• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.118-124
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• 2018

Juglans mandshurica is a fast growing hard species, which is a tree in family of Juglandaceae and has a wide distribution in China, Korea and eastern Russia. Plant materials from J. mandshurica have extensively been used in folk medicines to prevent or cure gastric, esophageal, lung and cardiac cancer. As one chain of our searching for anticomplementary agents from natural sources, two epimeric ellagitannins, [2,3-O-4,4',5,5',6,6',-hexahydroxydiphenoyl (HHDP))-(${\alpha},{\beta}$)-D-glucose] (I) and pedunculagin (II) were purified from 70% acetone extracts of the stem barks of J. mandshurica by Thin Layer Chromatography and Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography approaches. The chemical structures of the isolated compounds were characterized by MS, NMR, and a careful comparation with published literatures. The epimeric ellagitannins I and II exhibited inhibitory properties against a classical pathway of complementary system with 50 % inhibitory concentrations ($IC_{50}$) values of 65.3 and $47.7{\mu}M$, respectively, comparing with riliroside ($IC_{50}=104{\mu}M$) and rosmarinic acid ($IC_{50}=182{\mu}M$), which were used as positive controls. Thus, the work indicated both the two secondary metabolites possess excellent inhibitory activity and might be developed as potential anticomplementary chemicals.

• Korean Journal of Acupuncture
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.15-25
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• 2009

Objective: This paper aimed to understand influences on EEG conducting acupuncture stimulation, by comparing the changes in the acupoints on the body before and after normal people are treated with acupuncture at PC9 and TE3, which are referred to as Wood points(木穴), and PC5 and TE1, which are referred to as the Metal points(金穴) among the five shu points of Yin pericardium Meridian and Yang Triple Energizer Meridian. Methods: The study was performed on 30 healthy female volunteers in their 20's. EEG was measured for 5 minutes before acupuncture stimulation was conducted on PC9, TE3, PC5 and TE1. During 20 minutes of acupuncture treatment, the same items were continuously measured to find out whether there were any changes in them, and they were measured for 5 minutes after removing the acupuncture needles in order to implement a comparative analysis. Results: Comparision of EEG data before and after the treatment at PC9 shows no significant differences in all wave. Compared with the pre-acupuncture period at TE3, $\delta-\theta$ wave decreased significantly (P<0.05) during the acupuncture stimulation periods. Compared with the pre-acupuncture period at PC5, $\delta-\theta$ wave and high $\alpha$ wave increased significantly (P<0.05) during the acupuncture stimulation periods. And Mid $\beta$ wave and high $\beta$ wave decreased significantly (P<0.05) during the acupuncture periods and the post acupuncture periods. Compared with the Pre-acupuncture period at TE1, $\delta-\theta$ wave, $\theta$ wave and high $\alpha$ wave increased significantly (P<0.05) during the acupuncture stimulation periods. And Low $\beta$ wave decreased significantly (P<0.05) during the acupuncture periods. Conclusion: When acupuncture stimulation was performed on PC9 and TE3, referred to as the "Wood points", brain waves were stabled, while when acupuncture was performed on PC5 and TE1, called the "Metal points", a brain was waked. From the findings of this study, we hypothesize that the wood properties, from which growing starts in all things, are related with fast waves of EEG, and the metal properties, which stabilize and converge in all things, are related with slow waves of EEG.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.231-240
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• 2018

대나무는 생장이 빠르고, 벌목주기가 짧으며, 목재와 비교하여 가격이 저렴하다는 장점을 가지는 주요 바이오매스 자원 중 하나이다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 대나무재의 효율적 활용을 위한 기초자료를 수집하기 위하여, 국내산 맹종죽(Phyllostachys pubescens)의 1년생~5년생까지 죽령별로 해부학적 특성을 광학현미경과 주사전자현미경으로 비교 분석하였다. 또한 셀룰로오스의 결정특성을 X선회절법에 의해 분석하였다. 횡단면 관찰 결과, 유관속초의 크기는 1년생이 가장 작았으며, 2년생 이후 유사하였다. 수 부분에서 표피부로 갈수록 유관속의 분포밀도가 높았고, 유관속초의 발달 형태가 뚜렷하게 달랐다. 특히, 1년생 수 부분 유관속 중 세포간극에 인접한 유관속초가 발달 되지 않은 유관속이 드물게 출현하는 것이 관찰되었다. 구성세포 치수 측정 결과, 섬유길이는 1년생이 가장 짧았으며, 모든 년생에서 표피부가 수 부분보다 길었다. 유관속의 방사 및 접선방향 폭은 모든 년생에서 접선방향 폭이 더 컸으며, 2년생부터는 큰 차이를 보이지 않았다. 도관 직경 및 내층 두께는 1년생의 값이 가장 작았으며, 도관 직경은 2년생 이후, 내층 두께는 3년생 이후부터 유사한 값을 보였다. 상대결정화도는 모든 년생에서 표피부로 갈수록 높은 값을 보였으며, 1년생의 값이 가장 낮고, 2~5년생은 비슷한 값을 보였다. 결론적으로, 국내산 맹종죽은 죽령별로 조직구조에 있어 정성적 및 정량적 차이가 있었으며, 2~5년생의 특성은 비슷한 경향이 있었다. 따라서, 1년생은 미성숙한 상태이며, 2년생 이상의 대나무는 성숙한 상태로 조직구조적으로 안정된 특성을 갖는 것으로 사료된다.