본 연구에서는 가로수로 식재 한 메타세쿼이아 214본을 대상으로 시각적 활력 평가와 형성층전기저항계(JunsMeter) 측정 결과를 비교하였다. 시각적 활력 평가로 경북 예천군에서는 모든 활력 단계를 관찰하였고, 상주시에서는 ‘매우 양호’와 ‘양호’ 단계만 나타났다. JunsMeter의 측정 평균값은 예천(75.48)보다 상주(86.99)에서 높았다(P=0.01). 방위별 JunsMeter 측정에서는 예천군의 서쪽(71.29)에서 가장 낮았다. 예천과 상주에서 시각적 활력 평가로 구분한 3개 그룹과 JunsMeter 측정값과 일관되게 나타났다.

Royal jelly (RJ) is a gelatinous substance that bees produce to feed bees and queen bees. It’s frequently sold as a dietary supplement to treat a variety of physical ailments and chronic diseases. While it has long been used in traditional medicine, its applications in Western medicine remain controversial. The inhibitory effect of royal jelly on osteoarthritis was investigated in primary cultured rat cartilage cells and monosodium-iodoacetate (MIA)-induced arthritis rat model 10-hydroxy-2-decenoic acid (10-HAD) is the main fatty acid present in RJ. Among the criteria for RJ quality analysis, 10-HAD content has been proposed as a freshness parameter. We investigated the effect of RJ on the improvement of osteoarthritis on SD rats and they were divided into five groups. In this study, we examined the effect of enzymatic royal jelly (ERJ) administration on osteoarthritis. To determine the antiinflammatory effects of RJ, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and Interleukin-6 (IL-6) expression were measured after lipopolysaccharide (LPS) activation in RAW 264.7 cells. In in vivo animal study, osteoarthritis was induced by intra-articular injection of MIA into knee joints of rats. As a results, ERJ showed that TNF-α and IL-6 levels were decreased by ERJ treatment in a dosedependent manner. In conclusion, ERJ extract was able to inhibit articular cartilage degeneration by preventing extracellular matrix degradation and cartilage cell damage. It was considered that ERJ extract may be a potential therapeutic treatment for degenerative osteoarthritis.