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Jang Hoon Sung1, Seung Jun Choi, Soon Won Lee
1Department of Food Science and Technology, School of Agricultural Biotechnology and Center for Agricultural Biomaterials, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract:
3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl CoA (HMG-CoA) reductase is the rate-limiting enzyme in the biosynthesis of cholesterol in mammals. Some microbial metabolites have been found to be HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors. Korean soybean paste is a unique food fermented by many microorganisms. The enzymatic method using the catalytic domain of Syrian hamster HMG-CoA reductase was employed for the screening of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors. Soybean paste extract was fractionated by vacuum liquid chromatography. Fractions showing relatively high HMG-CoA reductase inhibition were further purified through Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography and C18 preparative HPLC, and the inhibitory compounds were identified as genistein, daidzein, and glycitein.
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