Jiyeon Kim

BACKGROUND: Quercetin derivatives in onions have been regarded as the most important flavonoids to improve diabetic status in cells and animal models. The present study was aimed to examine the hypoglycemic and insulin-sensitizing capacity of onion peel extract (OPE) containing high quercetin in high fat diet/streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats and to elucidate the mechanism of its insulin-sensitizing effect. METHODS: Male Sprague-Dawley rats were fed the AIN-93G diet modified to contain 41.2%

This study was a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled trial to assess the efficacy of 4 weeks of mulberry leaf aqueous extract (MLAE) supplementation (5 g/day) for postprandial glycemic control in 36 subjects with impaired fasting glucose (IFG) tolerance. Postprandial responses in the glucose, insulin, and C-peptide levels were measured after a carbohydrate load both at baseline and after 4 weeks of MLAE supplementation. The postprandial glycemic response was attenuated in the MLAE group

The patients with NERD than ERD suffered more from the symptoms and disturbance in Korea. Sleep dysfunction and anxiety mood were higher and QOL was decreased in GERD, especially in NERD, suggesting that those factors might affect the severity of NERD.

Panaxytriol, a polyacetylenic compound, isolated from red ginseng (Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer), was studied to determine its effects on the growth and cell cycle of tumor cell lines. The compound showed both significant cytotoxicity and inhibition of DNA syntheses in various tumor cells tested. For P388D1, a mouse lymphoma cell line, IC50 values for cytotoxicity and inhibition of DNA synthesis were 3.1 and 0.7 microg/ml, respectively. The cytotoxic effect of panaxytriol was both time- and dose-dep

Escherichia coli O157:H7 is recognized as a significant food-borne pathogen, so rapid identification is important for food hygiene management and prompt epidemiological investigations. The limited prevalence data on Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) and E. coli O157:H7 in foods and animals in Korea made an assessment of the risks difficult, and the options for management and control unclear. The prevalence of the organisms was examined by newly developed kit-E. coli O157:H7 Rapid kit. For the

The objective of this present study was to determine the structural, physicochemical, and in-vitro digestibility properties of cross-linked rice starch with citric acid (CARS). Native rice starch (NRS) was cross-linked with different concentrations of citric acid (0, 1, 10, and 30%, w/w) of starch dry basis. The SEM results showed that cross-linking with citric acid induced changes in the morphology of starch granules. Compared with NRS, a new peak at 1734 cm−1 appeared in FT-IR spectra of CARS

The anticancer effect of cytoplasmic fraction from Lactococcus lactis ssp. lactis, which had showed strong antiproliferative activity against SNUC2A human colon cancer cell line in the previous study, was investigated. The proliferation of SNUC2A was inhibited by the treatment with cytoplasmic fraction of Lactococcus lactis ssp. lactis in a dose-dependent and partially reversible manner. After exposure to the cytoplasmic fraction of Lc. lactis for 72 h, strong antiproliferative activity was effi