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Classification of plant type in Bupleurum falcatum L. by Multivariate Analysis (다변양(多變量) 해석법(解析法)에 의한 시호(柴胡)의 초형분류(草型分類))

  • Chung, Hae-Gon;Seong, Nak-Sol;Kim, Kwan-Su;Lee, Seong-Tak;Chae, Jae-Cheon
    • Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.140-145
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    • 1994
  • B. falcatum plants were classified into six groups from group I to grop VI by the complete linkage cluster method depending on 8 charactenstics such as plant height. number of nodes, number of branches, position of the first branching node root diameter, root length, number of lateral root, dry weight of root. These groups are divided into two plants types, such as multi-branching and non multi-branching type by the number of branches, group II and group VI were the multi-branching types and the other groups were nonmulti-branching ones, Dry weight of root had highly positive correlation with the number of branches and negative correlation with the position of first branching nodes.

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Ecological Distribution of Medicinal Plants in Miho Stream, Korea (충남 미호천 일대 약용식물의 생태적 분포)

  • Song, Hong-Seon;Seo, Joung-Seok;Nam, Yun-Gyu;Ahn, Young-Sup;Park, Chung-Berm;Kim, Seong-Min
    • Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.407-413
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    • 2011
  • This study was analyzed and investigated to evaluate ecological distribution of medicinal plants in Miho Stream of Korea. Totality 463 taxa of vascular plants were appeared in lower part of Miho Stream. Medicinal plants were distributed 253 taxa, which were 54.6% of the total vascular plants appeared. Medicinal plants of official drug compendium(Korean pharmacopoeia) were 85 taxa. Medicinal plants were distributed most of the forest area, and followed field surrounding, stream surrounding and paddy surrounding respectively. The distribution of life form hemicryptophyte was the most frequent. Plant community of appearing area of medicinal plants was classified into Salix koreensis, Phragmites japonica, Echinochloa crusgalli, Artemisia selengensis, Miscanthus sacchariflorus, Setaria faberii, Panicum dichotomiflorum, Bidens frondosa, Humulus japonicus, Monochoria vaginalis var. plantaginea, Eleocharis kuroguwai, Erigeron acris, Pinus densiflora, Pinus rigida, Quercus acutissima, Quercus serrata, Robinia pseudoacacia and Castanea crenata community. Medicinal plants in plant communities that occur frequently were Humulus japonicus, Corylus heterophylla and Liriope spicata.

Three Novel Endophytic Fungal Species Isolated from Roots of Medicinal Crops in Korea (약용작물의 뿌리에서 분리된 3종의 국내 미기록 내생균)

  • Park, Hyeok;Jung, Chung Ryul;Eom, Ahn-Heum
    • The Korean Journal of Mycology
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    • v.47 no.2
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    • pp.113-120
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    • 2019
  • We isolated endophytic fungal strains from the roots of three medicinal crops, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Angelica gigas, and Cnidium officinale, cultivated at Yeongju, Korea. The fungal strains were identified based on their morphological characteristics and molecular analyses of their internal transcribed spacer, large subunit rDNA, and beta-tubulin regions. Thereby, we identified three previously unrecorded endophytic fungal species, Dactylonectria pauciseptata, Rhizopycnis vagum, and Sistotrema sernanderi, in Korea. In this report, we describe the morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analyses of these three fungal species.

Microarray Analysis of Gene Expression by Ginseng Water Extracts in a Mouse Adrenal Cortex after Immobilization Stress

  • Kim, Young-Ock;Lee, Sang-Won
    • Journal of Ginseng Research
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    • v.35 no.1
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    • pp.111-123
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    • 2011
  • To investigate the effects of repeated immobilization-stress challenge on the the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, the genomic transcriptome in the adrenal cortex of immobilization-stressed mouse was analyzed by using a cDNA microarray. Mice were subjected to immobilization stress for 2 h per day for 5 consecutive d. With a 4.0-fold cutoff of arbitrary criteria, the expression levels of 168 out of 41,174 genes were significantly modulated in the adrenal cortex by stress when comparing the control and experimental groups. These genes were related to apoptosis, cell cycle, immune response, inflammatory responses, and signal transduction, and thus may be used as potential targets for the development of therapeutics for chronic stress or depression. Six significant genes among these were selected for real time polymerase chain reaction analysis to confirm the change of their expression levels. The gene for phospho 1 was also further investigated because its expression showed the greatest fold-change.

Development of HPLC Method for Quality Assessment of Marker Components in Atractylodis Rhizoma Alba (백출(Atractylodis Rhizoma Alba)의 품질평가를 위한 지표성분 분석법 평가)

  • Lee, Jae-Woong;Kim, Joon-Hee;Kang, Byoung-Man;Ahn, Byung-Kwan
    • Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.52-58
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    • 2021
  • Homogenization of quality was important in order to use herbal medicines as pharmaceuticals. To solve this problem, it was important to establish quality standards. Atractylodis Rhizoma Alba has no quantitative method in the Korean Pharmacopoeia. Thus, we have researched to improve the quality evaluation method of Atractylodis Rhizoma Alba with an HPLC. Atractylenolide III and atracylodin were selected as potential marker compounds. This analytical procedure was subject to validation. According to validation guideline of South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drugs Safety, the specificity, linearity, precision, range, quantitative limits, detection limits and accuracy were measured. Because the specificity, linearity, precision, range, quantitative limits, detection limits and accuracy meet criteria of the guideline, the analytic method was validated. With this analysis, Atractylodis Rhizoma Alba and Atractylodis Rhizoma analyzed. As a result, both atractylenolide III and atracylodin appear to be suitable standard compounds. it confirmed that tractylodes Rhizome, similar to Atractylodes Rhizome Alba, could be distinguished.

Cytotoxic Effect of Variable Crops (수종의 작물에 대한 세포독성효과)

  • 문형인
    • Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.346-350
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    • 1997
  • Antineoplastic activities against human gastric and colon carcinoma cell lines were measured in seventeen methanol extracts of seventeen food and medicinal crops using the MTT(3-[4.5-dimethyl thiazol-2-yl)-2.5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide) method. Three extracts(Hodeum vulgare, Schizandra chinensis and Zea mays)from seventeen tested crops have been reported to have antineoplastic effects. The extracts obtained from remaining fourteen tested crops failed to show significant cytotoxic effect at the concentration of less than $230{\mu}g/ml$(50% inhibitory concentration).

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The cultivation of wild food and medicinal plants for improving community livelihood: The case of the Buhozi site, DR Congo

  • Karhagomba, Innocent Balagizi;Adhama, Mirindi T.;Mushagalusa, Timothee B.;Nabino, Victor B.;Koh, Kwangoh;Kim, Hee Seon
    • Nutrition Research and Practice
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    • v.7 no.6
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    • pp.510-518
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    • 2013
  • This study aims to demonstrate the effect of farming technology on introducing medicinal plants (MP) and wild food plants (WFP) into a traditional agricultural system within peri-urban zones. Field investigations and semi-structured focus group interviews conducted in the Buhozi community showed that 27 health and nutrition problems dominated in the community, and could be treated with 86 domestic plant species. The selected domestic MP and WFP species were collected in the broad neighboring areas of the Buhozi site, and introduced to the experimental field of beans and maize crops in Buhozi. Among the 86 plants introduced, 37 species are confirmed as having both medicinal and nutritional properties, 47 species with medicinal, and 2 species with nutritional properties. The field is arranged in a way that living hedges made from Tithonia diversifolia provide bio-fertilizers to the plants growing along the hedges. The harvest of farming crops does not disturb the MP or WFP, and vice-versa. After harvesting the integrated plants, the community could gain about 40 times higher income, than from harvesting farming crops only. This kind of field may be used throughout the year, to provide both natural medicines and foods. It may therefore contribute to increasing small-scale crop producers' livelihood, while promoting biodiversity conservation. This model needs to be deeply documented, for further pharmaceutical and nutritional use.