• KSBB Journal
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.347-353
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• 1990

The effects of nutrients and cell aggregate size on the cell growth of D. carota and the biosynthesi of carotenoid were investigated. Highest carotenoid content was obtained with sucrose as a carbon source and the equal ratio of ammonium to nitrate. High phosphate concentration stimulated the carotenoid biosynthesis in D. corota. 2,4-D inhibited the cell growth but stimulated the specific carotenoid content at high concentration. By modifying the medium composition based on these findings, three times higher specific carotenoid content and 2.5 times higher total carotenoid content were obtained as compared with the results obtained with basic MS media. Biosynthesis of carotenoid was found to be affected by cell aggregate size; high carotenoid production was obtained from the large aggregated cells resulted from high sucrose concentration.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• v.37 no.3
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• pp.263-269
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• 1994

Involvement of ethylene and Ca2+ on the induction of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) was investigated in Daucus carota L. suspension culture system. Ethylene production started to increase about 3 h after glucan treatment. And the maximal induction of ethylene was preceded by PAL induction by 30 min. After the treatment of ethrel, PAL activity was increased. When cells were treated with glucan and Co2+, PAL activity was simultaneously reduced. Ethylene production was reduced dramatically in calcium-free medium, even though glucan was treated. PAL activity and ethylene producton was inhibited conspicuously when ethylene glycolbis($\beta$-aminoethyl ether) N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (EGTA) was treated with glucan. Verapamil and trifluoperazine also inhibited PAL activity. When cells were treated with calcium ionophore A23187, PAL activity was increased in nontreated medium. We report here PAl activity is increased in related to ethylene production and involvement of Ca2+ in glucan-treated carrot suspension cells.

• Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1999.07a
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• pp.75-78
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• 1999

To obtain direct evidence for thed involvement of C-AB13, a carrot (Daucus carota L.) homolog of VPI/Ab13, seed-specific transcription factor, in the acquisition of desiccation tolerance carrot non-embryogenic cells (NC) in which the C-AB13 gene was expressed ectopically was prepared. Non-transgenic NC, in which expression of C-AB13 was not detected, did not exhibit desiccation tolerance even after treatment with abscisic acid (ABA). In transgenic NC that expressed C-AB13, embryo-specific ABA-inducible genes (ECP genes) were expressed upon ABA-treatment. Furthermore, the transgenic NC became desiccation-tolerant upon ABA-treatment, but not tolerate desiccation without ABA-treatment. These results provide direct evidence for the involvement of C-AB13 in the ABA-induced acquisition of desiccation tolerance.

• Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1999.04a
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• pp.11-11
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• 1999

• Proceedings of the Zoological Society Korea Conference
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• 1997.10b
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• pp.310.1-310
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• 1997

• Proceedings of the Zoological Society Korea Conference
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• 2003.08a
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• pp.187.4-187
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• 2003

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• Proceedings of the Korean Nutrition Society Conference
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.315.2-315
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• 2001

• Korean Journal of Plant Tissue Culture
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.227-232
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• 2000

This study was carried out to elucidate the effect of cadmium on somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration from cultured cells of Daucus carota L. Embryogenic calli were induced from cotyledon explants of carrot seedlings cultured on MS solid medium supplemente with 1 mg/L 2,4-D Embryogenic cells proliferated on medium supplemented with 1 mg/L 2,4-D were also cultured in liquid MS medium containing various concentrations (50, 100, 200, 500, 1000 $\mu$M) of cadmium for one week and then transferred to MS basal medium. Somatic embryogenesis occurred in suspension culture treated with 50 $\mu$M and 100 $\mu$M cadmium or untreated with cadmium. When cadmium was treated in suspension culture, production of two and four cotyledonary somatic embryos was reduced, but that of three cotyledonary somatic embryo was increased. Two cotyledonary embryos showed higher regeneration frequency than abnormal somatic embryo with one, three and four cotyledon. Regardless of cotyledonary variation, germination frequency of somatic embryos treated with cadmium was decreased in compared with that of embryos in basal medium.

• Herbal Formula Science
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.329-340
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• 2018

Objectives : In Traditional Korean medicine, Daucus carota L. has been used for treating dyspepsia, diarrhea, dysentery and cough. Recent pharmacognosic evidence showed D. carota has anti-oxidant, anti-cancer, anti-fungal, and hypotensive effects. Present study investigated hepato-protective effect of D. carota ethanol extract (DCE) against oxidative stress in HepG2 cells. Methods : After HepG2 cells were pretreated with different concentrations of DCE, the cells were exposed to tert-butyl hydroperoxide (tBHP) for inducing oxidative stress. Cell viability, hydrogen peroxide production, glutathione concentration, and mitochondrial membrane potentials were measured to explore hepato-protective effect of DCE. Phosphorylation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and effect of compound C on cell viability were determined to investigate the role of AMPK on DCE-mediated cytoprotection. Results : DCE significantly decreased the tBHP-mediated cytotoxicity in a concentration dependent manner and reduced the changes on apoptosis-related proteins by tBHP in HepG2 cells. In addition, DCE significantly prevented hydrogen peroxide production, glutathione depletion, and mitochondrial membrane impairment induced by tBHP. Treatment with DCE increased phosphorylation of AMPK, and the DCE-mediated cytoprotection was abolished by pretreatment with compound C. Conclusions : These results demonstrate that DCE can protect hepatocytes from oxidative stress through activation of AMPK.

• Proceedings of the Zoological Society Korea Conference
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• 1998.10b
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• pp.241.1-241
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• 1998

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