Title page
Contents
I. INTRODUCTION 6
1.1. Traditional medicine 6
1.1.1. Traditional medicine in China 6
1.1.2. Traditional Medicine in Korea 7
1.1.3. Traditional medicine in Viet Nam 9
1. 2. Reishi: the medicine of Kings 10
1.3. Role of Minerals 19
II. MATERIAL AND METHODS 22
2.1. Materials and reagents 22
2.2. Apparatus 23
2.2.1. Preparation of raw Reishi 23
2.2.2. Preparation of infusion of Reishi 24
III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 25
3.1. Concentrations of Al in samples and their infusions 25
3.2. Concentrations of Ca in samples and their infusions 26
3.3. Concentrations of Fe in samples and their infusions 28
3.4. Concentrations of K in samples and their infusions 30
3.5. Concentrations of Mg in samples and their infusions 33
3.6. Concentrations of Se in samples and their infusions 38
3.7. Concentrations of Ba in samples and their infusions 40
3.8. Concentration of Co in samples and their infusions 42
3.9. Concentrations of Cu in samples and their infusions 45
3.10. Concentrations of V in samples and their infusions 48
3.11. Concentrations of elements in all nine samples and its infusions 50
IV. CONCLUSIONS 56
REFERENCES 57
Abstract 59
초록 61
Table 1 : ICP-AES operating conditions for determination of some elements in Reishi 23
Fig.1. Triterpenes from a fruiting body 11
Fig.2. Concentrations of Al in samples and their infusions 26
Fig.3. Concentrations of Ca in samples and their infusions 27
Fig.4. Concentrations of Fe in samples and their infusions 30
Fig.5. Concentrations of K in samples and their infusions 32
Fig.6. Concentrations of Mg in samples and their infusions 38
Fig.7. Concentrations of Se in samples and their infusions 40
Fig.8. Concentrations of Ba in samples and their infusions 41
Fig.9. Concentration of Co in samples and their infusions 45
Fig.10. Concentrations of Cu in samples and their infusions 48
Fig.11. Concentrations of V in samples and their infusions 50
Fig.12. Concentrations of elements in Sample 1 (Sp-1) and its infusion 51
Fig.13. Concentrations of elements in Sample 2 (Sp-2) and its infusion 51
Fig.14. Concentrations of elements in Sample 3 (Sp-3) and its infusion 52
Fig.15. Concentrations of elements in Samples 4 (Sp-4) and its infusion 52
Fig.16. Concentrations of elements in Sample 5 (Sp-5) and its infusions 53
Fig.17. Concentrations of elements in Samples 6 (Sp-6) and its infusion 53
Fig.18. Concentrations of elements in Sample 7 (Sp-7) and its infusion 54
Fig.19. Concentration of elements in Sample 8 (Sp-8) and its infusion 54
Fig.20. Concentrations of elements in Sample 9 (Sp-9) and its infusion 55