• 대한본초학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.17-24
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• 2012

Objective : For the purpose of investigating the herbal resources of Dokdo island, this study was designed. Method : For the first time, we searched the native plants of Dokdo island from research data. And we examined herbological books on the plants of Dokdo island. Result : The native herbaceous plants in Dokdo island were 27 family and 73 species, and the medicinal plants were 49 species among them. The woody plants in Dokdo island were 12 family and 13 species, and the medicinal plants were 10 species among them. The main medicinal parts of medicinal plants were the whole body of herbs, roots, and seeds in order. The herbal medicines with cold or cool nature were 45 species, they took the top nature of the herbal medicines. According to the properties and principal action of native herbal medicines in Dokdo island, the major parts were classified into drugs for clearing away heat, eliminating toxin, activating blood flow and removing blood stasis, urination, removing heat from the blood and stopping of bleeding. The number of native herbal medicines with small toxicity in Dokdo island were 7 species. Conclusion : For the purpose of preserving the native plants of Dokdo island, we should recognize not only medical benefits but also matters that demand special attention.

• 대한본초학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.53-60
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• 2010

Objectives : This study was conducted to evaluate the antioxidative and fibrinolytic activity of the water and ethanol extracts from medicinal plants. Methods : Five kinds of medicinal plants(Carthami Flos, Glycyrrhizae Radix, Schisandrae Fructus, Atractylodes Rhizoma, Shiitake mushiroom) were extracted with distilled water and 70% ethanol, and the extracts were tested for their antioxidative and fibrilytic activities. Results : The highest polyphenol contents of the water and ethanol extracts from medicinal plants were 812.52 mg and 685.44 mg per 100 g of Carthamus tinctorius and Schizandra chinensis, respectively. The electron donating abilities (EDA) of the water extracts from all medicinal plants except Lentinus edodes were about 90% at 1,000 ppm and ethanol extracts were higher than those of water extracts. The highest SOD-like activity and nitrite scavenging abilities (NSA) were both of water and ethanol extracts from Schizandra chinensis. Five kinds of medicinal plants had fibrinolytoc activity and the highest activities were water and ethanol extracts from Glycyrrhiza uralensis. Conclusion : These results suggest that the medicinal plants can be used as natural antioxidant to prevent oxidative damage in normal cells probably because of their antioxidative and fibrinolytic activities.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.316-324
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• 1999

중국에서 약용식물은 서양의학과 동등한 수준으로 인간의 건강증진과 유지 및 치료를 위해 매우 중요한 역할을 수행하고 있는데 본 논문에서는 중국에서 약용식물의 산업적 발달에 관해서 간략히 고찰하였다. 현계 중국에서 약용식물로 이용되고 있는 식물은 11, 118종에 달한다. 이들 약용식물이 가공되지 않고 천연산물로 이용되는 연간 총 생산액은 60억달러에 달하며 조제형태로 이용되는 총 생산액은 30억달러에 달한다. 지금까지 약용식물로부터 100여종 이상의 신약이 개발되었으며 천연자원에 의존하려는 세계적인 추세를 감안한다면 약용식물의 중요성은 더욱 증대할 것이며 산업적 개발이 인류의 건강을 유지하는데 결정적 역할을 할 것으로 기대된다.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.65-79
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• 2011

Reactive oxygen species potentially cause damage to cellular components including lipids, protein and DNA; this oxidative damage plays a key role in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disease, cardiovascular disease, metabolic disease and cancer. On the basis of the oxidative stress hypothesis, a number of studies have been performed to search for an efficient and safe antioxidant. Although in vitro studies have provided promising results, only a limited number of natural and synthetic antioxidants have been developed for clinical application due to their low efficacy and side-effects. Thus, the discovery of new antioxidants with marked efficacy and safety has attracted worldwide attention in recent decades. Since plants are recognized as important sources of natural antioxidants, our research has focused on the discovery of new naturally occurring antioxidants from medicinal plants. The purpose of this review is to open a new prospect in the field of search for natural antioxidants from medicinal plants by summarizing our recent findings. Using in vitro bioassay systems such as 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl, superoxide radical scavenging tests and lipid peroxidation models, we have tested over than 350 species of medicinal plants for their antioxidant activity and selected several of them for further investigation. During the research on the discovery of effective natural antioxidants from the medicinal plants selected, we have isolated several new and known antioxidant compounds that include stilbene glycosides, phenolic glycosides, flavonoids, oligostilbenes, and coumarins. Our results suggest that the presence of antioxidant compounds in the medicinal plants might be associated with the traditional use to treat inflammation, cardiovascular disease and various chronic diseases.

• 대한본초학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.25-34
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• 2007

Objectives : The plans can be used for medicinal purposes, among Farinales in korea and examined their effects and distributions. Methods : The examined herbalogical books and research papers which published at home and abroad. Results: 1. There were totaled to 8 genera and 24 species in Farinales Korea and among them medicinal plants arc 8 genera, 11 species, some 46% in total. 2. Eriocaulon is main kind enough that it has 11 species among total 24 species in the Farinales, of which medicinal plants are Commelina and Monochoria that they have each 2 species 3. The herb is the main medicinal parts of medicinal plants in the Farinales which is used in 9 species. 4. According to nature and flavor of medicinal plants in the Farinales, they were classified into cool 9 species; sweet taste 9 in the order. 5. According to meridian propism of medicinal plants in the Farinales, they were classified into liver meridian 6 species. 6. According to the properties and principal curative action. they were classified into drugs for detoxicant 12, drugs for antifebrile 11 species, drugs for drain damp 8 in the order. 7. It was noticed that 1 medicinal plant in the Farinale is toxic. Conclusion: There were totaled to 8 genera and 24 species in Farinales in Korea and among them medicinal plants are 8 genera, 11 species, some 46% in total.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.417-428
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• 2007

국내 유통 중인 한약재 대부분을 수입에 의존하고 있으나, 관리시설이 빈약하여 해충들에게 쉽게 노출될 수 있는 환경에 놓여 있다. 이 연구는 총 67과 134속 158종의 저장 한약재들을 대상으로 이들에서 발생하고 있는 저장물해충들을 조사하였다. 그 결과, Cassia 속의 육계, Juniperus 속의 자단향 그리고 Artemisia 속 애엽을 비롯한 44종의 한약재들에서는 곤충의 발생을 확인할 수 없었다. 한약재들에서 나타난 해충들의 발생빈도는 쌀머리대장 (A. advena) 12.3%, 권연벌레 (L. serricorne) 11.5%, 머리대장가는납작벌레 (O. surinamensis) 10.3%, 거짓쌀도둑거저리 (T. castaneum) 9.4%, 인삼벌레 (S. paniceum) 8.4% 그리고 화랑곡나방 (P. interpunctella) 7.9% 순이었다. 또한 이들 곤충들은 저장 중인 한약재들 중에서도 뿌리 또는 뿌리줄기 형태의 한약재들을 가장 선호한 것으로 보였다. 이 연구는 천연물 연구자들에게 곤충들이 발생하지 않았던 한약재들에 대한 기본 정보를 제공해줌으로써 향후 이들이 살충활성 또는 훈증활성물질을 탐색하는데 있어 이들 한약재들을 우선적으로 검토할 수 있는 유용한 자료로서 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국응용약물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국응용약물학회 1998년도 Proceedings of UNESCO-internetwork Cooperative Regional Seminar and Workshop on Bioassay Guided Isolation of Bioactive Substances from Natural Products and Microbial Products
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• pp.88-88
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• 1998

China is rich in plant resources of various species. There are more than 3000 kinds of flowering plants distributed widely in the country. Throughout China's long history, many plants have been using for treatment of various diseases and playing very important role to support social civilization and prosperity. As present understanding, Chinese medicinal plants are rich sources of discovering and developing new natural drugs and lead compounds in China. To make the use of Chinese medicinal plants more scientific and more rational, its fundamental research should be strengthened, including studies on chemical constituents, pharmacological effects and its action mechanism.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.365-370
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• 1999

To investigate the effect of natural plants on the prolongation of optimal fermentation time of kakdugi, various kakdugies, added with hot water extract from 105 kinds of natural plants(68 medicinal plants and 37 vegetables), were fermented at 20oC until optimal fermentation time. In case of control without addition, the time required to reach the optimum acidity(0.6% lactic acid) was 60 hr. Among 105 kinds tested, 48 plant(42 medicinal plants and 6vegetables) extracts decreased the acidity after 60 hr fermentation to less than 50% of control. In addition, these extracts extended the optimal fermen tation time(>120 hr) by more than 2 folds. Moreover, among the above 48 kinds, 12 sorts of extracts raised the hardness of kakdugi, by more than 30%, compared to control. And the number of lactic acid bacteria in kakdugi added with the above 12 kinds was not smaller than that of control. In sensory test, 8 kinds of medicinal plants(including Phyllostachys edulis) were found to be acceptable. Based on these results, it is suggested that kakdugi added with 8 kinds of medicinal plants was adequate in the prolongation of optimal fermentation time of kakdugi.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.77-81
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• 2018

Mass production of forest medicinal plants is related to quality control of raw medicinal materials. Plant tissue culture is an important technology to produce high-quality plant materials. Numerous factors are reported to influence the success of in vitro regeneration of medicinal plants. Embryogenesis is known to be the most effective techniques and it has developed in some medicinal plant species. Various in vitro cultural condition for direct and/or indirect somatic embryogenesis systems have developed in Epimedium koreaum, Bupleurum falcatum, Paeonia lactiflora, Chrysanthemum zawadskii, Houttuynia cordata etc. In this study, we provide the present statue and information of in vitro propagation techniques that is able to apply as an efficient system for rootstock propagation system of forest medicinal plants.

• Plant Resources
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.36-52
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• 2003

The medicinal plants in 22 unhabited islands of Jindo-gun, Chonnam provincde were investigated from March 2000 to October 2002. The medicinal plants in 22 uninhabited islands of Jindo-gun were consisted 366 taxa; 95 families, 269 genus, 309 species, 52 varieties, 3 forma, and 2 subspecies. Important medicinal plants on survey area were Lemmaphyllum microphyllum, Dendropanax morbifera, Ficus erecta, Farfugium japonicum, Machilus thunbergii, Juniperus chinensis var. procumbens, Dendrobium moniliforme, Pyrrhosia tricuspis, Cinnamomum japonicum, Pittosporum tobira, Kadsura japonica, and Daphniphyllum macropodum, This result can be used as basic information data for medicinal research and the conservation of uninhabited islands.