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http://dx.doi.org/10.7732/kjpr.2021.34.1.044

Comparison of Growth Characterisitics, Asiaticoside Content and Antioxidant Activities of Centella asiatica (L.) Urb.  

Choi, Jang Nam (Herbal Crop Research Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, RDA)
Oh, Myeong Won (Herbal Crop Research Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, RDA)
Lee, Hee Jung (Department of Food Science and Technology, Chungbuk National University)
Lee, Jeong Hoon (Herbal Crop Research Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, RDA)
Jeong, Jin Tae (Herbal Crop Research Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, RDA)
Lee, Yun Ji (Herbal Crop Research Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, RDA)
Chang, Jae Ki (Herbal Crop Research Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, RDA)
Park, Chun Geon (Herbal Crop Research Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, RDA)
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Korean Journal of Plant Resources / v.34, no.1, 2021 , pp. 44-51 More about this Journal
Abstract
Centella asiatica (L.) Urban is a medicinal plant containing madecassic acid, triterpenoids and asiaticoside, and has a wound healing effect. However, since it grows only in some regions of Korea, it is necessary to breed stable varieties. In this study, it were analyzed for the growth characteristics, asiaticoside, anxiodant components and 2,2-diphenyl-1picryl hydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavening activity of C. asiatica collected from domestic natural habitat (Hapcheon, Gyeongnam). In the growth characteristics of each resource, CA9 and CA10 were superior in characteristics of aerial part and in dry weight. In asiaticoside content analysis, CA5 and CA3 were high with 53.96 mg/g and 52.40 mg/g, respectively. CA12 showed the possibility of development because the resource showed high in total flavonoid (7.3 mg/g), total polyphenol (10.64 mg/g) and DPPH activity (11.96 mg AAE/g) among other resources. However, it is necessary to select a resource suitable for each characteristic of C. asiatica and to study charateristics through additional resources collection since the excellent growth characteristics of the collected resources do not necessarily coincide with the content and antioxidant activities.
Keywords
Asiaticoside; Antioxidant activity; Centella asiatica; Total flavonoid; Total polyphenol;
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