Background : Cornus kousa fruit has been used as a medicine for a long time. Therefore, for the purpose of utilizing C. kousa fruit as a health functional food, antioxidant activity was tested by extracting ethanol concentrations to identify optimal extraction conditions. Methods and Results : C. kousa fruits used in this study were washed, dried and pulverized. Then, the samples and solvents by ethanol concentration (0, 20, 40, 60 80 and 100%) were extracted at 80℃ for 90 minutes at 1 : 20 ratio, respectively. Afterwards, it was filtered, concentrated, frozen and dried. Total phenol and flavonoid content, DPPH and ABTS radical scavenging activity, ferric reducing antioxidant power and oxygen radical absorbance capacity were measured. The total phenol and flavonoid content is the highest in 60% ethanol extract at 20.08 ㎎·GAE/g, 0.86 ㎎·QE/g. In addition to all antioxidant studies showed the highest activitiy in 60% ethanol extract. Also, when HepG2 cells were treated with ethanol extract at 200 ㎍/㎖ concentrations, the survival rate was more than 90% and cytotoxicity was not observed. Then, HepG2 cells were treated with tBHP to induce oxidative stress, and the cytoprotective effect and inhibitory activity of ROS production were measured. As a result, 60% ethanol extract showed the best activity. Conclusion : When extracting C. kousa fruits with ethanol as solvent, It is expected best to use 60% ethanol to maximize potential as a material for health functional foods.

산딸나무의 꽃, 잎, 열매, 가지 등 부위별 추출물과 용매 분획물을 제조하여 각각의 생리활성물질 함량, 항산화활성 그리고 tyrosinase 억제활성을 분석하였다. 총 폴리페놀 및 플라보노이드 함량은 다른 부위보다 꽃 추출물에서 169.638 mg·g-1과 25.418 mg·g-1으로 가장 높게 나타났다. DPPH 및 ABTS 라디칼 소거활성과 Fe2+ chelating 효과 역시 꽃 추출물에서 가장 우수한 것으로 조사되었다. Ferric thiocyante 방법으로 지질 과산화 억제효과를 조사한 결과, 꽃, 잎, 가지의 경우는 BHT보다 높은 억제활성을 보였다. Tyrosinase 억제활성은 오직 꽃 추출물에서만 나타났다. 높은 생리활성을 보인 꽃과 잎 추출물을 n-hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, n-butanol의 순으로 용매분획한 결과, 폴리페놀함량은 꽃과 잎 모두 water 분획물에서 각각 67.006 mg·g-1 및 66.739 mg·g-1으로 가장 많았다. 반면 플라보노이드 함량은 꽃의 경우 ethyl acetate 분획물에서 가장 높았고, 잎은 butanol 분획물에서 가장 높게 조사되었다. 자유라디칼 소거활성은 꽃 추출물의 경우 ethyl acetate 분획물에서 가장 높았고 잎 추출물은 butanol 분획물에서 가장 높게 조사되었다. 꽃과 잎의 각 용매 분획물이 tyrosinase의 활성에 미치는 영향을 조사한 결과, 모두 water 분획물에서 각각 49.24% 및 31.8%로 가장 높은 억제 효과를 보였다.

외나로도 식물상을 조사하던 중 분홍색 포를 가진 산딸나무 개체를 발견하였다. 흰색 포를 가지는 일반 산딸나무 개체와 식별가능한 유전자 marker를 탐색하기 위하여 ISSR primer를 사용하였다. 50개의 primer 중 6개 primer에서 총 58개의 증폭산물을 관찰할 수 있었으며, primer당 평균 9.67개가 증폭되었다. UPGMA 방법에 의한 유집분석을 수행한 결과, 산딸나무 개체들은 포가 분홍색인 개체들과 흰색인 개체들이 따로 유집되었으며, 흰색인 개체들은 도서지역 개체들과 내륙지역 개체들로 유집되었다. 산딸나무 화색의 변이에 따른 유전적 다양성조사 결과, 특정 ISSR primer는 꽃이 없는 상태에서 변이 개체를 구분할 수 있는 유용한 marker로 사용될 수 있는 것으로 사려되었다.

The purpose of this research is to establish basic database on Cornus kousa by way of investigation, analysis and comparison of characteristics of leaf and flower, then fostering good cultivar on each morphological characteristics - leaf length, leaf width, petiole length, left lateral vein, right lateral vein. Leaf length and leaf width in Mt. Jiri shows big tendency which is 83.5 mm, 52.4 mm each in comparison with the whole mean of 72.5 mm, 41.2 mm, whereas populations of Suwon and Mt. Halla has leaf length of 66.0 mm, 65.7 mm - 9.8%, 10.4% lower value in comparison with seven mean population; leaf width is 38.4 mm, 35.3 mm - 7.3%, 16.7% lower than whole mean and shows lowest tendency among seven selected populations. Long width of flower and short width of flower in Boeun shows big tendency which is 99.9mm, 96.5 mm each in comparison with the whole mean of 76.0 mm, 73.6 mm, whereas populations of Mt. Halla has 50.1 mm, 48.2 mm which shows lowest tendency. On petal length, petal width and length of flower petiole, Boeun populations have bigger and Mt. Halla shows little tendency. The measurement result of flower colors on each population by using Spectrum Color Mater shows followings: populations of Mt. Duckyoo and Mt. Halla shows lower lightness than any other populations, but wholly shows higher lightness which is refers brightness in seven selected populations. Thus it shows peculiarities of white flower color.

Fifteen major naturally populated habitats around the Mt. Halla, Jeju province for wild Cornus kousa are mostly located on the southeast side of the mountains at 850-1,550m in altitude at sea level and are in half sunney areas. More than 40.0% of the naturally populated area of Cornus kousa are edge of forest areas and 53.3% populate on the steep slope of the mountain in 0-5°. The direction of the slop for about 40.0% of total populated areas is southeast. In the naturally populated areas, total of 64 taxa dividing into 42 families, 59 genera, 56 species and 8 varieties have been shown, mostly Hydrangea petiolaris, Rubus oldhamii, Ilex crenata, Sasa quelpaertensis, Ligustrum obtusifolium. It is suggested that these areas are secondary forest in a typical deciduous forest in Mt. Halla where the second transition had been progressed after forest damage or environmental stress. The index of species diversity of plant groups in these areas is 1.286-4.238 based on the Shannon-Wiener's method.

This study was conducted to investigate the immuno-regulatory effect and apoptosis of L1210 and HL60 leukemia cells of methanol-extracts of Cornus kousa Burg(CKB). The proliferation of mouse splenocytes and thymocytes enhanced by the addition of 10 μg/ml of CKB. CKB were administered p.o. once a day for 7 days in adult male BALB/c mice. CKB increased the splenic and thymic T lymphocytes, especially the number of TH cells markedly increased by the treatment of CKB. CKB treatment induced the apoptotic cell death in L1210 mouse leukemia and HL60 human leukemia cells. In addition, CKB also accelerated the phagocytic activity in peritoneal macrophages and increased the production of plaque forming cells. These results suggest that CKB have an various immuno-regulatory property.