Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy (생약학회지)

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Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activity of Adventitious Roots from Aralia continentalis Kitagawa

독활 부정근의 항산화 및 항균활성

  • Sim, Su Jin (Forest Medicinal Resources Research Center, National Institute of Forest Science) ;
  • Kim, Nahyun (Forest Medicinal Resources Research Center, National Institute of Forest Science)
  • 심수진 (국립산림과학원 산림약용자원연구소) ;
  • 김나현 (국립산림과학원 산림약용자원연구소)
  • Received : 2017.01.02
  • Accepted : 2017.03.14
  • Published : 2017.03.31
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Abstract

Aralia continentalis Kitagawa (Araliaceae), known as "Dokwhal" in Korea, has been widely used in traditional Korean medicine for analgesia, neuralgia, sweating, and rheumatism. The biological activity was estimated with methanol extracts of from cultivated roots and adventitious roots of A. continentalis. DPPH and ABTS activities showed the highest activity in methanol extract of adventitious roots at 175.6 and $279.7{\mu}g/mL$ ($RC_{50}$), respectively. Antioxidant activity of methanol extract of the adventitious roots was higher than other samples. In the antibacterial activity assay (paper disc method), the methanol extract of adventitious roots showed activity against S. aureus, S. epidermidis, B. subtilis, and S. enterica. This study demonstrated that adventitious roots of A. continentalis, which was produced for the first time in the roots of A. continentalis, can be used as a natural antioxidant and antibacterial agents.

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