• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.194-200
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• 2022

Albizia julibrissin Durazz. (AJ; family Minosaceae) is widely distributed worldwide, and its stem bark has been used as a traditional herbal medicine. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a clinical syndrome that results in sudden loss of renal function. This study aimed to investigate the effects of AJ against cisplatin-induced AKI using a human kidney proximal tubule epithelial cell line (HK-2) and cisplatin-treated mice. In vitro, cisplatin treatment increased apoptosis in HK-2 cells. However, AJ treatment decreased apoptosis of cisplatin-treated HK-2 cells. In vivo, cisplatin treatment accelerated renal injury by increasing the levels of renal injury markers, such as blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, kidney injury molecule 1, and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin, which were reversed by AJ treatment. Histopathologically, AJ treatment resulted in decreased renal damage with less tubular necrosis and brush border desquamation compared with the AKI group. Additionally, cisplatin treatment upregulated mitochondrial fission, a pathological characteristic of AKI, which was downregulated by AJ treatment. Along with increased mitochondrial fission, AJ treatment also reduced cisplatin-induced apoptosis. These results suggest that AJ may be a potential therapeutic agent for cisplatin-induced AKI.

• 생약학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.155-158
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• 1996

The methanol extract of Albizzia julibrissin Durazz. (Leguminosae) was successively partitioned into dichloromethane, ethylacetate, butanol (BuOH) and water fractions, and the effects of the each solvent extract on catecholamine biosynthesis in PC12 cells were investigated. Among them, the BuOH fraction $(5{\mu}g/ml\;medium)$ showed 68.8% and 63.6% inhibition on dopamine and norepinephrine content in PC12 cells, respectively. Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) activity was also reduced markedly by treatment of the BuOH fraction (41.8% inhibition at $5{\mu}g/ml$ in the medium). Each solvent fraction did not show cytotoxicity towards PC12 cells by trypan blue exclusion test. This result suggests that the BuOH fraction has an inhibitory effect on catecholamine biosynthesis by reducing TH activity in PC12 cells.

• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.675-681
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• 2015

This study investigates traditional knowledge of plants used for river fishing in local communities of North Jeolla Province, Korea. Data were collected using the participatory rural appraisal method based on interviews, informal meetings, open and group discussions, and overt observations with semi-structured questionnaires. Field investigations were conducted at 19 sites from July 2008 to April 2010. Interviews included 37 key informants (16 men and 21 women) who lived more than 50 years in the area. The average age of the informants was 83 (range = 60 to 96). The analysis recorded seven species, namely Albizia julibrissin Durazz., Juglans mandshurica Maxim., Perilla frutescens var. japonica (Hassk.) H. Hara, Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn., Persicaria hydropiper (L.) Spach, Zanthoxylum piperitum (L.) DC., and Styrax japonicus Siebold and Zucc..

• 농업생명과학연구
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.57-67
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• 2017

남부지역 덜꿩나무 집단 중 우점도가 높은 6개 지역을 대상으로 식생구조 및 토양특성을 분석하여 조경용으로서 가치가 높은 덜꿩나무 자생지의 생육환경을 파악하여 생육 적지는 선정하는데 기초자료를 제공하고자 수행하였다. 자생지 내의 목본식물은 교목층 13수종, 아교목층 38수종, 관목층 48수종으로 총 68수종이 분포하였다. 평균상대우점치(MIV)가 높은 수종은 소나무, 굴참나무, 생강나무, 산벚나무, 땅비싸리, 당단풍나무, 진달래, 정금나무, 작살나무 등이었으며, 전 조사지역에서 공통적으로 출현한 수종은 졸참나무와 때죽나무 2수종이었다. 덜꿩나무와 유사한 생태적 지위를 갖는 정의 상관관계를 나타내는 수종들은 자귀나무와 노린재나무 2수종으로 나타난 반면 굴피나무는 부의 상관관계가 있어 서로 생태적 지위가 이질적인 것으로 나타났다. 자생지의 종다양도(H'), 최대종다양도(H' max), 균재도(J') 및 우점도(1-J')는 각각 0.887, 1.102, 0.803, 0.196으로 나타났다. 자생지의 토양특성은 pH 4.3, 유기물함량 10.6%, 전질소함량 0.34% 및 유효인산 $0.68mg\;kg^{-1}$로 나타났으며, 치환성양이온은 $Ca^{2+}$ ($16.84cmol_c\;kg^{-1}$) > $K^+$($6.41cmol_c\;kg^{-1}$) > $Mg^{2+}$($4.26cmol_c\;kg^{-1}$) 순으로 높은 함량을 나타냈다. 남부지역 덜꿩나무 집단은 유기물 함량이 풍부하고 양이온 치환용량이 높은 강산성 토양으로 질소의 함량에 비해 인산의 함량이 다소 높은 곳에서 자라는 경향이 있었다.