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Immuno-enhancing Effect of Protaetia brevitarsis seulensis (white grub) Extracts on RAW 264.7 Cell Line. (굼벵이 추출물의 RAW 264.7 세포에 대한 면역증강 효과)

  • Park, Bog-Im;Seo, Jae-Bin;Jin, Yu-Mi;Kim, Seong-Seon;Sim, Hyeon-Jae;Lee, Hoon-Yeon;Kim, Seong-Oh;kim, Dong-Keun;Jo, Mi-Na;Cho, Yong-Jin;Kim, Chong-Tai;Kim, Tae-Eun;Jeon, Yong-Deok;Jin, Jong-Sik
    • Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2018.10a
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    • pp.102-102
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    • 2018
  • Protaetia Brevitarsis Seulensis(white grub) has been traditionally used as medicinal stuff to treat blood stasis, occlusion of menstruation, tetanus and liver cancer in Asian countries (Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, India and Myanmar). Especially, Donguibogam, which is traditional korean medicinal book, described the white grub as traditional medicine to treat hepatic diseases and vascular disorders. The white grub has been considered as highly nutritional food. The major constituents of white grub are rich in protein, healthy fats, iron, calcium. Recent studies announced that white grub has hepatoprotective effect and anti-microbacterial effect. However, the immuno-enhancing effect of white grub extracts in RAW 264.7 macrophage cells has not been studied yet. In this study, the various concentrations of white grub extract were examined to find immuno-enhancing effects on RAW 264.7 cells. Cytotoxicity was determined by MTT assay and immuno-enhancing effect of white grub extract was investigated by measuring nitric oxide (NO) production compared with only lipopolysaccharide (LPS) treatment. White grub extracts (0.001 - 10 mg/ml) did not show cytotoxicity. Additionally, white grub extracts (0.001 - 1mg/ml) had Immuno-enhancing effect on RAW 264.7 cells compared with only LPS treated group. These results might be provided proof to develop beneficial immuno-enhancing material for human health.

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The latest Situation of Medicinal Hers Culture and Improvement of Distribution Structure (최근의 약초재배 현황과 유통구조의 개선)

  • SangDeukAhn
    • Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.67-74
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    • 1991
  • Many people have a growing interest on the health result from economic improvement, various environimental pollution and stress, and unrest on the adult diseases etc.In these result, demand for the herb medicine continues to expand. Farmers of theour country have a hardship in the farm management owing to of opening and liberaliza-tion, and make strenuous efforts on the devclopment of substitute crops to overcomethese differties. Government nowadays recommends the cultivation of the economiccrops like a flowers, medicinal herbs mushroom and clean vegetables. Medicinal herbsare specially profitable among these crops because herbs are possible to culture inwaste land, disused field and slope land, and owing to need less labor and competitionthan those of other crops. The most important problem is the facts that the compli-cation of currency structure of herb medicine inflicts mucll loss to cultivators. Therefore, this study was investigated the state of herb cultivation and the facts to be imploved in currency structure of the harvested herb medicine.1 . The cultivating area and output have been gradually increased and much produc-ted in Kyoungbuk, Kangwon, Choongbuk, Cheonbuk and Cheonnam province in or-der of cultivating area 2. Collection amount of wild herb medicine is decreasig bythe reason of the varous difficulties on the collection. 3. Cultivators of medicinal herbscan make agricultural management more resonable in information exchange on theherb cultivation, purchase of seed, fertilizer, chemicals and other materials, and sell-ing of harvested herb medicine by organization of cultivator fraternity. 4 Cultivatorshave to exclude intermediary margin by the development of direct transaction andcontract cultivation with medicinal herb store, drug manufacturer, chinese meicinehospital and trading firm etc. And also, by the performing exportation with foreign consumer.

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A Basic Study on Development of Medical Wild Plant Resources in Mt. EB- AM (임암산 한약자원식물의 개발 및 이용체계 관한 기초적 연구)

  • EuiSooYoon
    • Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.259-278
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    • 1989
  • The plants medicinal resources of Mt. Eb-aon were investifeted 18times from JuLy, 1988 to August, 1989. In orther to analyze the vegeta-tion of Eb-am mountain area, medical wild plants structure and distr-ibution. Medical wild Plants of Eb-am mountain consisted of 100 familis, 337 species in alL. The resources of important herb drugs were, Graminea, Liliaceae, Molaceae, Polygonaceae, Ranunculaceae, Brassicaceae, Rosaceae, Drupaceae, Fabaecae, Apiaceae, Labiatae, Solanaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Rubiaceae, CampanuLaceae, ComposLtae, The herb drufs were Comparatively more than in other mountains in our country.

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Plan for Public Information Museum of Herb Resources (약초자원 홍보관 계획)

  • Cha, Sang-Gi
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Interior Design Conference
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    • 2004.11a
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    • pp.149-152
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    • 2004
  • Currently, with the development of an advanced industrial form, attention to human life has risen gradually. On the basis of aboves, Oriental medical industry has been achieved revolutionarily, and moreover the new word 'Well-being' has been born due to the value of life and attention to health. All who live in the 21-century have worried about problem with health and well-being, and the substitute medical science centering around the Oriental medicine has come up as the major concern, not to speak of the Oriental the West. Domestically, Research and attention to the Oriental medicine has increased, and its importance has appeared. At the moment, locally self-governing groups have taken an active step to study the genetic resources centering around locally- breedy wild medicinal herbfor their economy growth. Accordingly, in the historic view, to discover our medicinal herb's essence and to supply professional, systemical infomation of herb genetic, the necessity of professional exhibition museum can come up. under the above circumstances, I propose the public information museum in local area.

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The Present Condition and the View of Herb Culture in Japan (일본における약초재배の 현황と 전망)

  • 이치로
    • Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.105-111
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    • 1992
  • It was explained in detail that the present condition of herb culture in Japanese agriculture and the requirement of crude drugs of good and regulqr very hard hit by the market conditionof crude drugs taking ginseng (Panax ginseng C.A.Meyer) and Coptis Rhizome (Coptis japon-ica Makino) as examples. It is not too mach to say that the market is now under the control ofcrude drugs imported from China. The main current of herb culture in Japan will be the con-tract agriculture that the seedlings of good and regular quality are received and are cultivateduntil the enough time, and the farm products are directly handed to the medicinal company fol-lowing the example of zedoary (Curcuma zedoaria Roscoe) .

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Changes of Microorganisms and Active Compounds in Glycyrrhizae Radix as Affected by Drying Method and Gamma Ray Treatments (건조 방법 및 감마선 조사에 따른 감초의 미생물 저감효과 및 유효성분 변화)

  • Kim, Joon-Hee;Kang, Byoung-Man;Kim, Jun Yong;Kim, Ryu-Dam;Hwang, Hyun Chul;Lee, Jae-Woong
    • Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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    • v.35 no.4
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    • pp.428-434
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    • 2022
  • Glycyrrhizae Radix is an herbal medicine vulnerable to fungi. So there are regulations on mycotoxins. Therefore, in this study, the affect of various drying methods and additional gamma irradiation (10 kGy) was studied to suppress the microbial generation of Glycyrrhizae Radix. As a result of detecting and comparing microorganisms using the dry film method for samples prepared by each of natural, hot air, freezing, microwave drying and gamma irradiation, the affect of reducing microorganisms by microwave drying and gamma irradiation was confirmed. There was no statistically significant change in the content of the active compounds between the treatment groups.

DEVELOPMENT OF ADSORBENT USING BYPRODUCTS FROM KOREAN MEDICINE FOR REMOVING HEAVY METALS

  • Kim, S.W.;Lim, J.L.
    • Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2007
  • Most of the herb residue producing from oriental medical clinics(OMC) and hospitals(OMH) is wasted in Korea. To develop of adsorbent for removing heavy metal from wastewater, the various pre-treatment methods of the herb residue were evaluated by potentiometric titration, Freundlich isotherm adsorption test and the kinetic adsorption test. The herb residue was pre-treated for increasing the adsorption capacity by cleaning with distilled water, 0.1 N HCl and 0.1 N NaOH and by heating at $370^{\circ}C$ for 30 min. It showed a typical weak acid-weak base titration curve and a short pH break like commercial activated carbon during photentiometric titration of pre-treated herb residue. The log-log plots in the Freundlich isotherm test were linear on the herb residue pre-treated with NaOH or HCl like commercial activated carbon. The adsorption capacity(qe) in the Freundlich isotherm test for $Cr^{6+}$ was 1.5 times higher in the pre-treated herb residue with HCl than in activated carbon. On the other hand the herb residue pre-treated with NaOH showed the good adsorption capacities for $Pb^{2+}$, $Cu^{2+}$ and $Cd^{2+}$ even though those adsorption capacities were lower than that of activated carbon. In kinetic test, most of heavy metals removed within the first 10 min of contact and then approached to equilibrium with increasing contact time. The removal rate of heavy metals increased with an increase of the amount of adsorbent. Likewise, the removal rates of heavy metals were higher in the herb residue pre-treated with NaOH than in that pre-treated with HCl. The adsorption preference of herb residues pre-treated with NaOH or HCl was $Pb^{2+}>Cu^{2+}$ or $Cd^{2+}>Cr^{6+}$ in the order. Conclusively, the herb residue can be used as an alternative adsorbent for the removal of heavy metals depending on pr-treatment methods.

A Basic Study on Development of Medical Wild Plant Resouces in Mt. CHU-WOL (추월산 한약자원식물의 분포 및 분류체계에 관한 기초적 연구)

  • EuiSooYoon
    • Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.41-63
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    • 1990
  • The plants medicinal resources of Mt. Chu-woL were investigated 21times from APril, 1975 to August , 1977 and from JuLy, 1988 to August 1989In orther to analyze the vegetation of Chu-woL mountain area , medical wildplants structure and distribution. MedicaL wild plants of Chu-woL moun-tain consisted of 113 familis, 428 species in alL. The resources of important herb drugs were Polypodiaceae, Graminea, Liliaceae , Polygonaceae,Ranunculaceae, Brassicaceae, Rosaceae , Fabaceae, Apiaceae, tabiatae, so-lanaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Campanulaceae, Compositae. The herb drugswere comparatively more than in other mountains in our country .

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