• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.336-340
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• 2007

Plants from the genus Centaurea (C.) (Family: Asteraceae alt. Compositae), widely distributed in Asia, Europe and North America, have traditionally been used in the treatment of various ailments. As a part of our on-going studies on the plants from the genus C. for their phytochemistry and biological activities, extracts of the seeds of Turkish endemic C. species, C. bornmuelleri and C. huber-morathii, were tested for their cytotoxicity towards the CaCo2 colon cancer cell line as well as for the toxicity towards the brine shrimps, using the MTT and the brine shrimp lethality assays, respectively. Among the extracts, the MeOH extract of these plants showed significant toxicity towards the brine shrimps ($LD_{50}=55.2{\times}10^{-2}\;and\;42.4{\times}10^{-2}mg/ml$, respectively). The MeOH extract of both C. species also inhibited the growth of CaCo2 colon cancer cells in the MTT assay ($IC_{50}$=29.9 and 33.0 g/ml, respectively). As the most prominent activities in both assays were observed with the MeOH extracts, it can be assumed that the compound(s) responsible for these activities are polar in nature.

• Journal of Species Research
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.159-163
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• 2021

Saussurea albifolia, a new species, is reported from the Baekdudaegan Mountains. It has distinctive morphological characteristics that distinguish it from other congeneric species of Saussurea in Korea; radical leaves persist or withered till flowering, white tomentose leaf beneath, campanulate involucre with brown-cobwebby hairs, and dark purplish phyllaries with acuminate tips. Saussurea albifolia is a new, endemic species, narrowly restricted to the Korean Peninsula as a consequence of adaptation to alpine or subalpine environments of the Baekdudaegan Area. Among the Korean species of Saussurea, S. gracilis Maxim., S. insularis Kitam., and S. seoulensis Nakai are morphologically similar to S. albifolia by having leaves with white hairs beneath and persistent radical leaves during blooming period. It has been well understood that Saussurea is one of the highly diversified and adaptable groups in Asteraceae and also that the currently recognized species in Korea likely significant underestimates its diversity on the Korean Peninsula.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제27권10호
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• pp.1037-1042
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• 2004

Study of the effects of the methanolic extract of Tagetes patula roots on blood pressure led to the isolation of well known citric (1) and malic acid (7) as hypotensive, and pyridine hydrochloride (4) as hypertensive constituents of the plant along with a new constituent, 2-hydroxy, 5- hydroxymethyl furan (9). Citric acid and malic acid caused 71% and 43% fall in Mean Arterial Blood Pressure (MABP) of rats at the doses of 15 mg/kg and 30mg/kg respectively while pyridine hydrochloride produced 34% rise in the MABP of rats at the dose of 30mg/kg. $LD_{50}\;and\;LD_{100}$ of citric acid in mice have been determined as 545 mg/kg and 1000 mg/kg, respectively.

• Journal of Species Research
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.76-90
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• 2017

Aster altaicus var. uchiyamae Kitam. is an endemic taxon of Korea and is protected by law as an endanger taxon. The genetic information of A. altaicus var. uchiyamae is unavailable in Genbank. Here we sequenced chloroplast genome of A. altaicus var. uchiyamae. The cp-genome of Aster altaicus var. uchiyamae was 152,446 bps in size: LSC was 84,240 bps, IR 25,005 bps, SSC 18,196 bps. The cp-genome contains 112 genes and 21 introns consisted of 79 protein coding genes(PCGs), 4 RNA genes, and 29 tRNA genes, with 20 group II introns and one group I intron. There were three pseudo-genes including ${\psi}$-ycf1, ${\psi}$-rps19, and ${\psi}$-trnT_GGU. Eighteen genes, five introns, and parts of two genes and an intron are found within the IR, which has two copies. The cp-DNA of Aster altaicus var. uchiyamae is distinguished from A. spathulifolius, only known cp-genome of the genus Aster, by 172 SNP in genic regions of 43 PCGs and 21 indels in 11 PCGs and SSU. The chloroplast genome sequence was deposited at GenBank (KX35265).

• 생약학회지
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.165-171
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• 2018

Artemisiae Capillaris Herba is a dried aerial part of Asteraceae capillaris Thunb.(Compositae), which has been used in Korean traditional medicine for the treatment of various diseases. It has a variety of pharmacological activities and has been evaluated for potential as an active ingredient in cosmeceutical products. In the cosmetics industry, animal experiments is besides the major concern of ethics, there are few more disadvantages of animal experimentation like demand of skilled manpower, time consuming protocols and high cost. Therefore, various alternatives to animal experiments have been proposed. The purpose of this study was to investigate the skin permeation characteristics of chlorogenic acid and dimethyleculetin, which are constituent of Artemisiae Capillaris Herba by using Franz diffusion cell. As a result, skin permeability was characterized by flux(penetration rates) and $K_p$(permeability coefficient) value, chlorogenic acid had lower flux and $K_p$ than dimethylesculetin. According to the definitions of Marzulli, chlorogenic acid and dimethylesculetin would be classified as 'Moderate' and 'Very fast' respectively. In conclusion, skin permeation characteristics of chlorogenic acid and dimethylesculetin were confirmed through Franz diffusion cell, and suggests the direction of alternative method for skin permeation of natural compounds.

• 화훼연구
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.271-278
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• 2009

본 연구는 국화과 식물 16종 지상부의 페놀성물질 함량, radical 소거능, $Fe^{2+}$ chelating 효과 및 linoleic acid 과산화 억제활성을 분석하여 천연 항산화제 개발에 적합한 식물 소재를 탐색하기 위하여 시행하였다. 연구의 결과, 총 폴리페놀 및 플라보노이드 함량은 저먼캐모마일의 지상부에서 가장 우수하였다. DPPH radical 소거능은 에키나세아 지상부 추출물, ABTS radical 소거능은 산비장이 추출물에서 가장 우수하였다. 15종의 국화과 지상부 추출물은 ascorbic acid와 BHT 보다 DPPH radical 소거능은 낮았으나, 산비장이 추출물의 ABTS radical 소거능은 ascorbic acid와 BHT 보다 우수하였으며 알프스민들레, 에키나세아 및 저먼캐모마일 추출물은 BHT 보다 ABTS radical 소거능이 높았다. $Fe^{2+}$ chelating 효과는 저먼캐모마일 추출물에서 기장 높았으나, EDTA보다 chelating 효과가 현저히 낮았다. 지질과산화 억제활성은 등골나물 추출물에서 기장 높았으며, 반응 4일 후에는 90.06%, 24일 후에는 40.52%의 억제활성을 보여 BHT 보다 지질과산화 억제효과가 높고 오랫동안 억제활성이 유지되었다. 본 연구를 통하여 그동안 꽃을 위주로 사용하였던 저먼캐모마일의 잎줄기가 항산화효과가 우수하다는 것이 밝혀졌으며, 차후 저먼캐모마일 지상부의 활용방안이 증대될 것으로 기대된다. 또한 식물종에 따라 우수한 항산화활성이 각기 다르므로 본 연구결과를 기초로 하여 목적으로 하는 항산화 기능성에 맞는 식물성 항산화제를 개발할 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• 식물분류학회지
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.13-17
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• 2014

국화과에 속하는 미기록 귀화식물 2종이 강원도와 제주도에서 확인되었다. 미기록속인 미역취아재비속(Euthamia Nutt.)에 속하는 미역취아재비[Euthamia graminifolia (L.) Nutt.]가 강원도 인제군에서 발견되었다. 이 종은 선점이 있고 전연인 잎과 맥이 없는 통상화관에 의해 미역취(Solidago japonica Kitam.) 및 미국 미역취(S. gigantea Aiton)와 구별된다. 국명은 미역취와 유사하여 '미역취아재비'로 신칭하였다. 또한 미국풀솜나물[Gamochaeta pensylvanica (Willd.) Cabrera]이 제주도에서 발견되었다. 이 종은 개화기에 없어지는 근생엽과 더 짧은 내총포에 의해 자주풀솜나물[G. purpurea (L.) Cabrera]과 구분된다. 국명은 종소명을 고려하여 '미국풀솜나물'로 신칭하였다.

• Journal of Species Research
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.152-158
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• 2015

Dendranthema boreale and D. indicum are easily distinguished from other Korean Dendranthema spp. by having yellow flowers. We have found a putative new taxon of Dendranthema having white flowers, except for sharing most characters with Dendranthema boreale. The chloroplast (cp) genome of the putative new taxon of Dendranthema, Dendranthema sp. K247003, registered in National Agro-Biodiversity Center (ABC), was completely characterized as a genetic barcode. The cp-genome of Dendranthema sp. K247003 was 151,175-bp in size: LSC was 82,886-bp, IR 24,971-bp, SSC 18,347-bp. The cp-genome of Dendranthema sp. K247003 contains 113 genes and 21 introns consisted of 79 protein coding genes, 4 RNA genes, and 30 tRNA genes, with 20 group II introns and one group I intron. Some of the genes and there introns were duplicated in IR. The cp-DNA of Dendranthema sp. K247003 is distinguished from that of D. boreale IT121002 by 67 SNPs in genic regions of 24 protein coding genes and by a 9-bp INDEL in ycf1. Further cp-DNA study will give us better information on genetic markers of Dendranthema species.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.34.1-34.9
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• 2018

Cirsium japonicum belongs to the Asteraceae or Compositae family and is a medicinal plant in Asia that has a variety of effects, including tumour inhibition, improved immunity with flavones, and antidiabetic and hepatoprotective effects. Silymarin is synthesized by 4-coumaroyl-CoA via both the flavonoid and phenylpropanoid pathways to produce the immediate precursors taxifolin and coniferyl alcohol. Then, the oxidative radicalization of taxifolin and coniferyl alcohol produces silymarin. We identified the expression of genes related to the synthesis of silymarin in C. japonicum in three different tissues, namely, flowers, leaves, and roots, through RNA sequencing. We obtained 51,133 unigenes from transcriptome sequencing by de novo assembly using Trinity v2.1.1, TransDecoder v2.0.1, and CD-HIT v4.6 software. The differentially expressed gene analysis revealed that the expression of genes related to the flavonoid pathway was higher in the flowers, whereas the phenylpropanoid pathway was more highly expressed in the roots. In this study, we established a global transcriptome dataset for C. japonicum. The data shall not only be useful to focus more deeply on the genes related to product medicinal metabolite including flavolignan but also to study the functional genomics for genetic engineering of C. japonicum.

• 식물분류학회지
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.97-101
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• 2022

경상남도 남해도에서 발견된 취나물속의 신종을 남해분취(Saussurea namhaedoana)로 기재했다. 이 종은 우리나라 특산으로 근생엽이 화기까지 숙존하며, 잎은 극형, 전형또는 드물게 심장형으로 잎 가장자리는 중열 또는 큰 거치가 발달하고, 아랫면에 조락하는 회백색 거미줄 털이 밀생하며, 총포는 통형으로 회백색 거미줄 털로 덮여 있다. 자생 취나물속 식물 중에 잎 아랫면에 회백색 또는 흰색 털이 밀생하는 종으로는 은분취(S. gracilis), 함백취(S. albifolia), 서울분취(S. seoulensis), 백운취(S. insularis)가 있으나, 극형, 전형의 잎은 남해분취만의 특징이다.