• YAKHAK HOEJI
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• v.35 no.5
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• pp.427-431
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• 1991

A flavonoidal glycoside was isolated from the whole plant of Hydrocotyle japonica(Um belliferae) and identified as quercetin-3-O-$\beta$-D-galactoside quercetin-3-O-$\beta$-D-(hyperoside) (C$_{21}H_{20}O_{12}$.1/3 $H_2O$, yellow needle crystal, m.p. $249~250^{\circ}$, $[\alpha]^{28}_D^{\circ}$$-65.94^{\circ}$ in pyridine) by physicochemical properties and spectroscopic evidences(UV, IR, NMR and Mass etc., in comparison with authentic sample.

• YAKHAK HOEJI
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.281-286
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• 1988

For the investigation of medicinal resources in Hydrocotyle species, the studies were conducted to evaluate the pharmaco-constituents in Hydrocotyle japonica MAKINO (Umbelliferae), which is used as folk medicine in Korea. From the methyl alcohol extract of the whole plant, $isorhamnetin-3-O-{\beta}-D-galactoside$ ($C_{22}H_{22}O_{12}{\cdot}1/3H_2O$, bright yellow needle crystal, mp $247{\sim}248^{\circ}C$, $[{\alpha}]_D^{28}^{\circ}=-52.27^{\circ}$ in pyridine), one of three flavonol substances in extrat, was isolated and identified by physicochemical properties and spectroscopic evidences (UV, IR, NMR and MS etc.,) in comparison with authentic sample. This flavonoid was appeared from Hydrocotyle japonica MAKINO through phytochemical approaches at the outset.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.15-22
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• 1996

Seventy-three chromosome counts are reported from populations in 70 species from Korea, of which 34 counts in 32 species belong to Apiaceae. New species counts are in Acanthopanax chiisanensis(2n=48), Hydrocotyle japonica(2n=ca.96), H. maritima (n=12), Libanotis coreana (2n=22), Lindera sericea (n=12), Quercus myrsinaefolia (n=12), Rhamnus yoshinoi (n=12), Salix hulteni (n=19), Symplocos chinensis for. pilosa (n=11) and Vaccinium oldhami (n=12). New chromosome level for Asperula odorata (n=11), Cryptotaenia japonica (2n=16) and Sium ninsi (2n=18) is also provided. The taxonomic implications of certain of these counts are discussed.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.295-305
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• 2011

Many studies have suggested the positive effects of grazing by large herbivorous mammals on seed dispersal, but little is known about how herbivores could affect the fate of ingested seeds. This study examined the effects of seed ingestion by sika deer (Cervus nippon) on seed fate in a temperate grassland established in an urban park long resided by high densities of sika deer. I compared species composition and seasonal traits of seed abundance and maturity in the grassland community with those in deer fecal pellets. In total, 27 herbaceous species were observed, including the predominant Zoysia japonica. Seed phenology and production differed among the three dominant species (Z. japonica, Digitaria violascens, and Hydrocotyle maritima). Pellets contained at least 26 species of herbaceous seeds, and their abundance differed among species. Of the 26 species, 15 were observed in the vegetation at the study site. The peak of seed abundance in pellets for the dominant species appeared 1 month after the peak of inflorescence production (but most of the inflorescences were immature and susceptible to digestion) and consequently corresponded to the peak of mature inflorescence. Because sika deer are likely to ingest seeds at any maturity stage in the grassland and immature seeds are less hardened, ingested immature seeds can suffer great losses. The results suggested that the survival of germable seeds with great losses of immature seeds may be a factor determining which plant species can be successfully dispersed by herbivores.