• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.955-964
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• 2023

Bee pollen is a valuable apitherapeutic product and has been known to have diverse biological activities, including antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and even anticancer activity. However, its effect on the immune system is not well studied and is rather controversial. This study intended to elucidate the biological activity of bee pollen on immunity. For this purpose, we used lyophilized bee pollen after wet grinding, which shows increased extraction of bioactive components and enhanced biological activity. First, lyophilized bee pollen after wet grinding significantly increased the proliferation of splenocytes isolated from normal mice. On the other hand, lyophilized bee pollen after wet grinding dose-dependently reversed splenocyte proliferation by concanavalin A or lipopolysaccharide. To clarify the activity of bee pollen on immunity lyophilized bee pollen after wet grinding was administered daily to mice for five weeks and isolated splenocytes. In this study, there was no significant difference in the population of immune cells and the size of spleen between bee pollen- and sterile water-treated groups. However, proliferation of splenocyte isolated from bee pollen-administered animals was boosted by both concanavalin A and lipopolysaccharide. Finally, kaempferol, a well-known flavonoid from bee pollen, dose-dependently increased splenocyte proliferation by both Con A and LPS. On the other hand, naringenin, another flavonoid in the bee pollen, dose-dependently inhibited the proliferation of splenocytes by Con A and LPS. Together, these data indicate that bee pollen may be able to prime the immunity to boost immune reaction after inflammation.

• 식물분류학회지
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.202-208
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• 2011

The present study was focused on the careful investigation of Glechoma longituba flowers collected from four populations in Korea to clarify their precise sexual systems. All floral characters of this taxon were examined by using a stereo microscopy. The nutlet size and production were compared between two distinct morphs (i.e., hermaphrodites and females), and pollen viability test of hermaphrodite and intermediate phenotype (i.e., individuals with a mixture of females and perfect flowers) was also observed by light microscopy (LM). All of the investigated floral characters of G. longituba are significantly different from one sexual morph to another. Hermaphroditic plants were larger than the female ones in corolla width and length, calyx length, filament length, anther length, and style length (all P < 0.0001, respectively). However, the nutlet width of the female plants was larger than those of the hermaphrodites (P = 0.013). Nutlet production of females was higher than hermaphrodites in Na-Ju population [H (Hermaphrodite): ca. 17.76%, F (Female): ca. 37.45%], but in Mun-San population was no significant difference between these sexual morphs (H: ca. 57.52%, F: ca. 53.16%). We have found significant differences between the fertile pollen grain of hermaphrodite and sterile pollen grain of intermediate phenotype based on pollen size and viability. The results of the present study suggest that compensation (flower size dimorphism, seed set, and pollen viability) is one of the main mechanisms in order to maintain female plants in gynodioecious G. longituba.

• 화훼연구
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.62-65
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• 2010

한국산 나리속 7종의 화분 관찰에 의한 나리속의 종간 유연관계를 구명하고자 본 실험을 수행하였다. 화분 표면을 주사전자현미경으로 관찰한 결과 모두 단립(monad)으로 발아구가 한 개인 장형(prolate)을 띠었다. 화분 길이와 폭의 비율은 종별로 차이를 나타내어서 말나리가 2.59로 제일 큰 장타원형을 나타냈고, 하늘말나리는 1.82로서 원형에 가까운 타원형을 나타냈다. 화분의 길이와 폭은 참나리가 각각 115.90와 $46.54{\mu}m$로 가장 컸으며 하늘말나리는 길이와 폭이 각각 $70.33{\mu}m$와 $38.72{\mu}m$로 가장 작았다. 외막의 표면 무늬는 망상(reticulate)으로서 망강(lumen)은 형태가 일정하지 않은 다각형으로 7종 모두 유사한 것으로 나타났다. 나리속의 종간 분류는 말나리와 중나리가 오차범위 내에서 유사한 화분 크기를 지니고 있었다. 한편, 나머지 종들의 화분 길이는 뚜렷한 차이를 나타내어 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 화분의 길이를 통한 나리속의 분류는 외막 모양이나 화분의 단면적보다는 화분 크기가 유용할 것으로 생각된다.

• 식물분류학회지
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• 제53권1호
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• pp.9-13
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• 2023

Menyanthes trifoliata L., a heterostyly plant, is an endangered species in Korea. Floral morphology has been published for M. trifoliata, but few works have concentrated on pollen dimorphism differences accompanied by floral dimorphism. Here, we conducted a comparative morphological study of two morphs to investigate a dimorphism system with Korean populations. Pollen morphological characteristics were observed with a light microscope and a scanning electron microscope. For the pin type, pollen size is 36.01 ± 2.01 ㎛, whereas for the thrum type it is 41.28 ± 2.58 ㎛ in terms of the equatorial diameter. The two morphs have a small apocolpium field at 5.62 ± 0.30 for the pin type and 6.24 ± 0.70 for the thrum type. The configuration of the aperture was tricolpate with a striate ridge in the two morphs. However, they have different pollen shapes and sizes, stigma shapes, and apocolpium sizes. M. trifoliata only has different pollen sizes and shapes between European populations and Korean populations. Nevertheless, Korean populations also show pollen dimorphism correlated with their floral dimorphism.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.465-471
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• 2018

벌 화분은 오랫동안 전 세계적으로 이용되어 온 대체요법 중 하나이다. 벌 화분은 항진균 및 항균작용, 항암작용, 면역조절, 그리고 세포의 증식 등 다양한 생리활성을 갖고 있는 것으로 알려져 있다. 본 연구는 설치류를 이용하여 벌 화분의 양성전립선비대증의 개선 효과를 밝히기 위해 진행되었다. 벌 화분은 활성 성분의 추출률을 극대화하고, 생체 흡수율을 높이기 위하여 나노 크기로 분쇄하여 이용하였다. 먼저, 나노 크기의 벌 화분은 만성 testosterone 투여에 의한 전립선 크기 증가를 유의하게 완화하였다. 게다가 나노 크기의 벌 화분은 혈중 전립선 특이 항원의 농도를 뚜렷하게 감소시켰다. 흥미롭게도 나노 크기의 벌 화분은 testosterone에 의한 혈중 prostaglandin $E_2$ 증가에는 유의한 영향을 미치지 않았다. 이러한 나노 크기 벌 화분의 약리 효능은 dutasteride의 효과와 유사하였다. 마지막으로 나노 크기의 벌 화분은 androgen-반응성 인간 전립선 샘암종 세포인 LNCaP 세포의 손상을 유도하지 않았다. 이러한 결과를 종합하면, 나노화 된 벌 화분은 양성전립선비대증의 치료에 대체요법으로 이용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.863-875
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• 2006

Intensive visibility monitoring was conducted to investigate physical and chemical characteristics of visibility impairment by airborne pollen. Light attenuation coefficients were optically measured by a transmissometer, a nephelometer, and an aethalometer. Elemental, ionic, and carbonaceous species were chemically analyzed on the filters collected by $PM_{2.5}$ and $PM_{10}$ samplers. Aerosol size distribution was analyzed using a cascade impactor during airborne pollen period. Airborne pollen count was calculated using a scanning electron microscope. Airborne pollen was emitted into the atmosphere in springtime and funker degraded visibility through its scattering and absorbing the light. Average light extinction coefficient was measured to be $211{\pm}36Mm^{-1}$ when airborne pollen was not observed. But it increased to $459{\pm}267Mm^{-1}$ during the airborne pollen period due to increase of average $PM_{2.5}$ and $PM_{10}$ mass concentration and relative humidity and airborne pollen count concentration for $PM_{10}$, which were measured to be $46.5{\pm}29.1{\mu}g\;m^{-3},\;97.0{\pm}41.7{\mu}g\;m^{-3},\;54.1{\pm}11.6%$, and $68.2{\pm}89.7m^{-3}$, respectively. Average light extinction efficiencies for $PM_{2.5}$ and $PM_{10}$ were calculated to be $5.9{\pm}0.9$ and $4.5{\pm}0.8m^2 g^{-1}$ during the airborne pollen period. Light extinction efficiency for $PM_{10}$ increased further than that for $PM_{2.5}$. The average light extinction budget by airborne pollen was estimated to be about 24% out of the average measured light extinction coefficient during the airborne pollen period.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.251-256
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• 2000

Astragalus membranaceus has flowers that are similar to that of the legume family, but shows poor bearing when self-pollination is induced. Thus, this study was carried out observing the ripening procedure of pistils and stamens and development stages of pollen in the context of the birth and growth of the flower. As to the bearing of the flower of A. membranaceus, few pod setting and 13% pod setting were observed when self-pollination is induced by paper-bag covering or artificial pollination treated respectively. The result indicates that A. membranaceus is a cross-pollination plant. A pistil grew faster than a stamen until just before blooming. The flower size was about 17.0mm$\times$4.0mm. Pistils and stamens had the same length after flowering. Pollen mother cells passed through meiosis and mitosis when its length reached around 3.5mm, thus creating the tetrade when 4 mm long. Pollen attained full growth when the bud was about 10mm long. An anther was found to tend to dehisce when the length of a bud reached around 12.0mm. As to the shape of pollen, about 70 % were normal. 1% and 30 % were small or empty pollen respectively. The result indicates that pollen of A. membranaceus attains full growth just before anther dehiscence which occurs before blooming while pistils grow faster than stamens until before flowering.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.46-50
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• 1979

한국산(韓國産) 병꽃나무속(屬)의 화분형태(花粉形態)를 지역별(地域別), 시기별(時期別)로 조사(調査)하여 다음과 같은 결과(結果)를 얻었다. 1. 화분(花粉)의 크기는 4종(種)사이에 변이(變異)가 있으며 붉은 병꽃나무가 가장 크고, 병꽃나무가 가장 적었다. 2. 한 종(種)에서도 화분(花粉)의 크기는 지역별(地域別), 시기별(時期別)로 차이가 있으며 가을에 채취(採取)한 병꽃나무가 가장 적었다. 3. P/E지수는 변이(變異)가 적으며 뼝꽃나무와 골병꽃나무는 아편구상(亞扁球狀)이고, 붉은병꽃나무와 소영도리나무는 구상(球狀)이다. 4, 관구(管口)의 수(數)는 계룡산(鷄龍山) 지역(地域)의 병꽃나무속(屬)은 3개인데, 관악산(冠岳山)과 보문산(寶文山) 지역(地域)의 병꽃나무에서 4개가 관찰(觀察)되었다.

• 식물분류학회지
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.108-112
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• 2011

한국산 백운풀속 5분류군의 화분을 광학현미경과 주사전자현미경으로 관찰하였다. 본 속의 화분은 모두 단립이며, 극축의 길이는 $20.7-36.0 {\mu}m$, 적도면의 너비는 $21.0-38.4{\mu}m$으로 세립 또는 중립이다. 화분의 형태는 P/E가 0.93-1.00로서 약단구형 내지 구형이다. 발아구의 수는 3-7개, 발아구의 형태는 공구형이며, 구구의 길이는 $14.2-20.4{\mu}m$, 너비는 $2.6-3.4{\mu}m$이다. 외표벽의 두께는 $0.9-2.4{\mu}m$이며, 표면무늬는 모두 망상으로 미립돌기가 있거나 없었다. 본 속의 화분형질 중 화분의 크기, 발아구의 수, 표면무늬에 미립돌기의 유무는 속내 종간 식별형질로서 매우 유용한 것으로 확인되었다. 또한 화분형질에 의해 설정된 Neanotis속은 형질의 연속적인 변이에 의해 속의 실체에 대하여 재검토되어야 할 것으로 판단되었다.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.27-32
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• 1968

In the present experiment as a basic study for establishing a hybrid seed orchard, an observation was made on the survivability of grafts using Pinus rigida as the stock and its hybrids as the sciion, and on the shape and germination of pollen collected from grafted plants. The results are summarized as follows: 1. The hybrid scion of P. rigida.taeda or $P. rigida{\times}(P. rigida.taeda)$ grafted into P. rigida stock showed lower survivability than the homoplastic graftings of P. rigida. 2. Five among the eight eleven-year old scions homoplastically grafted into two-year old stock for the staminate strobile one year after their grafting. 3. There was no difference in the size and germination ability between the pollen collected from homoplastically grafted plant and from the normal one. 4. The pollen collected from the grafted plant is thought to be usable for the control pollination as the germination of such pollen was considerably good.