Abstract

The bulbil of the $Dioscorea$ $species$ is produced, the amount of which is 2,000 tons annually, but it has been discarded without specific use. In this study the antioxidant and antimutagenicity of bulbil of the $Dioscorea$, which compared to bulbil of Danma($Dioscorea$ $japonica$ Decaisne) and Jangma($Dioscorea$ $batatas$ Decaisne), a major domestic cultivation species. The study was done by extracting bulbil of the Dioscorea methanol and the methanol extracts was re-extracted with chloroform, ethyl acetate, $n$-butanol and water. In methanol extract of Danma and Jangma, polyphenolic compounds contained 2.2 and 3.9 mg/g extract, respectively. The ethyl acetate fraction of Danma and Jangma had higher polyphenolic contents of 33.9 and 39.1 mg/g, whereas water fractions were much lower at 2.4 and 5.8 mg/g. Determination of antioxidant activity showed that the ethylacetate fraction strong DPPH radical scavenging activity and ABTS radical scavenging activity. The inhibitory effects of methanol extracts and chloroform, ethylacetate, $n$-butanol, water fraction from bulbil of Danma and Jangma on the mutagenicity in 1-NP, $AFB_1$, Trp-P-1 were investigated using $S.$ $typhimurium$ TA98. Danma and Jangma cultivars decreased the reverse mutation induced by 1-NP, $AFB_1$, Trp-P-1 in $S.$ $typhimurium$ TA98. The fraction of chloroform and ethylacetate showed strong inhibitory effects, in a dose dependant manner against the mutagenicities induced by 1-NP, $AFB_1$, Trp-P-1 in $S.$ $typhimurium$ TA98.

단마와 장마 영여자에 대한 항산화 및 항돌연변이원성을 비교 평가하였다. 단마와 장마 영여자 80% 메탄올의 폴리페놀함량은 2.2 와 3.9 mg/g로 장마에서 높았다. 또한 분획물에 있어서는 장마 영여자 에틸아세테이트 분획물에서 가장 높은 함량을 나타냈다. 그리고 DPPH과 ABTS 라디칼소거능 및 지질과산화 억제효과에 있어서는 총폴리페놀이 높은 장마와 에틸아세테이트 분획물에서 가장 높은 활성을 나타냈다. 한편 단마와 장마 영여자 80%메탄올 추출물 1mg/plate의 1-NP, $AFB_1$, Trp-P-1에 대한 항돌연변이원성은 $S.$ $typhimurium$ TA98($his$D3052)에서 37.5, 24.5, 37.9% 돌연변이 억제효과를 나타내었으며, 장마 영여자는 31.7, 53.9, 56.85%의 돌연변이 억제효과를 나타냈다. 또한 분획물 중에는 단마와 장마 영여자 클로로포름과 에틸아세테이트 분획물에서만 돌연변이 억제효과를 나타내었으며, 농도 의존적으로 증가하였다.

Keywords

• Bulbils of Dioscorea;
• Polyphenol;
• Antioxidant;
• Antimutagenicity