• Toxicological Research
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.349-352
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• 1997

Scopoliae rhizoma is a perennial herb which has a similar effect with atropine on the cardiovascular system. It is also known to have a seditive and anticonvulsant activity on the central nerve system. In order to evaluate an acute toxicity of Scopoliae rhizoma, the present study was performed after administration the Scopoliae rhizoma prepared by both decoctional and frozen dried extract through three different routes (oral; 5,000 mg/kg, intraperitoneal; 2,000 mg/kg, subcutaneous; 5,000 mg/kg) to the female ICR mice. In the group treated intraperitoneally with a frozen dried extract, abnormal clinical signs such as decreased activity, crouch, potosis and abnormal walking were observed for 40 rain after administration. With regard to WBC, decreased number of lymphocyte and increased number of monocyte and granulocyte were also observed in the animals received intraperitoneally with Scopoliae rhizoma extract. Taken together, what toxicity of Scopoliae rhizoma was shown differently depending on its type for administration may be resulted in the differency of administered dose. The results provided here support a pharmacological and toxicological consideration for its clinical use in the regard of oriental medicine.

• YAKHAK HOEJI
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.6-9
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• 1948

국산 Scopolia parviflora Nakai '미치광이'를 생약적으로 연구하여 우리 약국방제정에 있어 '스코폴리아' Rhizoma Scopliae의 원식물오 규정할수 있는가 없는가를 천명함에 있다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Tobacco Science
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.57-63
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• 1988

The mutagenic activities of the pyrolysates(300, 600, 750 and 85$0^{\circ}C$) of extracts from four antitussive or expectorant medicinal plants(Daturae Folios, Scopoliae Rhizoma, Acori Rhisoma, and Schigandrae Fructus) were studied in the Ames Salmonella/microsomes test system. The pyrolyzate of Schizandrae Fructus did not show the mutagenicity to tester strain TA98 of Salmonella typhinurium. However, those of other medicinal Plants, Daturae Folium, Scopoliae Rhigoma and Acori Rhizoma, exhibited the mutagenic activity to this strain and the mutagenicity of them were decreased gradually to 70% of the initial activity according to time course after the preparation of the samples with DMSO.