• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.81-90
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• 2014

This study examined the main factors affecting the distribution of Phytolacca americana, an exotic plant species in Korea, in coastal sand dunes. The areas examined from June 2004 to February 2006 were in Sindusagu where was located on Sindu-ri, Wonbuk-myen, Taean-gun, Chungcheongnam-do. The vegetation, sediment properties, sizes and ages of Robinia pseudoacacia, P. americana and Pinus thnunbergii and spatial distribution of P. americana were assessed. Firstly, correlation coefficients (CC) between P. americana's root biomass and sediment properties were not significant. Secondly, of the four community types, P. americana was not in the mixed herbaceous community and its density was the highest in the P. thunbergii-R. pseudoacacia and R. pseudoacacia community The Poisson distribution analysis revealed the distribution of P. americana to be severely clumped. The root biomass of P. americana and the basal area of R. pseudoacacia were significantly correlated, but the CCs between P. thunbergii and other two species were not significant. The ages of P. americana and R. pseudoacacia in a quadrat were significantly correlated. Thirdly, P. americana's ages in a quadrat were mostly similar to each other. Therefore, the spatial distribution of P. americana was largely influenced by R. pseudoacacia but not by the sediment properties, and plants in a narrow area were concurrently germinated.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.1-5
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• 1982

From the seeds of Phytolacca americana, acentonylidene americanin. A was isolated and its structure elucidated mainly by spectroscopic methods. This compound is not a genuine constituent but formed in the tissue on heating with acetone.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.15-20
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• 1985

Strong anti-inflammatory saponins Phytolacca americana (Phytolaccaceae) wereobtained from callus mass derived from the stems and also from that derived from the roots of cultivated Phytolacca americana (which were designated as PAS and PAR, respectively). The callus were grown on Linsmair and Skoog's agar medium supplemented with 1ppm OF 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid. Phytol accoside B and D were obtained from PAS and phytolaccoside A and B from PAR. The thin layer chromatograms of the crude saponins from PAS and PAR were similar to those of original plants. PAS contained phytolaccoside B as a major component while phytolaccoside E was a major saponin in original plants.

• 한국식물병리학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.203-208
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• 1998

We isolated and characterized an antifungal peptide from the seeds of Phytolacca americana. Growth inhibition assay with Botrytis cinerea was used to screen inhibitory proteins from 60 different plant species. A 4 kDa antifungal peptide (Pa-AFP) inhibitory to hyphal growth of B. cinerea was found in the seeds of P. americana. The peptide Pa-AFP was purified to homogeneity by chromatographies of Sephadex G-50, DEAE-Sepharose, Sephacryl S-300, and C18 reverse-phase HPLC. Western blot analysis showed that a polyclonal antibody raised against the purified peptide cross-reacted with a 4 kDa protein in seeds but not in root and leaf tissues of P. americana. Pa-AFP inhibited the hyphal growth of Botrytis cinerea, Rihzoctonia solani, Fusarium oxysporum, and Magnaporthe grisea. Pa-AFP exhibited growth inhibition of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain BWG7a, which was sensitive to osmotin.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.321-337
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• 2018

The characteristics of 124 Phytolacca americana present areas and 88 surrounding absent areas over the country were investigated and compared from July 2016 to Sept 2017. The Phytolacca americana was confirmed as having been nationally distributed and is usually found in roadsides at an altitude of 380 m (26%), forest edges (24%), forests (19%), sunny spots (60%), dry soils (53%), sandy loams (31%) and sand+gravel soils (22%). 321 taxons consisting of 79 families, 209 genera, 289 species, 2 subspecies, 26 varieties and 4 cultivars and 286 taxons consisting of 76 families, 195 genera, 256 species, 2 subspecies, 24 varieties and 4 cultivars were found in the Phytolacca americana present areas and the absent areas, respectively. The relative net contribution degree was found highest in the Phytolacca americana (100) followed by Robinia pseudoacacia (29.4), Humulus japonicus (8.8) and Artemisia princeps (6.0) in the present areas, while it was found highest in Robinia pseudoacacia (100) followed by Humulus japonicus (44.4), Artemisia princeps (35.9), Pueraria lobata (18.6) and Setaria viridis (12.3) in the absent areas. The Raunkier's life form in the present/absent areas was found highest in the therophytes (34%/34%), followed by hemicryptophytes (17%/18%), megaphanerophytes and mesophanerophytes (18%/17%), nanophanerophytes (11%/11%) and geophytes (9%/11%). There was no significant difference in the species diversity between the present (2.141) and the absent (2.124) areas. However, the allelopathic agent and light blocked-out by the Phytolacca americana could possibly inhibit germination and the development of other species; especially, where a difference in species diversity was found high in forests, compared to other habitats (p=0.0605). Accordingly, it is suggested to review possible disturbances of native species habitats in shady spots including forest gaps, although the effect of Phytolacca americana on the ecological system in the suburban open and disturbed areas is not large.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제42권6호
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• pp.652-665
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• 1997

미국자리공 및 겨자무의 잎추출물을 이용하여 기내배지상에서 몇가지 작물들과의 allelopathy를 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 미국자리공 잎의 methanol 추출물의 농도가 증가함에 따라 공시한 모든 작물의 발아율, 근장, 배축장, 초장, 생체중, 건물중, 유묘의 활력이 급격하게 감소하였다. 2. 미국자리공의 autoallelopathy는 고농도(50$\mu$l 및 100$\mu$l) 첨가시에 나타나기 시작하였으며, 생체중과 건물중은 농도가 증가함에 따라 현저히 감소하였다. 3. 겨자무 잎의 methanol 추출물은 공시한 모든 작물의 초기생장량을 유제시키는 효과는 보였으나, 미국자리공의 잎추출물의 효과보다는 높았다. 4. 겨자무 뿌리의 methanol 추출물 처리는 밀, 미국자리공의 배축장을 농도 증가에 따라 감소시켰으나, 나머지 작물은 증가시켰다. 또한 초장도 밀, 고추, 미국자리공에서는 추출물의 농도가 증가할수록 감소하였으나 그 외의 작물에서는 약간 증가하였다. 5. 미국자리공의 methanol 추출물로부터 재출물한 4종의 분획물 중 ethyl acetate 분획물이 발아율 및 초기생육을 가장 크게 감소시켰다. 6. Ethyl acetate 분획물은 다른 분획물보다 벼, 보리, 배추의 엽록소 함량을 감소시켰다. 7. Ethyl acetate 분획물 100$\mu l$l 첨가시에 배추의 유리 proline의 함량은 31.2배 증가하였으며, 추출물농도가 증가할수록 proline 함량이 증가하였다.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.195-204
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• 2010

In the study, the effects of elevated $CO_2$ and temperature on the photosynthetic characteristics, chlorophyll content, nitrogen content, carbon content, and C/N ratio of Phytolacca insularis and Phytolacca americana were examined under control (ambient $CO_2+$ ambient temperature) and treatment (elevated $CO_2+$ elevated temperature) for 2 years (2008 and 2009). The photosynthetic rate, transpiration rate and water use efficiency of two plant species were higher under the treatment than the under the control. The stomatal conductance of P. insularis was higher under the control, but that of P. americana was not significantly affected by $CO_2$ and temperature under the treatment. The chlorophyll contents of two species were decreased about 72.5% and 20%, respectively, by elevated $CO_2$ and temperature. The nitrogen contents of two species were not significantly altered by increase in $CO_2$ and temperature. The carbon contents of the two species were higher under the treatment than under the control. The C/N ratio of P. insularis was higher under the treatment but that of P. americana was not significantly affected by $CO_2$ and temperature. These results demonstrated that the physiological responses of P. insularis native plants might be more sensitively influenced by a $CO_2$-mediated global warming situation than those of the P. americana invasive plants.

• 생약학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.83-84
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• 1979

Caffeic aldehyde was isolated from the seeds of Phytolacca americana. This is the first reported occurrence of the compound in nature.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제60권3호
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• pp.366-373
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• 2015

This study was conducted to clarify the antimicrobial effect, antioxidant and tyrosinase inhibitory activities of the biological composition having the Phytolacca americana, and to enhance the natural materials utilization of foods and cosmetics. The antimicrobial activities of the different parts of P. americana were evaluated using the agar diffusion test. The antimicrobial activity of P. americana was relatively high in Malassezia furfur known as a skin fungi and Vibrio parahaemolyticus compared to Escherichia coli and Staphy-lococcus epidermidis. However, the antimicrobial activity in Vibrio parahaemolyticus did not show at all parts of P. americana. Both the DPPH radical scavenging activity and ABTS radical scavenging activity have been increased with the higher concentration of methanol extract. In particular, leaf extract of P. americana exhibited the highest activity both ABTS radical scavenging activity and DPPH radical scavenging activity. The nitrite scavenging activity was decreased when the pH was changed from pH 1.2 to pH 6.0. The highest nitrite scavenging activity was exhibited from the methanol extract of fruit, followed by root, stem, and leaf at pH 1.2. However, the nitrite scavenging activity at pH of 6.0 was not almost detected. All plant parts of P. americana showed tyrosinase inhibitory activity. The highest activity was found in the stem, and followed by root, leaf, and fruit in order. These tyrosinase inhibitory activity was progressively increased in a concentration-dependent manner. In this experiment on the methanol extracts of different organ from P. americana, we confirmed that the extract of P. americana showed potent tyrosinase inhibitory activity. Taken together, we conjectured that the P. americana had the potent biological activities, therefore this plant having various functional components could be a good material for development into source of natural food additives and cosmetics.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.385-390
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• 2003

미국자리공(Phytolacca americana L.) 뿌리에서 항균 펩타이드를 분리하여 PAMP-r로 명명 하였다. 분리는 DEAE-cellulose, sephadex G-75, Mono S, Resource RPC등을 거쳐 이루어 졌으며 최종산물은 15% SDS-PAGE 에서 약 4,900 Da의 분자량을 보였다. PAMP-r는 광범위한 항균활성을 나타냈으며 온도와 pH변화에도 높은 안정성을 보였다. 항균활성은 $80^{\circ}C$에서 30분동안 유지될 뿐만 아니라 pH도 3.0의 산성에서부터 pH 8.0의 알카리에 이르기까지 광범위한 범위 안에서 안정하게 나타났다.