• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.171-178
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• 1991

The results ok feeding experiments to the mice with ginseng extract, ginseng Powder, and ADAPTAGEN, for 30 days before X-ray irradiation and for 40 days after the X-ray irradiation at 750 rads were as follow: 1. The 50% lethals days (LD50, ) by the X-ray irradiation were 9 days at 1, 000 rads. 10 days at 900 rads, 11 days at 800 rads, 14 days at 760 rads, and 19 darts at 750 rads. Therefore, the standard radiation dose was set at 750 radb/8 min. 2. The 80% of the control group mice exposed to the X-ray radiation without ginseng feeding died in periods ranging from 14 to 24 days and the 20~30% of the ginseng extract and ginseng powder feeding groups died. But the 100% of the mice fed with ADAPTAGEN survived. 3. Testicles of the control group became smaller in weight than the nomad group by 26.5 to 29.0% and those of the ginseng extract and ginseng powder feeding group reduced by 44.6 to 60.4%. However, testicles of the ADAPTiIGEN feeding group increased in size by 77.4% to 87.1% and in weight by 61%, showing a recovery phenomenon approarhing to those of the ordinary mice. The ADAPTAGEN feeding group mice were also as active in color as the ordinary ones. 4. An electron micrograph(X8, 000X2.2) of the liver cells of the mice which had been 40 days after X-ray irradiation showed as follows; The control group appeared that is physiological action stopped due to the frequent occurrence of morphological change of the nucleus and diffusion of chromosome, reduction in microspores and expansion of microsomts, and endoplasmic change of mitochondria. The liver cells or the ADAPTAGEN feeding group were in a state similar to those of the ordinary mice restoring to normalcy In contrast, the liver cells of the ginseng extract and ginseng powder feeding groups were still far from being normal. 5. A serological analysis showed that the control group sharply decreased in albumin, Y-g1obu1in, and IgG so far as to cause dystrophy and to weaken antibody resistance but that ginseng extract and ginseng powder feeding groups, though in a little more restoring state than the control group, were still far from the normal group. The ADAPTAGEN feeding group restored to a state as comparable to the normal group in the contents of albumin ${\gamma}$-globulin, IgG and serum protein. In order words, it is noteworthy that ADAPTAGEN feeding was effective in revitalizing the destroyed cells of a living body and that it has the function of normalizing antibody components.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.698-707
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• 2017

This study was performed to investigate the impacts of irradiation sources on quality attributes of low-salt sausage during refrigerated storage. Control sausage was prepared with 1.5% sodium chloride (NaCl), whereas low-salt sausage was formulated with 0.75% NaCl (a 50% reduction; L-control). Sausage samples were vacuum-packaged, and low-sausages were irradiated with gamma-ray, electron-beam and X-ray at 5 kGy, respectively. The samples were stored at $4^{\circ}C$ for 28 d to determine changes in quality attributes. The pH of low-salt sausages was unaffected by irradiation at 5 kGy (p>0.05). Higher redness values were found at irradiated low-salt sausages compared to control (p<0.05). The hardness, gumminess and chewiness of control sausage were higher than those of low-salt sausages (p<0.05). However, there were no significant differences in the textural parameters between low-salt sausage treatments. The overall sensory acceptability score of irradiated/low-salt sausages were lower than L-control due to decreased scores for cooked meat flavor but increased radiolytic off-flavor (p<0.05). The initial 2-thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) values of irradiated/low-salt sausages were higher than control and L-control (p<0.05). However, the TBARS values of irradiated treatments were significantly lower than control at the end of storage. Irradiation could effectively inhibit the microorganism growth (total aerobic bacteria, coliforms, Enterobacteriaceae, and Pseudomonas spp.) in low-salt sausages (p<0.05). Therefore, our findings show that irradiation could be to improve microbial safety of low-salt sausages, and suggest that further studies should be necessary to reducing radiolytic off-flavor of irradiated/low-salt sausages.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.286-293
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• 1991

$^{123}I$, which is applied for the thyroid and other in vivo kinetic study, has a special role in life sciences. The 159 KeV $\gamma-ray$ from $^{123}I$ is almost ideally appropriate for the current imaging instrumentation. Its decay mode (electron capture) and short half-life (13.3 hr) reduced the burden of radiation dose to the patients, and its chemical property makes it easy to synthesize the labelling compounds. In this experiment, the production of $^{123}I$ via the nuclear reaction $^{124}Te(p,2n)^{123}I$ with 28 MeV protons was sutdied. $TeO_2$ is used as a target material, because it has good physical properties. The target was prepared with $TeO_2$ powder and was molten into a ellipsoidal cavity (a=14 mm, b=10 mm, $270.8mg/cm^2$ thick) of pure platinum. The irradiation was carried out in the external proton beam with incident energies range from 28 MeV to 22 MeV, and current was $30{\mu}A$. The loss of $TeO_2$ target was significantly reduced by using $4\pi-cooling$ system in irradiation. The dry distillation method was adopted for the separation of $^{123}I$ from irradiated target, and when it was kept 5 minutes at $780^{\circ}C$, its result was quantitative. The loss of the target material $(TeO_2)$ was below 0.2% for each production run and $^{123}I$ from the dry distillation apparatus was captured with 0.01 N NaOH in $Na^{123}I$ form, then the pH of the solution was adjusted to $7.5\sim9.0$ with HC1/NaOH. The $Na^{123}I$ solution was passed through $0.2{\mu}m$ membrane filter, and sterilized under high pressure and temperature for 30 minutes. The production of $^{123}I$ is acceptable for clinical application based on the quality of USP XXI.

• 환경생물
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.280-285
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• 2011

고등식물은 고정된 장소에 서식하기 때문에 주변 환경의 오염에 따른 부정적 영향을 회피할 수 없다. 대기 오염 지역과 청정지역에 서식하는 가로수의 이온화 방사선에 대한 효소활성 변화를 이용하여 대기오염 정도를 진단하는 방법을 개발하고자 본 연구를 수행하였다. 오염된 대기 속에 서식하며 대기에 포함된 오염물질로부터 지속적으로 산화스트레스를 받아온 식물체의 경우 이를 극복하기 위한 수단으로 생화학적 저항성을 발달시키게 된다. 항산화 효소와 자유라디칼 제거능, 세포막 안정도 등는 산화스트레스에 대한 저항성을 분별하는데 이용되는 좋은 생체지표로 이용되어 왔다. 비교를 위하여 대기오염이 심한 온산 지역과 비교적 청정한 곳인 기장 지역에 서식하는 사철나무의 가지와 잎을 채취하여 공시재료로 사용하였다. 공시재료에 0, 50, 100 Gy의 감마선을 조사하고 시간 경과에 따른 SOD 활성 변화와 자유라디칼 제거 능력(EDA)을 측정하였다. 그 결과, 대기오염 지역의 식물은 이온화 방사선의 조사가 SOD나 EDA에 큰 변화를 일으키지 않았다. 그러나 청정지역 식물인 경우 이온화 방사선 조사 후 6~10시간까지는 SOD 효소 활성이 증가 추세를 보이다가 그 이후 점진적 활성 저하 현상이 나타났다. 이는 오염이 심한 대기에 적응한 식물의 경우 이온화 방사선에 의하여 유발된 산화 스트레스를 극복할 수 있는 수용력이 높다는 것을 의미한다. 각기 다른 서식지의 식물체에 이온화 방사선을 조사한 후 나타나는 생화학적 변화의 차이를 이용하여 그들의 서식환경에 관한 통합 오염도를 진단하는 것이 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제20권11호
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• pp.537-543
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• 2019

세라믹 재료 중 알루미나(Al₂O₃)는 산업에서 널리 사용되는 세라믹 재료로서 최근의 기술발전에 따라 재료 크기가 작아지고 이에 따른 특성이 다양하여 그 중요성이 더해 가고 있다. 본 연구에서는 다양한 알루미늄 알콕사이드 중 Aluminum isopropoxide(AIP)를 출발 원료물질로 하여 졸-겔(Sol-Gel)법에 의해 가수분해 및 해교과정을 거쳐 boehmite 졸을 제조하고 이후 건조 및 하소시켜 γ-Al₂O₃를 제조하였다. 이러한 제조 과정 중 입자의 응집현상을 방지하기 위해 9,000 ~ 10,000, 31,000 ~ 50,000, 89,000 ~ 98,000, 130,000의 분자량을 갖는 4종류의 PVA(Polyvinyl alcohol)를 첨가하고 3종류 질산(0.1, 0.3, 0.5 몰비)을 첨가하여 입자에 미치는 영향을 확인하고자 하였다. 제조된 γ-Al₂O₃는 X선 회절분석기(XRD), X선 형광분석기(XRF), 입도분석기(PSA), 전계방사 주사전자현미경(FE-SEM) 등의 기기분석을 통하여 결정구조 및 조성, 입자크기, 그리고 입자형상을 확인하였다. 그 결과, 약 98.2 %의 순도를 갖는 γ-Al₂O₃가 합성되었으며 첨가되는 질산의 첨가비가 높을수록, 그리고 PVA 분자량이 클수록 입자크기가 감소하고 균일성이 높아지는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 이러한 결과로부터, PVA와 질산의 첨가비 조절에 따라 γ-Al₂O₃의 제조공정 중 입자크기 제어가 가능할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.381-387
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• 2018

본 실험은 비 전리방사선인 가시광선을 조사한 미생물에서의 생리적 대사특징을 연구하였다. 이 실험에 사용된 미생물은 화학합성미생물인 Phodospirillum Rubrum KS-301이었다. glucose의 회분발효를 수행하였고 발효결과는 테이터의 기초가 되었다. 첫째, 비 전리방사선인 가시광선을 조사를 안 할 때의 잔류 glucose(기질량)량을 5.03 g/L -2.17 g/L로 감소하면은 균체량은 1.08 g/L - 3.14 g/L로 수소생성량은 0.02 g - 0.19 g로 증가 하였다. 둘째, 비 전리방사선인 가시광선을 조사 할 때의 잔류 glucose(기질량)을 13.17 g/L - 5.2 g/L로 감소하면은 균체량은 4.7 g/L - 10.57 g/L로 수소생성량은 0.186 g - 0.3 g로 증가 하였다. 이 실험결과를 종합해 볼 때 비 전리방사선인 가시광선을 조사한 미생물에서의 생리적 대사특정으로는 가시광선을 미생물에게 조사한 결과 생명의 활동이 활발하게 일어나고 있음을 알았고 그 반대로 다양한 연구논문에 따르면 감마선, 엑스선, 전자선을 조사한 미생물에서는 세포치사나 세포의 기능적, 형태학적 장해를 나타내었음을 알 수가 있었다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.405-414
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• 1999

The role of platelet-activating factor (PAF) was investigated in intestinal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) induced acute lung injury associated with oxidative stress. To induce acute lung injury following intestinal I/R, superior mesenteric arteries were clamped with bulldog clamp for 60 min prior to the 120 min reperfusion in Sprague-Dawley rats. Acute lung injury by intestinal I/R was confirmed by the measurement of lung leak index and protein content in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid. Lung leak and protein content in BAL fluid were increased after intestinal I/R, but decreased by WEB 2086, the PAF receptor antagonist. Furthermore, the pulmonary accumulation of neutrophils was evaluated by the measurement of lung myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity and the number of neutrophils in the BAL fluid. Lung MPO activity and the number of neutrophils were increased (p＜0.001) by intestinal I/R and decreased by WEB 2086 significantly. To confirm the oxidative stress induced by neutrophilic respiratory burst, gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT) activity was measured. Lung GGT activity was significantly elevated after intestinal I/R (p<0.001) but decreased to the control level by WEB 2086. On the basis of these experimental results, phospholipase $A_2\;(PLA_2),$ lysoPAF acetyltransferase activity and PAF contents were measured to verify whether PAF is the causative humoral factor to cause neutrophilic chemotaxis and oxidative stress in the lung following intestinal I/R. Intestinal I/R greatly elevated $PLA_2$ activity in the lung as well as intestine (p<0.001), whereas WEB 2086 decreased $PLA_2$ activity significantly (p<0.001) in both organs. LysoPAF acetyltransferase activity, the PAF remodelling enzyme, in the lung and intestine was increased significantly (p<0.05) also by intestinal I/R. Accordingly, the productions of PAF in the lung and intestine were increased (p<0.001) after intestinal I/R compared with sham rats. The level of PAF in plasma was also increased (p<0.05) following intestinal I/R. In cytochemical electron microscopy, the generation of hydrogen peroxide was increased after intestinal I/R in the lung and intestine, but decreased by treatment of WEB 2086 in the lung as well as intestine. Collectively, these experimental results indicate that PAF is the humoral mediator to cause acute inflammatory lung injury induced by intestinal I/R.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.201-211
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• 2016

Although the antioxidant and cardioprotective effects of NecroX-5 on various in vitro and in vivo models have been demonstrated, the action of this compound on the mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation system remains unclear. Here we verify the role of NecroX-5 in protecting mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation capacity during hypoxia-reoxygenation (HR). Necrox-5 treatment ($10{\mu}M$) and non-treatment were employed on isolated rat hearts during hypoxia/reoxygenation treatment using an ex vivo Langendorff system. Proteomic analysis was performed using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) and non-labeling peptide count protein quantification. Real-time PCR, western blot, citrate synthases and mitochondrial complex activity assays were then performed to assess heart function. Treatment with NecroX-5 during hypoxia significantly preserved electron transport chain proteins involved in oxidative phosphorylation and metabolic functions. NecroX-5 also improved mitochondrial complex I, II, and V function. Additionally, markedly higher peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator-$1{\alpha}$ ($PGC1{\alpha}$) expression levels were observed in NecroX-5-treated rat hearts. These novel results provide convincing evidence for the role of NecroX-5 in protecting mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation capacity and in preserving $PGC1{\alpha}$ during cardiac HR injuries.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제2권5호
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• pp.617-628
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• 1998

In order to understand the pathogenetic mechanism of adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), the role of phospholipase A2 (PLA2) in association with oxidative stress was investigated in rats. $Interleukin-1{\alpha}\;(IL-1,\;50\;{\mu}g/rat)$ was used to induce acute lung injury by neutrophilic respiratory burst. Five hours after IL-1 insufflation into trachea, microvascular integrity was disrupted, and protein leakage into the alveolar lumen was followed. An infiltration of neutrophils was clearly observed after IL-1 treatment. It was the origin of the generation of oxygen radicals causing oxidative stress in the lung. IL-1 increased tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant (CINC) in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, but mepacrine, a PLA2 inhibitor, did not change the levels of these cytokines. Although IL-1 increased PLA2 activity time-dependently, mepacrine inhibited the activity almost completely. Activation of PLA2 elevated leukotriene C4 and B4 (LTC4 and LTB4), and 6-keto-prostaglandin $F2{\alpha}\;(6-keto-PGF2{\alpha})$ was consumed completely by respiratory burst induced by IL-1. Mepacrine did not alter these changes in the contents of lipid mediators. To estimate the functional changes of alveolar barrier during the oxidative stress, quantitative changes of pulmonary surfactant, activity of gamma glutamyltransferase (GGT), and ultrastructural changes were examined. IL-1 increased the level of phospholipid in the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid, which seemed to be caused by abnormal, pathological release of lamellar bodies into the alveolar lumen. Mepacrine recovered the amount of surfactant up to control level. IL-1 decreased GGT activity, while mepacrine restored it. In ultrastructural study, when treated with IL-1, marked necroses of endothelial cells and type II pneumocytes were observed, while mepacrine inhibited these pathological changes. In histochemical electron microscopy, increased generation of oxidants was identified around neutrophils and in the cytoplasm of type II pneumocytes. Mepacrine reduced the generation of oxidants in the tissue produced by neutrophilic respiratory burst. In immunoelectron microscopic study, PLA2 was identified in the cytoplasm of the type II pneumocytes after IL-1 treatment, but mepacrine diminished PLA2 particles in the cytoplasm of the type II pneumocyte. Based on these experimental results, it is suggested that PLA2 plays a pivotal role in inducing acute lung injury mediated by IL-1 through the oxidative stress by neutrophils. By causing endothelial damage, functional changes of pulmonary surfactant and alveolar type I pneumocyte, oxidative stress disrupts microvascular integrity and alveolar barrier.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.121-124
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• 2009

문어 자숙액 에탄올 추출물의 감마선 및 전자선 조사에 의한 항산화능의 증가 원인을 규명하고자 본 실험을 실시하였다. 문어 자숙액 에탄올 추출물에 polyclar$^{TM}$를 처리하여 폴리페놀을 흡착시켜 제거한 자숙액 추출물의 방사선 조사에 따른 DPPH 라디칼 소거능 변화를 측정한 결과, 폴리페놀이 제거되지 않은 자숙액에서와 같은 방사선 조사에 의한 항산화능 증가가 확인되어졌다. 따라서 방사선 조사에 의한 자숙액의 항산화능의 증가는 폴리페놀에 의한 원인이 아닌 것으로 판단되었다. 자숙액에 많은 함량을 차지하고 있는 단백질에 대한 방사선 영향을 확인하기 위하여 $(NH_4){_2}SO_4$ 를 이용한 침전법으로 분리하여 얻어진 문어 자숙액 단백질 수용액에 방사선 조사한 결과 감마선 및 전자선 조사에 의하여 50% 이상 라디칼 소거능이 증가하였다. 이러한 연구결과는 문어 자숙액에 감마선 및 전자선 조사를 적용하였을 때 항산화 활성이 증가하는 이유는 폴리페놀의 함량의 증가에 의한 것보다는 조사에 의해 단백질 구조가 변화되고 이에 따라 항산화 활성이 증가하게 되는 것이라고 사료된다.