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Insecticidal and Acaricidal Activities of African Plant Extracts against the Brown Planthopper and Two-Spotted Spider Mite (아프리카산 식물체 추출물의 벼멸구 및 점박이응애에 대한 살충 및 살비활성)

  • I. G. Hiremath;Young Joon Ahn;Soon Il Kim;Byung Ryul Choi;Jum Rae Cho
    • Korean journal of applied entomology
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    • v.34 no.3
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    • pp.200-205
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    • 1995
  • Total 31 samples from 21 African plant species in 13 families were tested for their insecticidal and acaricidal activities against Nilaparvata lugens (Stal) and Tetranychus urticae (Koch) adults through topical application an leaf-dipping methods, respectively. The insecticidal and acaricidal activities were both plant parts and species dependent. The methanol extracts from whole plants of Casia occidental is and Cassia tora (Caesalpinaceae), an stem of Prosopis chinensis (Mimosaceae) revealed potent insecticidal activity against N. lugens. Potnet acaricidal activity against T. urticae was obtained from the methanol extracts from whole plants of Celosia trigyna (Amaranthaceae) and Combretum micronthum (Combretaceeae), leaves of Combretm glutinotum, and leaves and fruits of prosopis chinensis.

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Antioxidative activity of some natural products which have been orientally used as ophthalmic drugs (한방에서 안질환에 사용되어 온 천연물들의 항산화 작용)

  • Im, Sung Hun;Lee, Sun Hee;Lee, Heum-Sook;Park, Mi-Jung
    • Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.365-373
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    • 2005
  • Antioxidative activities of methanol extracts of 7 natural products which have been orientally used or studied as ophthalmic drugs were investigated. All of 7 extracts assayed - Rubus coreanus, Dendrobium monile, Eriocaulon sieboldianum, Ligustrum japonicum, Cassia tora, Cicadae Periostacum and Polygonatum odoratum var pluriflorum had some electron-donating ability to OPPH radicals, in which R. coreanus and D. monile showed strong activity as similar as ascorbic acid or BHT. At the concentration of $200{\mu}g/m{\ell}$, methanol extract of L. japonicum showed superoxide dismutase-like activity the same as 0.1 mM ascorbic acid and methanol extract of R. coreanus inhibited effectively the production of ABTS radical produced by $H_2O_2$. Furthermore, methanol extract of C. tora showed the highest nitrite scavenging ability. The inherent antioxidative activities of these natural products appear to be responsible for its ophthalmic effects.

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Total Phenolics Levels and Antioxidant Properties in Methanol Extracts from Several Vietnamese Wild Plants

  • Boo, Hee-Ock;Kim, Tae-Soon;Koshio, Kaihei;Shin, Jeoung-Hwa;Chon, Sang-Uk
    • Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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    • v.24 no.6
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    • pp.659-665
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    • 2011
  • The aim of this study was to determine total phenolics (TP) content, total flavonoids (TF) level, and antioxidant activity of methanol extracts from leaf parts of 15 Vietnamese wild plants. TP content showed the highest amount in methanol extracts from Altenanthera sessilis ($409.7{\pm}1.4$ ppm), and followed by Eclipta prostrata ($183.6{\pm}3.8$ ppm) and Cassia tora ($159.3{\pm}5.7$ ppm). The highest TF level also was found in A. sessilis ($156.3{\pm}1.7$ ppm), followed by E. prostrata, and C. tora, showing similar tendency to TP. Methanol extracts of A. sessilis, E. prostrate and C. tora at 1000 ppm exhibited the highest DPPH radical scavenging activity by 94.5, 92.6 and 92.7%, respectively. The methanol extracts from A. sessilis showed the highest ABTS and nitrite scavenging activities by 97% and 92%, respectively. The highest correlation coefficient ($r^2$) was 0.9522 between TP and TF, and followed by 0.8919 between DPPH and ABTS activities. However, polyphenols and antioxidant activities showed low correlation coefficients, ranging from $r^2=0.4114$ to 0.4826. It was concluded that Vietnamese wild plants contain polyphenol compounds with antioxidant activities depending on plant species.

Scavenging Effect of Korean Medicinal Plants on the Peroxynitrite and Total ROS

  • Kang, Hye-Sook;Chung, Hae-Young;Son, Kun-Ho;Kang, Sam-Sik;Choi, Jae-Sue
    • Natural Product Sciences
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.73-79
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    • 2003
  • To discover the sources with antioxidative activity in traditional medicines, 100 extracts of Korean medicinal plants were screened for their scavenging effect on peroxynitrite $(ONOO^{-})$ and total reactive oxygen species (ROS). The potency of total ROS scavenging activity was shown in the extracts of 25 plants, and 4 of their species, Macleaya cordata R. Br., Salvia plebeia R. Br., Cassia tora L. and Angelica gigas Nakai, had a greater effect with $IC_{50}$ values of $1.7{\pm}0.36$, $4.3{\pm}1.08$, $4.9{\pm}0.17$ and $5.8{\pm}1.01\;{\mu}g/ml$, respectively, than that of trolox, positive control $(7.61{\pm}0.12\;{\mu}g/ml)$. Another 35 extracts exhibited inhibitory effect of below 50 percent at $100\;{\mu}g/ml$ of sample concentrations on total ROS, while the rest observed total ROS generators rather than scavengers. The peroxynitrite scavenging activities were observed in the greater part of the plants tested. Five of them, Schisandra chinensis Baill, Campsis grandiflora (Thunb.) K. Schum., Cedrela sinensis A. Juss., Pleuropterus multiflorus Turcz. and Veronica linariaefolia Pall represented scavenging activities on peroxynitrite twice as strong with $IC_{50}$ Values of $0.48{\pm}0.10$, $0.59{\pm}0.15$, $0.60{\pm}0.10$, $0.64{\pm}0.10$ and $0.91{\pm}0.23\;{\mu}g/ml$, respectively, as that of penicillamine $(1.72{\pm}0.05\;{\mu}g/ml)$, positive control. Consequently, 25 species of the entire plants tested, exhibited scavenging activities on total ROS and $ONOO^{-}$, Salvia plebeia R. Br., Macleaya cordata R. Br., Cassia tora L. and Angelica gigas Nakai exerted potent scavenging activities on both radicals.

Anti-inflammatory Effects of Aurantio-obtusin isolated from Cassia tora L. in RAW264.7 Cells (결명자로부터 분리된 Aurantio-obtusin의 항염증 활성)

  • Lee, Ki Ho;Jang, Ji Hun;Woo, Kyeong Wan;Nho, Jong Hyun;Jung, Ho Kyung;Cho, Hyun Woo;Yong, Ju Hyun;An, Byeongkwan
    • Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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    • v.50 no.1
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    • pp.11-17
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    • 2019
  • Cassia tora L. have been used as a folk medicine in Korea. This study investigated anti-inflammatory effect of aurantio-obtusin isolated from C. tora. We isolated aurantio-obtusin from 50% ethanol extracts of C. tora L. We investigated the anti-inflammatory effects of aurantio-obtusin on the lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated inflammatory response in murine macrophage cell line (Raw 264.7). To investigate the cytotoxicity of aurantio-obtusin on RAW 264.7 cells, MTS assay was performed. RAW 264.7 cells were treated with aurantio-obtusin at different concentrations (12.5, 25, 50, $100{\mu}M$) for 30 h. The result showed that aurantio-obtusin had no cytotoxic effect in a concentration range of $12.5-100{\mu}M$. To determine the effect of aurantio-obtusin on LPS-induced NO production, the NO concentration measurement was performed. RAW 264.7 cells were treated with aurantio-obtusin at 12.5, 25, 50 and $100{\mu}M$ for 24 h, and the results showed that the NO production of aurantio-obtusin-treated cells compared to LPS alone treated group was significantly decreased in a dose-dependent manner. Pretreatment of aurantio-obtusin inhibited LPS-induced NO production in a dose-dependent manner. To find out inhibitory mechanisms of aurantio-obtusin on inflammatory mediators, we examined the $PGE_2$ pathways. As a result, $PGE_2$ were decreased in a dose-dependent manner by aurantio-obtusin. The release of interleukin-$1{\beta}$ (IL-$1{\beta}$) and IL-6 were also reduced. Moreover, aurantio-obtusin suppressed LPL-induced $I{\kappa}B-{\alpha}$ degradation. These results suggest that the down regulation of NO, $PGE_2$, IL-$1{\beta}$ and IL-6 expression by aurantio-obtusin are achieved by the downregulation of NF-${\kappa}B$ activity.

Effect of Barley Tea on the Reduction of the Tap Water Chlorination By-Products in Top Water and Identification of Maillard Reaction Products in the Extracts of Barley Tea, Corn Tea, and Cassia tora Seed Tea Using GC/MSD (보리차 제조시 수돗물 중 염소소독부산물의 제거 여부 및 보리차.옥수수차.결명차 중 Maillard 반응 생성물 동정)

  • Lee, Soo-Hyung;Kim, He-Kap
    • Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • v.42 no.3
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    • pp.256-261
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    • 1999
  • This study was conducted to investigate the effect of barley tea with roasted grains and barley tea with a tea bag on the reduction of chlorination by-product(CBP) levels in chlorinated drinking water. Since the concentrations of six volatile compounds of eight CBPs were blow their respective detection limits after 10 minute heating, two nonvolatile CBPs dichloroacetic acid and trichloroacetic acid, and total chlorine were compared between tap water and two kinds of barley tea. No significant differences were observed in the relative changes of the amounts of the above three items, and new peaks which were not found in the original water appeared in the chromatograms of gas chromatograph/electron capture detector(GC/ECD). Thirty three organic compounds were identified in the extracts of barley tea with roasted grains, barley tea with a tea bag, corn tea, and Cassia tora seed tea which were prepared with distilled/deionized water, using gas chromatography/mass selective detection(GC/MSD). Exclusive of fatty acids, most of the compounds were aromatic compounds such as phenols, furans, and pyrroles.

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Effect of the Ethanol Extract of Cassia tora L. on Antioxidative Compounds and Lipid metabolism in Hepatotoxicity of Rats-induced by Ethanol (결명자 에탄올추출물이 알코올 투여 흰쥐의 항산화물질 및 지질대사에 미치는 영향)

  • 최현숙;차선숙;나명순;신길만;이명렬
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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    • v.30 no.6
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    • pp.1177-1183
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    • 2001
  • This study was done to investigate the effects of ethanol extract of Cassia semen (Cassia tora L.) on the activities of hepatic oxygen free radicals metabolizing enzymes and blood lipid profile in rats of hepatotoxicity induced by ethanol. Sprague-Dawley male rats weighing 100~160 g were divides into 5 groups; control grouts (CON), Cassia semen ethanol extracts (200 mg/kg) treated group (CEL), ethanol (10 mL/kg, 35%) treated group (ETH), Cassia semen ethanol extracts (200 mg/kg) and ethanol treated group (CE1 ) and Cassia semen ethanol extracts (400 mg/kg ) and ethanol treated group (CE2), respectively. Compared with ETH, the growth rate of CE1 and CE2 were to be increased tendency, and in blood levels of total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol and the activities of alanine aminotranferase and asparate aminotranferase elevated by ethanol were significantly decreased (p<0.05). It was observed that the activities of superoxide dismutase, catalase, xanthine oxidase and glutathione peroxidase of rat liver increased by ethanol, were more decreased by the treatment of Cassia semen ethanol extract than the only ethanol-treated group. The content of glutathione depleted by ethanol treatment was increased in CE1 and CE2. TBA-reactants of liver increased by ethanol were decreased in CE1 and CE2, compared with ethanol-treated group. These results suggested that ethanol extract of Cassia semen may influence upon the ability of oxygen free radical detoxication and lowering of blood lipid level on ethanol-induced hepatotoxicity in rat.

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The Anti-osteoporosis Effects of Cassia tora L. Seed Ethanol Extract in Ovariectomixed Rats (결명자 주정추출물의 난소적출 랫드에서 항골다공증 효과)

  • Lee, Mu-Jin;An, Byeong-Kwan;Jung, Ho-Kyung;Lee, Ki-Ho;Kim, A-Hyeon;Lee, Hyun-Joo;Jang, Ji-Hun;Sim, Mi-Ok;Kim, Tae-Muk;Kim, Min-Suk;Seong, Tea-Gyeong;Woo, Kyeong-Wan;Cho, Jung-Hee;Kim, Jong-Choon;Cho, Hyun-Woo
    • Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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    • v.47 no.4
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    • pp.333-342
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    • 2016
  • In our study, osteoporosis was induced by ovariectomized in female rats, and the prevention and treatment efficacy of the climacteric disease the postmenopausal type I pattern was examined by using the experimental substance Cassia tora (CT) ethanol extracts. Female rats were either sham-operated (sham; n=5) or surgically ovariectomized (OVX; five animals per group) and then administered to OVX control, raloxifene hydrochloride (RLX) 1 mg/kg/day, or CT (20 and 200 mg/kg/day) for 12 weeks. Serum osteocalcin and creatinine concentration were significantly lower in the CT 200 mg/kg/day group compared with the OVX control group. Serum progesterone concentration was significantly higher in the CT 200 mg/kg/day group compared with the OVX control group. Reduction grade of the trabecular bone decreased in the RLX 1 and CT 200 mg/kg/day group compared with that of the OVX control group. In conclusion, CT 200 mg/kg/day may have inhibitory effects on osteoporosis in OVX rats.

Screening and Utilization of Antagonistic Plants to Control Northern root-knot Nematode in Ginseng Fields (인삼포장에 발생하는 당근뿌리혹선층의 방제를 위한 길항식물의 탐색)

  • Yang, Kae-Jin;Doh, Eun-Soo;Kim, Kwang-Ho
    • Journal of Ginseng Research
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.331-338
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    • 1996
  • This study was conducted to screen the antagonistic plants on northern root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne) and to utilize those in its control. Egg hatching of M. hapla was found to be inhibited by 17 plant methanol extracts, and 11 plant extracts among them were also toxic to M. hapla second stage juvenile. Egg hatching of iW. hapla was also found to be inhibited by squeezed extracts of Cassia tora and Zea mays, and they were also toxic to M. hapla second stage juvenile. Extracts of Achyranthes japonica, Melia axedrach and Acorus graminens were toxic to M. hapla second stage with a juvenile mortality above 70clc at the 10 folds diluted concent ration and A. graminens was toxic to tested juvenile mortality above 50% at the 100 folds diluted concentration. The toxicity was directly propotional to the diluted concentration of the plant extracts and to the exposure period. Punica granatum, Acorns graminens and Melia axedrach were effective in inhibiting root penetration of JW. hapla juveniles, among of them p. granatum is most effective Percent inhibition of penetration by second and third stage juveniles into tomato slants penetrating by it was 72.7 and 82.4%, respectively.

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Physiochemical Mechanism of Allelopathic Inhibition by Water Soluble Extracts from Sicklepod(Cassia tora L.) Seeds (결명자(決明子)의 수용성(水溶性) 추출물(抽出物)의 타감성(他感性) 저해(沮害) 작용(作用)에 대한 생리화학적(生理化學的) 기작(機作))

  • Lim, Sun-Uk;Moon, Kyung-Whan
    • Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.189-196
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    • 1993
  • Allelopathic inhibition by substance(s) originated from sicklepod(Cassia tora L.) seed on germination of other plant seeds, was confirmed and used to elucidate general mechanism of allelopathy which was occurred widly in natural and/or agricultural ecosystems. The mechanism was deduced from changes in water contents, ${\alpha}$-amylase activities, protease activities, concentrations of abscisic acid and total phenolic compounds during germination of rice and radish seeds treated with water-soluble extracts of sicklepod seeds. The results obtained were summarized as follows. 1. The % germinations of radish, rice, lettuce, barley seeds were decreased by substances originated from crushed sicklepod seeds. 2. By the treatment of water-soluble extracts of sicklepod seeds, the inhibition of germination of radish seeds was occured with the sequential phenomena of increase of protease activity(synthesis), decrease of water content and increase of total phenolic compounds content. 3. In rice, the inhibition of seed germination by the water-slouble extracts of sicklepod seeds was related to increase of abscisic acid concentration and then decrease of ${\alpha}$-amylase activity(synthesis).

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