Exo-O-Glycosylhydrolases in Korea Ginseng Roots

WB were screening the stele and the cortex of the ginseng roots (Panax ginseng C.A.Meyer) on the exo-0-glycosylhydrolase activities during vegetation period of 1999 year. The following p-nitrophenylglycosides were used to test exe-0-glycosylhydrolase activities: $\alpha$- and $\beta$-D-galactopyranosides,$\alpha$- and $\beta$-D-glucopyranosides, $\alpha$- and $\beta$-D-mannopyranosides, N-acetyl-$\beta$-D-glucosaminide, $\alpha$- and $\beta$-D-xylopyranosides $\alpha$- L-rhamnopyranoside, $\beta$-D-glucuronide, $\beta$-D-galacturonide, $\beta$-L-,$\alpha$-L- and $\beta$-D-fucopyranosides, $\alpha$-L-arabinopyranoside. Only $\beta$-D-galactosidase, $\alpha$-L-mannosi-dase , N- acetyl- ${\beta}$-D-slucosarninidase, $\alpha$-D-galacto sidase, $\alpha$-L-arabinosidase, and $\beta$-D-fuco sidase were found in both partsof ginseng roots. Their contents during the vegetation period were shown to differ considerably, being dependent not only on plant development stage but on plant tissue and environmental conditions too.

6년생 고려인삼근(panax ginseng C.A. Meyer)중 수종의 exo-O-glycosylhydrolase 활성을 중심부와 주피부로 나누어 생육시기별로 조사하였다. $\alpha$-D-galactosidase, $\beta$-D-galactosidase, $\alpha$-L-man-nosidase , N-acetyl-$\beta$-D-giucosarninidase, $\alpha$-D-galactosidase, $\alpha$-L-arabinosidase와 $\beta$-D-fucosidase는 중심부와 주피부에서 모두 활성이 있으나 $\beta$-L-mannosidase, $\alpha$-D-xylosidase, $\beta$-D-xylosidase, $\alpha$-D-rhamnosidase와 $\beta$-D-glucosidase의 효소활성은 검색되지 않았다. $\beta$-D-galactosidase의 활성은 연중 높게 유지되었고 $\alpha$-L-mannosidase의 활성도 높은 경향이었다. 인삼근중 탄수화물 대사효소의 활성은 생육시기와 환경조건 및 부위에 따라 매우 다른 양상을 나타내었다.