The experience of natural dyeing is expected to be effective in promoting health through good exercise, in giving emotional stability based on the functional aromatic components of the dyeing material, and in improving self-esteem and increasing positive experiences through the behavior of creation. A natural dyeing material easily found around us, artemisia has long been used in food and Oriental medicine and was recently found to contain antioxidative, anticancer, deodorizing, antibacterial, anti-obesity, and anti-diabetes substances through chemical analysis. It has also been reported that group reminiscence therapy using the fragrance of artemisia is effective in relieving pain and depression and in promoting ego integrity in the elderly population. This study aimed to make a comparative analysis of dyeability, washing fastness, and deodorization between Artemisia princeps, Artemisia iwayomogi, and Artemisia annua, all of which are considered to be healthful and functional dyeing materials, among about thirty domestic plants in the genus of Artemisia and to provide basic data concerning natural dyeing in mind-peace education for the silver generation. The fabric dyed and post-mordanted at 80℃ for 40 minutes showed the greatest surface color variation; in this condition, artemisia princes (32.29) gave the greatest color difference, followed by artemisia iwayomogi (31.07) and artemisia annua (26.17). While all the types of artemisia were excellent in washing fastness, dry-cleaning fastness, and rubbing fastness at the fourth- or fifth-grade, light fastness was at the third grade for artemisia princes, at the second to third grade for artemisia annua, and at the second grade for artemisia iwayomogi; therefore, artemisia princes was found to give better fastness than the other two types of artemisia. In determining functionality of the fabric dyed with artemisia, deodorization test also found that the fabric dyed with artemisia princes had 20% higher deodorization.

This study was conducted to evaluate the allelopathic effect of aqueous extract of Ganghwa domestic mugwort (Artemisia spp.) on vegetables and its related allelochemicals. When the receptor vegetables, such as Chinese cabbage, lettuce, and red radish, were treated with aqueous extract obtained from Sajabalssuk (A. sp*I), Ssajuarissuk (A. sp*II) or Ssajarissuk (A. sp*III), their germination rate, leaf number, plant height, and root length were restricted with increasing concentration of aqueous extract. Allelopathic effect was the highest in radish, than lettuce and Chinese cabbage in order. The growth of topplant were more inhibited then root growth observing in restriction of plant height, root length, and chlorophyll contents. The plant height, the root length of red radish were 53.3 and 61.2% and their fresh weights were 19.8 and 26.4% compared to those of controls, respectively. A. sp*III showed the highest allelopathic effect among the donor plants. In HPLC analysis, 7 phenol compounds were identified in A. sp*I and A. sp*II, and, in A. sp*III, and hydroxybenzoic acid and phenylacetic acid were further identified as allelochemicals. It is considered that their plant growths were variously inhibited by the amounts and types of allelochemicals in aqueous extracts. To increase the productivity of farm land after cultivation of mugwort, these results can be useful to select the following field crops.

This study was conducted to obtain the basic data for using the Artemisia anuua as a new economic crop,thus Artemisia anuua was investigated their cultivation characteristics, yield, and variation of artemisinin contents by plantingdensity and harvesting times. Seed characteristics of A. anuua have observed micro-size, and their germination optimumtemperature was at 15 to 20 celsius degree. Planting density on the yield of A. anuua was increased high density better thanlow density. The highest yield was planted in the space of 30×10㎝. Moreover, optimum harvesting time of A. anuua wasinvestigated in early september and a periods of most highly detected artemisinin was time of before and after bloomingof A. anuua.Key Words : Art

This study was performed to evaluate the adaptability of farm field soil transplanting and habitat growth in inland and seashore areas of Artemisia capillaris in South Korea. In habitat, Artemisia capillaris was distributed both in the inland and seashore area as hemicryptophyte, and it grows individually on the slope of the open sunlight. The inland and seashore soils of habitat was the slightly acid and weakly alkaline, respectively. Plant height was 55.6 cm, and it was higher in inland than that of the seashore area. The stem and branch number was less in inland than that of the seashore area. Flowering period was mid-August, and flower of inland blossomed early 1 ~ 3 days than that of the seashore area. The flowering and fruiting rate was slightly lower in inland than that of the seashore area. After transplanting of Artemisia capillaris, plant height was 71.7 cm, and it was higher 16.1 cm than that of the habitat. The stem and branch number was more than that of the habitat, and flower blossomed early 3 ~ 4 days than that of the habitat. Transplanting survival rate was 85.1%, it was slightly higher in inland than that of the seashore area.

본 실험은 인진으로 쓰이는 사철쑥과 더위지기의 항미생물활성을 검정한 것으로 추출용매에 따른 항미생물활성은 gram양성균 3종과 gram음성균 2종 모두에서 ethylacetate 추출물들이 ether추출물들보다 전반적으로 높았다. 실험미생물 중 B. subtilis와 B. cereus에 대한 추출물들의 활성이 다른 실험미생물에 비하여 강하게 나타났으며 더위지기 추출물들이 사철쑥 추출물들에 비하여 높은 활성을 보였다. 추출용매에 따른 최소저해농도는 ethylacetate추출물이 ether추출물보다 낮은 농도에서 대부분의 미생물들의 생육을 억제하였고, 더위지기와 사철쑥 부위별로는 잎과 줄기에서 잎에 비하여 낮은 농도에서 미생물들의 생육을 억제하였으며 더위지기 추출물들의 최소저해농도가 사철쑥 추출물들보다 낮았다.총 폴리페놀함량은 사철쑥 잎과 줄기 추출물에서 27.57 mg/g으로 가장 높게 나타났으며 대체로 잎과 줄기 추출물에서 잎 추출물에서보다 높은 함량을 나타내었다.

한국산 쑥속 분류군의 계통분류학적 연구를 위해 Nuclear ribosome DNA의 ITS 염기서열 분석을 실시하였다. 정렬된 염기의 총 길이는 635~643 bp이며, ITS1과 ITS2 부위의 길이는 각각 251~255 bp와 217~222 bp로 나타났다. 염기서열 변이를 보이는 site는 95개로 확인되었다. 그 중 ITS1이 35개, ITS2가 26개로 총 72개의 site가 계통학적으로 유효한 것으로 나타남으로써 ITS1이 ITS2보다 종 분화의 변이가 다양하게 발생하는 것으로 확인되었다. ITS 염기서열을 기초한 계통학적 분석은 쑥속 내에 5개의 Clade를 형성하였다. 그 결과 자방이 퇴화된 분류군들(사철쑥, 제비쑥, 섬쑥, 갯제비쑥)이 하나의 분계조(Clade 1)를 형성함으로써 아속 수준(Subgen. Dracunculus)으로 취급되는 결과를 뒷받침 하였다. 애기비쑥과 큰비쑥은 거의 동일한 유전적 정보를 보였으며(Boostrap 99%), 한국산 참쑥의 학명은 재고 되어야할 것으로 사료된다. 또한, 강화약쑥(A. sp.)은 황해쑥과 매우 가까운 상동성을 보였다(Boostrap 89%). 따라서, 형태적 형질의 변이가 다소 연속적인 쑥속은 DNA 염기서열에 기초한 분자계통학적 연구가 유용한 방법으로 판단되며, 본 ITS 연구결과는 한국산 쑥속의 계통분류를 이해하는데 유용한 형질로 기여할 것으로 기대된다.

In order to development medicinal Artemisia herbs of high quality, Korean A. annua L. were investigated with its ecological and morphological characteristics, and basic statistical data of agronomic characteristics. This species, which is annual herb, is mainly distributed to marginal land, riverside, roadside, grassland. Ecological niche is low species in competition of the others. Its pollination is basically anemogamous, but is frequency pollinated by insects. This species is characterized as tap root, 1~3 pinnate compound leaf of ovate or narrowly ovate, stem is green, erect and solitary. Inflorescence is paniculate, receptacle is not hair. Capitulum, consist of ray floret and disk floret, is subglobose shape. Additionally, this species could be easily discriminated from related Artemisia herbs by the capitulum size. Ray floret is female, disk floret is bisexual. Flowering season is from August to October. Seed is achene unattached hair. Stem length ranged from 179 cm to 225 cm, and stem diameter and number of branch were 17.14 ± 1.68 mm, 2.43 ± 0.51 mm, respectively. Length and width of leaf were 14.5 ± 0.5 cm, 15.0 ± 1.0 cm, and leaf number of main stem were 48.06 ± 10.57 cm, respectively. Fresh weight of aerial parts and root were 364.7 ± 14.1 g, 32.6 ± 5.1 g, and its dry weight were 136.6 ± 10.0 g, 14.9 ± 2.34 g, respectively.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of plant growth at several different growing periods on antioxidant activities and zeatin and ABA contents of Artemisia iwayomogi. Measurements of antioxidant activities, lipid peroxidation inhibition, and superoxide radical scavenging activity were done using PMS, NBT and lipid auto-oxidation analysis, respectively. The results show that activities of antioxidants from Artemisia iwayomogi had much higher than BHT. DPPH free radical scavenging effect of Artemisia leaf extract was increased from 71.06±4.36% in April to 90.06±4.41% in October. Activities of superoxide radical scavenging and lipid peroxidation inhibition were 33.83±3.45% and 45.60±3.10 in April and then increased to 84.40±4.00% and 75.86±3.50% in October, respectively. An ELISA technique has been developed for the determination of zeatin and ABA in Artemisia leaves. By this method, the content changes of zeatin and ABA from Artemisia during the growth were investigated. The zeatin content in leaf was measured to be 186.86±1.40 pmol/g dry weight in April, however, decreased to 117.93±5.83 pmol in October. The ABA content in leaf increased from 19.00±1.26 nmol in April to 68.20±2.52 nmol in October. Relationship between antioxidant activities and plant hormone contents was indicated that antioxidant activity may depend on decreasing zeatin content or increasing ABA content.