• Laboraroty Animal Research
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.105-113
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• 2017

insenosides from Panax ginseng are well known for their diverse pharmacological effects including antithrombotic activity. Since adventitious roots of mountain ginseng (ARMG) also contain various ginsenosides, blood flow-improving effects of the dried powder and extract of ARMG were investigated. Rats were orally administered with dried powder (PARMG) or ethanol extract (EARMG) of ARMG (125, 250 or 500 mg/kg) or aspirin (30 mg/kg, a reference control) for 3 weeks. Forty min after the final administration, carotid arterial thrombosis was induced by applying a 70% $FeCl_3$-soaked filter paper outside the arterial wall for 5 min, and the blood flow was monitored with a laser Doppler probe. Both PARMG and EARMG delayed the $FeCl_3$-induced arterial occlusion in a dose-dependent manner, doubling the occlusion time at high doses. In mechanism studies, a high concentration of EARMG inhibited platelet aggregation induced by collagen in vitro. In addition, EARMG improved the blood lipid profiles, decreasing triglyceride and cholesterol levels. Although additional action mechanisms remain to be clarified, it is suggested that ARMG containing high amount of ginsenosides such as $Rg_3$ improves blood flow not only by inhibiting oxidative thrombosis, but also by modifying blood lipid profiles.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.352-359
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• 2009

Panax ginseng roots produce triterpene saponins called ginsenosides, which are high value secondary metabolites and has been used as drugs, detergents, sweeteners, and cosmetics. In the recent years plant cell, tissue and organ cultures have developed as important alternative sources for the saponin production in Panax ginseng. Adventitious roots and hairy roots have been successfully induced and cultured for the improvement of saponin contents. Genetic and metabolic engineering to regulate saponin biosynthesis in P. ginseng might be important way to improve the medicinal values of P. ginseng. Here we introduced the protocol of genetic transformation and recent progress of functional characterization of genes involved in saponin biosynthesis in P. ginseng.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.60-68
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• 2017

Background: Various Panax ginseng cultivars exhibit a range of diversity for morphological and physiological traits. However, there are few studies on diversity of metabolic profiles and genetic background to understand the complex metabolic pathway in ginseng. Methods: To understand the complex metabolic pathway and related genes in ginseng, we tried to conduct integrated analysis of primary metabolite profiles and related gene expression using five ginseng cultivars showing different morphology. We investigated primary metabolite profiles via gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and analyzed transcriptomes by Illumina sequencing using adventitious roots grown under the same conditions to elucidate the differences in metabolism underlying such genetic diversity. Results: GC-MS analysis revealed that primary metabolite profiling allowed us to classify the five cultivars into three independent groups and the grouping was also explained by eight major primary metabolites as biomarkers. We selected three cultivars (Chunpoong, Cheongsun, and Sunhyang) to represent each group and analyzed their transcriptomes. We inspected 100 unigenes involved in seven primary metabolite biosynthesis pathways and found that 21 unigenes encoding 15 enzymes were differentially expressed among the three cultivars. Integrated analysis of transcriptomes and metabolomes revealed that the ginseng cultivars differ in primary metabolites as well as in the putative genes involved in the complex process of primary metabolic pathways. Conclusion: Our data derived from this integrated analysis provide insights into the underlying complexity of genes and metabolites that co-regulate flux through these pathways in ginseng.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.677-686
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• 2008

본 시험은 산삼 부정근박 급여에 따른 육성－비육돈의 생산성, 혈액성상 및 육질특성에 미치는 영향을 평가하였다. 시험 동물은 3원 교잡종(Landrace×Yorkshire×Duroc) 육성－비육돈 96두를 공시하였다. 시험 개시시의 체중은 68.29±0.31kg이었으며, 사양시험은 70일간 실시하였다. 시험설계는 1) CON(Basal diet), 2) WGR1(Basal diet+0.5% cultured wild ginseng roots), 3) WGR2(Basal diet+1.0% cultured wild ginseng roots) 및 4) WGR3(Basal diet+1.5% cultured wild ginseng roots)로 4개 처리를 하여 처리당 6반복, 반복당 4두씩 완전임의 배치하였다. 성장률에서는 종료 체중과 일당 증체량에서는 WGR3 처리구가 CON 처리구구에 비해 유의적으로 낮은 결과를 나타내었다(Linear effect, P=0.005). 혈액 특성에서 red blood cell 함량은 종료시 CON과 WGR2 처리구가 WGR1 처리구에 비해 유의적으로 높은 함량을 나타내었다(Quadratic effect, P=0.019). White blood cell 함량은 종료시 WGR2 처리구가 CON와 WGR1 처리구에 비해 유의적으로 높은 함량을 나타내었다(Linear effect, P=0.041). 변화량에서도 WGR2 처리구가 다른 처리구들에 비해 유의적으로 높게 나타내었다(Linear effect, P=0.042). Total protein 함량은 종료시 WGR2 처리구가 CON처리구에 비해 유의적으로 높은 함량을 나타내었다(Quadratic effect, P=0.011). 혈액 내 콜레스테롤 함량에서는 Total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol 및 triglyceride의 함량은 처리구간 유의적인 차이를 나타내지 않았다. 육질 특성에서 pH는 WGR1 처리구가 WGR3 처리구에 비해 유의적으로 높게 나타내었다 (Quadratic effect, P=0.022). 보수력에서도 WGR2 처리구가 WGR3 처리구에 비해 유의적으로 높게 나타내었다(Quadratic effect, P=0.050).

• 한국약용작물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국약용작물학회 2007년도 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.209-210
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• 2007

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.249-253
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• 2004

생물반응기의 형태에 따른 인삼부정근의 생장과 ginsen-side의 생산능력에 대하여 조사한 결과, 원형의 상부와 하부에 5 cm의 bubble column을 가진 bulb type bubble bioreactor (BU)에서 건물중은 41.92 g으로 가장 많이 증가하였으며, cylindric tube bioreactor (CT)에서 건물중이 38.55g으로 가장 낮게 나타났다. 이들 두 생물반응기의 초기 kLa 값은 BU 생물반응기에서 6.98 h$^{-1}$로 가장 높게 측정되었고, 반대로 bubble column이 없는 CT 생물반응기에서 5.25 h$^{-1}$으로 가장 낮게 측정되었다. 그러나 이와 같은 초기 kLa값의 차이는 부정근내의 이차대사산물인 ginsenoside의 함량에는 영향을 주지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 BU 생물반응기에서 bubble column의 길이를 기존의 5 cm에서 10 cm로 연장시켰을 때, 초기 kLa값이 6.52 h$^{-1}$에서 7.80 h$^{-1}$로 증가하면서 인삼부정근의 생장을 42.13 g에서 50.30 g으로 약 16% 증가시킨 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.225-231
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• 2005

인삼부정근 배양에서 MeJA 처리가 부정근내 진세노사이드와 페놀화합물의 생산에 미치는 영향과 이러한 이차대사 산물의 증가에 따른 인삼부정근의 항산화활성의 효과를 조사하였다. 다양한 농도의 MeJA를 인삼부정근에 처리한 결과, $100\;{\mu}M$ MeJA에서 부정근내 진세노사이드의 생산은 26.6 mg/g dry wt로 대조구보다 약 8배 이상 생산하는 것으로 나타났다. 하지만, MeJA의 처리는 부정근의 생장을 감소시키는 것으로 나타났다. 페놀화합물의 생산 역시 MeJA처리에 의하여 증가되는 경향을 나타냈으며 $50\;{\mu}M$ MeJA에서 0.38 mg/g dry wt로 대조구에 비하여 약 3배 이상 증가한 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 MeJA의 처리효과는 조건배지 (CM)를 이용하는 것이 신선배지 (FM)를 이용하는 것보다 유리한 것으로 나타났다. 배지성분이 결핍된 조건배지에서의 진세노사이드 생산은 신선배지에서 보다 약 1.7배가 증가한 것으로 나타났으며, 페놀화합물 역시 조건배지에서약 1.2배가 증가한 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 MeJA 처리에 의한 진세노사이드와 페놀화합물의 증가는 결과적으로 인삼부정근의 항상화활성을 무처리구인 대조구에 비해서 약 72%이상 증가시키는 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.98-103
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• 2010

The medicinal plant Panax ginseng (P. ginseng) contains various phytosterols and bioactive triterpene saponins (ginsenosides). Squalene synthase catalyzes the first committed step in ginsenoside biosynthesis. Transgenic plants of P. ginseng were generated by introducing the squalene synthase gene derived from P. ginseng. Adventitious roots of the transgenic ginseng grew best in B5 medium, and 2 g of inoculum secured an optimal growth rate. Two phytohormones, indolebutyric acid and 1-naphtalene acetic acid, increased root growth and decreased ginsenoside production. Treatment with two selected elicitors, chitosan and jasmonic acid, and a precursor of the isoprenoid pathway, mevalonic acid, enhanced ginsenoside production and retarded ginseng growth rate.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.266-272
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• 2009

Cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD, EC 1.1.1.95), catalyzes the reduction of hydroxycinnamaldehydes to give hydroxycinnamyl alcohols, or "monolignols," the monomeric precursors of lignin. Lignins are important components of cell walls and lignified secondary cell walls play crucial roles in long distance transport of water and nutrients during plant growth and development and in plant defense against biotic and abiotic stresses. Here a cDNA clone containing a CAD gene, named as PgCAD, was isolated from a commercial medicinal plant Panax ginseng. PgCAD is predicted to encode a precursor protein of 177 amino acid residues, and its sequence shares high homology with a number of other plant CADS. The expression of PgCAD in adventitious roots and hairy roots of P. ginseng was analyzed using reverse transcriptase (RT)-PCR under various abiotic stresses such as salt, salicylic acid, wounding and chilling treatment that triggered a significant induction of PgCAD at different time points within 2-48 h post-treatment. This study revealed that PgCAD may help the plants to survive against various abiotic stresses.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.499-508
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• 2018

To use mountain ginseng adventitious roots (MGAR), which is superior in functionality compared to ginseng, and to mass produce raw materials as a functional cosmetic material, the antioxidant and cosmeceutical activities of the extracts of MGAR at different ethanol concentrations (0, 20, 40, 60 and 80%) were compared and analyzed. At first, different ethanol concentrations were compared to determine the best solvent for the extraction of phenolic compounds from MGAR. An 80% ethanol extract with 10.07 mg of gallic acid equivalents/g sample and 0.94 mg of quercetin equivalents/g sample was the best solvent in the extraction of phenolic compounds. However, the 60% ethanol extract had the highest antioxidant activity, evident by 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging, Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (35.01 mM Trolox/g sample) and ferric reducing antioxidant power (460.94 mM $FeSO_4/g$ sample). However, the inhibitory activities of the 80% ethanol extract from the MGAR against tyrosinase and elastase were higher than those of the other extracts. The results of this study show that the extract of MGAR can be used as an easily accessible source of natural antioxidant and as a possible cosmetic ingredient in the cosmeceutical industry. However, the components responsible for the antioxidant and cosmeceutical activities of the MGAR extracts are currently unclear. Therefore, it is suggested that further studies should be carried out to isolate and identify the antioxidant and cosmeceutical components in MGAR.