• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.128-131
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• 2003

Cirsium rhinoceros Nakai (Compositae) is a herbaceous perennial native to Korea, whole plant of which has been used in folklore medicine. C. rhinoceros was extracted by a standard extraction procedure. Its n-hexane, $CHCl_3$ and n-BuOH extracts were fractionated by column chromatography to provide a polyacetylene, a coumarin and five flavonoids. Ciryneol C, scopoletin, acacetin, cirsimarin were isolated for the first time from this plant.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.33 no.2 s.129
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• pp.81-84
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• 2002

Three norisoprenoids (2, 4 and 5) were isolated from the aerial parts of Cirsium rhinoceros (Compositae) together with three flavonoids, pectolinarigenin (1), apigenin (3) and cirsimaritin (6). The structures of norisoprenoids were identified as dehydrovomifoliol (2), (+)-loliolide (4) and (-)-epiloliolide (5) on the basis of physico-chemical and spectral evidences. These norisoprenoids were first repoted from Cirsium species.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.273-277
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• 1994

Six flavonoids were isolated from the aerial parts of Cirsium flavonoids were identified as apigenin, luteolin, $pectolinarigenin-7-O-{\betha}-D-glucopyranoside$, linarin, pectolinarin and $hispidulin-7-O-{\alpha}-L-rhamonopyranosyl-(1{\rightarrow}2)-{\betha}-D-glucopyranoside$ on the basis of chemical and spctral evidence.

• Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.17-40
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• 2007

Patterns of morphological variation in Korean Cirsium were examined using numerical analysis, and the delimitation of taxa was evaluated. Principal components analysis of individuals of taxa using 61 morphological characters revealed the presence of two major groups. One group included C. lineare, C. vlassovianum, and C. setidens, the other contained C. pendulum, C. japonicum var. japonicum, C. japonicum var. spinosissimum, C. schantarense, C. nipponicum, and C. rhiniceros. Also, the result of cluster analysis recognized three sections, Onotrophe, Pseudo-eriolepis, and spanioptilon. Korean Cirsium was classified into three sections; C. japonicum var. japonicum, C. japonicum var. spinosissimum, C. schantarense, C. rhiniceros and C. nipponicum were belonged to sect. Onotrophe, C. setidens, C. vlassovianum and C. lineare were belonged to sect. Spanioptilon, and C. pendulum was belonged to sect. Pseudo-eriolepis. In conclusion, Korean Cirsium was classified into three sections, eight species, three varieties, and five forms.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.27-30
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• 1981

This paper is proposed to describe three new species, two varieties and one forma of flowering plants from central Korea and the Island of Cheju in southern Korea. The taxa of new plants are as follows: Astragalus koraiensis Y. Lee, sp. nov.; Astragalus nakaianus Y. Lee, sp. nov.; Commelina minor Y. Lee & Oh Y., sp. nov.; Cirsium rhinoceros Nakai var. albiflorum Y. Lee, var. nov.; Tripterospermum japonicum (Sieb. & Zucc.) Max. var. albiflorum Y. Lee, var. nov.; Adenophora remotiflora (Sieb. & Zucc.) Miq. form. albiflora Y. Lee, form. nov.

• Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.199.2-199.2
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• 2002

• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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• 2019.10a
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• pp.25-25
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• 2019

Chromosome numbers and karyotypes in flowering plants have been considered to be prominent features in taxonomic and evolutionary context. Despite the increasing numbers of cytological studies in Asteraceae, karyotype analysis of Cirsium Mill. and Carddus L. in Korean population have not been performed carefully. In this study, the chromosome numbers and karyotype analysis of all eight species of the genus Cirsium Mill. and one species of Carddus L. were analyzed. While the chromosome number in Carduus crispus L. was diploid (2n = 2x = 18 or 18+2Bs) with x = 9 as the base chromosome number, all seven species of Cirsium were diploid with x = 17 except for Cirsium lineare (Thunb.) Sch. Bip. (x = 14). The chromosome number in C. pendulum Fisch. ex DC. presented 2n = 2x = 34 from two populations and C. lineare exhibited 2n = 2x = 28 from one population. Aneuploidy was occasionally found in C. japonicum Fisch. ex DC. var. spinossinum Kitam. (2n = 2x = 34, 35, 36), C. rhinoceros (H. $L{\acute{e}}v.$ & Vaniot) Nakai (2n = 2x = 32, 34), C. setidens (Dunn) Nakai (2n = 2x = 30, 31, 32) and C. vlassovianum Fisch. ex DC. (2n = 2x = 31, 32). While Cirsium japonicum Fisch. ex DC. var. japonicum possessed several B-chromosomes (2n = 2x = 34, 35, 36), polyploidy was only encountered in Cirsium nipponicum (Maxim.) Makino. (2n = 4x = 68) from two populations in Ulleung Island. The present cytological data might be contributed to the taxonomic and evolutionary studies in the genus Cirsium.

• Toxicological Research
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.279-284
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• 2005

We have screened the cytoprotective effect against $H_2O_2$ and $\gamma-ray$ radiation induced oxidative stress from 32 Korean plants. Betula ermani var.saitoana (caulis, leaves), Rosa wichuraiana (caulis), Sorbus commixta (caulis), Weigela florida (leaves), Cirsium rhinoceros (whole plant), and Viburnum erosum (caulis) were found to scavenge 1, 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical and intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS). As a result, extracts of six plants reduced cell death of Chinese hamster lung fibroblast (V79-4) cells induced by $H_2O_2$ treatment. In addition, these extracts protected cell death of V79-4 cells damaged by $\gamma-ray$ radiation. In addition, these extracts scavenged ROS generated by radiation. Taken together, the results suggest that Betula ermani var. saitoana, Rosa wichuraiana, Sorbus commixta, Weigela florida, Cirsium rhinoceros, and Vibumum erosum protect V79-4 cells against oxidative damage by radiation through scavenging ROS.

• Korean Journal of Weed Science
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.291-294
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• 1988

About 136 weed species belonging to 44 families occurring in summer observed in Cheju island. The Compositae was the most widely occurring family covering 29 weed species, followed by 16 species in Graminae, 14 in Leguminosae, 13 in Rosaceae, 10 in Polygonaceae etc., The dominant weed species detected in range areas of Cheju island were Trifolium repens, Botrychium virginianum, Rosa multiflora, Miscanthus sinensis, Imperata cylindrica. The range areas of Cheju island consisted of the communities of Artemisia princeps-Botrychium virginianum, Artemisia princeps-Erigeron borariensis and Dianthus sinensis, and Artemisia-Lespedeza bicolor and Miscanthus sinensis and then the differential species of their communities were Botrychium virginianum, Erigeron boriensis, and Lespedeza bicolor and Miscanthus sinensis, respectively. The species of the high frequencies occurring in investigated sites were Artemisia princeps, Cirsium rhinoceros, Hydrocotyle ramijlora, Rosa multiflora, Sanguisorba officinalis, Rubus crataegifolius, Potentilla fragariodes, Erigeron annus, Plantago asiatica, Oxalis corniculata, Mosla dianthera in order.