• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.49-52
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• 1990

This study was carried out to find out favourable soil conditions to give good quality of Bupleuri Radix for Korean medicine. The major ingredients were saikosaponin a and c, which were determined by HPLC. The contents of saikosaponin a and c in the root were determined to be 0.141-0.479% and 0.042-0.094%, respectively. The content of saikosaponin a was negatively correlated with the total nitrogen contents in surface soils, but that of saikosaponin c was independent of physico-chemical properties of the soil. The contents of saikosaponin a and c were decreased in the root with high Ca and Fe.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.119-122
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• 1990

The effects of N, P, and K rates on the major ingredient contents in Bupleuri Radix were studied in the field experiments for two years. The contents of saikosaponin a were increased with increasing N application of more than 12kg/10a. The content of saikosaponin c was not affected by fertilizer application. The amount of ethanol extract was highest at the P rate of 12kg/10a, but decreased with increasing the K application.

• Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.95-103
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• 2000

To study the effects of soil moisture and texture on characteristics of growth, content of saikosaponins and activity of antioxidative enzymes in Bupleurum falcatum L., content of saikosaponins(a, c and d) and activities of superoxide dismutase(SOD) and peroxidase(POD) were investigated with two Bupleurum genotypes(Jangsoo and Samdo). Two Bupleurum genotypes were grown under different soil moisture(deficit, normal, surplus) and soil texture(sandy, sandy loam, loam) conditions. Among the tested soil conditions, dry weight accumulation rate of both cultivars could be ranked in the order surplus > normal > deficit soil for soil moisture and sandy > sandy loam > loam for soil texture. Under the surplus soil condition, growth retardation of Samdo cultivar was more severer than that of Jangsoo. Furthermore, content of saikosaponin a, d, and c also could be ranked in the order deficit > normal > surplus and sandy > sandy loam > loam for soil moisture and texture, respectively. Although both Jangsoo and Samdo cultivars grown under water deficit condition showed the highest POD and SOD activity, in general POD and SOD activity in both shoot and root was remarkably high in Jangsoo cultivar compared with Samdo. Saikosaponin content of root was positively correlated with POD and SOD. However, shoot and root length were negatively correlated with POD.

• Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.105-109
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• 1994

This experiment was conducted to know the labor saving effect and reducing production cost by agricultural mechanization in the cultivation of Bupleurum falcatum. Labor reducing effects of the drilling seeder by hand and the machine attached to two wheel tiller were 97%, but emergency rate was highest in the former. Dry root yield per plant was increased by low amount of seed sowing but that yield per unit area was increased at much seeding amount in the seeder attached to the tiller. The drilling seeder by hand was showed highest standing ratio of seedling and produced yield to 84.1kg of root yield per 10a. Labor saving effect was the best at the multipurposes mechanized harvester and labor saving and famer's income ratio were increased to 69% and 50% respectively. Labor time and cost were reduced to 74% and 69% respectively by mechanization of sowing and harvest cultivation practice on Bupleurum falcatum.

• Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.67-71
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• 1997

Bupleurum falcatum is one of the oldest medicinal crop spontaneously generated as well as cultivated by man and successfully grown during the summer season in Korea. This study was conducted to examine the effect of planting density in the row spacing and hill spacing system using machine seeder on major agronomic traits, yield and labor saving. In 1993 and 1994, a spilt plot design was used with row spacing as the main plot and hill spacing as subplot. Labor saving efficency of the machine seeder reduced 96% than the hand seeding in sowing time required. Number of seeding stand increased, but stem height and number of nodes did not affect with different density in each row and hill spacing. There were reduced with narrow hill spacing on stem diameter, number of branches, shoot weight and root traits. There was no significant interaction between row and hill spacing for any major traits studied except shoot weight. Yield was more increase at 20cm than at 30cm row spacing. For these studies the optiomum density appears to be between drilling or 5cm hill spacing with 20cm row spacing. A highly significant positive correlation was appeared between number of seedling stand and root yield.

• Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.226-232
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• 1995

Extraction methods and instrumental analytical conditions were compared to establish a fast and appropriate analytical method to determine saikosaponins in Bupleurum falcatum. Using HPLC, analysis of diene-saikosaponin treated with 2% acid was faster than that of saikosaponin itself. Among various extraction methods, extraction by standing in methanol at room temperature showed highest efficieny, and extraction with boiling methanol was shorter in analytical time and showed good chromatogram. And we could analyze many samples faster using HPTLC but the analytical accuracy was low. In extraction and analysis of saikosaponins, extraction with boiling methanol and acidic treatment was fast and easy analytical method. And for selecting useful lines in component breeding, we think TLC method was better.

• Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.71-76
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• 1995

Variation of plant characters and correlation anlaysis of its in Bupleurum falcatum, medicinal plant, were investigated to find useful selection characters and to obtain fundamental data for breeding. The variation was generally high. In plants having high height and many branch, stem thickness was high and leaf and root weight were great. The group of short height and many branch showing low frequency was higher than that of medium height and branch showing high frequency. And the correlation between top and root characters were positively significant The major top characters correlated with root yield were stem thick-ness, branch number, node number, node position attached 1st branch(NPFB), and leaf area.

• Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.207-216
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• 1995

This study was conducted to establish technologies for plug seedling production using somatic embryos-derived regenerants and their seeds in Bupleurum falcatum L. Among distilled water, GA (0.1mg/l) and putrescine (0.lmg/l) treated to regenerants for acclimatization, GA was most effective to develop shoots and roots, 1/2X MS medium and NAA 0.1mg/l + BA 0. 5mg/l enhanced the growth rates of the regenerants and increased dry weight. Activated charcoal effected to grow markedly leaves and roots of the regenerants at the level of 0.4 %. Regenerants increased their plant height, root length and dry weight at $30^{\circ}C$. Plug seedlings originated from seeds of the tissue culture regenerants showed the maxium growth on the mixture of peatmoss soil (2) and mountain sand (1) .Root length, leaf area and dry weight of plug seedlings increased significantly when No.1, 2 and 3 of Wondergrow solution were mixed in the ratio of 1.3 - 0.9 - 0.1. Light supplement (4%) and high tem­perature $(30^{\circ}C)$ promoted the growth of plug seedlings as well as dry weight. Ninety days seedlings were more vigorous and adaptable for transplanting than other seedlings.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Applied Pharmacology
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• 1994.04a
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• pp.240-240
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• 1994

1. 천연 항염증 물질의 분리 천연 항염증 약물 개발을 목표로 하여 한방과 민간에서 소염, 진통의 목적으로 이용되는 식물들을 대상으로 Carrageenin에 의해 유도된 백서 후족 부종의 억제를 지표로 Screening을 행한 결과, 2종의 식물의 부탄을 엑스가 항염증 활성을 나타내었다. 즉, 호랑가시나무(flex cornuta L. ) 잎 및 쑥부쟁이 (Aster yomena Makinc)의 부탄을 엑스가 Aspirin(300mg/kg)에 필적하는 항염증작용을 나타내었다. 이 식물들의 부탄을 엑스로 부터 각각 2종의 화합물을 분리하였다. 호랑가시나무로 부터는 01eanane type의 monodesmoside와 Pomolic acid bisdesmoside가, 쑥부쟁이로 부터는 Hederagenin bisdesmoside및 구조 미확정의 물질이 각각 분리되었다. 2.천연 항염증 물질의 구조 변환 항염증 약물로 많이 이용되고 있는 시호(Bupleurum falcatum L.)의 유효성분인 Saikosaponin-a의 용해도 개선을 위하여 그 유도체를 합성하였다. 합성된 Saikosaponin-a hemisuccinate의 K염은, 용해도 시험 결과 현저한 용해도 증가를 보였다.

• Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.234-242
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• 2000

There are two cultivars, 'Jeongsun' and 'Mishima' of Bupleurum falcatum L., a medicinal plant, have been cultivated in Korea. Two cultivars were evaluated and compared in details for major growth characters and their seasonal changes. Jeongsun was higher in stem length and root weight per plant, and earlier in maturity than Mishima, while Mishima was higher in top weight per plant and the ratio of outer phloem layer(OPL) to whole root, and more in branch number. Coefficients of variations of most growth characters were higher in Mishima than in Jeongsun. In relationship between root and shoot growth characters, root weight, root diameter, etc. were positively correlated with stem thickness, top weight, branch number, etc. in both cultivars. In comparison of seasonal changes for growth characters between two cultivars, stem length and node number were almost not increased after September, but root length and branch number tended to increase until November. There were continuous increases of top and root weights in both cultivars after September. Increase rates of top and root weights were higher in Mishima and Jeongsun, respectively. The weight ratio of root part to whole plant in Jeongsun and the ratio of OPL to whole root in Mishima were higher during whole growth stages; especially Mishima showed their continuous increases after October. Jeongsun flowered earlier (August 17) than Mishima (September 16) by one month. Complete flowering date was on August 30 in Jeongsun and on September 30 in Mishima. Basic difference in plant growth between two cultivars was maturity, so shoot growth almost stopped after October in Jeongsun, and continued vegetative growth until November in Mishima with late flowering habit. These results indicate that higher root weight in Jeongsun is due to its earlier flowering character leading to relatively longer time for root growth, as compared with Mishima.