• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.256-259
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• 2009

The effects of benomyl treatment on ginsenoside and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis in the roots of Panax ginseng that were collected from two sites in Korea were investigated. The ginseng roots that were treated with benomyl showed different species compositions of AM fungi colonizing the ginseng roots, compared to untreated roots. In the analysis of ginsenoside, Rc was significantly higher in benomyl untreated roots than in benomyl treated roots. The results suggest that AM fungal species composition and ginsenosides in ginseng root could be influenced by the benomyl treatment.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.327-333
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• 2012

Fungal endophytes were isolated from 1-, 2-, 3-, and 4-year-old ginseng roots (Panax ginseng Meyer) cultivated in Korea. The isolated fungal endophytes were identified based on sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer and morphological characterization by microscopic observations. A total of 81 fungal endophytes were isolated from 24 ginseng roots. Fungal endophytes were classified into 9 different fungal species and 2 unknown species. Ginseng roots that were 1-, 2-, 3-, and 4-years old were colonized by 2, 6, 8, and 5 species of fungal endophytes, respectively. While Phoma radicina was the most frequent fungal endophyte in 2-, 3-, and 4-year-old ginseng roots, Fusarium solani was the dominant endophyte in 1-year-old ginseng roots. The colonization frequencies (CF) varied with the host age. The CF were 12%, 40%, 31%, and 40% for 1-, 2-, 3-, and 4-year-old ginseng roots, respectively. We found a variety of fungal endophytes that were distributed depending on the age of ginseng plants.

• 대한화장품학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한화장품학회 2003년도 IFSCC Conference Proceeding Book I
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• pp.611-616
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• 2003

Korean ginseng(Panax Ginseng C.A. Meyer) known as a oriental miracle drug is an important medicinal plant. Ginseng has been used for geriatric, tonic, stomachic, and aphrodisiac treatments for thousands years. Also, it is an antibiotic and has therapeutic properties against stress and cancer. Ginseng is widely distributed all over the world. Among them, Korean mountain ginseng has the most valuable effect on pharmaceuticals. The roots of mountain ginseng contained several kinds of ginsenosides that have many active functions for the human body. However, the study of mountain ginseng has a limit because the mountain ginseng is very expensive and rare. So, we artificially cultured mountain ginseng adventitious roots using the bioreactor culture system. We induced callus from original mountain ginseng, directly dug up in mountain and aged about one hundred ten years. Separated adventitious roots were precultured in 500ml conical flasks and then, transferred in 20L bioreactors. The adventitious roots of mountain ginseng were harvested after culturing for 40days, dried and then, extracted with several solvents. In this study, we investigated the whitening effect, anti-wrinkle effect and the safety of tissue cultured adventitious roots extract of mountain ginseng in order to identify the merit as a cosmetic ingredient. Particularly, extract of mountain ginseng adventitious roots showed whitening and anti-wrinkle effects. The inhibitory effect of this extract on the melanogenesis was examined using B-16 melanoma cell. When B-16 melanoma cells were cultured with adventitious root extract, there was a dramatically decrease in melanin contents of 8-16 melanoma cell. And we identified this extract inhibited Dopa auto-oxidation significantly. Also, when transformed mouse fibroblast L929 cells were treated with this extract, there was a significant increase in collagen synthesis. The results show significant inhibited melanization and wrinkle without inhibiting cell viability.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.288-292
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• 1989

인참 근 조직에 Agrobacterium rhizogenes strain $A_4$를 접종하여 hairy roots 유도와 유도된 hairy roots의 배양 조건을 조사하였다. 48시간 배양된 균($2{\times}A92$bacteria/ml)을 접종하여 암조건($26{pm}1^{\circ}C$)하에서 배양하였을때 6-7주후 tumor가 형성되었으며, 10-12주후 hairy roots가 유도되었다. 근 년별 hairy roots 유도율은 5년근이 4, 6년근에 비하여 높았으며, 배지에 IAA, 2, 4-D, IBA 및 tryptophan 을 각각 첨가시켰을때 15-30mg/l tryptophan에서 tumor 및 hairy roots 유도율이 증가되었음을 나타내었다. 또한 유도된 hairy roots hormone-free인 RCM배지(sucrose 3%, pH 4.5)에서 배양하였다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.149-156
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• 2004

The objectives of this study were to investigate the morphology of mycorrhizal roots, and the effects of root age and soil texture on the mycorrhizal infection in ginseng (Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer) growing in Korea. Ginseng roots at ages of two to six years were collected from fields in late June. Their infection by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi(AMF) was studied by clearing the roots and staining fungal hyphae with trypan blue. Root infection varied greatly depending on the developmental stages of young roots. Young tertiary roots, in diameter of smaller than 0.8 mrn, formed during the current growing season had root hairs and were frequently and in some cases heavily infected by AMF. Hyphal coils and arbuscules were abundant, while vesicles were rarely observed. Older secondary or tertiary roots in diameter of bigger than 1.0 mm with fully differentiated primary xylem formed during the previous growing season had no root hairs, and were not infected at all. The rates of mycorrhizal infection in the young tertiary roots were not affected by the age of the ginseng plants, suggesting that fungal populations might have not much changed during the aging of the cultivated fields up to six years. The differences in the infection rates among the different ages of ginseng were caused by differences in the amount of young tertiary roots in the samples. Soil texture, either sandy loam or clay loam, did not affect the rate of root infection. There were large variations in the infection rates among the different farms and locations within a farm. It strongly suggested that infection rates of the ginseng roots by AMF would be influenced by the practice of the farmers, possibly by avoiding consecutive planting, introduction of new topsoil, and the ways of handling the soil before transplanting the ginseng, such as fumigation or sterilization that might have affected indigenous inoculum sources of the AMF.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.198-204
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• 2012

An light-emitting diode (LED)-based light source was used as a monochromatic light source to determine the responses of raw ginseng roots (Panax ginseng Meyer) to specific emission spectra with respect to the production of ginsenosides. The ginsenoside content in the ginseng roots changed in response to the LED light treatments at $25^{\circ}C$ relative to the levels in the control roots that were treated in the dark or at $4^{\circ}C$ for 7 d. Ginseng roots were exposed to LEDs with four different peak emission wavelengths, 380, 450, 470, and 660 nm, in closed compartments. Compared with the control $4^{\circ}C$-treated roots, roots that were treated with 450 and 470 nm light showed a significantly increased production of ginsenosides (p<0.05), with increases of 64.9% and 74.1%, respectively. The contents of the ginsenosides $Rb_2$, Rc, and $Rg_1$ were significantly higher (p<0.05) in the 450 and 470 nm-treated root samples. The ratio of protopanaxadiol ginsenosides ($Rb_1$, $Rb_2$, Rc, and Rd) to protopanaxatriol ginsenosides ($Rb_1$, $Rb_2$, Re, and Rf) was significantly higher (p<0.05) in the 450 and 470 nm-treated root samples than in the control $4^{\circ}C$-treated roots. This is the first report that demonstrates the increase and conversion of ginsenosides in raw ginseng roots in response to exposure to LED light.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.36-43
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• 1990

The quality of raw, red and white ginseng and the contents of some minerals were examined using 6-year-old ginseng roots produced in different shades, thatch and polyethylene net (P..E.). The yield of first and second grade ginseng roots was higher in the thatch shade than in the P.E. shade. The smaller sizes of ginseng routs were probably due to loss of ginseng yield called by alternaria blight in the third and fourth years, and lower quality was dale to more rusty roots in the P.E. shading. For red ginseng. rates of heaven and earth grades were higher in the P.E. than thatch shade. producing red ginseng with less inside cavity Production of white ginseng was higher in the thatch shade than in the P.E. shade. showing a higher yield, better piece grade, lower inside crack and better quality index in the thatch. The contents of some minerals such as K, Ca, Mg and Mn of fine ginseng roots differed between the two shades, some of which had a significant correlation with the quality indices of white ginseng. Keywords Thatch shade, polyethylene shade, alternaria blight, rulsty root, quality of ginseng.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.430-433
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• 2008

A high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method has been successfully developed to identify and quantify major ginsenosides in Korean ginseng seeds and roots. Using gradient elution of acetonitrile and water without buffer, the 6 major ginsenosides ($Rb_1,\;Rb_2$, Rc, Rd, Re, and $Rg_1$) were identified. Compared with ginseng roots, the amount of ginsenoside Re and Rd in ginseng seeds were significantly higher than those in ginseng roots (p<0.05). In ginseng seeds, the content of protopanaxtriol (PPT) was higher than that of protopanaxdiol (PPD) and the ratio of PPT and PPD was approximately 2.2 : 1. However, the content of PPT was lower than that of PPD in ginseng roots. It should be mentioned that both content of PPT and PPD in ginseng seeds were much higher than those in ginseng roots.

• 약학회지
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.215-219
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• 2006

This study was carried out to obtain the basic information for non-saponin contents that can be used to index fresh ginseng roots (Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer) cultivated in the Republic of Korea and China. Non-saponin components in fresh gingeng roots which were cultivated in various areas and ages in Korea were determined. Acidic polysaccharide, total polysaccharide, crude polyacetylene were quantitatively analyzed by using the method of spectrophotometric determination, while the total protein was analyzed by using Lowry method. The results show that there were no statistically significant differences for the average contents of four non-saponins among 4-years-old, 5-years-old, and 6-years-old fresh ginseng roots. Additionally, this study assessed the average contents of non-saponin components in 4-years-old fresh ginseng roots (Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer) which were cultivated in Korea and China. The result showed that the average contents of crude polyacetylene and acidic polysaccharide were statistically significant. Four-years-old fresh ginseng roots cultivated in Korea had the higher average contents of crude polyacetylene and acidic polysaccharide than those cultivated in China. However the average contents of total polysaccharide and total protein had no statistically significant difference.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.377-383
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• 2004

본 연구는 식물조직배양 기술을 이용하여 대량으로 배양된 산삼부정근의 추출물에 대한 화장품 원료로서의 응용 가능성을 검토하였다. 본 실험에서 사용된 산삼부정근은 강원도 평창에서 채취한 110년생 천종산삼으로부터 유래된 캘러스에서 부정근을 유도한 후 절취하여 생물 배양기에서 액체 현탁액으로 대량 배양시켰다. 약 5주간의 배양기간을 거쳐 증식된 산삼부정근을 세척하고 건조시킨 후 추출하여 산삼부정근 추출물을 얻었다 조직 배양된 산삼 부정근 추출물의 in vivo에서의 미백 효과를 검증하기 위하여 조직배양된 산삼부정근 추출물을 함유한 제형을 이용한 미백 임상실험을 실시하였다. 그 결과 산삼부정근 추출물을 함유한 제형에서 두드러진 미백효과를 보여주었으며 통계적으로도 유의차(p<0.0001)를 보여주었다. 그러나 산삼의 주요 성분인 일부 saponin에 대한 tyrosinase 억제 실험 및 B-16 melanoma를 이용한 미백 실험을 실시한 결과 미백효과가 $10\%$ 이하로 낮게 나왔으며 인삼 및 홍삼 추출물의 경우에서도 산삼부정근 추출물과 같은 농도에서는 거의 미백 효과가 관찰되지 않았다. 또한 항산화 효과를 알아보기 위한 DPPH 실험에서는 산삼부정근 추출물이 $0.05\%$ 농도에서 $85\%$ hydroxyl radical 소거능을 보여주었다.