This study investigated the volatile flavor composition of essential oils from Chrysanthemum zawadskii var. latilobum Kitamura and Aster yomena Makino. The essential oils obtained by the hydrodistillation extraction method from the aerial parts of the plants were analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) and GC-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). One hundred (95.04%) volatile flavor compounds were identified in the essential oil from the C. zawadskii var. latilobum Kitamura. The major compounds were valencene (10.82%), δ-cadinol (9.77%), hexadecanoic acid (8.70%), 2-methyl-4-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-1-enyl) but-2-en-1-ol (3.67%), and 2-(2,4-hexadiynylidene)-1,6-dioxaspiro[4,4]non-3-ene (3.57%). Ninety-eight (93.83%) volatile flavor compounds were identified in the essential oil from the Aster yomena Makino. The major compounds were and 3-eicosyne (13.61%), 9,10,12-octadecatrienoic acid (7.8%), α-caryophyllene alcohol (6.83%), 9-octadecynoic acid (6.03%), and α-caryophyllene (5.74%). Although the two plants are apparently very similar, the chemical composition of the essential oils was significantly different in quality and quantity. In the case of C. zawadskii var. latilobum Kitamura, the sesquiterpene, valencene was found to be 10.82%, but it was not identified in A. yomena Makino. δ-Cadinol appeared higher in C. zawadskii var. latilobum Kitamura than in A. yomena Makino. A clear characteristic of A. yomena Makino essential oil is that it has a high content of caryophyllene derivatives. The α-caryophyllene alcohol contained in A. yomena Makino was relatively high at 6.83%, although the compound was not identified in C. zawadskii var. latilobum Kitamura. Also α-caryophyllene was shown to be higher in A. yomena Makino than in C. zawadskii var. latilobum Kitamura.

Macrophages play a pivotal role in the innate and adaptive immune systems. This study investigated the immuno-modulatory activities of polysaccharides separated from Chrysanthemum zawadskii var. latilobum (CZPS) in macrophages. Polysaccharides from Chrysanthemum zawadskii var. latilobum were extracted by the ethanol precipitation method. RAW 264.7 mouse macrophage cell line was treated with CZPS (4 to 128 μg/mL), and there was no cytotoxicity at a dose below 32 μg/mL. The levels of nitric oxide (NO) and pro-inflammatory cytokines (tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and interleukin (IL)-6, IL-1β) production in the CZPS treated group (32 μg/mL) were 6.5±0.12 μM (NO), 1252.8±79.85 (TNF-α), 305.4±29.41 (IL-6), and 683.3±59.71 (IL-1β), respectively, and they were significantly increased when compared to the control group; 2.2±0.03 μM (NO), 452.3±38.34 (TNF-α), 31.7±5.75 (IL-6), and 184.1±11.52 (IL-1β). Additionally, protein expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and phosphorylation of MAPKs and NF-κB expression were significantly increased upon CZPS treatment. Therefore, these results indicated that polysaccharides separated from Chrysanthemum zawadskii var. latilobum (CZPS) may have a potential immunomodulatory activity in macrophages through MAPKs and NF-κB signaling, and this information is useful for the development of immune enhancing adjuvant materials using a natural ingredient.

This study aimed to investigate the effects of soil amendment (heat-expanded clay and active carbon) and planting of Dendranthema zawadskii var. latilobum on the remediation of salt-affected soil and the plant growth under high calcium chloride (CaCl2) concentration. The experimental group comprised treatments including Non treatment (Cont.), heat-expanded clay (H), active carbon (AC), planting (P), heat-expanded clay+planting (H+P), active carbon+planting (AC+P). A 200 mL solution of CaCl2 at a concentration of 10 g·L-1 was applied as irrigation once every 2 weeks. Compared to the Cont., the incorporation of the ‘heat-expanded clay’ amendment decreased electrical conductivity of the soil leachate and cation exchange capacity, whereas the growth of Dendranthema zawadskii var. latilobum was relatively increased. These results suggest that the combination of ‘heat-expanded clay’ amendment and planting will mitigate negative effect of de-icing salts and improve plant growth in salt-contaminated roadside soils.

This study was carried out to investigate whether Chrysanthermum zawadskii var. latilobum Kitamura (C. zawadskii) extracts has an inhibitory effect against the mutagenicity by cigarette smoke condensates (CSC). C. zawadskii was extracted with 70% ethanol and the yield was 18.5%. We further fractioned 70% ethanol extract sequentially to diethylether, chloroform, dichloromethane, and aqueous water, and gained the yield of 17.5%, 5.6%, 5.8%, 32.8% and 35.5%, respectively. In the Ames test, there was no mutagenic effect of crude extract and its solvent fractions up to 2 mg/plate toward Salmonella typhimurium TA 98 with or without S-9 mix metabolic activations. On the contrary, the crude extract showed an inhibitory activity against the mutagenicity of CSC in the presence of S-9 mix metabolic activation. Diethyl ether layer among five solvent fractions showed the highest inhibitory activity. The inhibitory activity of diethyl ether fraction was also increased in a dose-dependent manner and the inhibitory rate was about 97.7% at the concentration of 1 mg/plate. In this study, we conclude that crude extract of C. zawadskii itself is potentially safe for mutagenicity, and the diethyl ether fraction has an inhibitory effect against the mutagenicity of CSC.

구절초와 남구절초의 수확 시기에 따른 항산화 효과를 비교하기 위하여 본 연구를 실시하였다. 구절초와 남구절초를 생육초기(5월 9일), 중기(7월 17일) 그리고 생육 후기(9월 3일)에 각각 수확한 후 80% 에탄올로 추출하여 radical 소거활성 및 항산화 물질 함량을 측정하였다. 수확 시기가 늦어질수록 식물체의 수분 함량과 추출 수율이 낮아졌다. DPPH 및 ABTS radical 소거능은 이른 시기에 수확한 시료일수록 활성이 높은 경향을 보였다. 구절초의 DPPH radical 소거능은 생육 초기에 수확한 시료가 0.128mg · mL-1의 RC50값을 나타내 BHT(RC50=0.121mg · mL-1)와 비슷한 소거능을 보였고, 생육 초기에 수확한 남구절초와 구절초는 천연 항산화제인 ascorbic acid보다도 높은 ABTS radical 소거활성을 나타냈다. 그러나 Fe2+ chelating 효과의 경우, 구절초를 생육 후기에 수확하는 것이 초기나 중기에 수확하는 것 보다 높았으며, EDTA에 비해서도 훨씬 낮았다. 두 종 모두 수확 시기가 빠를수록 총 폴리페놀 및 플라보노이드의 함량이 높은 경향을 보였으며, 생육 초기에 수확한 구절초와 남구절초의 총 폴리페놀 함량은 각각 79.93 및 75.10mg · g-1로 총 플라보노이드 함량(57.84, 54.91mg · g-1)에 비해 높았다.

유망 야생화의 하나인 구절초의 생육에 적합한 배양토를 구명하기 위해 무기재료로서 버미큘라이트, 펄라이트, 암쇄토, 모래, 밭토양을 사용하고 유기물원으로서 피트모스, 부염, 퇴비를 혼합한 배양토를 조성하여 구절초의 생육을 조사한 결과 다음과 같다. 구절초의 생육은 유기물원으로 부엽이 들어간 배양토에서 피트모스나 퇴비를 혼합한 것에 비해 현저히 양호한 것으로 나타났으며 시험 후 배양토의 이화학성 분석 결과 부엽과 피트모스를 사용한 배양토의 화학성은 모든 성분에 있어서 유사한 경향을 나타냈으나 퇴비를 사용한 처리에서는 pH가 (8.6~8.9)로 매우 상승하였고 인산의 함량이 (237~1158 mg/kg)로 높아져 구절초의 생육을 불량하게 하는 원인이 된 것으로 판단되었다. 피트모스는 화학성분 조사 결과로서는 부엽과 유사한 것으로 나타났으나 양분의 공급 능력에서 부엽에 미치지 못하여 구절초의 생육이 불량하였던 것으로 생각된다. 구절초의 생육에 대한 통계처리 결과를 살펴보면 구절초의 배양토에 있어서 부엽을 유기물원으로 혼합한 상토가 피트모스나 퇴비에 비해 유의성 있는 생육의 증가를 보여 주었다. 부엽을 사용한 VPL, SaVPL, SVPL, UVPL 처리 간에 있어서도 VPL과 UVPL처리가 SaVPL 및 SVPL에 비해 유의성 있는 생육차이를 보였다. 피트모스를 혼합한 처리들과 퇴비를 혼합한 처리들 사이에는 피트모스 처리들이 퇴비에 비해 생육이 양호한 경향을 보였으나 통계적으로는 뚜렷한 경향을 보이지 못하였다.