In order to develop processing methods with high physiological activity for Protaetia brevitarsis larvae (PBL), subcritical water (SCW) extraction was applied. The dried powder (1 g) of PBL was extracted with 10 mL distilled water at 100, 200, and 300 °C for 30 min. The SCW treatment significantly (p less then 0.05) increased some physiological activities of the PBL extracts. The SCW extract at 300 °C increased alcohol dehydrogenase, acetaldehyde dehydrogenase, and tyrosinase inhibitory activities from 192.3 ± 4.1% to 452.2 ± 0.5%, 125.4 ± 2.9% to 153.3 ± 0.4%, and - 7.0 ± 0.7% to 26.1 ± 1.4%, respectively, compared to the extract at 100 °C. Contrarily, the inhibition activity of angiotensin converting enzyme was the highest at 200 °C. These results suggest that SCW is a suitable method to extract and maintain the physiological activity of PBL.Particulate matter is a major contribution of air pollution and detrimental to human health. The in vitro antioxidant activities of a brown seaweed, Sargassum horneri ethanol extract (SHE) against particulate matter-induced oxidative stress were investigated by measuring 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free-radical scavenging activity, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) scavenging activity, superoxide anion (O2 ·-) inhibition, hydroxyl radical ( · OH) scavenging activity, reducing power, and the metal ion-chelating effect. All in vitro antioxidant activities were increased as the concentration of SHE increased (0-1000 μg/mL). When treated with particulate matter at 0-1000 μg/mL, the DPPH free radical, and H2O2 scavenging activities, reducing power, and metal ion-chelating abilities of SHE were significantly decreased (p less then 0.05). These results indicate that Sargassum horneri, which is a rich source of bioactive compounds, can be used as a natural source of antioxidants in the food industries.Pinus densiflora sieb. et zucc.(pine needle) is a traditional medicine used in several East Asian countries. However, the efficacy of pine needle has rarely been reported. In this study showed that the anti-proliferative effects and the mechanisms of hexane layer of pine needle MeOH extract (PNH) on gastric cancer cells. At first, PNH inhibited the proliferation of gastric cancer cells in a dose-dependent manner. Moreover, PNH treatment induced G1 phase cell cycle arrest through the increased p27KIP1 expression and decreased cyclin dependent kinase (CDKs) activity. Furthermore, PNH treatment induced premature senescence without oncogenic stress, through the expression of p27KIP1 and Skp2. Taken together, these results showed that PNH inhibited gastric cancer cell proliferation through the induction of G1-cell cycle arrest and premature senescence via induced p27KIP1 expression, as controlled by Skp2 reduction. Also, PNH could be a candidate for anti-gastric cancer treatment and may be useful in the development of anti-gastric cancer drugs.There have been many studies suggesting that probiotics are effective in patients with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D). However, its mechanism of action as well as prediction of response is still to be elucidated. In the present study, to find out metabolomic characteristics of probiotic effect in IBS-D, we compared IBS symptom changes and metabolomic characteristics in the subjects' urine samples between multi-strain probiotics (one strain of Lactobacillus sp. and four strains of Bifidobacterium sp.) group (n = 32) and placebo group (n = 31). After 8 weeks' administration (3 times/day), dissatisfaction in bowel habits and stool frequencies were significantly improved. Also, probiotics group had significantly changed seven metabolites including palmitic acid methyl ester (PAME) and 4,6-dihydroxyquinoline, 4-(2-aminophenyl)-2,4-dioxobutanoic acid (DOBA). According to IBS-SSS and IBS-QoL questionnaires, IBS-SSS responders showed higher PAME levels and IBS-QoL responders showed lower DOBA levels. This suggests potential role of these metabolites as a biomarker to predict probiotics effect in IBS-D patients.GC-MS metabolomics was used to discriminate the phytochemicals profile of Indonesian white, red, and black rice brans, and Japanese white rice brans. This technique was used for the first time to identify compounds in rice brans having cytotoxic activity against WiDr colon cancer cells. Orthogonal Projection to the Latent Structure (OPLS) analysis showed that protocatechuic acid (PA) was a discriminating factor found in black rice brans which strongly correlated with its cytotoxicity (IC50 8.53 ± 0.26 µM). Real time-PCR data demonstrated that PA cytotoxicity at different concentrations (1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 µg/mL) was mediated through different pathways. Bcl-2 expression was downregulated at all tested concentrations indicating apoptosis stimulation. At 1-10 ppm concentration, PA activated both intrinsic and extrinsic apoptosis pathways since the expression of p53, Bax, caspase-8, and caspase-9 were upregulated. At a higher dose (25 and 50 µg/mL), PA possibly involved in pyroptosis-mediated pro-inflammatory cell death by upregulating the expression of caspase-1 and caspase-7.The objective of this study was to track intentionally inoculated Leuconostoc mesenteroides (11251) and Lactobacillus brevis (B151) strains in kimchi using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD), repetitive element palindromic PCR (rep-PCR), and comparative housekeeping gene sequences analysis. The 16S rRNA gene provided species-level information for 30 colonies randomly picked from kimchi inoculated with strains 11251 and B151. https://www.selleckchem.com/ Out of 30 colonies, one colony was matched to strain 11251, and two colonies were found identical to strain B151 reference strain in inoculated kimchi. Notably, among the three tools, strain 11251 was best tracked by comparative gene sequence analysis, while strain B151 tracked by all three tools. Our results suggest that the gene sequence analysis is a more reliable tool for tracking of desired strains than RAPD and rep-PCR. Based on the findings, it is recommended that gene sequence analysis could be used to avoid misuse of industrially useful strains within the growing food industry.