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Root Rot of Balloon Flower (Platycodon grandiflorum) Caused by Fusarium solani and Fusarium oxysporum

  • Jeon, Chi Sung;Kim, Gyoung Hee;Son, Kyeong In;Hur, Jae-Seoun;Jeon, Kwon-Seok;Yoon, Jun-Hyuck;Koh, Young Jin
    • The Plant Pathology Journal
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.440-445
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    • 2013
  • Balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorum) is a kind of mountain herbs whose roots have restorative properties and the cultivating acreage of balloon flower has been steadily increasing in Korea. More frequent rain and high amount of rainfalls as a result of climate changes predisposed balloon flower to the outbreaks of root rot at high-density cultivation area in recent years. Root crowns were usually discolored into brown to blackish brown at first and the infected plants showed slight wilting symptom at early infection stage. Severely infected roots were entirely rotted and whole plants eventually died at late infection stage. The overall disease severities of root rot of balloon flower were quite variable according to the surveyed fields in Jeonnam, Gyeongnam and Jeju Provinces, which ranged from 0.1% to 40%. The root rot occurred more severely at the paddy or clay soils than the sandy soils and their severities were much higher at lowland than upland in the same localty. The disease increased with aging of the balloon flower. The causal fungi were identified as Fusarium solani and F. oxysporum on the basis of their mycological characteristics. The optimum temperature ranges of their mycelial growths was found to be $24^{\circ}C$. The pathogenic characters of F. solani and F. oxysporum treated by artificial wounding inoculation on healthy roots of balloon flower revealed that F. solani was more virulent than F. oxysporum. This study identified the causal agents of root rot of balloon flower as Fusarium solani and F. oxysporum, probably for the first time.

Extract of Balloon-flower Inhibited In Vitro Angiogenesis in Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells (도라지 추출물에 의한 인간 제대 정맥 내피 세포의 in vitro 혈관신생 억제)

  • Yi, Eui-Yeun;Kim, Yung-Jin
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.27 no.9
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    • pp.1059-1063
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    • 2017
  • Angiogenesis is an essential step in tumoral growth and metastasis and is regulated by a balance between stimulators and inhibitors. Recently, antiangiogenic target therapy has shown promise as a new type of chemotherapy. Natural products have attracted widespread attention worldwide as a useful source of novel therapeutic compounds. The balloon-flower has long been used as a traditional medicinal material and food in Asia. In this study, we investigated whether extract of balloon-flower would inhibit in vitro angiogenesis and vascular-like network formation in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). The extract of Balloon-flower did not affect the viability of HUVECs. However, treatment with the Balloon-flower extract suppressed tube formation of HUVECs. In addition, after treatment with the Balloon-flower extract, cell migration decreased about 80%, and cell invasion was almost completely inhibited. Taken together, these results suggest that extract of Balloon-flower may have potential as an angiogenic inhibitor and that it could be developed as an anticancer agent.

Calcium Channel-blocking Activity of Chinese Balloon Flower (Platycodon grandiflorum) for Producing Blood Pressure-lowering Functional Foods

  • Kang, Yoon-Seok;Hong, Kwon-Pyo;Jung, Dong-Chae;Hong, Sung-Won;Lee, Jun-Ho;Nah, Seung-Yeal;Lim, Yoong-Ho;Bae, Dong-Ho
    • Food Science and Biotechnology
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.156-160
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    • 2008
  • This study was conducted to evaluate the hypotensive properties of the extract of Chinese balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorum)'s root. In the studies for calcium channel-blocking using Xenopus oocytes, the ethanol-extract ($26.2{\pm}5.2%$) showed higher activity than water-extract. Twenty female rats were fed 25, 35, and 45 mg/kg BW/day of the ethanol-extract for 14 days to observe the changes in blood pressures and heart pulses. Ethanol-extract decreased the systolic, diastolic, and mean blood pressures of the rats. Especially, the rats fed with 45 mg/kg BW/day of the ethanol-extract showed significant decreases in the blood pressures. These results suggested that a decrease in blood pressures was due to the extension of a blood vessel with calcium channel-blocking by ethanol-extract of Chinese balloon flower. Forty %-ethanol showed the highest efficiency for ethanol-extraction of Chinese balloon flower.

Chemical and Biological Controls of Balloon Flower Stem Rots Caused by Rhizoctonia solani and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

  • Lee, Young-Hee;Cho, Young-Son;Lee, Shin-Woo;Hong, Jeum-Kyu
    • The Plant Pathology Journal
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.156-163
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    • 2012
  • Stem rots caused by Rhizoctonia solani and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum have been known as devastating diseases in balloon flower plants. Antifungal activities of four fungicides, azoxystrobin, polyoxin B, trifloxystrobin and validamycin A were evaluated in vitro, showing effective suppression with mycelial growth of the fungal isolates on PDA media. Efficacies of the four fungicides were also demonstrated in stem tissues of balloon flower plants against R. solani and S. sclerotiorum. A commercially available Bacillus subtilis strain Y1336 was tested in terms of antagonistic biological control of stem rot disease of balloon flower plants. The bacterial strain revealed its antifungal activities against R. solani and S. sclerotiorum demonstrated by dual culture tests using paper discs and two plant pathogenic fungi on PDA media, as well as by plant inoculation assay, indicating that this antagonistic bacterial strain can be incorporated into disease management program for balloon flower stem rot diseases together with the four chemical fungicides.

Quantitative Analysis of Lignan Compounds in Shred and Smoke of 'Balloon-Flower' Cigarettes (도라지담배 각초 및 연기중의 Lignan화합물 정량)

  • 나효환;손현주;백순옥;복진영
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Tobacco Science
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.225-232
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    • 1989
  • Deoxyschizandrin, gomisin N, schizandrin, wuweizisu C, gomisin A and angeloylgomisin H were isolated from fruits of Schisandra chinensis BAILLON, and the lignan contents in shred and smoke of 'Balloon-Flower' cigarettes were quantitatively analyzed by capillary-GC(FID). The GC column was SPB-1 fused silica capillay (0.25mm id$\times$30m, Supelco) and the column oven temperature was programmed from 20$0^{\circ}C$ to 30$0^{\circ}C$ at the rate of 4$^{\circ}C$/min. In the shred of 'Balloon-Flower' cigarettes deoxyschizandrin. gomisin N, schizandrin, gomisin A and angeloylgomisin H were detected and schizandrein contets were the highest among them, 22.77$\mu\textrm{g}$/cig., gomisin N, schizandrin and gomisin A were 0.023, 0.054, 0.0849 and 0.167$\mu\textrm{g}$/cig. respectively, and angeloylgomisin H was not detected.

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Establishment of tissue culture and acclimation of white balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorum DC. cv. Jangback) for the raising of in vitro propagated seedlings (장백도라지의 대량 증식을 위한 조직배양 및 순화 조건 확립)

  • Han, Eun-Heui;Son, Yong-Wan;Kim, Man-Bae;Shin, Yong-Wook;Cho, Young-Son;Lee, Shin-Woo
    • Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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    • v.41 no.3
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    • pp.134-139
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    • 2014
  • The aim of this study was to establish the condition of regeneration for white balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorum DC. cv. Jangback) and to manage for the raising of seedling with in vitro regenerated plants. It was examined that 0.5 mg/L of NAA and 1.0 mg/L of BA was the best composition for the callus and shoot induction (up to 600%). NAA was better than IBA for the induction of root and it took 16.9 days for the induction of rooting on the MS soild media containing 0.5 mg/L of NAA and the final rooting ratio was up to 75%. Out of 5 different bed soils purchased from local market, "Tosil" was identified to be the best for the acclimation and growth of in vitro regenerated balloon flower. In detail, on 8 weeks after planting of in vitro regenerated plants in pots containing "Tosil" bed soils, the plant hight was increased up to 2-fold (12.8 cm), 3.5-fold (27) for the number of leaf and 1.5-fold (4.5 cm) for the leaf length when compared to the other four bed soils, respectively. Our preliminary results indicate that it is possible to prevent the occurrence of blue balloon flower in the massive cultivated area of white balloon flower by providing the seedlings raised from in vitro regenerated plants.

Culture of Hairy Roots Induced by Agrobacterium rhizogenes in Platycodon grandiflorum DC. (Balloon Flower) (Agrobacterium rhizogenes 에 의하여 유도된 도라지 (Platycodon grandiflorum DC.) Hairy Root 의 배양)

  • 김병노
    • Journal of Plant Biology
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.183-188
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    • 1990
  • Induction and culture of hairy roots by Agrobacterium rhizogenes A4 were carried out in Platycodon grandiflorum DC. After 2-4 weeks of inoculation with Agrobacterium rhizogenes hairy roots were formed at root segments in the balloon flower. Optimized growth of hairy roots was obtained in hormone-free MS medium, 6% sucrose and pH 5.8. The pattern of ginsenoside in the transformed roots was not different with that in the ordinary roots.

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Development of a CAPS Marker Derived from the Pg-Actin Gene Sequences and RAPD Markers in Platycodon grandiflorum (도라지에서의 RAPD 마커 분석과 Actin 유전자 염기서열에서 유래한 CAPS 분자표지 개발)

  • Kim, Munhwi;Jeong, Eunah;Jeong, Jeongsu;Kwon, Soontae;Jeon, Ikjo;Jeong, Jeong Hag;Lee, Je Min;Yeam, Inhwa
    • Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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    • v.28 no.5
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    • pp.648-655
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    • 2015
  • Balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorum A. DC.) is a perennial plant of mainly Campanulaceae family, which have been widely used as a food ingredient and herbal medicine in East Asia. Although demands on related products and yearly cultivation area for balloon flower are increasing, diverse fundamental technologies and molecular breeding studies are not very well supported in Platycodons. In this study, 30 random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) primers were test in an attempt to explore genetic diversities. In addition, sequences information of the actin gene, a well conserved gene encoding a globular protein that forms microfilaments, was retrieved and analyzed. Two actin homologs were recovered; 3.4 kb fragment is a Pg-actin and 1.4 kb fragment is a Pg-actin homolog with 28.6% similarity. We have confirmed that the Pg-actin gene is configured into 4 exons and 3 introns. A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), G↔A, was detected on the intron 3, which served as a target for the CAPS marker development. The marker Pg-Actin-Int3 was applied to 32 balloon flower accessions. Balloon flower DNA sequence information generated in this study is expected to contribute to the analysis and molecular breeding and genetic diversity analysis of balloon flowers.

Identification of Transition Characteristics and Bio-concentration Factors of Heavy Metal (loid)s in the Selected Perennial Root Medicinal Plants

  • Kim, Won-Il;Noh, Hyun Myung;Hong, Chang-Oh;Kim, Da-Young;Kim, Kwon-Rae;Oh, Kyeong-Seok;Moon, Byeong-Churl;Kim, Ji-Young
    • Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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    • v.50 no.4
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    • pp.251-258
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    • 2017
  • This study was conducted to identify transition characteristics of arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), and lead (Pb) and to calculate bio-concentration factors (BCF) in the three perennial root medicinal plants, namely Codonopsis lanceolata (Deoduck), Platycodon grandiflorum (Balloon flower) and Panax ginseng (Korean ginseng) grown in major medicinal plant producing districts in Korea. Average BCF values ranged from 0.009~0.029 in As, 0.334~1.453 in Cd, and 0.021~0.023 in Pb in three perennial root medicinal plants. The BCF values increased in the order of ginseng (0.029) > deodeok (0.012) > balloon flower (0.009) for As, balloon flower (1.453) > deodeok (0.685) > ginseng (0.334) for Cd, and ginseng (0.023) > deodeok (0.022) > balloon flower (0.021) for Pb. The BCF values calculated in this study will be useful for predicting the uptake of heavy metal (loid)s. Further study on uptake and accumulation mechanism of toxic metal (loid)s by agricultural products is required to assess the human health risk associated with soil contamination.

Quality Characteristics of Balloon Flower Leaf Tea with Different Times of Roasting and Rubbing (덖음 및 유념 횟수를 달리한 도라지 잎차의 품질 조사)

  • Eom, Hyun-Ju;Kwon, Nu Ri;Jeong, Yoo Young;Yoon, Hyang-Sik;Kim, In Jae
    • The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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    • v.33 no.5
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    • pp.570-575
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    • 2020
  • In this study, to develop balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorum) leaves, which are not used as tea, a method of making green tea was referred to, and several physiological activities were analyzed using the balloon flower leaf tea with different times of roasting and rubbing. The highest total polyphenol and tannin contents were 33.02 mg GAE/g and 5.03 mg/g at two times of roasting and one time of rubbing, respectively. In the case of the total flavonoids, the RO3 + RU2, subjected to three times of roasting and two times of rubbing, showed the highest value, whereas there was no significant difference between the control and the other samples. Except for the green tea as a control, the RO2 + RU1 samples reported the highest antioxidant activity whereas it decreased with increasing number of times of roasting and rubbing. The color, lightness, and yellowness tended to decrease slightly as the number of increasing roasting and rubbing among the samples with no significant difference. All of these things together, to develop tea using the balloon flower leaves would be suitable with two times of roasting and one time of rubbing.