들깨에 존재하는 brassinosteroid 활성물질을 탐색하기 위하여 미숙종자를 MeOH로 추출하고, 이 추출물을 rice inclination test를 지표로, 용매 분획, silica gel adsorption chromatography, Sephadex LH-20 chromatography, charcoal adsorption chromatography, Bondesil chromatography 등의 수법으로 brassinosteroid 활성물질을 정제한 다음, silica gel 흡착 chromatography로 활성성분을 분리하고, 각 활성획분에 대해 HPLC에 의해 활성본체를 구명한 결과, main brassinosteroid로 castasterone이 그리고 minor brassinosteroid로 homodolicholide가 최초로 동정되었다. 들깨에 함유된 brassinosteroid의 함량은 brassinolide로 환산하여 생체중량 g당 $0.5{sim}0.8;ng$ 수준이었다.
In order to explore the brassinosteroid-active component in Perilla frutescense, methanol extract of immature seeds was purified by sequences of solvent fractionation, silica gel adsorption chromatography, Sephadex LH-20 chromatography, charcoal adsorption chromatography and Bondesil chromatography. The activity of brassinosteroid was monitored by the rice inclination test and its presence could be confirmed in each purification step. The purified active components were seperated by silica gel adsorption chromatography. The seperated main and minor active brassinosteroid fractions were identified as castasterone and homobrassinolide, respectively, by HPLC. We acknowledge that our work is probably the first report of endogenous brassinosteroid in Perilla frutescense. The content of brassinosteroid in Perilla frutescense as converted into brassinolide was $0.5{sim}0.8;ng/g$ fresh weight.
