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Pharmacognostical Studies on the Chinese Crude Drug ‘Maig Moon Dong’ (한약 "맥문동" 의 생약학적 연구)

  • Geon, Dai-Gun;Park, Jong-Hee
    • Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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    • v.34 no.1 s.132
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    • pp.6-9
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    • 2003
  • ‘Maig Moon Dong(麥問冬)’ is one of the chinese crude drugs used mainly to cure a cough and sputum, etc. With regard to the botanical origin of ‘Maig Moon Dong’, it has been considered to be Liriope species of Liliaceae, but there has not been studied pharmacognostically. To clarify the botanical origin of Maig Moon Dong, we studied on the anatomical characteristics of Liriope and Ophiopogon species growing wild in Korea i.e. L. platyphylla, L. spicata, O. jaburan, O. japonicus and Maig Moon Dong from Korea. As a result, the botanical origin of Maig Moon Dong from Korea was proved as Liriope platyphylla and L. spicata.

Asparagus cochinchinensis inhibits the ethanol-induced cytotoxicity in Hep G2 cells

  • Kim, Jeong-Joong
    • Advances in Traditional Medicine
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.89-96
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    • 2000
  • A human hepatoma cell line, Hep G2 cells are a reliable for the study of alcohol-induced hepatotoxicity. In this study, the author investigated the effect of an aqueous extract of Asparagus $cochinchinensis_{MERRIL}$ (Liliaceae) roots (ACAE) on ethanol (EtOH)-induced cytotoxicity in Hep G2 cells. ACAE dose-dependently inhibited the EtOH-induced tumor necrosis $factor-{\alpha}\;(TNF-{\alpha})$ secretion. ACAE also inhibited the EtOH and $TNF-{\alpha}-induced$ cytotoxicity. Furthermore, the author found that ACAE inhibited the $TNF-{\alpha}-induced$ apoptosis of Hep G2 cells. These results suggest that ACAE may prevent the EtOH-induced cytotoxicity through inhibition of the apoptosis of Hep G2 cells.

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Action of Asparagus racemosus Against Streptozotocin-Induced Oxidative Stress

  • Govindarajan, Raghavan;Vijayakumar, Madhavan;Rao, Chandana Venkateshwara;Kumar, Vivek;Rawat, Ajay Kumar Singh;Pushpangadan, Palpu
    • Natural Product Sciences
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.177-181
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    • 2004
  • Antidiabetic treatment with tubers of Asparagus racemosus (Liliaceae) extract (l00 and 250 mg/kg body weight) for three weeks showed significant reduction in thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) and glutathione reductase (GSH-R) in both liver and kidney. The treatment with A. racemosus significantly altered the glutathione (GSH) and GSH-R to be comparable with the control group. A. racemosus and glibenclamide treated rats showed decreased lipid peroxidation that is associated with increased activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and Catalase (CAT). The ability of A. racemosus on tissue lipid per oxidation and antioxidant status in diabetic animals has not been studied before. The result of this study thus shows that though, A. racemosus possesses moderate antidiabetic activity, but it exhibits potent antioxidant potential in diabetic conditions.

A New Steroidal Glycoside from Allium macrostemon Bunge

  • Kim, Yun Sik;Cha, Joon Min;Kim, Dong Hyun;Lee, Tae Hyun;Lee, Kang Ro
    • Natural Product Sciences
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.54-58
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    • 2018
  • A phytochemical investigation of Allium macrostemon Bunge (Liliaceae) afforded the new pregnane steroidal glycoside, named allimacroside F (1), along with three known glycosides, benzyl-O-${\alpha}-{\text\tiny{L}}$-rhamnopyranosyl-($1{\rightarrow}6$)-${\beta}-{\text\tiny{D}}$-glucopyranoside (2), phenylethyl-O-${\alpha}-{\text\tiny{L}}$-rhamnopyranosyl-($1{\rightarrow}6$)-${\beta}-{\text\tiny{D}}$-glucopyranoside (3), (Z)-3-hexenyl-O-${\alpha}-{\text\tiny{L}}$-rhamnopyranosyl-($1{\rightarrow}6$)-${\beta}-{\text\tiny{D}}$-glucopyranoside (4). The identification and structural elucidation of a new compound (1) was carried out based on spectral data analyses ($^1H-NMR$, $^{13}C-NMR$, $^1H-^1H$ COSY, HSQC, HMBC, and NOESY) and HR-FAB-MS.

Alkaloid Compounds of the Bulbus of Fritillaria walujewii (Fritillaria walujewii의 Alkaloid 성분)

  • Hong, Seong-Sook;Kim, Yang-Il;Kwon, Yong-Soo;Kim, Chang-Min
    • Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.104-109
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    • 1998
  • Four alkaloids were isolated from the n-BuOH extract of the bulbus of Fritillaria walujewii (Liliaceae). On the basis of spectroscopic evidences, the structures of these compounds were established as Alkaloid fr-5(11-deoxo-6-oxo-5${\alpha}$,6-dihydrojervine), delavinone, delavine and petilidine.

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Steroidal Saponin Constituents from the Subterranean Parts of Smilax nipponica (밀나물 지하부의 Steroid saponin 성분)

  • 조경열;우희미;정순옥
    • YAKHAK HOEJI
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    • v.39 no.2
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    • pp.141-147
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    • 1995
  • Four steroids have been isolated from the subterranean parts of Smilax nipponica Miquel (Liliaceae). The structures of these compounds were characterized on the basis of chemical and speectral data. They were $\beta$-sitosterol, $\beta$-sitosterol-3-O-$\beta$-D-glucopyranoside, neotigogenin-3-O-$\beta$-D-glucopyranoside and a new steroidal saponin designated as smilanippin A which was elucidated as neotigogenin-3-O-$\beta$-D-fucopyranosyl(1$\rightarrow$6)-$\beta$-D-glucopyranos ide.

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