In spite of the fact that the system of oriental medicine still remains in the realm of 'unproven-method of treatment', no one can deny that the oriental medicine is a rich source of idea and motivation for the discovery of new drug from natural sources. However, non-scientific, mystic hypothetical system of oriental medicine refuses to be revealed scientifically. For the purpose of drawing useful parameters for inductive reasoning of the system, a new approach which comprises statistical analyses of prescription was attempted in this study. One hundred and thirty two ginseng-compounds prescription in 'Bang-Yak-Hap-Pyon', one of the most popular formularies of oriental medicine in Korea, were analysed by multivariate analysis technique. The results revealed ginseng from many points of view, e.g., therapeutic indications, dose, and compatibility, etc. Among these, the most striking coincidence with scientific achievements of modern pharmacology, is the fact that the oriental medicine has characterized ginseng already from remote ancient times as neither a specific curative nor an aphrodisiac, but a non-specific adaptogenic drug for general infirmity.

A new physico-chemical method for identifying botanical drugs was investigated. Fifty drugs were chosen from the presently exported botanical drugs and were classified into 12 groups chemotaxonomically. Various extract(either, 50% ethanol and water) of each group were developed with same solvent system by using chromatographic method(TLC) and observed a characteristic pattern of each drugs. This method, therefore, can be applicable to identify each botanical drug out of the combined phyto-preparations.

Anti-inflammatory activity of crude drugs was evaluated by the albumin stabilizing activity test, according to the screening method of Mizushima et al., upon the randomly selected samples of 63 genus, 106 families, 123 species of plant. Almost every plant belonging to the families Araliaceae, Umbelliferae and Liliaceae showed strong stabilizing activity on the heat denaturation of bovine serum albumin, suggesting the presence of anti-inflammatory components in the plants.

전보에서 저자들은 인삼의 anti-inflammatory activity를 추적하여 Panax saponin A 및 C 로 명명된 dammalene계 glycoside를 분리하였고 A에 대해서는 이미 그 화학구조를 밝혀 보고한바 있다. 본보에서는 Panax saponin C(PS-C)의 부분 화학구조를 밝혀 보고코자 한다. PS-C는 산분해하면 panaxatriol 1 mol, glucose 2 mol 및 rhamnose 1 mol을 생성하고, acetylation하면 dodeca-acetate를 형성한다. 따라서 protopanaxtriol의 20[s]-수산기는 glycoside 결합에 참여하고있다. PS-C는 6 mol의 $HIO_4$를 소모하고 permethylate에 대한 methanolysis product를 GLC로 분석한 결과 2, 3, 4-trimethoxy-methyl-rhamnoside 1 mol과 $2,\;3,\;4,\;6-tetramethoxy-{\alpha}-methyl\;glucosied\;2\;mol$이 생성되므로 PS-C 중에 존재하는 3 mol의 sugar는 oligoside 결합에 의하지 않고 monoside결합에 의하여 연결되어 있고 glucose는 ${\beta}-glycoside$ 결합을 하고 있음을 의미한다.

Five compounds$(I{\sim}V)$ were isolated from the roots of Peucedanum terebinthacem growing in Korea. Compounds I, IV and V are ${\beta}-sitosterol$, bergapten and umbelliferone, respectively. IR and NMR spectra of compounds II (mp. $190^{\circ}$) and III(mp. $111{\sim}120^{\circ}$), both white needle crystalls, indicate that compounds II is a furocoumarin and that compound III, yielding decursinol upon saponification, is a pyranocoumarin.

Mt. Deok-Yu is situated on the border of Chun-Buk and Kyung-Nam Do, Korea. The peak of Dae Deok-yu (1608m) and Nam Deok-Yu (1508m) is the highest of Mt. Deok-yu range and it has many other high peaks. The plant of Mt. Deok-yu were collected from May 1964 to August 1972. The natural and cultivated medicinal plants include 98 families, 213 genera, 305 species, 53 varietes, 3 formas and 360 kinds.