Isolation of Herbicidal Substances from Bulbs of Lycoris flavescens M.Y.Kim & S.T.Lee

붉노랑상사화 인경으로부터 살초활성 물질의 분리

This study was conducted to determine the herbicidal activity of herbicidal substances and identify them in bulbs of Lycoris flavescens. Methanol extract was purified by a series of chromatographic techniques including silica gel column chromatography, preparative TLC, and HPLC. The final HPLC gave two active fractions and two herbicidal substances were obtained. By GC/MS analysis, one was identified as galanthine (galanthan-1-ol) and the other was identified as montanine ($O^2$-methyl pancracine), an isoquinoline alkaloid. Montanine showed nearly 100% of growth inhibition on the shoot and root of barnyardgrass (Echinochloa crusgalli) seedlings at $20{\mu}g\;mL^{-1}$ as compared with the control. Meanwhile, methanol extract of L. flavescens bulbs showed only about 3.1% and 8.3% of growth inhibition on the shoot and root of rice cultivar, Hwayeongbyeo seedlings at $1,000{\mu}g\;mL^{-1}$ as compared with the control, respectively.

연구는 붉노랑상사화 인경에 함유된 살초활성 물질을 분리하여 살초활성을 평가하고 그 화학구조를 구명하고자 수행되었다. Silica gel flash column chromatography, preparative TLC, HPLC 등 일련의 크로마토그래피법들을 통해 붉노랑상사화 인경의 MeOH 추출물을 분리 정제하였다. HPLC에 의해 최종 획득된 활성분획에 대한 GC/MS 분석 결과, galanthine (galanthan-1-ol)과 isoquinoline alkaloid인 montanine ($O^2$-methyl pancracine)이 동정되었다. Montanine은 $20{\mu}g\;mL^{-1}$ 농도에서 돌피 유묘의 생장을 거의 100% 억제시키는 것으로 나타났다. 한편, 붉노랑상사화 인경의 MeOH 추출물은 $1,000{\mu}g\;mL^{-1}$ 에서 대조구에 비해 화영벼 유묘의 신초와 유근의 생장을 각각 약 3.1% 및 8.3% 억제하였다.