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P6.007
Investigation of indole alkaloids in Bignonia
capreolata
Trevor Clark 1, Kaleb Lund 2
1 Bastyr University Research Institute
2 Bastyr University
Purpose: Bignonia capreolata is a perennial semi-evergreen
vine from the Eastern US that was used as medicine by the
Native Americans but has since fallen out of use. The aim of
this analysis was to 1) verify the presence of the indole alkaloid
reserpine in B. capreolata; and 2) if verified, generate an alka-
loid rich fraction of B. capreolata to more accurately identify
and quantify reserpine.
Methods: Initial confirmation of the presence of reserpine
was performed using high performance liquid chromatogra-
phy referenced with an analytical standard of reserpine. The
alkaloid rich fraction was then tested via liquid chromatogra-
phy and mass spectrometry.
Results: The presence of reserpine in B. capreolata has been
confirmed and found to be 49 g per gram of leaf.
Conclusion: This is the only known plant outside of the
Apocynacea plant family to contain this indole alkaloid.
Contact: Trevor Clark, tclark@bastyr.edu
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.imr.2015.04.264
P6.008
The Analysis of Research Trend on Forest
Therapy in the Korean Journal
SOOHYUN SUNG 1, Jong-Hyun Park 2,
Young-Joon Lee 2, Chang-Hyun Han 1
1 Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine
2 Dae-Gu Haany University
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to understand the
research trend of reports on forest therapy so far and analyze
the Korean medicine therapy being applied in forest therapy
programs.
Methods: We ran a keyword search on domestic databases
with the following keyword ‘forest therapy, forest healing,
forest treatment, recreational forest, forest bath, forest expe-
rience’. The search took place in December 2014 and there was
no limit to search time. A total of 334 forest therapy articles
have been selected.
Results: The number of research on forest therapy contin-
ued to rise from 1985, with 334 articles being published from 84
journals. When those 188 articles were sorted by their contents
and methods, except 146 articles of survey on simple satisfac-
tion, recognition and visting, 94 were clinical studies, 79 were
literature studies, 15 were experimental studies. Of the 94 clin-
ical researches, there were 52 CCTs(Controled Clinical Trials),
39 ODs(efficacy studies with either a controlled or an Other
than controlled Design) and 3 RCTs(Randomized Clinical Tri-
als). Among the clinical researches, there were a total of 21
studies that used Korean Medicine programs, and meditation
was the most popular, being used in 18 studies. Herbal food
and tea therapy and Qigong were used in 3 studies each, and
Korean medicine music programs were used in 2 studies.
Conclusion: A systematic and standardized Korean
medicine forest therapy program must be developed, and
based on the program, more research treating diseases should
be conducted.
Contact: SOOHYUN SUNG, koyote10010@kiom.re.kr
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.imr.2015.04.265
P6.009
Prescription patterns of individual herbs of
traditional herbal medicine in Korea: An
analysis of patients’ data from a national
university EMR record
Byung-Cheul Shin 1, Byung-Wook Lee 2,
Hyun-Woo Cho 3, Eui-Hyoung Hwang 3,
Hyeon-Yeop Lee 3, Man-Suk Hwang 3,
In Heo 3, Kwang-Ho Heo 3
1 School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National
University
2 Donggook University
3 Pusan National University
Purpose: To analyzing the tendencies of individual use of
herbs for various diseases in real medical circumstances and
the results as fundamental data for the standardization of
herbal medicine.
Methods: The prescription database of all patients in the
PNUKM Hospital was reviewed. The complete prescription
data were extracted using the EMR system. The prescription
frequencies of individual herbs and of major herbs were ana-
lyzed according to gender, age, and the ICD codes.
Results: For the prescription frequency of individual
herbs (Glycyrrhizae radix, Zingiberisrhizomacrudus, Citriperi-
carpium, Poria, and Angelicaegigantis radix) and of major
herbs (Zingiberisrhizomacrudus, rehmanniae radix preparat,
pueraiae radix, Angelicaegigantis radix, and astragali radix)
were highly ranked based on overall age and gender.
The prescription frequency of individual herbs, including
Glycyrrhizae radix, Zingiberisrhizomacrudus, Poria, Citriperi-
carpium, and Angelicaegigantis radix, showed up in the
overall ICD codes. The ratio of herbal medicine by gender
showed different usage patterns in each gender.
Conclusion: This study reported on the prescription ten-
dencies of individual herbs in accordance with age, gender,
and disease conditions in two methods: a simple frequency of
individual herbs in prescriptions and the frequencies of herbs
used as a major herb.
Contact: Byung-Cheul Shin, drshinbc@gmail.com
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.imr.2015.04.266