spectroscopic methods. As a result, a spirostane-type steroidal saponin (1) has been successfully isolated from the methanolic extract of A. hookeri roots. The structure of 1 was elucidated by extensive 1D and 2D spectroscopic methods including ¹H-NMR, ¹³C-NMR, ¹H-¹H COSY, HSQC, HMBC and NOESY; identified as (3β, 22R, 25S)-spirost-5-en-3yl O-6-deoxy-α-L-mannopyranosyl-(1→4)-O-6-deoxy-α-L-mannopyranosyl-(1→4)-O-[6-deoxy-α-L-mannopyranosyl-(1→2)]-β-D-gluco pyranoside. 1 showed the significant inhibitory activity on mushroom tyrosinase with IC₅₀ values of 248.7 μM while the inhibition on alpha-glucosidase was not significant.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.199-201
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• 2010

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.582-589
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• 2011

Bioconversion of timosaponin A-III (TA-III), one of the major steroidal saponins isolated from the rhizomes of Anemarrhenae asphodeloides Bunge (Liliaceae), was investigated in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Five bioconversion products, denoted compounds 2-6, were obtained. Biotransformation metabolite 2 was a stereoisomer of TAIII with a specific isotype F-ring and ${\beta}$-ranged $CH_3$-21, which rarely occurs in nature. The structure of 2 was elucidated by extensive spectroscopic analysis (H-H COSY, HSQC, HMBC), as well as by high-resolution mass spectral analysis. The growth inhibitory activity of compounds 1-6 was assayed against four human cancer cell lines, HepG2, H-1299, HT-29, and HCT-116. Compounds 1 and 2 obviously inhibited the growth of the four types of cancer cells with $IC_{50}$ values being less than 19${\mu}M$. A structure-activity relationship is discussed, and the spirostane-ring F in compounds 1 and 2 appears to be the critical bioactive moiety for the cell growth inhibitory property.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.136-140
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• 2000

방울비짜루의 MeOH 추출물 및 수포화 BuOH추출물로부터 항균활성을 확인하고 그 원인물질을 구명하던 중 두 종의 steroid saponin을 분리하였다. 이들의 구조확인을 위해 $^1H,\;^{13}C$ NMR 및 2D NMR 등 분광학적 방법을 사용하였으며 최종 이들의 구조가 25S-spirostane계의 steroid saponin인$3-O-[{\beta}-D-glucopyranosyl-(1{\rightarrow}2)-{\beta}-D-glucopyranosyl]-(25S)-spirostan-3{\beta}-ol$ 및 $3-O-{{\beta}-D-glucopyranosyl-(1{\rightarrow}2)-[{\beta}-D-xylopyranosyl-(1{\rightarrow}4)]-{\beta}-D-glucopyranosyl}-(25S)-spirostan-3{\beta}-ol$인 것으로 동정되었다. 이 두 화합물은 방울비짜루로부터는 처음으로 분리되었다. 이들 saponin의 항균활성 및 항균 스펙트럼을 검사하기 위하여 20개 균주에 대한 MIC를 실시하였다. 이들은 그중 10개 균주에 대해 $100\;{\mu}g/ml$의 농도에서 세균의 성장을 저지하는 항균력이 있었으며 광범위한 항균 스펙트럼을 나타내었다.