• 생명과학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.144-150
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• 2002

쑥갓(Chrsanthemum coronarium L., CC)은 국화과(Compositae)에 속하는 일년생 초본식물로 독특한 향기를 가진 지중해 원산 식물이다. 우리 나라에는 중국을 거쳐 조선초기에 전해졌으며 시기용으로 널리 애용되고 있다. 본 연구는 쑥갓의 메타놀 분획물(CCMM), 헥산분획물(CCMH), 에틸아세테이트 분획물(CCMEA), 부타놀분획물 (CCMB) 및 수층인 CCMA 분획물을 얻고 각각 일정량을 불포화인지질인 L-$\alpha$-dilinoleoylphosphatidylcholine(DLPC) liposome에 가하고 benzoyl peroxide를 가하여 산화시켜 분광광도법에 의하여 산화지수 ( $A_{234nm}$/ $A_{202nm}$)를 측정 비교하였다. 그 결과 쑥갓의 각 분획물 일정량을 가한 경우의 DLPC liposome의 산화지수는 시료를 가하지 않은 경우보다 낮아 높은 항산화력을 나타내었으나 강한 항산화제인 BHT를 가한 경우 보다는 항산화 정도가 낮았다. 그러나 특히 본 연구에서 알려진 결과로는 쑥갓 분획물들의 항산화력이 널리 알려진 항산화제인 $\alpha$-tocopherol을 가한 경우와 그 효과가 비슷하여 식용으로 애용되고 있는 쑥갓의 항산화적 생리활성이 본 연구에서 입증되었으며 이 효과를 기초로하여 식물 속의 항산화성을 이용한 식품의 개발이 기대 된다.

• 생약학회지
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.280-286
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• 2016

Helianthus tuberosus Linne (Compositae) has been widely used as a folk remedy to treat various ailments including fever, bleeding, fracture and contusion. This study was designed to elucidate the lifespan extending activities MeOH extract of the tubers of Helianthus tuberosus Linne (MHT) using Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) model system. In the current study, we found that the lifespan of worms was significantly extended by MHT supplement, dose-dependently. MHT also provided robust protection against various stress environments such as osmotic, thermal and oxidative condition. In addition, elevated antioxidant enzyme activities by MHT resulted in attenuation of intracellular reactive oxygen spices (ROS) levels, suggesting antioxidant capacity of MHT might be associated with longevity properties. Herein, we showed that altered food intake and growth of worms were also involved in the MHT activity. Furthermore, MHT increased body movement in aged worms, indicating possible role for MHT in healthspan.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.155-166
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• 2011

The leaf beetle, $Chrysolina$ $aurichalcea$ (Coleoptera: Chysomelidae), is a pest damaging plants of Compositae. In order to understand the genetic diversity and geographic variation we sequenced a portion of mitochondrial COI gene (658 bp) and complete nuclear internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) of the species collected from seven Korean localities. A total of 17 haplotypes (CACOI01~CACOI17), with the maximum sequence divergence of 3.04% (20 bp) were obtained from COI gene sequence, whereas 16 sequence types (ITS2CA01~ITS2CA16), with the maximum sequence divergence of 2.013% (9 bp) were obtained from ITS2, indicating substantially larger sequence divergence in COI gene sequence. Phylogenetically, the COI gene provided two haplotype groups with a high nodal support (${\geq}87%$), whereas ITS2 provided only one sequence type group with a high nodal support (${\geq}92%$). The result of COI gene sequence may suggest the presence of historical biogeographic barriers that bolstered genetic subdivision in the species. Different grouping pattern between COI gene and ITS2 sequences were interpreted in terms of recent dispersal, reflected in the ITS2 sequence. Finding of unique haplotypes and sequence types only from Beakryeng-Islet population was interpreted as an intact remnant of ancient polymorphism. As more samples are analyzed using further hyper-variable marker, further fruitful inference on the geographic contour of the species might be available.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.31-40
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• 1990

Pericarp and seedcoat removal treatments were tested to determine their effectiveness in the hard-to-germinate botanical seeds of jerusalem artichoke. Fresh seed of five Helianthus tuberosus L.varieties were (A)untreated (B)water soaked overnight (C) soaked overnight followed by renoval of pericarp or (D) soaked overnight followed by renoval of pericarp and seedcoat. The results indicate that treatments which removed the pericarp and seedcoat were the very effective, giving germination of over 90%. A considerable increase in germination did not follow only the peri-carp removal treatments. The factors inhibitory to germination of fresh jerusalem artichoke seed is associated withthe seedcoat. The removal treatment of pericarp and seed-cost is recommended despite its complexity because it givesa high germination percentage and varies least from varietyto variety. Heliarthus tuberosus L., a biomass potential crop, is a member of the family compositae. The genus Helianthushas provided man with two food plants, the sunflower (H.annus) and the jerusalem artichoke or topinambour (H. tube-rosus) . (3) The jerusalem artichoke grown for its tubers, has always been an extremely minor crop, but it is stillgrown in many places as a food for man or livestock and forthe production of alcohoL. Though tubers are used for pro-pagation jerusalem artichoke also flower and produce seedin head-like in florescences. Flowers are developed acro-petaLly on flattened receptacles such that outermost flowers are oldest. Each of these epigynous flowers may develop an achene-type fruit in which outer layers of the overy wallpersist, while inner layers become disorganized. Insidethe ovary wall of mature fruit, there is a papery seedcoat, probably composed of compact cells from endosperm, integu-ments, and nucellus.In general, the efforts to improving this crop havebeen hampered by the hard-to-germinate botanical seed.Seeds did not germinate for at least IL months after harvest.Fresh seeds of some varieties require one year more to gar-minate. (5) Since the time factor between generations isof concern in a prospective breeding program of jerusalemartichoke , these observations led to investigation of thenature of delayed seed germination in jerusalem artichokeas a biomass potential crop.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.541-545
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• 2005

Flowers of Erigeron annuus L. were extracted with 80% aqueous MeOH, and the concentrated extract was partitioned with EtOAc, n-BuOH, and H$_2$O. Repeated silica gel and OD S column chromatography of the EtOAc fraction led to the isolation of a sterol, through activityguided fractionation, using ACAT inhibitory activity measurements. From the physico-chemical data, including NMR, MS, and IR, the chemical structure of the compound was determined to be an ergosterol peroxide (1), which has been isolated for the first time from this plant. This compound exhibited hACAT-1 and Lp-PLA$_2$ inhibitory effects, with inhibitory values of 51.6 ${\pm}$ 0.9 and 51 .7 ${\pm}$ 1.2%, at a treatment concentration of 0.23 mM.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.203-208
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• 2005

Scoparone is a major component of the shoot of Artemisia capillaris (Compositae), which has been used for the treatment of hepatitis and biliary tract infection in oriental countries. In the present study we observed that, scorparone exhibited no cytotoxic effect in unstimulated macrophages, but reduced the release of nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandin $E_2\;(PGE_2)$ upon stimulation by IFN-${\gamma}$/LPS or LPS. The inhibitory effects were found to be in conjuction with the suppression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in IFN-${\gamma}$/LPS stimulated RAW 264.7 cells. Moreover, scoparone also attenuated the production of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-${\alpha}$, interleukin (IL)-$1{\beta}$ and IL-6 in LPS-stimulated RAW264.7 cells. These results suggest that scoparone decreases the production of the inflammatory mediators such as NO and $PGE_2$ in macrophages by inhibiting iNOS and COX-2 expression.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.172-176
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• 2005

Phytochemical investigation of the whole plant of Amberboa ramosa led to the isolation of six sesquiterpene lactones which could be identified as $8{\alpha}$-hydroxy-$11{\beta}$-methyl-$1{\alpha}H,\;5{\alpha}H,\;6{\beta}H,\;7{\alpha}H,\;11{\alpha}H-guai-10(14)$, 4(15)-dien-6, 12-olide(2), $3{\beta},\;8{\alpha}-dihydroxy-11{\alpha}-methyl-1{\alpha}H,\;5{\alpha}H,\;6{\beta}H,\;7{\alpha}H,\;11{\beta}H-guai-10(14)$, 4(15)-dien-6, 12-olide (2), $3{\beta},\;4{\alpha},\;8{\alpha}-trihydroxy-4{\beta}(hydroxymethyl)-1{\alpha}H,\;5{\alpha}H,\;6{\beta}H,\;7{\alpha}H-guai-10(14)$, 11(13)-dien-6, 12-olide (3), $3{\beta},\;4{\alpha},\;8{\alpha}-trihydroxy-4{\beta}-(chloromethyl)-1{\alpha}H,\;5{\alpha}H,\;6{\beta}H,\;7{\alpha}H-guai-10(14)$, 11(13)-dien-6, 12-olide(4), $3{\beta},\;4{\alpha},\;dihydroxy-4{\beta}-(hydroxymethyl)-1{\alpha}H,\;5{\alpha}H,\;6{\beta}H,\;7{\alpha}H-guai-10(14)$, 11(13)-dien-6, 12-olide(5), $3{\beta},\;4{\alpha}-dihydroxy-4{\beta}-(chloromethyl)-8{\alpha}-(4-hydroxymethacrylate)-1{\alpha}H,\;5{\alpha}H,\;6{\beta}H,\;7{\alpha}H-guai-10(14)$, 11(13)-dien-6, 12-olide (6) by spectroscopic methods. All of them showed inhibitory potential against butyrylcholinesterase.

• 한국환경생태학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.74-81
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• 2007

본 연구는 한국 갯기름나물의 지형적 분포와 해식애 군집구조의 기초자료로 제공하기 위하여 해안과 지형별 종조성 및 생육양상을 조사한 바 이의 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 갯기름나물과 동반 출현하는 식물은 57과 130속에 속한 170 분류군이었으며, 과별로는 국화과가 30 분류군으로 가장 많았다. 출현빈도가 가장 높은 식물은 해국(54.1%)이었고, 해안별로는 동해안과 서해안에서 해국, 남해안에서 억새의 출현빈도가 가장 높았다. 해안별 공통종은 서해안과 남해안간이 35.6%(47 분류군)로서 가장 높았고 다음으로 동해안과 서해안(30.4%), 동해안과 남해안(26.4%)순이었다. 갯기름나물이 출현하는 해안지형은 경사도 $17.4^{\circ}$의 해식애 암석해안, 평탄면, 암괴원, 수평절리, 수직절리, 요철지형이었고 지형 별 분포지역은 암석해안이 61 지역으로 가장 많았다. 군도에 따른 갯기름나물의 생육양상은 군도계급 3이 83지역(54.6%)으로서 가장 많았다.

• 한국환경생태학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2007

울릉도 식물상의 참고문헌과 야외조사를 통해 확인된 귀화식물은 21과 49속 63종 2변종 65분류군이며, 국화과 27.7%, 벼과, 콩과, 마디풀과 각각 7.7%로 확인되었다. 본 연구를 통하여 좀소리쟁이, 노랑토끼풀, 덩이괭이밥, 유럽전호, 둥근잎나팔꽃, 큰금계국, 별꽃아재비, 몬트부레치아, 큰김의틸 총 9종이 추가 확인되었다. 1년생 초본류는 36.9%이고, 유럽 원산지가 40.0%를 차지하였다. 울릉도의 도시화지수는 22.0이며, 각각의 참고문헌에 의하면 귀화율은 증가하고 있는 것으로 확인되었다. 울릉도의 생태계 교란 야생식물로는 돼지풀이 생육하고 있었다. 귀화식물의 관리방안으로는 원예용 식물 유입의 최소화 및 확산 방지와 절개지 복구용으로 자생종을 활용하여 천이를 유도하는 것이 필요하다.

• 셀메드
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.20.1-20.5
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• 2012

$Gynura$ $segetum$ (Lour.) Merr. ($Compositae$) is a well recognized medicinal plant in Indonesia and Malaysia. It is believed to have an anticoagulant effect and is used in treating snake-bites, inflammations and other skin afflictions. This study was carried out to evaluate the antimicrobial effects of $Gynura$ $segetum$ leaves extracts and its fractions. The chemical compositions of the active extracts were also determined. The antimicrobial activities of different solvent extracts of leaves of $Gynura$ $segetum$ were evaluated using the agar well-diffusion method. The Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) of the active subfractions was determined by the tube dilution method. Gas Chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis was carried out to identify the chemical compositions of the active extracts. The ethyl acetate fraction and its subfraction E4 performed potent antimicrobial activities and fifteen known chemical constituents were identified by GCMS analysis as 4-vinylphenol, 1-tetradecene, phenol, 2,4-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl), 1-hexadecene, E-15-heptadecenal, hexadecanoic acid, 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid, dibutyl ester, 1-docosene, octadecanoic acid, 1-eicosene, cyclotetracosane, 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid, bis(2-ethylhexyl)ester, butanedioic acid, monomethyl ester, niacin and 4-hydroxy-benzoic acid. The results of this study suggested a connection between the antimicrobial activities and the chemical structures. The plant may be used as a potential source for antimicrobial agents.