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Deodorizing Responses of the Steam Distillate from Some Medicinal Plants (수종 생약 수증기 증류물의 탈취작용)

  • Shin, Kuk-Hyun;Lee, Eun-Bang;Song, Young-Jin;Kim, Oon-Ja
    • Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.153-157
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    • 1992
  • The deodorizing responses of the steam distillate from some medicinal plants(G-3) on three representative malodors were evaluated by estimating the best estimate threshold(BET) of odor responses. With a single spray of G-3, the BETs of malodors such as ammonia, acetic acid, and ethyl acetate were found to increase 4.11, 32.6 and 13.1 fold, respectively, which indicated G-3 possessed a potent deodorizing activity. The deodorizing potency of G-3 was also demonstrated to be as high as and even higher than those of the commercial deodorizing agents.

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Effect of Steram Distillate from Some Medicinal Plants on Acetylcholinesterase Activity Following Intoxication by Organophosphate Pesticides in Animals (수종 생약 수증기 증류물이 유기인제 농약에 의하여 저해된 Acetylcholinesterase 활성에 미치는 효과)

  • Shin, Kuk-Hyun;Lee, Eun-Bang;Song, Young-Jin;Kim, Oon-Ja
    • Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.106-114
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    • 1992
  • The acute toxicity and the effect of steam distillate obtained from several plant mixtures (G-3) on the reactivation of brain, lung, and blood acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity, and recovery from other toxic symptoms following intoxication by organophosphate pesticides were investigated in mice and mudfish. Administration of G-3 $(50{\sim}100\;ml/kg,\;i.p.)$ immediately or 30 min prior to Diazinon or Sumithion treatments, respectively, resulted in a significant reactivation of AChE activity in brain, lung, and blood, their potencies being almost equipotent to those of 2-PAM, one of well-known antidotes. G-3 itself exhibited almost no acute toxicity even at the highest dose employed, and without effect on the inhibition of hepatic drug metabolism function following organophosphate administrations. G-3 showed a significant diminution of the death rate in mudfish as well as in mice intoxicated by Diazinon.

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Repellent activity of aromatic medicinal plant extracts against Aedes aegypti(Diptera: Culicidae) (방향성 한방식물체 조추출물의 에짚트숲모기(Aedes aegypti)에 대한 기피활성에 관한 연구)

  • 최한영;양영철
    • Journal of environmental and Sanitary engineering
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.110-114
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    • 2002
  • The repellent activity of methanol extracts from 8 aromatic medicinal plant species and a steam distillate against blood-starved Aedes aegypti (L.) females was laboratory examined by skin test and compared with that of N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide (deet). Reponeses varied according to Plant species. At a dose of $0.1mg/\textrm{cm}^2$, potent repellency against adult mosquitoes was obtained with extracts of Cinnamomum camphora (94.1 %) Cinnamomum cassia bark (91.2%), Eugenia caryophyllata flower bud (72.2%), and Tilia amurensis (69.4%). Repellent activity of these plant extracts was comparable to that of deet (83.4%). The plants described merit further study as potential mosquito-repellent agents.