• 한국전통조경학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.69-76
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• 2017

'도금양(천인화)나무'의 명칭문제를 고찰하기 위해서 문헌분석과 한중일 21종의 성경을 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 미르투스(Myrtus communis)는 고대 메소포타미아, 이집트, 유다, 그리스, 고대 로마, 중세 스페인에 이르기까지 사랑과 부활을 상징하는 중요한 수목이었다. 성경에서 미르투스(סדה $h{\acute{a}}das$)는 초막절에 초막을 만드는데 사용되거나 여러 가지 의식을 행할 때 사용되던 중요한 나무다. 미르투스는 이스라엘 백성을 상징하는 나무이고, 평화와 감사의 상징이기도하며, 또한 불멸성과 부활을 상징하는 나무로 나타난다. 한중일 성경에서 미르투스는 시기별로 강념수(崗拈樹)(천리향(千里香)), 천리향(千里香), 조념(鳥拈), 번석류(番石榴), 감탕나무, 석류나무, 화석류, 소귀나무, 도금양나무 등 다양하게 번역되었다. myrtle을 도금양(桃金孃)으로 번역하는 것은 일본의 사전 "숙어본위(熟語本位) 영화중사전(英和中辞典)(1915)"과 전문서적 "성서식물고(聖書植物考)(1920)"에 기인한다. 우리나라에서는 해방 후 "영한사전(1949)"이 출간되면서 일본 서적을 여과 없이 그대로 인용되던 탓에 나타난 오류다. 일본에서는 Myrtus co㎜unis라는 식물이 없기 때문에 이 수목을 쓸 때에는 '도금양(桃金孃)'이라고 쓰고 읽을 때에는 'てんにんくわ(천인화(天人花))'로 읽었다. 따라서 "천인화(텐닌카)"는 "도금양"의 또 다른 일본식 번역인 셈이다. 따라서 스페인 알함브라궁의 알베르카(Alberca) 중정을 '천인화의 중정'이라고 번역하는 것은 완전한 오류다. 마찬가지로 '도금양의 중정'도 일본식 번역이기 때문에 한국의 서적에서는 완전히 사라져야할 용어라고 판단된다. 번역에 관한 내용동등성 이론에 의하면 미르투스(סדה $h{\acute{a}}das$)는 히브리어인 $h{\acute{a}}das$를 사용하는 방안이 있을 수 있고, 학명인 미르투스(Myrtus)를 사용하는 방안도 있고, 한국의 수목 가운데 미르투스와 가장 가까운 서향을 사용하는 방안이 있다. 그러나 $h{\acute{a}}das$는 한국사람들에게 의미 전달성이 약한 약점이 있고, 서향은 미르투스가 가지고 있는 상징적 의미 전달성에서의 문제가 있기 때문에, 학명인 미르투스(Myrtus)를 사용하는 것이 가장 좋을 것으로 판단된다.

• 대한약침학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.220-229
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• 2020

Objectives: Although Acne vulgaris is a chronic skin disease, which its standard treatment causes therapeutic limitations and some common adverse effects, medicinal plants can be effective in treatment with low adverse effects as combination therapy. Myrtle (Myrtus Communis) has some beneficial properties, which has been administered topically and orally for some skin diseases in Persian medicine. This study aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of Myrtle formula and 1% clindamycin topical solution. Methods: This was a split-face clinical trial that was done on 55 patients with mild to moderate acne vulgaris for 16 weeks. The patients received topical Myrtle solution to the right side of the face (group 1) and clindamycin solution to the left side (group 2) twice daily for 12 weeks. All participants were examined for the acne severity index (ASI) and total acne lesions counting (TLC) at certain times during the study. Then, they stopped using them for four weeks. They also did not take the drug in the final four weeks of the study. Results: Forty-eight patients completed the study for 16 weeks; 40 (83.2%) patients were female and the rest of them were male. The mean age and standard deviation were 25.62 ± 7.62 years. After 12 weeks, the percentage changes of comedones, inflammatory lesions, ASI and TLC were significantly reduced in both groups (p < 0.001). The percentage change of inflammatory lesions and ASI decrease was significantly higher in the group 1 (p = 0.03). There was no significant difference in the incidence of side effects between the two groups. There was a more significant decrease in sebum percentage change in the group 1 (p = 0.003). Conclusion: Myrtle lotion was effective and safe for the treatment of mild to moderate acne vulgaris.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제53권1호
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• pp.21-27
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• 2015

Plants used for traditional medicine contain a wide range of substances that can be used to treat various diseases such as infectious diseases. The present study was designed to evaluate the antileishmanial effects of the essential oil and methanolic extract of Myrtus communis against Leishmania tropica on an in vitro model. Antileishmanial effects of essential oil and methanolic extract of M. communis on promastigote forms and their cytotoxic activities against J774 cells were evaluated using MTT assay for 72 hr. In addition, their leishmanicidal activity against amastigote forms was determined in a macrophage model, for 72 hr. Findings showed that the main components of essential oil were ${\alpha}$-pinene (24.7%), 1,8-cineole (19.6%), and linalool (12.6%). Findings demonstrated that M. communis, particularly its essential oil, significantly (P<0.05) inhibited the growth rate of promastigote and amastigote forms of L. tropica based on a dose-dependent response. The $IC_{50}$ values for essential oil and methanolic extract was 8.4 and $28.9{\mu}g/ml$ against promastigotes, respectively. These values were 11.6 and $40.8{\mu}g/ml$ against amastigote forms, respectively. Glucantime as control drug also revealed $IC_{50}$ values of 88.3 and $44.6{\mu}g/ml$ for promastigotes and amastigotes of L. tropica, respectively. The in vitro assay demonstrated no significant cytotoxicity in J774 cells. However, essential oil indicated a more cytotoxic effect as compared with the methanolic extract of M. communis. The findings of the present study demonstrated that M. communis might be a natural source for production of a new leishmanicidal agent.