• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.315-322
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• 2018

Bamboo culm comprises internodes and nodes and is tapered from the bottom to the top. Anatomically, bamboo culm comprises vascular bundles and parenchymal base tissue. The gross anatomical structure of a transverse section of any culm internode is determined by the shape, size, arrangement, and number of vascular bundles. The purpose of this research was to examine the morphology of culm and the distribution and shape of vascular bundles in Ampel bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris). Bamboo culms were harvested from the base. Test samples were obtained from a central 2-cm long segment of each internode across the entire length of the culm. Results showed an uneven spread of vascular bundles in the internode cross-section. Transitioning from the outer to the inner layer of the internode, the number of vascular bundles per unit area decreased and their shape was variable. The size of vascular bundles in the middle layer of the internode was greater than that of those in the outer and inner layers. The shape of vascular bundles was circular in the outer layer, which gradually transformed into vertical oval toward the middle layer and horizontal oval toward the inner layer. Vascular bundles were of type III and IV in the bottom of the culm and type III in the middle to the top of the culm.

• 식물병연구
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.20-25
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• 2024

A fungus strain Stereostratum corticioides PKVL1, belonging to the family Pucciniaceae that causes rust in plants, was discovered on the sheath of the bamboo Pseudosasa japonica leading to the death of the infected bamboo in the following year. Microscopic observation of the yellow fungal mass revealed teliospores with an oval, one-septate (two-celled) structure. The average length and width of teliospores were 31.83±3.57 ㎛ and 20.74±1.72 ㎛, respectively. The large-subunit ribosomal RNA gene was amplified using the LR0R and LR7 primers, showing that the strain PKVL1 had a similarity of 99.34% to previously reported S. corticioides. In particular, the two Stereostratum strains form a separate cluster among the fungi in the family Pucciniaceae. This is the first report in the Republic of Korea of fungal rust occurring on the culm of bamboo rather than on the leaves.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.42-51
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• 2004

Wood veneer-bamboo zephyr composite board (WBCB) was manufactured to evaluate the properties of bamboo as alternative raw materials for the manufacture of composite panels. Bamboo zephyr was prepared using Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubesens Mazel. et Z), Giant timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides Sieb. et Zucc), and Hachiku bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henosos Stapf). The effect of age and species of bamboo on zephyr production was investigated in terms of the pass number of bamboo split through the rollers, and the width increasing rate of bamboo split. Five-ply WBCBs were produced with Keruing veneers as face and back layers, leading to three layers of bamboo zephyr sheets as core layer. Each layer was placed so that its grain direction was at right angles to that of the adjacent layer and the layers were bonded together with phenol-formaldehyde (PF) resin.The pass number of bamboo split was increased with an increase of the thickness of culm wall. At the same thickness, Moso bamboo showed no effect of the age of bamboo on the pass number. The pass number of split of Giant timber bamboo was lower than that of Moso bamboo. No significant effect of bamboo species and age on the width of zephyr produced was observed. The width of zephyr obtained could be expressed as a function of diameter multiplied by thickness of culm wall. The physical and mechanical properties of WBCB manufactured in all given conditions did not show any significant differences, and they were above the requirement of Korean Standard (KS).

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.245-250
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• 2010

Pulmonary pathogenesis in lupus is characterized by interstitial inflammation and vasculitis in lungs. We investigated whether bamboo culm extract (BC) attenuates pulmonary inflammation and lung injury in pristane-induced lupus mice. The pristane-induced lupus mice and healthy mice were administrated with BC 0.5 ml/kg or PBS orally once a day for 14 days. Our results demonstrated that BC significantly attenuated levels of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) IL-6, IL-10, IFN-$\gamma$, $PGE_2$ and VEGF, and pulmonary vascular permeability in pristane-induced lupus mice. Therefore, these findings suggest that BC may inhibit development of pulmonary inflammation and lung injury in lupus.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.13-18
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• 1975

본시험(本試驗)은 죽간재적(竹稈材積)에 영향(影響)하는 형질(形質)을 정확(正確)하게 파악(把握)하기 위(爲)하여 계획(計劃)되었다. 그리고 왕대의 수개형질상호간(數個形質相互間)의 표현형상관(表現型相關), 유전상관(遺傳相關) 및 환경상관(環境相關)을 구명(究明)하고져 공분산분석(共分散分析) 되었으며 Dewey and Lu의 편회귀분석법(偏回歸分析法)으로 각형질(各形質)이 죽간재적(竹稈材積)에 미치는 효과(効果) 즉(即) 경로계수(經路係數)를 산출(算出)하였다. 조사형질(調査形質)은 흉고직경(胸高直徑), 죽간고(竹稈高), 지상고(枝上高), 지하경(地下莖), 절수(節數), 근원직경(根元直徑) 및 죽간재적(竹稈材積)이며 각(各) 형질(形質)의 평균치(平均値), 표준오차(標準誤差), 분산(分散) 및 표준편차(標準偏差)는 제(第)1표(表)와 같고 7개형간(個形間)의 표현형(表現型), 유전(遺傳) 및 환경상관(環境相關)을 분산분석(分散分析)한 결과(結果)는 제(第)2표(表)와 같이 계통간(系統間)에는 고도(高度)의 유의성(有意性)이 인정(認定)되었으나 몇몇 반복간(反覆間)에는 유의성(有意性)이 인정(認定)되지 않았다. 각(各) 형질(形質)의 유전력(遺傳力)을 추정(推定)한바 흉고직경(胸高直徑)과 근원직경(根元直徑)은 유전력(遺傳力)이 높고 기타형질(其他形質)의 유전력(遺傳力)은 제(第)4표(表)에서와 같이 보다 낮으며 환경상관(環境相關)은 표현형상관(表現型相關), 유전상관(遺傳相關)보다 전체적(全體的)으로 낮다. 그리고 죽간재적(竹稈材積)에 대(對)하여 근원직경(根元直徑)과 흉고직경(胸高直徑)은 높은 상관관계(相關關係)를 나타내었다. 형질별(形質別) 상관관계(相關關係), 경로계수(經路係數) 및 죽간재적(竹稈材積)에 미치는 직접(直接), 간접효과(間接効果)는 도표(圖表) 1과 제(第)5표(表)에서 볼 수 있으며 결과적(結果的)으로 본시험(本試驗)에서는 죽간재적수량(竹稈材積收量)은 근원직경(根元直徑)과 흉고직경(胸高直徑)에 의(依)하여 좌우(左右)될 수 있다는 것을 알았다.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.333-339
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• 2008

We investigated death rates, growth rates and recruitment of culms in two neighboring bamboo (Phyllostachys bamboosoides) stands nested in by two different bird species to analyze stand structure and to design conservation strategies. A third bamboo grove not used by birds, the Taewha stand, was included as a control stand. The bamboo stand occupied by birds in the family Ardeidae (the Ardeidae stand) had an approximately 1.5 times higher culm density than the stand occupied by birds in the family Corvidae (the Corvidae stand). The crude death rate and the number of newly emerged shoots were also higher in the Ardeidae stand than the Corvidae stand. The death rate for bamboo in the Ardeidae stand was not dependent on diameter at breast height (DBH) and was almost 40% for culms of all sizes, whereas most dead culms in the Corvidae stand were < 4 cm DBH. Consequently, we conclude that in the Ardeidae stand, density-independent causes of death are operating, while density-dependent factor are more important in the Corvidae site. The results of soil analysis in these stands suggest that the density-independent death pattern observed in the Ardeidae stand may be due to soil acidification resulting from wastes produced by the birds during breeding. On the other hand, the culm distribution and death patterns in the Corvidae stand suggest that the stand characteristics were not affected by the nesting birds. These results suggest that different conservation strategies must be applied to conserve bamboo groves used by ardeids and corvids for nesting.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제101권1호
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• pp.138-147
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• 2012

본 연구는 맹종죽 임분의 현존량을 추정하기 위하여 적절한 줄기 절단부위를 파악하고, 죽령에 따른 지상부 및 지하부의 각 기관별 현존량을 비교분석하였다. 5개 죽령급 별 총 9개의 조사구(각 0.04 ha)에서 표준죽에 대한 상대수고에 의한 결정간별 건중비를 군집분석한 0~55% 구간)과 제 6~8 결정간(수고의 55~100% 구간)으로 두 개의 큰 집단으로 구분되었다. 일반적인 임목에서 매 2m 단위의 결정간을 각각 측정하는 조사 방법에 비하여 대나무의 경우 수고의 55~70% 구간을 기준으로 상단부와 하단부의 2개 결정간에 대한 각 1 kg 시료의 현존량을 조사하는 것이 더욱 효율적이라고 분석되었다. 결정계수가 가장 높은 맹종죽의 생체량 추정식은 $W=aD+bD^2$ 이었으며, 각 수령별 지상부 추정치를 합산한 총량과 수령별 구분 없이 추정한 총량 간에 유의적인 차이가 없었다. 맹종죽의 지상부 바이오메스는 총 57.77 ton/ha로서 줄기 40.47 ton/ha, 가지 9.29 ton/ha, 잎 8.01 ton/ha으로서 줄기부위가 가장 높게 나타났다. 지하부의 생체량은 53.35 ton/ha으로 나타났다.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.271-279
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• 2010

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is characterized by systemic inflammation through production of inflammatory mediators and signaling abnormalities between T- and B- cells, leading to autoantibody production and multiorgan injuries. This study was investigated whether bamboo culm extract (BC) attenuates development of lupus systemic inflammation in the early stage in pristane-induced lupus mice. The pristane-induced lupus mice were administrated with BC 0.5 ml/kg or PBS and healthy mice with PBS orally once a day for 14 days. Our results showed that BC remarkably attenuated levels of serum TNF-$\alpha$, IL-6, IL-10, IFN-$\gamma$, $PGE_2$, and VEGF, production of macrophages IL-6 and $PGE_2$ and expression of macrophages IL-6 and COX-2 mRNA in the presence or absence of LPS in pristane-induced lupus mice. Also, BC remarkably reduced expression of CD40L on the splenic T cells and CD80 on the splenic B cells and upregulated the reduced apoptosis of splenic T cells and CD4+ T cells in pristane-induced lupus mice. Therefore, these findings suggest that BC may attenuate early development of lupus systemic inflammation via downregulation of inflammatory mediators and amelioration of abnormal signaling between T cells and B cells.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.222-228
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• 2009

Lupus is characterized by immunoregulatory abnormalities between T- and B-cells leading to autoantibody production and multiorgan injuries. We investigated whether bamboo culm extract (BC) ameliorates aberrant activation of T cells and B cells and attenuate production of IL-6 in pristane-induced lupus mice. Lupus was induced by i.p. a single injection of 0.5 ml of pristane in female BALB/c mice, which, later about 4 months, were used as a lupus model. The pristane-induced lupus mice and healthy mice were injected i.p. with BC 5 ${\mu}l$/kg or PBS once a day for 3 weeks. These results demonstrated that BC significantly decreased levels of serum and BAL IL-6 and production of IL-6 by macrophages with/without LPS, and downregulated expression of NKT cell and CD86+ CD45R/B220+, but not CD80+CD45R/B220+ and CD69+CD4+ in the splenocytes in pristaneinduced lupus mice. Moreover, BC greatly increased Con A-stimulated production of IL-6, IL-10 and IFN-${\gamma}$ by splenocytes obtained from pristane-induced lupus mice. Therefore, our findings suggest that BC may ameliorate lupus pathogenesis in pristane-induced lupus mice via downregulation of aberrant activation of NKT cells and B cells and inhibition of production of IL-6.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.1376-1378
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• 2008

Tachioside (4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-phenyl-1-O-glucoside), a known phenolic glycoside, was isolated from various bamboo species. The 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity and Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity determined a significant antioxidant activity of tachioside which was comparable to L-ascorbic acid. Each culm and leaf extracts were tested and the culm of Phyllostachys bambusoides appeared to contain the highest amount of tachioside.