음지식물(陰地植物)인 인삼(人蔘)과 양지식물(陽地植物)인 대두(大豆) 및 옥수수 사이에는 엽색소(葉色素)의 구성(構成)에 종류(種類)와 양적비율(量的比率)의 차이(差異)가 있을 것으로 추정(推定)하여 이를 비교검토(比較檢討)한 결과(結果)를 이에 보고(報告)한다. 후행(後行)의 인삼, 콩, 옥수수간에 총엽록소, carotenes, xanthophylls 함량의 큰 차이는 나타나지 않았으며 전행(前行)의 인삼에서는 이들 모두의 함량이 낮았다. 인상에서는 전체 carotenoids에 대한 lutein의 몰비(比)가 높았고 옥수수에서는 violaxanthin의 몰비(比)가 높았으며, 전행(前行)의 인상에서 neoxanthin의 몰비(比)가 높았다. 콩, 옥수수에서는 antheraxanthin류(類)로 추정되는 epoxy carotenoid가 있었으나 인상에서는 관찰되지 않았다. Carotenes 함량에 대한 chlorophyll 함량의 비(比)는 인삼에서 가장 높았다. 인삼에 있어서는 광(光)을 더 받는 전행(前行)에서 lutein과 carotenes의 몰비(比)가 감소되고, neoxanthin 과 violaxanthin의 몰비(比)가 증가되었다.
The differences of pigment compositions in leaf chloroplast between sun and shade plant were analyzed to investigate the photo-induced destructive effects on shade species under the strong light. Ginseng was selected as a C-3 shade plant, soybean as C-3 sun species and corn as C-4 malate forming sun species. To study the effects of light, ginseng was divided into two subgroups; the 1 and 2 lines received sunlight a little more than those of 3 and 4 lines. Total amounts of chlorophylls, carotenes and xanthophylls were not considerably different among 3 and 4-lined ginseng, soybean and corn. However, the amounts of the three components of 1 and 2-lined ginseng and the chlorophylls content in corn leaves were smaller than those of others. The molar ratio of lutein to total carotenoids was significantly high in ginseng, that of violaxanthin was considerably high in corn and that of neoxanthin the highest in 1 and 2-lined ginseng among tested samples. Chlorophylls to carotenes ratio was 16.0 and highest in ginseng, 13.2 in soybean and 12.0 in corn. In 1 and 2-lined ginseng, the molar ratios of lutein and carotenes were lower while those of neoxanthin and violaxanthin were higher than those of the samples of more light. It was noticeable that an antheraxanthin-like epoxy carotenoid detected in soybean and corn leaves extracts was not observed in ginseng leaf extract.
