This study was conducted to investigate the antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of the hot-water and methanol extracts of raw and black Doraji to increase its utilization. In order to prepare the black Doraji, it was steamed for 15 days at a temperature of 60℃ and then it was dried at a temperature of 30℃ for 3 hr. The methanol extract from the black Doraji (BM) contained the highest levels of total polyphenols among the extracts, and the total polyphenol content of the extract from a black Doraji was higher than that of the extract from a raw Doraji. The total flavonoid contents of the hot-water extract from a black Doraji (BW) was the highest (7.94 mgQE/g) among the samples. The DPPH and ABTS radical scavenging activities increased according to the increase in the concentrations of the Doraji extracts. The BM has the highest radical scavenging activity among the extracts. Each extract showed a slight difference in the antibacterial activity according to the tested strains. The Black Doraji showed a higher antimicrobial activity compared to the raw Doraji. The hot-water extracts demonstrated higher activities than the methanol extracts, and the BW revealed the strongest activity. In this study, the black Doraji showed more effect of the antioxidant and anti-microbial activities than the raw Doraji. These results will provide fundamental data for improving the sitological value and the black Doraji can be used as a valuable resource for the development of nutraceutical foods.

The antioxidant enzyme and DPPH radical scavenging activity with variations in drying methods of diploid and tetraploid in Platycodon grandiflorum were determined. Antioxidant enzyme activities were measured as superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), peroxidase (POX), and ascorbate peroxidase (APX). The roots of Platycodon grandiflorum were freeze-dried, indoor-dried, hot-air dried, and microwave dried. The root extract of P. grandiflorum have shown the highest SOD enzyme activity of 92% in tetraploid of freeze-dried and indoor-dried while diploid of microwave dried showed the lowest SOD enzyme activity of 47.5%. The activity of CAT showed higher values in the root of tetraploid than in the diploid of P. grandiflorum in all drying methods. The APX activity showed relatively higher values in the root extract of freeze-dried both the diploid and tetraploid, but the difference in comparison with other extracts was not significant. The POX activities according to drying methods of diploid and tetraploid in P. grandiflorum showed relatively high values in freeze-dried and indoor-dried compared with other drying methods, and the POX activity between the diploid and tetraploid was not significant difference in each drying method. The DPPH radical scavenging activity with variation in drying methods of diploid and tetraploid in P. grandiflorum was the highest in the freeze-dried, and was higher in tetraploid than diploid in all the concentrations. In conclusion, the root of P. grandiflorum had the potent biological activities in both diploid and tetraploid. In particular, the tetraploid root of P. grandiflorum showing high antioxidant enzyme activity could be good materials for development of source of functional healthy food.

본 연구에서는 독특한 향과 맛으로 인하여 한식 요리에 많이 이용되고 있는 도라지를 다양한 동결채소로서 식품소재화하기 위한 수단으로 블랜칭 처리 조건 설정 연구가 시도되었다. 블랜칭 처리는 열수에서 1-5분동안 처리하였으며 처리 후 에서 24시간동안 급속동결시켜 에서 보관하면서 분석하였다. 블랜칭처리에 따른 동결 도라지의 품질변화는 색도, 경도, 총균 및 대장균군 수 및 관능검사에 의해 평가하였다. 블랜칭 처리한 다음 동결 전후의 도라지의 표면

The roots of Platycodon grandiflorum has been widely used as a crude drug or a food stuff. Unfortunately, the output and the quality is not regular and highly dependent on the cultivation area and cultivation method. Therefore, seedling cultivation study of this plant under structure with various fertilizer supply was performed. As a result, significant big difference between ammonia nitrogen and nitrate nitrogen content was shown in the root at seedling stage while the difference was not significant in the aerial parts. Fresh weight of the root (7.73 g plant-1) was higher in the group treated with three major nutrients (N, P and K) than in those treated with three major nutrients and calcium or magnesium or both calcium and magnesium, and non-treated group (2.69 g plant-1). Total nitrogen content was recognized to be significantly correlated with root weight, plant height, number of leaves and weight of aerial parts. Ammonium nitrogen content was more correlated the growth of P. grandiflorum than nitrate nitrogen. For phosphoric acid, significant correlation was also shown with the four growth factors.

본 연구에서는 도라지 분말을 유기용매로 추출한 후 도라지의 추출물과 분획물들에 의한 세포 내 활성산소종 및 glutathione (GSH)를 측정하여 항산화효과를 검토하였고 NO 생성 저해 효과를 알아보았다. 세포 내 활성산소종 생성억제 실험에서 건조 도라지의 A+M 및 MeOH 추출물과 추출물을 n-hexane, 85% aq. MeOH, n-BuOH, water로 다시 추출하여 얻어진 각각의 분획물들을 농도별로 HT1080 세포에 처리하였을 때

The study result survey platycodon cultivation regions of Jinju(2), Sacheon(4), Hapcheon(3), Haman(3), and Sancheong(3) of Gyongnam regarding chemical properties of soil, inorganic nitrogen phosphorus by type of composition is as follows: pH and EC value were highest where platycodon cultivated for under 3 years in soils. Content of O.M equal to or less than 25 mg kg-1, the average value for platycodoncultivation in korea. Content of exchangeable calcium in soils were 12, 14 cmol+kg-1 in Hapcheon and Haman regions where platycodon was cultivated for two years which is 2~3 time higher level compared with the average upland soil of korea. Water solution boron confirmed approximated level of 3.0 mg kg-1 in all survey regions, and the finding is about five times higher than average upland soil of korea which is 0.5 mg kg-1. In the case of nitrogen, a significant difference was found depending on cultivation regions and continuous culture. Content of nitrogen in soils were difference according to cultivation area and continuous culture. The composition ratio according to the type of inorganic phosphorus showed the highest in order of Al-P 〉 Ca-P 〉 Fe-P 〉 Saloid-P in all survey regions except for Hapcheon (five, seven years cultivated soils). The correlation showed high significance between available phosphate and inorganic phosphorus.

We developed an efficient protocol for transformation of balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorum) root cultures by using cotyledon leaf explants that were infected by Agrobacterium rhizogenes. We found that four different strains of A. rhizogenes differed in their ability to transform P. grandiflorum hairy root cultures. We also found correct antibiotics concentration for selection after transformation by Agrobacterium. Our results demonstrate that use of suitable strain of A. rhizogenes and correct level of antibiotics for the hairy root culture, and may allow to study and apply of valuable metabolites like phenolic compounds from P. grandiflorum hairy root culture.

Methyl jasmonate(MeJA) treatment promotes the plant secondary, especially triterpene saponin which is main compounds in Platycodon grandiflorum. We were performed 5,760 expressed sequence tags from MeJA treated hairy root. Total number of ESTs are 2,536 (811 contigs and 1,725 singletons) among them 2,299 are pass the annotation. The most abundant transcript were encoding fatty acid desaturase (FAD) and lots of secondary metabolite transcript were observed. Four MVA pathway genes (HMGS, HMGR, MK, MDD) and one MEP pathway gene (IDI) are identified. The unigene were classified into three major functional categories by standard GO (Gene Ontology) - cellular component, molecular function and biological process. In this study we were cloned four genes from ESTs : HMGS (1401bp ORF), MK (1167bp ORF), MDD (1254bp ORF), IDI (909bp ORF)

본 연구는 Agrobacterium을 매개로 도라지에 PAT 유전자를 도입하여 ‘바스타’에 저항성을 가지는 형질전환 도라지를 개발하는 기술을 확립하기 위하여 수행되었다. 종자를 무균적으로 발아시킨 후 10일 된 미성숙 자엽과 성숙엽에 Agrobac-terium을 접종하고 1/10 MS 배지에서 48시간 동안 공동 배양하였다. 공동배양 후 부정아 유도를 위해 MS 선발배지 (0.2 mg/l NAA, 1.0 mg/l BA, 3% 설탕, pH 5.8; 3 g/l gelrite, 100 mg/l kanamycin, 500 mg/l carbenicillin)에 치상하여 배양한 결과 미성숙 자엽의 절편에서 형질전환체로 추정되는 부정아가 형성되었고, 선발배지에 2회 계대배양하여 형질전환 추정체를 선발하였다. 이러한 형질전환 추정체는 GUS, PCR 분석 및 RT-PCR 분석에 의하여 형질전환체로 확인되었다. 또한 10 mg/l 의 phosphinothricin이 함유된 배지에서 배양하여 형질전환 여부를 확인하였고, 순화재배 후 0.3% ‘바스타’를 살포한 결과 형질전환 도라지는 제초제에 저항성을 보였다. ‘바스타’에 저항성을 보인 도라지 식물체는 정상적인 생육을 계속하여 개화하였다.

청도라지와 백도라지를 DNA 수준에서 구분하기 위하여, RAPD 분석을 바탕으로 SCAR primer (SPgR1, SPgR2)를 제작하여 이를 적용한 실험 결과는 다음과 같다. 총 24개의 임의 프라이머를 적용하여 6개의 청도라지와 백도라지 특이적인 프라이머를 선발하였고, 이들 프라이머를 이용하여 PCR을 수행한 결과 총 18개의 다형성을 나타내는 DNA fragment를 확보하였다. 확보된 DNA fragment 중 2개에 대한 염기서열 분석을 수행한 결과, 청도라지 특이적인 DNA 밴드는 887 bp의 염기서열로 구성되어 있었고 백도라지는 863 bp의 염기서열로 구성되어 있었다. 이들 염기서열을 바탕으로 두개의 SCAR primer를 제작하였고, 이중 백도라지 특이적인 SPgR2를 이용하여 PCR 한 결과, 청도라지에서는 약 500 bp 크기에서 두 개의 특이적인 밴드가 형성되었으며, 백도라지의 경우 한 개의 특이적인 밴드만 관찰되어 청도라지와 백도라지를 구분할 수 있었다. 결론적으로 본 실험을 통하여 개발된 SCAR 마커는 청도라지와 백도라지를 구분하기에 유용함을 확인하였다.

Broadening the genetic base of Platycodon grandiflorum DC. cultivar to sustain improvement requires assessment of genetic diversity available in P. grandiflorum DC.. The objective of this study was to analyze the genetic variation, genetic relationship among 48 samples collected from East-Asian Area by means of RAPD-PCR (random amplified polymorphic DNA-polymerase chain reaction) markers. From the 18 primers tested, produced total 211 bands with an average of 11.7 bands per primer and obtained 103 polymorphic band with an average of 5.7 bands per primer,s revealed relatively high percentage of polymorphic bands (48.8%). The genetic similarities calculated from RAPD data varied from 0.688 to 0.994 and were clustered to six major groups on a criterion of 0.78 similarity coefficient. The present study has revealed the significant genetic similarity among the samples tested. The analysis of genetic relationships in P. grandiflorum using RAPD-PCR banding data can be useful for the breed improvement.

도라지 재배시 질소 분시 비율이 생육 및 수량에 미치는 영향에 대하여 연구한 도라지 수량 면에서는 2년생 생근과 건근이 50:50 2회 추비 구에서 각각 898 kg, 230 kg으로 가장 많았고, 그 다음이 30:70의 추비 구에서 가장 많았다. 1년차에서의 분시비율은 기비 50%, 추비 50%로 하되, 추비 50%를 2회 나누어 시비하고 2년차는 추비만 시비하는데 이 때 50:50로 2회 나누어 주면 수량 증대에 유리할 것으로 생각된다. 시험결과에서 지상부 생육은 년수 간에는 1년생보다 2년생이 출현기, 개화기가 더 빠르고 경장, 경태가 더 크며 분지수, 엽수도 모두 더 많아 전체적인 생육이 양호하였다. 질소 분시 비율 차이에 따른 지상부 생육은 2년생 근에서는 50:50 2회 추비구가 다른 추비구보다 경태가 굵고, 분지수, 엽수가 많은 경향을 보였다 2년근 지하부 생육은 50:50 2회 추비 구에서 주근장도 가장 길고 지근수도 가장 많아 수량도 건근 230 kg/10a로서 70:30 추비 구 보다 30%의 수량 증대를 보였다. 조사포닌 함량에서도 50:50 추비구가 4.68%로서 가장 높았다. 따라서 도라지 질소 분시 비율은 1년차는 기비 50%와 추비 50%로 하고 2년차는 추비를 50:50 비율로서 2회로 나누어 시비하는 것이 수량과 품질면에서 모두 바람직하며, 특히 2년생 이상을 수확하는 것이 수량면에서 유리할 것으로 보였다.

Present studies were carried out to produce tetraploid plants by colchicine treatment using seeds, seedlings and shoot tips of Platycodon grandiflorum in Campanulaceae. The most successful colchicine treatment for tetraploid production in P. grandiflorum was soaking treatment using 0.01 and 0.5% colchicine solution for 1 hour and 12 hours, respectively. Morphological characteristics of both diploid and tetraploid were similar, but tetraploid plants had more leaves. Compared to diploid, tetraploid had the larger stomata, but less number of stomata. Fresh weight of tetraploids was 20∼40% heavier than that of diploid.

길경의 부탄올 분획으로부터 지표성분을 분리, 정제하기 위해 SiO2 컬럼크마토그래피를 실시한 결과 1종(화합물 1)의 단일 물질을 순수 분리하였으며 화합물 1의 구조는 1H, 13C NMR 등 분광학적 관측 결과 platycodin D로 확인되었다. Platycodin D의 HPLC 정량법을 검토한 결과, 검출기는 증기화광산란검출기(ELSD)를, 컬럼은 역상컬럼을 사용하여 길경 MeOH 추출액으로부터 효율적인 지표성분 정량이 가능하였다. 추출조건을 재검토한 결과 환류추출보다는 초음파 추출이 더 효율적이었으며 추출용매로는 80% MeOH이 다른 용매조건보다 추출효율이 우수하였다. 건조조건의 검토에서는 platycodin D의 함량이 양건이나 양건과 건조기 혼용건조 보다 건조기 단독 건조시 더 높았으며 특히 60℃ 열풍건조에서 그함량이 0.083%로서 가장 높았다. 묽은 에탄올 엑스 함량도 건조기만을 이용한 열풍건조가 양건과 건조기 열풍건조를 혼용한 방법보다 4% 정도 더 높았다.