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A Preliminary Study on Hypocholesterolemic and Hypoglycemic Activities of Some Medicinal Plants

  • Choi, Jae-Sue;Chung, Hae-Young;Young, Han-Suk
    • Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.153-157
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    • 1990
  • Total cholesterol level in mice with hypercholesterolemia was determined after intraperitoneal administration of the methanolic extract of some medicinal plants. From the data obtained, it was suggested that the methanolic extract of Elaeagnus crispa, Ixeris dentata, Prunus davidiana, Eriobotrya japonice, Aralia elata and Phragmites communis produced a significant hypocholesterotemic effect. In the case of the extract of Saussurea diamantiaca, on the other band, the total cholesterol level was markedly increased. The methanolic extract of Ixeris dentata, Prunus davidiana and Phragmites communes also decreased the level of blood glucose in alloxan-diabetic male albino mice while that of Eriobotrya japonica, Allium tuberosum, Houttuynia cordata and Eucommia japonica did not produce this effect.

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Isolation of Carlaviruses from Some Medicinal Plants (수종(數種)의 약용식물(藥用植物)에서 분리(分離)한 Carlavirus에 대하여)

  • Lee, Joon-Tak;Doi, Yoji
    • Applied Microscopy
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.16-28
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    • 1987
  • Carlaviruses were isolated from naturally infected medicinal plants, and identified by means of test plants and electron microscopy. Mottle symptoms were shown on leaves of Panax ginseng, Aralia cordata, Xanthium strumarium, Taraxacum officinale, Aconitum carmichaeli, and Bupleurum longiradiatum var. breviradiatum. Ring spot on leaves of Abutilon avicennae and ring mosaic or vein clearing on leaves of Sambucus sieboldiana were also shown. These viruses had rather narrow host ranges by mechanical inoculation. The virus particles were scattered or aggregated in cytoplasm of infected host plant leaves. The carlaviruses for which the name panax virus S (PaVS), aralia virus S (ArVS), xanthium mottle virus (XaVS), taraxacum virus S (TaVS), aconite mottle virus (AcMV), bupleurum virus S (BuVS) and abutilon ring spot virus (AbRSV) were proposed, had flexuous particles with width 13 nm and length $620{\sim}720nm$. A reported elder ring mosaic virus was isolated from leaves of Sambucus sieboldiana with ring mosaic or vein-clear symptoms.

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Antioxident components from Aralia continentalis

  • Kim, Ju-Sun;Kang, Sam-Sik;Park, Jae-Sue
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Applied Pharmacology
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    • 1998.11a
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    • pp.182-182
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    • 1998
  • The root of Aralia continentalis Kitagawa(Araliaceae) have been used as an analgesic and fever remedy, and for treatment of rheumatism in Chinese medicine, whereas the young leaves are used for salad. An antioxidant activity of the young leaves of A continentalis was determined by measuring lipid peroxide produced when a mouse liver homogenate was exposed to the air at 37$^{\circ}C$, using 2-thiobarbituric acid(TBA) and by evaluation the radical scavenging activity on 1,l-diphenyl-2 picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical. Bioassay guided fractionation of MeOH extract isolated six flavonoid compounds as active components from EtOAc fraction. Adenosine and two saponins were isolated from the weak active BuOH fraction. The antioxidant effect by DPPH radical scavenging activity showed that quercetin was the most active among these compounds. Hyperoside and kaempferol were also active, while 6"-O-acetyl astragalin, astragalin, trifolin, adenosine, oleanolic acid 28-O-glucosyl ester and salsoloside C methyl ester were almost inactive. All the compounds were identified by spectroscopic methods.

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Isolation and Characterization of 4-hydroxycinnamic Acid with Antimicrobial Activity from Aralia eiata (두릅에서 항미생물활성을 갖는 4-hydroxycinnamic acid의 분리 및 동정)

  • Ma, Seung-Jin;Kuk, Ju-Hee;Ko, Byoung-Seob;Park, Keun-Hyung
    • Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • v.39 no.4
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    • pp.265-267
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    • 1996
  • The methanol extracts of AraIia elata showed antimicrobial activity against bacteria. The antimicrobial active principle was successively purified with solvent fractionation, silica gel adsorption column chromatography, Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography, silica gel partition column chromatography and HPLC. The active substance was isolated by HPLC on $C_{18}$ column with an acetic acid-MeOH system. The active substance was identified as trans-4-hydroxycinnamic acid by MS, $^1H-NMR\;and\;^{13}C-NMR$.

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Inhibitory Effect of Continentalic Acid from Aralia continentalis on Streptococcus mutans Biofilm

  • Jeong, Seung-Il;Lee, Sang-Bong;Moon, Hae-Dalma;Ra, Ji-Young;Lee, Kwang-Hee;You, Yong-Ouk
    • International Journal of Oral Biology
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    • v.35 no.4
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    • pp.177-184
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    • 2010
  • In our present study, we investigated the effects of continentalic acid on Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) biofilm. Methanol extract of Aralia continentalis (A. continentalis) was suspended in water and sequentially partitioned with CHCl3, ethyl acetate (EtOAc), and n-butanol (n-BuOH). The CHCl3 fraction showed the highest activity and an antibacterial compound against S. mutans was isolated from this preparation through various chromatography methods by bioassay guided fractionation. MS, $^1H-NMR$ and $^{13}C-NMR$ analysis showed that the active principle was continentalic acid which was confirmed to show significant inhibitory effects against S. mutans biofilm. These results may provide some scientific rationale for the traditional use these extracts for the treatment of dental diseases.