• 대한약리학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.43-54
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• 1974

The cactus family Cactaceae, numbering about 1,500 species, is a fleshy-stemmed perennial plant which is principally distributed in the south and north America. On the other hand, the cactus plant is presumed to be introduced into Korea in 1912-1945, thereafter it has been cultivated merely in favor of ornamentation with the exception of being occasionally used as medication among laymen. Opuntia elata which belongs to Opuntia genus, the Cactaceae family is one of the cacti being cultivated a great deal in Korea. Cho et. al. reported in 1974 that Opuntia dilenii manifested the cardiac inhibitory effect and oxytocic effect, and its mechanism might be partially due to the direct action. Besides this, there are few reports on the pharmacological research concerning Opuntia genus to be demonstrated in Korea. However, some other cacti have the remarkable pharmacological effects; the active ingredients, mescaline, anhalamine, anhalanine, etc. from Peyote cactus (Lophophora williamsii) belonging to Lophophora genus have the psychotomimetic and sympathomimetic effects, and the cardioactive glycosides from Cactus Grandifolius (Selenicereus grandiflorus) belonging to Cereus genus have the cardioactive and diuretic effects. The authors hereby inquired into this study to find out the propriety of the pharmacological properties of the ethanol extract of Opuntia elata (EX) on the heart, blood pressure, respiration, intestine and uterus in the experimental animals. The results of the experiment were as follows: 1. Administration of EX manifested the cardiac inhibitory effect caused by the negative inotropic action in the isolated heart of frog, and the pretreatment of atropine did not affect the inhibitory effect produced by EX. 2. Administration of EX manifested the transient hypotensive effect in the intact rabbit, and the pretreatment of atropine did not affect the hypotensive effect produced by EX. 3. Administration of the small dose of EX manifested no significant effect, but moderate dose or more the stimulating effect, and the large dose the asphyxia on the respiratory motility in the intact rabbit. 4. Administration of EX manifested the sustained augmentation of contractility in the excised duodenum of rabbit, and the pretreatment of atropine did not affect the stimulating effect produced by EX. 5. Administration of EX manifested the sustained augmentation of contractility in the excised pregnant uterus of rabbit, and the pretreatment of atropine and oxytocin did not affect the oxytocic effect produced by EX, but that of barium chloride more or less stimulated the oxytocic effect produced by EX.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.229-238
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• 2014

Background: A toxic dose of bupivacaine produces vasodilation in isolated aortas. The goal of this in vitro study was to investigate the cellular mechanism associated with bupivacaine-induced vasodilation in isolated endothelium-denuded rat aortas precontracted with phenylephrine. Methods: Isolated endothelium-denuded rat aortas were suspended for isometric tension recordings. The effects of nifedipine, verapamil, iberiotoxin, 4-aminopyridine, barium chloride, and glibenclamide on bupivacaine concentration-response curves were assessed in endothelium-denuded aortas precontracted with phenylephrine. The effect of phenylephrine and KCl used for precontraction on bupivacaine-induced concentration-response curves was assessed. The effects of verapamil on phenylephrine concentration-response curves were assessed. The effects of bupivacaine on the intracellular calcium concentration ($[Ca^{2+}]_i$) and tension in aortas precontracted with phenylephrine were measured simultaneously with the acetoxymethyl ester of a fura-2-loaded aortic strip. Results: Pretreatment with potassium channel inhibitors had no effect on bupivacaine-induced relaxation in the endothelium-denuded aortas precontracted with phenylephrine, whereas verapamil or nifedipine attenuated bupivacaine-induced relaxation. The magnitude of the bupivacaine-induced relaxation was enhanced in the 100mM KCl-induced precontracted aortas compared with the phenylephrine-induced precontracted aortas. Verapamil attenuated the phenylephrine-induced contraction. The magnitude of the bupivacaine-induced relaxation was higher than that of the bupivacaine-induced $[Ca^{2+}]_i$ decrease in the aortas precontracted with phenylephrine. Conclusions: Taken together, these results suggest that toxic-dose bupivacaine-induced vasodilation appears to be mediated by decreased calcium sensitization in endothelium-denuded aortas precontracted with phenylephrine. In addition, potassium channel inhibitors had no effect on bupivacaine-induced relaxation. Toxic-dose bupivacaine-induced vasodilation may be partially associated with the inhibitory effect of voltage-operated calcium channels.

• 헤리티지:역사와 과학
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.122-147
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• 2012

순천 송광사 소조사천왕상의 수리를 위한 조사과정에서 수습된 파편들로부터 과거에 사용된 채색안료에 대한 자연과학적 자료를 확보하고자 분석연구를 수행하였다. 순천 송광사 소조 사천왕상은 1628년 중조(重造)된 이래 1720년부터 1976년까지 7차례의 중수개채(重修改彩)가 이뤄졌기 때문에 이 기간 동안의 시대별 사용안료를 연구할 수 있는 훌륭한 자료가 될 수 있다. 분석은 사천왕상 중 서방광목천왕에서 이탈된 파편들을 대상으로 하였으며, 광학현미경, SEM-EDX, XRD를 이용하여 시편의 상태를 확인하고, 안료의 구성성분과 화합물을 분석하였다. 분석 대상 파편들에서는 갈색 점토띠가 있는 토층, 섬유질이 다량 함유된 토층, 조직이 성긴 한지, 조직이 치밀한 한지, 견직물, 마직물 등 6종의 재료가 확인되었다. 이 중 갈색 점토띠가 있는 토층은 소지부로 판단되며, 나머지 5종의 재료는 소조불의 중수개체 시 사용된 보수재료로 판단된다. 각 재료의 상 하부에 부착된 채색층에 대한 분석결과를 서로 비교한 결과, 각 재료들은 '소지부 ${\rightarrow}$ 조직이 성긴 한지 ${\rightarrow}$ 섬유질이 다량 함유된 토층 ${\rightarrow}$ 견직물 ${\rightarrow}$ 마직물 및 조직이 치밀한 한지'의 순으로 적용된 것으로 추정된다. 또한, 이들 보수재료들에 적용된 안료와 소조불의 중수개채시기를 고려하면 조직이 성긴 한지는 1720~1891년, 섬유질을 다량 함유한 토층은 1926년, 견직물과 마직물은 각각 1941년과 1976년에 적용된 것으로 추정된다. 각 시대별 사용 안료의 특징을 살펴보면, 1891년 이전에는 백색과 녹색으로 연백과 염기성염화동의 사용이 두드러지며, 1926년 이후에는 화록청, 군청, 바륨화이트와 아연화 등이 등장하고, 1976년을 전후해서는 지당과 합분(패각분)의 사용이 두드러지는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 이상 소조상에 적용된 시대별 안료에 대한 추론 결과는 향후 사찰벽화나 단청 등의 근대 안료연구에 비교자료로서 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.