• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.215-220
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• 2006

The Sundarbans mangrove forest has a rich biodiversity of flowering plants and many of these have been used in traditional medicine although the flora remains comparatively uninvestigated scientifically. Xylocarpus granatum, Xylocarpus moluccensis and Excoecaria agallocha methanolic extract showed a central nervous system depressant activity on the hole cross and open field test at 800 mg/kg dose level. The most significant depressant activity was observed in Xylocarpus granatum followed by Xylocarpus moluccensis and Excoecaria agallocha. There was no depressant activity observed in the models for Sarcolobus globosus. Further studies are required to confirm the activity and to explain the mechanism.

• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.102-107
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• 2006

The methanol extract and residual methanol fraction of Excoecaria agallocha L. (Euphorbiaceae) stem bark was investigated in this study by wheat rootlet and shoot growth inhibition, and antimicrobial bioassay. The methanol extract and residual methanol fraction showed high inhibitory effect on both the wheat rootlet (82-89%) and shoot growth (85-90%) compared to control. The methanol extract showed a better and dose related inhibition on both the rootlet and shoot growth compared to residual methanol fraction. The $IC_{50}$ value of methanol extract for rootlet and shoot were $2.88\;{\mu}g/ml$ and $2.32\;{\mu}g/ml$, and of residual methanol fraction for rootlet and shoot were $7.91\;{\mu}g/ml$ and $4.45\;{\mu}g/ml$. The methanol extract and residual methanol fraction did not show any antibacterial activity against the tested microorganisms of clinical isolates Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureous, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Proteus vulgaris and Bacillus subtilis. The plant has the potential to be a source of novel cytotoxic compound(s).

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제15권9호
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• pp.5885-5892
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• 2014

망그로브 식물은 중금속의 sink로 작용하며, 페놀성 화합물의 함량이 높은 것으로 알려져 있다. 따라서 최근에 망그로브 식물을 이용한 phytoremediation과 천연항산화제 개발을 위한 연구가 활발히 수행되고 있다. 이 연구에서는 미크로네시아 웨노섬에 서식하고 있는 4속 6종의 망그로브 식물에 대하여 분류 및 각 종의 잎에서의 항산화 활성을 분석 비교하였다. 6종의 계통관계를 조사하기 위한 분자마커로 엽록체 유전자인 rbcL (large subunit of ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase)이 사용되었다. 그 결과 Xylocarpus, Sonneratia, Rhizophora 속 순으로 계통적 유사도가 높았으며 Excoecaria 속이 가장 유사도가 낮았다. 한편 6종의 망그로브 줄기 껍질의 페놀성 화합물 함량은 R. apiculata와 X. granatum에서 가장 높게 나타났으며 (1.10 mM/mg), R. stylosa (0.73 mM/mg)와 S. alba (0.72 mM/mg)에서 가장 낮았다(p<0.05). 또한 DPPH 와 ABTS 방법을 이용한 분석 결과, R. apiculate, X. granatum, X. moluccensis 및 E. agallocha는 높은 항산화 활성을 보인 반면, S. alba는 가장 낮은 활성을 보였다. 이러한 결과는 R. apiculata의 줄기껍질이 천연 항산화제 개발을 위한 좋은 원료가 될 수 있음을 의미한다.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.25-34
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• 2021

This study was conducted at Sitakunda coastal afforestation range, comprised of four beats- Bansbaria, Bakkhali, Baterkhil and Bogachattar, in Chittagong. Afforestation effects on soil physicochemical properties in comparison to adjacent barren land were analysed. In the study area, an area of 3277.33 ha was planted with Sonneratia apetala, Avecinnia officinalis, Excoecaria agallocha, Bruguiera sexangula, Ceriops decandra from 1968 to 2011. We found positive soil physicochemical changes in plantations in comparison to adjacent barren land. Soil bulk density of plantation was lower than the adjacent barren land. Soil pH and soil salinity were significantly higher in barren land whereas soil organic matter, organic carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium of plantations were higher in afforested land. Soil texture ranged from clay loam to sandy loam in different depth of these two types of land. However, this study concludes that there is clear evidence that afforestation has positive impacts on all soil properties in different location and soil depths in the study area.