• 대한본초학회지
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.135-143
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• 2013

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to determine whether the methanol extract of Cassia mimosoides var. nomame Makino, a naturally growing plant in Korea, could prevent the renal-ischemia/reperfusion injury in a rat model or not. Methods : The radical scavenging activities of the extracts, and ascorbic acid as a positive control, were measured in vitro. At one hour after an intraperitoneal injection of the extract (400 mg/kg), renal ischemia/reperfusion injury was generated by 40 min clamping of the left renal artery in rats. After renal ischemia/reperfusion and 24 hr restoration of blood circulation, the serum creatinine concentration was measured. And the extent of epithelial cell injury and apoptosis was assessed by various staining technologies. The Bax/Bcl-2 ratio and activated caspase-3 were assessed by immunohistochemistry. Results : The extract showed a slightly lower level of radical scavenging activity than that of ascorbic acid. Compared to those of the vehicle-treated group, the extract-treated group displayed a significantly smaller tubular epithelial cell injury of 54% reduction in the outer medulla region and a lower serum creatinine concentration of 50% reduction. It seems that the reduction in cellular injury is due to the attenuation of the Bax/Bcl-2 ratio, and the inhibition of caspase-3 activation by the extract of Cassia mimosoides. Conclusions : Cassia mimosoides var. nomame Makino could be a good candidate for a prophylactic agent against the ischemia/reperfusion/induced kidney injury.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.26-30
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• 2009

본 연구는 속리산국립공원 내 쌍곡계곡에 분포하는 식물상을 조사하기 위해 수행되었고 조사기간은 2006년 3월부터 2007년 6월까지 조사하였다. 식물상을 조사한 결과, 88과 242속 342종 52변종 7품종 등 총 401분류군이 확인되었다. 한국특산식물은 개비자나무, 키버들, 개족도리, 할미밀망, 민산초나무, 청괴불나무, 병꽃나무, 분취 등 총 8분류군이 조사되었다. 환경부 지정 멸종위기식물은 망개나무 등 1분류군이며, 산림청 지정 희귀식물은 개족도리, 고란초, 망개나무, 백작약, 태백제비꽃, 꼬리진달래, 말나리 등 7분류군이 조사되었다. 이들의 보전을 위해서는 향후 희귀식물에 대한 구체적인 보전방안과 번식방법 등이 논의되어야 할 것으로 판단된다. 자원식물은 관상용 식물 220분류군, 식용 식물 239분류군, 약용 식물 281분류군, 기타용 식물 206분류군으로 나타났다. 귀화식물은 오리새, 소리쟁이, 취명아주, 아까시나무, 붉은토끼풀, 토끼풀, 큰달맞이꽃, 비짜루국화, 붉은서나물, 개망초, 망초, 뚱딴지, 서양민들레 등 13분류군이 관찰되었으며, 귀화율은 약 3.24%, 자연파괴도는 약 4.53%로 나타났다.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.177-183
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• 2012

Interruption of blood flow through coronary arteries and its subsequent restoration triggers the generation of a burst of reactive oxygen species (ROS), leading to myocardial cell death. In this study, we determined whether a methanol extract of Cassia mimosoides var. nomame Makino could prevent myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. When radical scavenging activity of the extract was measured in vitro using its ${\alpha}$,${\alpha}$-diphenyl-${\beta}$-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical quenching ability, the extract showed an activity slightly lower than that of ascorbic acid. Three days after oral administration of the extract (400 mg/kg/day) to rats, myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury was generated by 30 min of ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD), followed by 3 hr reperfusion. Compared with the vehicle-treated group, administration of the extract significantly reduced infarct size (IS) (ratio of infarct area to area at risk) in the extract-treated group by 28.3%. Reduction in the cellular injury was mediated by attenuation of Bax/Bcl-2 ratio by 33.3%, inhibition of caspase-3 activation from procaspase-3 by 40%, and subsequent reduction in the number of apoptotic cells by 66.3%. These results suggest that the extract attenuates myocardial injury in a rat model of ischemia-reperfusion by scavenging ROS, including free radicals, and consequently blocking apoptotic cascades. Therefore, intake of Cassia mimosoides var. nomame Makino might be beneficial for preventing ischemic myocardial injury.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.255-261
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• 2010

Ischemic stroke, a major cause of death and disability worldwide, is caused by occlusion of cerebral arteries that, coupled with or without reperfusion, results in prolonged ischemia (hypoxia and hypoglycemia) and, ultimately, brain damage. In this study, we examined whether methanol extract of the whole plant of Cassia mimosoides var. nomame Makino that grows naturally in Korea, as well as Japan and China, and some of its fractions obtained by partitioning with organic solvents could protect human hepatocellular carcinoma cells (HepG2) under hypoxic condition by inhibiting apoptosis. We also investigated if these extracts could attenuate brain damage in a rat model of 2 hr of ischemia, generated by middle cerebral artery occlusion, and 22 hr of reperfusion. The whole extract ($100{\mu}g$/mL) maintained the cell number at more than half of that initially plated, even after 24 hr of cell culture under hypoxic condition (3% $O_2$). In the absence of the whole extract, almost all of the cells were dead by this time point. This improvement of cell viability came from a delay of apoptosis, which was confirmed by observing the timing of the formation of a DNA ladder when assessed by gel electrophoresis. Of fractions soluble in hexane, ethyl acetate (EA), butanol and water, EA extracts were selected for the animal experiments, as they improved cell viability at the lowest concentration ($10{\mu}g$/mL). The whole extract (200 mg/kg) and EA extract (10 and 20 mg/kg) significantly reduced infarct size, a measure of brain damage, by 34.7, 33.8 and 45.2.0%, respectively, when assessed by 2,3,5-triphenyl tetrazolium chloride staining. The results suggest that intake of Cassia mimosoides var. nomame Makino might be beneficial for preventing ischemic stroke through inhibition of brain cell apoptosis.

• 한국초지조사료학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.199-202
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• 1991

Red clover, ladino clover, white clover, alfalfa, 차풀 그리고 갈키나물등 6종의 콩과식물에서 잎과 줄기의 Esterase Isozyme를 추출하여 starch gel 전기영동법으로 분리한 후 염색하여 종간 차이점을 고찰하였다. 공시된 식물의 Esterase Isozyme의 band수, 염색강도, 이동속도는 종간에 차이가 있었다. 그러나 동일종에 있어서는 alfalfa를 제외하고는 잎과 줄기사이에 band의 수는 차이가 없었으며 차풀과 갈키나물에서는 전혀 나타나지 않았다.(Fig. 2). Esterase Isozyme의 염색강도와 이동속도는 Est 1 이 가장 강하고 빨랐다.

• 농업생명과학연구
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.33-43
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• 2016

다양한 생리적 인자를 사용하여 참느릅나무 등 총 26 종의 식물체를 대상으로 내건성을 검정하였다. 새, 도깨비가지, 긴담배풀은 수분 중단 8 일 후부터 시들었다. 매듭풀, 비수리와 참느릅나무는 수분 중단 9-10 일 후부터 80% 이상이 시들었다. 매듭풀은 수분 중단 10 일후부터, 비수리와 참느릅나무는 수분중단 11 일후부터 90% 이상이 시들었다. 수분 공급을 중단하는 처리를 통하여 새, 도깨비가지, 참느릅나무, 매듭풀, 비수리와 참느릅나무는 내건성 식물종으로 확인할 수 있었다. 그 가운데 차풀의 증산률은 0.042ml/㎠·4hr 로 가장 높은 반면에, 비수리와 참느릅나무는 각각 0.005 와 0.010ml/㎠·4hr 의 낮은 값을 나타내었다. 생리적 인자들의 테스트에서, 잎 면적와 증산률은 식물종마다 다르게 나타났다. 참느릅나무의 단위 증산률은 다른 식물종들과 비교하여 낮은 값을 가졌다. 새, 매듭풀, 비수리와 참느릅나무는 높은 상대수분함량을 가졌으며, 낮은 상대수분손실량을 보였다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 내건성 식물은 비수리와 참느릅나무로 최종 확인되었고, 생리적 인자를 이용한 내건성 식물을 선발 시스템이 가능함을 보여 주었다.