• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.727-732
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• 2010

Activity-guided fractionation of an ethyl acetate (EtOAc)-soluble portion of an ethanolic extract from the leaves of cultivated mountain ginseng, using pancreatic lipase inhibition assay, led to the isolation and identification of three flavonoids of a previously described structure, kaempferol-3-O-sophoroside (I), kaempferol-3-O-${\beta}$-Dglucopyranoside (astragalin, II) and kaempferol (III). All compounds (I.III) showed pancreatic lipase inhibitory activities, with $IC_{50}$ values ranging from $20.3{\pm}2.2$ to $9.1{\pm}1.5$ ${\mu}M$, kaempferol (III) showed the most potent inhibitory activity with an $IC_{50}$ of $9.1{\pm}1.5$ ${\mu}M$. The level of activity may depend on the number of C-3 glucosyl group(s) linked to the kaempferol backbone, and the isolated compounds may have promise as pancreatic lipase inhibitors.

• The Korean Journal of Mycology
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.41-47
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• 1985

Eighteen plant residues were added to soil and the amended soil was inoculated with chlamydospores (5,000 cells/g soil) of Fusarium solani causing root rot of ginseng in soil to test the effects of amendment using pea (Pisium sativa L.) as an index plant. Distributional conditions of microogranisms in soil were compared with each other before and after dealing with soil amendment by plant debries. Infection rate by index plant's infectivity showed a higher degree in the treatment of wheat crushed than in control group, and followed by stalk of sweet potato, chinese cabbage, ginseng leaves and soybean pod. On the other hand, the de­creasing order of infection rate was root of garlic, welsh onion, cabbage leaf and stalk, green onion stalk, wheat straw and barley straw. In comparison with control group, the propagules of fungi increased in the treatment of ginseng leaves, soybean ground, wheat crushed, maize stalk, and chinese cabbage, but decreased in the root of garlic, cabbage, and barley straw. Population of total bacteria increased in the treatment of soybean ground, chinese cabbage, radish stalk, welsh onion, and wheat crushed, but decreased in barley straw, tobaco root, ginseng stalk, and wheat straw. The numbers of actinomycetes increased only in the treatment of soybean ground in a comparison with control and also decreased in the garlic stalk and tobaco root. The propagules of Fusarium spp increased in the treatment of chinese cabbage, welsh onion, radish stalk, wheat crushed, and sweet potato stalk, wheat crushed, and sweet potato stalk, but decreased in the treat­ment of wheat straw, ginseng leaves, and cabbage than control.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Tobacco Science
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.3-10
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• 1982

This experiment was conducted to study the effect of soil water potenial on the growth and internal changes of stressed plants. The experimental imposition of soil water potential ( $\Psi$soil) were -0.1 to -0.2, -0.2 to -0.5, -0.5 to -3.0, -3.0 to -10.0 bar respectively. During water stress all growth rates were depressed, and the most sensitive period to water stress was found to be 10 to 25 days after transplanting. The water potential of leaf was declined rapidly within 12 hours after with holding of water. Nitrate reductase activity was decreased progressively as water deficit was built up in tobacco leaves, but the activity of alpha- amylase and super contents were increased. There were differences in peroxidase isozyme patterns between tile control and water stressed plant. New isozymes started to appear as tobacco leaf water potential decreased.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Tobacco Science
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.133-143
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• 1992

The magnitude of additive effects generally parralled the magnitude of difference between parental means and appeared to be more independent from non - allelic interaction than dominance effects, whereas the magnitude of dominance effects were inflated by non-allelic interaction. Additive effects were significant for all characteristics observed and those of leaf width and leaf shape index of lugs, cutter and leaf and leaf width of tips were higher than dominance effects. Non-allelic gene interaction was expressed in leaf length of lugs, cutter and tips and heterosis of these characters were lower than the other characters.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.53 no.5
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• pp.570-577
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• 2021

This study elucidated the biological activities and structural characteristics of polysaccharides isolated from ginseng leaves fermented using Cordyceps sinensis (GLF). GLF comprised at least 18 glycosyl linkages, including 4-linked glucose residues (24.0%). To characterize the neutral polysaccharides in GLF, it was further fractionated by anion exchange chromatography, and the unabsorbed fraction (GLF1) was isolated. Peritoneal macrophages stimulated with GLF1 produced various cytokines in a dose-dependent manner. The properties and activities of the four subfractions (PHI, PHIA1-PHIA3) obtained after sequential enzymatic digestion were examined. PHI and PHIA3 primarily comprised glucose, whereas PHI exhibited an iodine-color reaction. Furthermore, the PHIA1-3 fractions indicated that cytokine production was completely inhibited. These results suggest at the immune activities of GLF1 may be due to the α-(1→4)-glucan branched at the C(O)6 position, which was produced by C. sinensis.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Tobacco Science
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.59-68
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• 1987

This study was conducted to investigate the change of starch, total sugar, nicotine, and total nitrogen contents in green leaves at various stages of maturity(50-106 days after transplanting), and to relate between chemical constituents for flue-cured tobacco (Cv NC82 and BY 4). For the two cultivars and all stalk positions, starch contents increased with maturation, but decreased with senescence. Nicotine contents increased, while total nitrogen contents decreased with delay of harvest. Total sugar contents had a tendency of decrease. For the two cultivars , starch correlated negatively with total nitrogen, and positively with nicotine. Total nitrogen correlated negatively with nicotine. A delay of 5 to 7 days than conventional harvesting time would reach to the better ratio of the reducing sugar to nicotine ratio.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Tobacco Science
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.127-134
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• 1989

Several growth characteristics of two ornamental tobacco species, Nicotiana sanderae and N. affinis, were investigated in this study. Also effect of temperature and daylength on the flowering of the tobacco plants were evaluated to obtain basic information on breeding and cultivation. 1. The plants were great in high temperature-long day at the early stage and in low temperature-short day at the late stage of plant growth, for both Nicotana species. At the early growth stage the leaf length N. sanderae was great in high temperature-long day, and that of N. affinis was great in high temperature-short day period, while at the late stage of the plant growth the leaf lengths were more significantly effected by the temperature rather than daylength. Leaf width and leaf shape index were less sensitive to the conditions. 2. For both of the species, the total number of tobacco leaves not much influenced by the temperature and daylength. 3. There were no significant differences for budding and flowering period between the two species, both of which were sensitive to temperature and daylength with more influence by daylength than temperature. 4. Number of floral stalks, number of flower and flowering period were not much influenced by temperature and daylength; however, N. affinis had 2 more floral stalks, 31 more flowers, and 6 day longer flowering period than N. sanderae.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.57-63
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• 1989

Cigarette beetle(Lacioderma serricornine F.) is a serious pest of cured tobacco leaves. Of its pheromonal components, serricornin shows the strongest sexual stimulation. Other substances contribute as the supplementary factors cooperating with this component in the copulation of cigarette beetle. From spectroscopic evidence and synthetic studies, the structure of natural serricornin has been determined to be (4S,4S,7S)-4, 6-dimethyl-7-hydroxynonan-3-one. It has been suggested that the pheromonal components isolated from this beetle may be derived from polyketide biosynthesis. Two nonasymmetric syntheses of serricornin will be reviewed in detail.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.32-37
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• 1985

Effects of straw mulching on growth of shoot and root of Panax ginseng, soil physical and chemical characteristics were investigated. Straw mulching increased root yield, stem length, leaf area and decreased defoliated plant rate and missing root rate. Percent solid phase and soil hardness decreased, and porosity, percent air phase and percent liquid phase increased under straw mulch. It increased soil water content and decreased soil temperature especially in the rear side of the bed. Available soil phosphorus (very harmfully in some case), exchangeable potassium, organic matter increased while exchangeable calcium decreased and the lowering of pH was retarded under mulch. Straw mulching greatly reduced need population, prevented soil covering on the lower side of leaves and eliminated solings to plants, bed sides and on bed top.

• Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.276-284
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• 2007

To investigate the influence of shading materials with growing stages in Panax Ginseng C. A. Meyer, the diurnal change of photosynthesis, stomatal conductance, transpiration and its any correlation were measured. The net photosynthetic rate and stomatal conductance of ginseng were higher in the morning than in the broad day. The net photosynthetic rate was increased as the PAR (Photosynthetically Action Radiation) was increased and it was reached the maximum at the $200\;{\mu}mol/m^2/s$ of PAR in overall leaves. Transpiration rate was increased in the afternoon compared to in the morning. The transpiration rate was higher in rain shelter shading plate than in polyethylene net. A linear equation was obtained between net photosynthetic rate and stomatal conductance in the morning. SPAD was higher in rain shelter shading plate than in polyethylene net through all growth stages. It may result from the decrease of growth progress. From investigating photosynthetic characteristics, we concluded that shading plate of rain shelter was more an efficient material to ginseng growth.