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Phytochemical Constituents of Urtica angustifolia Fisch

  • Kwon, Hak-Cheol;Kwak, Jong-Hwan;Lee, Kang-Ro;Zee, Ok-Pyo;Yu, Seung-Jo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Applied Pharmacology
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    • 1996.04a
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    • pp.168-168
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    • 1996
  • 가는잎쇄기풀(Urtica angustifolia Fisch.)은 쇄기풀과(Urticaceae)에 속하는 다년생 초본으로 중약 또는 민간에서 동속 근연식물과 함께 전초를 담마라하여 류마치스성 동통, 산후의 산풍, 소아의 추풍, 경풍,담마진의 치료에 사용되고 있다. Rat에서 실험적 항당뇨 효과를 검토해본 결과 혈당강하 작용이 있는 본 식물로부터 그 혈당강하 성분의 분리에 앞서 식물화학 성분을 규명하고자 본 실험에 착수하였다. 가는잎쇄기풀 전초의 MeOH ex.를 CH$_2$Cl$_2$, EtOAc, n-BuOT 및 $H_2O$로 분획하고 각종 column chromatography를 통하여 다수의 화합물을 분리하였다. 각 화합물은 이화학적 성상 및 spectral data로부터 scopoletin, esculetin dimethyl ether(scoparone), sterol mixture, $\beta$-sitosteryl-3-o-glucoside, kaempferol-3-o-glucoside, quercetin-3-o-glucoside, kaempferol-3-o-rutinoside로 확인하였으며 그 외 다수의 화합물은 그 구조를 규명중이다.

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Wild edible flowering plants of the Illam Hills (Eastern Nepal) and their mode of use by the local community

  • Ghimeray, Amal Kumar;Sharma, Pankaja;Ghimire, Bimal;Lamsal, Kabir;Ghimire, Balkrishna;Cho, Dong Ha
    • Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy
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    • v.40 no.1
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    • pp.74-77
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    • 2010
  • The Illam district, situated in the extreme North Eastern part (Latitude 26.58N and 87.58E Longitude) of Nepal, is a hot spot for floral diversity. The study of wild edible plants of this region was an attempt to highlight the types of wild flowering plants found there and mode of use by the people of the Illam hills. In this respect, a survey of natural resources of some of the representative regions of the district was undertaken and more than 74 major varieties of plant species were found to be used frequently by the people of the hills. The rich diversity occurring in Dioscoriaceae, Moraceae, Rosaceae, Myrtaceae, Poaceae, Urticaceae and Arecaceae provided the wild angiospermic species commonly used by the people of the hills.

Phytochemical Identification from Boehmeria nivea Leaves and Analysis of (-)-Loliolide by HPLC

  • Cho, Sunghun;Lee, Dong Gu;Jung, Yong-Su;Kim, Ho Bang;Cho, Eun Ju;Lee, Sanghyun
    • Natural Product Sciences
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.134-139
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    • 2016
  • Phytochemicals were isolated from leaves of the fiber crop, ramie (Boehmeria nivea, Bn), using open column chromatography and medium pressure liquid chromatography. Their structures were identified as ${\beta}$-sitosterol, (-)-loliolide, rutin, and pyrimidinedione by MS, $^1H$-, and $^{13}C$-NMR spectroscopic analysis. Among them, (-)-loliolide was isolated for the first time from B. nivea. A content analysis of (-)-loliolide in B. nivea collected from different regions and harvest times was conducted by HPLC. The highest content of (-)-loliolide was found in Bn-23 harvested in September. These results will be helpful to use the plant which harvest in September as a high content phytochemical additive in food, health supplements, and medicinal products.

New records of flowering plants of the flora of Myanmar collected from Natma Taung National Park (Chin State)

  • Kang, Dae-Hyun;Ling, Shein Man;Kim, Young-Dong;Ong, Homervergel G.
    • Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy
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    • v.47 no.3
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    • pp.199-206
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    • 2017
  • The last four years of joint botanical collections by the governments of Myanmar and South Korea in Natma Taung National Park and adjacent areas in the Chin State of Myanmar have revealed the presence of 20 naturally occurring species of angiosperms new to the flora of Myanmar. Plants not previously recorded include species originally considered to be only found in neighboring mega-diverse countries. Examples (e.g., for India) include Boehmeria manipurensis Friis & Wilmot-Dear (Urticaceae), Trigonotis hookeri Benth. ex C. B. Clarke (Boraginaceae) and Mycetia radiciflora (C. B. Clarke) Airy Shaw (Rubiaceae); those for China include Microtoena delavayi Prain (Lamiaceae), Pimpinella kingdon-wardii H. Wolff (Apiaceae) and Senecio diversipinnus Y. Ling (Asteraceae). The data presented in this report are expected to be useful sources for phytogeographical studies of these species.

New records of flowering plants collected from the Phou Khao Khouay National Biodiversity Conservation Area for the flora of Laos

  • LIM, Chang-Kun;LEE, Kyoung-Eun;CHO, Hyun-Sung;SAYSAVANH, Veosavanh;WON, Hyosig
    • Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy
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    • v.51 no.3
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    • pp.305-318
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    • 2021
  • We report 14 species of flowering plants as new additions to the flora of Laos. These are Illex viridis (Aquifoliaceae), Capparis erycibe (Capparaceae), Euphorbia bokorensis (Euphorbiaceae), Exacum darae (Gentianaceae), Aeschynanthus cambodiensis (Gesneriaceae), Tetraphyllum roseum (Gesneriaceae), Utricularia gibba (Lentibulariaceae), Macrosolen brandisianus (Loranthaceae), Decaschistia siamensis (Malvaceae), Nyssa yunnanensis (Nyssaceae), Adenia penangiana var. penangiana (Passifloraceae), Pentaphylax euryoides (Pentaphylacaceae), Wikstroemia bokorensis (Thymelaeaceae), and Debregeasia wallichiana (Urticaceae). We discovered the species during a botanical survey of the Phou Khao Khouay National Biodiversity Conservation Area (PKKNBCA) of Lao PDR in 2015-2019. In addition, nine rarely collected flowering plant species in Laos are newly reported for the PKKNBCA.

Phenolic Constituents of Boehmeria pannosa and α-Glucosidase Inhibitory Activity (왕모시풀의 페놀성 성분 및 항당뇨 활성)

  • Ryu, Se Hwan;Kim, Seon Beom;Yeon, Sang Won;Turk, Ayman;Jo, Yang Hee;Hwang, Bang Yeon;Ahn, Mi-Jeong;Lee, Mi Kyeong
    • Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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    • v.50 no.4
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    • pp.239-244
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    • 2019
  • Boehmeria pannosa (Urticaceae) is a perennial herb widely distributed in Korea. In this study, investigation on the constituents of B. pannosa was conducted by chromatographic techniques and spectroscopic analysis. As a result, nine compounds including eight phenolic compounds, 3-hydroxy-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propan-1-one (1), β-hydroxypropiovanillone (2), C-veratroylglycol (3), 3-hydroxy-1-(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-propan-1-one (4) 2,3-dihydroxy-1-(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl) -1-propanone (5), p-coumaric acid (6), 4-hydroxybenzoic acid (7), vanillic acid (8) and one lignan, (-)-(7R,8S)-dihydrodehydrodiconiferyl alcohol (9) were isolated from the EtOAc-soluble fraction of B. pannosa. Among them, compounds 5, 6 and 9 inhibited α-glucosidase inhibitory activity more than 50% at the concentration of 100 μM.

Flora of Songni Mountain and Its Phytogeographical Interpretation (속리산의 식물상 및 식물지리학적 해석)

  • 김용식;김갑태;우종서;이규완
    • Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.16-22
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    • 1990
  • In the present field study, the number of woody flora of Mt. Songni were summarized as 44 families, 89 generas, 140 species, 10 varities and 2 forms. Also, the flora among inland areas such as Mt. Paektu, Mt. Sorak, Mt. Songni, and Mt. Chiri, and insular areas, such as Oyoujong Island. Tokjok Archipelago, Kok-unsan Archipelago and Cheju Island, were compared, respectively, in order to interpret the characteristics of distribution patterns of the flora of this area. The flora of Mt. Songni were characterized as similar to the flora of Mt. Sorak, and also with that of Mt. Chiri. It was interpreted both the northern types of plants such as Aceraceae, Araliaceae, Fagaceae, Tiliaceae and Ulmaceae and the southern types of plants such as Celastraceae, Convolvulaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Rhamnaceae, Solanaceae, Crassulaceae and Urticaceae were fluxed considerably into this region.

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Nine new records of plants from Bhutan

  • Jigme WANGCHUK;Tsethup TSHERING;Dorji DORJI;Karma WANGDI
    • Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy
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    • v.53 no.2
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    • pp.170-180
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    • 2023
  • Discoveries and new records of plants specifically provide a basis for empirical data to enable in-depth studies of the ecology, distribution, conservation, applications, and threats to such plants. However, many unexplored regions of Bhutan exist in which several plants have yet to be described and documented. Several species reported elsewhere in the Himalayan region with similar climatic conditions are likely to occur in Bhutan as well, indicating a need to corroborate their presence. To explore this, an opportunistic survey was employed, and we provide nine new records of plant species for Bhutan. Of the nine species, three belonged to the Lauraceae family, with the rest from the Aristolochiaceae, Asparagaceae, Lamiaceae, Phyllanthaceae, Sapindaceae, and Urticaceae families. This paper adds nine additional species of plants to the flora of Bhutan. We also report here ethnobotanical applications of these species, providing insight into how communities interact with environmental resources and have the potential to integrate traditional knowledge into scientific understanding, ultimately to reinforce sustainable biocultural conservation at the local level.

A Scientific Analysis of Archaeological Textiles and Wooden comb Excavated from Hapgang-ri, Dong-myun, Yungi-gun, Chungcheongnam-do (충남 연기군 동면 합강리 유적 출토 직물류 및 목제 빗의 과학적 분석)

  • Cho, Namchul;Kim, Woohyun;Kim, Soochul
    • Journal of Conservation Science
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.329-334
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    • 2014
  • A scientific analysis of ancient textiles provides significant data to understand weaving techniques and culture of textiles in each region and charateristics of materials used at that time. In addition, species identification of waterlogged wooden objects is a scientific analysis method that allow us to verify information of relation of foreign species trade and exchange, of preferable species through kinds of wooden products, and of forest environment as well as method setting of conservation. As a result of a species analysis about historical textiles and a wooden comb in a bronze bowl that were excavated from Hapgang-ri, Dong-Myun, Yungi-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, Textile1 and Textile3 are identified as Urticacese Boehmeri nivea ; ramie, Textie2 is identified as Malvaceae Gossypium herbaceum, and a wooden comb is identified as Betulaceae Betula spp. It is expected that this result will help to make further comparative studies, identifying species of textiles and trees of ancient times.

Chemical composition of different parts of ramie (Boehmeria nivea)

  • Cho, Sunghun;Lee, Jaemin;Kim, Young Mi;Jung, Yong-Su;Kim, Ho Bang;Cho, Eun Ju;Lee, Sanghyun
    • Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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    • v.44 no.1
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    • pp.95-103
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    • 2017
  • Ramie (Boehmeria nivea) is a perennial herbaceous plant belonging to the family Urticaceae. It was used in folk remedies for diuretic or anti-pyretic purposes and as an hepatoprotective, anti-oxidant, and anti-inflammation agent. In this study, we investigated the composition of free sugars, amino acids, fatty acids, organic acids, and total polyphenol contents in parts of ramie (root, stem, and leaf) and different harvest areas (10 areas). Overall, free sugars were found as sucrose, glucose, fructose, and galactose at concentrations ranging from 24.5 to 1173.8 mg/g. Amino acids lysine, threonine, tyrosine, phenylalanine, and histidine were detected at concentrations of 33.8 to 3735.3 mg/g. Major fatty acids were linoleic acid, palmitic acid, and linolenic acid at concentrations of 7.3 to 364.4 mg/g. In organic acids, the concentration of malic acid was highest of all with 672.2 mg/g. The content of free sugars, amino acids, fatty acids, organic acids, and total polyphenol was higher in leaves than in roots and stems. In contrast, the total polyphenol content was higher in roots with 33.7 - 219.4 mg/g than in leaves or in stems. As seen in collecting region, the contents of free sugars, amino acids, fatty acids, organic acids, and total polyphenol of Bn-33, 39, 55, 65, and 90 were higher than other samples. Chemical compositions of different parts of ramie are important factors to consider in manufacturing functional foods. The results of this study provide fundamental information on the chemical compositions of ramie parts and would help develop new functional foods from ramie leaves or the whole plant.