인삼식물의 종자발육 과정에 있어서의 생리화학적 연구

Studies on the Physiological Chemistry of Seed Development in Ginseng Seed

인삼 종자의 결실과 최아과정중에서 일어나는 물질대사의 기본적 소인을 알고저 화기형성초기로부터 개화기까지, 결실초기부터 홍숙기까지, 그리고 최아과정중 화학성분의 변화를 추구하였다. 1. 화뢰에서는 감수분열기 이전까지 신선중, 건물중, 회수화물, 질소화합물의 변동은 그리 크지 않으며 TCA가용성인, 특히 유기태인의 증가와 현저하였다. 2. 감수분열기로부터 소포자기에 이르는 기간 동안 신선중, 건물중이 급격히 증가되고 전질소량이 증가하는데 불용성 질소구분은 이 시기부터 그 량이 늘어나 단백질이 합성되는 것을 의미하고 있으며 불용성 질소가 전질소의 62∼70%를 차지하고 있다. 또한 가용성 당분이 급격하게 증가되어 환원당, 비환원당이 모두 증가하나 전분의 증가는 볼 수 없고, 전인에 대한 TCA가용성인이 85.4%, TCA불용성인이 14.6%로 화뢰성장중 각각 최고, 최소치를 나타내고 있다. 3. 화분성숙기 이후와 개화기에서 특히 건물중의 증가가 현저하고 불용성질소도 계속 증가되어 총질소의 67%에 이른다. 또한 두드러진 유기태인의 저하와 갑작스런 조전분의 증가를 볼 수 있고 무기태인량이 유기태 인량을 능가하게 된다. 4. 결실기부터 홍열기까지에 있어서는 신선중량의 90%가 결실 후 3주간에 증가하는데, 1) 전질소량은 7배로 증가되었고 성숙되어 갈수록 전질소에 대한 불용성질소의 량이 커져서 65%에서 80%이상으로 상승되고 한편 가용성질소의 비율은 35%에서 20%이하로 저하되었다. 2) 전인산량도 8배로 증가되는데 홍숙이 시작되는 시기에 최고에 이르고 이때에 전인산에 대한 TCA가용성인의 비율도 가장 커서 90%에 이른다. 유기태인도 홍숙이 시작될 때까지 29배나 증가되며 지질태인, 핵산태인, 단백태인이 모두 증가되고 있다. 3) 회수화물의 증가는 신선중의 증가와 유사한데결실한지 3주 후에 최고량에 달하고 그 후는 사실상 증가하지 않으며 가용성당도 3주 후에 최고에 달했다가 일시 감소하며 홍숙기에 약간 증가하나 먼저 수준에는 이르지 못하며 조전분은 점차 증가되어 홍숙되기 일주 전에 최고량에 달하나 전 건물량의 2.36% 밖에 되지 못한다. 회수화물중 가용성당이 차지하는 비율이 훨씬 크며 완숙기에서는 가용성당분중 약80% 이상의 비환원당으로 되어 있어 인삼 종자의 주요 회수화물을 이루고 있다. 4) 한편 완숙된 종자의 배란중에는 60% 이상의 지방을 함유하고 있어 인삼 종자의 저장물질은 단백질이나 회수화물이기 보다는 주로 지방이다. 5. 최아조작중에는 배가 11월중순의 파종기까지 4.2∼4.7mm로 발육하며 충분히 흡수하여 50∼60%에 이르고, 저장지방, 단백질, 전분이 가수분해하여 가용화되고 당분, 무기태인, 인지질, 핵산태인, 단백태인과 가용성질소의 증가를 보이고 있어 세포내용물의 전이가 일어나 발아에 필요한 물질을 축적하고 있다.

This study was done on the metabolism of chemical components during the seed development of ginseng. The changes of the chemical components were inspected in the following periods: from the early stage of flower organ formation to flowering time, from the early stage of fruiting to maturity, during the moisture stratification before sowing. From flower bud forming stage to meiosis stage, the changes in the fresh weight, dry weight, contents of carbohydrates, and contents of nitrogen compounds were slight while the content of TCA soluble phosphorus and especially the content of organic phosphorus increased markedly. From meiosis stage to microspore stage the fresh and dry weights increase greatly. Also, the total nitrogen content increases in this period. Insolub]e nitrogen was 62-70% of the total nitrogen content; the increase of insoluble nitrogen seems to have resulted form the synthesis of protein. The content of soluble sugar (reducing and non-reducing sugar) increases greatly but there was no observable increase in starch content. In this same period, TCA soluble phosphorus reached the maximum level of 85.4% of the total phosphorus. TCA insoluble phosphorus remained at the minimum content level of 14.6%. After the pollen maturation stage and during the flowering period the dry weight increased markedly and insolub]e nitrogen also increased to the level of 67% of the total nitrogen content. Also in this stage, the organic phosphorus content decreased and was found in lesser amounts than inorganic phosphorus. A rapid increase in the starch content was also observed at this stage. In the first three weeks after fruiting the ginseng fruit grows rapidly. Ninety percent of the fresh weight of ripened ginseng seed is obtained in this period. Also, total nitrogen content increased by seven times. As the fruits ripened, insoluble nitrogen increased from 65% of the total nitrogen to 80% while soluble nitrogen decreased from 35% to 20%. By the beginning of the red-ripening period, the total phosphoric acid content increased by eight times and was at its peak. In this same period, TCA soluble phosphorus was 90% of total phosphorus content and organic phosphorus had increased by 29 times. Lipid-phosphorus, nucleic acid-phosphorus and protein-phosphorus also increased during this stage. The rate of increase in carbohydrates was similar to the rate of increase in fresh weight and it was observed at its highest point three weeks after fruiting. Soluble sugar content was also highest at this time; it begins to decrease after the first three weeks. At the red-ripening stage, soluble sugar content increased again slightly, but never reached its previous level. The level of crude starch increased gradually reaching its height, 2.36% of total dry weight, a week before red-ripening, but compared with the content level of other soluble sugars crude starch content was always low. When the seeds ripened completely, more than 80% of the soluble sugar was non-reducing sugar, indicating that sucrose is the main reserve material of carbohydrates in ginseng seeds. Since endosperm of the ripened ginseng seeds contain more than 60% lipids, lipids can be said to be the most abundant reserve material in ginseng seeds; they are more abundant than carbohydrates, protein, or any other component. During the moisture stratification, ginseng seeds absorb quantities of water. Lipids, protein and starch stored in the seeds become soluble by hydrolysis and the contents of sugar, inorganic phosphorus, phospho-lipid, nucleic acid-phosphorus, protein phosphorus, and soluble nitrogen increase. By sowing time, the middle of November, embryo of the seeds grows to 4.2-4.7mm and the water content of the seeds amounts to 50-60% of the total seed weight. Also, by this time, much budding material has been accumulated. On the other hand, dry stored ginseng seeds undergo some changes. The water content of the seeds decreases to 5% and there is an observable change in the carbohydraes but the content of lipid and nitrogen compounds did not change as much as carbohydrates.