• Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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• 2003.10b
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• pp.204.3-205
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• 2003

Antimutagenic activity-guided fractionation of an extract prepared from the thorns of Gleditsia sinensis Lam. (Leguminosae), which is a perennial shrub widely distributed throughout China (called "Zao Jiao Ci" ) and in Gyeongju city area in Korea (called "Jo Gak Ja" ) and has been used in traditional medicine for the treatment of swelling, suppuration, carbuncle and skin diseases, led to the isolation of one triterpenoid and four steroids, which were identified as D:C-friedours-7-en-3-one (1), stigmastane-3,6-dione (2), ${\beta}$-sitosterol (3), sigmasterol (4), and stigmast-4-en-3,6-dione (5). (omitted)

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.107-123
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• 1996

The position effects on the abortion of flowers, fruits, and ovules were examined in relation to the resource limitation hypothesis using a temperate legume species, Vicia cracca. Fifty plants were randomly sampled from a natural population located at the Belmont Conservation Site in Belmont, MA, USA. Due to indeterminant growth and acropetal flowering of this species, the position of flower or fruit on the plant was able to be coded by the combination of architectural levels such as plant half (lower and upper half) and inflorescence half (lower and upper half) within each plant half. Overall, only 17.3% of the flowers on an inflorescence began to develop into fruits, while overall 36.0% of the fruits initiated failed to mature. Consequently, 11.5% of the flowers successfully matured into fruits. The mean flower number per inflorescence differed significantly among plants as well as between plant halves. Although the probability of fruit initiation was higher in the lower halves of both plant and inflorescence than in the upper halves of the latter, fruit abortion rate differed significantly only between plant halves. The overall mean seed set was 33.6%, implying that about two out of six ovules in a fruit matured into seeds. The seed set was independent of both plant identity and architectural level unlike other reproductive characters examined. When the ovule developmental stage was examined on data pooled over all fruits, the proportion of ovules in varying developmental stages decreased in order of early abortion, seed maturation, late abortion, and seed predation (48.4, 34.9, 12.2, and 4.5%, respectively). A within-fruit ovule position was also used as a class variable for the analysis of position effects on ovule development. All architectural levels considered exerted singificant influence over the ovule development. In particular, ovule development was strongly affected by the within-fruit ovule position. Ovules in both extreme ends within a fruit tended to abort early, while those in the middle position were more likely to mature into seeds. The strong position effects detected from the flowering to seed maturation stage were interpreted as an indication of competitive interaction among reproductive characters which are largely constrained by plant architecture.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.89-96
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• 2001

Three isoflavones and one isoflavanone were isolated from the wood of Sophora japonica (Leguminosae) which has been selected due to its high antifungal activity among the tested species, Four compounds were identified as 5,7-dihydroxy-4',6-dimethoxyisoflavone (irisolidone), 5,7-dihydroxy-4'-methoxyisoflavone (biochanin A), 7-hydroxy-4'-methoxyisoflavone (formononetin) and 7-hydroxy-4'-methoxy-isoflavanone by Mass and NMR spectroscopic analysis. The antifungal activity of the isoflavonoids was tested by medium dilution method and showed low antifungal activity indicating that the other compounds may contribute to high activity of the wood extractives of S. japonica.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.336-341
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• 1996

The roots of Korean Astragalus membranaceus Bunge. (Leguminosae), Astragali Radix, were extracted following general methods. During these extractions, first of all, 1,2-benzendicarboxylic acid diisononylester(compound A), ${\beta}-sitosterol(compound\;B)$, $3-0-{\beta}-D-galactopyranosyl-{\beta}-sitosterol(compound\;C)$ and $stigmast-4-en-6{\beta}-ol-3-one(compound\;D)$ were isolated. Three of these compounds were identified the first time isolation from the genus of Astragalus.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.14-19
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• 1992

A mixture of acylglucosyl sterols together with ${\beta}-sitosterol$, ${\beta}-sitosterol\;3{\beta}-O-glucoside$ and fatty acids was isolated from the roots of Caragana chamlagu as their acetate forms and the structure elucidated by chemical and spectroscopic means. The major acylglucosyl sterol was ${\beta}-sitosteryl\;3-O-[6'-O-oleoyl]-{\beta}-D-glucopyranoside$ while the minor components were $6'-O-palmitoyl-\;and\;6'-O-stearoyl-{\beta}-D-glucosyl$ sitosterol congeners. The isolation and structure elucidation of these acylglucosyl sterols are reported for the first time from the genus Caragana.

• Asian Journal of Turfgrass Science
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.70-77
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• 1988

In order to determine and to reduce the differences between biochemical test method for the seed viability with T.T.C. (2, 3, 5. Triphenyl tetrazolium Chloride) reagent and germinator method, the topographical diagram of red colored formazan was carried out in 15-16 parts differences. From this resulted information, the classification of the typical staining reaction given for 3 species were derived into 3-4 parts for the germinable in normal seedling, the same as the following results. 1. Corn (Gram inaceae) * Entier embryo stained in bright red color. * Both extremities of scutellum unstained * Both extremities of scuttlium, coleorhiza and non-critial portions of radicle unstained. 2. Soybean (Leguminosae) *Seed completely stained in red color. *Minor unstained areas on cotyledons. *Extreme tip of radicle unstained; minor unstained areas on cotyledons 3. Radish (Cruciferae) *Seed completely stained. *Minor unstained areas on cotyledons. *Outer cotyledon mostly unstained: inner cotyledon completely stained Extreme tip of radicle unstained: large portion of outer cotyledon unstained.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.211-213
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• 2001

A coumestan derivative, psoralidin (1) was found to be a cytotoxic principle of the seeds of Psoralea corylifolia L (Leguminosae) with the IC_{50}$ values of 0.3 and 0.4 ug/ml against the HT-29 (colon) and MCF-7 (breast) human cancer cell lines, respectively. A coumarin, angelicin (2) was also isolated as a marginally cytotoxic agent along with an inactive compound, psoralene (3) from the plant. The isolates 1-3 were not active against the A54l(lung) and HepG2 (liver hepatoma) cancer cell lines.

• Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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• 2003.10b
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• pp.202.1-202.1
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• 2003

Six compounds were isolated from the 90% MeOH fraction of the vine stem of Spatholobus suberectus Dunn (Leguminosae) using silica gel, reverse phase column chromatography and RP-HPLC. Structures of compounds 1-6 were elucidated by spectroscopic parameters of IR, E1 MS, FAB MS, lD-NMR and 2D-NMR spectrum and identified as pseudobaptigenin (1), genistein (2), (2R)-7-hydroxy-6-methoxyflavanone (3), (3R,4R)-2",4"-dihydroxy-6,7-methylenedioxy-isoflavan-4-ol (4), (3R,4R)-7,2" -dihydroxy- 4"-methoxyisoflavan-4-ol (5), sativan (6), respectively. Compounds 3, 4 and 5 have been newly reported in nature.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.252-254
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• 2004

수영천의 식물상은 모두 38과 68속 82분류군으로 조사되었는데 수영천 본류에서는 75분류군, 온천천에서는 42분류군으로 조사되어 온천천보다는 수영천 본류에서 많은 다양한 종이 출현하였다. 수영천에서 조사된 식물 82종류중 국화과(Compositae) 식물이 10속 14종(17.1%)으로 가장 많이 조사되었고 다음으로 화본과(Gramineae) 식물이 5속 6종(7.3%), 마디풀과 (Pologonaceae) 식물이 2속 5종, 십자화과(Cruciferae) 식물이 5속 5종, 콩과(Leguminosae) 식물이 5속 5종으로 각 6.1%를 차지하으며 기타 41속 47종(57.3%)으로 조사되었는데 다른 하천변 식물의 출현양상과도 유사함을 보였다. 또한 조사된 식물 중 대부분은 수영천 본류의 하천변에서 성장하고 있었으며 온천천에서는 꽃창포(Iris ensatra)를 비롯한 7분류군이 식재되어 외관상 보기에 좋도록 조성되어져 있었고 돼지풀(Ambrosia artemisiifolia var. elatior)을 비롯한 12분류군의 귀화식물이 대부분 온천천에서 자라고 있었다. 도시화의 척도로서 이용되는 도시화 지수(UI)는 수영천 본류에서 25.3%, 온천천에서 28.6%로 다른 하천변의 도시화 지수보다 높게 조사되었다.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.192-195
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• 2008

Three known compounds, puerarol (1), pueroside B (2), and ononin (3), were isolated from an EtOAc-soluble fraction of the roots of Pueraria lobata. The isolates (1 - 3) were subjected to an in vitro bioassay to evaluate their inhibitory activity on the formation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs). Puerarol (1) exhibited a remarkable inhibitory activity on AGEs formation with $IC_{50}$ value of $2.05{\pm}0.32{\mu}M$ as compared with positive control, aminoguanidine ($IC_{50}$ value : $905.32{\pm}7.58{\mu}M$).