PREFACE ... ⅲ CONTENTS ... ⅴ Chapter 1. Phytochemical Researches in Korea / Won Sick Woo ... 1 Ⅰ. Researches on the Consitituents of Korean Higher Plants : Before 1988 ... 1 The Beginning of Natural Products Research ... 2 Overview of Natural Products Research since Independence on Aug. 15, 1945, upto Present ... 3 New Start, since 1960's ... 5 Discovery of Polygagallin, the First Novel Compound, and Natural Products Chemistry Research Thereafter ... 11 Ⅱ. Researches on the constituents of Korean Higher Plant : 1988~1992 ... 25 Recent Studies on the Plant Constituents ... 26 Newly Isolated Natural Products ... 30 Ⅲ. Current Trends in the Phytochemical Researches on Korea : After 1992 ... 50 Recent Studies on the Plant Constituents ... 50 Newly Isolated Compounds ... 55 Conclusions ... 75 References ... 76 Chapter 2. Bioassay - directed Studies on Natural Products in Korea / Byung Hoon Han and Dae - Yeon Suh ... 91 Efficacy Verification of Traditional Prescriptions ... 92 Screening Studies ... 95 Biological Activity (active components unidentified) ... 100 Active Component Identification and Its Biological Activity ... 107 Studies on Bacteria, Fungi and Mushrooms ... 115 Lectins ... 116 Pharmacology of Isolated(or Purchased)Compound ... 118 Biological Activity of Ginseng ... 122 Review, Plenary & Symposium Lectures ... 133 Conclusion ... 134 References ... 135 Chapter 3. Plant Resources and Medicinal Uses in Korea / Young bae Suh and Hyung Joon Chi ... 195 Introduction ... 195 Plant Resources in Korea ... 197 Local Survey of Plant Resources ... 202 Taxonomic Categories and Endemic Species ... 209 Medicinal Plants in Korea ... 212 Regional Surveys on Medicinal Plants Resources ... 214 Pharmacognosical Studies on Herbal Drugs ... 216 Tissue Culture of Medicinal Plant ... 227 Contlusion ... 234 Literature Cited ... 235 Chapter 4. Information Retrieval for Traditional Oriental Medicines and Natural Products Research / Il - Moo Chang ... 255 Union Catalogues of Traditional Oriental Medical Classics in Korea, Japan and China ... 257 Union Catalogues of Korean Medical Classics ... 257 Union Catalogues of Traditional Chinese Medical Classics ... 262 Research Databases ... 264 Appendix ... 319 Appendix 1. New Compounds of Natural Origins ... 321 Appendix 2. Activites of Extracts and Fractions of Natural Products ... 351 Appendix 3. Compounds with Biological Activities ... 363 Appendix 4. List of Medicinal Plants in Korea ... 393 Appendix 5. List of Medicinal Plants Cultivated in Medicinal Plant Research Station of Natural Products Research Institute, Seoul National University ... 421