• Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy
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• v.42 no.1
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• pp.24-39
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• 2012

The palynological study of 31 taxa of Korean Artemisia L. was carried out to evaluate their taxonomic characteristics and to determine the relationships among the taxa. The size and shape of the pollen are not used as characteristics to classify the taxa of Korean Artemisia L., but the granule distribution ands pinule connection on the exine were useful for an interspecific classification and for reflecting the relationship between some taxa. It is considered that Artemisia pollen has evolved from a connected spinule and a nearly psilate surface into 1) a connected spinule and a granule surface, 2) a disconnected spinule and a granule surface, 3) a disconnected spinule and a dense granule surface. These pollen characteristics with external morphological characteristics, a geographical distribution and a somatic chromosome number are considered to be good characteristics for distinguishing the relationship of some taxa, such as the A. japonica group (A. hallaisanensis, A. angustissima, A. littoricola) and the A. sacrorum group (A. sacrorum var. sacrorum, A. sacrorum var. incana, A. sacrorum var. iwayomogi).

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.147-152
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• 1979

Nitrite, one of the precursors of dimethylnitrosamine, distributes widely in natural foods and is also used as a color fixing agent in meat products. This experiment was carried out to determine the contents of nitrite and nitrate of Korean foods and suman saliva. Nitrite content was measured by use of the diazotization-coupling reaction, while cadmium reduction method by use of metallic cadmium was applied to determine nitrate. The objects are about 150 of female students who are $19{\sim}22$ years old ands standard analytical values of nitrate contents of $10{\sim}20$ samples produced in various places. The results showed that contents of nitrite and nitrate of Korean foods and saliva were relatively high levels.