A bacterium producing pullulanase was from soil, and was identified Bacillus cereus and named as Bacillus cereus JK36. The optimal culture conditions for the efficident production of pullulanase from B. cereus JK36 was obtained by cultivating with the medium composed of 1% pullulan, 1% teast extract, 1% bactopeptone, 0.1% NaH$_{2}$PO$_{4}$, 2H$_{2}$O, 0.02% MgSO$_{4}$\ulcorner7H$_{2}$O at 40$\circ$C, initial pH 6.5 for 70 hours. Using the culture supernatant as crude enzyme, the optimal pH and temperature of the pullulanase of this strain were 6.5 and 50$\circ$C. In effect of pH and temperature on the stability of the enzyme, the enzyme was stable in the range of pH6.0$\sim$9.5 and up to 40$\circ$C, respectively. The hydrolysis product on pullulan was mainly maltotriose.

귀화식물인 미국자리공의 군락 구조와 무기환경요인을 추적하였다. 서식지 식생은 Pinus densiflora, persicaria perfoliata, Miscanthus sinensis, Smilax china, Rubus crataegifolius, Paederia scandens, Rosa multiflora, Commelina communis, Carex lancelolatl가 우점 하였으며 파괴된Pinus densiflora 아극상 감림군략에 침임하여 적응한 형태였다. 서식지 토양의 속성은 pH 4.6의 높은 산도, 높은 중금속과 유기물 함량이 특징적이었으며 이는 전형적인 황지식물군락의 환경요인이었다. 생장조절실 내에서 수행한 제한요인 처리에 의해 나타나는 유식물의 피해반응은 인공산성비에 의한 pH2.0과 500Lux의 광도에서 나타났으며 일시위조점은 pF2.6-2.7에서, 그리고 영구위조점은 pF2.8-2.9에서 각각 나타났다.

To understand effect of inoculum size, cell density, sucrose concentration and concentrations of MS basal on suspension culture and protoplast isolation of wild viola(Viola patrinii DC.) callus from petiole segments this experiment was conducted. In the lot of 30 mesh inoculum size, two observations were; One was that a considerable increase in the fresh and dry weight of callus was determined. Another was that the callus mass was relatively compact compared with others. A recommendable cell density was 0.4g for 20ml culture medium and the higher sucrose concentration, the higher fresh and dry weight were obtained. The dilution of MS basal salt was differently affected on fresh and dry weight; the highest fresh weight was found in 1x MS salt, while the higest dry weight was in 1/3x dilution.The addition of casein hydrolysate(3g/L) was more effective to increase of both fresh and dry weight. THe contents of protein was great in the inoculum lots with larger inoculum sizeand higher concentration of MS basal salts contenting 3g/L of casein hydrolysate and higher sucrose compared with others. The greatest protoplasts were isolated from the lot of 10 mesh size treated with 1%pectinase SE-150 and 2% cellulase YC. In general, for optimal protoplast isolation the followingconditions were recommended; 1) Use of smaller cell size cultured for 2-5 weeks, and 2) more than 5 hours incubation using the combined mixture of the enzymes with proper concentrations.

The present study was conducted to elucidate the functional property of tea extract obtained from tea extracts, semi-fermented tea(oolong tea) and fermented tea(black tea). Tea extracts exhibited remarkable nitrite-scavenging actions, and the action increased with the increased of the amount of tea extracts. The nitrite-scavenging actionof tea extracts showed pH dependent, highest at pH 1.2 and lowest at pH6.0. The nitrite-scavenging rate in tea extracts/amine/nitrite systems proved to be faster than that in amine/nitrite systems. To screen the nitrite-scavenging factors, tea extracts were fractionated into water-soluble, methanol-soluble, methanol-precipitate and crude catechin fraction. Among these fractions of tea extracts, the crude catechin fraction possessed greater nitrite-scavenging action than the other fractions. The nitrite-scavenging action of tea extracts increased with the contents of total phenols and an absorbance at 280nm, nitrite-scavenging factors were supposed to be and catechins in tea polyphenol compounds.

The production of interleukin-1(IL-1)and nitric oxide(NO) by cultured fibroblast cells of human nasal turbinate was revealed by biological assay respectively. The cells were incubated for various periods of time in the presence of staphyloccocal toxic shock syndrome toxin-1(TSST-1) and house dust mite(Dermatophagoides farinae, HDM), and the culture supernatants were harvested. There was a little difference in the activities of IL-1beta and the amount of NO produced by the cells when stimulated with 0.002-0.1$\mu$g/ml of TSSTO-1 and 0.02-1$\mu$g/ml of HDM. The shapes of the time course curves for the production of IL-1beta and NO by the cells were different. Groups stimulated with TSST-1 or HDM produced more IL-beta in 2 h than no exposure group(Control). A certain mixed group(TSST-1, 10ng+mite, 100 ng) continued to produce IL-1beta highly throughout the entire incubation period. The cells stimulated with TSST-1 or HDM produced more NO in 2 h and 6 h than that produced in the end of incubation(48 h). Also, the mixed groups were generally similar. There results suggest that induction of IL-1beta by a certain mixed condition(TSST-1+mite) in fibroblast cell in vivo may play a role in inflammation.

In the screening of actinomycetes culture filtrate for inhibitor of adenosine deaminase, a novel inhibitor was found in a cultured broth of strain J-144K. The optimum conditions for the adenosine deaminase inhibitor production from the isolated strain J-144K were evaluated. This strain showed the maximum yield of adenosine deaminase inhibitor when grown at pH 7.0 and 30$\circ$C for 60 hours in the medium of 1.0% dextrose, 0.5% yeast extract, 0.5% peptone and 0.1% KH$_{2}$PO$_{4}$ under the aerobic condition. Through the activated charcoal extraction, methanol fractionation, Dowex 50 H$^{+}$ X-8 ion exchange column chromatography, Dowex CI$^{-}$ X-8 ion exchange column chromatography, and Sephadex G-15 gel filtration procedures, this inhibitor was purified with three materials.

The development of fish feed is essential to aquaculture. Recently, yeast, dhlorella and plankton have been studied and development as the feed of the fry fishes, But, these biological feeds cause the nutritional unbalance to fry fishes, rotifer or artemia. Therefore, to solve these problems, microcapsules with micron sizes were prepared for enhancing the nutritional values of artemia and rotifer which are used as the feed of fry fishes. Microparticle oil capsules were prepared by the complex coacervation technique. The method to make the optimal size of microcapsule which the artemia and rotifer can be easily taken was wvaluated. The size of oil microcapsule in the range of 5-70$\mu$m was obtained by the agitation conditions during coacervation. Capsule size and size distribution were dependent on the agitation speed and agitation time, respectively.

양식을 위한 먹이사료로서 가능성 있는 효모균주를 연구하였다. Kluyveromyces fragilis효모와 Candida utilis 효모의 최대 비증식 속도와 바이오매스 효율은 Saccharomyces cervisiae 효모에 비하여 굉장히 높은 값을 나타내었다. 따라서, 이 연구는 대량생산을 위하여, 플라스크 배양을 통한 이들 두 효모균들의 성장특성에 그 초점을 맞추었다. 5% 접종량을 가지고 실험한 결과, 가장 좋은 $\mu$$_{max}$ 와 OD$_{max}$ 값들은 K, fragilis는 2.5% fructose 배지에서, C. utilis는 2% YE배지에서 각각 얻었으며, 이 때의 이 값들은 K. fragilis는 0.73 hr$^{-1}$1 와 3.00을 C. uitilis는 0.59 hr$^{-1}$ 와 2.80으로 밝혀졌다. 또한, 아연과 염의 초기종도가 증가할수록 균성장에 있어서의 우도기는 증가하였으며, 접종량이 증가할수록 유도가는 감소하였다. 두 효모균은 3.5% 염농도에서 비교적 잘 자랄 수 있었으며, C. utilis 효모균만이 아연을 이용할 수 있었다.

Aloe(Aloe arborescens M$_{ILL}$) has been used as a home medicine for the past several thousand in the world, and has been studied on anti-bacterial and anti-fungal activities, hypotension, atherosclerosis, myocardiac infartion, apoplexy, diabetes as a chronic digenerative disease, tumors, gastrointestinal tract, liver and pancreas' diseases, and genitourinary tract etc. SAMP8 as a learing and memory impairment animal model were fed basic and/or experimental diets with 1.0% freezing dried(FD)-aloe for 8 months. The passive avoidance tests such as acqusition trial and retention test were significantly higher in aloe group than in control group. Grading score of senescence resulted in a marked decreases in aloe group compared with control group. Acetylcholinesterase(AChE) activity was remarkably increased in aloe group compared with control group. Neurotransmitters such as dopamine(DA) and serotonin(5-HT) almost did not change by the feeding of aloe-added diet, but their metabolites such as homovanillic acid(HVA) and 5-hydroxy-indole acetic acid(5-HIAA) in aloe group were significantly increased compared with control group. Therefore, the ratios of HVA/DA and 5-HIAA/5-HT as a ratio of metabolite on neurotransmitter were significantly increased by the feeding of aloe-added diet. These results suggest that aloe vara may be activated acetylcholinesterase, the metabolite of neurotransmitter, and ratios of metabolite on neurotransmitter, resulting ina greater prevention of learning and memory impairments such as Alzheimertype dementia.