• Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.47-54
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• 1996

To search herbicidal compounds in Pulsatilla koreana Nakai, methanol extract of P. koreana roots was purified by sequences of XAD-7 column chromatography, silica gel adsorption column chromatography, silica gel flash column chromatography, preparative layer chromatography and preparative high performance liquid chromatography(Prep, HPLC).The final Prep. HPLC gave two herbicidally-active fractions. These fractions treatment at 100ppm inhibited the root length of Echinochloa crus-galli seedlings by 48% and 60% as compared with the control, respectively. Components in the two active fractions were analyzed by GC-MS Spectrometry. These compounds, which were isolated from P. koreana roots, were identified as several fatty esters, hydrocarbons, squalene, evidonol, and a diazepin analogue.